Nic Wise
@fastchicken.co.nz
Software Engineer/Eng Manager in training.
SRE. AWS/Terraform/Typescript/React(Native).
Lover of great Coffee.
Mountain Bike and RPM Enthusiast. Island Dweller.
Photo is of Milo.
SRE. AWS/Terraform/Typescript/React(Native).
Lover of great Coffee.
Mountain Bike and RPM Enthusiast. Island Dweller.
Photo is of Milo.
@bikeauckland.bsky.social are you doing bike valet at Rufus du Sol at western springs on the 29th?
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
@bikeauckland.bsky.social are you doing bike valet at Rufus du Sol at western springs on the 29th?
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So much fun at Pub Choir tonight, absolutely worth the earworm that will stay with my me for a long time. My face hurts from smiling and my throat knows it’s been singing loudly!
Wellington And Christchurch - there are still tickets left for shows this week - it’s a fab night out!
Wellington And Christchurch - there are still tickets left for shows this week - it’s a fab night out!
Australia and New Zealand Tour Dates and Tickets — Pub Choir
www.pubchoir.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
So much fun at Pub Choir tonight, absolutely worth the earworm that will stay with my me for a long time. My face hurts from smiling and my throat knows it’s been singing loudly!
Wellington And Christchurch - there are still tickets left for shows this week - it’s a fab night out!
Wellington And Christchurch - there are still tickets left for shows this week - it’s a fab night out!
We went down about 1030. Stunning. Possibly the most magical natural phenomenon after the Aurora.
Palm Beach, Waiheke. Right now
Nerd fact (I’m a marine biologist after all), when luciferin and luciferase (gotta love the biblical names) join together, they react with the oxygen in the air to make an oxidised complex. After that, luciferin emits a photon, and that is what you see when it breaks
Nerd fact (I’m a marine biologist after all), when luciferin and luciferase (gotta love the biblical names) join together, they react with the oxygen in the air to make an oxidised complex. After that, luciferin emits a photon, and that is what you see when it breaks
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We went down about 1030. Stunning. Possibly the most magical natural phenomenon after the Aurora.
0. If you count my parents encyclopaedia.
GenX gonna GenX I guess.
GenX gonna GenX I guess.
(i got a zero lolz)
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
0. If you count my parents encyclopaedia.
GenX gonna GenX I guess.
GenX gonna GenX I guess.
For all the database performance hacking and leather, i kinda forgot that Kyle can REALLY fucking write.
Worth a read. Really worth a read.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Worth a read. Really worth a read.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
For all the database performance hacking and leather, i kinda forgot that Kyle can REALLY fucking write.
Worth a read. Really worth a read.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Worth a read. Really worth a read.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Hello summer. Outside temp sensor says 27°
Didn’t expect that. Feels it too.
Didn’t expect that. Feels it too.
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Hello summer. Outside temp sensor says 27°
Didn’t expect that. Feels it too.
Didn’t expect that. Feels it too.
Had a nice walk. Little Palm to Sandy Bay via Hekekrua Bay and back. Swim at Hekerua.
About 5km. 1h 45 plus the swim. Lovely to get out on the island.
About 5km. 1h 45 plus the swim. Lovely to get out on the island.
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Had a nice walk. Little Palm to Sandy Bay via Hekekrua Bay and back. Swim at Hekerua.
About 5km. 1h 45 plus the swim. Lovely to get out on the island.
About 5km. 1h 45 plus the swim. Lovely to get out on the island.
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While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
Coworker in CHCH just got solar.
Sun is up for 12 hours now.
It’s making about 12kw. Battery charges 20-95% by about 10am. Export to grid for rest of day (5kw max)
Uses battery for all of the peak period at night, and a lot of the night.
Around $40k. So repayments would be about $800/m over 3y
Sun is up for 12 hours now.
It’s making about 12kw. Battery charges 20-95% by about 10am. Export to grid for rest of day (5kw max)
Uses battery for all of the peak period at night, and a lot of the night.
Around $40k. So repayments would be about $800/m over 3y
This is progress. Imagine the game changer for life if electricity was nearly free or free.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Coworker in CHCH just got solar.
Sun is up for 12 hours now.
It’s making about 12kw. Battery charges 20-95% by about 10am. Export to grid for rest of day (5kw max)
Uses battery for all of the peak period at night, and a lot of the night.
Around $40k. So repayments would be about $800/m over 3y
Sun is up for 12 hours now.
It’s making about 12kw. Battery charges 20-95% by about 10am. Export to grid for rest of day (5kw max)
Uses battery for all of the peak period at night, and a lot of the night.
Around $40k. So repayments would be about $800/m over 3y
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This is progress. Imagine the game changer for life if electricity was nearly free or free.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is progress. Imagine the game changer for life if electricity was nearly free or free.
