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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

(Basic functionality was close to a one-shot, I'm living the modern bespoke software dream...)

Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

If you're a macOS user who's occasionally stuck in compliance screenshot-taking purgatory like me, and tired of having to capture the menubar clock or `date` output in said screenshots like me, you may find the Claude-created timestamp thingo at github.com/finnigja/stamp useful.

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GitHub - finnigja/stamp: Stamp is a tiny floating timestamp overlay for macOS.

Stamp is a tiny floating timestamp overlay for macOS. - finnigja/stamp

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Random family dinner conversation to online merch store with ~3 hours off-and-on effort, what a wonderful world. (If skulls and dropbars are your jam, check out dropbargoods.co.)

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Got kids who want a friendly introduction to Python? Get them to check out learnpy.dev, an interactive, web-based introduction to coding in Python. I built it for my 9 & 11 year-olds... maybe it'll be useful for others?

learnpy.dev

Want To Learn Some Python?

learnpy.dev is an interactive, web-based introduction to coding in Python.

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

"... whenever Claude logged on, its context would be immediately filled with ASCII pictures of fish..." Time to replace all those boring /etc/issue legal-required login warnings with... animations of aquariums? red.anthropic.com/2025/cyber-c...

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Security should be a property of how your system behaves under stress, manipulation, and misuse. What if a baseline of security testing could be woven into the same unit, integration, and end-to-end tests that developers already use to ensure quality? chair6.net/security-tes...

chair6.net

What if we stop treating security testing as a separate thing?

Prioritize using your existing unit, integration, and end-to-end testing frameworks to cover security cases

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

(Thanks for the introduction to Rosa's concepts, @trippfuller.bsky.social! This was a fun one to think about & riff on...)

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"But security doesn't always work that way. Sociologist Hartmut Rosa calls this 'uncontrollability', and argues that it isn’t a flaw to be fixed, but a vital feature of how we relate meaningfully to the world." chair6.net/security-ref...

chair6.net

Security-oriented reflections on Rosa's uncontrollability

Applying Hartmut Rosa's concepts of controllability and resonance to the security space

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Christian. I think perhaps we do.

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Do we need to make "vulnerability management industrial complex" a thing?

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

New chairlift at the local mountain has an aesthetic...

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

$ sudo freebsd-update upgrade -r 14.2-RELEASE

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Breton-style andouille and blue cheese, today! The chocolate covered orange slices were for secondsies.

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Baguettes from a vending machine for lunch. The French know how to do carbs...

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

~6-8€ per bottle. France is pretty great...

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Now we're sitting in Roz-sur-Couesnon eating salted Brittany butter and baguette, and drinking cheap French wine. Good times.

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I used Google Translate to buy some coolant from a one-pump mechanic in Saint-Martin-des-Besaces this evening. Modern technology has changed the travel experience significantly!

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Continuing the "listening to whole albums" theme, Gentlemen of the Road by Mumford and Sons is the order of the evening. Solid collection of live performances.

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Ooo, yes.. added to my list of albums for this week.

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I've been enjoying "Flamingo" by Brandon Flowers the last few evenings.. 2010 is a while ago already. Making a conscious choice to get away from Spotify's automagic sameness and start listening to whole albums again... good times!

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I do like the concept of "radiating intent". Broadcast what you want to do, when you plan to do it, and give stakeholders space to explicitly object, rather than explicitly chasing consensus / alignment / approval. Works in some scenarios, and generally requires baseline trust to have been earned.

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Don’t ask forgiveness, radiate intent

As simple encouragement to act, “ask forgiveness, not permission” is fair enough. But here are 4 reasons to signal your intentions:

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I don't like those words, but... yes. Pretty much a requirement if you want to get things done. It can be a real time suck though, and can be done poorly.

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Just got done making chocolate mug cake with one of kids... perfect for a cold/dark winter evening, only takes ~5 mins in the kitchen. Pro tip - add more chocolate chips that the recipe calls for. Also good with a splash of bourbon, and/or served with a lil' dollop of ice cream.

tastesbetterfromscratch.com

Easy Chocolate Mug Cake - Tastes Better from Scratch

This microwave Chocolate Mug Cake recipe is the easiest and fastest single-serving dessert, and you wont believe how delicious it is!

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Finally getting to the point where I can `terraform destroy` a long-lived-but-abandoned project... mostly mentally freeing, with a little side of sadness. Cloudy dreams floating away into the void. Cancelling one domain name means I can register another one though, right?

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Continuing the ski film theme, Crazy Karl is keeping it real with Brap Ski 4 over at www.youtube.com/watch?v=chKT.... Winter is coming...

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Brap Ski 4 - 4K Full Film

YouTube video by Crazy Karl

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rands @rands.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The proliferation of emerging password/login technologies makes my head spin. And I know what is going on. I can’t imagine the impact on folks who are just trying to login to the thing.

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Helped the in-laws move house last weekend and - after that experience - we're doing our own cathartic combination of cupboard / basement cleanup and donation / dump runs this weekend!

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Bluesky is cool and all, but Strava is still the best social network. No bots, no politics, mostly just motivation to go do something. This new personal heatmap thing is nifty.. I guess I do a lot around the I-90 corridor!

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

When you're driving through Tennessee, and see a sign to Frozen Head State Park, you kinda gotta take that detour. (My family is very patient with me, sometimes.)

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Getting the "ingredients list" is only a small part of the puzzle. Is the list meaningful? Is the list accurate (/ truthful)? Is the list up to date? How do you take action on the list?

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Jamie Finnigan @finnigja.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Random thought of the day... SBOMs are exactly what you'd expect government to push for, they're repeating a pattern. Look at food safety, and finance, and [..], and now software. One step towards more effectively regulating your product is to get more transparency about what is in it.

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