"so i asked chatgpt..."

every time i hear this i turn off the video and stop watching that channel permanently.

The best product experiment you can run is one that requires no implementation nor release. Failing that, one which requires no release of a front-end app client. Content-only changes can be the fastest way to get an answer to a hypothesis, further implementation can follow if it's worth it.

"Take the courage to attack wathever code the team fear the most" is hands down the most underappriciated skill to have as a software engineer.

Thanks @kentbeck.bsky.social yet one time again for this amazing book.

"It's not fair for trans girls to compete because they went through male puberty."

"Okay, so what if we *stopped* trans girls from going through male puberty?"

"Absolutely not."

Right so after several recent incidents at work it seems like it's time to tap the sign again:

Never apologize to me when your cat crashes a video call.

Your cat is perfect.

I understand that the begging for attention is not charming to you but it is to me and I wish to see your cat.

Thank you.

#yow24 #outofcontext

kinda screwed up that (.)(.) is an evaluable haskell expression

SDD - Stakeholder Driven Development

See also:
HiPPO
Feature Factory

Yow conference is coming up in Australia, I've got a good idea of which talks I want to attend. Only one or two clashes on the schedule this year ☺️

open source and free software is neat

Might be aging myself here, but I miss video game midnight launches. Last one I ever went to was the midnight launch for Halo: Reach.

If I accomplish one thing in my life I want it to be teaching the "sex =/= gender" crowd that you can change your sex.

everyone is a linux user in some way but most people don't know when they're using it