Nief
@nief.bsky.social
(No Longer) Gin Powered, (Still) Sleep Deprived and (Always) Perpetually Confused.
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Nief
@nief.bsky.social
· Jun 13
Step 1: Make the plan.
Step 2: Execute the plan.
Step 3: Expect the plan to go off the rails.
Step 4: Throw away the plan
Step 2: Execute the plan.
Step 3: Expect the plan to go off the rails.
Step 4: Throw away the plan
Take 5
Walk Tall
NItty Gritty
You’re listening to the pastry from the big bad city.
This is Jam Donut
Jam Donut.
Walk Tall
NItty Gritty
You’re listening to the pastry from the big bad city.
This is Jam Donut
Jam Donut.
February 3, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Take 5
Walk Tall
NItty Gritty
You’re listening to the pastry from the big bad city.
This is Jam Donut
Jam Donut.
Walk Tall
NItty Gritty
You’re listening to the pastry from the big bad city.
This is Jam Donut
Jam Donut.
Ahhh Zotren, How I love ypu.
February 3, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Ahhh Zotren, How I love ypu.
FIdel Gastro - A communist biological weapons researcher who made great advances in the field
February 3, 2026 at 4:18 AM
FIdel Gastro - A communist biological weapons researcher who made great advances in the field
Chemist just hand delivered Anti Nausea drugs.
February 3, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Chemist just hand delivered Anti Nausea drugs.
“We neees you to produce quarterly audit reports for the company hardware,
THis is one of your quaterly goals
So we expect it will take you a while blah waffle blah”
*a few human work hours later*
“Fini- I mean yes, This going to be very involved and take a while * wrties bash script*
THis is one of your quaterly goals
So we expect it will take you a while blah waffle blah”
*a few human work hours later*
“Fini- I mean yes, This going to be very involved and take a while * wrties bash script*
February 2, 2026 at 4:03 AM
“We neees you to produce quarterly audit reports for the company hardware,
THis is one of your quaterly goals
So we expect it will take you a while blah waffle blah”
*a few human work hours later*
“Fini- I mean yes, This going to be very involved and take a while * wrties bash script*
THis is one of your quaterly goals
So we expect it will take you a while blah waffle blah”
*a few human work hours later*
“Fini- I mean yes, This going to be very involved and take a while * wrties bash script*
Even for us, Im sure this is a record.
Jasper has been back at school for 2 days and has Gastro.
All I can say at this point is thank #$DOG we dont have carpet downstairs in the house.
Jasper has been back at school for 2 days and has Gastro.
All I can say at this point is thank #$DOG we dont have carpet downstairs in the house.
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Even for us, Im sure this is a record.
Jasper has been back at school for 2 days and has Gastro.
All I can say at this point is thank #$DOG we dont have carpet downstairs in the house.
Jasper has been back at school for 2 days and has Gastro.
All I can say at this point is thank #$DOG we dont have carpet downstairs in the house.
Ahh yes, Here we go.
After the latest round of employee feedback showed some rather... disappointing responses (as far as management are concerned) Management have responded by introducing a company wide policy on Desktop backgrounds - they now all show the company values and branding.
After the latest round of employee feedback showed some rather... disappointing responses (as far as management are concerned) Management have responded by introducing a company wide policy on Desktop backgrounds - they now all show the company values and branding.
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Ahh yes, Here we go.
After the latest round of employee feedback showed some rather... disappointing responses (as far as management are concerned) Management have responded by introducing a company wide policy on Desktop backgrounds - they now all show the company values and branding.
After the latest round of employee feedback showed some rather... disappointing responses (as far as management are concerned) Management have responded by introducing a company wide policy on Desktop backgrounds - they now all show the company values and branding.
And in todays meeting I found out that we *force* a whole hardware platform onto our unstable *preview* release without telling the users.
“We test it though, Just not as much as the stable release”
Trying, as I am, to NOT tell people when they’re being stupid, I instead elected to say nothing
“We test it though, Just not as much as the stable release”
Trying, as I am, to NOT tell people when they’re being stupid, I instead elected to say nothing
January 29, 2026 at 11:34 PM
And in todays meeting I found out that we *force* a whole hardware platform onto our unstable *preview* release without telling the users.
“We test it though, Just not as much as the stable release”
Trying, as I am, to NOT tell people when they’re being stupid, I instead elected to say nothing
“We test it though, Just not as much as the stable release”
Trying, as I am, to NOT tell people when they’re being stupid, I instead elected to say nothing
When ever I see tech bros waxing lyrical about how AI can do things better I'm always reminded about the exchange I saw some years back which involved footage of long term civil protestors dealing with tear gas and some idiot tech bro going "Im sure we can improve / streamline this process"
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 AM
When ever I see tech bros waxing lyrical about how AI can do things better I'm always reminded about the exchange I saw some years back which involved footage of long term civil protestors dealing with tear gas and some idiot tech bro going "Im sure we can improve / streamline this process"
Spent the last hour relearning REST API stuff and I *really* dont want to go back to ‘we want your product/software to keep on working even when the laptop is asleep!’
*sigh*
*sigh*
January 29, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Spent the last hour relearning REST API stuff and I *really* dont want to go back to ‘we want your product/software to keep on working even when the laptop is asleep!’
*sigh*
*sigh*
Eng Manager: I'm sick of everyone having 'staff ops' perms in the portal, We need to audit permissions!
My Manager: Niel, You're up.
Me: Right, First thing, We need a human readable output of current staff roles and what they can access.
Can we pull this from the backend?
Eng: *nervous shuffling*
My Manager: Niel, You're up.
Me: Right, First thing, We need a human readable output of current staff roles and what they can access.
Can we pull this from the backend?
Eng: *nervous shuffling*
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Eng Manager: I'm sick of everyone having 'staff ops' perms in the portal, We need to audit permissions!
My Manager: Niel, You're up.
Me: Right, First thing, We need a human readable output of current staff roles and what they can access.
Can we pull this from the backend?
Eng: *nervous shuffling*
My Manager: Niel, You're up.
Me: Right, First thing, We need a human readable output of current staff roles and what they can access.
Can we pull this from the backend?
Eng: *nervous shuffling*
Dear Apple,
Heres an 'innovation' for you.
By Default, Replying to a Group Text Message should ONLY go to the sender.
No Love,
Guy thats short On sleep due to text messages that don't concern him.
Heres an 'innovation' for you.
By Default, Replying to a Group Text Message should ONLY go to the sender.
No Love,
Guy thats short On sleep due to text messages that don't concern him.
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Dear Apple,
Heres an 'innovation' for you.
By Default, Replying to a Group Text Message should ONLY go to the sender.
No Love,
Guy thats short On sleep due to text messages that don't concern him.
Heres an 'innovation' for you.
By Default, Replying to a Group Text Message should ONLY go to the sender.
No Love,
Guy thats short On sleep due to text messages that don't concern him.
Reposted by Nief
Apple CEO TIm Cook went to the White House the evening after Alex Pretti was murdered and took selfies with Trump and the serial sexual abuser who directed the Melania film.
No spine. No soul. And your fucking iOS updates are ass.
No spine. No soul. And your fucking iOS updates are ass.
January 27, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Apple CEO TIm Cook went to the White House the evening after Alex Pretti was murdered and took selfies with Trump and the serial sexual abuser who directed the Melania film.
No spine. No soul. And your fucking iOS updates are ass.
No spine. No soul. And your fucking iOS updates are ass.
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It looks like you've disabled our pointless, insecure, and wasteful gen AI features in this product. Are you sure about that? We've turned them back on and hidden the controls just to be sure.
January 26, 2026 at 9:18 PM
It looks like you've disabled our pointless, insecure, and wasteful gen AI features in this product. Are you sure about that? We've turned them back on and hidden the controls just to be sure.
Me: Wooooah here. WHat am I drawing?
Brain: Shut up and draw.
Brain: Shut up and draw.
January 23, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Me: Wooooah here. WHat am I drawing?
Brain: Shut up and draw.
Brain: Shut up and draw.
I just draw the damn things
January 22, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I just draw the damn things
…what if The Magic Pudding *is* God…?
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 PM
…what if The Magic Pudding *is* God…?
"Daddy, What does 'regret' mean?"
January 21, 2026 at 6:10 AM
"Daddy, What does 'regret' mean?"
...
What if The Magic Pudding is, effectively immortal ?
I mean... in a million years, when Australia is reduced to a complete barren wasteland , Is there going to be this.. *thing* stumping through the desert croaking 'eat me.. kill me.. please...' ?
Shit, I've scared myself.
What if The Magic Pudding is, effectively immortal ?
I mean... in a million years, when Australia is reduced to a complete barren wasteland , Is there going to be this.. *thing* stumping through the desert croaking 'eat me.. kill me.. please...' ?
Shit, I've scared myself.
January 21, 2026 at 12:11 AM
...
What if The Magic Pudding is, effectively immortal ?
I mean... in a million years, when Australia is reduced to a complete barren wasteland , Is there going to be this.. *thing* stumping through the desert croaking 'eat me.. kill me.. please...' ?
Shit, I've scared myself.
What if The Magic Pudding is, effectively immortal ?
I mean... in a million years, when Australia is reduced to a complete barren wasteland , Is there going to be this.. *thing* stumping through the desert croaking 'eat me.. kill me.. please...' ?
Shit, I've scared myself.