Juan Paredes

Developer. Geek. Ucabista.
Expressed views are my own.

[Grady Booch @Grady_Booch]

The burning of the Library of Alexandria v2

[Manoel V. Machado @ryukinix]

Recalling: THEY HAVE PLAYED US PROGRAMMERS FOR ABSOLUTE FOOLS

credits: @stylewarning

[htmx.org / CEO of decade old computers(same thing) @htmx_org]

daily reminder

[eternal classic @eternalclassic_]

enshittification is undefeated

[ProgMagazineUK @ProgMagazineUK]

. @rushtheband launch official t-shirt to raise funds for Venezuelan earthquake relief. Details here... https://t.co/p9jTmnK1IX

[ThePrimeagen @ThePrimeagen]

unironic productivity hack for 2026

use a pencil and paper to write down your ideas

[htmx.org / CEO of decade old computers(same thing) @htmx_org]

mem channel is lit

[Juan Paredes @lateralus009]

Right in the feels... #OOT

[TENDER @tenderofficial]

Where The Waves Break [Album 4] - OUT TODAY

[Rick Brewster @rickbrewPDN]

I GOT THE DOMAIN! I FINALLY GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!1 🥳🎉

Paint​.NET is now at https://t.co/ZJTUII4bVG!

Well, it will be just as soon as I push all the buttons to migrate content and set up redirects from getpaint​.net etc. For now it's just a "hey go here" redirect page.

[A Perfect Circle @aperfectcircle]

"Starless" is out now. https://t.co/Yeqd2JUwQ1

[htmx.org / CEO of decade old computers(same thing) @htmx_org]

vibependencies

go through your dependencies, figure out which ones are deep and which are shallow

tear out the shallow ones w/just the code you need, potential big savings on transitive deps, often removes layers of unneeded abstraction for your use case, etc

it's a thing

[Juan Paredes @lateralus009]

Excel development team's motto (back in the day) -> "Find the dependencies — and eliminate them." https://t.co/deckr2gU7N

[Mitchell Hashimoto @mitchellh]

Fork your dependencies, trim them to only your use case, never update unless it breaks for your users. I’ve been vocal about this for 10+ years. I’ve always said that updating is way riskier than latent bugs (which can be tracked and CVEs monitored).

If you are updating a dependency, it’s on you to analyze every single commit in the full transitive set of dependencies. If you dont see anything compelling, dont update!

I remember at HashiCorp once in awhile an engineer would try to update a dep or replace a DIY lib with an external one and id always ask “show me the commit we need.” Dont update for the sake of it.

Feeling pretty swell about this mentality with all the supply chain attacks happening.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

Beware: learning more is a smart person’s favorite form of procrastination.

[Jonathan Blow @Jonathan_Blow]

Something we've been working on...

[BrendanEich @BrendanEich]

Money shot: “Services shouldn't ban people from using arbitrary hardware and operating systems in the first place. Google's security excuse is clearly bogus when they permit devices with no patches for 10 years… It's for enforcing their monopolies via GMS licensing, that's all.”

[Michael J. Miraflor @michaelmiraflor]

A well curated Google Reader feed was 100x better than any of these algorithms.

[Glenn Meder @GlennMeder]

5/ Once age verification is implemented, it cannot be undone.

You cannot un-verify the internet. You cannot roll back the digital ID requirement. You cannot dismantle the infrastructure once it is operational.

Every website. Every platform. Every app. Every service.

All of it tied to verified identity. All of it tracked. All of it monitored. All of it permanent.

If we allow this to be implemented, we will not be able to stop it.

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

"Beauty is the archenemy of mediocrity."

— Dietrich von Hildebrand

[Abud Bakri MD @AbudBakri]

If there’s no money in it, it won’t be studied

If it isn’t studied, it won’t be “evidence based”

If you promote it, you’ll be labeled crazy because there’s no “evidence”

Follow. The. Money. 💰

Behaviors are powerful