Ashley Rolfmore (she/her)
@ashley.rolfmore.com
I help software teams navigate capitalism. I help capitalists understand software teams.
Highly regulated sectors are my thing.
Personal account but also nerd so 🤷♀️
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I only repost images with alt-text.
Highly regulated sectors are my thing.
Personal account but also nerd so 🤷♀️
🇬🇧➡️🇵🇹🇪🇺
I only repost images with alt-text.
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We as software practitioners (professionals who design/make software) need to learn from adjacent fields like medicine and engineering and consider potential harm to other humans as a basic criteria for our decision making. Hiding it behind abstractions like “customer impact” is cowardly.
Fwiw, in fintech people tend to find it very obvious that you shouldn’t accidentally send 50000 EUR instead of 500 EUR, or let money disappear.
We currently find the equivalent harder to articulate for other types of software eg products, data or services that might affect the safety of others.
We currently find the equivalent harder to articulate for other types of software eg products, data or services that might affect the safety of others.
Welll, have I got some news for you, Mr Montgomerie.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Welll, have I got some news for you, Mr Montgomerie.
I really feel for these poor gingerbread cookies at the shopping centre
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I really feel for these poor gingerbread cookies at the shopping centre
So, about 1/3 of my Christmas decorations are up.
My main barrier to completion is that my Christmas decor taste is “1970s electrical fire” and I stupidly painted my hall this grown up beige pink farrow and ball thing this year, which is forcing me to make it look more restrained.
My main barrier to completion is that my Christmas decor taste is “1970s electrical fire” and I stupidly painted my hall this grown up beige pink farrow and ball thing this year, which is forcing me to make it look more restrained.
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
So, about 1/3 of my Christmas decorations are up.
My main barrier to completion is that my Christmas decor taste is “1970s electrical fire” and I stupidly painted my hall this grown up beige pink farrow and ball thing this year, which is forcing me to make it look more restrained.
My main barrier to completion is that my Christmas decor taste is “1970s electrical fire” and I stupidly painted my hall this grown up beige pink farrow and ball thing this year, which is forcing me to make it look more restrained.
Anyone else been told that shifting your view (proportionately) when new data/info appears means you aren't considered as much leadership material as someone who doesn't bother? Because I have, and I bet others have too.
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Anyone else been told that shifting your view (proportionately) when new data/info appears means you aren't considered as much leadership material as someone who doesn't bother? Because I have, and I bet others have too.
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Might I suggest a new industrial strategy for the UK, transition our economy to become world leaders in tabletop.
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Might I suggest a new industrial strategy for the UK, transition our economy to become world leaders in tabletop.
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An autistic woman has been accused of “inflexible black-and-white thinking” after insisting on constantly changing her pre-existing conceptions when new information comes to light.
Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/119898...
Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/119898...
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
An autistic woman has been accused of “inflexible black-and-white thinking” after insisting on constantly changing her pre-existing conceptions when new information comes to light.
Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/119898...
Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/119898...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I tried an online spelling test and then started arguing with one of the explanations. 🤦♀️
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I tried an online spelling test and then started arguing with one of the explanations. 🤦♀️
I’m coming up to about my 70th flight since the start of 2024. Mix of budget and regular airlines.
Not once have I worn velour or cashmere “travel separates” or the colour oatmeal. Never had a sleep pillow. Nor yoga pants.
What are those magazine article writers *on*?!
Not once have I worn velour or cashmere “travel separates” or the colour oatmeal. Never had a sleep pillow. Nor yoga pants.
What are those magazine article writers *on*?!
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I’m coming up to about my 70th flight since the start of 2024. Mix of budget and regular airlines.
Not once have I worn velour or cashmere “travel separates” or the colour oatmeal. Never had a sleep pillow. Nor yoga pants.
What are those magazine article writers *on*?!
Not once have I worn velour or cashmere “travel separates” or the colour oatmeal. Never had a sleep pillow. Nor yoga pants.
What are those magazine article writers *on*?!
It is now 0 days since I last saw a business document refer to people as resources.
People's time? A resource.
