I built this tool a year ago but I feel like Mastodon folks would like it
The "Weird Old Book Finder"
Type in a search query, and it'll find one randomly-chosen public-domain book that matches the query -- and present it for immediate reading: https://www.weirdoldbookfinder.net/
Why only one book? To prevent the paradox of choice! Just *start readin'*
Can't promise every book will be weird, but most are
A longer essay on how/why I developed it: https://debugger.medium.com/a-search-engine-that-finds-you-weird-old-books-3a74fbb5f3d4
This was a search for "mastodon"
I got laid off today. Eek!
Looking to hire a senior/staff engineer? I might be exactly what you need.
Keywords: backend / Ruby / Ruby on Rails / Go (Golang) / AWS / Terraform / frontend / TypeScript / React / full-time / remote-first / senior engineer
Some more details on what I offer here: https://denisdefreyne.com/notes/get-me-a-job-2025/
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IT'S (checks notes) FRIDAY!!!
*waves hello*
Still offline for a few more days, and only remembered to bring one dancer with me.
Back soon with more photos and nonsense, but as ever, have a good weekend if you possible can
Steve:
frequent overthinker, compulsive fixer, digester-then-explainer, "why?" question relishing father, minor-irritant partner, excessive disassembler, original-form hacker, high-efficiency googler, borderline-competent car-fixer, expert-level car-breaker, faster-by-qwerty communicator, indiscriminate photo-taker, Leatherman owner.