Phil Sheard
@philsheard.bsky.social
Pragmatic in pursuit of progress. Builder of things and recovering collector of hobbies. Chief Innovation officer at @battenhall.com
A thought about humans, AI and kindness.
Leaving work last night, I realised I could get a delayed train if I jogged down the hill and might make the kids bedtime. I had two bags, an umbrella and coat tossed over my arm. I was clearly struggling a bit but trying my best.
Leaving work last night, I realised I could get a delayed train if I jogged down the hill and might make the kids bedtime. I had two bags, an umbrella and coat tossed over my arm. I was clearly struggling a bit but trying my best.
September 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A thought about humans, AI and kindness.
Leaving work last night, I realised I could get a delayed train if I jogged down the hill and might make the kids bedtime. I had two bags, an umbrella and coat tossed over my arm. I was clearly struggling a bit but trying my best.
Leaving work last night, I realised I could get a delayed train if I jogged down the hill and might make the kids bedtime. I had two bags, an umbrella and coat tossed over my arm. I was clearly struggling a bit but trying my best.
Google has announced the Pixel 10 range, which is the moment I've been waiting for to get a discounted retail 9 Pro. They're down to £650 on Google's site now 👍
August 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Google has announced the Pixel 10 range, which is the moment I've been waiting for to get a discounted retail 9 Pro. They're down to £650 on Google's site now 👍
Love these opinionated system prompts for moving through stages of LLM pair programming. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4483...
#AI #coding
#AI #coding
I have multiple system prompts that I use before getting to the actual specifica... | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Love these opinionated system prompts for moving through stages of LLM pair programming. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4483...
#AI #coding
#AI #coding
Off to do 14k. Around Canary Wharf, to London bridge and back down to the Cutty Sark.
August 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Off to do 14k. Around Canary Wharf, to London bridge and back down to the Cutty Sark.
@davidhewitt.dev your talk last night has inspired me to bring my account here back to life. I've abandoned Twitter (sic) and thought there wasn't a good and friendly alternative. Maybe it was here all along! Great to chat briefly too, very eye opening.
July 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
@davidhewitt.dev your talk last night has inspired me to bring my account here back to life. I've abandoned Twitter (sic) and thought there wasn't a good and friendly alternative. Maybe it was here all along! Great to chat briefly too, very eye opening.
New Zelda seems promising after ~1h last night. What sets it apart from other open world games is the sense that you are physically in the world, rather than an avatar wandering through a sim. The lines between character, interactive elements and world are invisible.
May 16, 2023 at 8:04 AM
New Zelda seems promising after ~1h last night. What sets it apart from other open world games is the sense that you are physically in the world, rather than an avatar wandering through a sim. The lines between character, interactive elements and world are invisible.
* tap tap * Is this thing on? First day back in the digital world after a week's blissful family holiday. Hope you've had a good one too.
May 15, 2023 at 6:24 AM
* tap tap * Is this thing on? First day back in the digital world after a week's blissful family holiday. Hope you've had a good one too.
Illuminating replies from @jay.bsky.social in this convo. Gives a good summary of where they are aiming with the AT protocol and federation model. The parallel to the early web is appealing to us geeks, but how will it work out for the normies? Does it need mass appeal to thrive?
jack’s name being strongly associated with this has been a double-edged sword. but the long-term goal is to distribute more of the power over how this network runs away from either me or jack, so i’m hoping that is further along before the narrative entirely shifts to me.
May 6, 2023 at 9:29 PM
Illuminating replies from @jay.bsky.social in this convo. Gives a good summary of where they are aiming with the AT protocol and federation model. The parallel to the early web is appealing to us geeks, but how will it work out for the normies? Does it need mass appeal to thrive?
Such an arbitrary capitalisation approach here from Maccas
May 6, 2023 at 7:18 AM
Such an arbitrary capitalisation approach here from Maccas
“Content is public, like a blog” - worth remembering in these early days when it feels intimate that posts have a long half-life.
Content here is public, like a blog. Blocks prevent interaction, but data can be viewed whether this person has an account or not.
We just had an in-depth conversation about public nature of data over here:
https://staging.bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team/post/3juuopn3vbl2v
We just had an in-depth conversation about public nature of data over here:
https://staging.bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team/post/3juuopn3vbl2v
May 4, 2023 at 7:49 AM
“Content is public, like a blog” - worth remembering in these early days when it feels intimate that posts have a long half-life.
@el-p.bsky.social Welcome! I've only been here an hour or two myself...
May 3, 2023 at 9:27 PM
@el-p.bsky.social Welcome! I've only been here an hour or two myself...
I am "two days left before holiday and last chance to panic buy something that could be delivered in time" years old
May 3, 2023 at 8:50 PM
I am "two days left before holiday and last chance to panic buy something that could be delivered in time" years old
Well hello. Seems kinda weird in here and I don’t mind it.
May 3, 2023 at 7:41 PM
Well hello. Seems kinda weird in here and I don’t mind it.