People themselves? Unless you're chopping them up and cooking them, not a resource.
People's time? A resource.
People themselves? Unless you're chopping them up and cooking them, not a resource.
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It is now 0 days since I last saw a business document refer to people as resources.
People's time? A resource.
People themselves? Unless you're chopping them up and cooking them, not a resource.
People's time? A resource.
People themselves? Unless you're chopping them up and cooking them, not a resource.
on.ft.com/47xX4Uw Tech moguls turned away as Lisbon airport hits private jet limit -
now this has might have finally annoyed some billionaires, can we get the hell on with expanding Lisbon’s airport capacity? Would be lovely for a normal flight to leave on time occasionally.
now this has might have finally annoyed some billionaires, can we get the hell on with expanding Lisbon’s airport capacity? Would be lovely for a normal flight to leave on time occasionally.
Tech moguls turned away as Lisbon airport hits private jet limit
Some delegates to Web Summit technology conference are being forced to land in Spain
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
on.ft.com/47xX4Uw Tech moguls turned away as Lisbon airport hits private jet limit -
now this has might have finally annoyed some billionaires, can we get the hell on with expanding Lisbon’s airport capacity? Would be lovely for a normal flight to leave on time occasionally.
now this has might have finally annoyed some billionaires, can we get the hell on with expanding Lisbon’s airport capacity? Would be lovely for a normal flight to leave on time occasionally.
Much like ChatGPT cannot think, Jira also does not do the work for you when you click on those buttons and drop downs. It just creates more to do alongside the work.
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Much like ChatGPT cannot think, Jira also does not do the work for you when you click on those buttons and drop downs. It just creates more to do alongside the work.
I have occasionally out manoeuvred colleagues used to one part of gov policy in one area by having had exposure to other sectors.
So… anywaysssss what has social care policy got to do with rail nationalisation? Weirdly, a lot.
So… anywaysssss what has social care policy got to do with rail nationalisation? Weirdly, a lot.
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I have occasionally out manoeuvred colleagues used to one part of gov policy in one area by having had exposure to other sectors.
So… anywaysssss what has social care policy got to do with rail nationalisation? Weirdly, a lot.
So… anywaysssss what has social care policy got to do with rail nationalisation? Weirdly, a lot.
Draft uk Railways Bill is out to have a gander www.gov.uk/government/p...
Railways Bill
Provides more information about the Railways Bill, which was introduced in the House of Commons on 5 November 2025.
www.gov.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Draft uk Railways Bill is out to have a gander www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Fantastic look at the economics of England’s care sector by Georgina:
Inside England’s broken care economy
Council-commissioned providers are fast losing headroom needed to improve pay and compete with other employers
www.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Fantastic look at the economics of England’s care sector by Georgina:
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New to BlueSky: I'm making an effort here, sharing my art/ book/ cute pet pic/ etc. and not a click?🤔
Friend,
Many won't like OR share posts unless YOU click tiny "ALT" & add a description (alt-text) of image. It's for visually impared folks who use screen readers or who struggle reading tiny text.
Friend,
Many won't like OR share posts unless YOU click tiny "ALT" & add a description (alt-text) of image. It's for visually impared folks who use screen readers or who struggle reading tiny text.
Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
November 13, 2024 at 4:04 PM
New to BlueSky: I'm making an effort here, sharing my art/ book/ cute pet pic/ etc. and not a click?🤔
Friend,
Many won't like OR share posts unless YOU click tiny "ALT" & add a description (alt-text) of image. It's for visually impared folks who use screen readers or who struggle reading tiny text.
Friend,
Many won't like OR share posts unless YOU click tiny "ALT" & add a description (alt-text) of image. It's for visually impared folks who use screen readers or who struggle reading tiny text.
Hob died about 3 months ago while in warranty. After about a month of threatening legal action, someone arrived, took it away and gave us a temporary hob. Then 2 months later, after threatening yet again, someone arrives to install a replacement. This is fairly normal for doing business here.
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Hob died about 3 months ago while in warranty. After about a month of threatening legal action, someone arrived, took it away and gave us a temporary hob. Then 2 months later, after threatening yet again, someone arrives to install a replacement. This is fairly normal for doing business here.
