https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/Recent content in Home on A Shitty First DraftHugoenFri, 25 Sep 2026 12:24:06 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-09-25-hello-sand/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:24:06 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-09-25-hello-sand/HELLO SAND!https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-09-22-front-row-has-responsibilities/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:04:15 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-09-22-front-row-has-responsibilities/We went to a comedy show this weekend. The comedian was Reece Kidd, and he was hallrous, however, there were three people in the front row with NO intention of interacting. A lot of comedy these days is crowd-work, and this was no exception. So, why sit in the front row if you don’t contribute.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-09-07-consumerism/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:14:04 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-09-07-consumerism/We were shopping for my son’s school supplies this weekend and I had the urge to buy something for myself. We were at the bookstore, and I’m an artsy guy, I could get something to create. But I didn’t need anything. And yet, there was this feeling that I should, buy something, anything. It struck me as odd. I’m content, and yet this strong, feeling to buy something I don’t need.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-09-02-locked-out/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:19:37 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-09-02-locked-out/I have been using a password manager for years. What’s my Apple password you ask, I have no idea. I started using keepass X and stored everything there. About a year or so ago, I switched to Proton, and slowly transitioned to that. However, they had a service outage yesterday. And not only could I not access my email, I couldn’t log into anything else. The outage of a single suite of services locked me out of all my other accounts.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-09-01-i-m-from-the-states/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:24:41 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-09-01-i-m-from-the-states/Everytime I tell someone I’m from the States, the conversation is always the same: Them: Oh, which one? Me: Colorado, do you know it? Them: I have been to New York once. Me: No, it’s kinda in the middle. Them: I have friends in LA. Me: That’s California, other side. Them: Thinking a bit Near Texas? Me: Yeah, that’s closer. From when I lived, to the top tip of Texas is about a 6 hour drive.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-25-onboard-vs-overhead/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:39:15 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-25-onboard-vs-overhead/Sometimes when I see a plane flying overhead, I’m thankful I’m not on it. That I can stretch out, that I’m comfortable, and that isn’t me. This is not one of those times. I’m sitting on the runway waiting for the first of two flights today. Ugg.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-24-20-year-anniversary/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:10:39 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-24-20-year-anniversary/On August 21st, 2006 I started a photo of the day project. At the time, the idea was to post a photo everyday. As the years went on, it changed to post a photo taken on that day. Then vacations to adventures happened, so I posted multiple photos on a day. Or a video every-so-often. In the beginning it was public, anyone could visit. I removed geotags close to my house.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-24-forgotten-post/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:38:04 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-24-forgotten-post/I had this idea for a post yesterday. I was on a tube in the sea and it was the perfect idea. And yet now, many hours later, it’s gone. I should have written it down, ohh well.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-19-just-jump-in/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:01:02 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-19-just-jump-in/You know that moment, your feet are in the water, it’s cold and you know jumping in will be uncomfortable. The waves start to splash higher to higher, each hit a reminder of how cold the water is. All you have to do is jump in. A moment of cold splash before you get used to it. But’s unpleasant and so you stand there. Cold wave after cold wavehttps://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-12-not-ai-written/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:22:36 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-12-not-ai-written/I saw the post, or article about how claude is going to start adding in marks in its content. Basically so people can detect if a piece of writing is AI Generated or not. How Claude marks AI-generated content Anywho, I can guarentee that this post here, and all the others were NOT written with AI.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-11-we-owe-some-money-to-the-government-for-taxes-it-s-a-large-amount-as-you-can-see-from-my-bluring/Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:45:51 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-11-we-owe-some-money-to-the-government-for-taxes-it-s-a-large-amount-as-you-can-see-from-my-bluring/Καλημέρα σας, Παρακαλούμε όπως μας αποσταλούν υποστηρικτικά / δικαιολογητικά έγγραφα αναφορικά με το εξερχόμενο έμβασμα ύψους € [illegible] σε [illegible] Clients Account This much to be exact: € [illegible] Enough joking around. The message above is an email from the bank, requesting justification. So now I have to proon the transfer, the reason for it. This is an account we have paid into before, the recipients are our accountants, who the bank knows.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-10-monday-morning-slop/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:25:43 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-10-monday-morning-slop/Every Monday morning, I compile a list of updates from my people for my skip-boss. These are the usual updates of what happened, and the blockers. My skipboss then uses them to report at the executive meeting later in the day. I read over the notes my people write, mostly with AI, and pull out the interesting things. This week my skip-boss is away but told me he will use AI to “report” at the meeting, whatever that means.