Things I Read: 30 Apr – 14 Jul 2026 - Beach Reads Edition
Notes on LLMs, forks, open source sustainability, aging, social connection, and books largely binge read on vacation.
What I'm reading
I shape how Microsoft Azure participates in upstream Linux communities like Fedora and Flatcar. Nights and weekends go to side projects and life in Brno, Czech Republic.
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A Few More Thoughts on Sashiko and the Kernel
False positives aren’t the real problem with LLM code review. The burden is social, not statistical.
What’s Actually in a Sashiko Review?
I pulled Sashiko’s public review data and tested two hypotheses about what’s driving kernel maintainer frustration.
Reflecting on “Warranty Void If Regenerated”
Reflecting on “Warranty Void If Regenerated” and why calling LLMs “slop generators” misses the real issues.
Counting Synology Photos uploads with synofoto-media-count
Read-only queries against Synology Photos’ DB to gauge upload progress.
Jekyll Reads: the tooling behind my reading list
A tiny, dependency-free toolkit for keeping a Jekyll reading log in sync: one YAML data file, a CLI, and editor integrations that handle the boring parts.
Phone a Friend: Multi-Model Subagents for VS Code Copilot Chat
Dispatch subtasks to a different AI model - with editor gutter indicators intact.
Replacing my compact calendar spreadsheet with an ICS-powered web app
I rebuilt my year-at-a-glance compact calendar as a small web app that reads ICS feeds and highlights conflicts.