Colin Wilson
@colinwilson.uk
DevOps, Kubernetes, SRE | Writer | Retro Enthusiast
"I'm tired boss"
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo is taking charge of one of the internet’s most important — and most complicated — companies.
buff.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"I'm tired boss"
Blackwing just released an all-black pencil for the first time. The Blackwing Labs 11.28.25 🌑
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Blackwing just released an all-black pencil for the first time. The Blackwing Labs 11.28.25 🌑
Never rains but it pours! First Cloudflare, now Github's Git operations suffers a 'major outage'.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Never rains but it pours! First Cloudflare, now Github's Git operations suffers a 'major outage'.
AWS last month, taking out half the net. And Cloudflare today (although relatively brief) effectively doing the same. 🤔 The fate of many, in the hands of a few.
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
AWS last month, taking out half the net. And Cloudflare today (although relatively brief) effectively doing the same. 🤔 The fate of many, in the hands of a few.
Reposted by Colin Wilson
Anyone seeing a Cloudflare outage atm?
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Anyone seeing a Cloudflare outage atm?
Cloudflare down? Uuh oh!
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Cloudflare down? Uuh oh!
One of the most satisfying feelings..? Closing multiple tabs after spending hours, sometimes days solving a problem. 👍
October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One of the most satisfying feelings..? Closing multiple tabs after spending hours, sometimes days solving a problem. 👍
Ok, I've settled on a Hetzner VPS and @coolify.io to host my personal projects currently on Vercel.
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Ok, I've settled on a Hetzner VPS and @coolify.io to host my personal projects currently on Vercel.
Reposted by Colin Wilson
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
December 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
New scheduled task: Migrate personal projects away from Vercel.
October 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New scheduled task: Migrate personal projects away from Vercel.
By no means everyone, but far too many for far to long now.
September 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
By no means everyone, but far too many for far to long now.
RIP github.com/dashboard-feed 💀! We all knew it was only a matter of time till it was retired. 😥
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
RIP github.com/dashboard-feed 💀! We all knew it was only a matter of time till it was retired. 😥
Delete old emails to save water?! I can't, I just can't! - www.thejournal.ie/uk-governmen...
British government asks people to delete old emails to reduce data centres' water use
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
www.thejournal.ie
August 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Delete old emails to save water?! I can't, I just can't! - www.thejournal.ie/uk-governmen...
I still love my Zoom H4n pro, but boy does it eat AA batteries! Powering it with a 10000mAh power bank via USB to power cord saves me worrying about battery failure during longer recording sessions, and saves a ton on AA batteries.
August 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I still love my Zoom H4n pro, but boy does it eat AA batteries! Powering it with a 10000mAh power bank via USB to power cord saves me worrying about battery failure during longer recording sessions, and saves a ton on AA batteries.
Every time I see the word, 'difficult' in a budget related headline... Difficult? Difficult for who??? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves and Starmer to roll the pitch for tax rises in a difficult autumn budget
Exclusive: The Guardian has been told that discussions about increases include a near-certain gambling levy
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Every time I see the word, 'difficult' in a budget related headline... Difficult? Difficult for who??? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I remember when the internet screamed every time you accessed it! 👴
July 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I remember when the internet screamed every time you accessed it! 👴
UK Online Safety Act - Cartoon from early 2000's by American cartoonist John Jonik.
July 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
UK Online Safety Act - Cartoon from early 2000's by American cartoonist John Jonik.
Encrypting your data prior to upload can nerf so much of big tech's nefarious AI practices. A drive to offer users convenient, native data encryption is desperately needed.
July 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Encrypting your data prior to upload can nerf so much of big tech's nefarious AI practices. A drive to offer users convenient, native data encryption is desperately needed.
Reposted by Colin Wilson
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
"I paid you a small fortune"
"And this gives you *power* over me?"
"And this gives you *power* over me?"
a man wearing a mask is talking to another man in a suit
Alt: Bane laying his hand on Daggett's shoulder - The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
media.tenor.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"I paid you a small fortune"
"And this gives you *power* over me?"
"And this gives you *power* over me?"
Reposted by Colin Wilson
Not me! No, no, I never require this gitmoji...! - gitmoji.dev
March 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Not me! No, no, I never require this gitmoji...! - gitmoji.dev
Absolutely incredible performances from everyone in #Adolescence.
Standout performance from the kid that plays Jamie, Owen Cooper.
Standout performance from the kid that plays Jamie, Owen Cooper.
March 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Absolutely incredible performances from everyone in #Adolescence.
Standout performance from the kid that plays Jamie, Owen Cooper.
Standout performance from the kid that plays Jamie, Owen Cooper.
I guess the name gave it away! 😂 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Experts urge caution over use of Chinese AI DeepSeek
Oxford professor advises against putting private data on platform in case it could be shared with Chinese state
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I guess the name gave it away! 😂 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...