# SSWI

> A collection of links, videos, photos and sometimes, just sometimes, missives from the master of Sillyness himself, Chris J. Davis.

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## Posts

- [Mind the Gap](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/mind-the-gap): This year my youngest will reach the age I was when I lost my brother, and it has forced me to reflect on how a tragedy from decades ago still shapes the person I am today. This is a story about grief, guilt, brotherhood, and the promise I made to myself.
- [Cinema Might Have a Problem](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/cinema-might-have-a-problem): There are multiple attack vectors that are converging on cinema as we know it, and any one of them could signal the end of artistry, profundity and the implicit social contract.
- [Here's to Coincidence](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/here-s-to-coincidence): The one where the author meets his person, because he didn't want to get beat up by his friend.
- [1,546,290,648](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/1-546-290-648): I guess it's time to reflect on life, the universe and everything for Chris. Not a fun time people. Not a fun time.
- [Scratch your own itch](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/scratch-your-own-itch): I have found over the 25+ years I have been doing this design and dev thing, that the best products you can make start off as a simple fix for a problem you have. I think this is one.
- [A Need for Change](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/a-need-for-change): The only constant in life is the need for change. It can be scary or liberating, it's up to you ultimately. I am choosing to see it as a positive, liberating experience.
- [Year 49](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/year-49): Nothing like a trip to the emergency room to give you clarity, gratitude for what you have, and a renewed purpose to make sure you are around for as long as possible to enjoy it.
- [The Supremely Dumb Thing](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/the-supremely-dumb-thing): browse is my tiny, probably-cursed Mac browser. WebKit is not invited to the party. Mac-only on purpose: one platform, one stack, zero Lowest-Common-Denominator UI Monkey Force, and v0 stays small so the trap doesn’t eat me.
- [Hey Look, Another Thing](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/hey-look-another-thing): A new Mac app for screenwriters and novelists, an AI Coach that actually helps.. crazy. When you meaningfully combine agentic systems with human creativity, cool things can happen. Who knew?
- [Oops... I did it again](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/oops-i-did-it-again): To show you that I practice what I preach, say hello to JüK, a new minimal, thoughtfully designed (I think!) front end for Apple Music. I have a love hate relationship with Apple Music.
- [Genus, A Fresh Plex Experience](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/genus-a-fresh-plex-experience): As I mentioned in my previous post, I have evolved into a new form, where I start, stop, abandon, pick back up, and abandon again... a ton of projects. I have had to just accept this, since I can't seem to revert back to my previous, hyper focused form. **It is what it is.**
- [I have become flighty](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/i-have-become-flighty): I don't know if this affects anyone else out there, but over the last year or two I have apparently evolved into a new form, the **Master of Unfinished Projects**. I used to be single minded with my projects, start one, finish it, reset, rinse and repeat.
- [Superman (2025)](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/superman-2025): I enjoyed Superman (2025) MUCH more than Man of Steel, even though I think Cavill could have been an amazing Supes/Kent if he had been given the chance. I am hopeful for the future of the DCU with this being the jumping off point. I'm excited to see what comes next.
- [Everything is AWFUL](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/everything-is-awful): It seems like nothing I do makes anything better... most of the time it makes it worse, and I have no idea what needs to be done to change this. If I didn't have a strong, amazing partner and pretty amazing kids, I think I would have lost it by now. 
- [Words into Practice](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/words-into-practice): To put my money where my mouth is, as they say, I have been building, as I have time, a supremely dumb thing and I am going to introduce the app here, as well as the thinking behind it, etc.
- [Your horn, to toot or not to toot](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/to-toot-or-not-to-toot): Here is the skinny. I have done some really crazy things in my professional and volunteer careers. Stuff that has benefited you, greatly. You just don't know it, because I don't talk about it. I have no interest in doing so, since it always feels like bragging and I am not really that type of person.
- [Life is fleeting, live like it](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/life-is-fleeting-live-like-it): Last week my wife was having a routine scan done in preparation for a medical procedure, and those scans showed what appeared to be cancer in her bladder. Very quickly CT Scans were ordered and done, which then started the waiting game to see if our life together would be changed irrevocably.
- [In Search of an Analog Life](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/in-search-of-an-analog-life): Having **another** screen in my life doesn't add to my chill, it detracts from it. The constant buzz on my wrist of some new notification that I have been programmed to immediately respond to makes me **less** present, not more. 
- [Agentic Coding: An Abject Lesson](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/agentic-coding-an-abject-lesson): As I sat down to hammer away at the keyboard, it occurred to me that this would be a great candidate for a little experiment, since I have been bringing the doom and gloom to the **AI makes anyone a coder** narrative that's making the rounds.
- [Leadership Isn’t About You: Building Teams That Manage Themselves](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/leadership-isn-t-about-you): Not everyone *should* be on the management path. Being promoted out of your competency is a real thing and the downfall of a lot of folks out there. Don't be caught by it. Speak up, protect yourself, and just importantly, protect the folks who would be forced to report to you. *This isn't just about you*.
- [Vibe Coding is a Crock](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/vibe-coding-is-a-crock): As you can imagine, I have been thinking a lot about, and experimenting with *"vibe coding"*, the trend of using  AI-assisted tools like Cursor to write the lion share of a projects code, and if it's really the future of software dev. 
- [Build the Dumb Thing](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/build-the-dumb-thing): I was driving to pick up my son from school today, and as is my way, a truly, truly dumb idea popped into my head.
- [Where are we going with this AI stuff?](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/where-are-we-going-with-this-ai-stuff): We’re being inundated, overrun, really, with AI. From image and video generators to text tools, it's everywhere. And as this continues, one thing is becoming increasingly clear to me.
- [Hey there year 25](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/hey-there-year-25): A lot has happened in those 25 years. Kids have been born, states have been lived in, and homes bought. Now, staring down **50**, living in NYS with one kid at University, and the other in middle school, things have become a lot clearer.
- [Slowing Down in 2021](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/slowing-down-in-2021): After the year we just had, 2021 is going to be a year of slowing down, creating more breathing room for myself as well as my family and reclaiming my well being. While this doesn't mean that I will neccesarily be working less, it **does** mean that I will be focusing more on *mindfullness* and *calm* in my off work...
- [Homebrew Apache Not Responding](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/homebrew-apache-not-responding): So, if you are a [homebrew](https://brew.sh) using fool like me, and have recently found that your apache install isn't working after a reboot, then this might be the article for you. I had this very problem this morning and after a little digging I discovered it was a permissions issue on a log file, of all things. This might only...
- [Quick Tip: Email Addresses](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/quick-tip-email-addresses): Do you need to have multiple accounts at the same service, say Twitter or Facebook, but don't want to have eleventy-seven email addresses that you never really check? Me too friend, me too. This is the solution I came up with, hopefully it will help you as well. > The first thing to get out of the way is that...
- [Hinterlands, Chapter Five](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/hinterlands-chapter-five): **AS DESPAIR WASHED OVER HIM, Séamus HEARD THE HIGH PITCHED WAIL** of his grand-daughters battle cry in the distance. Áine had just burst into the clearing where the boy lay dying, not knowing she was coming to the aid of the one person who could wash away the stigma of her family ties. Fate it seems, is not without a...
- [Make that new cursor move faster](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/make-that-new-cursor-move-faster): If you are like me and have been waiting for the day that you have true mouse/trackpad support on the iPad, well your wait is over. As of iPadOS 13.4 you can connect most Bluetooth mice to your iPad and mouse away. ### The Need for Speed If you have done that though you will notice, as I did, that...
- [CAOS Explained: S01E01](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-episode-1): So before we get into the meat of this video, I wanted to talk a little about the history of Sabrina, since it’s quite unique. The Netflix show is based on a short lived graphic novel series from 2014, called “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”, which was a reimagining of an earlier comic, called “Sabrina the...
