I get so excited when I read some release notes for an app or library and a new feature is OPT-IN rather than OPT-OUT. It should always be this way. If your features are so important or relevant, let them speak for themselves. Don’t foist your crap on people.
", "content_text": "I get so excited when I read some release notes for an app or library and a new feature is OPT-IN rather than OPT-OUT. It should always be this way. If your features are so important or relevant, let them speak for themselves. Don't foist your crap on people.", "date_published": "2025-07-10T17:23:49.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2022/05/23/in-eugene-ionesco/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2022/05/23/in-eugene-ionesco/", "content_html": "“In 1959, Eugene Ionesco wrote the absurdist play Rhinoceros in which one by one, an entire town of people suddenly transform into rhinos.”
\n", "content_text": "“In 1959, Eugene Ionesco wrote the absurdist play Rhinoceros in which one by one, an entire town of people suddenly transform into rhinos.” https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1516816659125874695.html?fbclid=IwAR2M9OQjhfBm4zL66phf6KtTGrAk6kSLNCg6ti4yqut0V9P0wXyvlZUhw", "date_published": "2022-05-23T14:46:02.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2022/05/21/excellent-interview-why/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2022/05/21/excellent-interview-why/", "content_html": "Excellent interview. Why This Computer Scientist Says All Cryptocurrency Should “Die in a Fire” ❧ Current Affairs
", "content_text": "Excellent interview. Why This Computer Scientist Says All Cryptocurrency Should “Die in a Fire” ❧ Current Affairs", "date_published": "2022-05-21T14:31:42.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2022/04/03/steve-albinis-letter/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2022/04/03/steve-albinis-letter/", "content_html": "Steve Albini’s letter to Nirvana regarding producing their album, In Utero: I would like to be paid like a plumber
", "content_text": "Steve Albini’s letter to Nirvana regarding producing their album, In Utero: I would like to be paid like a plumber", "date_published": "2022-04-03T20:40:53.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/12/29/turns-out-theres/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/12/29/turns-out-theres/", "content_html": "Turns out there’s a big difference between a playlist titled “songs that make me happy” and another titled “songs that make me happy to be alive.”
", "content_text": "Turns out there’s a big difference between a playlist titled “songs that make me happy” and another titled “songs that make me happy to be alive.”", "date_published": "2021-12-30T01:31:51.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/11/02/fluid-framework-is/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/11/02/fluid-framework-is/", "content_html": "Fluid Framework is now available to all Azure customers (in public preview). This represents an incredible amount of work by the team. I’m proud to be part of it. <devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft…>
", "content_text": "Fluid Framework is now available to all Azure customers (in public preview). This represents an incredible amount of work by the team. I'm proud to be part of it. devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft...", "date_published": "2021-11-02T20:40:39.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/06/22/bear-plus-snowflake/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/06/22/bear-plus-snowflake/", "content_html": "Bear plus snowflake equals polar bear - ⌨️🤷🏻♂️📷
", "content_text": "Bear plus snowflake equals polar bear - ⌨️🤷🏻♂️📷", "date_published": "2021-06-23T03:57:26.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/05/05/write-code-not/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/05/05/write-code-not/", "content_html": "Write code. Not too much. Mostly functions. - Brandon’s Website
", "content_text": "Write code. Not too much. Mostly functions. - Brandon's Website", "date_published": "2021-05-06T04:53:13.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/05/05/internal-combustion-engine/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/05/05/internal-combustion-engine/", "content_html": "Internal Combustion Engine – Bartosz Ciechanowski
", "content_text": "Internal Combustion Engine – Bartosz Ciechanowski", "date_published": "2021-05-06T00:54:19.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/04/27/once-halt-sent/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/04/27/once-halt-sent/", "content_html": "\n\n", "content_text": "Once Halt sent me PM and offered to learn Rust. Like any ordinary people, we decided to start with writing a dynamic library for Windows that could be loaded into StarCraft's address space and manage units. m.habr.com/en/post/4...", "date_published": "2021-04-28T03:47:08.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/04/06/dont-end-the/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2021/04/06/dont-end-the/", "content_html": "Once Halt sent me PM and offered to learn Rust. Like any ordinary people, we decided to start with writing a dynamic library for Windows that could be loaded into StarCraft’s address space and manage units.
