stream @ fnhipster https://fnhipster.com The chronicles of a webmaster: a stream of consciousness on technology, creativity, and a random series of events en-us Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:00:00 GMT RSD26 https://fnhipster.com/posts/rsd26 https://fnhipster.com/posts/rsd26 true This is an RSS-only post.

Two records I wanted, two that found me. One of them is a children's orchestral album. No regrets.

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]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:00:00 GMT Personal Software https://fnhipster.com/posts/personal-software https://fnhipster.com/posts/personal-software There was always a plugin, a gem, a package, a library. Now you can prompt your custom library into existence, and I'm not sure what that makes me.

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]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:30:00 GMT $FNHP -73.2% https://fnhipster.com/posts/death-by-clawd https://fnhipster.com/posts/death-by-clawd true This is an RSS-only post.

I ran fnhipster.com through the SaaSpocalypse Survival Scanner. It wrote my replacement in 29 lines of markdown.

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]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:00:00 GMT Artificial Them https://fnhipster.com/posts/artificial-them https://fnhipster.com/posts/artificial-them We went from fearing AI to depending on it in three years. How long before we send it where we can't go?

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]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:15:00 GMT til_u_love_me.m3u https://fnhipster.com/playlists/til-u-love-me https://fnhipster.com/playlists/til-u-love-me
  1. Berghain ROSALÍA, Björk & Yves Tumor
  2. Allegiance Consumer Culture
  3. I Don't Want A Job Sludge Mother
  4. Enemy Father Of Peace
  5. I Got Heaven Mannequin Pussy
  6. Incline Ho99o9
  7. Money Game, Pt. 2 Ren
  8. Rabbit Run (Interpol Remix) IDLES
  9. Fabienk Angine de Poitrine
  10. LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii Bad Bunny
  11. Again Girl Tones
  12. Reliquia ROSALÍA

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:00:00 GMT The Petrov Paradox https://fnhipster.com/posts/petrov-paradox https://fnhipster.com/posts/petrov-paradox On September 26, 1983, a Soviet officer broke protocol and prevented nuclear war. Forty-three years later, the Pentagon is demanding the right to remove the safeguard that saved us: a human in the loop.

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]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:00:00 GMT "hack the planet" https://fnhipster.com/posts/hack-the-planet https://fnhipster.com/posts/hack-the-planet The Guy Fawkes mask became the face of faceless rebellion. WikiLeaks exposed war crimes. Anonymous hit the CIA. Then it went quiet. In the middle of the biggest government cover-up in modern history, the hackers are silent. The ethos didn't die. It was acquired. The rebels became consultants, the underground became an industry.

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]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:15:00 GMT vinyl.log https://fnhipster.com/posts/vinyl-collection https://fnhipster.com/posts/vinyl-collection true This is an RSS-only post.

What started as a simple goal—catalog the vinyl I own—predictably spiraled into the developer's curse of wiring up APIs and personal software.

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]]> Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:03:00 GMT January Ice https://fnhipster.com/posts/january-ice https://fnhipster.com/posts/january-ice Tech leaders with the resources to resist authoritarianism are choosing complicity instead. The same executives we once admired for defiance now attend White House galas while federal agents kill citizens in the street.

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]]> Sun, 25 Jan 2026 22:45:00 GMT init https://fnhipster.com/posts/init https://fnhipster.com/posts/init
comfort stale and numb…
frowsy prospect worthy break…
bootstrap… breathe… engage ⟳
]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:45:00 GMT Verbal Knobs https://fnhipster.com/posts/verbal-knobs https://fnhipster.com/posts/verbal-knobs Large language models (LLMs) are powerful tools that can enhance productivity but are fundamentally limited by their probabilistic nature and reliance on user input. While they offer speed and scalability, users must remain vigilant, exercising critical thinking, judgment, and ethical oversight to ensure the responsible use of these tools. The responsibility for the output and its implications lies with the user, not with the AI itself.

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]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:45:00 GMT teeth.m3u https://fnhipster.com/playlists/teeth https://fnhipster.com/playlists/teeth
  1. Feeling Fades The Murder Capital
  2. Boys in the Better Land Fontaines D.C.
  3. Concrete shame
  4. Spit It Out SOFT PLAY
  5. Guided By Angels Amyl and The Sniffers
  6. Mr. Motivator IDLES
  7. Dark Entries Bauhaus
  8. All Along the Watchtower XTC
  9. I Love You Fontaines D.C.
  10. True Love Will Find You in the End CRYbaby

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]]> Sat, 25 Oct 2025 22:05:00 GMT UXhale — It’s OK to touch https://fnhipster.com/posts/uxhale https://fnhipster.com/posts/uxhale As screens replaced buttons and gestures replaced knobs, we gained convenience but lost something else: tactility, trust, and control. In this post, I explore the quiet return of physical interfaces and what it reveals about the evolving relationship between humans and technology.

