Damir Mitrović
@darovic.id.au
Human; software & game dev; wannabe braniac; cat lover (dogs are amazing too!)
When you can choose to be anything, choose to be kind.
This and insta are my only (active) social media accounts.
Business: damir@xeonics.au
Personal: damir@mitrovic.id.au
When you can choose to be anything, choose to be kind.
This and insta are my only (active) social media accounts.
Business: damir@xeonics.au
Personal: damir@mitrovic.id.au
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“Don’t feel for a minute that we don't have power. Don't think for a minute we can’t drive change.” – Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO of The Australia Institute
Read more from Dr Richard Denniss on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260109-...
Read more from Dr Richard Denniss on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260109-...
January 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
“Don’t feel for a minute that we don't have power. Don't think for a minute we can’t drive change.” – Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO of The Australia Institute
Read more from Dr Richard Denniss on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260109-...
Read more from Dr Richard Denniss on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260109-...
Worth remembering that the board members each carry fiduciary responsibilities, which they have clearly failed to fulfil in this case.
Didn't take long to need an update. Marian Wilkinson is out as well.
Well over half now of the "big names" the Festival wanted to highlight to people thinking about buying tickets.
Well over half now of the "big names" the Festival wanted to highlight to people thinking about buying tickets.
January 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Worth remembering that the board members each carry fiduciary responsibilities, which they have clearly failed to fulfil in this case.
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AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
Go fill it out. Discord is about connection. Adding AI dilutes and undermines that, and takes resources from real features.
oh hey! Discord is asking how we feel about AI. Here's the survey!
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January 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Go fill it out. Discord is about connection. Adding AI dilutes and undermines that, and takes resources from real features.
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oh hey! Discord is asking how we feel about AI. Here's the survey!
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:09 AM
oh hey! Discord is asking how we feel about AI. Here's the survey!
@matthargett.bsky.social what've you been up to lately? How's the new venture going?
(hashtag random questions from the internet)
(hashtag random questions from the internet)
January 10, 2026 at 7:15 AM
@matthargett.bsky.social what've you been up to lately? How's the new venture going?
(hashtag random questions from the internet)
(hashtag random questions from the internet)
@dncameron.bsky.social I still remember you and Kim Carr having a good chuckle about Paterson being a poster child for the Hitler youth. Oh that made me laugh.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
@dncameron.bsky.social I still remember you and Kim Carr having a good chuckle about Paterson being a poster child for the Hitler youth. Oh that made me laugh.
I miss this man in Parliament. Labor has benched too many good Members and Senators because they thought for themselves.
Also absolutely right on this. Same in QLD.
We need to stop conflating anti-genocide with antisemitic. Israel's government is a state actor, not a people or faith.
#auspol
Also absolutely right on this. Same in QLD.
We need to stop conflating anti-genocide with antisemitic. Israel's government is a state actor, not a people or faith.
#auspol
If the NSW ALP executive/Premier charges members who oppose Israeli genocide, apartheid and war crimes with antisemitism the National Executive must intervene and place the branch in administration. Starmer style attacks on ALP opponents of Israeli genocide have no place here.
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I miss this man in Parliament. Labor has benched too many good Members and Senators because they thought for themselves.
Also absolutely right on this. Same in QLD.
We need to stop conflating anti-genocide with antisemitic. Israel's government is a state actor, not a people or faith.
#auspol
Also absolutely right on this. Same in QLD.
We need to stop conflating anti-genocide with antisemitic. Israel's government is a state actor, not a people or faith.
#auspol
@davefarley77.bsky.social actually, any tips for TDD with UIs? I find myself burning out quickly, less about the practice and more about the work itself. I find UIs mind numbing from a programming perspective. I get lazy and start writing brittle tests.
Maybe I "do something else" for a while.
Maybe I "do something else" for a while.
January 9, 2026 at 12:06 PM
@davefarley77.bsky.social actually, any tips for TDD with UIs? I find myself burning out quickly, less about the practice and more about the work itself. I find UIs mind numbing from a programming perspective. I get lazy and start writing brittle tests.
Maybe I "do something else" for a while.
Maybe I "do something else" for a while.
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Blogged: Code Cleanliness
"My first encounter with cleanliness in code: […] Kernighan and Plauger’s 1978 book, The Elements of Programming Style (2nd edition). […] The idea of clean code has been around in one form or another for at least half a century."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/code-cleanli...
"My first encounter with cleanliness in code: […] Kernighan and Plauger’s 1978 book, The Elements of Programming Style (2nd edition). […] The idea of clean code has been around in one form or another for at least half a century."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/code-cleanli...
Code Cleanliness
On the origins of ‘clean code’
kevlinhenney.medium.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Blogged: Code Cleanliness
"My first encounter with cleanliness in code: […] Kernighan and Plauger’s 1978 book, The Elements of Programming Style (2nd edition). […] The idea of clean code has been around in one form or another for at least half a century."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/code-cleanli...
"My first encounter with cleanliness in code: […] Kernighan and Plauger’s 1978 book, The Elements of Programming Style (2nd edition). […] The idea of clean code has been around in one form or another for at least half a century."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/code-cleanli...
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If we are to make Australia a safe place to live in freedom and safety, we must be very careful about what freedoms we remove in pursuit of safety. History suggests removing the right of diverse voices to be heard does little to ensure safety or freedom of any of us.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Engaging with people you disagree with is part of democracy. Silencing authors is not.
