Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson
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Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson
@thomanil.bsky.social
Independent freelance/contractor/consultant software developer in and around Oslo area

tknilsson.com
otteragain.com
thefriendliestfreelancer.com
mineverktoy.com
Always used Linux or OSX for dev work, but with fallback Windows box at home for PC gaming. No longer: Steam & Proton on Linux are amazing, every game I have tried so far (including Jedi: Survivor and Cyberpunk 2077) runs well. Valve might well be the greatest thing to happen to Linux this decade. ❤
May 27, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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"Your health records will be on the block chain."
"Everyone will live in the Metaverse."
"All art will be NFTs."
"Generative AI will replace the need for humans."

We need to reckon with the reality that the tech industry no longer creates things that anyone wants.
The next time someone tells you some dumb-ass tech thing is "inevitable" even if a company has spent tens of billions of dollars on it
April 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Looking for a simple, solid and user friendly uptime service, anyone got any hot tips?

- Not venture-funded/private equity
- Not part of the bigtech/cloud operators
- Bonus if european corp!

Pingdom was my go-to for a long time but they seem to be sinking into the private equity graveyard. 😢
April 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A very, very good walkthrough about the reasons for software complexity and how we deal with them (or fail to do so) 🛠️
Why Can't We Make Simple Software? - Peter van Hardenberg
YouTube video by Handmade Cities
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Come for the funny realization that publicity-seeking billionaires all want you to think they could've done physics – stay for the vicious take-down of Ayn Rand. 🔥 Angela is great.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmJI...
billionaires want you to know they could have done physics
YouTube video by Angela Collier
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Reposted by Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson
Why isn’t AI doing the tedious shit for creative people instead of doing the creative shit for tedious people
February 17, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Reposted by Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson
Uber: we can't make money if we have to follow the law

Google: we can't make money if we're not allowed to be a monopoly

Nestle: we can't make money without using slave labor

OpenAI: we can't make money if we can't steal

media: should shoplifters be executed?
January 9, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Reposted by Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson
Equinor you are not fooling us.
December 21, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Reposted by Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson
“This is the future of human civilization. It is inevitable. There’s nothing you can do to stop it. Get on board now, or be left to starve in the street.” — some of our most prominent celebrities and businesspeople, discussing digital monkey cartoons, two years ago
December 16, 2023 at 5:15 PM
Reposted by Thomas Kjeldahl Nilsson
Du vet du har laget et elendig datasystem når folk går i FAKKELTOG mot det..!
Nye demonstrasjoner mot omstridt journalsystem
Mandag kveld vil ansatte ved sju sykehus i Midt-Norge gå i fakkeltog mot innføringen av det nye journalsystemet Helseplattformen.
www.tv2.no
November 13, 2023 at 9:16 AM