Maybe people are waiting until the weekend but that’s the quietist guyfawks for a while. Which is good.
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Maybe people are waiting until the weekend but that’s the quietist guyfawks for a while. Which is good.
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The poor bird babies 😭 all the poor creatures 🧨. Fireworks in spring is bad guys. It’s meant to be a winter thing surely
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The poor bird babies 😭 all the poor creatures 🧨. Fireworks in spring is bad guys. It’s meant to be a winter thing surely
And they dont come back for MONTHS. Same with Kaka.
Possibly won’t hear many here until after Christmas now.
Possibly won’t hear many here until after Christmas now.
We live near a gully. Most nights of the year we can hear ruru calling, up & down the fence-lines & gully. Once the fireworks start they go silent 😭
November 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
And they dont come back for MONTHS. Same with Kaka.
Possibly won’t hear many here until after Christmas now.
Possibly won’t hear many here until after Christmas now.
The right once a day clock is right.
I want to think he shat himself at fireworks last night, prompting him to pen a stern letter to the editor in the form of a bill, but it's more likely he was - like me - cuddling his scared dog, so I'm with him on this occasion.
Let's call time on Fuckwit Christmas.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Let's call time on Fuckwit Christmas.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'Enough is enough' - New Zealand First wants to ban private fireworks
"The abuse and misuse of fireworks has far outgrown any of the benefits," claims Winston Peters.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The right once a day clock is right.
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Huh, even the nation’s chain-smoking drunk homophobic racist uncle is saying fireworks should be banned now. I didn’t have that on my bingo card.
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Huh, even the nation’s chain-smoking drunk homophobic racist uncle is saying fireworks should be banned now. I didn’t have that on my bingo card.
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Mobile app accessibility people, is there any way to incorporate accessibility in to automated tests? Ideally I'd like to be able to export the current accessibility info to a snapshot of some sort so we'd know if something had changed it.
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Mobile app accessibility people, is there any way to incorporate accessibility in to automated tests? Ideally I'd like to be able to export the current accessibility info to a snapshot of some sort so we'd know if something had changed it.
Couldn't actually tell if that Elon-on-Rogan video was legit, AI, badly edited, or just... Elon being Elon
It's the last one. 1h38 or so into the episode.
It's the last one. 1h38 or so into the episode.
November 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Couldn't actually tell if that Elon-on-Rogan video was legit, AI, badly edited, or just... Elon being Elon
It's the last one. 1h38 or so into the episode.
It's the last one. 1h38 or so into the episode.
💯
A word that has become a euphemism for promoting and selling things without data or evidence
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
💯
57% (5700mAh) in about 6 hours.
Not shabby
Not shabby
Remembered we had a old 7W panel with USB. So charging a 10k battery pack. Should be done in about 4.5 hours from empty.
Nuclear power yo
Nuclear power yo
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
57% (5700mAh) in about 6 hours.
Not shabby
Not shabby
Remembered we had a old 7W panel with USB. So charging a 10k battery pack. Should be done in about 4.5 hours from empty.
Nuclear power yo
Nuclear power yo
November 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Remembered we had a old 7W panel with USB. So charging a 10k battery pack. Should be done in about 4.5 hours from empty.
Nuclear power yo
Nuclear power yo
If you have a car which needs a RUC - get reminded when to renew it!
Also works for rego and warrant.
Free! iOS! Etc!
apps.apple.com/nz/app/rucor...
Also works for rego and warrant.
Free! iOS! Etc!
apps.apple.com/nz/app/rucor...
Rucord
Rucord helps New Zealand drivers stay on top of Road User Charges (RUC). Track odometer readings for your vehicles, see exactly how many kilometres remain on your current RUC block, and get timely re...
apps.apple.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
If you have a car which needs a RUC - get reminded when to renew it!
Also works for rego and warrant.
Free! iOS! Etc!
apps.apple.com/nz/app/rucor...
Also works for rego and warrant.
Free! iOS! Etc!
apps.apple.com/nz/app/rucor...
Anyone know what the bike parking situation is around Western Springs Stadium?
Going to Rufus du Sol and want to cycle. There’s a lockydock at MOTAT but… inside? Staff parking?
Going to Rufus du Sol and want to cycle. There’s a lockydock at MOTAT but… inside? Staff parking?
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Anyone know what the bike parking situation is around Western Springs Stadium?
Going to Rufus du Sol and want to cycle. There’s a lockydock at MOTAT but… inside? Staff parking?
Going to Rufus du Sol and want to cycle. There’s a lockydock at MOTAT but… inside? Staff parking?
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Anyone know what the bike parking situation is around Western Springs Stadium?
Going to Rufus du Sol and want to cycle. There’s a lockydock at MOTAT but… inside? Staff parking?
Going to Rufus du Sol and want to cycle. There’s a lockydock at MOTAT but… inside? Staff parking?