Plaindocs
@plaindocs.bsky.social
I'm here for the docs, the death metal and the donuts. Actually, I'm not here for the donuts, but the alliteration was hard to pass up.
Geographically confused.
Current: Berlin, TBD, Write the Docs.
Ex: Portugal, UK, Travis CI, Buildkite, etc
Geographically confused.
Current: Berlin, TBD, Write the Docs.
Ex: Portugal, UK, Travis CI, Buildkite, etc
It's a great day for a new live album by The Crawling!
thecrawlingband.bandcamp.com/album/live-i...
#metal
thecrawlingband.bandcamp.com/album/live-i...
#metal
Live in Belfast MMXXIV, by The Crawling
11 track album
thecrawlingband.bandcamp.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
It's a great day for a new live album by The Crawling!
thecrawlingband.bandcamp.com/album/live-i...
#metal
thecrawlingband.bandcamp.com/album/live-i...
#metal
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So let me get this right. We had to leave the EU to control immigration, and we are going to control immigration by emulating the stringent immigration system of Denmark, which is a proud and happy member of the EU.
UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system
Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So let me get this right. We had to leave the EU to control immigration, and we are going to control immigration by emulating the stringent immigration system of Denmark, which is a proud and happy member of the EU.
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Want to come and work with me at supabase? We’re looking for a docs engineer!
A couple more days and we’ll close the job ad, so get those applications in quick!
jobs.ashbyhq.com/supabase/65b...
Fully remote, great company, open source at heart, and you get to work with me! (Yay?)
A couple more days and we’ll close the job ad, so get those applications in quick!
jobs.ashbyhq.com/supabase/65b...
Fully remote, great company, open source at heart, and you get to work with me! (Yay?)
Frontend Engineer (Docs) @ Supabase
Supabase is an Open Source and fully remote company building developer tools for hundreds of thousands of indie developers, startups, and businesses.
We’re looking for a Docs Engineer to help build our documentation https://supabase.com/docs site, API, and Docs AI tools. You’ll be responsible for our docs site and content pipelines, building the tools for product teams and Technical Writers to showcase Supabase features.
We believe that documentation is more than just a tool. It’s part of our product. The documentation is where developers take their first step on their side project.
We know our docs need a lot of work, and that’s why we need you. If you have ideas for what the best docs in the world would look like, we want you to join us and make that happen.
WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
- Level up our documentation site. Make it a best-in-class experience for users ranging from indie vibe coders to enterprise engineering teams.
- Maintain our docs tooling and content pipelines. Make working on docs a smooth experience for both internal and external contributors.
- Work with our open source contributors through GitHub discussions, issues, and pull requests.
YOU MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT IF YOU HAVE
- Frontend experience. You can build and maintain a Next.js site and content pipelines.
- Documentation experience. You know something about information architecture, and ideally have worked on a docs site.
- Open source or community facilitation experience is a plus. Our docs are open source, and you’ll need to engage with the community through GitHub issues and pull requests.
- Experience with automated testing and building pipelines for docs.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Fully Remote
We hire globally. We believe you can do your best work from anywhere. There are no Supabase offices, but we provide a WeWork membership or co-working allowance you can use anywhere in the world.
- ESOP
Every team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company. We want everyone to share in the upside of what we’re building together.
- Tech Allowance
Use this budget to set up your ideal work environment—laptop, monitor, headphones, or whatever helps you do your best work.
- Health Benefits
Supabase covers 100% of health insurance for employees and 80% for dependents, wherever you are. Your wellbeing and your family’s health are important to us.
- Annual Off-Sites
Once a year, the entire company gathers in a new city for a week of connection, collaboration, and fun. It’s a highlight of our year.
- Flexible Work
We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time. You know what needs to be done and when.
- Professional Development
Every team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Supabase was born-remote and open-source-first. We believe our globally distributed team is our secret weapon in building tools developers love.
- 180+ team members
- 40+ countries
- 15+ languages spoken
- $496M raised
- 430,000+ community members
- 30,000+ memes posted (and counting)
We move fast, build in public, and use what we ship. If it’s in your project, we probably use it in ours too. We believe deeply in the open-source ecosystem and strive to support—not replace—existing tools and communities.
HIRING PROCESS
We keep things simple, async-friendly, and respectful of your time:
1. Apply – Our team will review your application.
2. Intro Call – A short video chat to get to know each other.
3. Interviews – Up to four calls with:
- Founders
- Future teammates
- Someone cross-functional from product, growth, or engineering (depending on the role)
4. Decision – We may follow up with a final question or go straight to offer.
All communication is remote and we aim to move fast.
jobs.ashbyhq.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Want to come and work with me at supabase? We’re looking for a docs engineer!
A couple more days and we’ll close the job ad, so get those applications in quick!
jobs.ashbyhq.com/supabase/65b...
Fully remote, great company, open source at heart, and you get to work with me! (Yay?)
A couple more days and we’ll close the job ad, so get those applications in quick!
jobs.ashbyhq.com/supabase/65b...
Fully remote, great company, open source at heart, and you get to work with me! (Yay?)
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This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media.
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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I didn't plan the SAMAEL gig for the day I moved into a new flat, but I'm not mad!
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I didn't plan the SAMAEL gig for the day I moved into a new flat, but I'm not mad!
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
You should absolutely read this, it's real good!
