That Woolies Cinnabon mud cake though… goodness. 😋

Stop Avoiding Politics terriblesoftware.org/2025/10/01/s...

Bambu is having a sale until December 5. au.store.bambulab.com/pages/black-...

We received 100+ applications for Frosty Mini, which is fantastic, but it also means that lots of games get left out of our event. It's always incredibly tough. We want to thank every single dev who applied! You should all now have an email update from us (pls check spam) 💌

The unifi marketing videos have no reason to go so hard. Absolutely love them. Who gets this excited about networking equipment? Me.

Hacktoberfest is bringing back t-shirts this year prepare your repos

Frosty is back to celebrate the coolest upcoming and recently released games made in Australia & Aotearoa, this December 🍦🥳 We’ll be featuring exclusive reveals, announcements, and updates. Developers can submit their games now until Sep 30! ⤵️ forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...

Now That’s What I Call Summer Game Fest 2025

Quick reshare for the Monday crowd Re: @frostygamesfest.com, looking to get an indication from devs with key news (game announcement, surprise release, or a first demo launch) that would be aligned to a DECEMBER timeframe. If you can pls DM me, that would be very helpful! TY!

Kia Ora, ap-southeast-6! This warms my Kiwi heart 🇳🇿💙 aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/no...

last two days for tickets! devworld.au

AI is in the IDE everywhere, but productivity hasn’t moved. We hyped hard, saw a GPT-4 bump, then a stall. And now it's weird. So... Structure > vibes. New blog post: www.samjarman.co.nz/blog/ai-augu...

You don’t “learn TypeScript” once, you climb it. The 5 curves I coach teams through... and why most should stop at Curve 4. Where are you on the climb? Read: www.samjarman.co.nz/blog/learnin... #TypeScript #EngineeringManagement #DevEx #frontend

Baby steps into #HomeAssistant tonight. Set up on my RPi, and now have an automation when my TV turns on to set my soundbar to my preferred source. One annoyance fixed. Onwards!

If anyone is doing a game jam or small game project and wants a person to collab on: concept, marketing, branding, production or UI pls think of me! I want to learn more about the end-to-end game dev process. This is for free btw to be clear not a call for paid work lol.

Weekend in da mountains was very good! ⛰️☀️💞

Oooof I felt this one. The Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything notashelf.dev/posts/curse-...

Gorgeous! Love your work @usetrmnl.com I recently 3D printed a holder for ours and glued magnets onto it to mount to our fridge, showing our shared calendar. Works well! www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0wQ...

A good rant on speed of software: www.catherinejue.com/fast

hello creators 👋 do you enjoy indie games? ✨ if you do, please consider joining our creator mailing list so we can email you about very fun things like early access, game codes and more! no spam, we promise. ✍🏼 forms.gle/yB9t8BZqGGN1...

📣 The incredible @kimchica.bsky.social and I are hosting a roundtable at @gcapconf.bsky.social to give folks a better understanding of pitching and succeeding with showcases and festivals! Hope to see some of you there 🙌🏼

early bird for one more week

The rumours are true! (Emphasis on the money part, though)

Hey if anyone has 💰 spare money 🤑 (in this economy) and they've been waiting for an opportunity to potentially throw it at something like @frostygamesfest.com, please know my virtual door is always open for a chat!

I’m speaking at DevWorld 2025 in Melbourne! My talk: The Habits of Fast Developers — how to stay calm, move quick, and ship better code under pressure. Habits, tools, and mindsets I wish I learned sooner. 🛠️ devworld.au/index.php See you there??

When my husband can’t remember a game publisher’s name (understandable) he just adlibs, and it’s a great mechanism for coming up with very good new game publisher or studio names. His latest: vertical biscuit

I wrote a blog post about how I wrote my last blog post. With help from ChatGPT. - Took notes - Matched my voice - Edited with me - Lowered friction Not perfect. But super effective. 👉 www.samjarman.co.nz/blog/how-i-w...

Say the Right Thing to the Right Person If you've ever explained something perfectly and still lost the room, this one's for you. It's about tailoring your communication without losing your voice. www.samjarman.co.nz/blog/tailoring

At Cochlear, we are hiring Cyber Security Specialist Check out the listing here: cochlear.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Cochlear_Car... Feel free to DM me with any questions and I'll do my best to get them answered from the hiring manager (not me).

Today, Australia Lifeblood has relaxed rules around sexual activity for donating plasma! Lets go! 🚀🩸🏳️‍🌈 Check if you’re eligible here: www.lifeblood.com.au/donors/blood...

Are you an iOS developer in Australia or NZ? You should attend #DevWorld! This gem of a conference has been under the radar for far too long. It’s a cozy conference featuring great talks about all things Apple development. devworld.au

See you at the AWS Summit Sydney today?

Junior devs: AI can be your coach, not your crutch. Use LLMs to learn, practice, and get smarter—don’t just copy-paste! Own your code & master the fundamentals. Here’s how 👇 www.samjarman.co.nz/blog/llms-fo... #dev #AI #coding #juniorDev #programming

❄️ Frosty Games Fest will premiere Sun, June 8 ⏰ Tune in at 9am AEST, 11am NZT, or 4pm PDT (June 7)! 🍦 With 50+ games set to be featured, the lineup is chocka-block with some of ANZ's finest. We can't wait to share our first ever showcase with you! 💙

Can anyone recommend an IOT blinds driver?

hey! Got something to talk about for #macOS or #iOS? Or one of Apple’s other platforms? Submit a talk to our awesome conference in #Naarm #Melbourne! #WWDC25 #AppleDev #VisionPro #Xcode devworld.au

Starting to tinker a bit with rust and wasm. Anyone done something cool they wanna show off that I can learn from? Eg on github

I'll be speaking at CocoaHeads Sydney this week on quite a generic topic - How to Code Faster (this is not an AI talk, although I will talk about the LLephant in the room) meetu.ps/e/NDXpY/Dxfm... See you there!

If you’re just learning about the mohs/hardness scale and thinking “huh yeah well what do they cut diamonds with?” The answer is the shepard avocados.

Good advice from Jamie Sanson jamie.sanson.dev/infinitely-m... I like to phrase this as "don't give people enough rope to hang themselves with". Spot on. APIs are your UX. Start with the experience you want and work backwards.

I don't know if all social media is just dead or my posts are just shit. Probably social media is in decline.

This is really good, ESLint is listening to feedback about the sharp edges it introduced in V9. This looks *much* better: eslint.org/blog/2025/03...

#MJTheMusical at the Lyric was so good! #heehee

It’s better to be approximately right than exactly wrong. Code review early, code review often.

Who is the tradie marketing genius telling people to put fridge magnets in really poorly disguised mail? 🙄🙄🙄 We get like 2 of these a week in the mail. So wasteful.

I know I have a problem because every time I see sourdough cut like this my brain thinks "xbox bread"

I’ve tried the Cinnabon hot cross buns and let me just say yuuuum

These eyes usually kick off Friday drinks in my house these days.

You may think that things like your employment contract, the clock, or the construct of time decide when your work day is done, but you’re wrong… it is dogs who decide.

Zomg Neverland cakes in Porirua. Brought one of everything Including the Biscoff khalifa slice 🤣