@danjac.bsky.social
It's long been true that startup code is written by the cheapest, most incompetent coders you can find, because they will work for experience/peanuts/"equity".
You then hire competent coders not to tidy up the mess but to build features on top of the mess.
AI will ABSOLUTELY make this worse.
You then hire competent coders not to tidy up the mess but to build features on top of the mess.
AI will ABSOLUTELY make this worse.
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's long been true that startup code is written by the cheapest, most incompetent coders you can find, because they will work for experience/peanuts/"equity".
You then hire competent coders not to tidy up the mess but to build features on top of the mess.
AI will ABSOLUTELY make this worse.
You then hire competent coders not to tidy up the mess but to build features on top of the mess.
AI will ABSOLUTELY make this worse.
@andraswf.bsky.social material here for an entire drama comedy series if you are looking for ideas
I took a look at Liz Truss's website for The Leconfield, her new Mayfair club asking for £500,000 from members to build it, and ran the images through the AI detection software Detesia, here's the results.
First the logo, "Substantial Evidence for AI involvement"
www.theleconfield.com
First the logo, "Substantial Evidence for AI involvement"
www.theleconfield.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
@andraswf.bsky.social material here for an entire drama comedy series if you are looking for ideas
Perl was basically Larry Wall's guerilla art project that got out of hand
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/compute...
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/compute...
Perl's decline was cultural
www.beatworm.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Perl was basically Larry Wall's guerilla art project that got out of hand
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/compute...
www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/compute...
I want to see the original Attack of the Clones without all the obnoxious CGI. Just green screens and actors hanging from wires
The best thing Disney has done since Aladdin. Maybe the only thing that could get me into a movie theater on opening day ever again.
www.theverge.com/news/839434/...
www.theverge.com/news/839434/...
Star Wars’ original theatrical cut returns to theaters in 2027
See Han shoot first.
www.theverge.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I want to see the original Attack of the Clones without all the obnoxious CGI. Just green screens and actors hanging from wires
Bradley Cooper reprising his roles in Guardians of the Galaxy and the Hangover
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Bradley Cooper reprising his roles in Guardians of the Galaxy and the Hangover
BBC producers planning a Blakes 7 reboot: cheap location sets will be available soon
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 8:29 AM
BBC producers planning a Blakes 7 reboot: cheap location sets will be available soon
I'm genuinely impressed by the sheer level of hatred Cloudflare UX/UI people have for their users.
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm genuinely impressed by the sheer level of hatred Cloudflare UX/UI people have for their users.
"We rewrote our working code base in a brand new language almost nobody has heard of" is the reddest of red flags for a tech startup
www.radical-elements.com/minor-epipha...
www.radical-elements.com/minor-epipha...
We Rewrote Our Startup from PHP to Gleam in 3 Weeks
We are officially running our startup in Gleam! Our freshly written Gleam code is now live on our production servers.....
www.radical-elements.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"We rewrote our working code base in a brand new language almost nobody has heard of" is the reddest of red flags for a tech startup
www.radical-elements.com/minor-epipha...
www.radical-elements.com/minor-epipha...
Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, manage. Those who can't manage, manage software projects.
spectrum.ieee.org/it-managemen...
spectrum.ieee.org/it-managemen...
Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing
Why do software failures persist despite soaring IT budgets? Dive into the complexities that keep success elusive.
spectrum.ieee.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, manage. Those who can't manage, manage software projects.
spectrum.ieee.org/it-managemen...
spectrum.ieee.org/it-managemen...
It's like the Ring - you have to forward it to someone else or Noddy Holder crawls out of your TV on Christmas Eve
Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking on your wall'
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking...
Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'Are You Hanging Up Your Stocking On Your Wall?'Crooned by @MichaelMisDisappointing More: http://li...
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's like the Ring - you have to forward it to someone else or Noddy Holder crawls out of your TV on Christmas Eve
In 2019 we were assured they were in power for a decade
The UK's looming threat of a Reform government is rightly terrifying, but it is kinda funny that every time I see the Tory leader in the news I'm like 'oh wait that party still exists?'
