2024-12-21 09:27:58

Thinking about yesterday when I asked Copilot to refactor a loop through an array into a series of discrete steps.

It did it but I checked Every! Single! Change!

Because I know it’s non-deterministic. But I don’t know how non-deterministic it is.

I DO NOT TRUST IT!!

It did the job perfectly. But how was I to know that it would do that?

2024-12-21 08:55:03

@mattgrayyes Hello! I’ve had you fireworks video queued up to watch for ages. I just found it and watched it. It’s a great little piece of film and you and the team clearly put a lot of effort into it. Great job. Thanks for entertaining and educating us!! 😃

2024-12-19 23:13:07

For ages I’ve thought I’m someone who’s really very bad at making long term predictions. For example, I thought putting cameras in phones was a stupid idea.

But recent experience suggests that I may be quite the visionary sometimes!

– WordPress command palettes
– My social media choices
– Opinions about JavaScript
– Thoughts on the WordPress block editor

Experience has taught me things. There is wisdom in the years.

2024-12-16 21:09:55

I was thinking about generative AI today with all these messed up images and videos going round and I decided it’s like a fruit machine. You pull the handle and you might get something good out of it. Or you might not. But one thing happens every time: a very rich person gets a tiny bit richer!

2024-12-14 22:35:14

Tonight was our now-annual traditional trip to the Enchanted Gardens Light Trail. Also known as as “How awesome is low-light photography on smartphones day”

Some highlights…

2024-12-14 09:42:14

Loving the legal streams. @questauthority.bsky.social has such a great way with words.

“Have no doubt: ‘not so’ is a two word variant of something that is much more commonly expressed as a single word. And that single word has certain… umm… bovine implications”

2024-12-09 20:55:11

Proud of myself for getting back to blood donation today. It’s been 10 years!! My 22nd donation was totally fine. They shove a lot of biscuits and water into you these days! And you have to do weird butt-tensing exercises. But it’s all good.

I’m O- so I’m a special “first responder”. Topping up the stock of magic blood for Christmas.