Activity for joshfinnis.bsky.social

Nothing like setting up a new laptop to f̶o̶r̶c̶e̶ encourage you to upgrade your config.

Some minor inconveniences when using spellcheck feature of Neovim inspired me to write my first blog post:

Deepseek V4: Vladimir Navokov (1976): Even though Gogol, this great man, is dead, yet his words and ideas are still alive among us. Yeah that's cool dude, however I just asked you a question about a neovim keymapping.

Guess I shocked the LLM.

Lol

The Guardian@theguardian.com

‘It feels as if I’ve made a new best friend’: my experiment with AI journalling

Read a few books in 2025:

Started lifting seriously 1 year ago using 20 lb dumbbells in each arm for the incline bench press. Today I pressed 208!

This is a @theonion.com headline

The Independent@the-independent.com

Something is happening inside the Earth, scientists say

Disappointed with the performance of Arc Browser of late and looking to switch but Arc offers no way to export your bookmarks. I'm actually shocked, this is actively hostile to your users The Browser Company!

Made my first @neovim.io plugin, a simple Spotify song notification. github.com/jfinnis/spot... I've used vi/vim/neovim for nearly 2 decades now but this is my first actual plugin.

I read 7 times as many pages this past year than I did in 2023, though that was largely due to catching up on podcasts that year instead of audiobooks.

Took a break for a bit, time to do some catching up... I just completed "Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/7

"Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/7 Never needed to use generators in javascript before, but changing one function to a generator in my solution reduced memory usage from 1 GB to 80 MB!

I want a stove that gives me a warning when I turn the unused rear burner on while wanting to heat a pan I placed on the front burner.