Nic Wise
@fastchicken.co.nz
Software Engineer/Eng Manager in training.
SRE. AWS/Terraform/Typescript/React(Native).
Lover of great Coffee.
Mountain Bike and RPM Enthusiast. Island Dweller.
Photo is of Milo.
SRE. AWS/Terraform/Typescript/React(Native).
Lover of great Coffee.
Mountain Bike and RPM Enthusiast. Island Dweller.
Photo is of Milo.
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Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution. We are sorry for the impact that it caused to our customers and the Internet. Here's what happened: https://cfl.re/4aw32qy
Cloudflare outage on December 5, 2025
Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution. We are sorry for the impac...
blog.cloudflare.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Cloudflare experienced a significant traffic outage on December 5, 2025, starting approximately at 8:47 UTC. The incident lasted approximately 25 minutes before resolution. We are sorry for the impact that it caused to our customers and the Internet. Here's what happened: https://cfl.re/4aw32qy
… and the guy who found it is a kiwi. Nice one.
December 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
… and the guy who found it is a kiwi. Nice one.
Werner summing up AI-driven software development pefectly
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Werner summing up AI-driven software development pefectly
Funny seeing Apple on stage at AWS reinvent.
Good talk, but has the sanitised and near lifeless Apple style, and it’s a stark contrast to the AWS folks.
Good talk, but has the sanitised and near lifeless Apple style, and it’s a stark contrast to the AWS folks.
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Funny seeing Apple on stage at AWS reinvent.
Good talk, but has the sanitised and near lifeless Apple style, and it’s a stark contrast to the AWS folks.
Good talk, but has the sanitised and near lifeless Apple style, and it’s a stark contrast to the AWS folks.
So you want small rates increases?
And infrastructure built and maintained?
So councils can borrow against future rates changes right?
Right?
Borrow and build now. Pay off with increased households (and hence overall rate take).
Insert Star Wars Padme/Anikin image.
And infrastructure built and maintained?
So councils can borrow against future rates changes right?
Right?
Borrow and build now. Pay off with increased households (and hence overall rate take).
Insert Star Wars Padme/Anikin image.
“We do not buy bananas, toilet paper, nappies – we buy asphalt, steel and concrete … those inflationary increases and those specific projects don’t always, don’t always align with what we see with normal household CPI.”
- Rehette Stoltz, Gisborne Mayor and LGNZ vice-president.
- Rehette Stoltz, Gisborne Mayor and LGNZ vice-president.
Simon says cap your rates – how will councils respond?
The Govt says councils must live within their means – but overseas evidence on rate caps is mixed, while local authorities fear a loss of 'critical investment' in infrastructure
newsroom.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
So you want small rates increases?
And infrastructure built and maintained?
So councils can borrow against future rates changes right?
Right?
Borrow and build now. Pay off with increased households (and hence overall rate take).
Insert Star Wars Padme/Anikin image.
And infrastructure built and maintained?
So councils can borrow against future rates changes right?
Right?
Borrow and build now. Pay off with increased households (and hence overall rate take).
Insert Star Wars Padme/Anikin image.
I …. actually enjoyed lockdown. Late summer on the island is lovely. It was quiet - SO quiet - and the beach is walking distance. Got out on the bike, in the sun…
2nd and 3rd were less fun tho.
Memory of someone at Waikaremoana asking “is this going to be a thing” about 4 days before..
2nd and 3rd were less fun tho.
Memory of someone at Waikaremoana asking “is this going to be a thing” about 4 days before..
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I …. actually enjoyed lockdown. Late summer on the island is lovely. It was quiet - SO quiet - and the beach is walking distance. Got out on the bike, in the sun…
2nd and 3rd were less fun tho.
Memory of someone at Waikaremoana asking “is this going to be a thing” about 4 days before..
2nd and 3rd were less fun tho.
Memory of someone at Waikaremoana asking “is this going to be a thing” about 4 days before..
Designers/font nerds and @alyankovic.bsky.social all in one image!
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Designers/font nerds and @alyankovic.bsky.social all in one image!
Turns out there are locky docks! We could have cycled. But working that out before… without just cycling there and looking…
Damn AT public transport comms around events is awful
Just… nothing but closed stops.
Just… nothing but closed stops.
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Turns out there are locky docks! We could have cycled. But working that out before… without just cycling there and looking…
Damn AT public transport comms around events is awful
Just… nothing but closed stops.
Just… nothing but closed stops.
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Damn AT public transport comms around events is awful
Just… nothing but closed stops.
Just… nothing but closed stops.
Time for a swim then. Then some Rufus du sol.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Time for a swim then. Then some Rufus du sol.
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
remarkably hard to temper chocolate today
"cool it to 27deg"
so basically room temp. yeah. ice...
"cool it to 27deg"
so basically room temp. yeah. ice...
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
remarkably hard to temper chocolate today
"cool it to 27deg"
so basically room temp. yeah. ice...
"cool it to 27deg"
so basically room temp. yeah. ice...
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Welcome to all the foolish carryings on at the end of the year - here is a cartoon about [insert unpleasant spectacle here] www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What to buy (and not buy) your ungrateful little darlings this festive season | First Dog on the Moon
Black Friday Christmas sale specials holiday vacation savings savings!
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Welcome to all the foolish carryings on at the end of the year - here is a cartoon about [insert unpleasant spectacle here] www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Apparently Sam knows a thing or two about standing over someone
With a chair leg wasn’t it?
With a chair leg wasn’t it?
Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on.
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Apparently Sam knows a thing or two about standing over someone
With a chair leg wasn’t it?
With a chair leg wasn’t it?
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Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (1969)
YouTube video by Tiny Dancer
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Electric Bike Team continue to have the best, hands down, customer service in the business.
Can't recommend them highly enough.
Can't recommend them highly enough.
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Electric Bike Team continue to have the best, hands down, customer service in the business.
Can't recommend them highly enough.
Can't recommend them highly enough.
I could really do with some AWS Graviton 5 rumours @quinnypig.com . Time to buy RI's ...
(might hit EC2 next week, if it exists, and RDS what, next year?)
(might hit EC2 next week, if it exists, and RDS what, next year?)
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I could really do with some AWS Graviton 5 rumours @quinnypig.com . Time to buy RI's ...
(might hit EC2 next week, if it exists, and RDS what, next year?)
(might hit EC2 next week, if it exists, and RDS what, next year?)
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November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Now available on iOS 😎
Until now, if you lost or broke your phone, your Signal message history was *gone,* a real challenge for everyone whose most important conversations happen in Signal. So, with careful design and development, we’re rolling out opt-in secure backups.
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
Introducing Signal Secure Backups
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet...
signal.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Now available on iOS 😎
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
talk about missing the fucking point
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
(CGT is more about forcing investment into things we WANT to happen not the single thing with the most outsized return. It's not (just) about revenue generation)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
(CGT is more about forcing investment into things we WANT to happen not the single thing with the most outsized return. It's not (just) about revenue generation)
Capital Gains Tax wouldn't have raised much in recent years - Cotality
Labour has proposed a 28 percent capital gains tax on residential investment and commercial property. But how much would it have made in the past five years?
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
talk about missing the fucking point
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
(CGT is more about forcing investment into things we WANT to happen not the single thing with the most outsized return. It's not (just) about revenue generation)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
(CGT is more about forcing investment into things we WANT to happen not the single thing with the most outsized return. It's not (just) about revenue generation)
I guess those new Shelly BT ultrasonic range finger things work. Also it’s wet outside.
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I guess those new Shelly BT ultrasonic range finger things work. Also it’s wet outside.