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Aussie Simon (the original)
@aussiesimon.bsky.social
Brit/Oz hybrid. Building https://www.savvyideas.co. Am I the only indiehacker building on a Microsoft stack?
Really not sure what’s happened to Axios in the last six months. It increasingly just uncritically spouts White House talking points. It didn’t used to be this way. I wonder what could have changed?
July 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
When you consider the material it’s been trained on, it’s entirely unsurprising.
They say over time dogs become more like their owners. Turns out that’s true of AI too.
July 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In the software industry, I think we're creating a problem for the future with AI. It's already starting to replace junior developers, whilst making senior devs more productive and valuable. Problem is, without those junior jobs where do new senior devs come from?
May 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Manufacturers won’t develop less energy efficient appliances just for the US market and they won’t want to lose acres to other markets outside the US, so in practice this probably just means the Energy Star labels will be removed in the US.
May 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I’d version the api, but not the individual endpoints, otherwise it’ll be like document versioning in file names

/get_users_v1_final
/get_users_v1_final_really_final_this_time
April 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I loved that book back in college. I wanted to be part of that world, full of optimism and excitement for a future where we could make the world a better place and get rich. I hate the idea that the characters would turn out the way you've described but I suspect you've pretty much nailed it.
February 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In reality he got a bloody nose in his first attempt at being the tough guy. For a more accurate take, check out Heather Cox Richardson. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-27...
January 27, 2025
Yesterday, President Donald Trump began a trade war with Colombia after that country’s president refused to permit two U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM