James Smith 💾 @Floppy@mastodon.me.uk
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❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Head of Engineering @ https://apolitical.co, leader @somethingnew. Views != employer's. Neutral Good.
Joined Apr 2017
Having a password field only appear after entering a username is a huge accessibility antipattern, isn't it? Why is everyone and their dog doing it now? It plays merry hell with my password autofill.
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I'm not sure enough people have properly internalised that it's 50 years ago since Bryan Adams got his first real six string.
Fitbit has died again so it’s time for a replacement. However, I have realised that all I actually want is a simple watch that shows phone notifications and does silent alarms. Any recommendations?
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New job day! As of this morning I’m a Technical Architect at dxw digital! Excited to get started :)
Considering this is my new job from Monday, this should be a useful #brightonruby talk...
Any of you lovely folks going to BrightonRuby tomorrow? See you there if so! Say hi 👋
I wish I wore this kind of thing, because this is one badass design: https://www.hellovoid.online/product/bad-data-choker-necklace
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Forgot to share this!
Why the BBC does not want to store your data
The BBC Box is a personal data store that uses information from multiple sources to filter content.
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Surprise, surprise, Raspberry Pi 4 has been launched!
Faster CPU, dual 4k HDMI support, up to 4GB RAM, USB type C, USB3 and (finally!) no more bottlenecking the ethernet port over USB2: full gigabit speeds!
Also: same old price 😍
Pi 4, holy crap. Instabuy.
Is there a decent system yet for drawing software architecture diagrams in a declarative way to display on a web page? Anyone know of anything?
Mmm, new mastodon interface is nice. Less clutter, more space for the main timeline content to breathe. If you're using the original, give it a try (untick advanced view in options).
I found a new favourite bar: Project Orange in Clapham. Pity it’s about an hour from my house.
I say the same - I mean a subset of options that are the same, not the whole thing.
Can any terraform experts out there point me at how to use the same configuration for multiple resources? Not using count, because I want them to have different (stable) local names.
JOB ALERT! We at Apolitical are looking for Lead and Junior engineers, and a Product Manager. Help us build a better experience to help public servants around the world! https://apolitical.co/work-with-us/
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Amazing. "Opium-pipers, bluffers and no-dealers impress in this Tory battle of nonentities | Marina Hyde" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/31/opium-drone-no-deal-tory-battle-conservative-leadership-race
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❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Head of Engineering @ https://apolitical.co, leader @somethingnew. Views != employer's. Neutral Good.
Joined Apr 2017
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