\n
Don’t End The Week With Nothing
", "content_text": "Don't End The Week With Nothing", "date_published": "2021-04-07T02:53:31.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/12/02/once-upon-a/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/12/02/once-upon-a/", "content_html": "", "content_text": "Once Upon a Time, Exploding Billiard Balls Were An Everyday Thing - Smart News - Smithsonian Magazine", "date_published": "2020-12-02T17:11:04.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/10/31/seattle-was-as/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/10/31/seattle-was-as/", "content_html": "\n\n“Seattle was as pissed off as I’ve seen it when Trump got elected, and take it from me, it has stayed pissed off for all four years.”
\n
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-n…
", "content_text": "“Seattle was as pissed off as I’ve seen it when Trump got elected, and take it from me, it has stayed pissed off for all four years.” www.seattletimes.com/seattle-n...", "date_published": "2020-10-31T20:51:32.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/09/13/why-are-conservatives/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/09/13/why-are-conservatives/", "content_html": "Why Are Conservatives Obsessed with Pedophilia Right Now? - David M Schell
", "content_text": "Why Are Conservatives Obsessed with Pedophilia Right Now? - David M Schell", "date_published": "2020-09-13T15:48:50.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/28/facebook-chose-not/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/28/facebook-chose-not/", "content_html": "Facebook chose not to act on militia complaints before Kenosha shooting - The Verge
", "content_text": "Facebook chose not to act on militia complaints before Kenosha shooting - The Verge", "date_published": "2020-08-29T01:10:33.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/28/yearold-clinging-to/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/28/yearold-clinging-to/", "content_html": "3-Year-Old Clinging to Unicorn Float Is Rescued From Sea in Greece - The New York Times
\n\n", "content_text": "3-Year-Old Clinging to Unicorn Float Is Rescued From Sea in Greece - The New York Times “We don’t know what can happen from one moment to the next,” he said. “The sea is a deceitful thing.”", "date_published": "2020-08-29T01:07:05.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/28/covid-is-transmitted/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/28/covid-is-transmitted/", "content_html": "“We don’t know what can happen from one moment to the next,” he said. “The sea is a deceitful thing.”
\n
COVID-19 Is Transmitted Through Aerosols. We Need to Adapt
", "content_text": "COVID-19 Is Transmitted Through Aerosols. We Need to Adapt", "date_published": "2020-08-28T14:30:35.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/11/these-game-writers/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/11/these-game-writers/", "content_html": "These game writers made history by going on strike — and winning
", "content_text": "These game writers made history by going on strike — and winning", "date_published": "2020-08-12T01:54:06.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/09/the-us-declared/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/09/the-us-declared/", "content_html": "The US declared war on TikTok because it can’t handle the truth
", "content_text": "The US declared war on TikTok because it can’t handle the truth", "date_published": "2020-08-09T13:55:48.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/05/the-truth-is/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/05/the-truth-is/", "content_html": "The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free
", "content_text": "The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free", "date_published": "2020-08-05T14:56:23.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/02/and-an-aggressive/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/08/02/and-an-aggressive/", "content_html": "\n\nAnd an aggressive multinational company whose business model is threatened by the bad man’s opponent is, at best, conflicted; at worst, complicit.
\n
If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention
", "content_text": "And an aggressive multinational company whose business model is threatened by the bad man’s opponent is, at best, conflicted; at worst, complicit. If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention", "date_published": "2020-08-02T19:29:24.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/07/09/well-i-feel/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/07/09/well-i-feel/", "content_html": "Well, I feel a little better now. A President Who Makes Us Puke—Just Like He Was Hired To Do - POLITICO
", "content_text": "Well, I feel a little better now. A President Who Makes Us Puke—Just Like He Was Hired To Do - POLITICO", "date_published": "2020-07-09T15:00:27.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/07/05/white-evangelicals-on/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/07/05/white-evangelicals-on/", "content_html": "White Evangelicals on Black Lives Matter and Racism - The Atlantic
", "content_text": "White Evangelicals on Black Lives Matter and Racism - The Atlantic", "date_published": "2020-07-05T15:40:17.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/07/02/how-special-register/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/07/02/how-special-register/", "content_html": "How “special register groups” invaded computer dictionaries for decades
", "content_text": "How \"special register groups\" invaded computer dictionaries for decades", "date_published": "2020-07-02T15:41:22.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/06/30/145856/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/06/30/145856/", "content_html": "", "content_text": "adrianroselli.com/2020/03/i...", "date_published": "2020-06-30T21:58:00.000Z", "date_modified": "2020-06-30T22:00:15.000Z", "title": "I Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/06/17/trump-really-doesnt/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2020/06/17/trump-really-doesnt/", "content_html": "Trump really doesn’t like being fact-checked… U.S. Justice Department to propose rolling back protections for big tech - Reuters
", "content_text": "Trump really doesn’t like being fact-checked... U.S. Justice Department to propose rolling back protections for big tech - Reuters", "date_published": "2020-06-17T16:10:38.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2018/07/15/verifying-myself-i-am-tylerbutler/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2018/07/15/verifying-myself-i-am-tylerbutler/", "content_html": "Verifying myself: I am tylerbutler on http://Keybase.io. YzWwfLJ7APJvNmLPqlAS63-b8ZpiId2tF5pI / https://keybase.io/tylerbutler/sigs/YzWwfLJ7APJvNmLPqlAS63-b8ZpiId2tF5pI
", "content_text": "Verifying myself: I am tylerbutler on http://Keybase.io. YzWwfLJ7APJvNmLPqlAS63-b8ZpiId2tF5pI / https://keybase.io/tylerbutler/sigs/YzWwfLJ7APJvNmLPqlAS63-b8ZpiId2tF5pI", "date_published": "2018-07-15T19:44:16.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2014/12/31/instlling-binary-python-packages-on/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2014/12/31/instlling-binary-python-packages-on/", "content_html": "Instlling Binary Python Packages on Windows: http://www.tylerbutler.com/2014/12/installing-binary-python-packages-on-windows/
", "content_text": "Instlling Binary Python Packages on Windows: http://www.tylerbutler.com/2014/12/installing-binary-python-packages-on-windows/", "date_published": "2014-12-31T17:46:08.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2014/04/01/it-looks-like-you-re/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2014/04/01/it-looks-like-you-re/", "content_html": "“It looks like you’re writing a letter.” - Clippy #ClippyIsBack #OfficeOnline http://office.com
", "content_text": "\"It looks like you're writing a letter.\" - Clippy ClippyIsBack OfficeOnline http://office.com", "date_published": "2014-04-01T18:21:49.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2013/12/23/get-pikmin-3-they-said/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2013/12/23/get-pikmin-3-they-said/", "content_html": "Get Pikmin 3, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. 20 mins after putting the disc in I’m still waiting to play.
", "content_text": "Get Pikmin 3, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. 20 mins after putting the disc in I’m still waiting to play. sigh", "date_published": "2013-12-24T01:15:00.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2013/11/07/very-disappointed-that-siri-apparently/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2013/11/07/very-disappointed-that-siri-apparently/", "content_html": "Very disappointed that Siri apparently doesn’t know what UTC is.
", "content_text": "Very disappointed that Siri apparently doesn’t know what UTC is.", "date_published": "2013-11-07T17:02:53.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2013/09/21/my-parents-taught-me-to/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2013/09/21/my-parents-taught-me-to/", "content_html": "My parents taught me to be careful, but they never told me, “YOU WILL DIE IF YOU SCREW THIS UP.” http://www.foodallergywalk.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1062527&supid=390768228
", "content_text": "My parents taught me to be careful, but they never told me, \"YOU WILL DIE IF YOU SCREW THIS UP.\" http://www.foodallergywalk.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1062527&supid=390768228", "date_published": "2013-09-21T16:57:44.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2013/07/29/i-won-the-one-second-stopwatch/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2013/07/29/i-won-the-one-second-stopwatch/", "content_html": "I won the One-Second Stopwatch Game in 7 tries. I suppose this is one of my many useless skills. http://toys.usvsth3m.com/watch/
", "content_text": "I won the One-Second Stopwatch Game in 7 tries. I suppose this is one of my many useless skills. http://toys.usvsth3m.com/watch/", "date_published": "2013-07-29T14:20:32.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/12/13/realm-first-heroic-mogu-shan/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/12/13/realm-first-heroic-mogu-shan/", "content_html": "REALM FIRST HEROIC MOGU’SHAN VAULTS BABY!
