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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 11/09/2026

jump-cut editing under way for my next productivity youtube video (using kdenlive)

Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 14/04/2026

Markdown Neuraxis Android Release v0.0.23 · timabell/markdown-neuraxis github.com/timabell/mar... Now with a well behaved "done" button for editing text (so that you can still use the keyboard enter button) #Android #FOSS #Markdown #SideProject #PKMS #TodayIMade #SmallWins #Kotlin #ClaudeCode

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 12/04/2026

Table parsing/display/editing now working in mdnx github.com/timabell/mar... #Markdown all the things. The core syntax/parsing engine seems to be in decent shape now allowing easier iteration on things like this.

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 04/04/2026

Nice tidy bullet rendering on android *and* a automatic build/release github actions pipeline. What's not to like. github.com/timabell/mar... <- automatic build and release of v0.0.12 Thank you github for providing free build agents for public repos, absolute godsend for #FOSS #Markdown #Android

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 03/04/2026

Release of markdown-neuraxis v0.0.11 has collapsible headings/bullets, which I think qualifies it as an #outliner github.com/timabell/mar... A #SideProject #SmallWin for the love of #FOSS #Markdown #Privacy I'm hoping eventually this will be a haven as an alternative to #LogSeq

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 07/03/2026

I've made & published a new VSCode extension to make headings and bullets collapsible in the default markdown preview pane. github.com/timabell/vsc... #VSCode #plugin #outliner #FOSS #markdown

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 21/02/2026

snapshot testing of new wip markdown-neuraxis markdown parser with insta #RustLang crate

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 19/02/2026

my stars are rising... slowly www.star-history.com#timabell/git...

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 17/02/2026

sln-item-sync now has better sln folder detection, better version info, better automated build/release, and runs under dotnet 8/9/10 github.com/timabell/sln... #dotnet #foss #DotnetTool #SideProject

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 03/02/2026

More UI elements on the markdown-neuraxis android notes app. It's coming together! github.com/timabell/mar... #PKMS #Markdown #Android #Outliner #FOSS #Maker #Hashtags

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 01/02/2026

My nascent android version of markdown-neuraxis is now pretty snappy at hunting down markdown files and showing them. Grab the apk here if you want to kick the tyres: github.com/timabell/mar...

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 01/08/2025

First Direct is offering £175 for account switches! That's not nothing! And they have great customer service. What's not to like. (No I'm not being paid for this, it's just an offer worth sharing.) www.firstdirect.com/banking/curr...

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 30/07/2025

Finally tried Claude Code with Claude Sonnet 4 - really liking the CLI, it's slick. For a CLI addict & touch-typist like me it really feels like flow. Built a tiny firefox add-on in about 2 hours. github.com/timabell/fir... Just waiting for it to be approved in the addon store now.

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 10/07/2025

#supernote daily planner made by chatgpt. Pretty cool that you can ask chatgpt to make pngs of an exact pixel size to fit the device (makes pdfs too which is how this started)

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 08/07/2025

Static sites are unbeatable. Look at that home page load. Under a second.

firefox dev tools network timings - 810ms total

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 08/07/2025

In the name of being all-in on #RustLang, and to escape the increasingly slow build times I've converted my blog from jekyll/github-pages to zola/netlify github.com/timabell/0x5... Much better build & deploy times

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 27/06/2025

People ask why I'm interested in #RustLang My markdown webserver completed an entire page render in LESS THAN ONE MILLISECOND 🤯🦀 That's the efficiency I was after. You know you're onto something when the dashboard shows response times in microseconds! Code is high-level, tidy & readable.

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 11/06/2025

🎙️New episode of the Rust Workshop podcast 🎙️ Interview with Tim McNamara @timclicks.dev about the upcoming Rust Forge conference, and much more. Enjoy! share.transistor.fm/s/b5038eaa

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 10/06/2025

I heard on X that the waymo taxis were being torched, in the end the capitalists always win, so I got dall-e to make me some pics of the self-drive taxis getting the upper hand. I wasn't expecting it to go so dark on me!

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 08/06/2025

Obscure meme of the day

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 02/05/2025

That's reaaaally useful. Great for pasting into logseq, or any other markdown capable tools. "Copy Git Link Plugin for JetBrains IDEs | JetBrains Marketplace" plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/17756...

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 01/05/2025

For anyone who still naively thinks that the current LLMs / AI / Coder Assistants will replace competent coders rather than just assist them, here's an example of Claude taking "the VW approach to passing a test".

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 03/03/2025

Is it just me or is the Azure #CosmosDB emulator slow and unreliable? I was so pleased when they announced the emulator, and now I just hate having to use it because half the time I have to kill it, restart it 3 times, and wait for the certificate to actually be available before I can do anything.

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 01/03/2025

😵 Programmers are officially doomed, I just watched as Codeium Windsurf AI IDE just made a test fail - then searched the web - then read a stackoverflow answer, then fixed the test! Run for the hills! 🫠 "Searching stackoverflow" was the one remaining skill we had over the AI 😵‍💫

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 20/02/2025

Here's the #RustLang podcasts to follow while wait for @rustnationuk.bsky.social to post videos for this year's conference! 🦀 🎙🎧

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 05/02/2025

@openuk.bsky.social looooove the hoodie, and loved doing the #RustLang panel discussion at conference!

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 05/02/2025

I've invited "Rusty the Clown" to run the kids birthday party. Hey hey hey kids. Catchphrase: "Borrow checker says no, kid." #RustLang #BadCoderParent I knew AI was useful for something.

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 27/01/2025

This is good example of why I try and avoid the stock market news machine. It's full of out-of-context fear mongering. pic one: ahhh massive crash in one day.... ahhhhhh pic two: zoom out - um, what's all the fuss about

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 23/01/2025

I've made an "almost" simple test git repo to be used for practicing reading complex branch/merge history. Good for practicing --first-parent etc. github.com/timabell/tra... Blogging to follow. Subscribe to my mailing list if you don't want to miss it: 0x5.uk/subscribe/

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 23/01/2025

@lpalmieri.com Got a 3rd test isolation for you. Separation in hierarchy of data. I.e. if all records in multiple tables are owned by a user or company record at the top of the hierarchy, test setup starts by creating a new record at the top, and then multiple tests' data can coexist. Effective.

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 15/01/2025

Holy shit. FluentAssertions has gone non-free. Apache license deleted. This is no longer a #FOSS library as of v8 #RIP #OpenSource #dotnet github.com/fluentassert...

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 18/12/2024

I made a minimal example of an azure function app with polly retries on outbound http calls github.com/timabell/azu... #Azure #dotnet #yaks This is harder to get right than you'd think from the Microsoft marketing, even with copilot / gpt to hand.

example retry log output, see readme for plain text copy

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Tim Abell @0x5.uk · 26/11/2024

The time suck apps have a new friend

Pointless screenshot of my android social media app icons

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