Vol. I · No. 51Mon, Nov 9, 2026

Dispatches

The running record of Joe Castagna

Strategist, Trekkie, Techie and Record Collector. Now: Trying to Stay dry.

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I just found out you can buy a Tattoo gun for less than $50 ... that ... is ... insane.

This new Claude Opus 5.5 is quite good, I’ve been re-building the backend of this site and it’s making much better decisions with far less errors.

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