Shrikant
@shrik.dev
Data/tech guy. Also at https://fosstodon.org/@shrik
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Shrikant
@shrik.dev
· Jan 22
Someone at work asked me if "dim_users" is a reference to stupid people and now I can't stop thinking about it #DataBS
Not a fan of this "Message on LinkedIn to get around email consent" marketing pattern.
August 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Not a fan of this "Message on LinkedIn to get around email consent" marketing pattern.
Oh look, it's the monthly installment of the Amy's Baking Company episode of Kitchen Nightmares.
August 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Oh look, it's the monthly installment of the Amy's Baking Company episode of Kitchen Nightmares.
When sledging goes too far...
July 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
When sledging goes too far...
If search engines had launched today, tech influencers would be falling over themselves labelling the use of search operators like +/-, " ", allintitle, allinurl, site, etc. as "search query engineering" 🙄
July 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If search engines had launched today, tech influencers would be falling over themselves labelling the use of search operators like +/-, " ", allintitle, allinurl, site, etc. as "search query engineering" 🙄
I just love this game and the creator so much!
The honest reason I don't have microtransactions/season pass/ads/100 DLCs/etc in Balatro isn't just about the ethics of those practices but because when I play other games that have those things it makes me want to put my computer in the dishwasher and set it to pots & pans
June 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I just love this game and the creator so much!
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That brief instant when I have to turn off Pi-Hole to see if a website is broken (it's always a digital marketing adjacent site.... :eyeroll: ) because of it makes me feel so icky.
May 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
That brief instant when I have to turn off Pi-Hole to see if a website is broken (it's always a digital marketing adjacent site.... :eyeroll: ) because of it makes me feel so icky.
I can't talk to or about anyone named "Mauro" any more without going "SHUT THE FUCK UP MAURO" in my head, why Linus why 😭
March 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I can't talk to or about anyone named "Mauro" any more without going "SHUT THE FUCK UP MAURO" in my head, why Linus why 😭
Just realised that "Copilot" is an anagram of "Clip Too". Microsoft's marketing team is really missing a trick by not pushing the "AI Clippy" angle!
January 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just realised that "Copilot" is an anagram of "Clip Too". Microsoft's marketing team is really missing a trick by not pushing the "AI Clippy" angle!
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January 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Having a baby is lot like Brexit:
- it was a marginal 50-50 decision at best
- everything's become more expensive, "but it's not really about money"
- every decision involves all sides yelling at each other as "negotiations"
- freedom of movement has decisively been ended
- it was a marginal 50-50 decision at best
- everything's become more expensive, "but it's not really about money"
- every decision involves all sides yelling at each other as "negotiations"
- freedom of movement has decisively been ended
January 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Having a baby is lot like Brexit:
- it was a marginal 50-50 decision at best
- everything's become more expensive, "but it's not really about money"
- every decision involves all sides yelling at each other as "negotiations"
- freedom of movement has decisively been ended
- it was a marginal 50-50 decision at best
- everything's become more expensive, "but it's not really about money"
- every decision involves all sides yelling at each other as "negotiations"
- freedom of movement has decisively been ended
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When Kier Starmer says "AI" it's the same as a person in the 1970s saying "computers". Just imagine he's saying "computers" and you'll understand the depth of his understanding of the whole thing.
January 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
When Kier Starmer says "AI" it's the same as a person in the 1970s saying "computers". Just imagine he's saying "computers" and you'll understand the depth of his understanding of the whole thing.
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Surely, SURELY, a basic bit of knowledge for experienced engineers joining an established team with a large codebase would be to NOT disregard Every. Single. Convention. of that codebase 🤔
Surely.
Surely.
January 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Surely, SURELY, a basic bit of knowledge for experienced engineers joining an established team with a large codebase would be to NOT disregard Every. Single. Convention. of that codebase 🤔
Surely.
Surely.
I know it's mostly my fault for allowing queries like this on my estate, but a "scroll to searched term" would be nice as well... #DataBS
Hey Snowflake, can you make it easier than having to fire up the browser's devtools to find parts of a query plan that looks like this?
December 31, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I know it's mostly my fault for allowing queries like this on my estate, but a "scroll to searched term" would be nice as well... #DataBS
Very glad for my 12+ year-old Raspberry Pi that just keeps chugging along blocking gunk from my home network!
December 31, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Very glad for my 12+ year-old Raspberry Pi that just keeps chugging along blocking gunk from my home network!
It's been many years since I last daily-drove a Windows machine for dev stuff, and I still miss Notepad++ when opening random text formats that are not part of a "project".
Zed comes the closest to being that "lightweight, but can do everything" editor replacement, but something's still lacking.
Zed comes the closest to being that "lightweight, but can do everything" editor replacement, but something's still lacking.
December 18, 2024 at 8:47 AM
It's been many years since I last daily-drove a Windows machine for dev stuff, and I still miss Notepad++ when opening random text formats that are not part of a "project".
Zed comes the closest to being that "lightweight, but can do everything" editor replacement, but something's still lacking.
Zed comes the closest to being that "lightweight, but can do everything" editor replacement, but something's still lacking.
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Here's a quick write up I did on the new uv package manager by Astral. I walked through setting up a new project, creating the repo with the GitHub CLI, and then using uv to actually manage dependencies. Plus, how to convert existing projects to uv. #DataBS #DevOps
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Getting Started with uv, the Python Project and Package Manager | Chris Kornaros
Getting Started with uv, the Python Project and Package Manager
Introduction
uv is an Open Source project by Astral, the makers of ruff, that is self described (and worthy of the title) as an extrem...
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December 9, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Here's a quick write up I did on the new uv package manager by Astral. I walked through setting up a new project, creating the repo with the GitHub CLI, and then using uv to actually manage dependencies. Plus, how to convert existing projects to uv. #DataBS #DevOps
whtwnd.com/chriskornaro...
whtwnd.com/chriskornaro...
Tbh it's not that bad having low standards for pop culture quality. It just means there is more stuff that'll make you happy.
December 1, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Tbh it's not that bad having low standards for pop culture quality. It just means there is more stuff that'll make you happy.