Peter Hicks
@poggs.com
Director of OpenTrainTimes, vaccinator, phlebotomist, vegan, considerate cyclist, Open Data advocate, Dad-joke teller, cat and Italian Greyhound lap provider. Probably contains Java.
As seen on TV. Also not a goose. Or pipe smoker.
As seen on TV. Also not a goose. Or pipe smoker.
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Peter Hicks
@poggs.com
· Jan 30
Uh-oh, the US President has gone off-script and is embarrassing an entire nation
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I hope all the AI boosters understand that they’re training their kids that only chumps do things the hard way—by working diligently and going through the discomfort and hassle of learning and acquiring skills.
And also teaching them that a 30% error rate is good enough.
And also teaching them that a 30% error rate is good enough.
January 27, 2026 at 11:31 AM
I hope all the AI boosters understand that they’re training their kids that only chumps do things the hard way—by working diligently and going through the discomfort and hassle of learning and acquiring skills.
And also teaching them that a 30% error rate is good enough.
And also teaching them that a 30% error rate is good enough.
A very appropriate courier
January 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
A very appropriate courier
I disagree - I'd go for *excellent* service
January 21, 2026 at 6:42 AM
I disagree - I'd go for *excellent* service
Useful stuff - a Node.js script to download OS Open Data. Run it as a scheduled task to keep your stash up-to-date github.com/poggs/os-ope... #opendata #dataviz
GitHub - poggs/os-opendata-downloader: Scripted download of Ordnance Survey Open Data
Scripted download of Ordnance Survey Open Data. Contribute to poggs/os-opendata-downloader development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Useful stuff - a Node.js script to download OS Open Data. Run it as a scheduled task to keep your stash up-to-date github.com/poggs/os-ope... #opendata #dataviz
It's wonderful that I can deploy a change to an entire server estate with a single command. It's less wonderful when I forget to stagger the deploy...
January 17, 2026 at 11:07 AM
It's wonderful that I can deploy a change to an entire server estate with a single command. It's less wonderful when I forget to stagger the deploy...
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What the fuck is going on
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
What the fuck is going on
BBC News cut to the snooker just before going to the Reform UK press conference.
When the director says "Cue the balls", I imagine they didn't mean the snooker. Easy mistake to make.
When the director says "Cue the balls", I imagine they didn't mean the snooker. Easy mistake to make.
January 15, 2026 at 5:18 PM
BBC News cut to the snooker just before going to the Reform UK press conference.
When the director says "Cue the balls", I imagine they didn't mean the snooker. Easy mistake to make.
When the director says "Cue the balls", I imagine they didn't mean the snooker. Easy mistake to make.
I'm sure there's an anagram in there
January 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
I'm sure there's an anagram in there
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Vote for me for London mayor and I will put a little squeegee on a chain in every top deck
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Vote for me for London mayor and I will put a little squeegee on a chain in every top deck
Wasn't Microsoft Teams supposed to be a better version of Skype for Business that wasn't quite so... enormous, brittle, resource-intensive and disliked...?
Where did that all go wrong?
Where did that all go wrong?
January 12, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Wasn't Microsoft Teams supposed to be a better version of Skype for Business that wasn't quite so... enormous, brittle, resource-intensive and disliked...?
Where did that all go wrong?
Where did that all go wrong?
I bought a pair of these Eaton 3S Mini UPSes for my fibre ONTs. I’m just waiting the first power outage for them to prove their worth and keep everything running
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I bought a pair of these Eaton 3S Mini UPSes for my fibre ONTs. I’m just waiting the first power outage for them to prove their worth and keep everything running
Dark patterns: Misco sent me an email, "Did you forget something?" after I'd browsed some items on their site. I hadn't even logged in
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Dark patterns: Misco sent me an email, "Did you forget something?" after I'd browsed some items on their site. I hadn't even logged in
My hot chocolate transformed in to a chilly chocolate by the time I'd got back to my desk
January 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
My hot chocolate transformed in to a chilly chocolate by the time I'd got back to my desk
Every single news channel apart from GBeebies (bit of a stretch calling it 'news' though) is doing this today. As @garius.bsky.social said, "If you mute the Orange one's surname today, you will miss out on nothing important"
The Day Today - WAR!
YouTube video by Jmagunda
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January 3, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Every single news channel apart from GBeebies (bit of a stretch calling it 'news' though) is doing this today. As @garius.bsky.social said, "If you mute the Orange one's surname today, you will miss out on nothing important"
When’s Bins by the excellent @charlieoctogirl.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDWx...
CharlieOctoGirl - When's Bins? - Music Video
YouTube video by CharlieOctoGirl
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December 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
When’s Bins by the excellent @charlieoctogirl.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDWx...
Happy Festive Perineum!
December 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Happy Festive Perineum!
That’s not my train to work - it’s too engineeringy(!)
December 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
That’s not my train to work - it’s too engineeringy(!)
I've spent half the day trying to work out why a Spring Boot 4 project simply doesn't work.
For anyone who wishes to save time, Spring Boot 4 needs the spring-boot-starter-flyway dependency added :)
For anyone who wishes to save time, Spring Boot 4 needs the spring-boot-starter-flyway dependency added :)
December 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I've spent half the day trying to work out why a Spring Boot 4 project simply doesn't work.
For anyone who wishes to save time, Spring Boot 4 needs the spring-boot-starter-flyway dependency added :)
For anyone who wishes to save time, Spring Boot 4 needs the spring-boot-starter-flyway dependency added :)
Technology is straightforward, but not always easy to understand. I've taken a bit of time to write about message expiry in Apache ActiveMQ + Camel
blog.poggs.com/2025/12/14/a...
blog.poggs.com/2025/12/14/a...
ActiveMQ, Camel and Message Expiry – Peter Hicks' Blog
blog.poggs.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Technology is straightforward, but not always easy to understand. I've taken a bit of time to write about message expiry in Apache ActiveMQ + Camel
blog.poggs.com/2025/12/14/a...
blog.poggs.com/2025/12/14/a...
Reposted by Peter Hicks
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Power cut this evening and I remembered I have three things not on a UPS: the switch in my study (easily fixed), and two ONTs which provide my primary and secondary connectivity. Darn it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Power cut this evening and I remembered I have three things not on a UPS: the switch in my study (easily fixed), and two ONTs which provide my primary and secondary connectivity. Darn it.
IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3 is out! I love that @jetbrains.com already have Spring Boot 4 and Java 25 support baked in relatively quickly after the products were released
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3 is out! I love that @jetbrains.com already have Spring Boot 4 and Java 25 support baked in relatively quickly after the products were released