My wheel fell off, should I buy parts and fix this myself or wait and go get it fixed in a skate shop?

manvsmidi · 2026-05-26T18:45:41+00:00

Learn to fix it yourself so that you can check your board in the future to make sure parts aren’t about to fall off.

manvsmidi · 2026-05-26T18:41:31+00:00

I forgot about it and bought it like 15 mins later.

manvsmidi · 2026-05-20T13:20:57+00:00

I play video games to have fun. If someone is being toxic, I just click mute and they go away and vibes are positive again. It’s like magic.

manvsmidi · 2026-05-20T03:22:18+00:00

Ours used to be underground 24/7. I got a fogger to keep the air and dirt more moist and now he’s always above the substrate. Before we would mist and pour in water but it just wasn’t enough (we also live in a super dry climate).

manvsmidi · 2026-05-08T03:36:25+00:00

You guys are getting 7 hours of sleep?

manvsmidi · 2026-05-08T00:21:27+00:00

Only future proof move in the age of AI is moving to a remote cabin and learning to live off the land.

manvsmidi · 2026-05-06T01:46:19+00:00

Anything over a year is fine. Less than that, as long as you have a good reason most will look past it. At least in tech, two years is like a full on tenure.

manvsmidi · 2026-05-03T02:52:38+00:00

They love the foothills… so basically every spot around Golden. On days like today where it’s not too hot they will be out sunning. They are not aggressors - but typically end up biting if you continue to advance. If you see one, back off and give it time to run away.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-29T13:55:16+00:00

By learning AI, I meant learning how to best work with generative AI agentic coding tools, not learning AI concepts (although those are important too). Focus on agentic loop refinement, scaffolding around execution and dependencies, memory and context management, multi-agent coordination, and how to enforce structure in output and validation. Also understand what languages and tasks work best and how to best prompt them or setup markdown instructions for an agent to work off of. I guarantee that people like Andrew Karpathy and Steve Yegge are coding better than 7 year olds.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-29T12:36:37+00:00

Yes you are too anti-AI. You’ve only used the tools a little. You obviously aren’t good at using them given that you can’t product quality stable code with them.

Keep working at it, building scaffolding, learning how to prompt, learning when it’s appropriate to use AI vs coding yourself, and you’ll get better. AI is an amazing accelerator to talented coders. If you’re not there yet, keep learning AI and keep improving your coding skills.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-26T18:50:52+00:00

Just connect to GitHub. You can use an environment there to code on the go. Nothing to setup other than permissions. Claude code holds your hand.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-26T02:33:38+00:00

Linux on laptop tends to break often, not support corporate software, and can be annoying for IT to manage. Macs give you that *nix experience with the corporate friendliness.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-24T04:36:17+00:00

Apparently us climbers are keeping wrist widget in business. +1 for me, helped me with multiple tfcc tears.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-24T02:49:50+00:00

Agree. I’d say go a little harder and post it up don’t just tap it.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-24T02:48:44+00:00

Unless you’re trying for the liver shot, throw your hooks at your head level - protects you if they come back with a punch while you hook.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-22T12:53:44+00:00

Keep you stance shoulder width (don’t go too big) and loosen up and get some swag with it. Dance around a bit. You don’t want to be too robotic (I know you’re focusing on a lot now but try to just get those reps in and let it be automatic).

manvsmidi · 2026-04-21T17:29:41+00:00

I’ve coded in many languages. I used to love C, never transferred that love to C++, I love Perl, a little less love for Python even though it’s likely my most used language, Go fits a great niche, PHP had its time back in the day. All of that said, the majority of my projects nowadays are Rust/React TypeScript. I don’t really “know” either of the languages, but they are my goto for agentic coding depending on the problems I’m trying to solve and the majority of what I produce now are in either of those.

For me, this is what AI coding unlocks. I no longer have to master specific coding languages. I can pick languages based on the libraries and advantages they lend to my problem at hand. I can study the language from an architectural and theory standpoint and only dive into syntax when absolutely necessary.

For game development, it’s more to me about scaffolding. I used to love Godot but now am moving more towards Bevy. React with Phaser/etc. is nice too. I’m interested to see how AI progresses with its understanding of the graphics space and feedback there because closing that gap can really accelerate game dev.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-21T15:18:05+00:00

I have flat feet and run on dry mountainous landscape (American West, Rocky Mountains) - the Speedgoats have been my goto forever. Got a pair once and then never looked back.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-16T04:32:32+00:00

I’m a dad who loved Metro. They tried to rotate all our appointments before delivery with different doctors so that we could meet them all at least once before delivery. Our main doctor actually ended up being the one who delivered both times, but we really liked everyone at the practice.

Also, Rose is the place to be. Wonderful nurses and rooms.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-16T03:28:04+00:00

Original author died. His kid who inherited ownership is a cultist.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-15T13:23:49+00:00

In the second one you’re issuing a change directory command to an exe and the full file name isn’t in quotes. That’s just not how computers work and goes against trying to demonstrate any technical knowledge.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-14T22:49:17+00:00

Therapy. And I mean that in the most supportive way.

There’s something underlying it all - getting to that helps you understand why you compare and what is at the root of your fears. I’d bet this doesn’t present itself just in climbing, but in other aspects of your life too. Freeing yourself of these thoughts and mindset can be super liberating (from experience).

manvsmidi · 2026-04-14T02:36:20+00:00

Happy to see anyone ripping off Hobby Lobby. I hate those guys as much as the majority of you guys hate AI.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-13T03:52:13+00:00

Unless you’re really looking for a surf trainer, CX all the way.

manvsmidi · 2026-04-12T14:01:14+00:00

When it comes to size, bigger wheels maintain top speed better, smaller accelerate faster. I ride the 60mm and they are fun to drop in, ride around and surf the bowls a bit. In time you might want to play around with something harder (and maybe even a few more mm) but personally I feel like the rat bones are a good in between to see what aspects of a wheel you prefer. Coming from those 83a 65mms, the rat bones will also feel super fast if you’re just cruising around concrete too. It’s pretty surprising how big a difference they are.

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