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KClip is a cross-platform commandline utility I wrote for copying to and pasting from the system clipboard, similar to pbcopy/pbpaste on macOS.

You can install it now via cargo

cargo install kclip-cli
kclip install # installs symlink aliases for kccopy/kcpaste

More info: github.com/347Online/kclip-cli

I've long been annoyed by not having a consistent commandline interface to the clipboard across macOS and Linux. I had long ago had the idea to use a shell script to abstract over the different tools available across the different platforms, but this idea wasn't particularly satisfying and I never ended up moving on it.

Recently however, I was browsing 1Password's GitHub repositories (as one does) and I noticed they maintain a library called Arboard. This library is fantastic. As I was reading the documentation I suddenly had the realization that I could use this to solve my issue!

I've been using KClip myself for about a week now and I'm already really happy with it. It's feature-complete in terms of my initial vision for a minimum viable product, but I already have some fun new ideas I'm playing with.

If this sounds like a tool you could use, I'd be so happy if you gave it a look.

Watch this space for updates as KClip evolves

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be joining the Techathon livestream this Saturday, September 27th.

We'll be playing games, discussing technology topics, all benefitting Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).

MSF's life-saving mission has perhaps never been more important, so I'm incredibly honored to be participating.

Details for the event can be found at techathon.live

Hope to see you there!

In case you missed it, I was on another episode of Tech Tales, hosted by my friend Corbin Davenport. This was my first movie club episode and I had a blast. Corbin, Zachary Wander, and myself discussed Pirates of Silicon Valley. It's hard to say it was a "good" movie, but I do highly recommend it if you have any interest in the early rivalry between Apple and Microsoft. It also has some of the best casting choices imaginable.

Check out the movie, then listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts!

I've been dissatisfied with my website since oh... I dunno, a few minutes after I launched it? Not to mention that my blog was completely separate from the website as a whole. That sucks!

I knew I could do better. A regular hey-I'm-just-a-person-who-says-stuff-sometimes website shouldn't be a React app. And I've been doing this kind of thing long enough that I can make my own blog, damn it.

I've been itching to switch over to a static site generator and finally after much deliberation, I have switched over to 11ty — check out the source code for details.

I'm really trying to write more and I've realized that I hated the publishing workflow for my old blog. I'm a [Neo]Vim girlie and these days that's where I do all of my writing. Pasting that markdown into a web form didn't feel nice. Writing in the editor I spend most of my time in and being able to write drafts as git commits in a pull request sparks joy.

Even as I write this I'm already quite enamored with this new workflow. It's never felt easier to express myself.

There are still a few rough edges I'd like to polish up — if I don't have RSS soon I'll go mad — but this should be a great foundation to build on for years to come.

I couldn't be happier. I hope to talk to you here again real soon. :)

This article is incredible. What starts as a banal public works inquiry quickly spirals into a sprawling affair uncovering a shocking amount of history for what seems like a trivial question: Why did they build this bridge?

This is one of my biggest frustrations with many online services particularly those in the realm of hiring and employment as Nicole mentioned with LinkedIn

What especially gets me is when they ask for a preferred name, then continually refer to me by my legal name anyway

The upshot here is that given this sort of distribution, we capture the property of unlimited potential downside with limited upside. And this is really the case with estimates!

This point about unlimited potential downside with limited upside is going to stick with me.