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Sam Atkins
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Father, husband, software engineer. I like the great outdoors, football, reading and coffee. Ipswich Town FC fan.

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Recommended read nexo.sh/posts/micros...
Microservices Are a Tax Your Startup Probably Can’t Afford
Why splitting your codebase too early can quietly destroy your team’s velocity — and what to do instead. In a startup, your survival depends on how quickly you can iterate, ship features, and deliver ...
nexo.sh
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Just used ‘jj absorb’ for the first time and am still in awe at this beautiful magic #jj-vcs
May 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.
April 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Yes
jessehawken.bsky.social Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · Apr 26
So The Big Lebowski is the best Coen Bros movie, right? Are we in agreeance on this?
April 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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ellie.wtf
A lot of my infra workflows live in Slack threads, docs, or buried in shell history. That sucked.

I've been building Atuin Desktop. Local-first, CRDT-powered, executable runbooks - with integrated terminals, sql queries + monitoring

blog.atuin.sh/atuin-deskto...

Lmk if you have any questions <3
April 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Today I'm experimenting with #gitbutler Or I should say coming back to it after a few months. So far I love the visual UI and the new feature to create stacked branches/PRs is amazing gitbutler.com
GitButler | Git Branching, Refined
A Git client for simultaneous branches on top of your existing workflow..
gitbutler.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Experimenting with #jujutsu aka #jj version control today. Took me a couple of hours to get my head around it due but I'm starting to like it, a lot. jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/
Jujutsu docs
jj-vcs.github.io
February 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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I love bookstores.

I love the library.

I love books.

I love reading.
December 30, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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First impressions of the Ghostty terminal are very positive. ghostty.org
Ghostty
Ghostty is a fast, feature-rich, and cross-platform terminal emulator that uses platform-native UI and GPU acceleration.
ghostty.org
December 29, 2024 at 11:55 AM
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Here’s to all the teachers in the UK and a deserved couple of weeks off to relax and recuperate.
December 20, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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Great trailer, can't wait already 🍿
December 19, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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I do love a last minute winner… when it’s Town that scores it. COYB #itfc
December 14, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

20/20

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

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#Books
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
December 9, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

19/20

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

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#BookChallenge
Book cover of A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
December 8, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

18/20

Why the Germans do it better by John Kampfner

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#Books
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Why the Germans do it better by John Kampfner
December 7, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

17/20

Everything is illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

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#Books
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Book cover of Everything is illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
December 6, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

16/20

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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Book cover of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
December 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Genres I listen to per my Spotify Wrapped include "Hacker Abstract Electronic", "Chill Tulum Melodic Techno", and "Surf Crush Happy Rock Indie". Love it 😂
December 4, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

15/20

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

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#Books
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
December 4, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

14/20

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

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#Books
#BookChallenge
Book cover of The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
December 3, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

13/20

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

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#BookChallenge
Book cover for The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
December 2, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

12/20

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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Book cover for The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
December 1, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

11/20

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

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#BookChallenge
Book cover of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
November 30, 2024 at 11:08 AM
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bookshop.org
Uhhh, hi! It's me, Bookshop.org, a place to buy books online where every purchase financially supports indie bookstores instead of some billionaire.
November 20, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

10/20

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Book cover of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
November 29, 2024 at 9:07 AM