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Paul Butcher
@paulrabutcher.bsky.social
Author of Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks and Debug It!
I just got this after searching for "Rob Brown" in @Apple Mail. #ai being a little more helpful than it should?
January 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
When did spellcheckers become so awful? The screenshot below happens to be Word failing to understand that "and" is a word, but I've seen the same kind of thing in multiple different apps over the last few years.
December 9, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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7 skills in 7 weeks! Dive into coding, databases, and web frameworks with our #BlackFriday sale. Use code turkeysale2024.

Details in the article: medium.com/pragmatic-pr...

#coding #web #programming #pragprog #books
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November 27, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Yup. And the same goes for the board. I’m constantly amazed at how many of the CTOs I coach don’t even know who is on the board, let alone have any kind of relationship with them.

Believe me, when the chips are down you’ll appreciate knowing who to talk to…
Startup CTOs: Get to know your CEO well.

There will never be fewer work relationships than now. Make the most of it.

The journey will be a rollercoaster, and you are strapped in together.

Find out what it will be like when you're upside down and screaming.

www.chrismdp.com/the-first-th...
The First Thing A Startup CTO Must Do
Perhaps you are a technical co-founder who has managed to raise funding and you have been catapulted into the startup life. Perhaps you have just been brought in to handle the startup’s tech after the...
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November 26, 2024 at 9:38 AM
This has now happened 3 times in a row, so I don't think it's chance: Whenever I drive into Grand Arcade car park in Cambridge, the wireless CarPlay connection between my phone and car becomes glitchy (dropping out for seconds at a time).
November 25, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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Claude’s sensory overload is so relatable
November 19, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Modern discourse: someone said “it’s important to be open about your agenda” but I *heard* “it’s important to be open about your gender”.

That took a while to unpick 🤦
December 18, 2023 at 5:46 PM
We have a mental model that a photograph is a true record of an instant in time. That mental model has been broken for a while now:

appleinsider.com/articles/23/...
December 1, 2023 at 8:39 AM