Philip Brown
@philipbrown.bsky.social
Building stuff on the internet ⚡️
I love seeing UK startup founders announce they're working on a new "stealth" startup.
I go straight to Companies House to see what the craic is 👀
I go straight to Companies House to see what the craic is 👀
June 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I love seeing UK startup founders announce they're working on a new "stealth" startup.
I go straight to Companies House to see what the craic is 👀
I go straight to Companies House to see what the craic is 👀
When Claude is knee-deep in a massive refactor and I get the Anthropic credit recharge email
May 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
When Claude is knee-deep in a massive refactor and I get the Anthropic credit recharge email
I love seeing people claim AI will take everyone else’s job, but not theirs 😂
May 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I love seeing people claim AI will take everyone else’s job, but not theirs 😂
I’m starting to see more traffic from LLMs 🤖
April 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’m starting to see more traffic from LLMs 🤖
It’s so annoying when you ask Claude to create the implementation to make a unit test pass, and it just hardcodes the correct value.
Am I lazy, or are you lazy?
Am I lazy, or are you lazy?
March 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It’s so annoying when you ask Claude to create the implementation to make a unit test pass, and it just hardcodes the correct value.
Am I lazy, or are you lazy?
Am I lazy, or are you lazy?
Software Developers in 2025
March 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Software Developers in 2025
Last week's hot AI product
March 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Last week's hot AI product
I should vibe code a game
March 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I should vibe code a game
Whenever I read “AI built <insert thing>” I start singing this Paul Simon song.
January 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Whenever I read “AI built <insert thing>” I start singing this Paul Simon song.
💡TIL you can pass an anonymous function to execute/1 in Phoenix migrations.
h/t @derekkraan.bsky.social 🙌
h/t @derekkraan.bsky.social 🙌
January 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
💡TIL you can pass an anonymous function to execute/1 in Phoenix migrations.
h/t @derekkraan.bsky.social 🙌
h/t @derekkraan.bsky.social 🙌
💡 TIL you can use System.convert_time_unit/3 to convert between any System.time_unit() in Elixir 💜
January 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
💡 TIL you can use System.convert_time_unit/3 to convert between any System.time_unit() in Elixir 💜
Oh, to be this naive again 🥹
January 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Oh, to be this naive again 🥹
Am I the only one who keeps pressing this icon to start a new chat? 🤦♂️
December 24, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Am I the only one who keeps pressing this icon to start a new chat? 🤦♂️
Whenever I see a blurred div obscuring "hidden" content, I can't help but remove the style and reveal the secrets.
December 17, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Whenever I see a blurred div obscuring "hidden" content, I can't help but remove the style and reveal the secrets.
I don’t know why I bother 😂
November 23, 2024 at 7:41 PM
I don’t know why I bother 😂
I’ve just finished “Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution” by @stevenlevy.bsky.social
It’s a really interesting history of hacker culture 👌
It’s a really interesting history of hacker culture 👌
July 18, 2023 at 5:27 AM
I’ve just finished “Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution” by @stevenlevy.bsky.social
It’s a really interesting history of hacker culture 👌
It’s a really interesting history of hacker culture 👌
Huw would of guessed it!
July 12, 2023 at 5:26 PM
Huw would of guessed it!
I bought one of these bad boys to finally tackle the cardboard box epidemic that was forming in the garage.
Worth every penny 👌
Worth every penny 👌
July 11, 2023 at 9:24 AM
I bought one of these bad boys to finally tackle the cardboard box epidemic that was forming in the garage.
Worth every penny 👌
Worth every penny 👌
Or just build something people want.
July 9, 2023 at 10:03 AM
Or just build something people want.
One kid is 2 weeks old, the other kid has got chickenpox.
July 7, 2023 at 6:51 AM
One kid is 2 weeks old, the other kid has got chickenpox.
Elon seeing Threads take off
July 6, 2023 at 6:02 PM
Elon seeing Threads take off
Elon watching Threads grow
July 6, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Elon watching Threads grow
We need Parker and Fanning to revive Napster for AI generated music 🤝
April 25, 2023 at 2:26 PM
We need Parker and Fanning to revive Napster for AI generated music 🤝