Ben Selby
@benmatselby.bsky.social
One day at a time. Writes some code from time to time
One thing to say. Come on, Lando 🙏🤘💪🫣
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
One thing to say. Come on, Lando 🙏🤘💪🫣
Wrote my first neovim plugin. First time writing lua too. Am I enough, now?
a man wearing a tie dye sweatshirt that says " i am enough "
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November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wrote my first neovim plugin. First time writing lua too. Am I enough, now?
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
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On the blog: Think for Yourself
"By skimming past the friction necessary for learning, the pursuit of convenience can end up deskilling rather than enhancing skills."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
"By skimming past the friction necessary for learning, the pursuit of convenience can end up deskilling rather than enhancing skills."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
Think for Yourself
Understand and improve on LLM-generated code
kevlinhenney.medium.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
On the blog: Think for Yourself
"By skimming past the friction necessary for learning, the pursuit of convenience can end up deskilling rather than enhancing skills."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
"By skimming past the friction necessary for learning, the pursuit of convenience can end up deskilling rather than enhancing skills."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
GitHub must agree that smaller PRs are better. I can’t even load a 200 file pull request in Safari!!!
October 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
GitHub must agree that smaller PRs are better. I can’t even load a 200 file pull request in Safari!!!
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this www.amazon.co.uk/Philosophy-S...
A Philosophy of Software Design: Amazon.co.uk: Ousterhout, John: 9781732102200: Books
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October 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed reading this www.amazon.co.uk/Philosophy-S...
I tried to support the Jets today, as underdogs, but good grief!!!!
October 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I tried to support the Jets today, as underdogs, but good grief!!!!
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The proper way to drink whiskey - and live.
October 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The proper way to drink whiskey - and live.
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Of course, some of this is necessary and useful, and I don’t actually hate any specific thing in every instance. But the problem is we just have so many of them, instead of getting good at some subset, we have to do all of them because people bring them from their past company
October 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Of course, some of this is necessary and useful, and I don’t actually hate any specific thing in every instance. But the problem is we just have so many of them, instead of getting good at some subset, we have to do all of them because people bring them from their past company
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Criticism shows me what you think; action shows me how much you care.
September 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Criticism shows me what you think; action shows me how much you care.
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Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has refused to rule out striking a deal with Sir Keir Starmer in order to stop Nigel Farage from entering Number 10, Sky News reports.
September 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has refused to rule out striking a deal with Sir Keir Starmer in order to stop Nigel Farage from entering Number 10, Sky News reports.
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When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
Dora metric experts - If you fix a long standing bug, from maybe 6 months ago, does that class as a change failure rate for this week?
September 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Dora metric experts - If you fix a long standing bug, from maybe 6 months ago, does that class as a change failure rate for this week?
The immigration debate on Sky news is as bad as you think it would be.
September 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The immigration debate on Sky news is as bad as you think it would be.
The end of Godfather 3 absolutely kills me.
The BBC iPlayer has a version where seemingly Michael doesn't die at the end? I mean they show him old, put on his sunglasses, and then cuts to quote. That's not the ending!
The BBC iPlayer has a version where seemingly Michael doesn't die at the end? I mean they show him old, put on his sunglasses, and then cuts to quote. That's not the ending!
a man wearing sunglasses and a hat is looking down
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September 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The end of Godfather 3 absolutely kills me.
The BBC iPlayer has a version where seemingly Michael doesn't die at the end? I mean they show him old, put on his sunglasses, and then cuts to quote. That's not the ending!
The BBC iPlayer has a version where seemingly Michael doesn't die at the end? I mean they show him old, put on his sunglasses, and then cuts to quote. That's not the ending!
Since coming home from Coldplay at Wembley last week, my marriage is now just about sending Coldplay videos to each other.
August 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Since coming home from Coldplay at Wembley last week, my marriage is now just about sending Coldplay videos to each other.
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Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
August 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.
Don't fall for it.
And you’re not entitled to see the old map. So there.
August 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
And you’re not entitled to see the old map. So there.
Today I found out only 10-20% of people can wiggle their ears. We’re a special bunch is ear wigglers.
August 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Today I found out only 10-20% of people can wiggle their ears. We’re a special bunch is ear wigglers.
Only one thing I miss about the office. The pint after work!
August 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Only one thing I miss about the office. The pint after work!
Well this was a fun watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7i4...
0 to LSP : Neovim RC From Scratch
YouTube video by ThePrimeagen
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August 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Well this was a fun watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7i4...
Bases in Obsidian has just landed for me. Really liking it so far.
August 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Bases in Obsidian has just landed for me. Really liking it so far.
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Trump says “we may be the only country in the world which allows mail-in ballots…I could be wrong.”
He is. 34 democracies allow some form of postal voting. That goes up to 54 if you include voting from abroad.
He is. 34 democracies allow some form of postal voting. That goes up to 54 if you include voting from abroad.
August 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Trump says “we may be the only country in the world which allows mail-in ballots…I could be wrong.”
He is. 34 democracies allow some form of postal voting. That goes up to 54 if you include voting from abroad.
He is. 34 democracies allow some form of postal voting. That goes up to 54 if you include voting from abroad.
Zelenskyy with the “same suit” comment. Well done.
August 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Zelenskyy with the “same suit” comment. Well done.