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-09-testing-formats/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:20:29 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-09-testing-formats/ I wrote that post yesterday & then took a bunch of time to troubleshoot why it didn’t post. A few problems, so this note is a test to see if it is all fixed.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-08-at-the-beach/Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:07:14 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-08-at-the-beach/I’m at the beach, two teenagers behind me on their phones. It has been hours now. This hotel has many pools, a water park, a beach with sand, and yet whatever they are doing on their phones is more engaging. Our attention span is hijacked.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-05-nobody-is-watching/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:45:15 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-05-nobody-is-watching/I had two meetings today that confirmed my feeling that no one is watching. Most people are focused on themselves, most people are worried about their own thing. So, just do the thing, stop worring so much about what others are thinking. You spend too much time thinking about them anyway. They aren’t worth the time or energy. Just do the thing, because nobody is watching.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-03-early-morning/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:54:54 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-08-03-early-morning/We woke up early this morning around five to take my wife, hu mother, to the airport. A 35 minute drive from the house. We sit at a bakery, Ομόνοια, one of our favorites on our way to the beach. Normally we fill up on baked goods, their pizza is good, but better is their μπουγάτσα, the sweet one, not savory. A creamy pastry with powdered sugar. It’s 7:30, we have been here for 45 minutes or so.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-30-is-it-all-just-slop-now/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:04:22 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-30-is-it-all-just-slop-now/I watched a youtube video, older guy talking about building a brand, and as he went along, I found myself listening to claude. This is familer, these strings of words, these transitions. “Because here is the thing noone will tell you” “that’s the unlock” And I made it to the end, to hear the same summary that th LLMs give. Is this what contnt has become? Is it too much to ask to edit your script?https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-29-i-sent-the-wrong-post/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:17:48 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-29-i-sent-the-wrong-post/This workflow may need a bit of adjusting. Earlier today I sent notes meant for obsidian to the blog. The problem is that Remarkable has very few integrations for getting content out, and Email is th best. So right now, one email sends to obsidian, one email to the blog. One private, one public.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-28-testing-in-production-2/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:47:56 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-28-testing-in-production-2/I need to add a new feature today, tags. And while normally I would setup a staging server to test things out on, I haven’t done that here. Mostly, because I don’t think anyone is paying attention. It is very easy in the beginning to roll back changes in GIT. When this site to project gets larger, then adding testing environments makes sense, but not yet.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-27-testing-remarkable-s-beta-software/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:06:20 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-27-testing-remarkable-s-beta-software/I have about 50 Adobe Stock photo credits that I need to use up. And it is taking a while You would think that It would be easy, but I end up getting the same images over to over. Anywho. I downloaded some “stickers” and I’m very curious how it will work with this blogging workflow. Yesterday’s post didn’t convert the tweet to text. I dunno why, if it was a remarkable issue or claudehttps://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-26-fight-or-flight-mode/Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:02:05 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-26-fight-or-flight-mode/I have been practicing system design questions with Claude recently, b. it is interesting how quickly I feel my blood pressure rise in response to them. I know the LLM isn’t real, I can openly admit things I don’t know, and yet it is still stress enducing! For example, we walked through this problem: Upfront, I asked some clarifing questions which Claude answered, but when it came to the fix, I needed help.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-25-getting-better-6-better/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:35:50 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-25-getting-better-6-better/In the latest update of the Remarkable, they have added the option of copying 6 pasting images from PDFs. This will make creating templates a whole lot easier. You can build one page with a bunch of different shapes 6 symbols 6 then use them across any of your pages.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-22-what-is-this/Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:53:47 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-22-what-is-this/Yesterday, I was sitting at a cafe with my remarkable tablet & my phone and I thought, “I’m going to write a blog post.” And so I did. So, when I got home, I wrote up a small plugin that uses Remarkable’s “send to email” feature to post blog posts to Github. And that’s what this is. This blog here is hard written. Small thoughts jotted down.https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-21-hello-world-test-number-8/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:54:19 +0000https://ashittyfirstdraft.xyz/posts/2026-07-21-hello-world-test-number-8/Hello from my Remarkable tablet! Let’s see if this thing works! This is now test # 8