Ashley Rolfmore (she/her)
@ashley.rolfmore.com
I help software teams navigate capitalism. I help capitalists understand software teams.
Highly regulated sectors are my thing.
Personal account but also nerd so 🤷♀️
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Highly regulated sectors are my thing.
Personal account but also nerd so 🤷♀️
🇬🇧➡️🇵🇹🇪🇺
I only repost images with alt-text.
Hob died about 3 months ago while in warranty. After about a month of threatening legal action, someone arrived, took it away and gave us a temporary hob. Then 2 months later, after threatening yet again, someone arrives to install a replacement. This is fairly normal for doing business here.
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Hob died about 3 months ago while in warranty. After about a month of threatening legal action, someone arrived, took it away and gave us a temporary hob. Then 2 months later, after threatening yet again, someone arrives to install a replacement. This is fairly normal for doing business here.
Heading home with two multipacks of taytos - been very nice in Ireland the past 5ish days.
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Heading home with two multipacks of taytos - been very nice in Ireland the past 5ish days.
That said I could count on the good company to take pics of my friend’s cat
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
That said I could count on the good company to take pics of my friend’s cat
Why is Thor’s hammer next to my plane?
October 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Why is Thor’s hammer next to my plane?
I’m not off the plane yet love calm down
October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I’m not off the plane yet love calm down
All of these subjects are extremely useful to society. (And honestly, we’re naff at predicting future useful, study it for the pursuit of knowledge anyway.)
Do I really have to bring back my “drama taught me more about working in modern tech than my IT lessons” again?
Do I really have to bring back my “drama taught me more about working in modern tech than my IT lessons” again?
October 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
All of these subjects are extremely useful to society. (And honestly, we’re naff at predicting future useful, study it for the pursuit of knowledge anyway.)
Do I really have to bring back my “drama taught me more about working in modern tech than my IT lessons” again?
Do I really have to bring back my “drama taught me more about working in modern tech than my IT lessons” again?
Information hierarchy matters, and it’s often something not well understood by engineers who undervalue design work.
Want some hairball flavoured cat food?
Want some hairball flavoured cat food?
September 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Information hierarchy matters, and it’s often something not well understood by engineers who undervalue design work.
Want some hairball flavoured cat food?
Want some hairball flavoured cat food?
But… but… she looks so damn happy doing all those things!
September 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
But… but… she looks so damn happy doing all those things!
My brother somehow wins at vinyl ownership without any effort at all
September 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My brother somehow wins at vinyl ownership without any effort at all
Manchester, UK - The People’s History Museum phm.org.uk - How did England, Scotland and Wales avoid a revolution and gain universal suffrage in 1948? Particularly liked the focus on making this content accessible to children, and finally found out why tea is now considered a working class drink.
September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Manchester, UK - The People’s History Museum phm.org.uk - How did England, Scotland and Wales avoid a revolution and gain universal suffrage in 1948? Particularly liked the focus on making this content accessible to children, and finally found out why tea is now considered a working class drink.
Amsterdam, NL- The resistance museum www.iamsterdam.com/en/whats-on/... Focuses on the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands. Great detail on the impact of the occupation on Indonesia, Suriname too and the role that played in regaining independence. Currently has a great temp exhibit on Josephine Baker
September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Amsterdam, NL- The resistance museum www.iamsterdam.com/en/whats-on/... Focuses on the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands. Great detail on the impact of the occupation on Indonesia, Suriname too and the role that played in regaining independence. Currently has a great temp exhibit on Josephine Baker
Dubrovnik, Croatia- The Red History Museum www.redhistorymuseum.com
A museum that explores Croatian peoples’ experiences with the Yugoslavian regime. I like how the focus on individual stories and culture is used to highlight how censorship and political restrictions blended into normal life.
A museum that explores Croatian peoples’ experiences with the Yugoslavian regime. I like how the focus on individual stories and culture is used to highlight how censorship and political restrictions blended into normal life.
September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Dubrovnik, Croatia- The Red History Museum www.redhistorymuseum.com
A museum that explores Croatian peoples’ experiences with the Yugoslavian regime. I like how the focus on individual stories and culture is used to highlight how censorship and political restrictions blended into normal life.
