Simon Painter
@simonpainter.bsky.social
All pronouns acceptable
Senior .net developer
oreilly.bsky.social author.
'Any view of things that is not strange, is false' -Neil Gaiman
Senior .net developer
oreilly.bsky.social author.
'Any view of things that is not strange, is false' -Neil Gaiman
There's something very wrong with the UK. How is it you can get a multipack of pickled onion monster munch, but not the spicy ones!!!
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
There's something very wrong with the UK. How is it you can get a multipack of pickled onion monster munch, but not the spicy ones!!!
Ok, I'm almost certainly going to regret this, but I've added Japanese to the list of languages I'm learning. What could _possibly_ go wrong. It's only one of the most complex languages in the world....
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Ok, I'm almost certainly going to regret this, but I've added Japanese to the list of languages I'm learning. What could _possibly_ go wrong. It's only one of the most complex languages in the world....
Thank Dog. Doctor Who is coming back Christmas 2026. I was worried we were looking at another cancellation. Nice to know it isn't the end
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thank Dog. Doctor Who is coming back Christmas 2026. I was worried we were looking at another cancellation. Nice to know it isn't the end
My oldest is off school ill today, so we're watching The Truman Show together. Great film, but it feels like there was a version of this that could have been super dark. All of Truman's friends & family are just paid actors. That's a pretty grim thought.
October 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My oldest is off school ill today, so we're watching The Truman Show together. Great film, but it feels like there was a version of this that could have been super dark. All of Truman's friends & family are just paid actors. That's a pretty grim thought.
If anyone ever wanted confirmation that I'm an utter nerd - I just did my morning run, while listening to a BBC radio 4 program about statistics!!
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
If anyone ever wanted confirmation that I'm an utter nerd - I just did my morning run, while listening to a BBC radio 4 program about statistics!!
I'm watching the new series of #DoctorWho with my daughters. We've reached The Smowmen. I love the matt smith Christmas specials. That's the doctor written 100% as a "magic time wizard". My youngest made this fan art:
October 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm watching the new series of #DoctorWho with my daughters. We've reached The Smowmen. I love the matt smith Christmas specials. That's the doctor written 100% as a "magic time wizard". My youngest made this fan art:
Anyone know much about embroidery? I've got a kit I'm planning to do, but it's pretty complicated looking. I'm not sure what order to do the colours in!
September 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Anyone know much about embroidery? I've got a kit I'm planning to do, but it's pretty complicated looking. I'm not sure what order to do the colours in!
Just scored a couple of art books in a charity shop! Result!
September 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just scored a couple of art books in a charity shop! Result!
Anyone going to @bsidesncl.bsky.social know if there's a social happening tonight?
September 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Anyone going to @bsidesncl.bsky.social know if there's a social happening tonight?
I'm off up to my family's ancestral home in Geordieland today for @bsidesncl.bsky.social . It's going to be an amazing event, but it won't be complete for me without pease pudding and stottie cake!
September 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I'm off up to my family's ancestral home in Geordieland today for @bsidesncl.bsky.social . It's going to be an amazing event, but it won't be complete for me without pease pudding and stottie cake!
It's new computer game time. I finish finished Disco Elysium, which was absolutely incredible. Now I'm going for @inkle.co studio's Heaven's Vault, which - as a language nerd- looks like it's going to be right up my street!
September 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It's new computer game time. I finish finished Disco Elysium, which was absolutely incredible. Now I'm going for @inkle.co studio's Heaven's Vault, which - as a language nerd- looks like it's going to be right up my street!
For anyone interested in some functional code & retro computing, I'll be speaking at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in Manchester tomorrow
Tomorrow Night is @dotnetnorth.bsky.social, with a talk from @simonpainter.bsky.social
From 6pm at Bright HR
Tickets still available, it's FREE, and there is pizza 🍕
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
#Manchester #DotNet #CSharp
From 6pm at Bright HR
Tickets still available, it's FREE, and there is pizza 🍕
www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
#Manchester #DotNet #CSharp
Down The Oregon Trail with Functional C#, Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Originally scheduled for July, we're delighted to have rescheduled the following talk:
**Down The Oregon Trail with Functional C#** \- Simon Painter
Oregon Trail is often
www.meetup.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For anyone interested in some functional code & retro computing, I'll be speaking at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social in Manchester tomorrow
Reposted by Simon Painter
🎉 Speaker Announcement — Simon Painter 🎉
We're excited that @simonpainter.bsky.social will be at BSides Leeds to present 'Hack the Planet! What Movies can Teach Us about InfoSec'.
Catch Simon's talk at 14:05 on the 21st!
We're excited that @simonpainter.bsky.social will be at BSides Leeds to present 'Hack the Planet! What Movies can Teach Us about InfoSec'.
Catch Simon's talk at 14:05 on the 21st!
