chimbosonic
@chimbosonic.com
Principal e-commerce engineer, ex-security nut, traveler, amateur photographer, gamer, maker, 3D printing nerd, coder and computer enthusiast. My opinion is my own.
Mastodon - @chimbosonic@fosstodon.org
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Had a great time talking with @sebsto and Richard on the AWS Developers Podcast about our migration journey onto AWS and how we built a Serverless E-Commerce platform.
🎧 Listen now:
🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669?i=1000731082011 […]
🎧 Listen now:
🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669?i=1000731082011 […]
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October 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Had a great time talking with @sebsto and Richard on the AWS Developers Podcast about our migration journey onto AWS and how we built a Serverless E-Commerce platform.
🎧 Listen now:
🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669?i=1000731082011 […]
🎧 Listen now:
🔹 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669?i=1000731082011 […]
What movie do you consider “perfect”?
September 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
What movie do you consider “perfect”?
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There is a lot of demand for digital privacy and security advice out there right now and lots of people are giving advice and writing guides. I beg them to do a few things:
1. Be explicit about the threat model your advice is meant for.
1. Be explicit about the threat model your advice is meant for.
September 21, 2025 at 1:50 AM
There is a lot of demand for digital privacy and security advice out there right now and lots of people are giving advice and writing guides. I beg them to do a few things:
1. Be explicit about the threat model your advice is meant for.
1. Be explicit about the threat model your advice is meant for.
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Huge thanks to everyone who joined the Serverless Meetup and to Aleios and Moonpig for sponsoring and organising!
A special shoutout to Ryan Cormack for his insightful talk on Smithy.
I had a blast giving my talk and chatting with so many of you afterwards.
A special shoutout to Ryan Cormack for his insightful talk on Smithy.
I had a blast giving my talk and chatting with so many of you afterwards.
September 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who joined the Serverless Meetup and to Aleios and Moonpig for sponsoring and organising!
A special shoutout to Ryan Cormack for his insightful talk on Smithy.
I had a blast giving my talk and chatting with so many of you afterwards.
A special shoutout to Ryan Cormack for his insightful talk on Smithy.
I had a blast giving my talk and chatting with so many of you afterwards.
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omg as a pentester PLEASE use one of these! Get them for your entire company. It’ll go great
September 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
omg as a pentester PLEASE use one of these! Get them for your entire company. It’ll go great
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Missed out last meet up? Never fear, you can catch @chimbosonic.com's talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBme...
Moonpig’s GraphQL Journey: Scaling with Serverless & Federation - Alexis Lowe, Moonpig
YouTube video by GraphQL Foundation Talks
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June 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Missed out last meet up? Never fear, you can catch @chimbosonic.com's talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBme...
Quote post this with a picture of the airplane you’ll accept as a bribe.
May 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Quote post this with a picture of the airplane you’ll accept as a bribe.
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For those who wanted to see more from the Moonpig engineering teams, you can visit their Medium blog: medium.com/moonpigtech
Moonpig Tech Blog
Learn about how we use technology, lean and agile practices to succeed in the online personalisation market whilst moving at supersonic speed.
medium.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For those who wanted to see more from the Moonpig engineering teams, you can visit their Medium blog: medium.com/moonpigtech
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Thanks to everyone who came on Tuesday! We had a great relaxed atmosphere and plenty of pizza.
See you in July?
See you in July?
May 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Thanks to everyone who came on Tuesday! We had a great relaxed atmosphere and plenty of pizza.
See you in July?
See you in July?
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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
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It's hard to wrap your head around all the failure modes of a distributed system.
What if you could play with the sequence diagram of a run to see how it responds, and see if you can get it into a failure state?
dist-sys-simulator.netlify.app
What if you could play with the sequence diagram of a run to see how it responds, and see if you can get it into a failure state?
dist-sys-simulator.netlify.app
April 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's hard to wrap your head around all the failure modes of a distributed system.
What if you could play with the sequence diagram of a run to see how it responds, and see if you can get it into a failure state?
dist-sys-simulator.netlify.app
What if you could play with the sequence diagram of a run to see how it responds, and see if you can get it into a failure state?
dist-sys-simulator.netlify.app
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Looking forward to speaking at London GraphQL in April! I'll be sharing insights from Moonpig's experience with GraphQL, Federation, and Serverless. Excited to connect with everyone there!
