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Anthony Accioly
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Always curious. Eventually consistent. Strongly opinionated, intermittently technically correct.

Labels & self-deception: Computer geek, people builder, world […]

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Captain Janeway over here is still a better debugging tool than all the top-notch AI models combined (even when armed with a gazillion MCP tools and augmented with every kind of documentation imaginable). Plus, it’s a far better user experience overall. If […]

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Captain Janeway, boldly rubberducking where no dev has debugged before
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Oxford is such a nice place. The wifey (@sigrid) and I are having a great time. I wish the weather were a bit better for some punting, but there’s still plenty to enjoy with the Uni buildings and museums. Histotical & University cities >>>> "Alpha" cities […]

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My wife Sigrid at St. Mary's Church gates in Oxford
September 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Hey Fedi People. If anyone else is a DevOpsDays London 2025, give me a shout.

#devops #techconference #london
DevOpsDay conference room!
September 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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These "erasable" pens are my childhood dream come true. Finally, I can use pens for to-do lists and bullet journals as intended.

Useless trivia time: In Brazil there's a famous dual-colour rubber called Mercur.
There's a popular myth that one side of the […]

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September 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Hey Fedi. Folks on LinkedIn (and unfortunately a few here on Nostr as well): I just vibecoded a blockchain-enabled, quantum-resistant, autonomous B2B CRM ERP thingy. I’ll be selling it for billions and ruling the world.

Me: Hey, "accibot" just opened a PR to […]

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"accibot" and renovate commits on a coding challenge repo. accibot created the very first commit of the day updating the module version of Go to 1.25.1
September 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Hey Fed, I know most of you are pretty technically savvy, but just in case, here’s a public warning: be cautious of scam verification bots. If you see one, do not click the link. Report and block the bot instead.

#phishing #bot #mastodon #activitypub #fediverse #attack
Example of a phishing attack attempting to trick a user into "verifying" on a "Mastodon instance".
August 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Apparently, Trump is discovering HueHueBr culture… He's getting owned on every single social media platform. His team is doing what they can to try and hide the backlash, but it’s not working too well for him, even with his army of bots and MAGA zealots.

What […]

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HueHueBr Brazilian Countryball is laughing at Trump
July 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Am I the only one who keeps forgetting that these "newer" CLI tools come with better defaults? I mean, I keep passing unnecessary options to eza, fd, ip, httpie, ripgrep, etc. Damn it, my brain just doesn't have enough plasticity to tell my hands that the old […]

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Old man yells at the cloud meme, with a clearly edited CLI TOOLS overwriting the word "cloud"
July 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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I'm on both Mastodon and Nostr, and it's fun to see how decentralised tech folks react to each other.

Folks on Fedi: You're on Nostr? You nasty, vile crypto bro, closet MAGA excuse of a "libertarian", misogynistic, anti-LGBT, Christian fundamentalist…

Folks […]

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Me: Clearly a German MAGA-communist crypto bro Karen, off to Christian naturalist retreats every weekend.
July 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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And my early birthday gift has arrived: Eclipse Collections Categorically by @TheDonRaab. And yes, it’s that big and in colour. Beautiful print, and it smells like a brand-new hardcover book (because it is). Pure 🤓 joy!

#java #book #collections #eclipsecollections #earlybirthdaygift #bookjoy
Eclipse Collections Categorically- Cover Eclipse Collections Categorically, opene it on a random page: big, beautiful letters, colourful diagrams, and clear code blocks. A true work of art.
June 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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#memes @GenAI #cursor #computerscience #education #idiocracy2025
Tweet: Cursor: Cursor is now free for students. Enjoy! Pikuma.com: Sugar is now free for diabetics. Enjoy!
June 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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1/4 Folks everywhere are vibecoding the next viral, marketable thing to "make it big." Meanwhile, I’m pretty done with the whole "make it big" thing and, honestly, starting to feel done even with trying to fit the "average tech Joe persona" (whatever that is) […]

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A few books and a coffee mug on the table: - Learn Concurrent Programming with Go by James Cutajar - The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan The coffee mug says “Ireland” and has a small chip. In the background there's a closed black case for a game controller.
June 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Good morning to all the Fedi people, bravely pretending they never wanted a Switch 2 and are totally not coping right now.

Let’s... build something today instead. Touch some code. Pretend we're fine.

#gm #switch2 #ididntwantitanyway #notcoping #totallynotamanchild #fedidev #memes
June 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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The Aspiring Speakers group (https://aspiringspeakers.co.uk/) turns five today, and I'm really proud to see our community members filling a 95-person room at Devoxx UK!

As always, thanks to @carlyrichmond for organising and hosting the event, as well as to […]

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Aspiring Speakers speakers at Devoxx UK 2025, from left to right: • Shabana Khatau: 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 & 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘥-40’𝘴!! • Zoe Bello: 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 • Chris Davis (Back): 𝘖𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 - 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳? • Alexander McLintock: 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘖𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 • Carly Richmond (Back): Host • Fahad Sheikh: 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳: 𝘔𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴
May 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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I had to laugh at this... Jack's account getting locked for disrespecting "the rules" on Musk's "free speech" social media? That’s beyond ironic.

We really, really need decentralized social media to win.

Source […]

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Screenshot of Jack Dorsey's account being locked on Twitter/X. He shared this screenshot on Nostr.
March 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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OSS CLI tools appreciation post.

Sure, you use AI tools to generate CLI commands. I use CLI tools to generate AI prompts. We are not the same.

#cli #foss #linux #automation #productivity #devtools #shellscripting #ai #memes
Change my mind meme reading: awk, find, grep, jq, tail, and xargs save me more time each year than any AI assistant.
March 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼 "𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝗲" (𝗔𝗘-𝟭𝟮𝟬𝟬) 𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗮. It's now fully modded with a matte stainless steel case and bracelet, sapphire glass and a titanium case back.

It’s still cheaper than most "brand" watches, and to the casual […]

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A close-up shot of a fully modded matte stainless steel Casio AE-1200 (aka Royale) on my wrist. A close-up shot of a fully modded matte stainless steel Casio AE-1200 (aka Royale) on the table, facing up to show its sapphire glass and black bezel details. A close-up shot of a fully modded matte stainless steel Casio AE-1200 (aka Royale) on the table, facing down to showcase its titanium case back. A top-down shot of a fully modded matte stainless steel Casio AE-1200 (aka Royale) on the table, with its titanium case back facing up. The watch is partially disassembled, with a removed bracelet link, a spare gasket, and tools scattered around, highlighting the modding process.
March 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Well, it's done! I've moved to @zenbrowser as my main browser. That's it! It's more than good enough! I'm impressed by how much the devs have accomplished in such a short time.

As a nice side effect, since I'm using Firefox on Android, I finally have a […]

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February 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Good afternoon folks. I haven't verified this, but assuming it's true:

https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/
February 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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New retro watch daily driver! I'm very happy with my new £30 Casio "Royale" (AE-1200WH). I might need to swap the battery in 10 years and maybe buy another watch in 30. Now,
to mod it to my heart's content! And even if I go crazy with mods (Titanium + Steel […]

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Drakeposting meme. No to the Apple Watch Ultra. Yes to the Casio Royale.
February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Disabling mobile assistants from "learning" from your app usage is great advice. Not just for messaging apps but for all browsers, email, social media, banking / payments / finances, VPNs, remote access, password managers, authentication apps, etc.

I also […]

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Screenshot of an Android settings screen displaying the Signal app logo and name, along with a toggle option labelled "Let your Assistant learn from this app." Screenshot of an Android General Assistant settings screen showing toggle options for "Use screen context" and "Donate screen captures" along with a submenu for Notifications. Screenshot of an Android Digital Assistant app settings screen displaying toggle options for "Analyse on-screen text", "Analyse on-screen images", and "Flash screen."
February 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Apparently I'm not the only one annoyed by ads AI-generated content, SEO spam, and intrusive tracking on search engines. I just want to say that in 2025, a well-configured instance of SearXNG is a lifesaver. You can start by experimenting with a public […]

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LinkedIn post with 37 reactions and 7 replies reading: "The amount of AI-generated junk floating around the internet is, unfortunately, also outweighing any productivity gains from code assistants for me. The "death" of the organic internet as we know it is a sad event. As interesting as what Perplexity and Kagi are trying to do, it's unfortunate that I had a better experience googling things in the early 2000s than with proprietary AI-enabled software in 2025. I hope we find good ways to classify and provide a gateway to "human" internet content in the future."
February 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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"Small" things I highly appreciate about Kotlin coming from Java - Chapter 3

𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 & 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/functions.html#named-arguments

Cleaner, more flexible syntax. No more explosion of method/constructor […]

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Generated with OpenAI: The image shows a snippet of Kotlin code that defines a data class named KeepAlive. This class has four properties: connections of type UInt, requests of type UInt with a default value of 1000u, time of type Duration with a default value of 1.hours, and timeout of type Duration with a default value of 60.seconds. The code also includes an instance of the KeepAlive class named keepAlive, initialized with connections set to 64u. The code imports the necessary components from the kotlin.time package to handle durations in hours and seconds. This code is interesting because it demonstrates how to set default values for class properties. Generated with OpenAI: The image shows a Java code snippet defining a record named KeepAlive. The code imports the java.time.Duration class and defines the KeepAlive record with four fields: int connections, int requests, Duration time, and Duration timeout. There are two constructor overloads: one that initializes all the fields, and another that only requires the connections field while setting default values for the others (1000 for requests, Duration.ofHours(1) for time, and Duration.ofSeconds(60) for timeout). Additionally, there is a validation block that throws an IllegalArgumentException if the connections or requests fields are negative.
November 28, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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Happy Caturday! Today's mood in emojis: 🥱🥶🏠🐈‍⬛️🛋

#caturday #catsofmastdon #cats #tuxedocats
ChatGPT generated description: Sean Bean, a black-and-white tuxedo cat, is snuggled under a grey knitted blanket with a teal lining. His piercing eyes look directly at the camera, conveying a mix of sleepy relaxation and mild curiosity. It's a cosy and lazy Saturday at home, perfectly capturing the mood of a chilled-out weekend.
November 16, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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Today I was bored enough to try one of those social media "AI experiments" (don’t judge). I asked ChatGPT to draw me with the prompt: "Based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like."

This is... Interesting. It […]

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ChatGPT’s drawing for the prompt: "Based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what you think my current life looks like." It shows me coding at a wooden desk in an ergonomic chair, using multiple monitors and computers. In the background, there’s a view of what looks like London through a window. The room is filled with bookcases, speakers, and various electronics. There are flags from both Brazil and the UK on the wall, alongside posters and decorations for Java, the JVM, Hexagonal Architecture, and Kotlin. I also spotted books on Kotlin, DDD, and even a fictional programming language called "Kocala". ChatGPT has also 'hallucinated' some random text like "JDM".
November 9, 2024 at 6:45 PM