Tootfinder

Maybe I should mention how well it does.
It's caught some bugs before they're published, some fairly serious. But mostly its hallucinated many problems which aren't really there.
With all the code we write being reviewed by robots now, the code is written slightly differently to avoid it going on about issues that aren't really there.
People imagine that code is written for the computer to run, but really it's always been written for the programmers to understand. Now it's also written keeping in mind it'll be reviewed by an AI that has no context or understanding tasked with nit-picking to review.
Arguably this is ending up with better code. More unnecessary re-validation of everything mostly, but its also taking longer rather than being quicker.
Is that more efficient? 🤷 Sort of maybe?
3/3

"Cody Kociemba, the developer behind the Hack/House project, has taken it upon himself to maintain these aging devices. The solution is called "No Longer Evil," or “NLE” for short. It's an open-source project designed to give decommissioned Nest Thermostats a second life."
ht…

Google killed old Nest thermostats, but hackers are making them work again
A clever workaround restores lost functionality, but is it ready for prime time?

Wanted to list this for sale but it’s just too nice, I’m gonna hang on to it a bit longer (never used NIB NOS Zeos PC Keyboard with White Alps switches)

Using images with alt text to represent code is not terribly helpful.
• A typical user would need to know about the alt text to copy it.
• A low-vis user cannot scale it, and it won’t honor their text preferences.
• A blind user has to parse a wall of text they cannot pause.
Just paste code. Maybe a URL to longer code.

Apple discontinues Clips, a video editing app it launched in 2017, removing it from the App Store for new users, and says Clips will no longer be updated (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/11/apples-clips-app-discontinued/

Apple's Clips App Discontinued
Apple has essentially discontinued Clips, its video-editing app designed to allow users to combine video clips, images, and photos with voice-based...

Day 19 (a bit late): Alice Oseman
As I said I've got 14 authors to fit into two days. Probably just going to extend to 30? But Oseman gets this spot as an absolute legend of queer fiction in both novel & graphic novel form, and an excellent example of the many truths queer writers have to share with non-queer people that can make everyone's lives better. Her writing is very kind, despite in many instances dealing with some dark stuff.
I started out on Heartstopper, which is just so lovely and fun to read, and then made my way through several of her novels. The one I'll highlight here which I think it's her greatest triumph is "Loveless", which is semi-autobiographical and was at least my first (but no longer only) experience with the "platonic romance" sub-genre. It not only helped me work through some crufty internal doubts about aro/ace identities that I'd never really examined, but in the process helped improve my understanding of friendship, period. Heck, it's probably a nice novel for anyone questioning any sort of identity or dealing with loneliness, and it's just super-enjoyable as a story regardless of the philosophical value.
To cheat a bit more here on my author count, I recently read "Dear Wendy" by Ann Zhao, which shouts out "Loveless" and offers a more expository exploration of aro/ace identities, but "Loveless" is a book with more heart and better writing overall, including the neat plotting and great pacing. I think there are also parallels with Becky Albertalli's work, though I think I like Oseman slightly more. Certainly both excel at writing queer romance (and romance-adjacent) stuff with happy endings (#OwnVoices wins again with all three authors).
In any case, Oseman is excellent and if you're not up for reading a novel, Heartstopper is a graphic novel series that's easy to jump into and very kind to its adorable main characters.
I think I've now decided to continue to 30, which is a relief, so I'm tagging this (and the next post that rounds out 20) two ways.
#20AuthorsNoMen
#30AuthorsNoMen

Betting recap: Bettors back Bengals; Beck, Simpson, Mendoza now Heisman faves https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/46576918/nfl-betting-week-6-cincinnati-bengals-joe-flacco-texas-longhorns-oklah…

it’s annoying that web devs are no longer able to analyse their web server access logs
instead they install javascript spyware, hand over all their user data to surveillance direct marketing firms, slap a cookie consent banner on it, and pretend this is ok

Ramp says it has hit $1B in annualized revenue, after saying it had hit $700M in March; it was valued at $22.5B in July (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/09/ramp-says-it-has-hit-1b-in-annualized-revenue/

Ramp says it has hit $1B in annualized revenue | TechCrunch
Ramp answered any lingering question as to why investors valued the company at $22.5 billion just 45 days after they valued it at $16 billion.