Martin Peck
@martinpeck.bsky.social
I'm a principal software engineer who leads and manages teams. I'm working at #Microsoft with interests in #python, #software, #programming, #oss.
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Elon Musk spotted in an early episode of Top Gear - shout when you see him!
January 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Elon Musk spotted in an early episode of Top Gear - shout when you see him!
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This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.
January 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.
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There comes a time in each research mentorship where this comic needs to be shared:
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#ChemSky 🧪
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#ChemSky 🧪
The Joy of Research
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December 12, 2024 at 5:53 PM
There comes a time in each research mentorship where this comic needs to be shared:
phdcomics.com/comics/archi...
#ChemSky 🧪
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#ChemSky 🧪
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This is insane.
When an audiobook publisher that publishes their audibook on both Audible and Apple Books makes $10,000 on Audible:
Amazon makes $30,000.
If they made $10,000 on Apple Books: Apple would make $4,285.
This is Amazon generating 7x (!!) the revenue, compared to publisher/author earnings.
Wow.
Amazon makes $30,000.
If they made $10,000 on Apple Books: Apple would make $4,285.
This is Amazon generating 7x (!!) the revenue, compared to publisher/author earnings.
Wow.
December 11, 2024 at 10:10 AM
This is insane.
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Today’s poem is called ‘This is One of Those Poems without any Rhymes’.
![This is One of Those Poems without any Rhymes
This is one of those poems
without any rhymes,
the sort of thing you might read
in the Telegraph or Time[crossed out] Guardian.
For, as proper poets know,
rhyme’s deleterious
and only gets in the way
when you’re trying to be serious[crossed out] profound.
It’s childish and cloying,
simplistic and singsong
to bat rhymes back and forth
like some dull game of ping pong[crossed out] table tennis.
To the literary critic
it will cause great affront,
which will make you resent them
and think them a snob.
This is also one of those poems
which looks like it might go on to say something insightful
about the human condition
but then just kind of ends.
Brian Bilston](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3hptt3d3jvwahhnl3jvsycc2/bafkreida2kryu3mhlvnx2ppdhgowwwe22v42zw2j5qgwsqp3ojlhqwfy4q@jpeg)
December 9, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘This is One of Those Poems without any Rhymes’.
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Noel Edmonds: Who’s the first Noel?
His wife: Oh God. Not again.
Him: Do it.
Her (wearily): You’re the first Noel.
*lovemaking commences*
His wife: Oh God. Not again.
Him: Do it.
Her (wearily): You’re the first Noel.
*lovemaking commences*
December 3, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Noel Edmonds: Who’s the first Noel?
His wife: Oh God. Not again.
Him: Do it.
Her (wearily): You’re the first Noel.
*lovemaking commences*
His wife: Oh God. Not again.
Him: Do it.
Her (wearily): You’re the first Noel.
*lovemaking commences*
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For anyone in the UK, If you text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258 when you are in a dark place or suicidal, a trained crisis volunteer will text you back. This is great If you find talking on the phone challenging. It’s completely free 24/7. Please Repost, you never know who might need this support
November 29, 2024 at 7:27 AM
For anyone in the UK, If you text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258 when you are in a dark place or suicidal, a trained crisis volunteer will text you back. This is great If you find talking on the phone challenging. It’s completely free 24/7. Please Repost, you never know who might need this support
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Ever wanted more info about why your #ruby #graphql server is responding slowly to a query?
I blogged about how to use StackProf and SpeedScope to find out (and how this helped me shave 53% time off some of our queries 🚀)
blog.gripdev.xyz/2024/10/08/r...
#rubyonrails #speedscope #stackprof
I blogged about how to use StackProf and SpeedScope to find out (and how this helped me shave 53% time off some of our queries 🚀)
blog.gripdev.xyz/2024/10/08/r...
#rubyonrails #speedscope #stackprof
Ruby: Use flamegraphs to investigate GraphQL performance issues
GraphQL can throw up some surprising N+1 style performance issues in Ruby on Rails.
Usually this come up as “Why is this particular GraphQL query so slow?”
Here I’m going to talk through using a Query...
blog.gripdev.xyz
November 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Ever wanted more info about why your #ruby #graphql server is responding slowly to a query?
I blogged about how to use StackProf and SpeedScope to find out (and how this helped me shave 53% time off some of our queries 🚀)
blog.gripdev.xyz/2024/10/08/r...
#rubyonrails #speedscope #stackprof
I blogged about how to use StackProf and SpeedScope to find out (and how this helped me shave 53% time off some of our queries 🚀)
blog.gripdev.xyz/2024/10/08/r...
#rubyonrails #speedscope #stackprof
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My political philosophy proposal: we check regularly and if all the jobs in this book are no longer workable options for someone to make a living, then we stop and start again.
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 AM
My political philosophy proposal: we check regularly and if all the jobs in this book are no longer workable options for someone to make a living, then we stop and start again.
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I guess I should start off with this pretty massive piece of news:
📰 Hannah Fry @fryrsquared.bsky.social will join Cambridge Mathematics as the first Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics
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Award-winning broadcaster Hannah Fry joins Cambridge as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics
Professor Hannah Fry, mathematician, best-selling author, award-winning science presenter and host of popular podcasts and television shows, will join the
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November 25, 2024 at 11:29 AM
I guess I should start off with this pretty massive piece of news:
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The more cabbage and carrot you shred, the bigger the side salad ~ Cole’s Law
November 25, 2024 at 12:24 PM
The more cabbage and carrot you shred, the bigger the side salad ~ Cole’s Law
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Today’s poem is called ‘The Importance of the Oxford Comma’.
November 20, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘The Importance of the Oxford Comma’.
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Today’s poem celebrates Fibonacci Day. It’s called ‘Word Crunching’.
November 23, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Today’s poem celebrates Fibonacci Day. It’s called ‘Word Crunching’.
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How does Mr Miyagi eat his Babybel?
November 19, 2024 at 12:57 PM
How does Mr Miyagi eat his Babybel?
I’m here, but not really sure why.
The Discover feed has way too many screenshots of Twitter, cat pics, and comments about Trump. I’ve tried to escape that. I had hoped Bluesky might offer something new. I’ll see if I can create a better feed…but hopes aren’t high after first impressions.
The Discover feed has way too many screenshots of Twitter, cat pics, and comments about Trump. I’ve tried to escape that. I had hoped Bluesky might offer something new. I’ll see if I can create a better feed…but hopes aren’t high after first impressions.
August 25, 2023 at 9:19 PM
I’m here, but not really sure why.
The Discover feed has way too many screenshots of Twitter, cat pics, and comments about Trump. I’ve tried to escape that. I had hoped Bluesky might offer something new. I’ll see if I can create a better feed…but hopes aren’t high after first impressions.
The Discover feed has way too many screenshots of Twitter, cat pics, and comments about Trump. I’ve tried to escape that. I had hoped Bluesky might offer something new. I’ll see if I can create a better feed…but hopes aren’t high after first impressions.