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I have approximate knowledge of some things. Expect software development, public sector digital, arts/humanities, games, tennis, and dog chatter
Seemingly on cue, the YouTube algorithm has recommended me this video from nine years ago. Peter Claffey - who plays Ser Duncan the Tall - being interviewed about a recent loss to Wales U-20 during his rugby union days. Good actor, innit

www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Q4...
Irish Rugby TV: Peter Claffey On The Ireland U-20s' Clash With England
YouTube video by IrishRugby TV
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Very!
February 11, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Surprised these sorts of safeguard aren't baked into agents as a first-party feature (I've not used coding agents before, so I speak from a place of naivety). Looking forward to see how you progress with this
February 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Understandable tbf
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Also, I came across a conversation I read between Martin Fowler and Unmesh Joshi, on where current LLMs do and do not fit in building software. Not sure if you’ve read it, but some of the themes in your piece chimed with some of their thoughts

martinfowler.com/articles/con...
Conversation: LLMs and Building Abstractions
How should we work with LLMs when growing abstractions?
martinfowler.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Good piece, this. Reflects a lot of what I’ve been thinking recently with regard to the limits of current LLM usage in dev work without introducing unnecessary complexity/poor domain abstractions, or compromising on the quality of solutions: spicy autocomplete is the best way to put it tbh!
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Ooh yeah, Abbey Road would be up there for me as well. Magical Mystery Tour and Rubber Soul, too. Too hard for me to choose between them though!
February 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Reunion!
February 1, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I had this very issue but with parsnips. We made so many different parsnip recipes over the following weeks that I’ve not been able to eat one since (and that was five years ago!)
January 29, 2026 at 7:43 PM