Hey, UK FRIENDS, looks like GODS OF THE WYRDWOOD, is only 99p on Kindle and probably KOBO too so if DEEPLY WEIRD slowburn forest adventures are your thing jump on that.
www.amazon.co.uk/Gods-Wyrdwoo...
www.amazon.co.uk/Gods-Wyrdwoo...
Amazon.co.uk
www.amazon.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
You should absolutely read this, it's real good!
If AI is so good, why is autocorrect so shit?
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
If AI is so good, why is autocorrect so shit?
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“We never validated our core assumptions” is in the running for tech quote of the decade
"We never validated our core assumptions before investing heavily in solutions. The truth is that gamers already had the solution to their problems, and they weren't going to switch platforms just because a new one was available," a former Amazon exec said earlier this year.
As Amazon's game business crumbles, the public is surprised to discover that it was trying to compete with Steam all this time
If you're wondering how it all went so wrong, former VP Ethan Evans might be able to shed some light on things.
www.pcgamer.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“We never validated our core assumptions” is in the running for tech quote of the decade
@marcospinello.bsky.social That bio is A++. This is the band you asked about
hellripper.bandcamp.com/track/warloc...
hellripper.bandcamp.com/track/warloc...
Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags, by Hellripper
from the album Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
hellripper.bandcamp.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@marcospinello.bsky.social That bio is A++. This is the band you asked about
hellripper.bandcamp.com/track/warloc...
hellripper.bandcamp.com/track/warloc...
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The slides from my @writethedocs.bsky.social Berlin 2025 talk, "Failing well". Enjoy! docs.google.com/presentation...
Failing Well.pptx
Failing Well A Practical Guide to Growth for Technical Writers
docs.google.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The slides from my @writethedocs.bsky.social Berlin 2025 talk, "Failing well". Enjoy! docs.google.com/presentation...
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Concerning, bc it indicates that the extent of the concentration of power in the hands of a few hyperscalers is way less widely understood than I’d assumed. Which bodes poorly for our ability to craft reality-based strategies capable of contesting this concentration & solving the real problem. 2/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Concerning, bc it indicates that the extent of the concentration of power in the hands of a few hyperscalers is way less widely understood than I’d assumed. Which bodes poorly for our ability to craft reality-based strategies capable of contesting this concentration & solving the real problem. 2/
OH: FUN AND AGONY IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
October 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
OH: FUN AND AGONY IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
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Starting a 2025 Q4 thread of not-evil* jobs in tech or using tech skills, which I'll reply to add to as I find new cool things over time
*or minimally evil, as this is often the best we can hope for in these troubled times. Assessments based on nothing but my own vibes
*or minimally evil, as this is often the best we can hope for in these troubled times. Assessments based on nothing but my own vibes
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Starting a 2025 Q4 thread of not-evil* jobs in tech or using tech skills, which I'll reply to add to as I find new cool things over time
*or minimally evil, as this is often the best we can hope for in these troubled times. Assessments based on nothing but my own vibes
*or minimally evil, as this is often the best we can hope for in these troubled times. Assessments based on nothing but my own vibes
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Is there a european discord for self-publishing board games?
🎲✂️
🎲✂️
October 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Is there a european discord for self-publishing board games?
🎲✂️
🎲✂️
I checked the calendar and it's still not December. Am I over excited for Christmas? No! What I am over excited for is
October 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I checked the calendar and it's still not December. Am I over excited for Christmas? No! What I am over excited for is
Hell yeah, let's do this.
Let’s make this happen. Hit up your festivals and promoters and let them know!
It‘s about Time fit @motherofgraves.bsky.social to Tour Europe. While waiting let‘s spin their debut „Where the Shadows adorne“ another couple of Times #nowspinning #saturdayheavytunes #supersongsaturday
October 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hell yeah, let's do this.
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I have blocked
the account
that you opened
In bluesky
with which
you were probably
hoping
to pwn me
Forgive me
it felt delicious
so sweet
and so cold
the account
that you opened
In bluesky
with which
you were probably
hoping
to pwn me
Forgive me
it felt delicious
so sweet
and so cold
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I have blocked
the account
that you opened
In bluesky
with which
you were probably
hoping
to pwn me
Forgive me
it felt delicious
so sweet
and so cold
the account
that you opened
In bluesky
with which
you were probably
hoping
to pwn me
Forgive me
it felt delicious
so sweet
and so cold
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German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate
shorturl.at/OFfig
shorturl.at/OFfig
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate
shorturl.at/OFfig
shorturl.at/OFfig
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J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI.
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI.
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
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Everything is a lot right now, so I'm running some of my [always] free 1:1 tech career advice calls next Monday the 20th October.
📩 DM me if you would like to book a 30m call to get advice on breaking into tech, to plan your jobhunt or just to talk through whatever is on your mind.
📩 DM me if you would like to book a 30m call to get advice on breaking into tech, to plan your jobhunt or just to talk through whatever is on your mind.
October 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Everything is a lot right now, so I'm running some of my [always] free 1:1 tech career advice calls next Monday the 20th October.
📩 DM me if you would like to book a 30m call to get advice on breaking into tech, to plan your jobhunt or just to talk through whatever is on your mind.
📩 DM me if you would like to book a 30m call to get advice on breaking into tech, to plan your jobhunt or just to talk through whatever is on your mind.
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This could be the celebrity endorsement that bursts the AI bubble.
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This could be the celebrity endorsement that bursts the AI bubble.