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"We rewrote our working code base in a brand new language almost nobody has heard of" is the reddest of red flags for a tech startup
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We Rewrote Our Startup from PHP to Gleam in 3 Weeks
We are officially running our startup in Gleam! Our freshly written Gleam code is now live on our production servers.....
www.radical-elements.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"We rewrote our working code base in a brand new language almost nobody has heard of" is the reddest of red flags for a tech startup
www.radical-elements.com/minor-epipha...
www.radical-elements.com/minor-epipha...
Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, manage. Those who can't manage, manage software projects.
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Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing
Why do software failures persist despite soaring IT budgets? Dive into the complexities that keep success elusive.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, manage. Those who can't manage, manage software projects.
spectrum.ieee.org/it-managemen...
spectrum.ieee.org/it-managemen...
It's like the Ring - you have to forward it to someone else or Noddy Holder crawls out of your TV on Christmas Eve
Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking on your wall'
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking...
Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'Are You Hanging Up Your Stocking On Your Wall?'Crooned by @MichaelMisDisappointing More: http://li...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's like the Ring - you have to forward it to someone else or Noddy Holder crawls out of your TV on Christmas Eve
In 2019 we were assured they were in power for a decade
The UK's looming threat of a Reform government is rightly terrifying, but it is kinda funny that every time I see the Tory leader in the news I'm like 'oh wait that party still exists?'
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In 2019 we were assured they were in power for a decade
Big index cleanup on my side project. Reminder: don't cross the streams - cross referencing models from other apps on your migrations.
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Big index cleanup on my side project. Reminder: don't cross the streams - cross referencing models from other apps on your migrations.
How many "serious" podcasts are really just people advertising each others' books
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
How many "serious" podcasts are really just people advertising each others' books
Reposted
Hey y'all, I'm looking for my next role!
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hey y'all, I'm looking for my next role!
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
- 💻 Staff/principal Software Engineer or DevRel
- 🧰 Mostly focused on JavaScript tech stacks
- 👨🏻💼 I'm also open to moving into management
- 🎮 Bonus points if it's #GameDev or adjacent
If you know of something, my DMs are open. ❤️
In further news, the US Coast Guard - now renamed Die Kriegsmarine - will embark on a U-Boat offensive to sink shipping on the Atlantic routes
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In further news, the US Coast Guard - now renamed Die Kriegsmarine - will embark on a U-Boat offensive to sink shipping on the Atlantic routes
Software developers: the house is barely standing, the roof leaks, the plumbing is shot, there's dry rot in the walls, the locks are all broken, whole thing will collapse in a strong wind
Product manager: OK but I want a new kitchen extension and I need new wallpaper in the spare bedroom
Product manager: OK but I want a new kitchen extension and I need new wallpaper in the spare bedroom
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Software developers: the house is barely standing, the roof leaks, the plumbing is shot, there's dry rot in the walls, the locks are all broken, whole thing will collapse in a strong wind
Product manager: OK but I want a new kitchen extension and I need new wallpaper in the spare bedroom
Product manager: OK but I want a new kitchen extension and I need new wallpaper in the spare bedroom
Hearing a new version of PHP is out is like hearing that a band you followed back in the early 2000s, that you haven't listened to in years, and who you assumed broke up maybe 10 years ago, just put out a new album.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hearing a new version of PHP is out is like hearing that a band you followed back in the early 2000s, that you haven't listened to in years, and who you assumed broke up maybe 10 years ago, just put out a new album.
Does Keith Richards still own the copyright on it
Known as “Hurrian Hymn No. 6,” this is the oldest complete #song known to humankind.
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
The Oldest (Known) Song Ever
YouTube video by Ming
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November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Does Keith Richards still own the copyright on it
"It's a big club, and you're not in it"
Politico 2022: “Both of Chuck Schumer’s daughters work for the tech giants: Alison Schumer works as a privacy and politics product marketing manager at Facebook parent company Meta, while Jessica Schumer is a registered lobbyist for Amazon in New York state.”
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www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Lawmakers’ family connections to tech spur scrutiny
Also: AT&T’s 3G network is shutting down, after 20 years of service.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"It's a big club, and you're not in it"
Makes it sound like there's a white paper to bring back space hoppers and Watney's Red Barrel
Can the Tele make up their minds about whether the seventies was good or bad?
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Makes it sound like there's a white paper to bring back space hoppers and Watney's Red Barrel
Apple has a budget bigger than some countries yet can't afford the internet bill to keep a small site up and running: it's RSS builder site has been down for 24 hours
rss.marketingtools.apple.com
rss.marketingtools.apple.com
rss.marketingtools.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Apple has a budget bigger than some countries yet can't afford the internet bill to keep a small site up and running: it's RSS builder site has been down for 24 hours
rss.marketingtools.apple.com
rss.marketingtools.apple.com
Unless Jeffrey Epstein had a sideline in procuring furniture JD Vance should be safe.
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Unless Jeffrey Epstein had a sideline in procuring furniture JD Vance should be safe.
Scrum is the Trojan horse of agile frameworks: enables top-down micromanagement in the guise of superficially empowering workers. Genuinely one of the worst things to happen to the craft of software development (before LLMs came along, that is).
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Scrum is the Trojan horse of agile frameworks: enables top-down micromanagement in the guise of superficially empowering workers. Genuinely one of the worst things to happen to the craft of software development (before LLMs came along, that is).
Can we retire the term "elite" and just use "the Epstein class" from now on?
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Can we retire the term "elite" and just use "the Epstein class" from now on?
Played around with the alpha #htmx 4. Very rough around the edges - it's not going to be released for a year - but wanted to get an idea of major changes down the line. Probably the most impactful is explicit inheritance, not a bad thing but maybe larger codebases might need a shim.
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Played around with the alpha #htmx 4. Very rough around the edges - it's not going to be released for a year - but wanted to get an idea of major changes down the line. Probably the most impactful is explicit inheritance, not a bad thing but maybe larger codebases might need a shim.
Cabinet of Chamberlains
On Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy’s refusal to review the BBC Board membership of Robbie Gibb, Lib Dem culture spokes Anna Sabine MP said:
"This is the wrong choice...Gibb isn’t fit to serve on the BBC Board, & the BBC Charter gives the Government the power to sack him." PM should step in, she says.
"This is the wrong choice...Gibb isn’t fit to serve on the BBC Board, & the BBC Charter gives the Government the power to sack him." PM should step in, she says.
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Cabinet of Chamberlains
The US Democrats are the equivalent of the Russian Communist Party. Not because they are in any way communist, but because they provide a useful fig-leaf of democratic legitimacy to the regime, as the RCP does for Putin.
Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The US Democrats are the equivalent of the Russian Communist Party. Not because they are in any way communist, but because they provide a useful fig-leaf of democratic legitimacy to the regime, as the RCP does for Putin.
US is really selling itself as a tourist mecca. Choose between its favourite theme parks, Airport Departure Lounge World or ICE Detention Center World
atlanta is the busiest airport and hub in the country. this is astonishing
Waiting for a very delayed flight to Atlanta & the pilot (Scott!) has become everyone's best friend, hanging out amongst the people. He's let us know that Atlanta is only allowing 30 flights an hour, when it's usually 120.
Obviously frustrating but also enjoying how much Scott is relishing this.
Obviously frustrating but also enjoying how much Scott is relishing this.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
US is really selling itself as a tourist mecca. Choose between its favourite theme parks, Airport Departure Lounge World or ICE Detention Center World
TIL the Goonies happens on the same day as Back to the Future
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
TIL the Goonies happens on the same day as Back to the Future
Just updated side project to Postgres 18. One little hiccup: volume path for Docker image in k8s should be /var/lib/postgresql not /var/lib/postgresql/data. Otherwise all good.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just updated side project to Postgres 18. One little hiccup: volume path for Docker image in k8s should be /var/lib/postgresql not /var/lib/postgresql/data. Otherwise all good.
This was less of an issue in the 1980s when we had max headroom
Late period Osborne: interest rates at zero and 50-80bn of headroom: and his priority was “don’t invest”.
November 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This was less of an issue in the 1980s when we had max headroom