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Oh hey, I'm the guy who (in?)famously no longer builds software. Still building furniture, still dicking around on HN when I'm not building furniture. My curre

Oh hey, I'm the guy who (in?)famously no longer builds software. Still building furniture, still dicking around on HN when I'm not building furniture. My current project is a mid-century modern-inspired dining table. I'm delighted by the design, and I'm tickled to be building it. Not all projects are as fun. Last year I built a very large liquor cabinet that involved rather more problem-solving than expected. I should've charged more for it, and I am, as ever, grateful that my partner works a salaried job that comes with health insurance. As a small point of order, I was never actually asked to add an RSS feed to a DBMS. I've definitely implemented things that made just as much sense to me though. I remain delighted by how much that GitHub comment still resonates with folks, and I remain astonished that the issue is still open after almost 8 years. ETA: I remain wholly unqualified to discuss the state of actual agriculture and homesteading. My partner and I garden, but make no pretense of ever having our small home be self-sustaining economically or even in food.

morleytj 2y ago
That's my bad! Thank you for the correction. It is an incredible comment, haha, as you can tell I still think about it semi-regularly. Incredible that the issue is still open as well. Best of luck with the dining table! I took a good look through your site while I was looking back up that thread that I remembered and your pieces look great. Actually, if you're in the Upper Valley, you probably aren't far at all from where I grew up. It's over near Windsor, around Mt. Ascutney. Edit: If you or your partner like knitting, I'm sure I could prevail upon my parents to offer some of our yarn to you as a gift for the inspiration!
- mauvehaus 2y ago
  Thanks for the kind words and the link in the article :-) We're in West Fairlee now, but I've driven through Windsor a million times going to and from the Claremont MakerSpace when we were still renting outside of WRJ. I love Ascutney and really ought to get down and climb it again. Please feel free to drop a line the next time you're in the area.
  - morleytj 2y ago
    Will do! :) Ascutney is great -- I definitely recommend starting from the Brownsville trailhead, there's an oddly beautiful view partway up where the abandoned mining operation has some remaining tracks leading out along a thin little cliff and you get an incredible view of all the fields and forest because of the rocks that blocking the trees from growing beneath the cliffside.
    - mauvehaus 2y ago
      I love the Brownsville trail and the views it has! I've only ever gone up on it, actually. Intriguingly, the trail map shows a steam donkey near the Futures Trail that I'm dying to go check out. Might have to go up that way the next time I'm down. How's the diner in Windsor? Despite driving by it, I've never been in. It sure looks the part! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_donkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_donkey

morleytj 2y ago

That's my bad! Thank you for the correction. It is an incredible comment, haha, as you can tell I still think about it semi-regularly. Incredible that the issue is still open as well. Best of luck with the dining table! I took a good look through your site while I was looking back up that thread that I remembered and your pieces look great. Actually, if you're in the Upper Valley, you probably aren't far at all from where I grew up. It's over near Windsor, around Mt. Ascutney. Edit: If you or your partner like knitting, I'm sure I could prevail upon my parents to offer some of our yarn to you as a gift for the inspiration!

mauvehaus 2y ago
Thanks for the kind words and the link in the article :-) We're in West Fairlee now, but I've driven through Windsor a million times going to and from the Claremont MakerSpace when we were still renting outside of WRJ. I love Ascutney and really ought to get down and climb it again. Please feel free to drop a line the next time you're in the area.
- morleytj 2y ago
  Will do! :) Ascutney is great -- I definitely recommend starting from the Brownsville trailhead, there's an oddly beautiful view partway up where the abandoned mining operation has some remaining tracks leading out along a thin little cliff and you get an incredible view of all the fields and forest because of the rocks that blocking the trees from growing beneath the cliffside.
  - mauvehaus 2y ago
    I love the Brownsville trail and the views it has! I've only ever gone up on it, actually. Intriguingly, the trail map shows a steam donkey near the Futures Trail that I'm dying to go check out. Might have to go up that way the next time I'm down. How's the diner in Windsor? Despite driving by it, I've never been in. It sure looks the part! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_donkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_donkey