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Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

#vibecoding vibes

Drew Carey on the set of “whose line is it anyway” with the caption “welcome to vibe coding

Where everything is made up
And the code doesn’t matter”

June 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

I had the pleasure of working for John 20 years ago. So good to hear him talk at #slashNEW

Photo of John Brøndum on stage with “The Architecture of (Solution) Architecture” on the screen in the background

May 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

That’s scary

Chart showing historic ties between the USD and the US 10 year bond yield and them diverging from early April onwards

May 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

Anyone know what’s happening at Artarmon?

Screenshot stating “Delays on the T1 and T9 train services as a result of an incident requiring emergency services at Artarmon. Consider catching Metro or buses. “

May 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

What do we say to the god of 9am meetings?

Scene from Game of Thrones featuring Arya Stark and her sword instructor, Syrio Forel. Arya stands facing Syrio, who is pointing a finger at her with a serious but playful expression. The image is overlaid with the caption: “WHAT DO WE SAY TO THE GOD OF 9AM MEETINGS? NOT TODAY.”

May 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

Has he been watching Silo? I think he’s been watching Silo.

Screen shot of tweet from Elon Musk saying “We need to shift people from low to negative productivity jobs in government to high productivity jobs in manufacturing (as well as mining and refining of materials)”

April 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

“THEY’RE GONNA PAUSE THE TARIFFS! BUY! BUY! BUY!”

Narrator: there was no pause

😂😂😂

“Stocks mounted a short-lived rally at one point that took the Dow Jones Industrial average into positive territory. Speculation of some sort of tariff pause circulated on social media, contributing to the pop. The White House, however, told CNBC that any talk of a 90-day pause was "fake news" and major averages retreated once again.”

April 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

This should be a thing

#PinkPonyClub #ChappellRoan

A vibrant packaging design for “Pink Pony Club” Easter chocolate features a bold neon pink and magenta color scheme with marquee-style stars, evoking a playful and slightly glamorous aesthetic. The box has a clear window displaying a milk chocolate pony surrounded by glossy foil-wrapped eggs in metallic magenta, teal, and gold. The background is a soft pink gradient, enhancing the luxurious yet fun vibe. The typography is bold, with neon-style lettering that mirrors the aesthetic of the “Pink Pony Club” music single, adding a nightclub-inspired flair to the festive Easter treat.

April 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

TFW the cloud bills come in for your pre-revenue #StartUp

#GCP #CheapAsWhenYouDoItRight

Screen shot from email client shoeing summary of two GCP bills, one for $0.39 and the other for $0.14

April 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

Yondu, where did the blue sauce come from?

March 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

Photo of a guy covered in various computer cables with the caption “Java Developer debugging multi-threaded code. Circa 2020. Digital photograph”

March 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

Smart guy meme (smiling guy tapping the side of his head) with the caption “I didn’t document anything, So there’s no documents to hand over”

March 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

It can be both

Clip from The Simpson showing Moe in a crowd saying “I’ve done stuff I ain’t proud of. And the stuff I am proud of is disgusting.”

March 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

Great advice. If you struggling and on social security payments, start saving now… oh wait

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‘Ahead of any interruption in benefits, “people should start saving now,” O’Mally said.

March 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

The image is a humorous bell curve meme about programming approaches to handling server errors. The graph shows an IQ distribution with labels at different points:

On the far left (low IQ) at 0.1-2%: A simplified cartoon face with the caption "Just send the request and have simple error handling"

In the center (average IQ) at 34%: A stressed-out cartoon person with glasses and an angry expression saying "Nooo! You've got to have retry logic in place to automatically resend the request if the server is down or timing out."

On the far right (high IQ) at 0.1-2%: A hooded figure with the same caption as the left side: "Just send the request and have simple error handling"

The meme illustrates the concept that both very naive and very sophisticated developers often arrive at the same simple solution, while those in the middle tend to overcomplicate things.

March 3, 2025 at 5:54 AM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

Are they planing to call these “spies” The Eyes?

Picture of a character from the handmaids tale. The character is one of The Eyes, which were spies on the population

February 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery

This is a photo taken at twilight, showcasing Sydney’s iconic landmarks. In the foreground, there is a dark body of water, Sydney Harbour, reflecting minimal light. The middle of the image highlights the Sydney Opera House with its distinct white, sail-like structures illuminated by warm lights. To the right of the Opera House stands the Sydney Harbour Bridge, a large steel arch bridge lit with golden lights on its pylons. In the background, the sky transitions from a deep orange near the horizon to a dark blue as it stretches upward, indicating the sun has just set. The city skyline, dotted with lights, frames the scene on the right-hand side.

January 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM

Tom Howard

@tom.well.financial

#UX pet peeve: hiding buttons when you can't use them.

These are examples of my cack-handed solution for this. It isn't ideal, but it's much better than that Confluence UX anti-pattern that hides the button and provides no guidance on why I can't perform the action or if I'm even on the right page.