Sour Eventually tech is going to drive everyone and companies back to fax and A4 binders for everything. Comms will be a series of pressurised tubes snaking through buildings. Genuinely - the world works in mysterious ways. I absolutely wouldn’t be surprised if a big manual/trade

Working with Claude Code just constantly begging to screw up my filesystem in new and interesting ways

everyone just discovered that non-technical employees exist

jaiya A few thoughts on this: - technical employees who can also TALK are going to become 100x more valuable (they are, though, very very rare...) - people want to connect with people, not companies - my deep belief is that these tasks are better handled by the business itself, rather

Storytelling

Are boxes of Christmas cards not a thing any more? (Like the big packs of 20 charity cards) In Tesco and there was only a few sad looking boxes - far more individual ones. Do people just not do Christmas cards any more? (Or maybe they do and they were all sold out) I’ve always

Got that weird sinus thing after a cold where I can blow air out of my eye and that never fails to amuse me.

Getting real tired of AI hype now. More so than usual. They are very useful tools but, good grief, it's daily now that I see these things making mistakes that even a drunk junior intern wouldn't be expected to make. Feels like the hype has been diminishing lately anyway -

I had an argument with someone the other week about hobbies I’m interested in starting. They said “you should choose the one that you can monetize the easiest” and my heart filled with rage lol. Hobbies aren’t meant to be monetized. It’s for the love and the learning of it.

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a mentor once told me that there are three kinds of projects in life: two days, two months, or ten years

Going to see more and more of this as interests and creative pursuits are automated and packaged up into bitesize consumables.

I like in a nonfiction book when all the sudden there's a big break for a pictures section. The author's like "oh by the way these are the guys I was telling you about."

3 hours until I officially start my Freelancer Xmas Holidays (i.e. working 50% less than I usually do!) I'm filling up my calendar for January-March 2026 at the moment. If you're looking for... - WordPress maintenance/retainer assistance - Big Laravel Project help (anything

Just realised I really appreciate games that don’t hand you everything on a plate and make you actually write things down on paper

Going to lock in 💯 on “not locking in” over the next week of Christmas hols. I need it. It’s been harder than usual to switch off during 2025, what with the pace of AI-powered developments, harsher-than-usual employment markets etc It’s ok to take time for yourself. It’s ok to