Mike Roberts
mikebroberts.com
Mike Roberts
@mikebroberts.com
British-American living in Brooklyn, NY.

he/him. Runner. Puns. Cats. Theatre. Board games.

Work: Architect / Dev / Ops; AWS; Serverless; consulting as https://symphonia.io .

Also on Mastodon at https://hachyderm.io/@mikebroberts
Yeah, distinct “is it though” vibes to me. I notice there’s no mention in the article about who owns this - which I take to mean at the end of the day it’s a company or individuals in the US. So they can have all the local “operators” and “advisors” they want - if the owners want to bypass they can
a man in a superhero costume is smiling at another man in a suit .
Alt: Thor is smiling at another man in a suit saying “is it though”
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January 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
You? Embarrassing brits? I don’t believe it.
January 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I mean - one flesh, one end - still kind of valid
January 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Same. I was convinced there were hellhounds at the bottom of my bed for a long time after, and I can still remember feeling so.
December 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Are we dealing with an epidemic?
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The thing I love about Viticulture is I think that theme and the rules work so well together.

Also the expansion (Tuscany) is small and adds a fun couple of extra elements.
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Oh interesting - no I didn't know about that library, or thi.ng generally
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
oooooh, that's a new one to me - I like it!
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Hah, I didn't realize Erich Gamma was involved with VS Code (partly because I'm not a big Code user, and was always an IntelliJ over Eclipse kind of person). Gamma and Hejlsberg really are quite the pair that MS picked up all those years ago.
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Great news, since I remember reading 2 or 3 years ago that SA had given up on test cricket because of money. Glad to hear that that was premature!
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM