James Manners
James Manners
@james.manners.net.au
Co-founder of pliny.com.au
Engineer and all-rounder/mongrel
Proud #1 cheerleader of vilija.com.au (@vjokubaitis.bsky.social)
Dad to 2+dog
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May 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@hacks4pancakes.com do you have any suggestions on resources for iso27001/SOC2 for a small bootstrapped sass company? I’m trying to find the most pragmatic way of doing this. Thank you!!!!
March 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My pebble was the best smartwatch we have had. It lasted years, had fantastic battery life and the kids loved it. I hope this is successful.
January 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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A Wally good read by Kristen Soltis Anderson open.substack.com/pub/kristens...
Are Golden Retrievers the last good thing on the internet?
On bringing sunshine into the online abyss.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Here’s something very fun

“Hey siri, lumos” = 🔦
and
“Hey siri, nox” = 🚫🔦

Hehehehe
January 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Repairability is significantly underrated!! Cars especially
I don't want my fridge to have a camera or Wi-Fi. I don't want my dishwasher to be smart. I don't want my washing machine to text me.

In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.
January 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
My soldering skills are still bad but I replaced a motor on my son’s drone today and it works. Go me!! And it makes me so happy to repair something rather than toss it. 😁
December 15, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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If you are a new programmer, sysadmin, devops engineer, I just want you to know:

me and all of my colleagues with years of experience Google the most basic things *daily*
November 22, 2024 at 4:47 AM
What gif pops up when you type in your name?
November 19, 2024 at 5:14 AM
@bsky.app any chance we can pay/donate to keep things moving. Paying customers is the best way to keep a product user driven. 🙏
November 17, 2024 at 9:58 AM
This is seriously impressive!!
November 15, 2024 at 9:18 AM
We currently have an AirPlay war going on between 3 different phones. All trying to find a suitable song to annoy the rest of the family!
November 14, 2024 at 8:17 AM