Hi! I'm Joe Maddalone

/writes

• Instead of a giant docker-compose
  Manage a shit-ton of smaller docker-compose files
  12/6/2025
• Extract structured data from images with DSPy and ax-llm
  Let's get structured data from an image
  10/26/2025
• Summers ago
  A reflection on time, technology, and the fleeting nature of digital summers
  10/23/2025
• DSPy Signatures in Ax-llm
  DSPy signatures in ax-llm and how they eliminate brittle prompts.
  10/9/2025
• Missed CSS: accent color
  dead simple.
  9/22/2025
• Proxy Reactivity
  kinda neat
  8/4/2025
• How I UI
  A very loose process I mostly follow...
  8/2/2025
• 2024 movies you may have overlooked
  forgotten on award night...
  1/19/2025
• 2024 in the Books
  A bunch of things I read in 2024.
  12/30/2024
• Rewatchables
  my list of lesser-discussed rewatchable films
  5/2/2024
• An AI Timeline
  A timeline of AI events.
  1/7/2024
• Code for fun
  building to abandon
  1/7/2024
• 2023 in the Books
  A bunch of things I read in 2023.
  12/30/2023
• OliveTin Node
  olivetin + nvm
  12/27/2023
• DupliBalance Disorder
  Dumb app + automation I did today
  12/26/2023
• Crockford on the Alphabet
  Douglas Crockford tells us how to say letters.
  12/22/2023
• ollama
  ollama + langchain
  11/23/2023
• React Loop Mission Statement
  A mission statement I wrote
  11/17/2023
• Joe Says: How to Conduct a Coding Challenge
  joe tells you stuff like he really knows...
  11/16/2023
• Missed CSS: counters
  Numbering without ordered lists.
  10/22/2023
• CSS Grid
  clever thing.
  7/23/2023
• Plus Branding
  Thoughts on lazy branding (+).
  5/1/2023
• Why I Do the Discs
  I like physical media for movies.
  2/16/2023
• Handy DOM
  handy dom stuff.
  1/17/2023
• Missed HTML: ruby
  A quick win for otherwise complicated typography.
  12/27/2022
• The Man From Earth
  An overlooked science fiction master class
  12/7/2022
• 2022 in the Books
  A bunch of things I read.
  11/28/2022
• My self-hosted stuff
  Hosting all the things from a closet.
  3/13/2022
• Hexadecimal Color
  How hexadecimal color works.
  1/15/2022
• Svg Path Data in Canvas
  Building canvas shapes with svg path data
  1/4/2022
• Missed HTML: details
  The details tag is often overlooked and reinvented.
  12/12/2021
• Rethinking the Developer Career Path
  A really interesting perspective on this age old problem.
  12/3/2021
• The Long Goodbye to CommonJS
  With the advent of HTTP/2, ES Modules, and other technologies the future of web development is ripe for major shifts.
  11/28/2021