Alex McRoberts
@alex.mcroberts.me
Director, AI Engineering at Hootsuite. Previously Damon Motorcycles, Intel, Recon Instruments.
Living in Vancouver. From Belfast
http://alex.mcroberts.me/
Living in Vancouver. From Belfast
http://alex.mcroberts.me/
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Alex McRoberts
@alex.mcroberts.me
· Apr 29
A while ago I put together a Google Sheet for helping leaders reflect on their strengths and weaknesses.
It uses heuristics from The Complete Leader, and Google’s Project Oxygen.
Ratings are from 1 (low) to 10 (high) and the result is a nice pair of diagrams to identify things to improve.
It uses heuristics from The Complete Leader, and Google’s Project Oxygen.
Ratings are from 1 (low) to 10 (high) and the result is a nice pair of diagrams to identify things to improve.
<redacted> compiles, logs in and … now to to get @atproto/oauth-client authenticated calls working 🥳
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
<redacted> compiles, logs in and … now to to get @atproto/oauth-client authenticated calls working 🥳
Every time I charge my Apple Watch and put it into Night Stand mode, laying it sideways...I always think of that meme of applying for a dream job just to fix one bug ...
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Every time I charge my Apple Watch and put it into Night Stand mode, laying it sideways...I always think of that meme of applying for a dream job just to fix one bug ...
That’s Deep Cove, in North Vancouver, BC!
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
That’s Deep Cove, in North Vancouver, BC!
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
One thing I’ve noticed lately on Bluesky and I absolutely love.
The amount of people who are instinctively part of the “we can just do things” movement.
Instant follow right here.
The amount of people who are instinctively part of the “we can just do things” movement.
Instant follow right here.
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
One thing I’ve noticed lately on Bluesky and I absolutely love.
The amount of people who are instinctively part of the “we can just do things” movement.
Instant follow right here.
The amount of people who are instinctively part of the “we can just do things” movement.
Instant follow right here.
Currently reading: @sebastianraschka.com’s book on building an LLM from scratch!
Back to Appendix A for me to brush up on PyTorch!
I didn’t take Calculus in High School, so I’ll have some background learning to do there too.
Back to Appendix A for me to brush up on PyTorch!
I didn’t take Calculus in High School, so I’ll have some background learning to do there too.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Currently reading: @sebastianraschka.com’s book on building an LLM from scratch!
Back to Appendix A for me to brush up on PyTorch!
I didn’t take Calculus in High School, so I’ll have some background learning to do there too.
Back to Appendix A for me to brush up on PyTorch!
I didn’t take Calculus in High School, so I’ll have some background learning to do there too.
Saw this newspaper open in the local coffee shop on the weekend, and it sparked an idea…
@bmann.ca how about a Wild Goose Chase (aka Treasure Hunt) around UBC during #ATmosphereConf …
@bmann.ca how about a Wild Goose Chase (aka Treasure Hunt) around UBC during #ATmosphereConf …
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Saw this newspaper open in the local coffee shop on the weekend, and it sparked an idea…
@bmann.ca how about a Wild Goose Chase (aka Treasure Hunt) around UBC during #ATmosphereConf …
@bmann.ca how about a Wild Goose Chase (aka Treasure Hunt) around UBC during #ATmosphereConf …
Parliamentary/ House / Senate issues could be posted in the same manner as @smokesignal.events
Elected members could have their vote placed on record as Yes, No, Present, Absent.
The platform hosting the votes could attest to the account belonging to the elected member, and attest each vote too.
Elected members could have their vote placed on record as Yes, No, Present, Absent.
The platform hosting the votes could attest to the account belonging to the elected member, and attest each vote too.
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Parliamentary/ House / Senate issues could be posted in the same manner as @smokesignal.events
Elected members could have their vote placed on record as Yes, No, Present, Absent.
The platform hosting the votes could attest to the account belonging to the elected member, and attest each vote too.
Elected members could have their vote placed on record as Yes, No, Present, Absent.
The platform hosting the votes could attest to the account belonging to the elected member, and attest each vote too.
Reposted by Alex McRoberts
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
@alex.mcroberts.me/gocapnweb
Based on https://github.com/nnevatie/capnwebcpp
tangled.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Reposted by Alex McRoberts
This is a joyful thread.
welcome to Yamaha. do you want a piano or a motorcycle?
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is a joyful thread.
I'm surprised the Lexicon is marked as Uncertain, rather than Maybe Later.
It seems to me to be one of the most valuable parts of the AT ecosystem.
It seems to me to be one of the most valuable parts of the AT ecosystem.
A breakdown of what parts of ATProto the team wants to bring to the IETF #ietf124
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I'm surprised the Lexicon is marked as Uncertain, rather than Maybe Later.
It seems to me to be one of the most valuable parts of the AT ecosystem.
It seems to me to be one of the most valuable parts of the AT ecosystem.
Easter Egg Alert!
Google Maps and Ford Bronco teamed up to map the TransAmerica Trail – all 5,900 miles of it.
When you visit the 4 Street View scenes link in the article...there's a person dressed in camouflage in frame in 2 of them!
blog.google/products/map...
Google Maps and Ford Bronco teamed up to map the TransAmerica Trail – all 5,900 miles of it.
When you visit the 4 Street View scenes link in the article...there's a person dressed in camouflage in frame in 2 of them!
blog.google/products/map...
