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Latest — 27 May 2026

RAM Disk on macOS for Xcode DerivedData

I've been using this script, which I place at /usr/local/bin/dasramdisk.sh, for way more than ten years. In all that time I've never once benchmarked it to see if a RAM disk was any faster for random reads/writes than an SSD. That

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Two LLMs to Rule Them All

AI coding is still very much the wild west in a sense, at least in part because it is improving so rapidly. Not the AI specifically. The AI (Opus, ChatGPT, et al) actually tend to fluctuate. Opus has been noted for the past couple of months to have been on

GaN Pro Desktop Fast Charger...Garbage

I try to learn "bigger picture" lessons instead of just the one-off, specific circumstance. Here's what I've decided. Brand names are important. If you produce and sell a product without a brand name – like so many on Amazon – it is likely that you have

Five Books to Rule Them All

In my continuing effort to get rid of things, I started going through my book boxes. I don't have any worthless books. At one time or another, each book was incredibly important; vital, even. From that once, long ago, vital need, there now exists some sentimentality for what

Depression Hates a Moving Target

I admit it's not exactly the same thing; there's a more generalized value to what Winston Churchill relied upon to battle his depression, that I've certainly employed. I think I've talked about this before. Working a job. Employer brings in consulting company.

Sin is Crouching at the Door

I was in a lengthy meeting when I heard, from elsewhere in the house, bellowing / hollering uncharacteristic of K, but distinctly K's voice. A parent can ofter tell the different types of "cries", and I knew something tragic (at least in his mind) had just happened,

The Supportive Wife

I found this plate in the fridge, waiting for me, when I went upstairs wondering what I should eat for lunch. It's the little things that make the difference, but to be honest, putting together a lunch is hardly a "little thing". And S knew that

It Pays to be a Woman

My wife grabbed W and ran off to the grocery store. She texts me half an hour later with a picture of one of the tires (see below). Apparently it is flat. But she has made it to an air pump somewhere. She really does have a knack for finding

King of the Mountain

I used to ride my bike a lot, particularly when I lived in the city. The drivers in the city were much more tolerant of cyclists for two reasons, I think: 1. At least some roads were designed with bicycles in mind (certainly not all). 2. You don't

$10 Per Push-up or $1 million

Sometimes interesting questions come out of Reddit. Consistently, the wrong answers come out of Reddit. The post captured above asks, $10 per push-up for life vs $1 million right now Score one for Reddit for the interesting question. What about the wrong answer though? It's not that this

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