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I'm a software developer at @geckoboard, formerly @CircleCI, and a recreational triathlete - Now mostly at @[email protected] - he/him

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Joined June 2009
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Been doing this a lot recently, very satisfying when it comes to make the actual change:
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for each desired change, make the change easy (warning: this may be hard), then make the easy change.
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We’ve been honeycomb users for a bunch of years using their “beeline” lib, and the pattern we end up with is:.- add fields to context to identify what’s being processed.- attach errors if they happen, prefer low-cardinality error strings so we can group-by for analysis.
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And that set still contains a couple of CBC ciphers that appear to be considered “weak”.
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RT @potetm: null pointer might be a billion dollar mistake. ensuring every person in an org is 100% busy is easily a trillion dollar mistake.
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RT @tommoor: 90% of PR reviews:. - You've been a bit lazy here, be a little less lazy?.- Thank you for calling me out on my laziness, I kne….
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RT @fietsprofessor: Build a city for cars and it doesn't work for anybody, including car drivers. 📍 Plaza de Castilla, #Madrid🇪🇸. https://….
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RT @thdxr: i feel like 80% of why people feel "js moves too fast, can't get my old projects to build" is because too many people in charge….
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RT @e_marieanne: Update: Ad board in cycle lane on Sheaf Street 🚴‍♀️. ". it is acknowledged that the panel makes the cycle path less easy….
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RT @Psythor: She'll come back at a critical moment as Sue White.
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RT @fold_left: Cuckoo Fibre today made all of their Front End Developers redundant so I am looking for a new role. If you hear of any oppor….
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RT @norootcause: Beware of (automated) systems that make easy problems easier while making hard problems even harder: you often don’t learn….
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RT @EmergencyBK: 👊💜
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RT @mipsytipsy: Number 2:. The product of software engineering teams is shared understanding. This one might take a bit more exposition. B….
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RT @David__Osland: Do train drivers deserve to earn £60,000 after overtime and working rest days? With me in the studio to discuss this are….
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RT @Heccles94: Nigel farage wants you to think that Britain has an immigration problem. It doesn't. Britain had a problem with milliona….
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RT @sliderulesyou: Indeed, we must. Wish we had this guy as our PM.
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RT @fishontherun2: Politicians on Donald trump: “even if he’s Hitler, he doesn’t deserve to die.”. On Gaza: “those toddlers were clearly Ha….
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RT @EvanOutOfTen: Like. is this what they think is happening?
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Biggest comeback so far this Tour De France is @SportsOrla’s voice.
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RT @SheepMachine: Folks need to understand regulations as just another voice of the customer in a representative government.
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