By request, I am making “Lifetime Subscriptions” to The Lunduke Journal once again available… but only until end of day tomorrow (Friday, December 30th). So, if you want one, chop chop.
The “Lifetime Subscription” (which runs $300) has the same benefits as the “Founding Member” subscription… with the added bonus of lasting forever. Meaning you get absolutely every perk The Lunduke Journal offers… and you never need to pay again. For life. Which is pretty cool.
Worth noting: If you are a current Monthly, Yearly, or Founding Member subscriber — you can apply the total amount you have already paid during 2022 towards your Lifetime Subscription. Good way to save some bucks. If you need assistance in figuring out how much you’ve paid for your current subscription, feel free to ask and Lunduke can look it up.
How to snag a Lifetime Subscription:
Go to the Lunduke.Locals.com subscription page. Select the “Annual” option, and select “Card”. Then enter the amount for a Lifetime Subscription ($300 minus anything you’ve already paid in 2022).
You will then be contacted by Lunduke to finalize setting up your account (it’s super easy).
Just be sure to do it before end of day on Friday. Because, on Friday night, I’m putting the “Lifetime Subscription” option back in the vault and it will no longer be available for folks to purchase.
This is the first and last note you’ll see about this. No reminders.
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It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.
New Workflow Handles Multiple Simultaneous Agent Sessions
TLDR - I’m loving Herdr for managing my many agentic sessions - and have replaced Zellij workflow with Herdr.
I work with constant multiple long running agentic sessions. If you aren’t there yet, I predict more than half of the people reading this will be. I work from a Mac laptop and ssh into Linux to run agentic cli’s: codex, Claude Code, pi, OMP, and OpenCode. I had been using Zellij, a modern Tmux competitor, to meet the need of long running sessions that don’t stop when I close my laptop. But is good enough ever good enough? Is the grass greener on the other side of the fence? I was interested in T3 Code as I follow it’s creator Theogg’s Youtube videos. I subscribe to T3.chat for $8/month because he’s great at supporting new open weights models quickly. Great for testing them out or whenever I want to start a thread with no memory of me or any previous discussion. I’ve been waiting for it to get out of beta but I think ...
[Poll] "True/False": A.I. "Vibe Coding" Does Not Replace Understanding the Concepts of Software Design.
Note: I asked Grok a "bigger" question, partly about being "DevOps Illiterate." (I may add the reply later ... edits to just show parts that seemed most important)
sample from Grok - RE: What's "Dangerous" Behavior in "Vibe Code"?
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A definition you can use.... A more dangerous vibe coder is a person (or team) who:
1. Accepts generated structure they cannot redraw from memory (files, types, where state lives).
2. Uses wrong or borrowed names for lifecycle and storage, so they cannot ask the next question.
3. Does not treat the current diff as a hypothesis to test (diff apathy).
4. Increases blast radius (prod data, secrets, payments, other people’s machines) faster than they increase checks.
5. Iterates by prompt when the right move is to subdivide, freeze a spec, or compute vs store a value on purpose.
Illiteracy is a symptom. Diff apathy is the mechanism. ...
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I just went to a junk area in my house and picked out a seat cushion I've had for years. Now the seat arm isn't too high.
Lunduke Lifetime Discount Ends in 1 Day; Zelda, Larry, SQ, & Keen Walls Available
TL;DR: Lifetime Subscription discount ends in one day. There are currently 4 “Lifetime Walls” with space available for more names (the Oregon Trail Wall is now full).
We’ve been running a massive discount on Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriptions for the entire months of June and July. And it has been an absolute blast. There are now 21 (twenty-one!) retro computer walls overflowing with your names.
Pure insanity. Huge thank you to everyone who has supported The Lunduke Journal.
But the discounted price only runs through July 31st… and that moment is just about here.
When the calendar ticks over into August (just a hair over 24 hours from now), the Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscription price goes back to normal.
If the calendar still says it’s July, the Lifetime price is still discounted to $125.
If the calendar says August… the price returns to $300.
There are, as of this exact moment, 4 retro game themed “Lifetime Walls” which still have some space for more names (check Lunduke.com for the full list):
Legend of Zelda
Commander Keen 4
Space Quest 4
Leisure Suit Larry
Grab a discounted Lifetime Subscription (scroll down for the details), then email Lunduke (bryan at lunduke.com) with which Wall you’d like to appear on.
First come, first served. Once a Wall is full, it’s full. So if there’s a specific Wall you’d like to be on, don’t dilly dally.
How to Grab a Discounted Lifetime Subscription:
There are 3 different ways to pick up a Lunduke Journal Lifetime sub. All of them work great. Choose whichever works best for you!
Remember: These discounted prices go back up to normal ($300) on August 1st.
Send $115 worth of Bitcoin (or more) to the following address:
bc1qyjakve8fywm8pz2v99v57yhjj0vzr2vjze6fcq
Email “bryan at lunduke.com” with the following information: What time you made the transaction, how much was sent (in Bitcoin), and the email address you use (or plan to use) on Locals.com or Substack.com.
Oregon Trail, Keen, & Leisure Suit Larry Lifetime Walls
Holy frijoles! There are now 20 (twenty!) Lifetime Subscriber Walls, filled with the names of roughly one bazillion Lunduke Journal supporters.
Just amazing.
Two super quick updates:
The “Desqview/X”, “NeXTSetp”, & “TRS-80 Model 100” Walls are now full! (Check them out on Lunduke.com and at the end of new shows.)
There are 3 new Walls available to put your John Hancock on… and, just for kicks, these ones aren’t from Classic Operating Systems… they’re Classic Games:
Oregon Trail
Commander Keen 4
Leisure Suit Larry
I don’t expect space on these Walls to last long. First come first served.
If you don’t have a Lifetime Sub yet… what in the heckatarnations are you waiting for? The Lifetime Discount only lasts through the end of July (which is roughly one week away).
A huge thank you to all of The Lunduke Journal subscribers. Your support is deeply appreciated. You make this possible.
Which means there are, as of this exact moment, 4 Walls with space available (see Lunduke.com for the full list of Walls). But these fill up wicked fast.
Emacs (only a few spots left)
Desqview/X (a little less than 2/3rd’s full)
NeXTStep (still plenty of space)
TRS-80 Model 100 (just launched)
Nice, right?
Worth noting: The “TRS-80 Model 100” has very limited screen resolution (240 x 64), which means only a small number of names can fit on that wall. If you want on it, I’d let me know right away.
Grab a discounted Lifetime Subscription (if you don’t already have one), then let me know (email “bryan at lunduke.com”) which Wall you’d like to see your name on.
Huge high five to everyone who has already added their name to a Wall. At the current rate, we’ll have over 20 retro computer themed walls, filled with all of your names, by the end of the month.
There are some options. For both subscribing and donating. They're all on this page.
Bonus: At the bottom of this page you will find the invite link to the super-secret Lunduke Journal Discord Chat Server. This is only available for full subscribers, which makes it a nice place to hang out. No riff-raff.
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