Poor charge experience with my Mini and Gridserve. Called them up and they said they have problems with Minis due to the locking mechanism??

Thought I'd take an opportunity to update my LinkTree / Link in Bio / Landing Page (whatever you call them these days). Has all (most) of the ways to get in touch with me, and some of my recent projects on it. All in a git repo, deployed automagically. popey.me/

I brought a London A-Z jigsaw into the office a couple of weeks ago. It was on an empty desk as people walked in. We didn't expect to finish it before the end of the year. Well, it's finally complete. 🧩🎉🎄

I usually get a turkey crown for Christmas dinner (cooking for six adults, with leftovers). This year I got a whole 5.5Kg bird. This recipe from Jamie Oliver looks good. Suggestions for improvements welcome!

What a year! Whether you're in the pro, anti or "meh" camps when it comes to AI, things have moved rather fast in the last 12 months. Here's a look back I pulled together for work. ainativedev.io/news/a-year-...

SnapScope now highlights malware in the snap store. e.g. snapscope.popey.com/package/heal... Also, listed on the front page

Here's a new episode of our little podcast, Linux Matters. In which we discuss Auxolotl, Spotify, ffmpeg-statigo, Jivefire, Jivedrop, hardware accelerated audio & video processing in Go, and tiling window managers! Phew! #linux

My "SnapScope" project got favourably covered on "The Linux Experiment" - Linux Weekly News. youtu.be/dIxcwRdS5n8?...

I made a thing.

Question: Is it technically/theoretically/hypothetically possible to fill in all red dots in the graphic on the bottom left of the screen?

Those hoopy froods over at Chainguard really know where their towels are at! They recognised me as an Emojimancer. Cos made MojiNav, an emoji-only walking navigation aid. mojinav.popey.com/

Friday night OWASP meet-up at the office with talks, beer and pizza!? Yes please! Thanks to Semgrep and of course Tessl :) opensource

Doing some more live open source noodling, now with functioning owncast chat! (in theory)

Live from popey towers. #caturday

Live stream starting soon on YouTube, Twitch and Owncast, in theory, at least. All the links are here:

This week's newsletter is now in the public archive.

Build AI tools for community growth at our hackathon with Lovable & Led By Community One day to collaborate with developers, designers, and community builders. Focus on real problems: onboarding, engagement, moderation, and events. 📅 Dec 3rd, 9 AM-5 PM 📍 Tessl HQ, London luma.com/ai-hackathon...

Me: How many devices has my app been installed on? Snapcraft: "Tower of Hanoi" picture! Me: What? Snapcraft: Sorry, I meant "Person lying down" picture! Never mind github.com/canonical/sn...

A brand new fresh episode of my favourite podcast that I'm in. :)

Woohoo! Made it to the office near Kings Cross in under an hour for the first time! Leaving home at 05:13 makes for a very calm journey.

Back in the UK and greeted with the “Activate Windows” watermark in Baggage Reclaim. Wonderful stuff.

It's currently 'free' to drive an EV into the centre of London. That changes soon. "A new 25% Cleaner Vehicle Discount for electric cars registered with Auto Pay, which would mean a daily charge of £13.50 instead of £18" Ah well, it was fun while it lasted.

First time flying to a work event for a while… Heathrow and Microsoft Windows always deliver some kind of failure. What a combo.

DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️ vole.wtf/doctype/ This is rather cool.

I made a Fisher-Price theme for my terminal. It didn't last long. That kerning... "If only there were a fixed-width version of Fisher-Price Gothic font." Said nobody, ever.

What is happening in the world of AI native development today? These are builders who've already solved the problems you're probably hitting right now. 📍 DevCon is November 18-19th in NYC. 🎫 Tickets and full lineup: ainativedev.co/z84 Use the discount code AIND-X-50 to get 50% off your tickets.

Oh no, not another one! Live streaming again... popey.com/live/

More terminal-based Linux noodling on a live stream. Also, trying to fix the owncast setup.

