Colin Bowern
@colinbowern.com
Creating happy deployers as SVP Product at @Octopus.com where we solve for Continuous Delivery at any scale.
Sponsor of Product Aotearoa - the NZ product community 🇳🇿
Expat 🇨🇦. Proud partner of RN/NP/MD wife. He/Him.
Sponsor of Product Aotearoa - the NZ product community 🇳🇿
Expat 🇨🇦. Proud partner of RN/NP/MD wife. He/Him.
This dress up box for kids keeps getting better. I’ve just added a Nasa jumpsuit and Nanogirl science coat.
Any young NZ kids that enjoy dressing up will love this. Help me find a home for it with kids who will get the most from it.
www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplac...
Any young NZ kids that enjoy dressing up will love this. Help me find a home for it with kids who will get the most from it.
www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplac...
www.trademe.co.nz
December 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This dress up box for kids keeps getting better. I’ve just added a Nasa jumpsuit and Nanogirl science coat.
Any young NZ kids that enjoy dressing up will love this. Help me find a home for it with kids who will get the most from it.
www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplac...
Any young NZ kids that enjoy dressing up will love this. Help me find a home for it with kids who will get the most from it.
www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplac...
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There are two hard problems in distributed systems:
2. Exactly-once message delivery
1. Message ordering
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
1. Message ordering
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
December 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
There are two hard problems in distributed systems:
2. Exactly-once message delivery
1. Message ordering
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
1. Message ordering
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
Aucklanders - where to take adult clothing for reuse / recycle?
A lot of op shops are saying they are overrun.
A lot of op shops are saying they are overrun.
December 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Aucklanders - where to take adult clothing for reuse / recycle?
A lot of op shops are saying they are overrun.
A lot of op shops are saying they are overrun.
Five more days and I will have completed a year without cola — Pepsi or Coke. As a habitual 2-4 can a day drinker for the last ~20 years I’d say that’s pretty darn good.
Coffee was my replacement for the morning. Latte, no sugar or anything else added. 1-2 cups.
Coffee was my replacement for the morning. Latte, no sugar or anything else added. 1-2 cups.
December 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Five more days and I will have completed a year without cola — Pepsi or Coke. As a habitual 2-4 can a day drinker for the last ~20 years I’d say that’s pretty darn good.
Coffee was my replacement for the morning. Latte, no sugar or anything else added. 1-2 cups.
Coffee was my replacement for the morning. Latte, no sugar or anything else added. 1-2 cups.
Demanding perfection on your health care results, bank balances, insurance claims, educational assessments is under rated.
Shipping slop at high speed trumps customer experience, trust, reliability. 🤦♂️
Shipping slop at high speed trumps customer experience, trust, reliability. 🤦♂️
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Demanding perfection on your health care results, bank balances, insurance claims, educational assessments is under rated.
Shipping slop at high speed trumps customer experience, trust, reliability. 🤦♂️
Shipping slop at high speed trumps customer experience, trust, reliability. 🤦♂️
… and on Christmas, God delivered bombs, raining from the sky proclaiming ”Hail Mary” as fires erupted from everywhere.
Violence in the name of religion leads nowhere good, every time.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Violence in the name of religion leads nowhere good, every time.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump supporters hail US strikes in Nigeria as ‘amazing Christmas present’
Some even celebrated ‘mass killing’ and the president’s ‘resolve’ in attacking Islamic State targets
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
… and on Christmas, God delivered bombs, raining from the sky proclaiming ”Hail Mary” as fires erupted from everywhere.
Violence in the name of religion leads nowhere good, every time.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Violence in the name of religion leads nowhere good, every time.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Recycling clothing and shoes takes a lot of work!
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Recycling clothing and shoes takes a lot of work!
Going to need a lot of bleach to remove these stains on humanity.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Going to need a lot of bleach to remove these stains on humanity.
