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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So, yeah, this is why #Claude Code gets a dedicated, principle-of-least-privilege user on my systems: ● Bash(command -v aws && aws configure list-profiles 2>&1 | head; ls ~/.aws 2>&1) ⎿ Error: Exit code 2 /snap/bin/aws ls: cannot access '/home/claude/.aws': No such file or directory

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

People are now referring to #AI agents, bots, loops or whatever as ... "digital employees". I'd like off this stupid ride now, please.

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Has #FlockAI hired any former Stasi officers a la #Nasa and Wernher von Braun?

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

From section 1.1 of the #Bluetooth "Audio Stream Control Service v1.0.1 (adopted)" spec: > Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"What is it about the story of a greedy, spiteful creature who becomes deformed by clinging onto a symbol of power that appeals to you?"

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#Bluetooth headphones<=>laptop worked on the first try. It's going to be a good day.

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

When do orgs start offloading annual reviews to #Claude and friends? These services are already monitoring a large percentage of peoples' day-to-day and are in a position (or will at least claim to be ...) to make a judgement about how peoples' time and tokens are being spent.

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Okay! Time to mow the grass! Let me first make sure I remember to go upstairs and turn off the #bluetooth service on my laptop so it's not constantly stealing the connection from my phone to my headphones!

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I just signed into the #Tesla mobile app to attempt to monitor my home solar installation (came with house; don't @ me) and _*of course*_ it features a "skip and continue" option when prompting for #2FA. #infosec

A screengrab of the Tesla mobile app offering a "Skip and Continue" link to bypass 2FA

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I've written a new blog post in my series on #DuckDB. This one explores DuckLake and uses its time-travel mechanism to (attempt to!) solve a mystery surrounding how bogus data got into a corporate database. peterdohertys.website/blog-posts/t... CC / @duckdb.org

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The Mystery on DuckLake: A Time-Travelling Whodunit Story - peterdohertys.website

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I'm being ghosted by a number of recruiters and people I've interviewed with. I find myself in the twisted position of following up about gigs I don't even want! (e.g. #AI slop cannon operator) just to find out the _WHY_ of it and/or to get *some* closure. 😵 #freelance #python #webdev #unemployment

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I just added the first non-trivial feature to my #hakyll blog for the first time in many years. Using tags, I wanted to conditionally render a partial (links to posts in series) into the standard blog post template. For example, my series on #duckdb. It took some fiddling but I did get it working!

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I think I'm entering the stage of grief where I accept that my time in #tech might actually be over.

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Do people in video meetings really not appreciate that their goofy digital backgrounds and the associated artifacts, clipping, etc. are infinitely more distracting than whatever environment they're actually in? #zoom #teams

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It'll never not be funny to me that using #Google SSO to log into calendly or whatever involves a redirect to youtube.com

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I don't understand how pols continually add me to their #Substack newsletters without my permission. What's even more curious is that I've have to jump through hoops (e.g. email verification) to successfully sign up for the Substack newsletters (I know it's bad) that I am legitimately interested in.

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I can't say I'm thrilled that #Tidal is raising its prices but I do have to give them credit for owning it and providing a link to cancel subscriptions front and center.

An email from the Tidal music streaming service explaining increased subscription prices and providing a link to cancel subscriptions if users are unhappy with the price increase

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So, like, are there any *regular* #SWE or #DevOps jobs left? Lately, almost every post I've seen and lead I've been given have been for what I've begun calling "Loop Cowboy" positions (i.e. people using "agentic harnesses" to generate mountains of code they'll never bother trying to understand).

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It's exciting to see that #Postgres 19 will introduce GROUP BY ALL which, AFAIK, was originally created by #DuckDB! www.snowflake.com/en/blog/engi... > Many of the features originally introduced by DuckDB (e.g., GROUP BY ALL) have been since adapted by other systems. duckdb.org/docs/lts/sql...

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Friendly SQL

DuckDB offers several advanced SQL features and syntactic sugar to make SQL queries more concise. We refer to these colloquially as “friendly SQL”. Several of these features were first introduced by D...

