2025-08-03 23:09:04

I loved John Rudolph Drexler.com's Laracon talk.

It's about communication, which is SO important in software development.

A recommended watch for all dev's and engineering managers. (Link should start at the start of the talk at around 4:53:00)

https://www.youtube.com/live/_eMBogMlShs?s

2025-08-02 22:49:14

I became much more confident about doing DIY when I suddenly
realised that most of the things that I thought were super hard were actually just gluing bits of wood to walls.

🤷

2025-08-02 18:32:20

I’ve been doing too much hacking at my house with a Stanley knife these last couple of weeks.

I have now stabbed BOTH my hands.

When will I learn‽

2025-07-31 22:57:20

A screengrab of a … of MY … complete Balatro collection.

Right Balatro. I’m done with you.

Had to look up how to get the last two Jokers and vouchers. I feel like I cheated. But I’m glad I did. Just playing and playing would not have got me there.

My collection is complete. I’m bored. And I’m playing something else now.

2025-07-30 13:00:28

Took the kids to see the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie and it’s EXCELLENT!! 😁

But what have they done to the cinema experience? Big fancy seats are nice, but everything is now automated and self serve?

Sad. I liked having people working there.

2025-07-30 08:22:00

I’ve not seen anyone post this theory, but is Apple’s Liquid Glass a clever way to make devices obsolete by demanding more of their processing just to put stuff on the screen?

2025-07-27 20:58:47

So my local Chinese take-away restaurant gives you free fortune cookies.

These are now… sponsored!

By a gambling company!!!

I don’t know WHAT to think of this. Is this hilarious? Or awful?? Can it be BOTH???

2025-07-25 07:19:39

Can someone be real with me about travelling to the USA right now. You hear the scare stories, but am I really likely to have my phone and socials checked as I enter?

(This would be a work trip)

2025-07-24 19:29:22

I keep trying the AI assistants.

Just to see.

I thought I’d found a place that was good for them.

Auditing a bunch of React components to rate their complexity based on some very specific rules that I had already written.

With a bit of extra detail in the rules it seemed pretty good at this.

So I asked it to analyse all files in a directory using the specified rules and…

…it missed a file!

If it is incapable of following the most basic instruction, how do I trust it with… well… anything?!

2025-07-21 22:00:36

This is all going to go to my head, I tell you. I'm going to be unbearable until about the end of October.

Please tell me if I am!! 😳

2025-07-21 22:00:05

I don’t do public speaking often. I don’t take my talks on tour. I don’t really like traveling very much, and family commitments prevent me getting out much.

But when I do… oh boy, it’s a BIG deal.

rosswintle.uk/2025/07/public-s

(This post includes links to the very few bits of public speaking I've done that have been recorded.

Including, if you missed it, my @wordsesh talk from this year, which can now be watched for free! Thanks @rzen !!)