Stephen Newman
@newman.digital
He/him. I like solving problems. Learning as much as I can. http://github.com/newmancodes http://stephennewman.co.uk π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈπΊπ¦
Absolutely. Best phones I ever had.
December 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Absolutely. Best phones I ever had.
Reposted by Stephen Newman
Category Theory for JavaScript/TypeScript Developers, by @ibrahimcesar.com:
https://ibrahimcesar.cloud/blog/category-theory-for-javascript-typescript-developers/
#javascript #typescript #programming #craft
https://ibrahimcesar.cloud/blog/category-theory-for-javascript-typescript-developers/
#javascript #typescript #programming #craft
Category Theory for JavaScript/TypeScript Developers β Ibrahim Cesar
From Bartosz Milewski's Haskell-centric approach to something tailored for the JS/TS ecosystem. Exploring adjunctions, monads, and why Promise.then() is actually category theory in disguise.
ibrahimcesar.cloud
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Category Theory for JavaScript/TypeScript Developers, by @ibrahimcesar.com:
https://ibrahimcesar.cloud/blog/category-theory-for-javascript-typescript-developers/
#javascript #typescript #programming #craft
https://ibrahimcesar.cloud/blog/category-theory-for-javascript-typescript-developers/
#javascript #typescript #programming #craft
Continuing my investigation of applying uninformed search techniques to conquer the Countdown Numbers Round with depth first search and includes some benchmarks using BenchmarkDotNet.
blog.newman.digital/posts/2025/1...
blog.newman.digital/posts/2025/1...
Exploring Depth First Search
In my last blog post we developed an MCP server which could solve the Number Round segments from the popular UK gameshow Countdown . The implementation used an uninformed search algorithm called Bread...
blog.newman.digital
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Continuing my investigation of applying uninformed search techniques to conquer the Countdown Numbers Round with depth first search and includes some benchmarks using BenchmarkDotNet.
blog.newman.digital/posts/2025/1...
blog.newman.digital/posts/2025/1...
Reposted by Stephen Newman
Try going days without water. Thatβs what people in Tunbridge Wells have had to do. Β
Families, care homes and schools are in limbo while South East Water still canβt say when this will be fixed. Thank you Mike Martin for stepping up and holding those responsible to account.
Families, care homes and schools are in limbo while South East Water still canβt say when this will be fixed. Thank you Mike Martin for stepping up and holding those responsible to account.
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Try going days without water. Thatβs what people in Tunbridge Wells have had to do. Β
Families, care homes and schools are in limbo while South East Water still canβt say when this will be fixed. Thank you Mike Martin for stepping up and holding those responsible to account.
Families, care homes and schools are in limbo while South East Water still canβt say when this will be fixed. Thank you Mike Martin for stepping up and holding those responsible to account.
This year, I decided to try my hand a writing a blog.
I've just published my walkthrough of solving a classic UK game show segment using uninformed search - blog.newman.digital/posts/2025/1... with a discussion as to how we can make this ability available to GitHub Copilot via an MCP server.
I've just published my walkthrough of solving a classic UK game show segment using uninformed search - blog.newman.digital/posts/2025/1... with a discussion as to how we can make this ability available to GitHub Copilot via an MCP server.
blog.newman.digital
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This year, I decided to try my hand a writing a blog.
I've just published my walkthrough of solving a classic UK game show segment using uninformed search - blog.newman.digital/posts/2025/1... with a discussion as to how we can make this ability available to GitHub Copilot via an MCP server.
I've just published my walkthrough of solving a classic UK game show segment using uninformed search - blog.newman.digital/posts/2025/1... with a discussion as to how we can make this ability available to GitHub Copilot via an MCP server.
Using AI to write your tests requires your software to be both complete and correct. These are dangerous assumptions to make. Go test first and let the genie help you make them pass.
October 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Using AI to write your tests requires your software to be both complete and correct. These are dangerous assumptions to make. Go test first and let the genie help you make them pass.
Not βHad a quick byteβ?
September 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Not βHad a quick byteβ?
Nice to have some .NET 10 in production :)
September 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Nice to have some .NET 10 in production :)
Reposted by Stephen Newman
If you have a secret or hidden phone, the government's Emergency Alerts could reveal your device, even if it's on silent or do not disturb.
The government is testing emergency alerts on Sunday 7 September. If you're worried this could reveal a phone, you can follow this guide to turn off the alerts
The government is testing emergency alerts on Sunday 7 September. If you're worried this could reveal a phone, you can follow this guide to turn off the alerts
August 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
If you have a secret or hidden phone, the government's Emergency Alerts could reveal your device, even if it's on silent or do not disturb.
The government is testing emergency alerts on Sunday 7 September. If you're worried this could reveal a phone, you can follow this guide to turn off the alerts
The government is testing emergency alerts on Sunday 7 September. If you're worried this could reveal a phone, you can follow this guide to turn off the alerts
If there is a certificate, then it helps you test if youβve formed the correct mental model(s). Beyond that I donβt find they add much value.
July 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If there is a certificate, then it helps you test if youβve formed the correct mental model(s). Beyond that I donβt find they add much value.
I find they serve two purposes: 1) they give you a 10,000 foot/metre view of the technology so you know what the building blocks are and roughly what is (claimed to be) possible; 2) helps you load up on the vocabulary, so when you run into issues you know the language to use when searching for help.
July 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I find they serve two purposes: 1) they give you a 10,000 foot/metre view of the technology so you know what the building blocks are and roughly what is (claimed to be) possible; 2) helps you load up on the vocabulary, so when you run into issues you know the language to use when searching for help.
I really enjoyed the Saturn V rocket. Looks amazing. Or if you prefer cars, the Lamborghini Sian is pleasing.
July 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I really enjoyed the Saturn V rocket. Looks amazing. Or if you prefer cars, the Lamborghini Sian is pleasing.
To continue the story, purchase more tokensβ¦
June 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
To continue the story, purchase more tokensβ¦
Thatβs a wonderful catch
June 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Thatβs a wonderful catch
This is my favourite feature from .NET 10 so far. Gets rid of so much ceremony for simple utilities. Massive fan.
June 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is my favourite feature from .NET 10 so far. Gets rid of so much ceremony for simple utilities. Massive fan.
Absolutely agree.
It helps seniors improve by mentoring juniors.
It stops us waking up in the early 2030s wondering where all the senior engineers have gone.
It helps seniors improve by mentoring juniors.
It stops us waking up in the early 2030s wondering where all the senior engineers have gone.
June 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Absolutely agree.
It helps seniors improve by mentoring juniors.
It stops us waking up in the early 2030s wondering where all the senior engineers have gone.
It helps seniors improve by mentoring juniors.
It stops us waking up in the early 2030s wondering where all the senior engineers have gone.
Blazor in Action from Manning
Learning Blazor from OβReilly
Learning Blazor from OβReilly
May 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Blazor in Action from Manning
Learning Blazor from OβReilly
Learning Blazor from OβReilly
Iβm getting to that point. Iβve been βlearningβ MSA for 155 days and maybe a human would be better.
May 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Iβm getting to that point. Iβve been βlearningβ MSA for 155 days and maybe a human would be better.
The experiment didnβt work. Either shrink the cars to keep the circuit, build a new circuit that these cars work in, or remove this from the calendar.
May 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The experiment didnβt work. Either shrink the cars to keep the circuit, build a new circuit that these cars work in, or remove this from the calendar.
I use it regularly in my development. I prefer to go test first and very much focus on the βif I were calling this code, how do I wish I could call itβ aspect. Red Green Refactor. I donβt tend to apply TDD if Iβm making a βsimpleβ automation transaction script e.g. file manipulation.
May 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I use it regularly in my development. I prefer to go test first and very much focus on the βif I were calling this code, how do I wish I could call itβ aspect. Red Green Refactor. I donβt tend to apply TDD if Iβm making a βsimpleβ automation transaction script e.g. file manipulation.
Good luck with it @greggay.bsky.social, Iβd love to read how it turns out
May 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Good luck with it @greggay.bsky.social, Iβd love to read how it turns out
That being said, I hope you find some good candidates for your research.
May 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
That being said, I hope you find some good candidates for your research.
I donβt think we should be using this technology to write our tests at all. I get that some people find writing tests onerous but they are the specifications that prove our software works. Asking an LLM to infer the specification from the written code assumes the code is correct and prevents TDD.
May 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I donβt think we should be using this technology to write our tests at all. I get that some people find writing tests onerous but they are the specifications that prove our software works. Asking an LLM to infer the specification from the written code assumes the code is correct and prevents TDD.
Mid -> Small -> Startup -> Enterprise -> Startup -> Enterprise -> Enterprise -> Enterprise
May 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Mid -> Small -> Startup -> Enterprise -> Startup -> Enterprise -> Enterprise -> Enterprise