> How many edge cases does this payment flow actually have? Hundreds. How many of them have we handled? Twelve. Do we want to see the other ones listed explicitly in a graph, staring back at us? Absolutely not. That would make the gap between what we've built and what we need undeniable, and denial is how we get through the day.
Night of the Living Duh
we're not fugazi (they're way harder)
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Sunday, July 19, 2026
wet paper bag
apple is kind of not good any more (for decades).
e.g. ios wallet ui ux is just awful.
Saturday, July 18, 2026
the dog dies
so, in a nutshell, "the odyssey" can be summed up in the same fashion as "turner & hooch".
Friday, July 17, 2026
e3y
seems like most computer systems are nigh the enemy of accessibility.
like, it is one thing to not support ARIA types of things: sins of omission.
but then there's the crap somebody had to actively pursue, had to work hard to implement, that is just evil and dumb and anti-user. things like a user interface that has icons with no labels, and then has heavily animated hover tooltips.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Monday, July 13, 2026
lies and damned lies
not to throw shade based on an N of one, but Insurify seemed utterly pointless. Just a personal info grab that always spits out, "Progressive". Avoid.
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