Month: October 2024

I’d love to get a little Panic Play date one day. Looks so fun. I don’t mind the base price. But add shipping and taxes and 😬

As a computer expert there are times when I turn up to fix someone’s computer problem and it’s just finding a button and pressing it and it takes ten seconds and changes the person’s day.

Today, I was the recipient of the 10-second simple fix from the car breakdown people.

I feel both stupid and immensely grateful.

The level of holding-my-tongue I’m (voluntarily) doing for like most of this month is torture!!

One day I will blurt it all out.

THEN you’ll know what October 2024 was like.

😂

This budget speech could have been an email.

Isn’t the whole point of coding guidelines that you apply them consistently? So a non-deterministic tool that misses things and is sometimes wrong is… pointless?

Using Copilot for code review is surely just a gimmick.

We already have tools that do *deterministic* code quality analysis using far fewer resources.

I just can’t square:

“Because Copilot code review is powered by a large language model, it can help with enforcing coding guidelines that are not covered by your linter or static analysis tool.”

with:

“Copilot isn’t guaranteed to spot all problems or issues in a pull request, and sometimes it will make mistakes.”

Oh wow! I've wanted a copy of “Efficient Linux at the Command Line” since I heard Daniel Barrett interviewed on @changelog (https://changelog.com/podcast/547) but it’s, like $30+ even for the eBook.

But there's a Humble Bundle with it in right now, along with a bunch of other Linux/bash/CLI books.

Really worth a look!

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/shells-and-scripting-for-seasoned-admins-oreilly-books

My own Vimeo account is a treasure trove of stuff that's fun to look through occasionally. 😃

Did I ever tell you about the time I opened a private document that I though was my CV in my Google Drive only to find that an entire manuscript for a 252-page novel had been mysteriously dumped into it?

It took me years to get a reply from the person that I think was the author. But they did eventually reply.

How the book got there remains a mystery.

https://vimeo.com/548151013

And if you don't have 30 minutes and/or don't want to do programming principles 101, then may I inspire you with with my 10 minute lightning talk on why, even if you don't think you are, You! Are! Creative!

https://vimeo.com/337727445

Both of these talks are pretty timeless. I'm hugely proud of both of them.

Will stop showing off now.

A friend just reminded me of the time I tried to cram programming principles 101 into a 30 minute WordCamp talk.

I've not done a lot of public speaking, but when I have I have given it my ALL!!!!

Sadly, there is not a good recording of this. The best I have is a scraped video with terrible sound. Perhaps you'll enjoy it anyway and maybe learn something too?

https://vimeo.com/463988477

Also…

"I've come around to the idea that actually, the solution to our AI problem is just to ban meetings.

Everybody is like: We're gonna make a thing so that you don't have to go to a meeting.

Just DON'T HAVE THE MEETING!”

The 11th October Vergecast was GREAT. Here's a clip of them discussing Zoom's AI Avatars.

"You need to record an initial video of yourself…from there you can write the message you want to say and have your avatar go to meetings and say it.

IT'S VOICEMAIL!!

It's the same amount of work.

This could have been an email!

I'm going to have my AI Avatar go to every meeting and say "This could have been an email!”

https://pca.st/episode/5113e5fd-05cb-40d6-ab4f-6cccddd17685?t=5935.604395604396,5997.289375053658

Turbo Admin extension update!

v1.18.0 is out now, you should get an auto update in 12 hours, or you can manually update if you know how.

This fixes up a weird issue I had with the command palette, but ALSO it changes the search method I'm using for commands.

Hopefully you'll notice it's just better and works like you expect. And it won't have broken anything for anyone.

But let me know if you come across issues.

With thanks for all the support and new customers this week. Y'all are awesome!

Fixed a few bugs and made the command palette generally better in Turbo Admin this weekend.

Nice to be inspired to do better!

Update incoming once Google approves on the web store.

Hah! 😂

Was editing the Turbo Admin website today and reaslised that the code for the 100% discount code easter eggs is still there!

There are three to find. But each coupon only works once.

Please ONLY do this if you're going to use it and get value from it. Thanks. 🙏

https://turbo-admin.com/

(It could be a fun thing to find all three, even if you're not going to use them. Yes, this is my scarcity marketing. But I'm also giving things away, so I don't think it counts!)

Looks like loads of people are shifting from Twitter to Bluesky.

Does anyone here understand how Bluesky will make money?

In #WordPress, but not #WPDrama news…

There's a wave of excitement in WordPress about command bars/palettes.

So I'm riding the wave. Which I feel slightly awkward about. But it's there, so I'm riding it. And promoting BOTH products as I go.

So here's:
– my take on Turbo Admin vs CommandUI
– some thoughts on the awkwardness of having competition in such a friendly space
– my product journey and broader thoughts about command palettes on websites

https://rosswintle.uk/2024/10/wordpress-command-palette-competition/

I had some interesting thoughts ages ago on how standardised menu markup, or a simple JS API could allow command palettes (or a consistent navigation UI) on any website!

https://rosswintle.uk/2022/04/i-know-nothing-really-but-could-nav-menus-be-a-browser-api/

Looks like command palettes are cool in #WordPress today. So here’s a reminder of the one I made!

https://turbo-admin.com/

But I have a new and super-slick competitor you should all check out because any and all innovation in this space is good! 😊

https://commandui.com/