Paul D'Ambra
@pauldambra.dev
gives a whole new meaning to the term "spaghetti code"
Leading session replay @posthog.com
ex @coopdigital @footclicksus
swears too much, draws rubbish diagrams
(he/him/his)
https://pauldambra.dev
Leading session replay @posthog.com
ex @coopdigital @footclicksus
swears too much, draws rubbish diagrams
(he/him/his)
https://pauldambra.dev
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"After all, as a second lab colleague said, “Jim has been gliding on that one day in 1953 for 70 years.”"
What a horrible arse he turned out to be
What a horrible arse he turned out to be
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"After all, as a second lab colleague said, “Jim has been gliding on that one day in 1953 for 70 years.”"
What a horrible arse he turned out to be
What a horrible arse he turned out to be
x: "prompt quality is important"
me: *types 'oops use updatePlayerTimeTracking'
me: *types 'oops use updatePlayerTimeTracking'
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
x: "prompt quality is important"
me: *types 'oops use updatePlayerTimeTracking'
me: *types 'oops use updatePlayerTimeTracking'
me: *does not actually press enter
also me: *sits waiting for the thing (which has not started) to finish
captain-what-a-week-dot-meme
also me: *sits waiting for the thing (which has not started) to finish
captain-what-a-week-dot-meme
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
me: *does not actually press enter
also me: *sits waiting for the thing (which has not started) to finish
captain-what-a-week-dot-meme
also me: *sits waiting for the thing (which has not started) to finish
captain-what-a-week-dot-meme
implies that you do eat batteries
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
implies that you do eat batteries
#2: that was pretentious and cringe
November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#2: that was pretentious and cringe
Reposted by Paul D'Ambra
@ellie.wtf btw Atuin has become one of those things that I started using and can't possibly imagine living without
insta-install on new machines. thank you for making this
insta-install on new machines. thank you for making this
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
@ellie.wtf btw Atuin has become one of those things that I started using and can't possibly imagine living without
insta-install on new machines. thank you for making this
insta-install on new machines. thank you for making this
Haven't been able to find the remote all week
Ordered a replacement
It arrived
Immediately found the old one
🫠
Ordered a replacement
It arrived
Immediately found the old one
🫠
October 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Haven't been able to find the remote all week
Ordered a replacement
It arrived
Immediately found the old one
🫠
Ordered a replacement
It arrived
Immediately found the old one
🫠
Reposted by Paul D'Ambra
Off the top of my head, there have been four egregious examples of weapons grade public racism in the last couple of weeks - Jenrick; the Express hack; Captain Concrete & the Reform woman. The way they are treated by employers, punters & wider media, will directly influence how much more we see.
October 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Off the top of my head, there have been four egregious examples of weapons grade public racism in the last couple of weeks - Jenrick; the Express hack; Captain Concrete & the Reform woman. The way they are treated by employers, punters & wider media, will directly influence how much more we see.
Coming up with sentences to help #2 remember vocabulary for a test
October 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Coming up with sentences to help #2 remember vocabulary for a test
#4 just came in the room, waving a shark, and shouted: OK WHO WANTS TO GET SHARTED
October 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
#4 just came in the room, waving a shark, and shouted: OK WHO WANTS TO GET SHARTED
i'm a very thorough prompt engineer
October 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
i'm a very thorough prompt engineer
Build Your Own Database
A step-by-step guide to building a key-value database from scratch.
www.nan.fyi
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
it's international "AWS has a once-in-5 year outage so everyone plans massively expensive 5 year migrate-off-AWS projects" day
October 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
it's international "AWS has a once-in-5 year outage so everyone plans massively expensive 5 year migrate-off-AWS projects" day
i'm told a good prompt is essential
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
i'm told a good prompt is essential
"Treacle beef & pig cheeks" my favourite new boy band
October 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Treacle beef & pig cheeks" my favourite new boy band
This is imho the opportunity and the risk.
"Overseeing" multiple underwhelming threads of work is emotionally exhausting
Helping with multiple exciting threads of work is energising
As always, part of the work of senior+ is making sure it's more of the good and less of the bad
"Overseeing" multiple underwhelming threads of work is emotionally exhausting
Helping with multiple exciting threads of work is energising
As always, part of the work of senior+ is making sure it's more of the good and less of the bad
I get a feeling that working with multiple AI agents is something that comes VERY natural to most senior+ engineers or tech lead who worked at a large company
You already got used to overseeing parallel work (the goto code reviewer!) + making progress with small chunks of work
You already got used to overseeing parallel work (the goto code reviewer!) + making progress with small chunks of work
October 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This is imho the opportunity and the risk.
"Overseeing" multiple underwhelming threads of work is emotionally exhausting
Helping with multiple exciting threads of work is energising
As always, part of the work of senior+ is making sure it's more of the good and less of the bad
"Overseeing" multiple underwhelming threads of work is emotionally exhausting
Helping with multiple exciting threads of work is energising
As always, part of the work of senior+ is making sure it's more of the good and less of the bad
Reposted by Paul D'Ambra
I'm entering my 60s and the one constant throughout my life has been the nasty, divisive influence of the Daily Mail on society. I think it has been a debilitating malady infecting our nation and should be dismantled.
October 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm entering my 60s and the one constant throughout my life has been the nasty, divisive influence of the Daily Mail on society. I think it has been a debilitating malady infecting our nation and should be dismantled.
any of my mututals coming to @xpmanchester?
i'm sat outside the courts club next to the venue if you fancy saying hello
i'm sat outside the courts club next to the venue if you fancy saying hello
October 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
any of my mututals coming to @xpmanchester?
i'm sat outside the courts club next to the venue if you fancy saying hello
i'm sat outside the courts club next to the venue if you fancy saying hello
Reposted by Paul D'Ambra
Dumb company names can never single-handedly kill a comp--
www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/...
www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/...
Fashism App Review
Get instant fashion feedback, but don't expect privacy. Read Common Sense Media's Fashism review, age rating, and parents guide.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Dumb company names can never single-handedly kill a comp--
www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/...
www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/...
What's the point of being a tech lead, if you can't force people to make buttons scream?!
October 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
What's the point of being a tech lead, if you can't force people to make buttons scream?!
Letting robot jesus take the wheel while I have my soup
October 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Letting robot jesus take the wheel while I have my soup