- [The Magicians Explained, Part 8](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/the-magicians-explained-part-8): The Magicians Explained: Season 02 Hey everyone, it’s Chris. This is episode 8 of my Magicians overview, this time dissecting episodes 11 through 13 of Season 2! You can find the previous reviews [here](https://chrisjdavis.org/tag/magicians). If you’re new, don’t forget to [subscribe to the channel](https://youtube.com/c/CJDExplains) so you won’t miss any of my future videos, and click the notification icon to join...
- [A Discovery of Witches, Ep 1](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/a-discovery-of-witches-explained-episode-1): Hey everyone, it’s Chris, and welcome to the first episode of my series covering A discovery of Witches. I loved the books this show is based on, the “All Souls Trilogy”, so I have been eagerly awaiting this show to drop for months. Oh and don’t forget to [subscribe to the channel](https://youtube.com/c/CJDExplains) so you won’t miss any of my future...
- [The Magicians Explained, Part 7](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/the-magicians-explained-part-7): Hey everyone, it’s Chris. This is episode 6 of my Magicians overview, this time dissecting episodes 4 through 7 of Season 2! You can find the previous reviews [here](https://chrisjdavis.org/tag/magicians). If you’re new, don’t forget to [subscribe to the channel](https://youtube.com/c/CJDExplains) so you won’t miss any of my future videos, and click the notification icon to join the notification squad, and be...
- [The Magicians Explained, Part 6](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/the-magicians-explained-part-6): Hey everyone, it’s Chris. This is episode 6 of my Magicians overview, this time dissecting episodes 4 through 7 of Season 2! You can find the previous reviews [here](https://chrisjdavis.org/tag/magicians). If you’re new, don’t forget to [subscribe to the channel](https://youtube.com/c/CJDExplains) so you won’t miss any of my future videos, and click the notification icon to join the notification squad, and be...
- [The Magicians Explained, Part 5](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/the-magicians-explained-part-5): Hey everyone, it’s Chris. This is episode 5 of my Magicians overview, this time taking a look at the first 3 episodes of Season 2! You can find the previous reviews [here](https://chrisjdavis.org/tag/magicians). If this is your first time here, I take shows and movies based on books, and compare and contrast them to the source material. Also if you’re new,...
- [The Magicians Explained, Part 4](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/the-magicians-explained-part-4): Hey everyone, it is Chris. This is episode 4 of my Magicians season 01 overview. You can find the previous reviews [here](https://chrisjdavis.org/tag/magicians). If this is your first time here, I take shows and movies based on books, and compare and contrast them to the source material. If you’re new, don’t forget to [subscribe to the channel](https://youtube.com/c/CJDExplains) so you won’t miss...
- [The Magicians Explained, Part 3](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/the-magicians-explained-part-3): Hey everyone, it's Chris. This is episode 3 of my Magicians season 01 overview. You can find the previous reviews [here](https://chrisjdavis.org/tag/magicians). If this is your first time here, I take shows and movies based on books, and compare and contrast them to the source material. If you’re new, don’t forget to [subscribe to the channel](https://youtube.com/c/CJDExplains) so you won’t miss any...
- [The Magicians Explained, Part 2](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/the-magicians-explained-season-01): Hey everyone, it is Chris. This is episode 2 of my Magicians season 01 overview. You can find the previous reviews [here](https://chrisjdavis.org/tag/magicians). If this is your first time here, I take shows and movies based on books, and compare and contrast them to the source material. If you’re new, don’t forget to [subscribe to the channel](https://youtube.com/c/CJDExplains) so you won’t miss...
- [To Help, or Not](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/to-help-or-not): **Okay, strap in internet, this is going to be a bumpy, cranky ride.** Over the last year or so I have been forced to re-evaluate one of the core tenants that I live my life by, that came out of my work with open source communities and projects. Namely, that you have a *moral obligation to help someone if you...