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In 2019 we were assured they were in power for a decade
Big index cleanup on my side project. Reminder: don't cross the streams - cross referencing models from other apps on your migrations.
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Big index cleanup on my side project. Reminder: don't cross the streams - cross referencing models from other apps on your migrations.
How many "serious" podcasts are really just people advertising each others' books
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
How many "serious" podcasts are really just people advertising each others' books
Reposted
Hey y'all, I'm looking for my next role!
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hey y'all, I'm looking for my next role!
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
In further news, the US Coast Guard - now renamed Die Kriegsmarine - will embark on a U-Boat offensive to sink shipping on the Atlantic routes
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In further news, the US Coast Guard - now renamed Die Kriegsmarine - will embark on a U-Boat offensive to sink shipping on the Atlantic routes
Software developers: the house is barely standing, the roof leaks, the plumbing is shot, there's dry rot in the walls, the locks are all broken, whole thing will collapse in a strong wind
Product manager: OK but I want a new kitchen extension and I need new wallpaper in the spare bedroom
Product manager: OK but I want a new kitchen extension and I need new wallpaper in the spare bedroom
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Software developers: the house is barely standing, the roof leaks, the plumbing is shot, there's dry rot in the walls, the locks are all broken, whole thing will collapse in a strong wind
Product manager: OK but I want a new kitchen extension and I need new wallpaper in the spare bedroom
Product manager: OK but I want a new kitchen extension and I need new wallpaper in the spare bedroom
Hearing a new version of PHP is out is like hearing that a band you followed back in the early 2000s, that you haven't listened to in years, and who you assumed broke up maybe 10 years ago, just put out a new album.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hearing a new version of PHP is out is like hearing that a band you followed back in the early 2000s, that you haven't listened to in years, and who you assumed broke up maybe 10 years ago, just put out a new album.
Does Keith Richards still own the copyright on it
Known as “Hurrian Hymn No. 6,” this is the oldest complete #song known to humankind.
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
The Oldest (Known) Song Ever
YouTube video by Ming
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November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Does Keith Richards still own the copyright on it
"It's a big club, and you're not in it"
Politico 2022: “Both of Chuck Schumer’s daughters work for the tech giants: Alison Schumer works as a privacy and politics product marketing manager at Facebook parent company Meta, while Jessica Schumer is a registered lobbyist for Amazon in New York state.”
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Lawmakers’ family connections to tech spur scrutiny
Also: AT&T’s 3G network is shutting down, after 20 years of service.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"It's a big club, and you're not in it"
Makes it sound like there's a white paper to bring back space hoppers and Watney's Red Barrel
Can the Tele make up their minds about whether the seventies was good or bad?
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Makes it sound like there's a white paper to bring back space hoppers and Watney's Red Barrel
Apple has a budget bigger than some countries yet can't afford the internet bill to keep a small site up and running: it's RSS builder site has been down for 24 hours
rss.marketingtools.apple.com
rss.marketingtools.apple.com
rss.marketingtools.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Apple has a budget bigger than some countries yet can't afford the internet bill to keep a small site up and running: it's RSS builder site has been down for 24 hours
rss.marketingtools.apple.com
rss.marketingtools.apple.com
Unless Jeffrey Epstein had a sideline in procuring furniture JD Vance should be safe.
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Unless Jeffrey Epstein had a sideline in procuring furniture JD Vance should be safe.
Scrum is the Trojan horse of agile frameworks: enables top-down micromanagement in the guise of superficially empowering workers. Genuinely one of the worst things to happen to the craft of software development (before LLMs came along, that is).
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Scrum is the Trojan horse of agile frameworks: enables top-down micromanagement in the guise of superficially empowering workers. Genuinely one of the worst things to happen to the craft of software development (before LLMs came along, that is).