Daniel Axtens
@daxtens.bsky.social
Christian, husband, computer programmer. Not really On Here anymore. he/him
An image I would like for my work slack but which I have too much self-respect to generate with AI: sickos-yes.jpg but with Ferris the rust crab
January 15, 2026 at 1:46 AM
An image I would like for my work slack but which I have too much self-respect to generate with AI: sickos-yes.jpg but with Ferris the rust crab
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Guy who went to mime school: that’s a video. That’s a picture. That’s an octet stream.
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Guy who went to mime school: that’s a video. That’s a picture. That’s an octet stream.
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Amid all the arguments back and forth about if the government should ban twitter or not I think we’re leaving out one of the key details:
they should ban twitter because I would personally find it very funny
they should ban twitter because I would personally find it very funny
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Amid all the arguments back and forth about if the government should ban twitter or not I think we’re leaving out one of the key details:
they should ban twitter because I would personally find it very funny
they should ban twitter because I would personally find it very funny
Tragic: local man wants to solve technical problems at scale, realises that at scale they’re all ultimately social problems
January 11, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Tragic: local man wants to solve technical problems at scale, realises that at scale they’re all ultimately social problems
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boldly rebuke vice
January 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
boldly rebuke vice
Every once in a while I wonder about supply chains. Like what if we couldn’t make new (modern) computers for a decade or so? Or, idk, how are the medicines I take made - and where?
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Every once in a while I wonder about supply chains. Like what if we couldn’t make new (modern) computers for a decade or so? Or, idk, how are the medicines I take made - and where?
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on the job market, if you've got any leads for mid-level software engineering roles (in Canberra or remote), let me know!
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
on the job market, if you've got any leads for mid-level software engineering roles (in Canberra or remote), let me know!
Were there problems with early VeggieTales? Sure. Do I still use the line "But I must go into the world and do noble things for the good of all" about once a week? Absolutely.
October 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Were there problems with early VeggieTales? Sure. Do I still use the line "But I must go into the world and do noble things for the good of all" about once a week? Absolutely.
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Pretty accurate summation of that teaching, for sure.
July 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Pretty accurate summation of that teaching, for sure.
Well Americans, if you want to try any more successful Australian governance arrangements, might I suggest copying this 1977 referendum? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Au...
1977 Australian referendum (Retirement of judges) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Well Americans, if you want to try any more successful Australian governance arrangements, might I suggest copying this 1977 referendum? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Au...
People are using AI to refactor code, which suggests a collapse in the great computer art of horrifying single-use regexes
June 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
People are using AI to refactor code, which suggests a collapse in the great computer art of horrifying single-use regexes
Naww, you are very kind Kate!
Also, yes, come work with us!
Also, yes, come work with us!
okay i was told to "hire more people like Daniel". So! Are you:
- exceptionally nice (despite knowing C)
- located in an inconvenient timezone
- irritated by compilation times
- bewilderingly productive. like how do you do it man, i don't understand. our production requirements are frankly hostile
- exceptionally nice (despite knowing C)
- located in an inconvenient timezone
- irritated by compilation times
- bewilderingly productive. like how do you do it man, i don't understand. our production requirements are frankly hostile
Ok we finally use enough rust at work that compile times irk me
May 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Naww, you are very kind Kate!
Also, yes, come work with us!
Also, yes, come work with us!
Ok we finally use enough rust at work that compile times irk me
May 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Ok we finally use enough rust at work that compile times irk me
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Come work at Fastly with Kate and me! It’s an opening on my team, and we do really cool stuff.
okay happy new year everybody, come and work near me. we have one (1) position open, it's not on my team, and it's five months later than i thought. but it's the best i got 😅
job description is here: www.fastly.com/about/jobs/a...
if you DM me about it, i can answer stuff & make a referral for you
job description is here: www.fastly.com/about/jobs/a...
if you DM me about it, i can answer stuff & make a referral for you
May 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Come work at Fastly with Kate and me! It’s an opening on my team, and we do really cool stuff.
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cool that a possible future prime minister is calling an entire party "jew-hating" and people who have another candidate's corflutes are being sent anonymous letters calling them the same thing. seems healthy
April 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
cool that a possible future prime minister is calling an entire party "jew-hating" and people who have another candidate's corflutes are being sent anonymous letters calling them the same thing. seems healthy
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Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?
April 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?
I have often wondered how far society can bifurcate. You can get woke/anti-woke coffee or film or tv but could you get woke/anti-woke _groceries_? Turns out, probably yes?
The divergence here from two companies with *very* similar customer bases is pretty wild, you do not see this sort of thing happen at scale very often.
Target suffers 10th consecutive week of foot traffic declines, sinking stock prices since caving on DEI
Costco, which resisted pressure to ditch DEI, extends foot-traffic gains streak to 15.
www.retailbrew.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I have often wondered how far society can bifurcate. You can get woke/anti-woke coffee or film or tv but could you get woke/anti-woke _groceries_? Turns out, probably yes?
It’s inverse Itanium - iykyk
This is my favorite "I wish I could get paid for doing this bad a job" graph: US DoE's renewable energy growth forecasts each year vs. reality.
(They use the lower-end forecasts but these are only a tiny bit unfair.)
(They use the lower-end forecasts but these are only a tiny bit unfair.)
April 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It’s inverse Itanium - iykyk
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king solomon looked upon the monolith and said "simply cut the baby in half" and both of the developers nodded back "i am ok with half a baby" — traditional microservice story
March 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
king solomon looked upon the monolith and said "simply cut the baby in half" and both of the developers nodded back "i am ok with half a baby" — traditional microservice story
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War Thunder battle pass/Atlantic subscription bundle
War Thunder has the chance to do the funniest crossover promotion ever with Signal right now
March 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
War Thunder battle pass/Atlantic subscription bundle
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War Thunder has the chance to do the funniest crossover promotion ever with Signal right now
March 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
War Thunder has the chance to do the funniest crossover promotion ever with Signal right now
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Just doing some reading about the design of cryptographic protocols.
March 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Just doing some reading about the design of cryptographic protocols.
Apparently Signal is military grade now
March 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Apparently Signal is military grade now
Oh they’re doing the robodebt “you can only enquire online” thing
March 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Oh they’re doing the robodebt “you can only enquire online” thing