🪅 Apr 29th at 6PM: London GraphQL April
London GraphQL will be held on July 5th at Herbal House, 8-10 Back Hill, London EC1R 5EN. Two talks on the most up-to-date GraphQL topics interspersed with pizza.
Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/fl322c
London GraphQL will be held on July 5th at Herbal House, 8-10 Back Hill, London EC1R 5EN. Two talks on the most up-to-date GraphQL topics interspersed with pizza.
Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/fl322c
London GraphQL April
Come and join us for the Spring edition of London GraphQL; Two talks on the most up-to-date GraphQL topics interspersed with pizza and networking, and a casual get together afterwards at a local pub.
Approximate Schedule:
6:00pm - Arrival, networking, pizzas 🍕
7:00pm - Greeting, event overview, code of conduct
7:15pm - Moonpig’s GraphQL Journey: Scaling with Serverless & Federation, Alexis Lowe, Moonpig
7:45pm - Pizza and networking break
8:00pm - Show & Tell: End-to-End of Guild's GraphQL Architecture with Taz, Guild.host
8:30pm - Closing notes
8:45pm - Continued networking over drinks 🍻 at The Coach, opposite the venue
Hosted by Moonpig
NEW Location Herbal House, 8-10 Back Hill, London EC1R 5EN
Call for Speakers for July
Show off a project, discuss a proposed feature, share your patterns and solutions
New and seasoned speakers welcome
Mentoring, help and slides review available
Flexible talk format
http://tinyurl.com/LondonGraphQLcfp
All events ran by the GraphQL Foundation adhere to the code of conduct: https://graphql.org/codeofconduct/
(Code of Conduct contact for this event is the MC Benjie, team@graphile.com or any member of the GraphQL TSC)
guild.host
March 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Looking forward to speaking at London GraphQL in April! I'll be sharing insights from Moonpig's experience with GraphQL, Federation, and Serverless. Excited to connect with everyone there!
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
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Finally got around to switching my email provider from Proton to Fastmail
April 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Finally got around to switching my email provider from Proton to Fastmail
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they finally did it. they invented a machine that can't run doom.
You can try the Microsoft just released a Quake 2 demo that runs on genAI.
It forgets where you are you each time you look at the floor and soft-locks when it's to dark. A technological marvel.
You can try the "Copilot Gaming Experience" here: copilot.microsoft.com/wham
It forgets where you are you each time you look at the floor and soft-locks when it's to dark. A technological marvel.
You can try the "Copilot Gaming Experience" here: copilot.microsoft.com/wham
April 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
they finally did it. they invented a machine that can't run doom.
Had a great time chatting with Sam and Richard on the #Moonpig #Tech Podcast about our journey into #event-driven #architecture!
We dig into the why, the how, and the intricacies of #EDA
🎧 Listen now
🔹 Apple #Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
🔹 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4gb6...
We dig into the why, the how, and the intricacies of #EDA
🎧 Listen now
🔹 Apple #Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
🔹 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4gb6...
April 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Had a great time chatting with Sam and Richard on the #Moonpig #Tech Podcast about our journey into #event-driven #architecture!
We dig into the why, the how, and the intricacies of #EDA
🎧 Listen now
🔹 Apple #Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
🔹 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4gb6...
We dig into the why, the how, and the intricacies of #EDA
🎧 Listen now
🔹 Apple #Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
🔹 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4gb6...
Looking forward to speaking at London GraphQL in April! I'll be sharing insights from Moonpig's experience with GraphQL, Federation, and Serverless. Excited to connect with everyone there!
🪅 Apr 29th at 6PM: London GraphQL April
London GraphQL will be held on July 5th at Herbal House, 8-10 Back Hill, London EC1R 5EN. Two talks on the most up-to-date GraphQL topics interspersed with pizza.
Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/fl322c
London GraphQL will be held on July 5th at Herbal House, 8-10 Back Hill, London EC1R 5EN. Two talks on the most up-to-date GraphQL topics interspersed with pizza.
Check it out 👉 https://guild.host/e/fl322c
London GraphQL April
Come and join us for the Spring edition of London GraphQL; Two talks on the most up-to-date GraphQL topics interspersed with pizza and networking, and a casual get together afterwards at a local pub.
Approximate Schedule:
6:00pm - Arrival, networking, pizzas 🍕
7:00pm - Greeting, event overview, code of conduct
7:15pm - Moonpig’s GraphQL Journey: Scaling with Serverless & Federation, Alexis Lowe, Moonpig
7:45pm - Pizza and networking break
8:00pm - Show & Tell: End-to-End of Guild's GraphQL Architecture with Taz, Guild.host
8:30pm - Closing notes
8:45pm - Continued networking over drinks 🍻 at The Coach, opposite the venue
Hosted by Moonpig
NEW Location Herbal House, 8-10 Back Hill, London EC1R 5EN
Call for Speakers for July
Show off a project, discuss a proposed feature, share your patterns and solutions
New and seasoned speakers welcome
Mentoring, help and slides review available
Flexible talk format
http://tinyurl.com/LondonGraphQLcfp
All events ran by the GraphQL Foundation adhere to the code of conduct: https://graphql.org/codeofconduct/
(Code of Conduct contact for this event is the MC Benjie, team@graphile.com or any member of the GraphQL TSC)
guild.host
March 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Looking forward to speaking at London GraphQL in April! I'll be sharing insights from Moonpig's experience with GraphQL, Federation, and Serverless. Excited to connect with everyone there!
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Introducing WKD Tester – a free, open-source tool for testing OpenPGP Web Key Directory implementations! I built it to help out with the Keyoxide project, making it easier to generate lookup URIs and discover keys on the fly. Check it out at https://wkd.chimbosonic.com.
#openpgp #wkd […]
#openpgp #wkd […]
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February 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Introducing WKD Tester – a free, open-source tool for testing OpenPGP Web Key Directory implementations! I built it to help out with the Keyoxide project, making it easier to generate lookup URIs and discover keys on the fly. Check it out at https://wkd.chimbosonic.com.
#openpgp #wkd […]
#openpgp #wkd […]
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Framework is shipping a RISC-V mainboard; I love that this is happening frame.work/products/dee...
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February 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Framework is shipping a RISC-V mainboard; I love that this is happening frame.work/products/dee...
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A little update on #meshtastic at #fosdem:
Picked 66 unique nodes on day 1 and watched the network melt during the #Meshtastic talk (maybe doesn’t scale that great with all the nodes in one place). The best part of day 1 tho was that I connected to a node 300km from my location via 2 hops.
Day […]
Picked 66 unique nodes on day 1 and watched the network melt during the #Meshtastic talk (maybe doesn’t scale that great with all the nodes in one place). The best part of day 1 tho was that I connected to a node 300km from my location via 2 hops.
Day […]
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February 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A little update on #meshtastic at #fosdem:
Picked 66 unique nodes on day 1 and watched the network melt during the #Meshtastic talk (maybe doesn’t scale that great with all the nodes in one place). The best part of day 1 tho was that I connected to a node 300km from my location via 2 hops.
Day […]
Picked 66 unique nodes on day 1 and watched the network melt during the #Meshtastic talk (maybe doesn’t scale that great with all the nodes in one place). The best part of day 1 tho was that I connected to a node 300km from my location via 2 hops.
Day […]
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As the year wrapped up, I spent some time reflecting on my transition from a CyberSecurity engineer to Principal engineer which inspired me to write a blog about the steep learning curve of writing quality coding and—how I used #rust to reinforce my skills. Check it out and let me know what you […]
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January 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As the year wrapped up, I spent some time reflecting on my transition from a CyberSecurity engineer to Principal engineer which inspired me to write a blog about the steep learning curve of writing quality coding and—how I used #rust to reinforce my skills. Check it out and let me know what you […]
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A peril of listening to podcasts while walking to work: the latest episode of @edzitron.com's Better Offline with @jeremykaplowitz.com has me guffawing like a madman on the mean streets of Oakland open.spotify.com/episode/0qFj...
Radio Better Offline: Jeremy Kaplowitz of the Quorators
Better Offline · Episode
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January 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A peril of listening to podcasts while walking to work: the latest episode of @edzitron.com's Better Offline with @jeremykaplowitz.com has me guffawing like a madman on the mean streets of Oakland open.spotify.com/episode/0qFj...
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i made this quick to shitpost in work slack but i feel like the rest of you need to see it too
January 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
i made this quick to shitpost in work slack but i feel like the rest of you need to see it too