bottomless pit supervisor
@bsky.probablyfine.co.uk
Average at software, bad at games, uiuaboo. Bi 🩷💜💙
Interested in:
✅ TDD
👥 Ensemble development
🔄 Continuous delivery
🖥️ Extreme programming
Not interested in: coriander, liquorice, cucumbers
Also @[email protected]
Interested in:
✅ TDD
👥 Ensemble development
🔄 Continuous delivery
🖥️ Extreme programming
Not interested in: coriander, liquorice, cucumbers
Also @[email protected]
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Attempting Advent of Code 2024 using Uiua
blog.probablyfine.co.uk
I wrote up my experience of using #uiua for 2024's #AdventOfCode. Many languages could learn a lesson or two from the frankly beautiful developer experience of Uiua's web repl.
blog.probablyfine.co.uk/2025/01/04/a...
blog.probablyfine.co.uk/2025/01/04/a...
IT'S HERE, MOSSBAG MY GOAT
The (Somewhat) Complete Lore of Silksong
YouTube video by mossbag
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
IT'S HERE, MOSSBAG MY GOAT
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I like how you can use emojis to zoom in on a pig
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November 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I like how you can use emojis to zoom in on a pig
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joining the "no stupid questions" channel and posting "pray, mr. babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?'
October 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
joining the "no stupid questions" channel and posting "pray, mr. babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?'
Waking up this morning and reading my feed
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Waking up this morning and reading my feed
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knowing the time horizon of your code is one of the best (only) ways of estimating the true cost of that code.
How @glenjamin.co.uk put it,
"Software that does what people need it to, and can be continually and efficiently adapted to those needs over time"
"efficiency" seems important to add.
How @glenjamin.co.uk put it,
"Software that does what people need it to, and can be continually and efficiently adapted to those needs over time"
"efficiency" seems important to add.
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
knowing the time horizon of your code is one of the best (only) ways of estimating the true cost of that code.
How @glenjamin.co.uk put it,
"Software that does what people need it to, and can be continually and efficiently adapted to those needs over time"
"efficiency" seems important to add.
How @glenjamin.co.uk put it,
"Software that does what people need it to, and can be continually and efficiently adapted to those needs over time"
"efficiency" seems important to add.
Finally clawed my way into 1級 on tenhou with a barnstorming fightback from 7k to 31k points.
Time to get my arse handed to me on a platter in the lower dan rooms, I guess.
#mahjong
Time to get my arse handed to me on a platter in the lower dan rooms, I guess.
#mahjong
October 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Finally clawed my way into 1級 on tenhou with a barnstorming fightback from 7k to 31k points.
Time to get my arse handed to me on a platter in the lower dan rooms, I guess.
#mahjong
Time to get my arse handed to me on a platter in the lower dan rooms, I guess.
#mahjong
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There's relatively little LLM training data for niche languages and this causes poorer coding agent performance. I think this is an existential threat for smaller language communities like OCaml.
My talk at the OCaml workshop gave some actionable steps to mitigate that: toao.com/blog/ai-exis...
My talk at the OCaml workshop gave some actionable steps to mitigate that: toao.com/blog/ai-exis...
Three Steps for OCaml to Crest the AI Humps
- Sadiq Jaffer
toao.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
There's relatively little LLM training data for niche languages and this causes poorer coding agent performance. I think this is an existential threat for smaller language communities like OCaml.
My talk at the OCaml workshop gave some actionable steps to mitigate that: toao.com/blog/ai-exis...
My talk at the OCaml workshop gave some actionable steps to mitigate that: toao.com/blog/ai-exis...
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[extremely bbc news reporter voice] if you think back to the ever given blocking the suez canal, this is similar to that, but on the information superhighway
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
[extremely bbc news reporter voice] if you think back to the ever given blocking the suez canal, this is similar to that, but on the information superhighway
I wasn't keen on fireworks before, but having a pet has radicalised me.
Ban them from public sale at all times of year.
Ban them from public sale at all times of year.
October 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I wasn't keen on fireworks before, but having a pet has radicalised me.
Ban them from public sale at all times of year.
