Matthew Laird
matthewlaird.ca
Matthew Laird
@matthewlaird.ca
tech-geek. former bioinformatics grunt worker. political addict. trying to improve the world around him.
Oh good, I thought it was the goofy Android app with it's problems lately, I kept restarting and jazz jazz jazz. Not bad jazz.

At least I didn't wake up the national broadcaster playing to Swan Lake.
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Jealous!
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
And now off to the River Market.
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I also checked all the parking levels and the top of the stairs, there's no apparent pay machines. So what happens if you don't have a smartphone. This all feels scammish. Though aren't all these pay parking companies with their quazi-legal status.
December 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Everyone seems to just be walking out of the parking lot without doing anything, so do I need to register? There's no information Booth that seems to be open at this mall to ask.
December 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
...is that legal?
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I dunno guys, should we require a l33t coding test for this one... 😜
December 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Yup. But when you start using the Not Withstanding to dehumanize and strip basic rights from people, I'm not sure holding back whatever arsenal you have is morally defendable.
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There actually kind of is a constitutional genie for some of the bullshit, Section 90.
December 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I was actually planning to message @gabrielbauman.com over the holidays and take him up on his beer offer, we should have a lefty tech grunt worker meetup. My in-laws arrive Wed, I'll take opportunities to escape. 😂
cc @anthonyfloyd.ca and who else am I missing?
December 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I partially disagree. Those two stadiums are in a fantastic location for transit connectivity. Hastings Park is going to be horrific unless the North Shore rapid transit is built and goes right past there.

Won't disagree about the public funding part.
December 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Canada Line gets crush loads at peak times and sometimes not peak times. It also goes slower off peak to maintain the same headway with fewer trains, trips take longer for absolutely no reason.
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Oh we have a different bot in GitHub that does code reviews and it finds some really great things. But yes if I could connect them together so Claude seize the feedback from the pr bot... I need to further explore agents to, I have some profiles I need to install for review, planning, etc.
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Title already exists for contract work.
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What....I just made sure the whole stack didn't fall flat on its face from the changes. I'm as important as a bridge designer!

Next prompt: Write me a commit message.
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In one sense, as a colleague put it, it's like having a team of 5 juniors under you who don't talk back.

On the other hand, yes I can see it making me soft because I don't do as much deep thinking.

Claude did just get in a spiral of bouncing between two wrong solutions. So job security?
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM