Uncommon SolidDiagnostics platform software during the week, small useless web things on the weekend. Notes, half-finished projects, and twenty years of old websites.https://4167360.xyz/enThe third air showhttps://4167360.xyz/logs/the-third-air-show/https://4167360.xyz/logs/the-third-air-show/Twelve years, two scrubbed performances, two Boeing investigations — and one perfect blue sky over the bay.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTnotesaviationucs-server, explainedhttps://4167360.xyz/logs/ucs-server-explained/https://4167360.xyz/logs/ucs-server-explained/The name, the printer that started it all, and why the whole homelab runs on less than a dollar a year.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThomelabself-hostingDon't throw the PDF at the LLM - Reflection of this projecthttps://4167360.xyz/logs/dont-throw-the-pdf-at-the-llm/https://4167360.xyz/logs/dont-throw-the-pdf-at-the-llm/A hallucinated variant report led to a CIViCdb-grounded RAG app, a Parabricks server running multi-hour pipelines, and agent skills. Where it goes next.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTgenomicsaiThe forecasting telephone gamehttps://4167360.xyz/logs/the-forecasting-telephone-game/https://4167360.xyz/logs/the-forecasting-telephone-game/What happens when a simple suggestion for an email automation agent gets translated into a full-scale TimesFM forecasting pipeline in BigQuery.Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTmachine-learningdata-engineeringproduct-managementHow Uncommon Solid came to behttps://4167360.xyz/logs/how-uncommon-solid-came-to-be/https://4167360.xyz/logs/how-uncommon-solid-came-to-be/From a repurposed 2010 MacBook Pro running Debian in a closet to a static Astro site running on the edge.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThomelabastrocloudflareTwenty years of my own websites, in orderhttps://4167360.xyz/logs/twenty-years-of-my-own-websites/https://4167360.xyz/logs/twenty-years-of-my-own-websites/Tables, then divs, then frameworks, then back to plain files. A tour of the archive shelf.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTarchivenotesThe flight sim site that taught me HTMLhttps://4167360.xyz/logs/the-flight-sim-site-that-taught-me-html/https://4167360.xyz/logs/the-flight-sim-site-that-taught-me-html/A squadron page with a hit counter, a guestbook, and a frameset I was very proud of.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTflight-simarchiveReading a genomic report the way a clinician doeshttps://4167360.xyz/logs/reading-a-genomic-report/https://4167360.xyz/logs/reading-a-genomic-report/Notes from watching people use the thing I build, which is humbling every single time.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTgenomicsnotesCase management is more than a chat sidebarhttps://4167360.xyz/logs/case-management-over-chat-sidebar/https://4167360.xyz/logs/case-management-over-chat-sidebar/Realizing clinicians don't need conversational chatbot companions—they need a deterministic, persona-focused workspace.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgenomicsuxwebEvidence tiers are a UI problemhttps://4167360.xyz/logs/evidence-tiers-are-a-ui-problem/https://4167360.xyz/logs/evidence-tiers-are-a-ui-problem/Four tiers, one column, and a year of arguing about whether a colour counts as a claim.Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTgenomicsnotesRebuilding the squadron page as static fileshttps://4167360.xyz/logs/rebuilding-the-squadron-page/https://4167360.xyz/logs/rebuilding-the-squadron-page/Rescuing a 2006 frameset from a Wayback snapshot, without pretending it was ever good.Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTflight-simarchiveChasing F1 scores on a twin-turbo serverhttps://4167360.xyz/logs/chasing-f1-scores-on-twin-turbo/https://4167360.xyz/logs/chasing-f1-scores-on-twin-turbo/We got our Nvidia Parabricks server and immediately went down the secondary analysis pipeline-tuning rabbit hole.Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTgenomicshardwarepipelineParsing VCF without losing your mindhttps://4167360.xyz/logs/parsing-vcf-without-losing-your-mind/https://4167360.xyz/logs/parsing-vcf-without-losing-your-mind/The spec is short, the files are not, and every field you trust is optional somewhere.Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTgenomicsQuerying CIViCdb directly with GraphQLhttps://4167360.xyz/logs/querying-civicdb-directly/https://4167360.xyz/logs/querying-civicdb-directly/Why we chose real-time GraphQL hierarchy queries over stale TSV downloads for onco-query-assistant.Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTgenomicsgraphqlWhy cockpit displays are good interface designhttps://4167360.xyz/logs/why-cockpit-displays-are-good-interface-design/https://4167360.xyz/logs/why-cockpit-displays-are-good-interface-design/Constraints that most software does not have, producing decisions most software should copy anyway.Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTnotesflight-simThe start of useless apphttps://4167360.xyz/logs/the-start-of-useless-app/https://4167360.xyz/logs/the-start-of-useless-app/How is this useless app started?Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTWebDevAIReading a HUD: what the symbology actually meanshttps://4167360.xyz/logs/reading-a-hud/https://4167360.xyz/logs/reading-a-hud/The velocity vector, the pitch ladder, and why the little circle is the only thing that matters.Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTflight-simnotes