Gradual temperature increase through the day to finish the oven then it’s on to holiday pizza! 🍕
December 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Gradual temperature increase through the day to finish the oven then it’s on to holiday pizza! 🍕
LimeWire and Napster were ahead of their time. Copyright is clearly not enforced when violated en masse as proven by AI companies. 😅
Listen, it’s just a little collateral damage while we’re building an MVP
-pretty much every AI startup
-pretty much every AI startup
December 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
LimeWire and Napster were ahead of their time. Copyright is clearly not enforced when violated en masse as proven by AI companies. 😅
First time in over a decade I have not been woken up at 5:30-6am on Christmas morning. The kids are growing up.
December 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
First time in over a decade I have not been woken up at 5:30-6am on Christmas morning. The kids are growing up.
Let's hope in 2026 we finally get reliable printer drivers.
December 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Let's hope in 2026 we finally get reliable printer drivers.
What NZ could become if ACT’s equality-at-all-costs really plays out. The wealthy buy their way through. This is why government and co-governance are key to sustaining Aotearoa NZ into the years ahead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Dx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Dx...
Hawaii: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
What NZ could become if ACT’s equality-at-all-costs really plays out. The wealthy buy their way through. This is why government and co-governance are key to sustaining Aotearoa NZ into the years ahead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Dx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Dx...
Copilot in Notepad is an example of bloating software. Notepad was a quick, fast, lightweight editor. Its design intent wasn’t to be full featured. That’s what WordPad, Word, and VS Code filled.
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Copilot in Notepad is an example of bloating software. Notepad was a quick, fast, lightweight editor. Its design intent wasn’t to be full featured. That’s what WordPad, Word, and VS Code filled.
Ad block detectors have gotten aggressive on recipe blog sites. 😅
December 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Ad block detectors have gotten aggressive on recipe blog sites. 😅
Reposted by Colin Bowern
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
Clinton needs to speak to the photos, not lambast the government for the way it released to them. Was he involved with children? That’s the only question for anyone showing up.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bill Clinton says White House is using him as scapegoat after Epstein files release
Spokesperson said ex-president, pictured in some photos released by justice department, cut ties with Epstein in 2005
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Clinton needs to speak to the photos, not lambast the government for the way it released to them. Was he involved with children? That’s the only question for anyone showing up.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I wonder what is in the Epstein files that drove a week of attempts at headline distractions?
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I wonder what is in the Epstein files that drove a week of attempts at headline distractions?
Cool, cool. I'm sure nothing bad will happen. Just like Nestle's water rights grabs across Canada.
Water levels across the Great Lakes are falling – just as US data centers move in
Region struggling with drought now threatened by energy-hungry facilities – but some residents are fighting back
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Cool, cool. I'm sure nothing bad will happen. Just like Nestle's water rights grabs across Canada.
Reposted by Colin Bowern
Reposted by Colin Bowern
65 bucks a MWh, god damn www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
65 bucks a MWh, god damn www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
Forbes jumps the shark from business profiles to software update notification and rich lister listicles articles.
iOS 26.2—Update Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users
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iOS 26.2—Update Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users
Apple has released iOS 26.2, fixing 26 iPhone flaws, two of which are already being used in real-life attacks. Here's what you need to know.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Forbes jumps the shark from business profiles to software update notification and rich lister listicles articles.
Reposted by Colin Bowern
For anyone else who wants one!
(And they make a donation to an arts education non-profit in Chicago, too):
www.harebraineddesign.com/products/dra...
(And they make a donation to an arts education non-profit in Chicago, too):
www.harebraineddesign.com/products/dra...
DRAW Program
Please note: this shirt is made to order and will take approximately a week to ship. If you purchase other items, it will likely ship separatelyCanvas Unisex Shirt 100% combed and ring-spun cotton4.2-...
www.harebraineddesign.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
For anyone else who wants one!
(And they make a donation to an arts education non-profit in Chicago, too):
www.harebraineddesign.com/products/dra...
(And they make a donation to an arts education non-profit in Chicago, too):
www.harebraineddesign.com/products/dra...
It’s about damn time.
A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster must face a class action on behalf of millions of Americans for allegedly overcharging them for events at major concert venues across the country.
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices
A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster must face a class action on behalf of millions of Americans for allegedly overcharging them for events at major concert venues across the country.
reut.rs
December 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It’s about damn time.