Troy Forster
@tforster.com
Fractional CTO, idea factory, tinkerer, cyclist, hiker, vegetarian, and animal lover working from my cottage office in Port Bruce
It is clear to me that Christianity, as demonstrated by a large number of Americans, is one of the nastier cults.
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It is clear to me that Christianity, as demonstrated by a large number of Americans, is one of the nastier cults.
Reposted by Troy Forster
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
I am convinced code editors are the new CMS in that every organisation seems to be creating one.
Almost everyone is using the open source version of VSCode as a starting point. At least we don't have hundreds of CMS products all forked from WordPress.
Almost everyone is using the open source version of VSCode as a starting point. At least we don't have hundreds of CMS products all forked from WordPress.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I am convinced code editors are the new CMS in that every organisation seems to be creating one.
Almost everyone is using the open source version of VSCode as a starting point. At least we don't have hundreds of CMS products all forked from WordPress.
Almost everyone is using the open source version of VSCode as a starting point. At least we don't have hundreds of CMS products all forked from WordPress.
FFS! It is only a cease fire until the next gun is fired.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
FFS! It is only a cease fire until the next gun is fired.
It's a good job I wasn't driving when that stupid emergency alert went off. I jumped so high I would have gone off the road.
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's a good job I wasn't driving when that stupid emergency alert went off. I jumped so high I would have gone off the road.
You don't realise how much of the web runs on Cloudflare until Cloudflare goes down.
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
You don't realise how much of the web runs on Cloudflare until Cloudflare goes down.
Note to tv writers: it is now 2025 (almost 2026). You can't continue to use a physical answering machine playback to advance your storyline. Nobody uses them anymore and it puts a bit plot hole in your narrative.
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Note to tv writers: it is now 2025 (almost 2026). You can't continue to use a physical answering machine playback to advance your storyline. Nobody uses them anymore and it puts a bit plot hole in your narrative.
"Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned"
I would be ecstatic if someone rebooted Instagram with no AI and no Ad content.
#JustSharePicturesTakenByNormalPeople
#RealCreativity
futurism.com/future-socie...
I would be ecstatic if someone rebooted Instagram with no AI and no Ad content.
#JustSharePicturesTakenByNormalPeople
#RealCreativity
futurism.com/future-socie...
Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned
Twitter co-founder and blockchain evangelist Jack Dorsey has revived the six-second video platform, Vine — well, sort of.
futurism.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned"
I would be ecstatic if someone rebooted Instagram with no AI and no Ad content.
#JustSharePicturesTakenByNormalPeople
#RealCreativity
futurism.com/future-socie...
I would be ecstatic if someone rebooted Instagram with no AI and no Ad content.
#JustSharePicturesTakenByNormalPeople
#RealCreativity
futurism.com/future-socie...
A nice sunny start to the week, with a sprinkling of early-season snow.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A nice sunny start to the week, with a sprinkling of early-season snow.
I was making dinner and thinking to myself, "I am eating late tonight". Then I looked at my phone.
18:06
Damn you, clock changes!
18:06
Damn you, clock changes!
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I was making dinner and thinking to myself, "I am eating late tonight". Then I looked at my phone.
18:06
Damn you, clock changes!
18:06
Damn you, clock changes!
Am I the only person who finds it extremely alarming that Microsoft Teams mixes chats from completely different accounts?
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Am I the only person who finds it extremely alarming that Microsoft Teams mixes chats from completely different accounts?
What can possibly be worse than JIRA? Rovo, Atlassians' miserable excuse for an AI agent.
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What can possibly be worse than JIRA? Rovo, Atlassians' miserable excuse for an AI agent.
Reposted by Troy Forster
In completely unrelated news, for the last couple of weeks I've been working to befriend the crows of my neighborhood. I carry peanuts in my pockets when I walk around, and if I see any crows I drop a couple and walk on. They do seem to be noticing. I will keep you posted.
It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
(1/n)
(1/n)
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In completely unrelated news, for the last couple of weeks I've been working to befriend the crows of my neighborhood. I carry peanuts in my pockets when I walk around, and if I see any crows I drop a couple and walk on. They do seem to be noticing. I will keep you posted.
I just had an absolutely terrifying thought.
What if Microsoft Teams got together with Atlassian JIRA and had a baby?
What if Microsoft Teams got together with Atlassian JIRA and had a baby?
October 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I just had an absolutely terrifying thought.
What if Microsoft Teams got together with Atlassian JIRA and had a baby?
What if Microsoft Teams got together with Atlassian JIRA and had a baby?
Just when you think this world cannot get any worse, you learn that Jane Goodall has died.
October 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Just when you think this world cannot get any worse, you learn that Jane Goodall has died.
All those people who flatly refused to wear masks during COVID, citing breathing issues, re-inhaling germs, and all sorts of other nonsense, are now likely working as masked ICE agents.
September 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
All those people who flatly refused to wear masks during COVID, citing breathing issues, re-inhaling germs, and all sorts of other nonsense, are now likely working as masked ICE agents.
@scruss.bsky.social and @eightlines.bsky.social I have to put together a Halloween prop that is going to use a Pi Pico, something like a DFPlayer and a couple of strips of Neopixels. Nothing major. What Canadian company would you recommend for online orders and quick delivery these days?
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@scruss.bsky.social and @eightlines.bsky.social I have to put together a Halloween prop that is going to use a Pi Pico, something like a DFPlayer and a couple of strips of Neopixels. Nothing major. What Canadian company would you recommend for online orders and quick delivery these days?
I've said it before, and I am sure I will say it again, but I do wonder how many billions of dollars of lost productivity are directly attributable to organisations forcing Microsoft Teams on their employees and partners?
September 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I've said it before, and I am sure I will say it again, but I do wonder how many billions of dollars of lost productivity are directly attributable to organisations forcing Microsoft Teams on their employees and partners?
I am preparing a complete rewrite of Gilbert, my open-source text file compiler for building static sites. Latest tests have it clocking a respectable ~150 pages/second. I have replaced NodeJS streams with Web API Streams to let it work in Cloudflare workers.
#ServerlessOnDemandCMSPublishing
#ServerlessOnDemandCMSPublishing
September 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I am preparing a complete rewrite of Gilbert, my open-source text file compiler for building static sites. Latest tests have it clocking a respectable ~150 pages/second. I have replaced NodeJS streams with Web API Streams to let it work in Cloudflare workers.
#ServerlessOnDemandCMSPublishing
#ServerlessOnDemandCMSPublishing
"Every cancel has an equal and opposite recancel"
Just cancelled my Disney+ subscription. I was already planning on getting rid of it, as I have exhausted the limited catalogue of watchable shows. But then they iced the cake.
Just cancelled my Disney+ subscription. I was already planning on getting rid of it, as I have exhausted the limited catalogue of watchable shows. But then they iced the cake.
September 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Every cancel has an equal and opposite recancel"
Just cancelled my Disney+ subscription. I was already planning on getting rid of it, as I have exhausted the limited catalogue of watchable shows. But then they iced the cake.
Just cancelled my Disney+ subscription. I was already planning on getting rid of it, as I have exhausted the limited catalogue of watchable shows. But then they iced the cake.
Reposted by Troy Forster
America: where people mocking a dead Nazi podcaster suffer more consequences than a pedophile president
September 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
America: where people mocking a dead Nazi podcaster suffer more consequences than a pedophile president
Reposted by Troy Forster
Cartoon by @laloalcaraz.bsky.social.
September 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Cartoon by @laloalcaraz.bsky.social.
Reposted by Troy Forster
Thank you @addyosmani.bsky.social for being the one to call out the distinction between vibe coding and AI assisted engineering. What a good read: open.substack.com/pub/addyo/p/...
Vibe coding is not the same as AI-Assisted engineering.
Can you really 'vibe' your way to production-ready software?
open.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thank you @addyosmani.bsky.social for being the one to call out the distinction between vibe coding and AI assisted engineering. What a good read: open.substack.com/pub/addyo/p/...