David Mohundro

New Blog Redesign mohundro.com/blog/2026-03-1…

@tigkindel @github @dotnet Yep.

Once again @github screws the pooch. @dotnet installers in runners are now getting 404s.

Some people get their kicks climbing mountains or jumping out of planes... I get mine by posting funny things in slack during meetings and trying to not laugh while my webcam is on.

I'm so tempted to say, "Perfect! Now I have a comprehensive understanding." in my next call. Hmm...

We got bit by the "System Data" bug on my wife's iPhone this past week-30-40gb of storage that we can't do anything about. Setting the date a year in the future removed 10gb, but a day later, it is almost all back. She couldn't take a photo and her calendar wouldn't show anything

ripgrep and the rgignore file mohundro.com/blog/2026-01-0…

I posted my 2025 year in review up at mohundro.com/blog/2026-01-0….

At least three levels of …etectorsdowndetectorsdowndetector.com Does this mean we should start self-hosting our down detectors? But then we need a peer to peer distributed version of down detection to tell us when OUR down detector is down. Right? RIGHT?

My open source story was one of many featured on the OSI site for Maintainer Month - see my OSS story at opensource.org/maintainers/dr… and see more at opensource.org/maintainers.

I just had the kindest (and unprompted!) LinkedIn recommendation written for me ever... it absolutely made my day.

@PrajwalTomar_ @readwise save thread

In last 5 months, I’ve built 16 SaaS products for clients using Cursor. Now, I’ve cracked the best AI coding workflow for Cursor. Here’s my step-by-step guide to building production-ready MVPs:

It’s duct tape all the way down.

With all of the AI talk lately, can I just complain for a bit? This is silly, but when I see AI, I *also* see Al. Can you see the difference? It depends on your font. I or l. I or L.

@RickBrannan Do you think it is or would be valuable in C# (i.e. or any other language one thinks in)? I admit I haven’t given it a fair chance yet, but curious about a known vs learning one.

@elijahmanor Your problem might be… terminal.

I may have a problem 🤣 /me playing with iTerm, Alacritty, Kitty, and WezTerm

@kbburr @DRMSHPhD Thanks for sharing and prayers for his family and those around him. He did great work for the Kingdom.

Saddened to hear about the passing of @DRMSHPhD. Prayers for his family.

@skeletonkey It’s a whole “I’m my own grandpa” chain of blockers at this point.

Overheard in standup meeting this morning: "You either die blocked or live long enough to see yourself become the blocker."

"...and remember, always keep an eye on your virtual assistant, you never know when it might turn into a Skynet." - ChatGPT

@garrettbest88 One of my HU professors @fmccown shared this: frankmccown.blogspot.com/2023/01/what-c…

Have you come across any good or interesting resources that would help a small liberal arts university wrap it’s mind around the implications of ChatGPT? Help appreciated.