John “Fred” Connors
johnfredcee.bsky.social
John “Fred” Connors
@johnfredcee.bsky.social
Senior Programmer at Double 11. https://johnfredcee.github.io/
🕹️ Gears: Tactics, Dirty Bomb, Bang Bang Racing, Driver: Parallel Lines, Stuntman, T-Mek, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
I was shipping games when you were shipping nappies! He/Him.
Solid plan!
December 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ah, first week. Reading, installing and fiddling while hoping you find no eldritch horrors in the codebase…
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I just mute almost everything.
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Every Saturday is sleep debt day at the moment..
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Yeah, thats a really good haul!
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I know, but I can’t get over the 1k of index addressable memory thing
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I had one of these, it had a tape based assembler and linker. Doing linking on tape is exactly as painful as you think it would be.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Yeah the walk to work was Baltic. Glad to be in a nice warm office
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Been there, time is the cure; take it easy!
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Good luck for the forthcoming seasonal battle of retail!
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I think the UK should try hedgehogs.
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I have heard lots of stories of the shittiness of this industry, but I have to say this is one of the worst. ‘king hell..
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Conflicted about liking this post; hat is amazing but content distressing..
November 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM