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CTO and Co-Founder of https://teapawt.org/t.co/iysz8ortaI (backed by Felicis, Northzone, Gradient and more), #ElixirLang programmer, Photographer, MX5/ Miata enthusiast (IRL & iRacing)

UK
Joined February 2009
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I can’t stop thinking about this piece of advice a friend once told me: “Don’t stay up late for something you wouldn’t wake up early for.”
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before you drag the "software engineering is over by next year" quote, consider Dario's "90% of Code will be made by AI in 3–6 Months" has rung true (for my own dev). No idea what next year looks like, but full-vibe-full-send could absolutely be the default (for better or worse)
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My ElixirConfEU talk is live! I touch on the current AI dev landscape and live demo phoenix.new. We just left our punchcard era. For better or worse we're going to look back next year and think it's crazy we had to peck keys out by hand. youtube.com/watch?v=ojL_VHc4…
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“The future is already here—it’s just not evenly distributed.” — ​William Gibson
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congratulations to this google docs PM who is singlehandedly responsible for engendering more developer goodwill than any other individual at Alphabet in the past five years
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I’ll take it.
Docker containers are kind of neat. They are also kind of a craven surrender to the rotting mess of excessive software complexity.
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You don't need to have an opinion on everything.
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"I’m actually an engineer. I discovered that In order to do the engineering I want to do, I have to have my own company otherwise somebody makes me do something I don’t want to do." @elonmusk youtube.com/watch?v=jNnMPRcm…
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It’s that time of year again! 🎉 If you work remotely, which most or all of us do nowadays, I’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to fill out this survey. 🙏👩🏻‍💻
Are you a remote worker? Whether you've been remote for a long time or just started working remotely we want to hear from you! We'd love for you to take part in our annual State of Remote Work survey: buffersurvey.typeform.com/to…
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It's OK to predict the future and be wrong. BUT — Being a believer is more profitable than being a skeptic, because if you're a skeptic and right, you make no new thing happen. If you're a believer and you're right, something awesome happens. Nice incentive to be positive sum.
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Let yourself occasionally get a little screwed in exchange for not having to live with your guard up all the time. It’s worth it.
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ThE FuTuRe Is reMote WORk
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If you consistently do something today instead of scheduling a meeting for next week, your career is likely to be far more impactful than most.
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Thanks for sharing those pics of your sourdough starter. Here’s the herd of deer I’ve been gradually domesticating.
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Huge milestone for us today with our iOS launch 🎉. Get a pension in 5 minutes on your iPhone. Super simple, super flexible, all digital apps.apple.com/gb/app/penfol…
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I was once invited to speak at McKinsey. I started by asking, “how many of you have ever started or run your own business?” No one put their hands up. I then announced the name of my presention, “Anything is easy when you don’t have to do it”. I’ve not been invited back.
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Tend to get a bit bored with Trainspotting parodies but this one is for the ⁦@NHS so all good.
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It’s my birthday. I’m 68. I feel like pulling up a rocking chair and dispensing advice to the young ‘uns. Here are 68 bits of unsolicited advice which I offer as my birthday present to all of you. kk.org/thetechnium/68-bits-o…
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Inspired by a thread on HN incredulous about engineering headcount at a large software company: The biggest thing people don’t appreciate about large companies is the basic productive unit isn’t an individual it is an engineering team with about ~8 members.
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