The Australia Institute’s decision to withdraw its involvement in, and sponsorship of, Adelaide Writers’ Week was easy to make but raises difficult questions. As a research-based think tank, we thrive...
thepoint.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
If we are to make Australia a safe place to live in freedom and safety, we must be very careful about what freedoms we remove in pursuit of safety. History suggests removing the right of diverse voices to be heard does little to ensure safety or freedom of any of us.
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
This is going to get worse while we use and export fossil fuels, @albomp.bsky.social. Please use your government's power to do something meaningful in this space.
#auspol
#auspol
Update: The largest fire is currently an estimated ~52,000 hectares, and still burning.
Amidst the horrific fires happening across Victoria today, I'm growing increasingly worried about wildlife in the Big Desert-Wyperfeld cultural landscape, including the threatened Wilkerr (dingo) population we study. This fire is already huge, spreading rapidly, & there's new fires in the south too.
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
This is going to get worse while we use and export fossil fuels, @albomp.bsky.social. Please use your government's power to do something meaningful in this space.
#auspol
#auspol
They've impeached presidents for less.
January 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
They've impeached presidents for less.
US DHS should probably reflect on the fact they just extra judicially (and it appears, entirely unlawfully) executed a citizen.
Don't make excuses. Own the mistake. Fix it so it never happens again.
It's the bare minimum responsible govt. can do.
Oh, right. Adjectives.
Don't make excuses. Own the mistake. Fix it so it never happens again.
It's the bare minimum responsible govt. can do.
Oh, right. Adjectives.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
US DHS should probably reflect on the fact they just extra judicially (and it appears, entirely unlawfully) executed a citizen.
Don't make excuses. Own the mistake. Fix it so it never happens again.
It's the bare minimum responsible govt. can do.
Oh, right. Adjectives.
Don't make excuses. Own the mistake. Fix it so it never happens again.
It's the bare minimum responsible govt. can do.
Oh, right. Adjectives.
@jessecox.bsky.social rewatching your Dishonored 2 playthorough. The past 9 years have been wild. Here's to another 90! 🎉🎉
January 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM
@jessecox.bsky.social rewatching your Dishonored 2 playthorough. The past 9 years have been wild. Here's to another 90! 🎉🎉
This. @albomp.bsky.social
Anthony Albanese could surrender leadership of the Labor Party to Josh Frydenberg and The Australian would still run stories condemning him for not doing enough.
It's a fight, Mr Albanese, not a good-faith negotiation.
Get out of the mainstream media bubble and fight back.
It's a fight, Mr Albanese, not a good-faith negotiation.
Get out of the mainstream media bubble and fight back.
January 8, 2026 at 5:49 AM
This. @albomp.bsky.social
Ok, time to do some actual work.
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Ok, time to do some actual work.
There's also something deeply disturbing about the growing trend of increased executive interference and "oversight" of public protest.
That's how democracy and liberty die.
That's how democracy and liberty die.
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 AM
There's also something deeply disturbing about the growing trend of increased executive interference and "oversight" of public protest.
That's how democracy and liberty die.
That's how democracy and liberty die.
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Get money out of politics:
- ban donations and gifts
- publicly fund all campaigns
- make party transactions fully transparent, in real time
- cap pollie and electoral staffer salaries (lock it to the pension xD)
Don't give them a single benefit beyond what your local janitor gets.
#auspol
- ban donations and gifts
- publicly fund all campaigns
- make party transactions fully transparent, in real time
- cap pollie and electoral staffer salaries (lock it to the pension xD)
Don't give them a single benefit beyond what your local janitor gets.
#auspol
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Get money out of politics:
- ban donations and gifts
- publicly fund all campaigns
- make party transactions fully transparent, in real time
- cap pollie and electoral staffer salaries (lock it to the pension xD)
Don't give them a single benefit beyond what your local janitor gets.
#auspol
- ban donations and gifts
- publicly fund all campaigns
- make party transactions fully transparent, in real time
- cap pollie and electoral staffer salaries (lock it to the pension xD)
Don't give them a single benefit beyond what your local janitor gets.
#auspol
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January 8, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Tfw instagram gives you animal welfare ads and your therapeutic cat scrolling is now spoilt by animal suffering and reminders of human inadequacy. Also, your own impotence to help.
*sigh*
*sigh*
January 8, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Tfw instagram gives you animal welfare ads and your therapeutic cat scrolling is now spoilt by animal suffering and reminders of human inadequacy. Also, your own impotence to help.
*sigh*
*sigh*
A royal commission here is a waste of time and money. We will learn nothing we don't already know.
Every time we use RCs as political nonsense, we undermine their role and effectiveness.
We normalise ignoring them.
#auspol
Every time we use RCs as political nonsense, we undermine their role and effectiveness.
We normalise ignoring them.
#auspol
January 8, 2026 at 3:50 AM
A royal commission here is a waste of time and money. We will learn nothing we don't already know.
Every time we use RCs as political nonsense, we undermine their role and effectiveness.
We normalise ignoring them.
#auspol
Every time we use RCs as political nonsense, we undermine their role and effectiveness.
We normalise ignoring them.
#auspol
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This influence of the pro-Israel lobby group in Australia is a sickness.
January 8, 2026 at 3:40 AM
This influence of the pro-Israel lobby group in Australia is a sickness.