I'm Brandur. This site is where I publish words and photos. The section updated most often is atoms, short multimedia particles reminiscent of a Twitter feed. I update my now page monthly according to what I'm working on and thinking about. I publish a newsletter as often as I can.
A couple tiny Codex TUI features
September 17, 2026
Hiding in plain sight: copy the last answer, toggle raw Markdown, and disable Escape as an interrupt.
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15 years later, a day without Tmux
September 17, 2026
A rare, periodic reevaluation of one of the oldest and dearest tools in my kit.
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Does anyone run Postgres without PgBouncer?
August 12, 2026
Almost every notable managed Postgres provider bundles a connection pooler, giving us a strong hint that connection management is a product problem rather than a user problem.
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These are a short selection of recently posted writing across all categories. See also atoms for a more frequently updated feed.