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Will
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Reader, writer, quizzer, puzzler and award-winning triple jumper (3rd place in year 7).
Happy birthday! Glad to see that picture being used 😄
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You can understand the code, but the difference is that when it’s written by a human colleague you can ask them about all the things that aren’t explicit in the code, like why they chose that implementation and what tradeoffs they made.
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Team O+ 🙌 They gave me this keyring a few years ago. It shows the group, but it’s on the end of the loop, so hard to photograph.
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Only the Friday, or will you be attending either of the other days?
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
You absolutely nailed it! Solid gold analogy 🏆 Great article.
August 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Thanks for this! I wrote something (somewhat) overlapping (especially the in-car 'notifications') and I just wanted to say: "I feel your pain!"

ides.dev/notes/the-sw...
The Swamp of Negative Utility
When a new technology is first introduced, it's often less useful than nothing at all.
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August 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🎶 Trumpsons, meet the Trumpsons, they're the crypto-grifter family! 🎶
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
What's the system you use? Is it an off-the-shelf thing, or something you put together yourself?

sincerely,
someone who doesn't have a cat, but has cat shits in their garden
May 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Stimulation Clicker for context, say goodbye to the next hour of your life: neal.fun/stimulation-...
Stimulation Clicker
Stimulate your senses
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May 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Is it the ‘meatworm’? The ‘wormball’? Neither sounds particularly appealing 🤮
February 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM