Humont https://humont.dev Personal blog and notes en Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work https://humont.dev/links/2025-12-20 https://humont.dev/links/2025-12-20 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT > As software engineers we don’t just crank out code—in fact these days you could argue that’s what the LLMs are for. We need to deliver code that works—and we need to include proof that it works as w... AIs and Robots Should Sound Robotic https://humont.dev/links/2025-02-07 https://humont.dev/links/2025-02-07 Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT > But there is something fundamentally different about talking with a bot as opposed to a person. A person can be a friend. An AI cannot be a friend, despite how people might treat it or react to it. ... You're thinking about passkeys wrong - Yawar Amin https://humont.dev/links/2025-02-06 https://humont.dev/links/2025-02-06 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT > ## Initial user sign-up > - Don't make the user set up a password! > - Send a magic link to their email > - Once they click and enter the webapp, they are in a logged-in state. Prominently show a pa... On interesting recommendations https://humont.dev/notes/2025-02-06-on-interesting-reccomendations https://humont.dev/notes/2025-02-06-on-interesting-reccomendations Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT I'm still working on these thoughts, but I've had one too many knee jerk reactions to people's podcasts recommendations recently, and want to interrogate my own feelings on the matter. One result of ... Developer philosophy https://humont.dev/links/2025-02-05 https://humont.dev/links/2025-02-05 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT > It's generally pretty well-understood that the ground-up rewrite can be an attractive and extremely dangerous prospect. The standard advice when it comes to ground-up rewrites is "Don't, ever". But ... Intensity Progression https://humont.dev/notes/2022-12-27-Intensity-progression https://humont.dev/notes/2022-12-27-Intensity-progression Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT This program was an experiment. As I've mentioned before, these last few years have seen me struggling with any appreciable amount of volume (something I'm currently experimenting with addressing). In... Plain Text Exercise Notation - a simple notation style for exercise recording https://humont.dev/notes/2022-09-5-pten https://humont.dev/notes/2022-09-5-pten Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT I've been recording my exercise/workout routines for 15 years now, and having a historical record of *what* I did and *when* has proven quite useful over the years for a few reasons: 1. Knowing wheth... Raspberry Pi - PoE+ Hat fans https://humont.dev/notes/2022-04-11-poe-hat https://humont.dev/notes/2022-04-11-poe-hat Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT I've been tinkering around with my Raspberry Pi's recently, and since i've know got two, i thought it was time to get as lightly nicer set up! So, i bought a network switch, a multi-pi case, and a bun... A List of Strength Training Methods https://humont.dev/notes/2022-01-27-exercise-methods https://humont.dev/notes/2022-01-27-exercise-methods Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT ``` Updates: 2022-01-27: first published 2022-02-25: added Fatigue Percentage Drops ``` This is a living document cataloguing a variety of different training rep, set, and programming schemes I've l... Why do I find blockchain so appealing: Measuring Value https://humont.dev/notes/2021-10-15-crytpo-weighing-and-measuring https://humont.dev/notes/2021-10-15-crytpo-weighing-and-measuring Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT ## Preamble I've been fascinated by the blockchain world since just before the 2017 bull run - and have been reading keenly about new projects, and existing project developments ever since. Now that...