Priority order for an incredibly hot day: 1. Ensure I have extension bar for loosening tire bolts 2. Get zip ties 3. Spend two hours under car trying to fix aircon 4. Hope they fix the aircon in my building 5. Do some writing 6. Do some work Might have mixed these up #writingcommunity

It's 9:48 and I've already told my computer to fuck off. It's going to be either a very long, hot day or a very short day with little accomplished.

Can attest. I almost drowned off Kingsdown one hot summer. Was trying out flippers and a mask in a strong tide and got into a muddle - managed to calm myself and get to shore, but it was a close one. I remember catching someone's eye as I was sinking and feeling the real fear that this might be it.

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

Ever see that film “The Day The Earth Caught Fire”? Well this is it

Can’t unsee this!

In the modern world of Copilot etc there is really no excuse for not having any tests in your project. Put tests in your project.

Cassette Boy needs to do a Kier/Severance crossover. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8uO...

Good morning!

Lots of people talking, few of them know, soul of your system was created below #ledzepdev

Le Monde, France's leading daily newspaper, is finally politicizing the issue of global warming. 😍 "Simply reacting on a case-by-case basis is no longer enough. We must plan and anticipate. And, to start with, we must place the ongoing catastrophe at the center of the 2027 presidential election."

Wow. I thought there was a lot of wailing and hand wringing on social media generally and then I installed Substack

“You’ve tried the rest now try the best. Dave Best, mobile disco.”

Having a handover from someone who has mentally already checked out from work is one of the most depressing activities a techie can ever take part in.

I've started a new Substack. Happy Monday. outsideedge.substack.com/p/the-search...

Nothing grumpier than a hot house full of grumpy people being grumpy

Hope yet for Stackoverflow

Old and new. Rural and urban. Longest day.

I love that “vibe coding” has now become a pejorative when it comes to the competence of political leaders. www.bbc.com/news/article...

So it can write shit stories

There is always work, it just shifts. I like that I don't have to code at all, since I was never very good at it, and now the thinking is all I have to do and hopefully removing stuff.

I wrote about finding your non-fiction voice. Something that is particularly hard for me. richardwbown.com/how-to-find-... #writingcommunity

Nothing says an English summer more than the weary exhalation of another predictable batting collapse

Human Software has been on Kindle Unlimited for a little bit now, and it's lovely to see it being read! No fortunes being made here, but from tiny acorns... I'll be distributing copies in Albert Heijns and Train Stations soon, too. #booksky

Despite myself, I've got my new Kindle and having now discovered "Send to Kindle" (online now, how cool) and of course Gutenberg, I don't see a reason to go out ever again.

Just been reminded how I had such a visceral reaction to Microserfs that I ripped it in two on the tube and dumped it. Ah, the 90s.

Happier, simpler times

Instantly reminded me of “Our Souls at Night”. We have much to learn.

Amazon Workers Hate Their Internal AI Tools, Too. In internal channels, they complain about the "Kiro" Amazon coding assistant tool and AI in general, with one meme of Cillian Murphy emblazoned with the word "Sloppenheimer" 😂 being particularly emblematic of their feelings.

There’s definitely a cyberpunk novel somewhere in the story of Ukraine responding to existential danger by becoming one of the leading arms dealers for new weapons

Anyone who says "over indexing" and means it needs to take a good long look at their life choices and then probably retire as it's usually rich fuckers who use it.

Hoping to get to follower parity by unfollowing

Currently reading

OH: “I’m also doing Agile but only in a way that it’s productive”

Man, working in an office doesn’t have to be boring but certain types of organisations just bring the dullness and banality of the situation front and centre.

June 21-I've added time sequences of increasing complexity to the three-dimensional maze, and Algernon learns them easily. There is no need to motivate him with food or water. He appears to learn for the sake of solving the problem-success appears to be its own reward.

So I performed a little social media experiment over the last nine months and yesterday brought it to an end by deleting all of my Meta profiles. A total waste of time living in the fantasy quagmire.

The massive model geek in me - the one who whiled away many a day, week and month building, painting and distressing plastic and lead as a kid - feels this one. I never knew his name but I knew and loved his work. RIP Brian.

"It is currently not profitable, meaning it loses more money from its operations than it makes." Great reporting. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Nobody's doing what we're doing. Not at this speed, not at this scale." www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmU9...

Just. The. Best.

What Happens When You Combine The Circle, The Phoenix Project and Office Space? #humansoftware #booksky humansoftwarebook.com/circle-phoen...

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Genuinely excited for this. There is much pop psychology out there and not much in the sphere of software teams that really lands.

I'm very good at writing cynical epithets. I can fill a whole book with them. As I've written half the new book, I can now go and backfill the warm inner voices and misinterpretations that will make up the remainder. I will now pour in the love. #writingcommunity #booksky

Listening to the glorious insanity that is any Steroid Maximus album.

Congrats to @eamcgregor.bsky.social on winning a copy of Human Software. DM me your deets and I'll send it right over. Well done!