Andrew Meredith
@a4w-m6h.com
Anglican dad, programmer, data person. An Andrew of all trades and master of none. Not popular enough to say "view are my own and not those of my employer."
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Andrew Meredith
@a4w-m6h.com
· Nov 19
Back on Twitter, I had separate personal and professional accounts, but I want to have only one profile here. So I might post something like "Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again!" followed by "How query optimizers work, a 🧵"
praise: this looks like a useful, minimal standard for review comments.
I'm be using this on my team!
I'm be using this on my team!
I recently discovered Conventional Comments (conventionalcomments.org) for providing a pseudo-standard set of labels for feedback and just tried it for an article review and it was really helpful to specify issues vs. thoughts vs. suggestions, etc. Hopefully it's helpful for the authors too!
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
praise: this looks like a useful, minimal standard for review comments.
I'm be using this on my team!
I'm be using this on my team!
The Greenpath theme from Hollow Knight is some seriously good music.
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Greenpath theme from Hollow Knight is some seriously good music.
Reposted by Andrew Meredith
I see that the company North Spore is offering a $2500 mycology scholarship for graduating HS, undergrad, or grad students
northspore.com/pages/north-...
northspore.com/pages/north-...
North Spore Scholarship | Mycology Students
We are excited to announce North Spore’s Scholarship 2025 with the purpose of supporting undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in an accredited university within the United States and high scho...
northspore.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I see that the company North Spore is offering a $2500 mycology scholarship for graduating HS, undergrad, or grad students
northspore.com/pages/north-...
northspore.com/pages/north-...
Is there a sports happening now or something?
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Is there a sports happening now or something?
Now that Halloween is over, it's time to start asking the serious questions like "what should we eat for thanksgiving?" and "what should we eat for Christmas?"
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Now that Halloween is over, it's time to start asking the serious questions like "what should we eat for thanksgiving?" and "what should we eat for Christmas?"
Should I go trick-or-treating with the kid who likes trick-or-treating or stay home and play Hollow Knight with the kid who doesn't like trick-or-treating?
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Should I go trick-or-treating with the kid who likes trick-or-treating or stay home and play Hollow Knight with the kid who doesn't like trick-or-treating?
The web has long self-selected easy options over good ones. With the rise of LLMs, I believe this is even going to be more pronounced, and it will make deep research skills *more* valuable.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The web has long self-selected easy options over good ones. With the rise of LLMs, I believe this is even going to be more pronounced, and it will make deep research skills *more* valuable.
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I've always found Domain-Driven Design to be awkward with web apps, and I think the main reason is that it is often more difficult to maintain large aggregates, separate write models from read models, etc. when most objects last only for the one HTTP request. It makes more sense for stateful apps.
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I've always found Domain-Driven Design to be awkward with web apps, and I think the main reason is that it is often more difficult to maintain large aggregates, separate write models from read models, etc. when most objects last only for the one HTTP request. It makes more sense for stateful apps.
Reposted by Andrew Meredith
Sounds like Amazon may be divesting from games in this round of layoffs. If you’re a talented engineering leader and are interested in Apple re-investing in games: DM me!
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sounds like Amazon may be divesting from games in this round of layoffs. If you’re a talented engineering leader and are interested in Apple re-investing in games: DM me!
I have always wanted to get into game development, but I know I wouldn't be able to stick with it unless I had a sense of accountability to finish what I started. Are there any good beginner gamedev communities out there?
October 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I have always wanted to get into game development, but I know I wouldn't be able to stick with it unless I had a sense of accountability to finish what I started. Are there any good beginner gamedev communities out there?
My wife took on some extra child care responsibilities today, and it was so nice to have some time to myself. I even got to bake three things: mozzarella and pesto monkey bread, beignets, and pizza.
October 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
My wife took on some extra child care responsibilities today, and it was so nice to have some time to myself. I even got to bake three things: mozzarella and pesto monkey bread, beignets, and pizza.
I really hate AI slop
October 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I really hate AI slop
Here's a side project I'm picturing:
A personal finance system based on double-entry bookkeeping (like GNUCash) that uses TigerBeetle and SQLite running completely locally.
A personal finance system based on double-entry bookkeeping (like GNUCash) that uses TigerBeetle and SQLite running completely locally.
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Here's a side project I'm picturing:
A personal finance system based on double-entry bookkeeping (like GNUCash) that uses TigerBeetle and SQLite running completely locally.
A personal finance system based on double-entry bookkeeping (like GNUCash) that uses TigerBeetle and SQLite running completely locally.
Bakers can't be choux-sy
October 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Bakers can't be choux-sy
I just realized the my favorite video games all start with "H"!
- Hollow Knight
- Hades
- Half-Life
- HStardew Valley
- Hollow Knight
- Hades
- Half-Life
- HStardew Valley
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I just realized the my favorite video games all start with "H"!
- Hollow Knight
- Hades
- Half-Life
- HStardew Valley
- Hollow Knight
- Hades
- Half-Life
- HStardew Valley
Dinner tonight: muffaletta sandwich with homemade olive salad.
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Dinner tonight: muffaletta sandwich with homemade olive salad.
Reposted by Andrew Meredith
📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
October 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
After finding the Farseer Trilogy a bit slow-paced for my taste, I almost did not continue with the Liveship Traders books. Am I glad I did though! I just finished "Mad Ship," and I'm about the start Ship of Destiny. These books are fantastic, and they get me much more than the Farseer Trilogy did.
October 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
After finding the Farseer Trilogy a bit slow-paced for my taste, I almost did not continue with the Liveship Traders books. Am I glad I did though! I just finished "Mad Ship," and I'm about the start Ship of Destiny. These books are fantastic, and they get me much more than the Farseer Trilogy did.
Database companies are all in the pocket of BIGINT.
October 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Database companies are all in the pocket of BIGINT.
After spending the bulk of my past two weeks using Claude and Claude Code, I have to admit that they make some simple, repetitive tasks a bit easier (especially since I'm a very slow typer), but they also didn't improve my overall productivity much. Also, I kind of hate the feel of using them.
October 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
After spending the bulk of my past two weeks using Claude and Claude Code, I have to admit that they make some simple, repetitive tasks a bit easier (especially since I'm a very slow typer), but they also didn't improve my overall productivity much. Also, I kind of hate the feel of using them.
Metroidvania > Open World
September 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Metroidvania > Open World
I just closed over 100 tabs open in one VSCode Window.
a man is giving a speech in front of a sign that says rusted leadership for a stronger america
Alt: Jeb Bush is giving a speech in front of a sign that says "Trusted Leadership for a Stronger America." The gif is captioned, "PLEASE CLAP."
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I just closed over 100 tabs open in one VSCode Window.
I just saw an article titled "Windows or DragonflyBSD - What are the differences?"
I'm like, my brother, who do you think your audience is?
I'm like, my brother, who do you think your audience is?
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I just saw an article titled "Windows or DragonflyBSD - What are the differences?"
I'm like, my brother, who do you think your audience is?
I'm like, my brother, who do you think your audience is?
I would love a VSC-based project management system where I can create tasks as Markdown files that are stored in Git that follow certain templates and have project management assets stored alongside my code.
Internet, does such a thing exist?
Internet, does such a thing exist?
September 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I would love a VSC-based project management system where I can create tasks as Markdown files that are stored in Git that follow certain templates and have project management assets stored alongside my code.
Internet, does such a thing exist?
Internet, does such a thing exist?
I can hardly believe it, but as of today, I have two teenagers in the house!
September 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can hardly believe it, but as of today, I have two teenagers in the house!