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Is there a #German word for this thing where an environmentally destructive housing or shopping development "pays homage" to the ecosystem they've destroyed? For example, Turtle Crossing or Hummigbird Meadows?

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

> When GRUB appears, manually select Windows every time it reboots until the update finishes. It may take 3–5 reboots depending on what it's installing. Just stay near the machine and keep selecting Windows when the menu appears. I guess 2026 isn't the year of the #Linux desktop after all!

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

> Ubuntu’s Julian Andres Klode acknowledges that this is “…a bit controversial and the outcome is not necessarily in the best interest of our users”. www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/12/grub... Yes, I can confirm that removing os-prober and breaking my dual-boot setup was not in my best interest. #ubuntu

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OS Prober Disabled in Ubuntu 22.04, Here's a Fix

As OS-prober is disabled in GRUB 2.06, Ubuntu 22.04 won't add Windows or other Linux distros to your boot menu. We explain why and share a fix.

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

@nytimes.com The "Continue reading in the app -- it's better." modal which appears on the mobile web is maddening. I have to dismiss it every time I read an article. I will continue to read on the web, so please, *please* give me (paying subscriber!) an option to permanently dismiss it.

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I'm so old that a coworker used to call me "Mr. jQuery" ... as a compliment. #javascript

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

#GitHub can't go two days without an outage but at last they were able to jam some new repository-level "Models" feature into the platform! #priorities #aipocalypse

GitHub's new repository-level Models feature

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I've just published a new blog post in my series on #DuckDB / @duckdb.org. This one explores DuckDB's Vector Similarity Search extension, the Quack protocol and how they can be used together. Please read, share and let me know if you have any feedback! peterdohertys.website/blog-posts/d...

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A Double Shot of DuckDB - peterdohertys.website

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I'd like to see any of these performative, tough guy conservatives talk shit about #vegans at an #EarthCrisis show.

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

"Why is anything anything?" - Master Shake `npm install -g yarn` #javascript

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

So, I've always dismissed Queensrÿche because of that one line in _I've Got an Ape Drape_ but, wow, _Operation: Mindcrime_ rips!

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

My heart now skips a beat when I'm instructed to run `npm install -g ...`. Like, I'm just trying to install a Markdown preview utility but maybe I'll make a typo or there has been a compromise and I'll wind up installing a shitcoin miner or some self-replicating Sarlac worm? #javascript

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

#DuckDB's exclude function is *very nice* when working with vector columns!

DuckDB's exclude function being used to prevent vector spam in shell

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

It's wild that #DCcomics aren't still putting out new Tiny Titans books. The series is the ideal gateway to the DCU and they've all been enjoyable for children and parents. Also, why aren't they available on DC Universe Infinite? I've emailed them about this twice and received no response.

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

> Presenting one's 'AI'-assisted output to someone else's eyes or ears is like feeding them a cookie made with sand in the flour. If you tell me, I won't eat it, and if you don't, of course I will be upset and no longer trust you. - Rich Hickey #ai #clojure

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Here's a blog post about my initial experiments with full-text search in #DuckDB. TL;DR It's a good, simple FTS solution for unconventional data sets. If you do need a more fully-fledged FTS solution (e.g. Postgres), then there's a clear migration path. peterdohertys.website/blog-posts/f...

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Full-Text Search with DuckDB - peterdohertys.website

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Meta fires 10% of their staff and their stock is down 10% after earnings. ☯️ #AI #Meta

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Pete Doherty @ethagnawl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

They're some combination of digital drug dealers (i.e. algebraists of need) and pathological fraudsters. I don't understand how everyone ramming agents into their workflows and halving their headcounts doesn't see what's coming. A worthwhile read as usual from @edzitron.com

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AI's Economics Don't Make Sense

If you liked this piece, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, includ...

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DuckDB @duckdb.org · 24/04/2026

A great short post on DuckDB: peterdohertys.website/blog-posts/d... We certainly didn't expect “interactive installations and art projects” among the list of use cases, but we agree with the author that DuckDB could definitely work in that context too 🎨

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A Dab of DuckDB - peterdohertys.website

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