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😀 A really restful day off today.

Recorded a podcast with some great folks.

Got a flu jab.

Worked on my secret CLI dev tool project.

Watched some YouTube.

Feeling nice and calm.

There's this thing that programmers say about looking back and being ashamed at the code you wrote years ago and realising how far you come.

If you do this, the latter observation is a good one to make: you probably have come far!!

But also: You should look back on past you with more compassion. Past you did good work with the knowledge and experience that you had at the time.

AND… Don't be scared of, or ashamed at the thought of what future you will say. You're doing good today too!

@changelog Oh please, PLEASE do another quiz game. I’ve not laughed so hard for a long time.

🤔 Programming: Fun, interesting, creative. Also: pays well.

Community/family: Relentless, exhausting, emotional. Also: pays nothing!!

✏️ I keep finding myself in jobs where I can see a lot of things going on, and I feel a responsibility to make connections.

A quick blog post on how, sometimes, the view from the “Bottom of the Pile” is uniquely broad. And that comes with opportunity, and maybe responsibility too.

https://rosswintle.uk/2023/10/the-view-from-the-bottom-of-the-pile/

🙄 I've been hanging out on other social medias today. There was ONE interesting post from… my kids secondary school!!! And one REALLY good interaction with someone that I know.

But mostly is was boring, aimless scrolling with occasional conspiracy theorists.

I get back onto Mastodon.

Two amazing, funny, interesting posts shared in the first few minutes.

I genuinely appreciate the good stuff on other socials, but gosh it's impossible to curate.

Does the fact that wordpress.org now supports security keys and passkeys mean that this might actually be coming to the Two Factor plugin soon?

PLEASE?

🙌 Played this a few days this week. Like Boggle. Quite the challenge!

I played https://squaredle.com 09/29:
*77/77 words (+30 bonus words)
📖 In the top 17% by bonus words
Play streak: 2

😄 Ok. It’s not perfect. But it’s here.

For all you The Rest is Politics listeners: Trip Bingo!

Randomly generated bingo cards to enhance your listening.

Enjoy!!

https://trip-bingo.pico.games

📈 Just realised https://caniphp.com was featured in Jetbrains PHP Annotated newsletter.

That explains the influx of PRs!!

😃

Just added me a “/now" page. Might be of interest. Or might not. Complete vanity.

https://rw.omg.lol/now

Every time I go and do stuff on omg.lol I'm reminded of what a brilliant little place it is. Long may it live!! @prami

Wow. Tech friends…

Setting up your parents’ Smart
Energy Tariffs and configuring their solar inverter is the new “making your parents printer work”.

Only it’s about 15 times harder.

Awful experience.

I don’t know what to say about this other than this is a podcast where a person interviews ChatGPT (v4) about AI.

It’s fascinating in both direct and “meta” ways. Worth a listen, if only to hear what ChatGPT thinks about itself.

A note/content warning: this podcast is about … hmm … let’s call it “spirituality” but “faith”, “church” and “Christianity” may all apply. Some may think it heretical.

I present it neutrally as “a fascinating thing”.

Interview starts at 19:13

https://pca.st/episode/0c0bcc99-a9b5-4a30-a467-284a42219f8c

Apple Watch users… how do I:

– Have a morning alarm
– That sounds (audible) on my watch
– While wearing my watch while sleeping
– But in silent mode (all other alerts are haptic)

I’m honestly so confused. About to buy a simple loud clock for my bedside!!