Phillip Luther

musician at heart, software engineer at tax time

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

also coining “laptupperback,” just in case.

<-- posterity.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

is “laptop upper back” a thing in the same way “text neck” is?

similar, but different deformation structure because of your shoulders hunching forward in addition to the mighty hump. lately feeling like a human closing parenthesis.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

is "narrative homework" a thing? it should be.

(totally deleted a prior post with a typo)

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

i enjoy Evangelion and Attack on Titan to this day. spent years obsessing over Dark Souls. Matrix? Inception? A+.

but, dude … after decades of loving interpretive storytelling, i'm starting to wonder when narrative homework became synonymous with "depth."

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

P.S. It took everything I had not to drop that Oxford comma.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

So, like ... I’ve been ellipsizing, em-dashing, parenthesizing (occasionally, excessively), semicoloning, and otherwise enjoying punctuation — correctly, even! — since way before it was uncool; I plan to continue.

Just saying: my over-punctuated posts are me — Phil — and human.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

@GooseSushi Crap. I got the math wrong while laughing too hard at the bit … and remembering you had some Razr Maxx joke in your history I wanted to deep pull. Regardless, hope all’s well, my friend!

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

@GooseSushi Hot Ones callin’ you from one score and four years later on that Razr Maxx.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

Bright spot in a long, long few weeks.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

Hot take! The bike lane isn't about "not being a car," nor simply having pedals. If you're not generating your forward momentum, you shouldn't get to use the lane.

Disclosing, I ride an e-bike. It has no throttle. I consider that a Gorilla Glass house from which to cast stones.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

hi, 2025. be cool, please.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

To anybody out there gloating, wallowing, pensively reflecting, or simply chillin' in search of a helpful Saturday exercise: look up the word "great."

Like, in the dictionary. Check its denotation, then square it with what you think it means.

Don't Vizzini that shit.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

Ya know? I was sitting here on this particular Wednesday looking out the window at an unremarkable 5:45pm PST evening. I couldn't shirk the feeling the world is a much fucking darker place.

... that's Daylight Savings, right?

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

Zounds. You know what the great failure of this current artificial intelligence revolution is? Modern fonts. AI is indistinguishable from Al.

Are you artificial intelligence? Or my bodyguard.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

Half a year(ish) ago I started quietly blogging about frontend dev(ish) topics. I didn't say anything because I wanted to see if I'd stick with it.

I have(ish), so sharing. Less hard-hitting technical stuff and more web dev campfire stories.

https://t.co/LN5GprlKPm

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

I'm wary of ideas existing in the space between awesome and dumbshit, especially when the "awesome" part makes illogically logical sense.

"Why don't we forge knives from diamonds? What's harder and sharper than a diamond?! Best knife, best life!"

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

sometimes life just hands you lemons. so? when life hands you lemons, clean your cutting board.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

trying super super super super super super super super super super super super super hard to look seriously serious in my new profile pic.

like Beethoven. but sans genius.

[Phillip Luther @phillipluther]

Opinion(?!) warning:

Friendly reminder it's called an interrobang. The question mark comes first.

PERSON IN THE RIGHT: Are you serious?!
PERSON IN THE WRONG: Are you not!?