A museum that explores Croatian peoples’ experiences with the Yugoslavian regime. I like how the focus on individual stories and culture is used to highlight how censorship and political restrictions blended into normal life.
Lisbon, PT www.museudoaljube.pt
An overview of the resistance movements against the Estado Novo regime. Special mention to the part that explained roles of Angola and other colonies played in regaining democracy. Also - the CIA were training pt officers on interrogation and torture techniques…
An overview of the resistance movements against the Estado Novo regime. Special mention to the part that explained roles of Angola and other colonies played in regaining democracy. Also - the CIA were training pt officers on interrogation and torture techniques…
September 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Lisbon, PT www.museudoaljube.pt
An overview of the resistance movements against the Estado Novo regime. Special mention to the part that explained roles of Angola and other colonies played in regaining democracy. Also - the CIA were training pt officers on interrogation and torture techniques…
An overview of the resistance movements against the Estado Novo regime. Special mention to the part that explained roles of Angola and other colonies played in regaining democracy. Also - the CIA were training pt officers on interrogation and torture techniques…
I am a mere 30min drive from Twatt on a cruise ship and this filth appears on my Bluesky app:
August 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I am a mere 30min drive from Twatt on a cruise ship and this filth appears on my Bluesky app:
As you may have noticed, I am on holiday so for the next week this is mainly gonna be fun posts. Oh and pics of me cheating on my cats. Here is one below
August 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
As you may have noticed, I am on holiday so for the next week this is mainly gonna be fun posts. Oh and pics of me cheating on my cats. Here is one below
Show me your getaway vehicle
August 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Show me your getaway vehicle
And remixes that they don’t count as remixes. No, that track has added vocals and someone added a base line. It is not the same.
iTunes Match used to be the “ok way” where it would preserve your ripped CDs and let you stream other music. Now I have this nonsense if they remaster any CD I own:
iTunes Match used to be the “ok way” where it would preserve your ripped CDs and let you stream other music. Now I have this nonsense if they remaster any CD I own:
August 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
And remixes that they don’t count as remixes. No, that track has added vocals and someone added a base line. It is not the same.
iTunes Match used to be the “ok way” where it would preserve your ripped CDs and let you stream other music. Now I have this nonsense if they remaster any CD I own:
iTunes Match used to be the “ok way” where it would preserve your ripped CDs and let you stream other music. Now I have this nonsense if they remaster any CD I own:
Turns out these days getting on a bus from memory in London without checking an app is hazardous. My bus diverted and rejoined a long walk from where I wanted to get off. I have never seen such a long diversion, both in length and duration.
I have of course drawn the diversion from memory:
I have of course drawn the diversion from memory:
July 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Turns out these days getting on a bus from memory in London without checking an app is hazardous. My bus diverted and rejoined a long walk from where I wanted to get off. I have never seen such a long diversion, both in length and duration.
I have of course drawn the diversion from memory:
I have of course drawn the diversion from memory:
This meme (not mine) illustrates this concept too (specifically vibe coding or using LLMs to learn to code):
July 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This meme (not mine) illustrates this concept too (specifically vibe coding or using LLMs to learn to code):
Did you find this?
June 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Did you find this?
Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?
June 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?
Took a few hours out this afternoon to look at pretty plants and eat excellent ice cream. Gave myself a mild case of heat exhaustion. Oops! Pic from today.
June 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Took a few hours out this afternoon to look at pretty plants and eat excellent ice cream. Gave myself a mild case of heat exhaustion. Oops! Pic from today.
I'm riffing off your point to add this. GenAI can make a subset of the things we make, with help. But
-those things could be unmakeable after tidying
-it still might not be helpful (hence PMs)
It doesn't reduce the chance of failure, it increases the no. of potential failure scenarios: a trade-off
-those things could be unmakeable after tidying
-it still might not be helpful (hence PMs)
It doesn't reduce the chance of failure, it increases the no. of potential failure scenarios: a trade-off
June 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I'm riffing off your point to add this. GenAI can make a subset of the things we make, with help. But
-those things could be unmakeable after tidying
-it still might not be helpful (hence PMs)
It doesn't reduce the chance of failure, it increases the no. of potential failure scenarios: a trade-off
-those things could be unmakeable after tidying
-it still might not be helpful (hence PMs)
It doesn't reduce the chance of failure, it increases the no. of potential failure scenarios: a trade-off