Kris
@lookitskris.bsky.social
Robin Hood country native living in London. Freelance Lead Software Engineer. Gooner & Xbox player
http://blog.lookitskris.com
http://blog.lookitskris.com
Hope Lindsey Vonn is go ig to be ok, that crash looked brutal #bbcolympics
February 8, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Hope Lindsey Vonn is go ig to be ok, that crash looked brutal #bbcolympics
If you’re stressing about keeping up with AI tools or worried they’ll take over the workplace, just remember: there are still many companies out there that won’t even give their developers local admin privileges
February 3, 2026 at 11:24 AM
If you’re stressing about keeping up with AI tools or worried they’ll take over the workplace, just remember: there are still many companies out there that won’t even give their developers local admin privileges
Had a new type of tech interview request today.
Share my screen, tackle an ‘unreasonable’ BE/FE coding challenge, and use AI while they watched for an hour to see how far I got.
Interesting idea, but not for me - I politely declined.
Curious if others would have done this?
Share my screen, tackle an ‘unreasonable’ BE/FE coding challenge, and use AI while they watched for an hour to see how far I got.
Interesting idea, but not for me - I politely declined.
Curious if others would have done this?
January 29, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Had a new type of tech interview request today.
Share my screen, tackle an ‘unreasonable’ BE/FE coding challenge, and use AI while they watched for an hour to see how far I got.
Interesting idea, but not for me - I politely declined.
Curious if others would have done this?
Share my screen, tackle an ‘unreasonable’ BE/FE coding challenge, and use AI while they watched for an hour to see how far I got.
Interesting idea, but not for me - I politely declined.
Curious if others would have done this?
I've noticed the last couple of years the conversation around AI goes into overdrive in January.
Do non-technicsl decision makers spend their Christmas break reading hot developer takes on social media or something?
Do non-technicsl decision makers spend their Christmas break reading hot developer takes on social media or something?
January 12, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I've noticed the last couple of years the conversation around AI goes into overdrive in January.
Do non-technicsl decision makers spend their Christmas break reading hot developer takes on social media or something?
Do non-technicsl decision makers spend their Christmas break reading hot developer takes on social media or something?
At lunch with my wife's family, her uncle turns to me and jokes we can’t relate to old folks talking hip replacements.
I said actually, it’s you talking about your housing ownership we can’t relate to, as that's something our generation is locked out of.
Crickets
I said actually, it’s you talking about your housing ownership we can’t relate to, as that's something our generation is locked out of.
Crickets
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
At lunch with my wife's family, her uncle turns to me and jokes we can’t relate to old folks talking hip replacements.
I said actually, it’s you talking about your housing ownership we can’t relate to, as that's something our generation is locked out of.
Crickets
I said actually, it’s you talking about your housing ownership we can’t relate to, as that's something our generation is locked out of.
Crickets
A junior dev asking "hey, can we use AI?" feels like the equivalent of a kid asking if you have any games on your phone
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A junior dev asking "hey, can we use AI?" feels like the equivalent of a kid asking if you have any games on your phone
Being in your late 30s / early 40s means being in 7 different WhatsApp groups that are just variations of the same 5 people
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Being in your late 30s / early 40s means being in 7 different WhatsApp groups that are just variations of the same 5 people
Managed to run 7k this evening, which is the furthest I've ever run in my life. 10k coming next week
September 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Managed to run 7k this evening, which is the furthest I've ever run in my life. 10k coming next week
Dolby: we are introducing Dolby Vision 2!
Me:😍
Dolby: yeah it uses AI to...
Me: *close window"
Me:😍
Dolby: yeah it uses AI to...
Me: *close window"
September 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Dolby: we are introducing Dolby Vision 2!
Me:😍
Dolby: yeah it uses AI to...
Me: *close window"
Me:😍
Dolby: yeah it uses AI to...
Me: *close window"
So the Action Pack is gone, the other Partner programmes all require a biz to generate revenue for @microsoft to get the benefits. Is there nothing for Consultants that might not generate revenue directly, but steer clients towards MS tech instead? #MSPartner
August 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
So the Action Pack is gone, the other Partner programmes all require a biz to generate revenue for @microsoft to get the benefits. Is there nothing for Consultants that might not generate revenue directly, but steer clients towards MS tech instead? #MSPartner
F1 movie is very entertaining. Topgun with cars. Race sequences were amazing, when do we get to watch the real thing like that??
a man wearing a helmet that says shark ninja on the front
ALT: a man wearing a helmet that says shark ninja on the front
media.tenor.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
F1 movie is very entertaining. Topgun with cars. Race sequences were amazing, when do we get to watch the real thing like that??
