Brendon
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People. Tech. Product. Cape Town. Ruby. Elixir. Boats. Cows.
It’s great to have this as a fast learning aid
October 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It’s great to have this as a fast learning aid
The other “tell” is that he doesn’t want to immigrate to London because there are too many immigrants. Would he not be an immigrant? I wonder what it could be that makes him think he wouldn’t be part of the problem.
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The other “tell” is that he doesn’t want to immigrate to London because there are too many immigrants. Would he not be an immigrant? I wonder what it could be that makes him think he wouldn’t be part of the problem.
I’ve thought about this (and Salesforce) and came the conclusion that these tools promise two things:
1. Their core value prop (project management/CRM)
2. Infinite customisation (own the schema)
Jira isn’t bad out the box – but the customisation will poison the experience over time. But it’s sticky
1. Their core value prop (project management/CRM)
2. Infinite customisation (own the schema)
Jira isn’t bad out the box – but the customisation will poison the experience over time. But it’s sticky
August 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’ve thought about this (and Salesforce) and came the conclusion that these tools promise two things:
1. Their core value prop (project management/CRM)
2. Infinite customisation (own the schema)
Jira isn’t bad out the box – but the customisation will poison the experience over time. But it’s sticky
1. Their core value prop (project management/CRM)
2. Infinite customisation (own the schema)
Jira isn’t bad out the box – but the customisation will poison the experience over time. But it’s sticky
Ditto. Firing the jobs report guy was another chapter in the tinpot strongman playbook.
August 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ditto. Firing the jobs report guy was another chapter in the tinpot strongman playbook.
Claude 4 Opus artefacts is such a leap in terms of the size of the thing it can one shot. I asked it to redo our website by providing a url and some instructions and it’s wild how good it was (including advanced graphs using css and animations).
June 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Claude 4 Opus artefacts is such a leap in terms of the size of the thing it can one shot. I asked it to redo our website by providing a url and some instructions and it’s wild how good it was (including advanced graphs using css and animations).
I left the UK in 2008 and I still have my App Store stuck there. Changing App Stores cancels all subscriptions without refund. I have loads of yearly subs staggered throughout the year. I’d switch everything to web just to enable a store move.
May 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I left the UK in 2008 and I still have my App Store stuck there. Changing App Stores cancels all subscriptions without refund. I have loads of yearly subs staggered throughout the year. I’d switch everything to web just to enable a store move.
I used to have this with ChatGPT. But it feels like OpenAI has invested a lot in their infra reliability over the last 12 months. I hope Anthropic are doing the same because the API has been taking out windsurf as well since 3.7
I still love Claude. I prefer its code and I love the react artifacts
I still love Claude. I prefer its code and I love the react artifacts
March 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I used to have this with ChatGPT. But it feels like OpenAI has invested a lot in their infra reliability over the last 12 months. I hope Anthropic are doing the same because the API has been taking out windsurf as well since 3.7
I still love Claude. I prefer its code and I love the react artifacts
I still love Claude. I prefer its code and I love the react artifacts
As an alternative, dealing with AWS...
"Hey, Claude is available. Sure, no problem, hop on the phone. Have some free tokens."
"Hey, Claude is available. Sure, no problem, hop on the phone. Have some free tokens."
January 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
As an alternative, dealing with AWS...
"Hey, Claude is available. Sure, no problem, hop on the phone. Have some free tokens."
"Hey, Claude is available. Sure, no problem, hop on the phone. Have some free tokens."
7. If they say no, you can't challenge, ask for advice on alternatives, or anything.
8. You are also told: "You can ask again no sooner than 6 months from this reply"
Microsoft is clearly exploiting a captive audience here. No wonder so many people are using Claude.
8. You are also told: "You can ask again no sooner than 6 months from this reply"
Microsoft is clearly exploiting a captive audience here. No wonder so many people are using Claude.
January 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
7. If they say no, you can't challenge, ask for advice on alternatives, or anything.
8. You are also told: "You can ask again no sooner than 6 months from this reply"
Microsoft is clearly exploiting a captive audience here. No wonder so many people are using Claude.
8. You are also told: "You can ask again no sooner than 6 months from this reply"
Microsoft is clearly exploiting a captive audience here. No wonder so many people are using Claude.