Heading home with two multipacks of taytos - been very nice in Ireland the past 5ish days.
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Heading home with two multipacks of taytos - been very nice in Ireland the past 5ish days.
I finally gave up and bought a new phone and oh god setting up everything again, even with an encrypted peer to peer transfer as a starting point is deeply annoying.
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I finally gave up and bought a new phone and oh god setting up everything again, even with an encrypted peer to peer transfer as a starting point is deeply annoying.
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I always forget about my complete archive of UK government source code until I receive panicked emails asking me to delete things from it.
This time it was password hashes. A lot of password hashes.
This time it was password hashes. A lot of password hashes.
![A screenshot of an email, it reads:
Dear Jonty,
I hope this message finds you well.
We are reaching out regarding a public GitHub repository under your ownership that appears to contain an unofficial mirrored copy of a legacy repository previously maintained by our team. Specifically, we have identified SQL files within the repository that contain sensitive legacy data and should not be publicly accessible.
While the original repository has been taken down, this mirrored version remains available that may pose reputational or governance implications.
We kindly ask that you remove the SQL files—or preferably, take down the entire repository—at your earliest convenience to help ensure the protection of this data.
Details:
Repository URL: [REDACTED]
Files of concern: [REDACTED]
We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter. If you have any questions or require further information to verify the request, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Kind regards,
Security Incident Management Team
Cyber & Information Security
Digital Data Technology | Ops and Infrastructure
Email: Security.Response@education.gov.uk
[logo of the Department for Education]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5cs46d5djgw2cx6hteivcyq/bafkreif6xczi7cdglz6izgauglu66wb6ooscxjqs5s3lzmgbhyzzz2nhaa@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I always forget about my complete archive of UK government source code until I receive panicked emails asking me to delete things from it.
This time it was password hashes. A lot of password hashes.
This time it was password hashes. A lot of password hashes.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I believe there is a historical reason why this has happened in the uk & Ireland - I think it might have been to do with these sorts of restaurants in the 70s or 80s offering fish and chips as an alternative, but I might be making this up…
Quote posts split evenly between Irish and Scottish people applauding and bamboozled Americans apprehending "French fries" in Chinese food for the first time.
China Kitchen Chinese Takeaway; 71 Park St, Townparks, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 X26N, Ireland https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=54.0020112%2C-6.403880999999998&query_place_id=ChIJe6QthKfOYEgRjodLn5wbZyQ
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I believe there is a historical reason why this has happened in the uk & Ireland - I think it might have been to do with these sorts of restaurants in the 70s or 80s offering fish and chips as an alternative, but I might be making this up…
This is broadly why I started opening stuff in new tabs by default - I do not trust websites anymore to take me back correctly.
I LITERALLY JUST NEEDED TO STORE THE SCROLL POSITION SO THAT I CAN HAVE A BUTTON TO GO BACK TO THAT ARBITRARY SCROLL POSITION AFTER GOING TO A REFERENCE ANCHOR. WHY MUST I HATE NUMBERS NOW
October 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This is broadly why I started opening stuff in new tabs by default - I do not trust websites anymore to take me back correctly.
We had a whole second summer of love in the uk in the late 80s with new genres of music generated after and a fantastic alternative comedy scene that we reaped the rewards through the 90s and 00s and beyond in popular culture because the dole could cover rent.
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We had a whole second summer of love in the uk in the late 80s with new genres of music generated after and a fantastic alternative comedy scene that we reaped the rewards through the 90s and 00s and beyond in popular culture because the dole could cover rent.
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🥪 It’s Crispmas Eve! Tomorrow, make sure you tag any posts with #CrispSandwichDay and give us a prod
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Crisp Sandwich Day 🥪🎉 25th October
An annual celebration of the magic that happens when crisps (potato chips) are placed between two slices of bread.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🥪 It’s Crispmas Eve! Tomorrow, make sure you tag any posts with #CrispSandwichDay and give us a prod
vole.wtf/crisp-sandwi...
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