DaveDisaster
@davedisasterman.bsky.social
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DaveDisaster
@davedisasterman.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Looking for FT or contract. LDN based.
I'm a web engineer, front end specialist & tech lead. React focused for a good while but tech agnostic, regularly picking up new frameworks, even languages on the job.
Design background, experienced in backend, DBs, SysAdmin/DevOps. Love TS & TDD.
Hit me up!
I'm a web engineer, front end specialist & tech lead. React focused for a good while but tech agnostic, regularly picking up new frameworks, even languages on the job.
Design background, experienced in backend, DBs, SysAdmin/DevOps. Love TS & TDD.
Hit me up!
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As a Christmas present to you all. My 24-page comic "Horseback Earthsmack" from 2017 is now completely free to read at my website: www.deathbulge.com/comics/442 ENJOY.
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
As a Christmas present to you all. My 24-page comic "Horseback Earthsmack" from 2017 is now completely free to read at my website: www.deathbulge.com/comics/442 ENJOY.
JFC...
Vive la resistance!
Vive la resistance!
A completely unhinged post from the head of Norway's oil fund: to hunt down the "leaders" of groups resisting AI implementation in companies and "remove" them
archive.ph/r0u2r
archive.ph/r0u2r
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
JFC...
Vive la resistance!
Vive la resistance!
Also, the USA barely has anything that isn't modern history.
Trump is often discussed as one of the worst presidents in modern American history, but it’s important to remember that such a categorization is far too narrow.
Donald J. Trump is one of the worst people in modern American history.
Donald J. Trump is one of the worst people in modern American history.
Trump's Vile Post About Rob Reiner Has Some Republicans Breaking Ranks
President Trump blamed the acclaimed director for his own murder.
gizmodo.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Also, the USA barely has anything that isn't modern history.
Me when it happens is contingent on it happening in prison, and the lot of them being stripped of their ill gotten gains, which is all of them.
And even then it's not enough to stop the machine...
And even then it's not enough to stop the machine...
December 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Me when it happens is contingent on it happening in prison, and the lot of them being stripped of their ill gotten gains, which is all of them.
And even then it's not enough to stop the machine...
And even then it's not enough to stop the machine...
I fail to see the contradiction here?
wait a minute how are the "your body has gone soft from not eating the raw meats of your ancestors" guys also the "the computer should summarize the big scary email for your inadequate brain" guys
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I fail to see the contradiction here?
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A cool result of everything having AI in it now is there are a bunch of buttons on every application that I have to be careful to never push, and everything takes five more seconds to load during which there's an animation of bonzi buddy thinking really hard
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A cool result of everything having AI in it now is there are a bunch of buttons on every application that I have to be careful to never push, and everything takes five more seconds to load during which there's an animation of bonzi buddy thinking really hard
If you followed me you could have had slopaganda, which scores much better in Scrabble...
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you followed me you could have had slopaganda, which scores much better in Scrabble...
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In the film The Princess Bride, a spectacular duel is fought atop the Cliffs of Insanity between a man in black, who we will later know as the Dread Pirate Roberts (and still later as Buttercup’s beloved farm boy, Wesley), and Inigo Montoya, the Spaniard.
a man in a purple cape is walking down a dirt path
Alt: a man in a purple cape capers and spins down a dirt path - the caption reads "There was... a mighty duel"
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In the film The Princess Bride, a spectacular duel is fought atop the Cliffs of Insanity between a man in black, who we will later know as the Dread Pirate Roberts (and still later as Buttercup’s beloved farm boy, Wesley), and Inigo Montoya, the Spaniard.
B&M sell bags that say "I can't be trusted at B&M" and I was really tempted to steal one...
December 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
B&M sell bags that say "I can't be trusted at B&M" and I was really tempted to steal one...
Just a little reminder/boost that thankfully not everyone capitulates to the slopaganda machines.
Illustrations by the author, design and typesetting by me.
More info and links below...
Illustrations by the author, design and typesetting by me.
More info and links below...
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Just a little reminder/boost that thankfully not everyone capitulates to the slopaganda machines.
Illustrations by the author, design and typesetting by me.
More info and links below...
Illustrations by the author, design and typesetting by me.
More info and links below...
Debugging is SO expensive!
As is performance monitoring, ironically enough...
As is performance monitoring, ironically enough...
Mari Lwyd's Pantri Panic v3 has been released.
It contains some code optimisations so it can run better on less powerful machines.
The code optimisations was that I commented out the debugging commands. Meaning they don't run.
Whoops.
Enjoy!
rhyswynne.itch.io/mari-lwyds-p...
#gamedev #pico8
It contains some code optimisations so it can run better on less powerful machines.
The code optimisations was that I commented out the debugging commands. Meaning they don't run.
Whoops.
Enjoy!
rhyswynne.itch.io/mari-lwyds-p...
#gamedev #pico8
December 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Debugging is SO expensive!
As is performance monitoring, ironically enough...
As is performance monitoring, ironically enough...
Growing up in filth also works, but is useless information as an adult...
I am almost never ill, whether it's minor colds to norovirus, swine flu or Covid.
But I'll still wear a mask in high risk situations cos I'm not an asshole.
I am almost never ill, whether it's minor colds to norovirus, swine flu or Covid.
But I'll still wear a mask in high risk situations cos I'm not an asshole.
We are experiencing a more severe than usual flu season and COVID rates are starting to rise. If you want to reduce your chances of getting sick, one of the most effective things you can do is wear a high quality mask. 🤫
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Growing up in filth also works, but is useless information as an adult...
I am almost never ill, whether it's minor colds to norovirus, swine flu or Covid.
But I'll still wear a mask in high risk situations cos I'm not an asshole.
I am almost never ill, whether it's minor colds to norovirus, swine flu or Covid.
But I'll still wear a mask in high risk situations cos I'm not an asshole.
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For the love of money.💰
December 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
For the love of money.💰
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Just ordered a shirt:
December 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Just ordered a shirt:
Dictator defending, war-crimes denying Noam Chomsky?
THAT Chomsky?
Huh...
THAT Chomsky?
Huh...
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Dictator defending, war-crimes denying Noam Chomsky?
THAT Chomsky?
Huh...
THAT Chomsky?
Huh...
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
Personally. Brick by brick. In an orange jumpsuit.
He should have to rebuild the East Wing. The end.
NEW: A hearing is set for Tuesday in the National Trust's lawsuit challenging Trump's White House ballroom plans.
The case has been assigned to Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee. He has ordered DOJ to respond by 5p Monday to the Trust's TRO request and set a hearing for 3:30p Tuesday.
The case has been assigned to Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee. He has ordered DOJ to respond by 5p Monday to the Trust's TRO request and set a hearing for 3:30p Tuesday.
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Personally. Brick by brick. In an orange jumpsuit.
Bad management making unrealistic demands and burning out the workers is not unique to Agile or SCRUM…
I’m convinced corporate goons devised sprints so that when we minions get to work at a normal pace we feel grateful for the luxury.
It’s clever. Evil but clever.
It’s clever. Evil but clever.
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Bad management making unrealistic demands and burning out the workers is not unique to Agile or SCRUM…
Don't just make stuff, make absolute, glorious nonsense!
AI could never.
AI could never.
December 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Don't just make stuff, make absolute, glorious nonsense!
AI could never.
AI could never.
Real talk with @renegademinis.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Real talk with @renegademinis.bsky.social
I read approximately 25,000 words of Ed's in preparation for a debate with @davidwhitney.co.uk on the AI bubble at a tech meetup last night.
It went down a storm, tho I'm not sure I swayed anyone.
Anyway, we'll be doing it (or something very similar) at CityJS...
It went down a storm, tho I'm not sure I swayed anyone.
Anyway, we'll be doing it (or something very similar) at CityJS...
I'm afraid this week's premium will be delayed until Monday, because it's become far more ambitious than I originally anticipated. It's Mythbusters: AI Edition and it'll probably be the longest thing I've ever written.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I read approximately 25,000 words of Ed's in preparation for a debate with @davidwhitney.co.uk on the AI bubble at a tech meetup last night.
It went down a storm, tho I'm not sure I swayed anyone.
Anyway, we'll be doing it (or something very similar) at CityJS...
It went down a storm, tho I'm not sure I swayed anyone.
Anyway, we'll be doing it (or something very similar) at CityJS...
Being a Thrud fan really pins your age...
Eh, fuggit. NEW THRUD THE BARBARIAN MINIATURE!
Eh, fuggit. NEW THRUD THE BARBARIAN MINIATURE!
[Achievement Unlocked: New Shoes] "Have a miniature you sculpted available to buy on Footsore Miniatures"
The Thrud model I sculpted earlier this year for Thrudball is now available on Footsore - footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/... #oldhammer #thrudball
The Thrud model I sculpted earlier this year for Thrudball is now available on Footsore - footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/... #oldhammer #thrudball
December 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Being a Thrud fan really pins your age...
Eh, fuggit. NEW THRUD THE BARBARIAN MINIATURE!
Eh, fuggit. NEW THRUD THE BARBARIAN MINIATURE!
Hair-raising...
How many times will we use the "Make static method non-static" refactoring before "What's the problem with static methods, Jason?" has answered itself?
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Hair-raising...
Love the Sedgwick!
Now that the scaffolding is gone, you can get a good look at a rare artform — heraldic palaeontology — above the Downing Street door of the @sedgwickmuseum.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Love the Sedgwick!
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The jaw-dropping Minerva Bowl from the Hildesheim Treasure, a hoard of Roman silver unearthed in 1868 in Germany. In high relief, Athena-Minerva sits on a rock, holding a cane or pedum, wearing her magnificent helmet. Note her little owl on the left. 🦉 🏺 1/
1st c. CE, #AntikensammlungBerlin
📸 me
1st c. CE, #AntikensammlungBerlin
📸 me
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The jaw-dropping Minerva Bowl from the Hildesheim Treasure, a hoard of Roman silver unearthed in 1868 in Germany. In high relief, Athena-Minerva sits on a rock, holding a cane or pedum, wearing her magnificent helmet. Note her little owl on the left. 🦉 🏺 1/
1st c. CE, #AntikensammlungBerlin
📸 me
1st c. CE, #AntikensammlungBerlin
📸 me