30 mins of live streaming on a Saturday afternoon...

Kids these days.. In my day, AI assistants came on cassette and ran out of memory mid-snark!

What's worth another look? Which past Linux Matters topics need a 2025 update, in a future episode?

🚀 Tonight in London's King's Cross! Join us for an evening with MLH and #GoogleGemini 🤖 Build with the latest Gemini models 🎤 Hear from DeepMind & Google Labs teams 🍕 Network over food & drinks 💡 Live demos from fellow builders Spots are limited – grab a ticket now! 🎟️ luma.com/LondonAIRoad...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬-𝐢𝐧-𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞. Each session is code-on-screen, showing real use cases. If you’re building with or for devs, this is the track you don’t skip 📍 DevCon is November 18-19th, NYC. 👉 Tickets and full lineup: ainativedev.co/z84

After three brilliant years as part of the Late Night Linux family, Linux Matters is becoming an independent podcast. We're incredibly grateful to Joe for his support in launching and producing the show - it wouldn't exist without him. 🧵 1/3

Hey nerd friends! 🤓 🚨 In an “emergency” at home, how quickly could you lay your hands on an Ethernet cable? I cleared out my box-o-cables a while back. Thankfully the drawers under the TV have spares! HBU?

More terrible time in terminals on ThinkPads. Going live!

Feeling cute, doing some nerdy live streaming, might delete later. Pick your platform, YouTube, Twitch, or Owncast. popey.com/live/

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐂𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝. Not demos. but hands-on time with practitioners who are building the AI dev stack right now. These are working sessions. Bring your dev laptop. 📍 DevCon is November 18-19th in NYC 🎫 Tickets and full lineup: ainativedev.co/z84 #AINDCon

Same time, same place, before and after the clocks changed. What a difference an hour makes...

The Edge track at AI Native DevCon is about emerging ideas in AI development that aren't fully polished yet. These are practitioners working through problems that don't have established solutions yet. 📍 DevCon is November 18-19th in NYC. 👉 Tickets and full lineup: ainativedev.co/z84

A wild subreddit has appeared. reddit.com/r/LinuxMatte...

We host a lot of meet-ups and other communities at our event space in London. This one looks like a lot of fun! A spooky themed creative writing tech workshop... It's also streamed online, for those who can't get to London. 🎃

Want a banner ad under your bash prompt? Probably not, but Sourcegraph just made the world’s first ad-supported AI coding agent. 🔗 Read all about Amp Free here: ainativedev.co/znc

AI Native DevCon is back, and bigger than ever! Join us Nov 18–19 in New York (and online) for two action packed days of conference sessions and hands-on workshops for developers building with and for AI. Head over to ainativedev.io/devcon to see the full line up!

Episode 67 of Linux Matters: Panache, for Men 🐧️🎙️ Alan has been using Nix, Martin has been adding panache to his terminal, and Mark’s been playing Rimworld Odyssey.

The #Ubuntu Unity project is calling for developer support. A lack of available maintainers has led to critical bugs and no 25.10 release. They need help to fix the desktop and maintain the flavor for the 26.04 LTS. discourse.ubuntu.com/t/regarding-...

"Ubuntu’s Stability Meets Nixpkgs’ Freshness" - introducing Nøughty Linux - the #Ubuntu / #Nix Hybrid created by Martin Wimpress. Find out more in his presentation, linked below. discourse.ubuntu.com/t/noughty-li...

QQ: Anyone still use an RSS reader or aggregator? Which one do you use/prefer? Is it free or paid? Fanks.

We're hosting the Google Developer Groups (GDG) London meet up tomorrow. Learn about Google Gemini CLI, and AlphaEarth Foundations model from Google DeepMind. gdg.community.dev/events/detai...

We covered Conare - a neat solution to AI coding's biggest headache: context management. It's basically a heads-up display for Claude Code, letting you reuse project context instead of starting fresh every bloody time. The pricing story alone is worth reading about. ainativedev.io/news/conare-...