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]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:30:00 GMT rut https://fnhipster.com/posts/rut https://fnhipster.com/posts/rut
inexorable…
silly recursive looming…
a bloom… miscompiled ⚘
]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 16:30:00 GMT The Effort to Read https://fnhipster.com/posts/the-effort-to-read https://fnhipster.com/posts/the-effort-to-read An Instagram story unexpectedly snapped me out of a doom-scrolling trance. That brief moment sparked a broader reflection on how short-form content and AI have conditioned us to bypass the journey in favor of speed and self-affirmation.

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]]> Wed, 14 May 2025 18:00:00 GMT Artificial “I” https://fnhipster.com/posts/artificial-i https://fnhipster.com/posts/artificial-i

When the thinking feels outsourced and the voice starts to echo back—who’s really writing?

A reflection on authorship, AI collaboration, and what happens when the “I” gets quietly automated.

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]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:05:00 GMT kernel_panic.log https://fnhipster.com/posts/kernel-panic https://fnhipster.com/posts/kernel-panic
can't boot safely…
the world halted, caught on fire…
rollback… try again.
]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT Edge and Drop-ins in Las Vegas https://fnhipster.com/posts/edge-and-dropins-in-las-vegas https://fnhipster.com/posts/edge-and-dropins-in-las-vegas This year, we’re returning to Adobe Summit with more than just promises—we’re bringing fully composable commerce. Storefront Builder, Adobe Commerce SaaS, and Adobe Commerce Optimizer are ready for showtime.

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]]> Sat, 22 Mar 2025 15:45:00 GMT hypnagogia.m3u https://fnhipster.com/playlists/hypnagogia https://fnhipster.com/playlists/hypnagogia
  1. … Bon Iver
  2. Spitting Off the Edge of the World Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  3. Don't Swallow the Cap The National
  4. Colder & Closer TOPS
  5. Starstruck Sorry
  6. Wrong Number The Cure
  7. Echo Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  8. Weight of Love The Black Keys
  9. Hey Pixies
  10. Crush The Smashing Pumpkins
  11. Beige (unburdened) Yoke Lore
  12. Reunion M83
  13. THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS Bon Iver
  14. All That You Give The Cinematic Orchestra

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]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:30:00 GMT The—em dashes https://fnhipster.com/posts/them-dashes https://fnhipster.com/posts/them-dashes The biggest giveaway of AI-generated text is its tendency to organize responses into structured sections—especially when the breakdown feels redundant as it continues. I see it all the time, even in answers given by candidates during job interviews.

Now, there’s this notion that using em dashes is another sign of AI-generated content. Well, I’ll be damned. I can't ignore how often they appear in ChatGPT's responses—and my own writing.

I can’t help but wonder: if we live in a computer simulation, am I just an AI-generated non-playable character, or am I camouflaging myself with their quirks to avoid obsolescence?

]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:40:00 GMT Picanha: keep calm and reverse-sear https://fnhipster.com/posts/picanha https://fnhipster.com/posts/picanha true This is an RSS-only post.

Reverse-searing picanha is the best way to achieve perfect doneness with a rich, smoky flavor and a beautifully seared crust. Dry-brine with salt and pepper for 24 hours, then smoke it low and slow at 225°F until it reaches 120°F internally. Let it rest, slice it into steaks, and sear over high heat for a deep brown crust. The result? A tender, flavorful cut that does justice to this queen of steaks.

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]]> Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMT threshold https://fnhipster.com/posts/threshold https://fnhipster.com/posts/threshold
don't look at the sun…
we're caught in the undertow…
we're still dreaming… run.
]]> Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:00:00 GMT is_this_it.m3u https://fnhipster.com/playlists/is-this-it https://fnhipster.com/playlists/is-this-it
  1. The Eater of Dreams Nine Inch Nails
  2. Everything In Its Right Place Radiohead
  3. Jump Sit Stand March AWOLNATION feat. Emily Armstrong
  4. Blood In The Cut K.Flay
  5. Coffee Sylvan Esso
  6. Verbatim Mother Mother
  7. We Fell in Love in October girl in red
  8. God Needs The Devil Jonah Kagen
  9. Politik Coldplay
  10. Burning Yeah Yeah Yeah
  11. While I'm Still Here Nine Inch Nails
  12. Fitzpleasure alt-J
  13. Outro M83

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]]> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:00:00 GMT MFE Drop-ins https://fnhipster.com/posts/mfe-drop-ins https://fnhipster.com/posts/mfe-drop-ins I’ve been on a special journey in Adobe, developing our new Commerce Drop-in Components for Edge Delivery Services for Commerce.

“Adobe Commerce drop-in components are full-featured, domain-specific shopping components designed for seamless integrations through predictable APIs. They include functional user interfaces for pages such as product details, shopping carts, checkout flows, user authentication, user accounts, and more.”

In my latest post, I share insights into our work to simplify storefront development, empowering developers to build high-performing, composable shopping experiences. I also showcase how Edge Delivery Services streamline the process, offering unparalleled flexibility, performance, and a seamless developer experience through a decoupled and composable architecture.

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