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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 29/05/2025

I’m hugely excited to be in San Francisco this week for the first-ever @clickhouse.com user conference! The past three-plus years have been an incredible journey, and seeing how far the company has come in such a short amount of time is deeply rewarding.

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Dave Snider @davesnider.com · 21/03/2025

Table Slayer is now feature complete. I plan on opening it up for beta up next week, and doing a full release once I come back from vacation in mid April. It will be Open Source. Here's a demo. If you're interested in helping with the beta, sign up at tableslayer.com.

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 11/02/2025

The problem with the Hornets is that we set up to shoot a 3 every single play but we’re also horrible at shooting 3s. #hornets

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 08/02/2025

Expecting the worse but hoping for… very little really #6nations

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 24/01/2025

As one of my top 5 films, I wholeheartedly reject the idea of a labyrinth remake, but may go see it if they cut the trailer just right.

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 12/01/2025

I'm not crying, you're crying.

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 28/12/2024

The Gavin & Stacey finale did not disappoint.

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Jon 🎄 @pifflevalve.eurosky.social · 26/12/2024

If you see something awful on Twitter it's ok you don't have to screenshot it to make sure we all see it here as well

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 19/12/2024

I wonder what Curser have up their sleeve for their next release. They must’ve know that VS Code team/Microsoft would do this.

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 19/12/2024

This was so good, great idea and the 🌶️ really topped it off.

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 13/12/2024

My daughter just turned eight, I’m still useless at anything other than a basic ponytail. I bought a mannequin head to practice braiding and… 60 mins later I’m still shit. Dads send help!

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 11/12/2024

Agree that it's certainly different, I'd argue that it allows us to be more aware, involved, and ultimately valuable. I feel like this is an evolution of leadership positions rather than a problem. Eng hierarchy is weighed down by decades of what came before, slow moving, by comparison design isnt.

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 11/12/2024

I managed to get this children's book I've been working on finished and to the printer's in time for Christmas. * Based on an afternoon walk I took with the kids in Wales * Written by me, edited for grammatical errors by ChatGPT * Illustrated using Midjourney * Laid out in Affinity Publisher

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 07/12/2024

Alright #designsky, I’m opening up a super exciting role for a design engineer on our website. If you equally love design and frontend development, have passion for clean code and performant websites, please reach out. N.America/Europe only at this time. 👇 boards.greenhouse.io/clickhouse/j...

boards.greenhouse.io

Design Engineer - Web

United States (remote)

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 03/12/2024

If I’m writing something that’ll be seen by others in a professional context, I do tend to run it through AI to check my grammar. I can imagine it’s incredibly useful for non-native English speakers. Having AI write the actual content seems all kinds of wrong though www.wired.com/story/linked...

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Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated

A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success.

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 03/12/2024

I bought my daughter a bearded dragon this weekend and now I spend my meetings wondering if it's bored and worrying that I'm not entertaining it enough in the daytime when she's at school.

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Geoff Norcott @geoffnorcott.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Massive away win for the little fella.

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 02/12/2024

I've been thinking a bit about the Jaguar rebrand. I can see why people would have issues with it when comparing it to the old, iconic British automaker. But when looking through the lens of a brand new EV company, I actually think it works.

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 27/11/2024

I released this a few months ago, but this is still one of my favourite features on my iOS app Fight Scores. The ability to see how others are scoring a fight in real-time. fightscores.co

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 27/11/2024

It’s from back in 2020 but I hadn’t read this article before. It’s a nicely balanced, incredibly insightful, and well written piece on leadership. I’d recommend you give it a read. www.svpg.com/product-lead...

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Product Leadership Is Hard - Silicon Valley Product Group

So many people I meet naively believe that the key to empowering product teams is simply to get the management to back off, stop micromanaging, and give their product teams some space to do their jobs...

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Gareth ap Dafydd @gjon.es · 27/11/2024

One of the most impactful things we've done for the visibility of Design at @clickhouse.com is send a monthly google slide deck that covers some of our recent work and highlights. #designsky

Front cover of a slide deck that reads "Design Highlights"

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