Ban them from public sale at all times of year.
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A little #Silksong flavoured clue, to gear up for the big day this week!
The Hollow Knight retreated, guarding the heart of past duty (4)
#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue
The Hollow Knight retreated, guarding the heart of past duty (4)
#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue
September 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A little #Silksong flavoured clue, to gear up for the big day this week!
The Hollow Knight retreated, guarding the heart of past duty (4)
#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue
The Hollow Knight retreated, guarding the heart of past duty (4)
#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue
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The UK Government will send a test alert to mobile phones on Sunday. This is how to switch it off: www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...
Before anyone types before thinking: domestic abuse survivors may need this. If you don’t, just scroll on.
Before anyone types before thinking: domestic abuse survivors may need this. If you don’t, just scroll on.
Opting out of emergency alerts
Opting out of emergency alerts
www.gov.uk
September 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The UK Government will send a test alert to mobile phones on Sunday. This is how to switch it off: www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...
Before anyone types before thinking: domestic abuse survivors may need this. If you don’t, just scroll on.
Before anyone types before thinking: domestic abuse survivors may need this. If you don’t, just scroll on.
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A cheeky Sunday morning clue:
Maybe Lily Phillips gives head to leaders of local amateur netball team (5)
#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue
Maybe Lily Phillips gives head to leaders of local amateur netball team (5)
#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue
August 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
A cheeky Sunday morning clue:
Maybe Lily Phillips gives head to leaders of local amateur netball team (5)
#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue
Maybe Lily Phillips gives head to leaders of local amateur netball team (5)
#cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue
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Co-signed times a thousand. “Other people have no interiority” is, fundamentally, a deeply evil belief to hold which will lead you exclusively to terrible places
One of my most moral panic style opinions is the use of “NPC” as a slur is a symptom of a societal sociopathy epidemic.
August 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Co-signed times a thousand. “Other people have no interiority” is, fundamentally, a deeply evil belief to hold which will lead you exclusively to terrible places
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Fired from political journalism for repeatedly referring to the MP Register of Interests as MPreg
August 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Fired from political journalism for repeatedly referring to the MP Register of Interests as MPreg
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Breaking news: The FA to phase out VAR in favour of LET and CONST
July 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Breaking news: The FA to phase out VAR in favour of LET and CONST
BLOGPOST: A pleasant diversion with #TDD
I was recently nerd-sniped by a blogpost from Ron Jeffries so I tried my hand at the problem myself and wrote up as I went.
Almost all of the blogpost is generated directly from the commit history!
blog.probablyfine.co.uk/2025/03/16/a...
I was recently nerd-sniped by a blogpost from Ron Jeffries so I tried my hand at the problem myself and wrote up as I went.
Almost all of the blogpost is generated directly from the commit history!
blog.probablyfine.co.uk/2025/03/16/a...
A pleasant diversion with TDD
blog.probablyfine.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
BLOGPOST: A pleasant diversion with #TDD
I was recently nerd-sniped by a blogpost from Ron Jeffries so I tried my hand at the problem myself and wrote up as I went.
Almost all of the blogpost is generated directly from the commit history!
blog.probablyfine.co.uk/2025/03/16/a...
I was recently nerd-sniped by a blogpost from Ron Jeffries so I tried my hand at the problem myself and wrote up as I went.
Almost all of the blogpost is generated directly from the commit history!
blog.probablyfine.co.uk/2025/03/16/a...
Announcement: I'm going to be running a ground-breaking workshop in vibes-driven development (VDD) for software developers this year!
Look out for a sign-up link in my bio.
Look out for a sign-up link in my bio.
March 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Announcement: I'm going to be running a ground-breaking workshop in vibes-driven development (VDD) for software developers this year!
Look out for a sign-up link in my bio.
Look out for a sign-up link in my bio.
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brb coining the phrase “vibe authing” and instantly ruining internet security
March 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
brb coining the phrase “vibe authing” and instantly ruining internet security
day ruined, went to the kola peninsula and all they had was pepsi
February 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
day ruined, went to the kola peninsula and all they had was pepsi