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Nigel James
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Life, the Universe and Anything ❤️ solving problems 💛 emceeing & speaking 💚 CTW #include disclaimer.h my opinions only - not opinions of any company P.S. If you can be anything, be kind. P.P.S I'm a big fan of the andromeda galaxy
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · Feb 7
Hey New Followers:

Just in case you are wondering what you have found here. In 220 characters or less -
I used to do SAP Enterprise software
I now work with startups building their systems mostly as founding engineer - fancy title means I was the first tech hire.
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 1d
Yes 👍
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 1d
What if our sleep debt was on our lapel like a geiger counter ?

#thoughtForTheDay
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 1d
That is massive. Congratulations
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 3d
Interesting is leaf a good target for microservices?

Here is the full talk
youtu.be/j5ntMVGV0eg

And here is a link to leaf
leafphp.dev
Andrew MacLean - Turning Over a New Leaf in PHP
YouTube video by Carolina Code Conference
youtu.be
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 4d
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 5d
You might like this @jakebennett.bsky.social ☝️
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 9d
I got some unsolicited feedback from my talk:

"I really enjoyed your session at the PHP/Laravel Meetup at Cover Genius! Your Metabase demo was super insightful and practical."

Thanks very much
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 11d
Bring us a shrubbery or we will say "Ni" again
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 11d
Congratulations @fabien.potencier.org
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Fabien Potencier @fabien.potencier.org · 11d
20 years ago, #Symfony was publicly released as a #PHP Open-Source project. Thank you all for your support along the years.
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 11d
Just wondering if the rest of the World needs to send election observers to be sure that the USA holds free and fair elections.

#usapol
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AnsibleBat 🦅 @ansiblebat.bsky.social · 12d
TikTok saved $300K/year by rewriting just the slowest Go endpoints in Rust — not the whole service.

Results?
⚡️80K QPS
🔥CPU ↓52%
💾Memory ↓72%
⏱p99 latency ↓76%

Why Rust?
No GC. Zero-cost abstractions. Copy-on-Write efficiency.

Go = reliable car 🚗
Rust = F1 engine 🏎️

#RustLang
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 12d
/s/startups/business

It's not just startups
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 13d
Evening all.
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 13d
With US science & research tanking, an independent CSIRO, weather bureau and medical/science grant systems in Australia are more crucial than ever. #csiro #bom #sciencesky
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding
CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’
www.theguardian.com
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 13d
When I was in drama (many 🌕's ago) and learning choreography we were encouraged to make the steps big and bold so the mistakes stood out to be corrected.

It also brought the energy to the right level
edutopia.org Edutopia @edutopia.org · 13d
How do you encourage students to embrace mistakes?

#MathSky #ITeachMath #EduSky #WhatWorksForMe
What Works For Me! “My new math mantra (and for life, really) is ‘Make the mistake.’ I call, ‘Who thinks they got it wrong / thinks they need help? Can we share your answer to learn from it?’ I will circulate and tell kids who volunteer: ‘I see you, but you got it right... Hold that for a minute, let’s see if we can fix a mistake instead.’ Kids are taking a lot more risks and getting better in the process.” —Taryn Ballesty, Teacher
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 13d
Heading into #Sydney soon for the #sydphp #phpxsyd meetup

eventy.io/events/1pl01...

I am presenting a talk on #metabase and how it can be a quick #BI win for your #fullstack #laravel #django #ruby cough #springBoot app

It's a pre @laracon.au special. :woot:
PHP/Laravel - 2025 October 14th | Eventy
Join us in October of 2025 at the Cover Genius HQ...
eventy.io
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 14d
50 / 14000000000 to 6 decimal points:

0.000000

/shrug
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 14d
Thanks ... I would have done it additively like

00110111

That means I could have had 5 candles either carefully arranged for binary places or just 11 y/candle
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 15d
Cake day !!! 🎉🥂🚀🎆
Vanilla cake iced with chocolate icing with piping saying "50*" And lower down in fine print "* GST not included"
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 15d
#VersesRemovedFromTrumpBible

James 1:27 NLT
[27] Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

bible.com/bible/116/ja...
James 1:27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. | New Living Translation (NLT) | Do...
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.
bible.com
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 16d
So does 10:11 11/10/25 count as a #binary day/datetime ?
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 17d
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 17d
I just took a moment to enjoy

10:10 on the 10/10/25

Such a great moment each year.

You could almost call this international #binary day
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Nigel James @nigeljam.es · 19d
It depend if you want to transform everything or cherry (lemon) pick the best parts - compute usually more expensive that storage
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