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Greg Fox 🇨🇦

muddylaces@mstdn.ca

<p>Mountain biker, road cyclist, sort-of software developer, software engineering lead. Regular blood donor. I love technology and customizing an OS to suit my needs, wants, and whims. 
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    Software developers (and product owners) of the world: do better. Who thought this validation was a good idea? User hostile IMO.

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    I read a great article earlier this week on the second system effect and why rewriting a complex and critical piece of code is not worth it. Then I lost the link. I’m retracing my online steps to try and find it again and it is driving me crazy that I can’t find it again. I’ve found lots of other similar articles though and maybe one of them will do.

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    In my world, vanilla milkshakes are pointless.

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    This makes no sense to me. I want to disable iCloud contacts and only rely on my Fastmail account contact sharing. Why would a screen time password interfere with this?

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    Pretty sure the answer is, and always will be, jQuery. https://mas.to/@RikerGoogling/117282509351955962

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    https://muddylaces.ca/2026/09/16503/

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    Lame. There are a few sub-reddits I follow using RSS. This will not make me want to launch the reddit app though, and I’ll make due without those posts. https://mas.to/@alternativeto/117371029508981073

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    I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of this city. #yyj https://muddylaces.ca/2026/08/16479/

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    I had a great quippy post earlier. I’m so tired that I got distracted and now can’t remember what it was. 😴 https://muddylaces.ca/2026/07/16425/

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    What’s better than a four day work week? A three day work week! https://muddylaces.ca/2026/07/16419/ #echofeed

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    What’s better than a four day work week? A three day work week! https://muddylaces.ca/2026/07/16419/

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    I’m trying out Gnome (https://lexfriedman.com/gnome/) and I appreciate this a LOT as a way to get people to pay for a license. I’m trying out Gnome and I appreciate this a LOT as a way to get people to pay for a license. 🤣 https://muddylaces.ca/2026/06/16417/ #echofeed

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    I’m trying out Gnome and I appreciate this a LOT as a way to get people to pay for a license. 🤣 https://muddylaces.ca/2026/06/16417/

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    Work Chronicles is one of my favourite comics and today’s is a doozy. If you work in tech, you’ll get it. https://muddylaces.ca/2026/06/16414/ #Comics #TechDebt