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So small it fits in five or six modern backpacks.

05.03.2026 12:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How about “The inexplicably massive horse from Breath of the Wild”

05.03.2026 12:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Saying ”sorry” when someone hasn’t said thank you?

04.03.2026 15:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It’s OK you can say it “build or some?”

03.03.2026 19:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

100% that is the title of the sad girl indie album she’s working on

03.03.2026 13:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The day I learned about .prettierrc was when I started to think that perhaps we’d made a wrong turn somewhere.

03.03.2026 09:44 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ooo, what about images? no on those too?

13.02.2026 13:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yes, as long as you’re Ford Prefect in the pub scene from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, you’re all set.

13.02.2026 08:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One of my earliest TV memories, utterly terrifying.

12.02.2026 14:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dudes rock, but men stick.

12.02.2026 08:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The ”just spray it with white undercoat so it counts as painted and they can’t make you take it off the table in games workshop“ approach predates me it turns out.

11.02.2026 09:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Eugh yes that “Link” thing Stripe does is utterly hideous

10.02.2026 11:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New “social” Linux distro root folders

/subscribe
/like
/repost
/notes-screenshot-apology

05.02.2026 08:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

negate a film: Zero Impact

03.02.2026 07:29 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bit of sentence from an article that says there are three companies and then goes on to list four companies

Bit of sentence from an article that says there are three companies and then goes on to list four companies

Um, Did AI count the companies?

03.02.2026 07:12 👍 37 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1

For me it’s worse: I’m haunted by the fact that I want to learn more about CSS so I can use it for fun and at work, help!

02.02.2026 19:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Gentle BBC 2 show where you switch for a week in the offing?

02.02.2026 13:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Did you know you can type npm i Instead of the full npm install?

31.01.2026 15:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

As a programmer who has been learning for 15 years the thing I find hardest is properly coherent composition. To get it right I have to stop and think and craft like I’m writing a damn novel or something. When I see good composition I am in awe. LLMs… are, well, … not geared for composition.

31.01.2026 15:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So I followed you for the UX starter pack but stayed for the West Country content so you’ve actually done a true triple-threat with that post.

29.01.2026 13:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Into Vienna then transfer to Paddleboard is the consensus

23.01.2026 17:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We recently completed the 90s Hifi setup with a VHS player to go with the 5CD changer and dual tape deck. Amp and record player are modern though which is a bit a cheat.

21.01.2026 18:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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21.01.2026 08:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This really shouldn’t be the case, but computing and applications have gone so far backwards that things like FileMaker are back in the game.

17.01.2026 15:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m realising lately that FileMaker Pro is a great tool for writing quick and powerful personal productivity applications. It has a decent UI that can be extended with (on or offline) HTML, a decent database built-in and integration helpers with things like shell commands, AppleScript and shortcuts.

17.01.2026 15:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Websites are good in the browser, general purpose software is much better when it’s on your computer imo. So much more control and with open source licenses much more customisation potential.

17.01.2026 14:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hell I drove to *SWINDON* to go to the movies

16.01.2026 22:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey Dave, heard you are the boss of gray now, congrats! So why do I have to do #666 for my gray? Why can’t I just do #6?

14.01.2026 15:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

jq is so great, someone who can use jq, even greater.

11.01.2026 22:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wearing its Blue, blue jeans

08.01.2026 15:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0