- [The Magicians Explained, Part 1](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/the-magicians-explained-part-1): Hey there everyone, this is Chris. This is going to be an overview of Season 01 of The Magicians. For those of you new to the channel, I take shows and movies based on books, and compare and contrast them to the source material. Not to prove one or the other is better, but so that I can fill you...
- [Unity3d for Filmmaking](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/unity3d-for-filmmaking): So, long time no post. It's been pretty crazy year building out the technology for Filmio, getting up to speed on the brave new world of Blockchain Tech, all while still trying to work on my first novel and building out my YouTube channel. To say that my time to devote to writing here has been limited would be an...
- [Shannara Explained:S02E04](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/shannara-explaineds02e04): Hey Shannara fans, time for my spoilery top 10 list for the fourth episode. 10: Deals with the Warlock Lord So Leah made a deal with the Warlock Lord, interesting. This just keeps getting weirder and weirder. Is there anyone that she won’t make a deal with sheesh. It has become more and more obvious to me that Leah has...
- [Shannara Explained:S02E03](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/shannara-explaineds02e03): Hey Shannara fans, this is my spoilery top 10 list for the third episode. You know the drill if you haven’t seen the episode stop now! For the rest of you, let’s dig in! 10: Garet Jax Well, we were all wondering about it, and it’s nice that they didn’t make us wait for weeks to get some resolution on...
- [Shannara Explained:S02E02](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/shannara-explained-s02e02): Hey Shannara fans, this is my spoilery top 10 list for the second episode. Hopefully, you know the drill, if you haven’t seen the episode stop now! For the rest of you, let’s get it on! Pyrea Nice move Shannara writers. Making the Elven Princess the mother of Mareth was great. It gives us a plausible reason that she thinks...
- [Shannara Explained:S02E01](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/shannara-chronicles-explained-season-2-episode-1-druid): So this is my Season 2, Episode 1 review, it will be spoilery, so if you haven’t seen the episode yet and don’t want to have it ruined, stop now! Okay, I’m assuming that if you are still here you either have seen the episode or don’t care if my ramblings spoil things for you. Off the bat, I give...
- [Shannara Explained: Elves](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/shannara-explained-elves): So as I mentioned in an earlier episode, linked right here, all the races in the Shannara Universe evolved from humans, all of them except elves. As I have had some questions about this, I thought I would make this quick video to explain their history. In the Shannara Universe, there are two opposing forces known as the Word &...
- [Shannara Explained: Ep 2](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/shannara-explained-ep-2): So when we ended the last episode, the Warlock Lord had been dead for 500 years, and peace had descended on the four Lands, like a giant, comfy blanket. So why is the Druid Allanon looking for a child of Shannara? Surprise, Surprise Well, it turns out the Warlock Lord didn’t die. Which leads us to the first book, Sword...
- [There is no One True Way, Ever](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/there-is-no-one-true-way-ever): Another short one for your eye holes. There are few things that I hate more than some "tech luminary" telling you how the way they do things is the "bestest, most truest way to do anything ever." It's a load of bollocks. Today our lives are filled with pithy medium posts that espouse the virtues of "what works for me"...
- [More Hinterlands For Your Face](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/another-hinterlands-excerpt): It's that time again, another rough draft excerpt from my novel Hinterlands. If you have any comments or thoughts, you can find me on twitter, or you can comment on this post from twitter using the hashtag #sswiHinterlands2. Chapter 9I now pronounce you... “Áine, we need to talk.” Séamus began as he worked to match pace with me, the injury...
- [The Virtues of Routine...](https://chrisjdavis.org/posts/the-virtues-of-routine): As I have been carving away at the lump of raw clay that is my first novel, I have become acquainted with the virtue of routine. Traditionally I have not been a fan of routine. I hate planning things out in my personal life. From a professional perspective, I like routine, process, and planning, when I'm NOT at work I...

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