A massive geek who enjoys programming computers and watching science fiction television shows...and music...and football.
Letchworth, UK
Joined February 2008
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Derek Fowler retweeted
£25.3m spent yesterday turning on gas plants to replace wind energy in Scotland that couldn't be used due to grid constraints.
A further £3.3m was paid to the wind farms that were turned down.
I believe that's a record. NESO really weren't lying when they said things would get a lot worse from September… 😬
Derek Fowler retweeted
There is critical vulnerability in React Server Components disclosed as CVE-2025-55182 that impacts React 19 and frameworks that use it.
A fix has been published in React versions 19.0.1, 19.1.2, and 19.2.1. We recommend upgrading immediately.
react.dev/blog/2025/12/03/cr…
Derek Fowler retweeted
Here's a bitter truth:
LLMs were not trained on "Good Code",
they were trained All Code that exists.
That means they'll spit out mostly average a.k.a. mediocre code!
No amount of .cursor/rules or AGENTS md will actually fix this problem.
Derek Fowler retweeted
The future of System.Linq.Async now that net10 is out: endjin.com/blog/2025/11/ix-v…
Derek Fowler retweeted
Why shipping a 2MB native app feels quaint when websites are 25MB and microphone software is 500MB
hanselminutes.com/1016 | tuple.app/hanselminutes
Derek Fowler retweeted
Use LINQPad to make this stupid easy
On macOS you can easily study the IL
On Windows you can see the IL and x86/x64
Here's why you should be using LINQPad (learninglinqpad.com/blog/202…)
Derek Fowler retweeted
Qualcomm acquired Arduino, and according to their new TOS & Privacy Policy, they can now potentially assert patents against your projects if you built them using Arduino tools or Arduino-compatible hardware.
This is a HUGE loss to the maker community!
itsfoss.com/news/enshittific…
ALT A comic-book style poster that says "The Death of Arduino" with a tattered flag displaying the infinity Arduino logo. Found on an Adafruit LinkedIn post.
Derek Fowler retweeted
Mastering the Observer Pattern with System.Reactive in #CSharp
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use the System.Reactive Extensions (RX) for the Observer Pattern in Csharp. You'll learn how to create an Observable that sends notifications when a particular condition is met, and you'll see how to use the LINQ to Observable extension to query the observable for changes. This tutorial is perfect if you want to learn how to use the Observer Pattern in Csharp using the System.Reactive Extensions.
Watch here:
youtube.com/watch?v=nj9yuqH4…
Derek Fowler retweeted
The final preview of the 6.1 release of Microsoft .Data.SqlClient - the modern .NET driver for SQL Server/Azure SQL is now available. Please help the team - try it out.
- Support the new Vector datatype (2025/Azure)
- Again .NET Standard 2.0 support (my bad 😔 )
#sqlserver #dotnet
github.com/dotnet/SqlClient/…
Derek Fowler retweeted
We've just published an hour long talk from @idg10 about the state of Rx .NET in 2025
endjin.com/what-we-think/tal…
Derek Fowler retweeted
When starting as a developer, I couldn't afford Borland C builder, and chose languages with free environments. The big change was web development, which was free and independent of tools. When I hear now that magical AI coding tools cost you $200/month we're back to gatekeeping.
Derek Fowler retweeted
this is a test, please give this a retweet if you see it on your timeline, I'm testing for reach without a blue tick, thank you my lovelies.💜 #C64 #Commodore
Derek Fowler retweeted
LINQPad's integrated debugger is now running on macOS! Lightweight and performant, fully asynchronous and capable of debugging multithreaded code. linqpad.net/LINQPad8Mac.aspx
Derek Fowler retweeted
Folks who write TypeScript regularly, e.g. as part of their day job or in their free time at least once a week.
How often do you write your own generator functions? e.g. the function* and yield syntax?
6%All the time
4%Occasionally
25%Rarely
65%Never
298 votes • Final results
Derek Fowler retweeted
I don't know how many "Black Fridays" we have in a year anymore. I think I keep getting "Black Fridays" promotion emails throughout the whole November. I won't be surprised if I get a "Black Friday" on a Monday anymore.
Derek Fowler retweeted
This is why I'm not scared of AI taking my job just yet 😄
teapawt.org/DanTup/status/18472771…
Derek Fowler retweeted
Good to see these Paperhouse Kiosks back in use at @kingscrossN1C. An elegant example of 21st century street furniture, from the earlier days of Heatherwick Studio (2008).
heatherwick.com/project/pape…
