Troy Forster
@tforster.com
Fractional CTO, idea factory, tinkerer, cyclist, hiker, vegetarian, and animal lover working from my cottage office in Port Bruce
I am not named in the Epstein files.
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I am not named in the Epstein files.
Anthropomorphising AI assistants like Gemini with human-sounding voices and responses is dangerous and costly. I want my assistant to sound like a robot, so that I never forget it is just a robot.
January 29, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Anthropomorphising AI assistants like Gemini with human-sounding voices and responses is dangerous and costly. I want my assistant to sound like a robot, so that I never forget it is just a robot.
Reposted by Troy Forster
The question "create new contact or add to existing contact" is such bad ux. I have no idea. Show me the existing contacts you think might match. Give me a search field. Help me out here.
January 25, 2026 at 6:04 PM
The question "create new contact or add to existing contact" is such bad ux. I have no idea. Show me the existing contacts you think might match. Give me a search field. Help me out here.
Catching up on Trump's verbal diarrhoea session at Davos. Holy shit! Literally, shit full of holes (lies, mistruths and misunderstandings).
Does he deliberately call wind turbines windmills? Or does he not understand they are two different things?
Does he deliberately call wind turbines windmills? Or does he not understand they are two different things?
January 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Catching up on Trump's verbal diarrhoea session at Davos. Holy shit! Literally, shit full of holes (lies, mistruths and misunderstandings).
Does he deliberately call wind turbines windmills? Or does he not understand they are two different things?
Does he deliberately call wind turbines windmills? Or does he not understand they are two different things?
Reposted by Troy Forster
Quit talking about Trump. Address everything, every issue to Miller and Vought. Make Trump irrelevant, his ego will not let him be out of the spotlight and you’ll see Miller and Vought removed and the rest of the administration collapse.
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Quit talking about Trump. Address everything, every issue to Miller and Vought. Make Trump irrelevant, his ego will not let him be out of the spotlight and you’ll see Miller and Vought removed and the rest of the administration collapse.
At this point, America is beyond simply rebooting or powering off and on again.
`format usa: /u`
Make America, again
`format usa: /u`
Make America, again
January 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
At this point, America is beyond simply rebooting or powering off and on again.
`format usa: /u`
Make America, again
`format usa: /u`
Make America, again
Reposted by Troy Forster
Platinum 67 - Venba. Lovely indie game about cooking & an immigrant experience. I totally related to the story having immigrants parents myself & being born & raised in Toronto. Can't wait to see what the developers do next!
@visaigames.bsky.social
#PS5
#PlatinumTrophy
@visaigames.bsky.social
#PS5
#PlatinumTrophy
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Platinum 67 - Venba. Lovely indie game about cooking & an immigrant experience. I totally related to the story having immigrants parents myself & being born & raised in Toronto. Can't wait to see what the developers do next!
@visaigames.bsky.social
#PS5
#PlatinumTrophy
@visaigames.bsky.social
#PS5
#PlatinumTrophy
A watched CloudFormation stack never completes.
December 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A watched CloudFormation stack never completes.
It is clear to me that Christianity, as demonstrated by a large number of Americans, is one of the nastier cults.
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It is clear to me that Christianity, as demonstrated by a large number of Americans, is one of the nastier cults.
Reposted by Troy Forster
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
I am convinced code editors are the new CMS in that every organisation seems to be creating one.
Almost everyone is using the open source version of VSCode as a starting point. At least we don't have hundreds of CMS products all forked from WordPress.
Almost everyone is using the open source version of VSCode as a starting point. At least we don't have hundreds of CMS products all forked from WordPress.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am convinced code editors are the new CMS in that every organisation seems to be creating one.
Almost everyone is using the open source version of VSCode as a starting point. At least we don't have hundreds of CMS products all forked from WordPress.
Almost everyone is using the open source version of VSCode as a starting point. At least we don't have hundreds of CMS products all forked from WordPress.
FFS! It is only a cease fire until the next gun is fired.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
FFS! It is only a cease fire until the next gun is fired.
It's a good job I wasn't driving when that stupid emergency alert went off. I jumped so high I would have gone off the road.
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's a good job I wasn't driving when that stupid emergency alert went off. I jumped so high I would have gone off the road.
You don't realise how much of the web runs on Cloudflare until Cloudflare goes down.
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
You don't realise how much of the web runs on Cloudflare until Cloudflare goes down.
Note to tv writers: it is now 2025 (almost 2026). You can't continue to use a physical answering machine playback to advance your storyline. Nobody uses them anymore and it puts a bit plot hole in your narrative.
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Note to tv writers: it is now 2025 (almost 2026). You can't continue to use a physical answering machine playback to advance your storyline. Nobody uses them anymore and it puts a bit plot hole in your narrative.
"Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned"
I would be ecstatic if someone rebooted Instagram with no AI and no Ad content.
#JustSharePicturesTakenByNormalPeople
#RealCreativity
futurism.com/future-socie...
I would be ecstatic if someone rebooted Instagram with no AI and no Ad content.
#JustSharePicturesTakenByNormalPeople
#RealCreativity
futurism.com/future-socie...
Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned
Twitter co-founder and blockchain evangelist Jack Dorsey has revived the six-second video platform, Vine — well, sort of.
futurism.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned"
I would be ecstatic if someone rebooted Instagram with no AI and no Ad content.
#JustSharePicturesTakenByNormalPeople
#RealCreativity
futurism.com/future-socie...
I would be ecstatic if someone rebooted Instagram with no AI and no Ad content.
#JustSharePicturesTakenByNormalPeople
#RealCreativity
futurism.com/future-socie...
A nice sunny start to the week, with a sprinkling of early-season snow.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A nice sunny start to the week, with a sprinkling of early-season snow.
I was making dinner and thinking to myself, "I am eating late tonight". Then I looked at my phone.
18:06
Damn you, clock changes!
18:06
Damn you, clock changes!
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I was making dinner and thinking to myself, "I am eating late tonight". Then I looked at my phone.
18:06
Damn you, clock changes!
18:06
Damn you, clock changes!
Am I the only person who finds it extremely alarming that Microsoft Teams mixes chats from completely different accounts?
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Am I the only person who finds it extremely alarming that Microsoft Teams mixes chats from completely different accounts?
What can possibly be worse than JIRA? Rovo, Atlassians' miserable excuse for an AI agent.
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What can possibly be worse than JIRA? Rovo, Atlassians' miserable excuse for an AI agent.
Reposted by Troy Forster
In completely unrelated news, for the last couple of weeks I've been working to befriend the crows of my neighborhood. I carry peanuts in my pockets when I walk around, and if I see any crows I drop a couple and walk on. They do seem to be noticing. I will keep you posted.
It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
(1/n)
(1/n)
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In completely unrelated news, for the last couple of weeks I've been working to befriend the crows of my neighborhood. I carry peanuts in my pockets when I walk around, and if I see any crows I drop a couple and walk on. They do seem to be noticing. I will keep you posted.
I just had an absolutely terrifying thought.
What if Microsoft Teams got together with Atlassian JIRA and had a baby?
What if Microsoft Teams got together with Atlassian JIRA and had a baby?
October 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I just had an absolutely terrifying thought.
What if Microsoft Teams got together with Atlassian JIRA and had a baby?
What if Microsoft Teams got together with Atlassian JIRA and had a baby?
Just when you think this world cannot get any worse, you learn that Jane Goodall has died.
October 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Just when you think this world cannot get any worse, you learn that Jane Goodall has died.