Andy Girvan
@andygirvan.com
👨💻 🛒 | Staff Engineer at FTSE 100 Retailer | Design Systems, NextJS & Web Performance 🚀 | Gamer 🎮 & Dad 👨👧
#gamer #webdev #nextjs #designsystems #london
https://andygirvan.com
#gamer #webdev #nextjs #designsystems #london
https://andygirvan.com
Reposted by Andy Girvan
𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭: 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐌𝐞 𝐆𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞!
I'm ready to start producing live streams on YouTube, but to unlock mobile live streaming YouTube requires a minimum of 100 subscribers.
If you enjoy my content here, I'd be grateful if you could take a moment to 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥! 🙏
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I'm ready to start producing live streams on YouTube, but to unlock mobile live streaming YouTube requires a minimum of 100 subscribers.
If you enjoy my content here, I'd be grateful if you could take a moment to 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥! 🙏
youtube.com/@paramountob...
Paramount Observatory
Welcome to the 'Paramount Observatory' YouTube channel.
Paramount Observatory is a private project of Les Girvan, to allow me to show some of the astronomy activity I undertake from our home locatio...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭: 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐌𝐞 𝐆𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞!
I'm ready to start producing live streams on YouTube, but to unlock mobile live streaming YouTube requires a minimum of 100 subscribers.
If you enjoy my content here, I'd be grateful if you could take a moment to 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥! 🙏
youtube.com/@paramountob...
I'm ready to start producing live streams on YouTube, but to unlock mobile live streaming YouTube requires a minimum of 100 subscribers.
If you enjoy my content here, I'd be grateful if you could take a moment to 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥! 🙏
youtube.com/@paramountob...
Who says I'm not productive?
I've made my way through the whole of Interstellar Journey into Deep Space | Ambient Music and Deep Space Sounds | 4K | 10 hours
#productivity #riseandgrind
youtu.be/pLBda_P7leU?...
I've made my way through the whole of Interstellar Journey into Deep Space | Ambient Music and Deep Space Sounds | 4K | 10 hours
#productivity #riseandgrind
youtu.be/pLBda_P7leU?...
🎵 Interstellar Journey into Deep Space | Ambient Music and Deep Space Sounds | 4K | 10 hours
YouTube video by View Escape
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July 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Who says I'm not productive?
I've made my way through the whole of Interstellar Journey into Deep Space | Ambient Music and Deep Space Sounds | 4K | 10 hours
#productivity #riseandgrind
youtu.be/pLBda_P7leU?...
I've made my way through the whole of Interstellar Journey into Deep Space | Ambient Music and Deep Space Sounds | 4K | 10 hours
#productivity #riseandgrind
youtu.be/pLBda_P7leU?...
Oh no Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is so good I want to play it forever but I have a job and kids and responsibilities oh no
May 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oh no Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is so good I want to play it forever but I have a job and kids and responsibilities oh no
Oh no Monster Hunter Wilds is so good I want to play it forever but I have a job and kids and responsibilities oh no
March 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Oh no Monster Hunter Wilds is so good I want to play it forever but I have a job and kids and responsibilities oh no
Unrelated fact: beers taste better on a sunny day
March 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Unrelated fact: beers taste better on a sunny day
London on a sunny day is the best place on Earth
March 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
London on a sunny day is the best place on Earth
Reposted by Andy Girvan
"10 Google engineering practices your team can adopt"
Free to read: addyo.substack.com/p/applied-so...
My new post breaks down our software engineering practices into actionable steps you can implement in your own team. From smaller teams to larger orgs, there are key takeaways here for everyone.
Free to read: addyo.substack.com/p/applied-so...
My new post breaks down our software engineering practices into actionable steps you can implement in your own team. From smaller teams to larger orgs, there are key takeaways here for everyone.
Applied "Software Engineering at Google"
Practices worth adopting for other organizations
addyo.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"10 Google engineering practices your team can adopt"
Free to read: addyo.substack.com/p/applied-so...
My new post breaks down our software engineering practices into actionable steps you can implement in your own team. From smaller teams to larger orgs, there are key takeaways here for everyone.
Free to read: addyo.substack.com/p/applied-so...
My new post breaks down our software engineering practices into actionable steps you can implement in your own team. From smaller teams to larger orgs, there are key takeaways here for everyone.
