{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Slightly Caffeinated","title":"Laptop Rescue, Rig, and Decision Fatigue","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9c2f7576\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2534,"description":"Chris Gmyr and TJ Miller walk through TJ's laptop locking up past safe mode, how Claude helped him rescue his work over a shared disk, and the agent state he forgot to save. They also cover Chris's Rig beta at work, off-site backups, and dotfiles, sharing insights on what to protect when your tools keep state for you.\nLinks\nAsk a question or suggest a topic\nPodcast: Site | Twitter/X | Bluesky\nChris: Site | Twitter/X | Bluesky\nTJ: Site | Twitter/X | Bluesky\nReferences Mentioned\nLocalStack - how Rig runs one local DynamoDB instance with a table per service\nNovelhood - Chris's book club app, one of the side projects waiting on usage resets\nHalcyon - TJ's notes app, where Fable 5.1 as the Hive lead turned the sync build around\nOpenCode - TJ's idea for running GPT models with a rule file extension\nPi - one of the harnesses Chris named as a base for a Rula engineering harness\nPurity Coffee Sacred Cups Star Coffee - the honey processed Starday bag Chris finished\nBear - where TJ was writing therapy homework when the laptop froze\nPrism - one of the repos TJ rescued off the frozen disk\nSonari - TJ's transcription app, rescued with its in-progress worktrees\nDotbot - how TJ rebuilt his machine in 45 minutes and keeps work and personal setups in sync\nHomebrew - what Dotbot reinstalls on a fresh machine\nSetapp - part of TJ's rebuild script\nBackblaze - Chris's off-site backup instead of Time Machine\nSkate - Charm's encrypted key value store TJ uses to keep secrets out of his dotfiles\nPHP Tek - TJ's first 2027 talk submission\nLaracon US - TJ will be there and might submit\nLaracon AU - TJ's top speaking goal for the year","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R-444p4eT9rQuQTWqDaqd1s9ThBWdFeMfb3HoJxPWnQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yODA0/N2JjZTg1ODNkZTQ4/MGM4N2M3NDgzZjQz/MzA5MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}