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Dan Egan

@dpegan.com

Behavioral science & design. Mobile app engineer. Dog whisperer. Cyclopath. Speaker for the πŸ¦•. My opinions only.

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🫑 Reporting for scouting duty sir.

07.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was with you till "merge into main without a PR".

I will create my status checks and get my green checks, and click the green button with satisfaction, thank you very much.

πŸ˜‰

06.03.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a black and white drawing of many eyes on a dark background ALT: a black and white drawing of many eyes on a dark background

My kid discovered this last summer walking around at night.

They. Are. Everywhere.

And they are watching you.

22.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I really like this, had a similar idea years back.

Suppose App1 wants data/a field that doesn't exist in Your Data, like "likes broccoli". Then it stores it, and we're back to the existing model.

Any ideas about how to do "recentralization to the user" where Apps generate new data or fields?

04.02.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Days later I'm still chewing on this banger from @gestaltu.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/thechoic...

04.02.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
GitHub - bestdan/the_arena Contribute to bestdan/the_arena development by creating an account on GitHub.

Been doing this for my game, has been fantastic.

github.com/bestdan/the_...

13.12.2025 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is fantastic. Well earned.

04.12.2025 03:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For this, i think we need a mobile game, very similar to Mini Metro. Very simple, but makes it very clear how workers don't scale and structural bottlenecks are your key concern.

24.10.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, I was there at 15:38 (the last off peak train) on the same day. Close, but no two-Dans.

10.10.2025 01:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What use are 2x6s? I imagine they're borderline scrap wood....

09.10.2025 19:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Holding the Center We can be falcon, or falconer.

It's funny how distance from problems makes it easier to handle them, whether you're an expert or not.

Triggered by this from @davenadig.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/davenadi...

20.07.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025 Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.

Check out the Meet Your Mayor quiz from @thecity.nyc and @gothamist.com! projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-ma...

25.05.2025 10:11 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The k+3 implication is "why offer any course you can llm your way through" AND their degrees aren't worth anything?

Man that's a darker future.

Learn to plumb i guess...

08.05.2025 02:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘ that was my impression too, thanks!

05.04.2025 20:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm gonna have this problem soon...

Now that you've done the jigs, would you recommend a panel lift?

05.04.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reflecting on GhibliGate:

If the "meaning" we value is devalued by an abundance of it, perhaps what was valuable wasn't the quality itself, but rather its scarcity?

Is arts value it's evocation, or that it's singular? NFTs etc

- catalyzed by @davenadig.bsky.social and @gestaltu.bsky.social

27.03.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not just a Cheeto, a πŸ”₯ spicy Cheeto.

09.03.2025 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

- We thought AI would be the super logical Data from StarTrek, we got a very expensive vibes-based parrot.

- Because we over-anthropomorphize, we'll see AGI in randomness, just like faces in toast.

09.03.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Adrian Tchaikovsky⁠ on Bio Trajectories and the Importance of Long-Term Thinking The Orthogonal Bet · Episode

Great discussion from @aptshadow.bsky.social and Sam Arbesman on all things scif, speculative evolution and our short track record in the cosmos.

Love the idea of "cathedral values" where you work on sometime you know won't be finished in your lifetime.

open.spotify.com/episode/1PmU...

09.03.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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WFH increases productivity by 12% in the public sector.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

19.02.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 472 πŸ” 150 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 20

Me, to the three year old hitting his mom on Christmas Eve:

"It's time for some game theory."

24.12.2024 19:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Same, man. Same.

bsky.app/profile/dpeg...

13.12.2024 22:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's always time to build.

09.12.2024 19:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Eye of sauron with a caption. This is why we can't have nice rings

Eye of sauron with a caption. This is why we can't have nice rings

Quite happy with this.

06.12.2024 13:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every time I see a post ranting about CI I'm not sure if it's Confidence Intervals or Continuous Integration.

Either way, I click.

05.12.2024 16:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is hilarious.

03.12.2024 23:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, perhaps nothing specific to do with the video aside from them trying to communicate to "the algorithm" that "i don't like this". Good reason for dislikes to be private.

01.12.2024 17:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I was thinking
- design a template job that covers requirements
- have each do the template job using different tools
- track time & difficulty
- present to each other on experience
- vote
- cage match fight if democracy fails

01.12.2024 13:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can you test drive the tools before you buy?

01.12.2024 13:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Do they "win the pot" if others choose the same thing? Or do they "pay" if their top choice wins?

01.12.2024 13:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0