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Garth
@garth.ws
Software Developer and business owner @nordstack.uk. Also enjoy photography and sailing.
If you're going to replace human support with chat bots, then at least give them the power to issue refunds or fix actual issues.

A chat bot that just regurgitates the FAQ is not useful to anyone.
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Trying to buy a laptop with an English keyboard in Canada is more difficult than expected.
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Why does configuring eslint have to be so painful.
September 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Does the new @prisma.io client ignore the schema parameter in the postgres database_url?
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Reposted by Garth
💡 The Rust-free Prisma ORM is ready for production as of v6.16.0.

You can enable it by:
✅ setting the `engineType` option on the `generator` block
✅ installing the driver adapter for your database

👉 Learn more in the docs: pris.ly/no-rust-eng...
September 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Any time tracking app recommendations?
August 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The beach is a very relaxing place to be.
August 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Stumbled across an interesting "feature" in PostgreSQL. When paginating ordered sets, where the ordering is non-deterministic, records can be repeated across pages or missing completely. This is due to the internal optimisations. I wonder how many apps are unknowingly affected by this.
August 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
From a recent trip to Prince Edward Island (where even the outhouses are pretty). #photography
July 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reposted by Garth
They also have a new scam - they'll charge you for speeding, based on their GPS device in the car. No police ticket needed. Even better. - repeatedly during one ride. Endless possibilities for errors (both GPS and map data) which you can't dispute anyhow. It's all a trap to keep your deposit.
July 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Tomorrow is moving day in Montreal.
July 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I have been experimenting with a 1975 Helos 44. #photography
June 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
@operagx.gg seems like an interesting browser, but no option to set @kagi.com as a search engine (or any custom search engine BTW). Back to FF I guess.
May 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Any suggestions for a replacement for my MX Master?
May 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I've been trying to get back a deposit I gave to 123 Transporter almost 3 months ago.

For my Austrian friends, this company are running a scam and should be avoided.

Thinking take some wheels from their vans and hold them hostage until they return the money LOL.

steiermark.orf.at/stories/3299...
Warnung vor Transporter-Verleihunternehmen
Die Konsumentenschutzabteilung der Arbeiterkammer (AK) Steiermark warnt vor dem Transporter-Verleihunternehmen „123 Shared Mobility GmbH“. Dutzende Beschwerden liegen vor, in einem Fall musste die AK ...
steiermark.orf.at
April 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Almost April, but it's still pretty cold here in Montreal. #photography
March 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I really like the house styles in Montreal. #photography
March 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'm not sure how UPS stays in business.
March 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
46 lines of config (ts) for @tailwindcss.com v3 == 560 lines of config (css) for v4 🤔
March 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Trying to migrate some projects to @tailwindcss.com v4, but I don't see how even lightly complex custom configs can work?

I guess we now have to write some custom pre-processor to turn typescript config to css config before every build, or am I missing something here?
March 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Spending the weekend in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. Probably the last visit for the next few years. 😢
March 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
One of my favourites from West Bay, England. #photography
February 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Surprised to find that nested routes are not reliable in react-router.

Which of the following routes should /item/1/edit match?

item.$id.edit.tsx
item.$id.tsx
February 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Rebranding Remix to React-Router was a mistake.
February 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My wife (not a technical person), just gave me a great UX demo of adding a new appointment in Apple Calendar vs MS Outlook. "Why does such a simple thing take 3 times longer in Outlook and why is it so much more difficult than it needs to be?"
February 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM