Category: Uncategorized

Does anyone I know use a buckwheat husk pillow? I’ve heard good things about them in the past. Wondering if I should try one.

This is amazing news. Well done Geoff!!

https://mastodon.social/@csstricks/117507965781292746

Missed some #thankYouToday’s as I was off on a little mini break with my in-laws. Who are kind and generous and welcoming and brilliant people who I live dearly. So thank you for them.

If you’re in the south of the UK, Bletchley Park really is a superb museum. Recommended. We keep going back for more.

https://twit.social/@gilester45/117497351133083096

So weird being a subject matter expert on the topic that’s top of the headline national news! 🤓

Man, I’m glad I don’t host websites for other people anymore more.

#thankYouToday for rain. Blessed, wonderful rain. We need it. And I like it. For now at least.

#thankYouToday for the cute babies that a couple of friends of ours have. We are well past the stage of life where friends are getting married & having kids. But we know some younger people who had kids recently. And these two are adorable.

I’m not broody! My two are perfect and very much enough!!!

Having fun reading and writing today.

LLMs are not just machines. They are machine-building machines! This comes with way more responsibility. And understanding it may change how you use them.

https://rosswintle.uk/2026/10/llms-are-not-like-manufacturing-machines/

This was very much inspired by “The Decoherence Trap”, which is a most excellent piece of thinking, writing and design by Kristen Maevyn

https://maevyn.codes/decoherence

I’m pretty proud of some of the writing I’ve done over the years. It’s time to start re-posting some of it where they are still – perhaps more so! – relevant.

In this post I argue that “People might not be dying at the hands of your if statements, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care.”

https://rosswintle.uk/2019/01/not-all-software-development-processes-are-equal/

I’m not really one to make predictions about tech. Mostly because I’m not a regular tech user.

BUT! Of the things I’ve made predictions about – publicly or not – I can only think of 1 that I got wrong.

Years ago, I thought having a camera inside a mobile phone was stupid & no one would want it! 🤦

Catching up on LeadDev. This is something no one could have foreseen, right? 🙄

"The engineers … now spend an average of 16.9 hours a week debugging … just 9.8 hours producing code … largely because 35% of AI-generated code is reaching production before engineering teams have fully comprehended it"

https://leaddev.com/ai/ai-code-causes-real-world-production-outages

#thankYouToday for the string of brilliant managers I’ve had over the years. Iain, Matt, Brian, April, Tony – and ages ago Mark, Dave and Neil.

I’ve been blessed to have these people buffer me from bureaucracy, encourage me, and share their wisdom and knowledge with me. Awesome people.

(Boss, if you read this, this is a joke! I have no intention of changing my employment arrangements)

Dear valued boss

To ensure your ongoing success and value we are changing our pricing and plans.

Ross no longer has a “senior” plan. He is only available in “junior”, “staff” and “VP” plans.

We are reducing the default level of reasoning to “junior”. If you require a higher level of reasoning you need to upgrade to a “staff” plan.

We look forward to continuing to serve you with intelligence that furthers your business goals.

😉

I missed my gratitude yesterday.

I had a flu jab, so it’s #thankYouToday for the marvellous science of vaccines!!

Also in “diagrams” – this from Dave Walker is perfect. 🤩

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yxmwxaytl64kjolzi64nad4n/post/3mxtycbms4s2l