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Read Unusual photos of instruments

Unusual photos of instruments

I recently did a photography course in London where one of the main learnings was how you can make photographs more interesting by using unusual angles and reflections.

Read ChatGPT version reference

ChatGPT version reference

This will become out of date quickly but a useful guide for which models to use for which tasks and which to …

Read Positive feedback

Positive feedback

I was doing a 1:1 meeting recently and we talked about their code reviews of a recent joiner.

Read Introduction to Rust

Introduction to Rust

Chris Woodruff produced an excellent series of posts to introduce the C# developer to the language of Rust.

Read How to remove the noise from Google search

How to remove the noise from Google search

This is a simple way to remove all the extraneous noise from a Google search. All you need to do is append “&udm=14” to any Google search url and it will take out the new AI summary …

Read Home cooked software

Home cooked software

Software is in a massive transition phase where it is now possible for non-developers to produce software that was previously the remit of professional developers.

Read I learnt this week - 6th May 2025

I learnt this week - 6th May 2025

The links today include an old obscure bug in Windows, browsing to think, technology non-predictions, AI apps, additional data, Geoguessr expert v AI, a simple question, a false law about headlines …

Read I learnt this week - 28th April 2025

I learnt this week - 28th April 2025

The links today include indicating payment, curiosity in hiring, rebuilding Kafka, the near deletion of Toy Story 2, Internet in a box and an object in space, maybe.

Read I learnt this week - 22nd April 2025

I learnt this week - 22nd April 2025

The links today including bucketing work time, competing on price, n+1 people, football tactics, engineering laws, building Git, (not) delighting customers, librarians, object storage, future of work, …