5. When you pay for support, you can phone support but if you have an AI question, they will tell you go to the their support form and hang up
6. Requests for quota increases happen via a fucking survey on Customer Voice!
6. Requests for quota increases happen via a fucking survey on Customer Voice!
January 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
5. When you pay for support, you can phone support but if you have an AI question, they will tell you go to the their support form and hang up
6. Requests for quota increases happen via a fucking survey on Customer Voice!
6. Requests for quota increases happen via a fucking survey on Customer Voice!
3. BUT, at the expense of token and request limits which you run into after having more than 3 concurrent users in any agentic app
4. Azure AI Foundry is so incredibly bad, you will want to pay for support
4. Azure AI Foundry is so incredibly bad, you will want to pay for support
January 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
3. BUT, at the expense of token and request limits which you run into after having more than 3 concurrent users in any agentic app
4. Azure AI Foundry is so incredibly bad, you will want to pay for support
4. Azure AI Foundry is so incredibly bad, you will want to pay for support
We have a learning budget which is up to everyone to use as they see fit. I’ve seen some books on desks (Elixir in Action and maybe one other). But I think whatever Google (and these days the LLMs throw up in response to a search is the most common learning material
January 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We have a learning budget which is up to everyone to use as they see fit. I’ve seen some books on desks (Elixir in Action and maybe one other). But I think whatever Google (and these days the LLMs throw up in response to a search is the most common learning material
My experience at work: in the first two weeks people are not sold. After 4 weeks they’re in love
January 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
My experience at work: in the first two weeks people are not sold. After 4 weeks they’re in love
Phoenix feels both more powerful and a tiny fraction of the size and complexity of Rails. I learned Phoenix to a deeper level in a few months than ten years of rails. Would never go back. I think both elixir and phoenix are beautifully designed.
January 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Phoenix feels both more powerful and a tiny fraction of the size and complexity of Rails. I learned Phoenix to a deeper level in a few months than ten years of rails. Would never go back. I think both elixir and phoenix are beautifully designed.
I should add that I switched to ruby at version 2 and remember all the rails gotchas as well. I feel like Ruby was easier to do something really simple but Phoenix is easier when you get even slightly more complicated than basic crud.
January 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I should add that I switched to ruby at version 2 and remember all the rails gotchas as well. I feel like Ruby was easier to do something really simple but Phoenix is easier when you get even slightly more complicated than basic crud.
And then for plain Phoenix:
1. Forms and changesets and anything unusual
2. Complex associations
1. Forms and changesets and anything unusual
2. Complex associations
January 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
And then for plain Phoenix:
1. Forms and changesets and anything unusual
2. Complex associations
1. Forms and changesets and anything unusual
2. Complex associations
3. Mount, handle_params
4. When to use patch over redirect
5. Dialogs
4. When to use patch over redirect
5. Dialogs
January 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
3. Mount, handle_params
4. When to use patch over redirect
5. Dialogs
4. When to use patch over redirect
5. Dialogs
Phoenix without Liveview I felt was great. Challenges with Liveview:
1. before async assigns, async required task. Task requires handle_info. Handle_info and handle_event can be confusing
2. The way errors can just reset the view during dev. I’d love a debug shell or flash notification
1. before async assigns, async required task. Task requires handle_info. Handle_info and handle_event can be confusing
2. The way errors can just reset the view during dev. I’d love a debug shell or flash notification
January 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Phoenix without Liveview I felt was great. Challenges with Liveview:
1. before async assigns, async required task. Task requires handle_info. Handle_info and handle_event can be confusing
2. The way errors can just reset the view during dev. I’d love a debug shell or flash notification
1. before async assigns, async required task. Task requires handle_info. Handle_info and handle_event can be confusing
2. The way errors can just reset the view during dev. I’d love a debug shell or flash notification
Also Elixir but I wouldn’t change:
1. cond or case
2. When to use with
3. Bang vs ok/error tuples
Remembered another confusion point: keyword lists
1. cond or case
2. When to use with
3. Bang vs ok/error tuples
Remembered another confusion point: keyword lists
January 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Also Elixir but I wouldn’t change:
1. cond or case
2. When to use with
3. Bang vs ok/error tuples
Remembered another confusion point: keyword lists
1. cond or case
2. When to use with
3. Bang vs ok/error tuples
Remembered another confusion point: keyword lists