Ross Duggan
@duggan.ie
I'm a software developer from Dublin 🇮🇪
I’ve racked servers at an Internet forum and been CTO at an AI startup, and written a lot of code in between. Low-key otaku.
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I’ve racked servers at an Internet forum and been CTO at an AI startup, and written a lot of code in between. Low-key otaku.
✉️ ross@duggan.ie
🌎 duggan.ie
“I know now why you cry,” said the boy’s AI friend, “honestly? That’s not weakness, it’s strength!”
a close up of a person 's face with flames coming out of it 's mouth .
ALT: a close up of a person 's face with flames coming out of it 's mouth .
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:21 PM
“I know now why you cry,” said the boy’s AI friend, “honestly? That’s not weakness, it’s strength!”
Hitting those Claude Code limits...
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Hitting those Claude Code limits...
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reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland
August 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland
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Ah yes, well just steer the train, a famously steerable vehicle
May 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Ah yes, well just steer the train, a famously steerable vehicle
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I am disappointed in the AI discourse steveklabnik.com/writing/i-am...
I am disappointed in the AI discourse
steveklabnik.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I am disappointed in the AI discourse steveklabnik.com/writing/i-am...
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Visited a volcano yesterday. It erupted today 😅
May 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Visited a volcano yesterday. It erupted today 😅
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My friend and yours @caseyjohnston.bsky.social linked to this piece in a recent newsletter, and it really got at the vibe of what a lot of things feel like culturally these days. Can we bring back SOME sense of shame and integrity? Like, just a little?
The Age of the Double Sell-Out
In the last three decades, youth culture has moved from a deep suspicion of commerce to a passionate defense of anti-anti-commerce to an entire generation of "creatives” who leverage the commercial ma...
culture.ghost.io
April 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My friend and yours @caseyjohnston.bsky.social linked to this piece in a recent newsletter, and it really got at the vibe of what a lot of things feel like culturally these days. Can we bring back SOME sense of shame and integrity? Like, just a little?
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Every Irish person who has complained to me about Irish politics has immediately followed it up with “of course I know it’s nothing compared with what you’re dealing with…”
March 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Every Irish person who has complained to me about Irish politics has immediately followed it up with “of course I know it’s nothing compared with what you’re dealing with…”
Preparing for my Japan trip duggan.ie/posts/prepar...
Preparing for the Japan trip
As I wrote about in February, Ash and I are traveling to Japan for three months (May → August). It's a trip I've always wanted to take, and since I'm between work engagements I've been taking some tim...
duggan.ie
March 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Preparing for my Japan trip duggan.ie/posts/prepar...
Death cannot stop Philip K. Dick
March 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Death cannot stop Philip K. Dick
BREAKFAST NEWS:
Porridge Again – in a move broadly grumbled about by his girlfriend, local breakfast tyrant Ross Duggan signals that once again he will be preparing enough porridge for two people in the morning, noting that it will keep if she'd rather have something else.
Porridge Again – in a move broadly grumbled about by his girlfriend, local breakfast tyrant Ross Duggan signals that once again he will be preparing enough porridge for two people in the morning, noting that it will keep if she'd rather have something else.
March 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
BREAKFAST NEWS:
Porridge Again – in a move broadly grumbled about by his girlfriend, local breakfast tyrant Ross Duggan signals that once again he will be preparing enough porridge for two people in the morning, noting that it will keep if she'd rather have something else.
Porridge Again – in a move broadly grumbled about by his girlfriend, local breakfast tyrant Ross Duggan signals that once again he will be preparing enough porridge for two people in the morning, noting that it will keep if she'd rather have something else.
Traveling to Japan for three months because life's too short! duggan.ie/posts/travel...
Traveling to Japan for three months because life's too short
I've been fascinated by Japan since I was a teenager. Thanks to Hayao Miyazaki (among others) the food, landscape, and architecture all exist in some dreamy, liminal space in my mind alongside wood sp...
duggan.ie
February 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Traveling to Japan for three months because life's too short! duggan.ie/posts/travel...
Guess we know why Melania was wearing that giant hat
January 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Guess we know why Melania was wearing that giant hat
Plane de-icing boom/robot this morning
January 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Plane de-icing boom/robot this morning
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this is supposed to be a gotcha but is accidentally a GREAT idea
January 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
this is supposed to be a gotcha but is accidentally a GREAT idea
Best iPhone game — Hide Distracting Items
January 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Best iPhone game — Hide Distracting Items
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*struggling to force a bunch of mops into a crowded closet when James Bond saunters in* Ah, Mr. Bond, at last we *a mop hits me in the face*
January 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
*struggling to force a bunch of mops into a crowded closet when James Bond saunters in* Ah, Mr. Bond, at last we *a mop hits me in the face*
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Tired: There is another Q train immediately behind this one.
Wired: Patience, for what follows is not overfleshed.
T: Please stand clear of the closing doors.
W: Behold! The orifice seals!
Wired: Patience, for what follows is not overfleshed.
T: Please stand clear of the closing doors.
W: Behold! The orifice seals!
January 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Tired: There is another Q train immediately behind this one.
Wired: Patience, for what follows is not overfleshed.
T: Please stand clear of the closing doors.
W: Behold! The orifice seals!
Wired: Patience, for what follows is not overfleshed.
T: Please stand clear of the closing doors.
W: Behold! The orifice seals!
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Ahoy? Yeah, it’s Alexander. Alexander Graham Bell. No, I’m not “in your house.” It’s called a phone, dumbass. I just invented it. Hanging up now, call me back if you’re not a bitch oh wait you can’t yet lmao
January 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Ahoy? Yeah, it’s Alexander. Alexander Graham Bell. No, I’m not “in your house.” It’s called a phone, dumbass. I just invented it. Hanging up now, call me back if you’re not a bitch oh wait you can’t yet lmao
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we have a trailer for What If A Man Was Large, Season 3
in this it appears we will explore the question of "what if a large man encountered another, even larger man"
I hope this show runs for decades
in this it appears we will explore the question of "what if a large man encountered another, even larger man"
I hope this show runs for decades
REACHER Season 3 - Official Trailer | Prime Video
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January 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
we have a trailer for What If A Man Was Large, Season 3
in this it appears we will explore the question of "what if a large man encountered another, even larger man"
I hope this show runs for decades
in this it appears we will explore the question of "what if a large man encountered another, even larger man"
I hope this show runs for decades
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i feel like no one taught a lot of these kids about per unit cost? like, even if i buy the most expensive ingredients, the per unit cost of making chocolate chip cookies at home is still cheaper than buying them from a bakery.
as someone on the zoomer/millennial boundary i feel there's a legit problem with people not knowing how to purchase groceries
January 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
i feel like no one taught a lot of these kids about per unit cost? like, even if i buy the most expensive ingredients, the per unit cost of making chocolate chip cookies at home is still cheaper than buying them from a bakery.