", "content_text": "REALM FIRST HEROIC MOGU'SHAN VAULTS BABY!", "date_published": "2012-12-14T07:23:57.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/10/27/what-awwww-come-on-i/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/10/27/what-awwww-come-on-i/", "content_html": "What? Awwww, come on! I was particularly looking forward to using that one,,, https://x.com/tylerbutler/status/262250912393883651/photo/1
", "content_text": "What? Awwww, come on! I was particularly looking forward to using that one,,, https://x.com/tylerbutler/status/262250912393883651/photo/1", "date_published": "2012-10-27T17:54:25.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/10/27/drats-doesn-t-begin-to/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/10/27/drats-doesn-t-begin-to/", "content_html": "“Drats” doesn’t begin to describe my disappointment, @letterpressapp https://x.com/tylerbutler/status/262247618510479361/photo/1
", "content_text": "“Drats” doesn’t begin to describe my disappointment, @letterpressapp https://x.com/tylerbutler/status/262247618510479361/photo/1", "date_published": "2012-10-27T17:41:19.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/08/07/i-released-engineer-0-3/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/08/07/i-released-engineer-0-3/", "content_html": "I released Engineer 0.3.1 over the weekend. Time to type pip install -U engineer. What are you waiting for? http://www.tylerbutler.com/2012/08/07/engineer-0-3-1-released/
", "content_text": "I released Engineer 0.3.1 over the weekend. Time to type pip install -U engineer. What are you waiting for? http://www.tylerbutler.com/2012/08/07/engineer-0-3-1-released/", "date_published": "2012-08-07T10:24:54.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/08/05/investigating-a-report-of-a/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/08/05/investigating-a-report-of-a/", "content_html": "“…investigating a report of a drive by pellet gun shooting.” WTF Seattle.
\nhttp://www.king5.com/home/Seattle-police-officer-investigated-for-excessive-force-164949646.html
", "content_text": "“…investigating a report of a drive by pellet gun shooting.” WTF Seattle. http://www.king5.com/home/Seattle-police-officer-investigated-for-excessive-force-164949646.html", "date_published": "2012-08-05T17:43:42.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/08/05/something-no-one-has-ever/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/08/05/something-no-one-has-ever/", "content_html": "Something no one has ever said in seriousness: “We could keep the party going at McDonalds.”
", "content_text": "Something no one has ever said in seriousness: “We could keep the party going at McDonalds.”", "date_published": "2012-08-05T17:40:40.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/07/07/the-right-woman/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/07/07/the-right-woman/", "content_html": "The Right Woman: http://www.tylerbutler.com/2012/07/07/the-right-woman/
", "content_text": "The Right Woman: http://www.tylerbutler.com/2012/07/07/the-right-woman/", "date_published": "2012-07-07T16:35:48.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/06/23/wife-solar-powered-planes-will/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/06/23/wife-solar-powered-planes-will/", "content_html": "Wife: “Solar powered planes will make air travel so much cheaper!”\nMe: “In 100 years maybe.”\nWife: “We’ll be alive. Singularity, bitch!”
", "content_text": "Wife: “Solar powered planes will make air travel so much cheaper!” Me: “In 100 years maybe.” Wife: “We’ll be alive. Singularity, bitch!”", "date_published": "2012-06-23T17:23:10.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/06/13/hahaha-the-censored-oatmeal-pic/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/06/13/hahaha-the-censored-oatmeal-pic/", "content_html": "Hahaha, the censored @Oatmeal pic made me guffaw despite the humorless tone of the article. http://is.gd/25Q1MG
", "content_text": "Hahaha, the censored @Oatmeal pic made me guffaw despite the humorless tone of the article. http://is.gd/25Q1MG", "date_published": "2012-06-13T15:46:08.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/06/09/resolves-to-10-0-0/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/06/09/resolves-to-10-0-0/", "content_html": "“http://mysite.10.0.0.1.xip.io resolves to 10.0.0.1”
\nOR I COULD JUST GO TO 10.0.0.1. How is this revolutionary?
", "content_text": "“http://mysite.10.0.0.1.xip.io resolves to 10.0.0.1” OR I COULD JUST GO TO 10.0.0.1. How is this revolutionary?", "date_published": "2012-06-09T16:54:53.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/06/09/can-someone-with-more-dns/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/06/09/can-someone-with-more-dns/", "content_html": "Can someone with more DNS chops than I please explain why .xip.io is useful? I have no problem accessing my sites on my internal network.
", "content_text": "Can someone with more DNS chops than I please explain why .xip.io is useful? I have no problem accessing my sites on my internal network.", "date_published": "2012-06-09T16:52:35.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/05/17/new-project-i-put-together/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/05/17/new-project-i-put-together/", "content_html": "New project I put together: http://xkcd2.com
", "content_text": "New project I put together: http://xkcd2.com", "date_published": "2012-05-17T22:43:09.000Z" }, { "id": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/05/06/i-think-i-might-have/", "url": "https://tylerbutler.com/notes/2012/05/06/i-think-i-might-have/", "content_html": "I think I might have just pulled my first all nighter since college. I’ve still got the magic.
", "content_text": "I think I might have just pulled my first all nighter since college. I've still got the magic.", "date_published": "2012-05-06T12:12:38.000Z" } ] }