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Easter Egg Alert!
Google Maps and Ford Bronco teamed up to map the TransAmerica Trail – all 5,900 miles of it.
When you visit the 4 Street View scenes link in the article...there's a person dressed in camouflage in frame in 2 of them!
blog.google/products/map...
Google Maps and Ford Bronco teamed up to map the TransAmerica Trail – all 5,900 miles of it.
When you visit the 4 Street View scenes link in the article...there's a person dressed in camouflage in frame in 2 of them!
blog.google/products/map...
@chartyios.app 👋 do you happen to have a list of the Custom Formats for dates? I just bought the Premium in-app purchase and I can’t find the one I’d like (just the day of the month, but D and DD don’t seem to work)
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
@chartyios.app 👋 do you happen to have a list of the Custom Formats for dates? I just bought the Premium in-app purchase and I can’t find the one I’d like (just the day of the month, but D and DD don’t seem to work)
Pushed my first @tangled.org repo this evening: Go Cap' Web.
It's written in Go (and freshly migrated to Svelte – hat tip @mackuba.eu for your Svelte posts lately).
Based on the work of @cloudflare.social and their Cap'n Web RPC protocol.
tangled.org/@alex.mcrobe...
It's written in Go (and freshly migrated to Svelte – hat tip @mackuba.eu for your Svelte posts lately).
Based on the work of @cloudflare.social and their Cap'n Web RPC protocol.
tangled.org/@alex.mcrobe...
timeline · tangled
tightly-knit social coding
tangled.sh
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Pushed my first @tangled.org repo this evening: Go Cap' Web.
It's written in Go (and freshly migrated to Svelte – hat tip @mackuba.eu for your Svelte posts lately).
Based on the work of @cloudflare.social and their Cap'n Web RPC protocol.
tangled.org/@alex.mcrobe...
It's written in Go (and freshly migrated to Svelte – hat tip @mackuba.eu for your Svelte posts lately).
Based on the work of @cloudflare.social and their Cap'n Web RPC protocol.
tangled.org/@alex.mcrobe...
I'd learned about the `-p` flag before mkdir.
TIL: you can provide multiple args for multiple directories, *and* multiple child directories!
Examples
1. mkdir -p dir1 dir2
2. mkdir -p dir1 dir2 dir3/{child1,child2,child3}
TIL: you can provide multiple args for multiple directories, *and* multiple child directories!
Examples
1. mkdir -p dir1 dir2
2. mkdir -p dir1 dir2 dir3/{child1,child2,child3}
November 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'd learned about the `-p` flag before mkdir.
TIL: you can provide multiple args for multiple directories, *and* multiple child directories!
Examples
1. mkdir -p dir1 dir2
2. mkdir -p dir1 dir2 dir3/{child1,child2,child3}
TIL: you can provide multiple args for multiple directories, *and* multiple child directories!
Examples
1. mkdir -p dir1 dir2
2. mkdir -p dir1 dir2 dir3/{child1,child2,child3}
Reposted by Alex McRoberts
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
For a while I’ve been using Cursor to help find Accessibility issues in frontend codebases.
It’s been great for identifying issues, and then remediating them too, for the most part.
Of course, no ARIA labels are better than bad ARIA labels, so it’s worth investing in learning about what works too.
It’s been great for identifying issues, and then remediating them too, for the most part.
Of course, no ARIA labels are better than bad ARIA labels, so it’s worth investing in learning about what works too.
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
For a while I’ve been using Cursor to help find Accessibility issues in frontend codebases.
It’s been great for identifying issues, and then remediating them too, for the most part.
Of course, no ARIA labels are better than bad ARIA labels, so it’s worth investing in learning about what works too.
It’s been great for identifying issues, and then remediating them too, for the most part.
Of course, no ARIA labels are better than bad ARIA labels, so it’s worth investing in learning about what works too.
Reposted by Alex McRoberts
We just crossed it. Yay! Congrats everyone and Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We just crossed it. Yay! Congrats everyone and Happy Halloween!
Reposted by Alex McRoberts
Just like web performance work, accessibility winds up being less expensive the earlier you implement it. Build accessibility in from the start, rather than bolting it on - make it part of the process.
@marcysutton.com #webperf #PerfNow #a11y
@marcysutton.com #webperf #PerfNow #a11y
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Just like web performance work, accessibility winds up being less expensive the earlier you implement it. Build accessibility in from the start, rather than bolting it on - make it part of the process.
@marcysutton.com #webperf #PerfNow #a11y
@marcysutton.com #webperf #PerfNow #a11y
On vacation recently a person told me they’ve all in on AI for ages.
However, they meant *All Inclusive*, and being in tech it didn’t quite make sense to me until they explained!
However, they meant *All Inclusive*, and being in tech it didn’t quite make sense to me until they explained!
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
On vacation recently a person told me they’ve all in on AI for ages.
However, they meant *All Inclusive*, and being in tech it didn’t quite make sense to me until they explained!
However, they meant *All Inclusive*, and being in tech it didn’t quite make sense to me until they explained!
Well that’s the first half of tonight’s game over. When does the second half start?
Go Jays Go!
Go Jays Go!
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Well that’s the first half of tonight’s game over. When does the second half start?
Go Jays Go!
Go Jays Go!
This umpire is loud
STRIKE
STRIKE
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This umpire is loud
STRIKE
STRIKE