Andy N
@andy-n.bsky.social
Just here to lurk/read really.
Idiot developer somewhere in the UK.
Idiot developer somewhere in the UK.
I had an issue I've been putting up with for years - windows in Gnome took seconds to appear. Turning off animations, suddenly it's instant! Crazy I'd put up with it for so long.
October 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I had an issue I've been putting up with for years - windows in Gnome took seconds to appear. Turning off animations, suddenly it's instant! Crazy I'd put up with it for so long.
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"hey it's me Donald Trump"
August 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"hey it's me Donald Trump"
Might as well route #Claude to /dev/null, the number of times I've spent ages explaining things and then realising the solution and deleting it...
August 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Might as well route #Claude to /dev/null, the number of times I've spent ages explaining things and then realising the solution and deleting it...
CSS flexbox is fine and all but I have to look up the rules *every* time I want to use it.
July 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
CSS flexbox is fine and all but I have to look up the rules *every* time I want to use it.
"Just push yourself a little harder. Just ask for a little overtime. Just until this deadline; it’s really important. Just until we can hire someone; we’ve already got a req open for that role. Just for this one client."
blog.glyph.im/2023/03/inco...
blog.glyph.im/2023/03/inco...
A Response to Jacob Kaplan-Moss’s “Incompetent But Nice”
What can managers do about employees who are easy to work with, and are trying their best, but can’t seem to get the job done?
blog.glyph.im
June 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Just push yourself a little harder. Just ask for a little overtime. Just until this deadline; it’s really important. Just until we can hire someone; we’ve already got a req open for that role. Just for this one client."
blog.glyph.im/2023/03/inco...
blog.glyph.im/2023/03/inco...
Discord is my grumpy old man moment.
Oh you want help? Here's a Discord link! Come and say Hi!
<closes tab forever>
Oh you want help? Here's a Discord link! Come and say Hi!
<closes tab forever>
June 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Discord is my grumpy old man moment.
Oh you want help? Here's a Discord link! Come and say Hi!
<closes tab forever>
Oh you want help? Here's a Discord link! Come and say Hi!
<closes tab forever>
Keep falling into this stupid "lights-out" like game of getting things working in JavaScript/Typescript land. There's always some issue that affects your particular combination of builder/framework/JS dialect.
This week I'm trying to join two libraries to get a whole but neither are documented well
This week I'm trying to join two libraries to get a whole but neither are documented well
May 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Keep falling into this stupid "lights-out" like game of getting things working in JavaScript/Typescript land. There's always some issue that affects your particular combination of builder/framework/JS dialect.
This week I'm trying to join two libraries to get a whole but neither are documented well
This week I'm trying to join two libraries to get a whole but neither are documented well
Don't know why I'm obsessed with pressing Ctrl+L to clear the terminal after every command. I'm now in a terminal that doesn't support it and it's driving me mad.
April 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Don't know why I'm obsessed with pressing Ctrl+L to clear the terminal after every command. I'm now in a terminal that doesn't support it and it's driving me mad.
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Absolutely this. It was all "what if <X> but online?"
My theory about this is that there are a lot of billionaire tech entrepreneurs who were first movers (which, yes, here’s your pat on the back) just by throwing shit against the wall if they had any tech skills at all and a little bit of timing and luck
It remains astounding to me, as someone who had a few small interactions with Marc, how much a little criticism directed at him turned him into such a baby.
Like literally none of what he says here is accurate.
Like literally none of what he says here is accurate.
January 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Absolutely this. It was all "what if <X> but online?"
I wanted to try and find a new job last year but only went to 2 interviews in the end. Put off by a mix of leetcode questions and bureaucratic muck ups. And all that just to gate-keep the same old CRUD development jobs.
January 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I wanted to try and find a new job last year but only went to 2 interviews in the end. Put off by a mix of leetcode questions and bureaucratic muck ups. And all that just to gate-keep the same old CRUD development jobs.
Blocking by image would be a useful thing. Want to stop seeing the same half dozen "I'm gonna post this everyday to remind you..."
December 27, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Blocking by image would be a useful thing. Want to stop seeing the same half dozen "I'm gonna post this everyday to remind you..."
Slowly slowly slowly working through #adventofcode 2015 using #babashka. I won't be winning any prizes for speed!
December 3, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Slowly slowly slowly working through #adventofcode 2015 using #babashka. I won't be winning any prizes for speed!
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My favourite Biff & Chip adventure
November 20, 2024 at 8:20 AM
My favourite Biff & Chip adventure
Really liking #fishshell so far but I miss the `!$` shortcut from #bash.
e.g.
$ mkdir some-long-folder
$ cd !$
or
$ idenfity some-image-long-filename.png
$ mogrify -resize 50% !$
$ feh !$
e.g.
$ mkdir some-long-folder
$ cd !$
or
$ idenfity some-image-long-filename.png
$ mogrify -resize 50% !$
$ feh !$
November 13, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Really liking #fishshell so far but I miss the `!$` shortcut from #bash.
e.g.
$ mkdir some-long-folder
$ cd !$
or
$ idenfity some-image-long-filename.png
$ mogrify -resize 50% !$
$ feh !$
e.g.
$ mkdir some-long-folder
$ cd !$
or
$ idenfity some-image-long-filename.png
$ mogrify -resize 50% !$
$ feh !$
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September 3, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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AS WRITTEN
March 27, 2024 at 9:08 PM
AS WRITTEN