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Ianbattersby

@Ianbattersby@hachyderm.io

Architect, Programmer, and Hacker. Cloud Native. Zero Trust. Penchant for Rust and neovim. Principal Engineer @ http://GSKOnyx.tech. Formerly of Salesforce and Advanced. Married to the amazing @lilywhitelegs. Proud father to M (10) & W (6). Opinions my own!

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anderseknert, to random
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Harry’s running a 40C degrees fever 🥵 But a new colander is a new colander, and spacemen aren’t really bothered by fever, are they?

Ianbattersby,
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@anderseknert Be well soon 🧑‍🚀

anderseknert, to Bash
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The only time I reach for scripts these days is when I need to call a few external commands in sequence, often with a few pipes in between them. IMHO there aren’t really that many other use cases left where some more competent scripting language isn’t a better choice. OTOH, why is that (evidently very common) use case still such a chore to do in basically any other language?

Ianbattersby,
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@anderseknert

Office Space No GIF

Ianbattersby,
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@anderseknert Ah! I think we could do this one over beer when you are next in London?

Ianbattersby,
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@anderseknert My position is that without a good reason not to use bash, I don’t know why folks insist on using other (certainly dynamic) languages. I see this the most in a python circles where there are turtles all the way down and mass of accidental complexity. So the python picture was more the illustrate my problem with people unnecessarily not using bash. If you have complexity to be tackled (including testing) use go or rust and capture that in a cli utility 🤷

Ianbattersby, to random
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@JoeRess Is it too late for cloud podcast auditions?

Ianbattersby,
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@JoeRess 👍

anderseknert, to typescript
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Writing some for a project and… meh. It feels like JavaScript turned Java without the stdlib. I’m sure I’d get better / used to it given some time, but the vibe isn’t there for me. Fast feedback loop > strict typing any day IMHO, but to each their own.

Ianbattersby,
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@anderseknert it’s a sad irony that TypeScript is likely the closest thing to dependently typed and refinement type system that is actually is in production at scale anywhere 😭

kellogh, (edited ) to Minecraft
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what’s an appropriate age to start letting play ?

Ianbattersby,
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@kellogh I don’t think it’s such a binary choice. Would this be Minecraft on their own devices without friends. On their devices with friends you approve. On their devices with anybody they friend. On other servers with/out chat. Cross-network play on other servers. Etc. It’s a minefield 🙈

Ianbattersby,
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@kellogh Well, we decided it was the minefield least likely to result in injury. We keep them away from Roblox for sure, and only now experimenting with Lego Fortnite.

My advice would be that Bedrock with a fully locked down Microsoft based account, where you allow them to “friend” those they know IRL.

Ianbattersby,
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@kellogh At one point we ran a server that allowed bedrock and Java clients in the same world for family and school friends, but it required enabling cross-network play and the temptation of things like catcraft became too strong for them.

When I see our 11yo make educational videos of how to do things in Minecraft to help their school friends, I’m amazed and happy we get them play under a tightened regime :-)

Ianbattersby,
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@kellogh Hmm. Maybe 8/9ish?! The youngest was 6/7 at the time and we allowed them to play together or on their own (local device).

Was brilliant to see their creatively flourish and see how they learnt to build things. That said, it’s a constant battle to judge where the lines should be drawn and when to let it move as they’ve grown older.

Ianbattersby, (edited )
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@kellogh Might be wise. The oldest was mad on drawing until Minecraft took over, and now only revisits it occasionally 🙃

anderseknert, to random
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After 3 days spent with 2 kids in 58 square meters, I was given a chance to leave the confinement of our home for 2 hours and go shopping for New Year’s Eve. Assuming of course that the kids have recovered by then. If not, we’ll just have a ton of champagne to enjoy at some other occasion. Now to enjoy some spicy duck with pineapple before heading back. Local Thai restaurant is a gem.

Ianbattersby,
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@anderseknert are we sure the orange belongs? 🤨

Ianbattersby, to random
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This is a really excellent discussion on the challenges of commercialising open-source software. Great deliberations from @bcantrill, @ahl, @ag_dubs, and @adamhjk. https://pca.st/episode/984aa2b1-f53e-4cf1-a24e-1f272342ef06

popey, to random
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Trying out one of those Tesla charger things on my Mini. I feel dirty 😂

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Ianbattersby,
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@popey you should

Ianbattersby, to random
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Well, I ran Mastodon for 15 days on GCP to see what the costs might entail. Based on a resilient and strong security posture, it's going to be £120-150 per month. That's just absurd. I'm going to try and optimise, but this experiment is going on ice now!

Ianbattersby,
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@anderseknert Indeed. I can definitely bring this down substantially, but enough to be happy with it? Hmm 🤔

Ianbattersby, to random
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Anybody else’s Sonos lost access to all services except LinkedIn? I mean. They’re just gone!

Ianbattersby,
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@kellogh ah! I meant TuneIn. Stupid autocorrect 😂

BBCRadio4, to climate
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On Today this morning, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talked to Nick Robinson about his new committment to stop some of his government's planned measures on limiting climate change.

The interview is on the Best of Today podcast, on BBC Sounds.

https://bbc.in/3EOdLLY

#ClimateChange #PrimeMinister #Today #NickRobinson #Conservative

Ianbattersby,
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@BBCRadio4 And folks wonder my politicians aren’t trusted. What a crock of lies. What an absolute disgrace he is. Respect to Nick, but he went too easy on him running rough-shot over the questions.

Ianbattersby, to random
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Can't believe it took me 35 years to learn that the cure to my anxiety is coding. It was so bloody obvious. What an idiot :farnsworth:

Ianbattersby,
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@khalidabuhakmeh So much wisdom, right there :successKid:

popey, to random
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Today I learned I needed to flip this switch on my GiffGaff mobile account to get 5G. Now I’m working in central London today, it works! Wheeee!

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Ianbattersby,
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@popey it’s almost as though they want you to use your own 5G 😉

khalidabuhakmeh, to random
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A monkey tried to steal Nicole's phone.

Ianbattersby,
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@khalidabuhakmeh it does look well shady tbf.

khalidabuhakmeh, to random
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Rainy Amazon

Ianbattersby,
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@khalidabuhakmeh oh my 😍

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