Sam Gaw
@samgaw.dev
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Building infra from before it was cool 🛠️⚡️
I don’t have enough crayons to explain why data centres in space with current tech is a ridiculous idea so I’m just to quietly finish my Guinness. 🍻
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Back when I was at Spotify working on mobile I had to design the caching. So if you ever wondered why Spotify takes up so much disk space 👋 I’m the reason you’re still able to play that old Rogan podcast you half listened to 6 months ago for 3 minutes. You’re welcome internet.
23 days ago
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Microsoft was hit with a 15Tbps DDoS attack yesterday[1] but that's not the headline. Or the return to UDP-based amplification techniques. Anyone remember DNS resolver attacks? ヽ(`Д´)ノ [1] -
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...
23 days ago
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Underwriting rapidly depreciating computers stacked in giant sheds so that sama can pimp fake girlfriend subs? There are arguably better ways for the gov to pump $1T into the economy.
investinglive.com/stock-market...
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ICYMI - OpenAI asks U.S. for loan guarantees to fund $1 trillion AI expansion | investingLive
OpenAI’s pursuit of government-backed financing underscores the escalating cost of AI infrastructure and the growing overlap between tech investment and public-sector support. The move could reshape f...
https://investinglive.com/stock-market-update/icymi-openai-asks-us-for-loan-guarantees-to-fund-1-trillion-ai-expansion-20251105/
about 1 month ago
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Unexpected log output from Claude Code’s new cloud infra. So many possible explanations, none of them a good idea.
about 2 months ago
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There’s a PFY at
#vodafone
shitting themselves at the minute, desperately trying to remember which uplink cable they shouldn’t have unplugged.
about 2 months ago
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Joseph Koski
3 months ago
PragProg is running a 48-hour flash sale — 45% off all books with code flashsale That includes my book Advanced Functional Programming with Elixir Sale runs Sept 18–20, 9am CT Grab it here:
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#pragprog
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Pragmatic Bookshelf: By Developers, For Developers
We improve the lives of professional developers. We create timely, practical books on classic and cutting-edge topics to help you learn and practice your craft, and accelerate your career. Come learn ...
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When you go on holiday with a book on the history of statistical theory. Don’t expect your 6yo to understand the appeal. 🏖️🤓
7 months ago
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It was 12C today and I managed to get sun burnt. I’m never going to be able to retire somewhere nice.
8 months ago
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Quiet patience is not my biggest strength so I’m a very happy camper now that I’ve finally gotten my hands on
@acroll.bsky.social
’s new book.
10 months ago
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This is clearly beaver propaganda. The real headline should be “Illegal workers steal $1M from local economy”.
www.voxnews.al/english/koso...
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The government had been planning it for 7 years, beavers built the dam in two days and saved them $1 million
castorIn the Czech Republic, beavers built a dam in two days, which local authorities had planned for 7 years
https://www.voxnews.al/english/kosovabota/qeveria-po-e-planifikonte-prej-7-vitesh-kastoret-ndertojne-brenda-dy--i84652
10 months ago
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Apparently the CIA has a CTO. Did they swap waterboarding for leet code interviews? “Tell us what we need or we’ll make you whiteboard the median of two sorted arrays!”
11 months ago
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Everybody knows that “hardware is hard” so why does it feel like so many startups spend more time on packaging to be like Apple instead of the product? I don’t want magnets on boxes, I want whatever you promised in the marketing.
11 months ago
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If games really influenced young people, munching pills in a dark room to repetitive electronic music would be a real thing.
about 1 year ago
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Christmas is always a special time of the year for devs when they get another opportunity to explain to relatives wtf it is they do.
about 1 year ago
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