Tesla stock value is down and Warhammer stock value is up, you love to see it
March 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Tesla stock value is down and Warhammer stock value is up, you love to see it
March 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Balatro, it was always going to be Balatro
March 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Balatro, it was always going to be Balatro
Best Sunday activity = going through Steam Next Fest with my 7 year old and rating the games. "Is This Seat Taken" seems to be the best at the moment! #steamnext #indiegames
March 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Best Sunday activity = going through Steam Next Fest with my 7 year old and rating the games. "Is This Seat Taken" seems to be the best at the moment! #steamnext #indiegames
Just finished Leviathan Wakes, book one of The Expanse series and... holy crap what an ending! Binging book two this weekend...
January 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just finished Leviathan Wakes, book one of The Expanse series and... holy crap what an ending! Binging book two this weekend...
Recently had GitHub Copilot enabled for pull requests and it's a real game changer for the small-talk issues that - as GH calls them - feel quite nitpicky. Really enjoying more AI integration near our codebase
December 11, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Recently had GitHub Copilot enabled for pull requests and it's a real game changer for the small-talk issues that - as GH calls them - feel quite nitpicky. Really enjoying more AI integration near our codebase
Just been looking through my year in review on Google Photos and it turns out this year has actually been 15 years long 👴
December 10, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Just been looking through my year in review on Google Photos and it turns out this year has actually been 15 years long 👴
Millennials!: This is your mid-December reminder to cancel all your "oh so extra" subscriptions (see: wine clubs, protein powders, health supplements, PS Plus) because you'll be completely broke the entire month of January 👍
December 10, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Millennials!: This is your mid-December reminder to cancel all your "oh so extra" subscriptions (see: wine clubs, protein powders, health supplements, PS Plus) because you'll be completely broke the entire month of January 👍
Ok so I'm fine with this, but shocked at the number of minutes! And I've seen 3 of my top artists this year 🙌
December 4, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Ok so I'm fine with this, but shocked at the number of minutes! And I've seen 3 of my top artists this year 🙌
Aside from all the tools like v0 that can generate entire websites with a single prompt, the true day-to-day unsung hero of AI tooling are things like autocomplete object creation.
This kind of stuff saves so much micro-time...
This kind of stuff saves so much micro-time...
November 27, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Aside from all the tools like v0 that can generate entire websites with a single prompt, the true day-to-day unsung hero of AI tooling are things like autocomplete object creation.
This kind of stuff saves so much micro-time...
This kind of stuff saves so much micro-time...
Engagement is still unbeatable over at Twitter
🙃
(Yes they all have long numbers in their username and no I haven't tweeted in about 2 years)
🙃
(Yes they all have long numbers in their username and no I haven't tweeted in about 2 years)
November 27, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Engagement is still unbeatable over at Twitter
🙃
(Yes they all have long numbers in their username and no I haven't tweeted in about 2 years)
🙃
(Yes they all have long numbers in their username and no I haven't tweeted in about 2 years)
For all the exciting tech that's out there in web development, how do I keep finding myself rebuilding headers and meganavs?? Easier these days at least!
November 25, 2024 at 7:02 PM
For all the exciting tech that's out there in web development, how do I keep finding myself rebuilding headers and meganavs?? Easier these days at least!
Good morning, Bluesky! This week starts with Next.js builds and ends with watching Sleep Token at the O2, let's gooooo
November 25, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Good morning, Bluesky! This week starts with Next.js builds and ends with watching Sleep Token at the O2, let's gooooo
Asked to help out with a bug this morning, titled "checkout not working" so yeah that's my Thursday
November 21, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Asked to help out with a bug this morning, titled "checkout not working" so yeah that's my Thursday
@lukemarsh.bsky.social there he is!
November 19, 2024 at 11:33 PM
@lukemarsh.bsky.social there he is!
So I know there's been an election and a social movement but how is no one else discussing how good Arcane on Netflix is??
November 15, 2024 at 12:03 AM
So I know there's been an election and a social movement but how is no one else discussing how good Arcane on Netflix is??
Ok and can we also have a Bluesky version of YouTube please? Imagine the feeds feature over there!
November 13, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Ok and can we also have a Bluesky version of YouTube please? Imagine the feeds feature over there!