June 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🎉 Speaker Announcement — Simon Painter 🎉
We're excited that @simonpainter.bsky.social will be at BSides Leeds to present 'Hack the Planet! What Movies can Teach Us about InfoSec'.
Catch Simon's talk at 14:05 on the 21st!
We're excited that @simonpainter.bsky.social will be at BSides Leeds to present 'Hack the Planet! What Movies can Teach Us about InfoSec'.
Catch Simon's talk at 14:05 on the 21st!
This week's #DoctorWho was awfully good!
May 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This week's #DoctorWho was awfully good!
Me, about 1/3 through the latest Doctor Who:
May 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Me, about 1/3 through the latest Doctor Who:
Tonight's film - the 1994 Wynona Ryder version of Little Women. Watched it with my oldest daughter. Was very good, but we both prefer the recent Greta Gerwig version.
May 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Tonight's film - the 1994 Wynona Ryder version of Little Women. Watched it with my oldest daughter. Was very good, but we both prefer the recent Greta Gerwig version.
I'be been a fan of the Divine Comedy since the late 90s, and this new video from them is really pretty good!!.
youtu.be/jJ6N59FZ-6g?...
youtu.be/jJ6N59FZ-6g?...
The Divine Comedy - Achilles
YouTube video by The Divine Comedy (Official)
youtu.be
May 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I'be been a fan of the Divine Comedy since the late 90s, and this new video from them is really pretty good!!.
youtu.be/jJ6N59FZ-6g?...
youtu.be/jJ6N59FZ-6g?...
Anyone else remember the computer game Pandora's Box from the late 90s? I'm a little sad it's not available anywhere at all any more.
May 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Anyone else remember the computer game Pandora's Box from the late 90s? I'm a little sad it's not available anywhere at all any more.
I'm off on a journey down to London to give my first ever workshop on Functional c# at @sddconf.bsky.social Sadly the British trains are being true to form & I'm not currently sure if or when I'll arrive!
May 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'm off on a journey down to London to give my first ever workshop on Functional c# at @sddconf.bsky.social Sadly the British trains are being true to form & I'm not currently sure if or when I'll arrive!
Reposted by Simon Painter
Don't you ever get fed up with code failures in production? Don't miss @simonpainter.bsky.social 2-day, hands-on #workshop "Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C#" at #NDCOslo!
ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...
ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...
ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...
ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...
Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C# | NDC Oslo 2025
Don't you ever get fed up of code failures in production? The infamous Null Reference Exception alone must be responsible for a large percentage of production issues.
ndcoslo.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Don't you ever get fed up with code failures in production? Don't miss @simonpainter.bsky.social 2-day, hands-on #workshop "Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C#" at #NDCOslo!
ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...
ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...
ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...
ndcoslo.com/workshops/wr...
Apparently it's international Jazz day. So, here's my personal favourite modern jazz track if anyone wants to hear something amazing ^ a bit different:
youtu.be/wtj6LaG1TZU?...
youtu.be/wtj6LaG1TZU?...
Galaxies Like Grains of Sand
YouTube video by Hampshire & Foat - Topic
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Apparently it's international Jazz day. So, here's my personal favourite modern jazz track if anyone wants to hear something amazing ^ a bit different:
youtu.be/wtj6LaG1TZU?...
youtu.be/wtj6LaG1TZU?...
Just caught up with s2 of #DoctorWho. Quality of writing seems to have gone up rhus series. I especially liked Lux. I'm just hoping the finale isn't a let down, though
April 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Just caught up with s2 of #DoctorWho. Quality of writing seems to have gone up rhus series. I especially liked Lux. I'm just hoping the finale isn't a let down, though
for anyone interested, I will not only be speaking at @techorama.bsky.social next month, but I'll also be giving a workshop on how you can stop unhandled exceptions from ever occurring in production! I'd be grateful if anyone would be kind enough to repost this. Thanks!
techorama.be/workshops/wr...
techorama.be/workshops/wr...
Write Code that NEVER Fails - Functional Programming With C# | Techorama
techorama.be
April 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
for anyone interested, I will not only be speaking at @techorama.bsky.social next month, but I'll also be giving a workshop on how you can stop unhandled exceptions from ever occurring in production! I'd be grateful if anyone would be kind enough to repost this. Thanks!
techorama.be/workshops/wr...
techorama.be/workshops/wr...
My talk at #NdcSecurity last year about what we can learn about InfoSec from movies (including a slide or two about mitigating _literal_ dinosaur attacks) is now available as a video on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKHf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKHf...
Hack the Planet! What Movies can Teach Us about InfoSec - Simon Painter - NDC Security 2025
YouTube video by NDC Conferences
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My talk at #NdcSecurity last year about what we can learn about InfoSec from movies (including a slide or two about mitigating _literal_ dinosaur attacks) is now available as a video on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKHf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKHf...
Im trying to get back into drawing again. This is a mosque in saw in Antalya while I was on holiday last week.
February 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Im trying to get back into drawing again. This is a mosque in saw in Antalya while I was on holiday last week.