Andrew Newdigate
@suprememoocow.bsky.social
Distinguished Engineer at GitLab, Inc 🦊 Application Infrastructure, Scalability, Resilience, Reliability, Observability, Platforms.
Love spending time outdoors, and with my fam. Based in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦
Views are entirely my own.
Love spending time outdoors, and with my fam. Based in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦
Views are entirely my own.
Llandudno beach, Cape Town sunset. Dogs living their best lives…
February 1, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Llandudno beach, Cape Town sunset. Dogs living their best lives…
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“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
hear hear
hear hear
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:24 AM
“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
hear hear
hear hear
Exploring new places on Vlakkenberg mountain above Hout Bay today…
#capetown #houtbay #tablemountain #hiking
#capetown #houtbay #tablemountain #hiking
January 11, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Exploring new places on Vlakkenberg mountain above Hout Bay today…
#capetown #houtbay #tablemountain #hiking
#capetown #houtbay #tablemountain #hiking
Thank you Marylou! 😀 ❤️😘
January 9, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Thank you Marylou! 😀 ❤️😘
Slightly late, but @incident.io surely deserve to win a prize for their 2025 Wrapped Campaign: it's a comic strip narrative of a production incident you were involved in. It's so good!
At this point, probably half my SRE coworkers have changed their Slack avatars to their Wrapped cartoon form.
At this point, probably half my SRE coworkers have changed their Slack avatars to their Wrapped cartoon form.
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Slightly late, but @incident.io surely deserve to win a prize for their 2025 Wrapped Campaign: it's a comic strip narrative of a production incident you were involved in. It's so good!
At this point, probably half my SRE coworkers have changed their Slack avatars to their Wrapped cartoon form.
At this point, probably half my SRE coworkers have changed their Slack avatars to their Wrapped cartoon form.
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa, by @sominisengupta.bsky.social.
(Also, featuring a photo of my dog, Pixel 🤣🤣)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
(Also, featuring a photo of my dog, Pixel 🤣🤣)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa, by @sominisengupta.bsky.social.
(Also, featuring a photo of my dog, Pixel 🤣🤣)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
(Also, featuring a photo of my dog, Pixel 🤣🤣)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Took part in the Three Peaks Challenge race today, running from central Cape Town, up to three peaks overlooking the city: Devil’s Peak (1002m), Maclear’s Beacon (1085m) on Table Mountain and finally Lions Head (669m). A great day out with big climbs(1700m over 30km)
November 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Took part in the Three Peaks Challenge race today, running from central Cape Town, up to three peaks overlooking the city: Devil’s Peak (1002m), Maclear’s Beacon (1085m) on Table Mountain and finally Lions Head (669m). A great day out with big climbs(1700m over 30km)
A few days ago, with the fam, completed the Pondo Trail hike ~70km over 4 days in Pondo Land, Transkei, South Africa. Easily one of the best holidays I’ve had in a while. Pure magic: waterfalls, rock crayfishing, river crossings, unbelievable landscapes, warm people.
South Africa is incredible.
South Africa is incredible.
October 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A few days ago, with the fam, completed the Pondo Trail hike ~70km over 4 days in Pondo Land, Transkei, South Africa. Easily one of the best holidays I’ve had in a while. Pure magic: waterfalls, rock crayfishing, river crossings, unbelievable landscapes, warm people.
South Africa is incredible.
South Africa is incredible.
I’m very confused. I upgraded my iPhone to the latest operating system, but somehow it’s running Windows Vista now.
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I’m very confused. I upgraded my iPhone to the latest operating system, but somehow it’s running Windows Vista now.
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The best Damian Willemse has ever played???
September 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The best Damian Willemse has ever played???
Sorted out another big networking mess in my house with 3d printed organisation using a custom size Lab-Rax 4U Network Rack, openGrid, and Underwear Cable Management.
Before and after pics:
Before and after pics:
September 2, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Sorted out another big networking mess in my house with 3d printed organisation using a custom size Lab-Rax 4U Network Rack, openGrid, and Underwear Cable Management.
Before and after pics:
Before and after pics:
Sunday Table Mountain Back Table Trail Run: Constantia Nek, Woodhead Dam, Kasteelspoort, Grootkop, Llandudno Corner. 750m vertical over 14.5km. Beautiful winter weather and spectacular views.
August 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sunday Table Mountain Back Table Trail Run: Constantia Nek, Woodhead Dam, Kasteelspoort, Grootkop, Llandudno Corner. 750m vertical over 14.5km. Beautiful winter weather and spectacular views.
Totally! If you want to chat about options let me know 😅 (and, it’s been ages…!)
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Totally! If you want to chat about options let me know 😅 (and, it’s been ages…!)
I printed it in PLA, which isn’t super strong but it’ll be fine for my purposes, holding only a fibre terminator, router, switch and controller. I figured that if it wasn’t strong enough I can easily replace load-bearing parts with PETG which is much stronger, but don’t think I’ll need to do that.
August 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I printed it in PLA, which isn’t super strong but it’ll be fine for my purposes, holding only a fibre terminator, router, switch and controller. I figured that if it wasn’t strong enough I can easily replace load-bearing parts with PETG which is much stronger, but don’t think I’ll need to do that.
Yeah, as components, then bolted together with m6 nuts and bolts.
August 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Yeah, as components, then bolted together with m6 nuts and bolts.
Finally surrendered and brought myself a 3d printer, a Bambulab A1 Combo. I’m loving it. Currently printing a Lab Rax 10” 4u mini rack for my network equipment which currently exists as a knotted bundle of cables and boxes. So many things to print!
August 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Finally surrendered and brought myself a 3d printer, a Bambulab A1 Combo. I’m loving it. Currently printing a Lab Rax 10” 4u mini rack for my network equipment which currently exists as a knotted bundle of cables and boxes. So many things to print!
Put another way: Musk will earn about $2000 for each of the 14 million deaths that DOGE’s USAID cuts will lead to by 2030 (as estimated by The Lancet)
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Put another way: Musk will earn about $2000 for each of the 14 million deaths that DOGE’s USAID cuts will lead to by 2030 (as estimated by The Lancet)
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Arguably, the main advantage of dynamically typed programming languages is improved developer efficiency. In a vibe-coded world, efficiency of humans writing code is less of a bottleneck. Correctness, verifiability and readability are more important: all things better done in static typed languages.
August 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Arguably, the main advantage of dynamically typed programming languages is improved developer efficiency. In a vibe-coded world, efficiency of humans writing code is less of a bottleneck. Correctness, verifiability and readability are more important: all things better done in static typed languages.
One thing that's struck me as I've been vibe coding recently: languages with real static type system are *much* nicer to use for vibe coding than those that don't. Having types also provides good guardrails and an early warning to let you know when the AI has fallen off the wagon.
August 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
One thing that's struck me as I've been vibe coding recently: languages with real static type system are *much* nicer to use for vibe coding than those that don't. Having types also provides good guardrails and an early warning to let you know when the AI has fallen off the wagon.
Reposted by Andrew Newdigate
Reposted by Andrew Newdigate
Imagine how difficult it would be if you had two colleagues, one called Ian and one called Iain, but Iain only had one eye.
July 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Imagine how difficult it would be if you had two colleagues, one called Ian and one called Iain, but Iain only had one eye.
Took part in the GONE4GOOD trail run from Constantia to Hout Bay this morning. 16km with 800m vert. Reminded of just how glorious winter in the Cape can be. #capetown #trailrunning
July 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Took part in the GONE4GOOD trail run from Constantia to Hout Bay this morning. 16km with 800m vert. Reminded of just how glorious winter in the Cape can be. #capetown #trailrunning