The Daily Joe

Vol. 1, No. 1Monday, August 17, 2026$1.00

code, film, nerd.

DATELINE: INTERNET —

Hi, I'm Joe Maddalone. I build things I need or want and obsess over film and books. I teach stuff on el337.com

In other news, the grid continues to adapt perfectly to all screen sizes, proving that responsive design is indeed here to stay.

Project Show Times

Tech StackSYMBOL: JM

TypeScript

99.99+15.35 (+19.71%)

REACT

React

87.50+12.40 (+16.53%)

NODE

Node.js

93.24+8.56 (+12.34%)

Next.js

82.15+9.20 (+14.08%)

TAIL

Tailwind CSS

77.92+5.76 (+17.02%)

GIT

Git

95.60+11.25 (+13.33%)

SQL

PostgreSQL

89.40+7.80 (+15.47%)

DRZL

Drizzle ORM

55.05+31.95 (+138.31%)

Now PlayingBy Joe Maddalone

MLX Engine Benchmark Showdown

Benchmarking MLX-based inference engines. For more details, ask for Joe.

Hot take:

I don't care about 100×ing my workflow, says Unemployable Man.

What We Didn't Learn from Walter Pitts

Burn the dissertation here.

LOST CAT

Answers to "Sudo". Reward.

Apple's Built-in LLM Sucks, Mostly

good at one thing...details here.