UK VPN providers and Jet2 holidays must absolutely not be believing their luck at the moment
August 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
UK VPN providers and Jet2 holidays must absolutely not be believing their luck at the moment
I think with just about every tech project I have ever worked on, the backend flows along nicely, but the frontend is always this massive emergency that needs to be done now with change requests filying in from every direction
August 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I think with just about every tech project I have ever worked on, the backend flows along nicely, but the frontend is always this massive emergency that needs to be done now with change requests filying in from every direction
The madness around the #MTGxFINALFANTASY set reminds of the official pop up shop they tried to run in Covent Garden years ago that span wildly out of control. Some agency worker trying to calm the crowd honestly said "we didn't realise how much of a huge deal Final Fantasy is" 😂
June 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The madness around the #MTGxFINALFANTASY set reminds of the official pop up shop they tried to run in Covent Garden years ago that span wildly out of control. Some agency worker trying to calm the crowd honestly said "we didn't realise how much of a huge deal Final Fantasy is" 😂
Chatting with a bunch of younger engineers, feeling old talking about "master" and "slave" jumper settings and then just looking at me blankly
June 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Chatting with a bunch of younger engineers, feeling old talking about "master" and "slave" jumper settings and then just looking at me blankly
Early Switch 2 thoughts - hardware is pretty mind blowing, mario kart is good and wind waker on the GameCube app is pretty good too
But, I wouldn't say it's dash out and buy it day 1 like I have done
8/10
But, I wouldn't say it's dash out and buy it day 1 like I have done
8/10
June 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Early Switch 2 thoughts - hardware is pretty mind blowing, mario kart is good and wind waker on the GameCube app is pretty good too
But, I wouldn't say it's dash out and buy it day 1 like I have done
8/10
But, I wouldn't say it's dash out and buy it day 1 like I have done
8/10
Rewatching the Jurassic Park / World movies to get read for the new one. Still love them all. Pretty sure Fallen Kingdom is just a Resident Evil movie in disguise
a close up of a dinosaur 's mouth with its teeth showing
ALT: a close up of a dinosaur 's mouth with its teeth showing
media.tenor.com
June 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Rewatching the Jurassic Park / World movies to get read for the new one. Still love them all. Pretty sure Fallen Kingdom is just a Resident Evil movie in disguise
if you're into AI development, there are some really great books in this Humble Bundle
"AI Engineering" by Chip Huyen is worth the admission price alone
and it's helping a great cause!
www.humblebundle.com/books/machin...
"AI Engineering" by Chip Huyen is worth the admission price alone
and it's helping a great cause!
www.humblebundle.com/books/machin...
Humble Tech Book Bundle: Machine Learning, AI, and Bots by O'Reilly 2025
Master machine learning with this comprehensive library of coding and programming courses from the pros at O’Reilly.
www.humblebundle.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
if you're into AI development, there are some really great books in this Humble Bundle
"AI Engineering" by Chip Huyen is worth the admission price alone
and it's helping a great cause!
www.humblebundle.com/books/machin...
"AI Engineering" by Chip Huyen is worth the admission price alone
and it's helping a great cause!
www.humblebundle.com/books/machin...
Am I the only one who didn't even realise the Microsoft Build conference was happening right now?
That used to be a yearly event folks met up for to watch and discuss
That used to be a yearly event folks met up for to watch and discuss
May 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Am I the only one who didn't even realise the Microsoft Build conference was happening right now?
That used to be a yearly event folks met up for to watch and discuss
That used to be a yearly event folks met up for to watch and discuss
I did a quick post on the specs of the Nintendo Switch 2 and tried to explain what it all means in a beginner friendly way
TLDR: Nintendo have struck the balance between power and efficiency pretty much perfectly for a portable console releasing in 2025
lookitskris.com/posts/ninten...
TLDR: Nintendo have struck the balance between power and efficiency pretty much perfectly for a portable console releasing in 2025
lookitskris.com/posts/ninten...
Nintendo Switch 2 - blog.lookitskris
Switch 2 hardware breakdown
lookitskris.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I did a quick post on the specs of the Nintendo Switch 2 and tried to explain what it all means in a beginner friendly way
TLDR: Nintendo have struck the balance between power and efficiency pretty much perfectly for a portable console releasing in 2025
lookitskris.com/posts/ninten...
TLDR: Nintendo have struck the balance between power and efficiency pretty much perfectly for a portable console releasing in 2025
lookitskris.com/posts/ninten...
Must watch Louis Theroux doc aired tonight about Israel settlers in Palestine. Fantastic as usual, presented without spin, and I'm genuinely shocked the BBC aired it. Catch it before it disappears #thesettlers
April 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Must watch Louis Theroux doc aired tonight about Israel settlers in Palestine. Fantastic as usual, presented without spin, and I'm genuinely shocked the BBC aired it. Catch it before it disappears #thesettlers
While looking for paid work, I'm trying out some new tools and IDEs while developing a side project. Really digging @jetbrains.com IntelliJ Idea for my react native dev and PyCharm for python experiments. Makes a nice change from Visual Studio
April 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
While looking for paid work, I'm trying out some new tools and IDEs while developing a side project. Really digging @jetbrains.com IntelliJ Idea for my react native dev and PyCharm for python experiments. Makes a nice change from Visual Studio
Forget investing in graphics cards for AI development, the time is now for Case Fans to come into their own. Training models is making my machine sound like a rocket ship 🚀
April 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Forget investing in graphics cards for AI development, the time is now for Case Fans to come into their own. Training models is making my machine sound like a rocket ship 🚀
I'm trying to find examples of AI solutions that arent just GPT wrappers. Trying it myself and I'm getting there, bit it turns out it's pretty damn hard to do
April 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I'm trying to find examples of AI solutions that arent just GPT wrappers. Trying it myself and I'm getting there, bit it turns out it's pretty damn hard to do