Chris Amico

Some thoughts on revisiting a story More →

Why did you move to Boston? For the weather, of course. More →

Notes from Bowling Alone. More →

Find yourself some friends and read Moby Dick together. More →

Is this like eating an elephant? More →

It's been a long five years, and I want to remember what happened. More →

uv is in, everything else is out. More →

There should be one -- and preferably only one -- obvious way to do it. More →

Writing articles about things that happened is a recipe for despair More →

The only thing I want for my birthday is for you to find something you care about. More →

Or will I get cheated by ChatGPT? More →

We don't need to be in the slop business, and we can use AI to solve real problems. More →

This is true as of April 2025. It'll probably be different a month from now, and definitely a year from now. More →

Archive the inputs. Archive the outputs. More →

How much can I learn from a one-file project? Lots. More →

Some things we have to learn the hard way. More →

Sometimes I actually want an SQLite file. More →

David Kertzer paints a picture of a nearly failed state, unable to stem violence between fascists and socialsts, with almost no one willing to stand up for democracy. More →

Two SQL functions give us a better starting point More →

In fire season, what do our users need from us? More →

How it started. How it's going. More →

"There's a Pulitzer to be won in this courthouse every day," an attorney said. What does that mean? More →

We're working in a fast-changing space where solutions aren't stable, so it's important to take a problem-first approach. More →

The tools are getting better and the fires are getting worse. More →

Answer these questions before you start coding up that sweet new thing. More →

The age of buildings, residential assessments and value density. More →

After half a decade of regularly working in Go, there's a lot I've come to like about it, and a few things I still struggle with. More →

Onward. More →

tldr; toot is a nice library. More →

And there are only three. More →

The Python landscape can be a confusing mess of overlapping tools that sometimes don't work well together. This is my setup. More →