At the post office. Song comes on the radio. Thought it sounded like the last track of Whispering Jack. I was wrong: turned out to be the first track of Whispering Jack.
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\nI just realised that the last track of Whispering Jack sounds nothing like the first. Memory’s not serving me well.
\n
Gitlab had a bug where the CI/CD badge for a tag would show the status of the latest run of that commit ID, even if that run wasn’t created for that particular tag. If you created a tag from another tag, the CI/CD status indicator for both tags will change. They’ve since fixed the bug, but I actually grew to...
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lmika/93273182","date_published":"2026-07-01T20:53:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 20:53","date_timestamp":1782939228,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93232337","content_html":"@snell.zone Oof! You know things are bad when I performed at concerts attended by more people.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lmika/93220907","date_published":"2026-07-01T02:23:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 02:23","date_timestamp":1782872635,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93220873","content_html":"@matt_birchler Yeah, the survivors are noted as the exception to the norm. 😄
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lmika/93220873","date_published":"2026-07-01T02:22:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 02:22","date_timestamp":1782872563,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93213754","content_html":"I’m super thrilled with the Forgejo action I asked Claude to build for me. It builds a Wails app, notarises it with Apple’s notarisation service, and pushes the signed artefacts to S3. What would take half a day to setup can now be dropped into a new project whenever I have the need. Amazing.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://lmika.org/2026/06/30/oh-thats-how-you-change.html","date_published":"2026-06-30T10:12:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-30 10:12","date_timestamp":1782814335,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uxf6lpd2feuelyey5sknpkih/post/3mpirfbnji22t"]}},{"id":"93178382","content_html":"TIL about the HTML command attribute, which allows buttons to show and hide modals and popovers without JavaScript. This looks really cool! Kind of wish the associated commandFor accepted CSS selectors, rather than just an ID. But even so, I’m glad I know about this now.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lmika/93092666","date_published":"2026-06-28T21:54:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-28 21:54","date_timestamp":1782683693,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93052287","content_html":"Ran into DNS issues while using my iPad tethered to a hotspot, so I setup a Tailscale network with a exit node to work around it. Setup was very easy: I was expecting something similar to my aborted attempt at setting up a WireGuard VPN, but there was none of that. Just download the client app, sign in, and...
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://lmika.org/2026/06/27/im-sure-the-return-of.html","date_published":"2026-06-27T05:20:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 05:20","date_timestamp":1782537604,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92996902","content_html":"The last time I bought a monitor was 15 years ago. At this rate, I’ll probably see 2 more monitor purchases during my lifetime. Maybe 3 if I’m lucky.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lmika.org/2026/06/27/the-last-time-i-bought.html","date_published":"2026-06-27T02:00:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 02:00","date_timestamp":1782525632,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uxf6lpd2feuelyey5sknpkih/post/3mpaehkufpb22"]}},{"id":"92996858","content_html":"Ordered a new monitor, an LG 27U631A-B (name just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it 😜). Liked the size, stand, and resolution for the price. Colour and screen finish didn’t really do it for me, but for what I’ll use it for, I think I can live with it. Will pick it up next week.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://lmika.org/2026/06/27/ordered-a-new-monitor-an.html","date_published":"2026-06-27T01:58:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 01:58","date_timestamp":1782525505,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uxf6lpd2feuelyey5sknpkih/post/3mpaedxzurd2v"]}},{"id":"92980769","content_html":"@siracusa I saw my first icon in Squircle Jail the other day and it really is a brutal punishment.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lmika/92980769","date_published":"2026-06-26T21:46:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-26 21:46","date_timestamp":1782510380,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92925793","content_html":"@lmika I’ve never so badly wanted to add a poll to this site until today.
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I’m shocked and saddened to hear about the passing of Om Malik. I only recently started following his work, but I really liked his attitude to what he was doing, and his optimism towards the future. I regret not following him sooner. My condolence to his friends and family.
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\n![\"Branches](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/25293/2026/aaa4bd66e7-m.jpg\")
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lmika/92619624","date_published":"2026-06-21T21:49:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-21 21:49","date_timestamp":1782078590,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92574637","content_html":"@Miraz Yeah, me neither, actually. I just copy and paste the URL.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/lmika/92524796","date_published":"2026-06-20T01:41:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Leon Mika","url":"https://lmika.org/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F15%2F55331.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"lmika"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-20 01:41","date_timestamp":1781919690,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92452062","content_html":"@manton I wonder when the tipping point will be when they just make it worldwide.
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