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For all those looking for the slides from my droidcon talk you can find them here. :) c.gmx.net/@14599080624...

Eugh how'd they let this guy back on a stage?

If you're at droidcon Berlin, I'll be giving my talk at Material Meetup at 13:15... Systems design interviews for people who hate systems design interviews. See you there... Maybe!

When they frontload a complex technical project with flagshagging shit you know immediately it's going to be a total collosal failure. Especially under this useless government. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Jimmy Kimmel's monologue was pretty shit tbh. But that's fine, because this wasn't about Jimmy Kimmel. It was about a large corporation eagerly getting on its knees in front of a fascist before said fascist even had time to ask. Even shit speech is free speech. Or something.

white men shouldnt be allowed to vote.

Heard from a friend this week who had a VP in his company say to him "I vibe coded this app in a day, why do our devs take so long to do small changes?". My suggestion to anyone who experiences this: offer them a Jira ticket to do so they can show how it's done.

Been feeling pretty empty lately tbh and unable to shake it off. Like there's no point... Not in a hysterical way, more absolute draining indifference. Struggling to find joy or fulfilment in anything. And not sure what to do about it, or even if I can do anything. 🫠

Classic angry sexist gammon. Good for her.

"You're irrelevant on Bluesky!" m8 I was irrelevant on Twitter where I had 110k followers and frequently got over a million views on my videos. It was still just shitposting on a social media site. Deciding that posting is activism has rotted a lot of brains on all sides.

Take note of the US companies that changed their profile pictures to pride flags this year. Those were the ones that meant it.

Good reminder 👍🏼 Did you already cancel your Disney+? I also cancelled today. Left some words why even though I doubt they are read by anyone. #CancelDisney and #CancelDisneyPlus

Ooo I totally forgot to cancel my Disney Plus. Will do that now.

On X I used data to show London does not have the highest crime rate in the world. 10 mins later a right winger linked to my book. 10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all. But that's how it works.

This is going to really test the belief that the one thing stopping MAGA twats who can't string a sentence together from becoming a software engineer is migrants stealing all the jobs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wer Antifaschismus verbieten will, ist ein Faschist. #Antifa

You didn't care about "cancel culture" when it was queers being fired simply because their boss found out they were gay. You did care about it when racists and homophobes got fired for being racist and homophobic. You now suddenly don't care again. It was never about "cancel culture".

Y'all know what "Antifa" is short for, right?

"But now we shall both surely drown", said Sultana. "lol" said Corbyn, "Imao".

Anyone else noticed the deafening silence from the "you can't say that anymore" comedians over Kimmel? Normally they're really on this shit, screaming about cancel culture and whatnot. I guess they just all collectively forgot their twitter logins.

Also, nobody should take any lectures on career progression from a minister for technology who didn't understand how VPNs work.

I've often thought I'm too unimportant with too little to tell to write memoirs, but Facebook just reminded me of how difficult it was to host Grindr hookups in Liverpool when your hotel room was the one next to the Deputy Prime Minister's so...

If you fell for the "nobody deserves this" bullshit from these people, you shouldn't be trusted with a crayon, nevermind a vote.

Oh so they can respond quickly to an Epstein-related communication then...

#Berlin is calling, & so is the #AndroidCommunity! 📣🇩🇪 #dcbln25 isn’t just a conference — it’s 3 days of #code, connection, & career-defining insight. From roundtables to deep-dive #Android sessions & networking opportunities, this is where #AndroidDevs come to learn: berlin.droidcon.com/tickets

Yaaay they used the pic. 🐦 Also, come see me speak at the Unicorns in Tech Summit. ☺️ www.unicornsintech.com/uits25/#talk...

7am this morning at Tempelhofer Feld. ❤️

Gosh a lot happens in two weeks doesn't it? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Engineering Managers who still call themselves coders... shoddy Python in Jupyter Notebooks doesn't count. 😘

The porn is one thing. Banning VPNs is going to be fun. If it passes, their state will suddenly become so much more hackable. Morons.

Remember when this lot steadfastly supported businesses that said no to gay customers?

The people who made you send your passport to a dodgy porn site in the name of child safety are the same people who said it was "worth the risk" of ignoring the Epstein warnings when bringing Mandelson into government. Do you reckon they'd have cared more if Epstein had a VPN subscription?

"I want to be all the awful things the left say we are."

I agree with JD Vance’s last statement—that we can only have a world free of political violence when we work to dismantle the sources of that violence. I personally suggest that JD Vance look in the fucking mirror.

Occasionally I pop onto Facebook, cos family, and today I scrolled through the first 20 posts. A grand total of *one* was from someone I was following. The rest was clickbait/ragebait from pages I have never followed. This is their business model. And it's harming society deeply.

This is all on you, Starmer

The paradox we really must not let them get away with: 1. Arguing that all speech is consequence-free speech, no matter how horrid, vile, or what it incites. 2. Except the speech they don't like. Then it's doxxing time, and their government will detain people at the border for satirical memes.

Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away

Has he finally found a backbone? Won't hold my breath... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Kyle is genuinely one of the most embarrassing ministers I've ever encountered. He didn't have even the most basic knowledge of his brief as technology minister and it seems he has zero political savvy as well.

Can anyone recommend things to do in Berlin for a reasonably hyperactive 3 year old that likes interacting (e.g. button pushy)? The museums so far are a little too look don't touch for him. Soft play places and playgrounds already sorted.

Kudos to Ben for having the guts to say this. And it's a real shame that we're in a place where saying something so fundamental requires guts.

I feel this is a very niche problem, but I definitely have aches and pains in my shoulder and neck after carrying a coffin the other day. Anyone else who's been a pallbearer ever experienced this? It feels sorta like DOMS tbh.

Still feels mad that a guy who isn’t from here, doesn’t live here, and has no ties here isn’t laughed out the room for trying to spearhead a nativist movement

I know it's not politically correct or fashionable but even if we disagree with their tone, or even their policy prescriptions, it's incumbent on all of us to respectfully listen to and take seriously the concerns of those the economy has left behind like... <checks notes> ... Elon Musk.

We've heard a lot of nonsense in the last few days about the left inciting murder from people who squealed "don't politicise this tragedy" when one of their own scum gunned down Jo Cox whilst screaming "Britain First". Remember, these are fascists. And they should be treated as one treats fascists.

These are the people complaining about law-breaking migrants and the "violent left", right?

Ok it does look a little Bullingdon but I really like it so please just imagine I'm thinking about majority-state-owned high-quality social housing and a universal basic income. What I was actually thinking was "is my husband taking a photo of me?". This is my "wtf" face, not some Tory pose. 👍

Ok, people who conduct (or have conducted) a systems design interview... ... Sum up your criteria for the candidate in a couple of sentences.