2025-08-23

Working on the export thing. Adding logic to skip private notes. Mostly because I’m more about allowlists than blocklists when I publish, even something as intentionally sloppy and organic as this iteration of Random Geekery.

Been lots of Torment Nexus moments

How to not build the Torment Nexus • Buttondown

I guess what I’m saying is that it’s getting close to impossible to be in this industry—at the moment—without being on the Torment Nexus Team.

Just at the moment? Especially at the moment, sure. But more than a few times I had an employer involved in Web advertising. Most of my employers, actually. Some more than others. All that data for personalized ads. Not one decently personalized ad.

Even 20 years ago it took effort to ignore what we were laying down the foundations for.