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I don’t often do the screenshot of my own post from another website thing but this feels like it belongs here so

My tech oligarch impersonation

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March 10 2023 | Illegal Beef

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Hello, dear reader.

I will be taking some time off to focus on recovering from several ongoing medical issues that I've been putting off for too long. Unfortunately, it's quite difficult to navigate a meaningful recovery while constantly monitoring this wildly dark moment we find ourselves in.

Today's Stuff Keeps Happening is newsletter-only, but that is always free, so you can check it out here: https://www.skh.news/is-he-still-dead/

I cannot say for certain how long I'll be on break. My goal is to get to a place where I am truly ready to get back to everything at full capacity. I'll be working with several medical professionals to tackle a handful of unrelated problems, each of which is gonna be it's own timescale. So, I hope to be back soon, but I know that pushing it will only extend how long it'll take.

Of course, taking a break is at the expense of my channel's Algorithm Numbers, which always makes these decisions difficult. Content algorithms reward consistency more than basically anything, so taking a break means I both miss out on viewership and losing favor with algorithms for whenever I return. Fun! It's not.

But I know for many of you, you'll be here when I get back, and for that I thank you dearly. I will likely be quieter on most fronts, including Bluesky and Mastodon, but not silent. I don't think I'd be capable of fully shutting up anyway.

As always, if you would like to help chip in to support my continued work, my Patreon, Ko-fi, YouTube memberships, or optional paid newsletter subscriptions are great ways to directly help this all keep going. You can find links to everything at https://isupport.dev

Take care, be well, and I'll see you as soon as I'm able and ready.

~ Dev

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I'm excited to say that Stuff Keeps Happening will return tomorrow at its usual schedule. To celebrate, here is a still from tomorrow's episode announcing my brand new online masterclass.

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Content schedule note (ope)

I had myself a bit of an accident yesterday and injured myself pretty good. I'm going to take that as a sign from the universe that I am overdue for a break.

I'll be skipping my normal content schedule this week, but reserve the right to post something if/when I get bored out of my mind from sitting around with my leg elevated.

If you'd like to chip in and help make it more sustainable for me to be able to take a break when I hurt myself by accident (not infrequent), you could grab an optional paid subscription at https://skh.news (not a substack!)

There's other places you can chip in at https://iSupport.dev, and as always, sharing my channel to folks who might resonate with it is one of the best ways to help me out.

Take care, be well, and I'll see you next week.

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In an era of ever-present AI slop with companies—especially tech companies—pushing the notion that we must all embrace AI and that coding will be a thing of the past, let's learn to code.

In this episode of Technology Boy, I walk through the basics of what computer code is, how it works, and a few examples.

The goal is for you to understand the core ideas behind "how code works" and, hopefully, you'll be inspired to learn more! Or at the very least, you were entertained for a bit.

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This video is a bit of a one-off ramble about the United States Senate and how it has routinely failed us and will continue to do so. The goal of this video is to help folks understand the dynamics of the Senate vs the House, and why the Senate is so well positioned to destroy any movement in the rest of the government, despite being the least representative legislative body.

Especially if you're from outside the United States and you're wondering why our elected officials are so WILDLY out of touch, here's how. At least, in part.