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Man sitting on bench next to two colorful chairs — Fred and colorful chairs (2026). Leica Q2.

I don't know of anyone who prefers that I write these daily posts here at daily.baty.net rather than on my "real" blog at baty.net. Oh wait, yes I do. I prefer it.

I have finally, after several attempts over the past year, gotten a working Forgejo instance running that actually uses my ssh key correctly. It's running via Docker on the UGREEN and is accessed only using Tailscale. This setup has been great for everything else since I got the NAS, but it feels like it's going to turn into a burden one day. I hope not. For now, it feels better than using Github, so maybe it's worth the risk.

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The modern app – David Bushell – Web Dev (UK)

Today I’m introducing the next generation of code editor. A modern app to satiate the needs of the discerning coder. We’re talkin’ blazing fast collaboration between man and machine.

💯% accurate.

Me with a small dog — Me and Flossy (2026)

Woah, I had to drag the source for this site out of an archive, rename it, and update the Emacs config to load things properly. Then I had to fix npm because I'd ruined the symlinks during the process. I'm not even using this site, so what was that all about?

I spent a lot of time working on a daily notes setup for TheBrain, but later decided I don't really want to use TheBrain for daily notes. I know, I know. Instead of simply going back to my Denote routine, I moved the process into my Org-node setup. That took a minute. The good news is, now I have at least 5 places for creating Daily Notes. Oh wait.

My in-laws are in town from New Orleans this weekend. I like them well enough, but it's going to put a serious damper on my free time until next Wednesday. Aaargh! :)

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I have a thing for mermaid movies, but this didn't make a lot of sense to me. Also, I find the title to be stupid. The gold standard remains "The Lure (2015)".

Mirror selfie in hallway — Hallway selfie (2007)

Hey there, remember me? I almost forgot about this site, sorry. Maybe I've neglected it because it's built using Eleventy, just like baty.net is now. It doesn't feel like doing something different, which is what normally prompts me to change things up. Anyway, Hi!

Blurry black and white film photo of a train passing

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So, I have successfully converted baty.net to Eleventy, with a custom theme and handy scripts for creating content via either a terminal or within Emacs. Of course I am enamored by it, so I've been posting daily notes there instead. That's why it's been quiet here lately.

Black and white photo of a couple with small dog sitting on pier — Grand Haven, MI (2023). Leica MP / Summilux-M 35

I'm busy this morning migrating baty.net to Eleventy with a complete redesign. I explained to Claude Code in great detail what I wanted, and I'm writing this while Claude Code handles the heavy lifting. This would never have happened without LLM help.

Black and white photo of a black Leica M10-P camera — Leica M10-p (2020). I should have kept it.

First morning with the new daily.baty.net. The script for creating new posts uses $EDITOR, which I usually have as nvim but sometimes it's "emacsclient -c" and that was failing. I pasted the error into the robot and it fixed the problem in about 5 seconds.

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The Ghost Effect

That said, for $200 a month (or $20), you have a team of cybercriminals on tap that you can call at any time. You are now an absolute elite hacker, if you take time to learn some basics. Congratulations! Seeing state-level cyberweapons become a commodity is kind of a new thing, and I thought you should know about it.

It's a wild world out there. I'm a little nervous about it.

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I had so much fun converting this site to Eleventy yesterday that it has me thinking about doing the same thing with baty.net. I prefer static sites, but Hugo has always been tricky to deal with. I like 11ty, but it means building a new theme and I'm not good at that. But Claude Code is. Trouble is, once I do that, what's stopping me from rolling some of the features here over to that blog? Does that mean One True Blog™? I doubt it, but it's interesting to think about.

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I'm excited about the Artemis II launch tonight but it stresses me out so much I won't be able to watch it. I'll catch it tomorrow.

I'm kind of giddy about the work I did with Claude Code, today, but I'm afraid to talk about it for fear of being scolded. At some point I'm going to stop worrying about it.

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I woke up this morning wondering if Claude Code could build me an Eleventy version of daily.baty.net blog. Turns out it can (You're soaking in it). It was much easier than expected. Say what you will about LLMs, they've gotten damn good and very useful to me.

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I knew nothing about this going in. What a strange, funny movie. I had a blast.

Field with birch trees in winter — At the park

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Just a test note to verify multiple notes render on a day page.

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One doesn't have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.

— Charles M. Blow

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