iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 01/09/2026

I'm an IC now, but I actually spent two years as an engineering manager at Buffer. It was a pretty challenging time. Buffer's revenue was down. Pressure was high. And so, part of me looks back at that time as a failure.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 31/08/2026

I feel incredibly fortunate that my first job was actually in tech. I was only 16, but as an awkward homeschooled kid in Montréal, I had the skills and the flexibility they needed. I still remember going in for the interview. I was so nervous.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 02/06/2026

You absolutely CRUSHED your talk at @cascadiajs.com @brittanyellich.com! I'm so amped to play with ATProto! 🤩

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Andrew Yates @ay8s.com · 24/05/2026

Get ready to build. Not long to go now. #BufferAPI

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 05/04/2026

I think I'm terrified of shipping.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 26/03/2026

So now that I'm writing less code 'by hand', I'm finally trying to properly learn `vim`, since it feels like it'll be less costly in terms of time-commitment. I got Claude to set me up with a nice neovim setup for webdev (tree view, LSPs), but I'm still weak at vim basics. Any suggestions?

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 18/03/2026

We'll only have AGI when LLMs can properly close an ASCII text box.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 09/03/2026

Japanese word of the day: 接続（せつぞく, setsuzoku）- meaning: connection; attachment; union. This one just sounds cool. Pretty sure I picked up while working through the DanDaDan Manga – but I can't remember now. What cool words have you discovered lately? #japanese

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 03/03/2026

I just did that thing where you accidentally send a message to the wrong chat, except instead of a person, I sent a message to the wrong Claude Code session. 🤦‍♂️

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 27/02/2026

I ran out of GitHub Actions minutes (free plan) while building my upcoming Rust/Tauri app. 🙈

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 21/02/2026

Claude makes me faster, but it doesn't necessarily make me better at building things. With my upcoming app Hangar, i've spent a lot of time trying to polish little things to improve the overall design, and UX. It's a bit buzzwordy, but I do feel like "craft" is going to become even more important.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 21/02/2026

Coming soon: Hangar ✈️ It's a desktop app I've been building for the past few weeks. Fully cross platform with Tauri/Rust. Local-first. Get ready to organize the chaos of your local dev/projects directory. ✨ Launching next week!

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 19/02/2026

Welp... guess it's time to fully move to a different messaging platform.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 18/02/2026

My favorite software for learning Japanese is Anki. It's a free flashcard app that has tons of useful plugins, plenty of helpful guides to help you get setup, and it works on any device!

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 16/02/2026

Claude Code has my back. (FWIW, I was about 99.99% sure it was spam already.)

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 16/02/2026

Just burned way too many tokens trying to fix a bug. The error was cryptic, and no matter how I rephrased the problem, the LLM kept guessing wrong. What finally worked: asked it to instrument some logging first. Ran the build, pasted the logs back in. Issue was obvious immediately. 🙈

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Buffer @buffer.com · 12/02/2026

One of our favorite Buffer benefits is unlimited books! 🤩 Recently, Hamish, Sr Software Engineer @ Buffer, built an internal bot that turns book purchases into something visible and fun: a “what we’re reading” feed in Slack, with a cool visual! 🔗 buffer.com/books What are you reading right now? 🤩

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 10/02/2026

I prob have 30+ code projects that I haven't touched in ages. And now with AI, my rate of project creation is skyrocketing. (Just ask my wife! 😅) Not everything needs be shipped, but there has to be a better way... 🍿 (Hint: it's another project of mine, stay tuned!)

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 13/01/2026

Ok, so I was SO excited to get back to work last week that I also started working out again. Just a simple workout in the morning, 30 minutes or so (some lift days, some cardio). I've hardly worked out at all in the last six months, so I knew I needed to take it easy.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 08/01/2026

So, I'm trying to be a little more consistent this year. 💪 -> Introducing my new personal site, writing space, and digital garden: eventuallyconsistent.ca

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 05/01/2026

Finally back to work after four months on paternity leave. ✌️ I'm so, so grateful to @buffer for its generous family leave policies and for the precious time it gave me with our newest little girl, Autumn. Let's go 2026!

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 12/05/2025

Adobe has been pulling the same unethical pattern for 5+ years: sign up for (what you think is) monthly; then when you cancel, charge you a massive cancellation fee (+lose immediate access) Every week, a complaint goes viral. Adobe doesn't care. Love this page collecting them:

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Buffer @buffer.com · 02/05/2025

We reached an incredible milestone together during our recent retreat and had the chance to celebrate in person. 🤩

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 22/04/2025

I volunteered to give a 10min engineering lightning talk at my company retreat next week, but I still need a topic idea! 😅

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 13/04/2025

Totally agree! Also, it's been super fun to play with my wife. Really helpful having a partner to bounce ideas off of.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 08/04/2025

So many cool things you can do with MCP servers. What's the most interesting thing you've seen recently?

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Josh Collinsworth @collinsworth.dev · 04/04/2025

I started a new side project last night. The first one in a long time. I don't know if it'll go anywhere, but it was still good for my soul. And I wrote about that part of it here. joshcollinsworth.com/blog/the-bli...

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The blissful zen of a good side project

One of life's greatest simple pleasures is creating something just for yourself.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 05/04/2025

Suki is pretty sure the Vet won't find her here.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 02/04/2025

the nintendo direct today was just ✨ fun ✨ might finally be time for me to play TotK when Switch 2 drops

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Sad news: Val Kilmer has died at 65. In the 1980s and 1990s--Top Secret, Heat, Tombstone, The Doors, really all the way through Kiss Kiss Bang Bang--he was so often an interesting and surprising studio leading man: An oddball with the face of a heartthrob. His best work is very worth revisiting.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 02/04/2025

Coding in bed while my wife is watching The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), giving me occasional gasps and plot updates. "Everyone knows the King wants to boink her!" 😂 This is real vibe coding.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 02/04/2025

taught my 10yr old son HTML My son:

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 02/04/2025

we recently moved from Jira to Linear at Buffer and I'm loving it, the Linear UI is so quick and snappy 💥

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 01/04/2025

So, so grateful to work and have skills in tech. In how many other jobs can you just freely build whatever you want? (And don't worry, I see you artists!) It's incredible. A wise man once said, "You can just do things." Now I just need to make the time for the right things.

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 01/04/2025

I love using AI to help me with quick little bash scripts. For example: this one gets all the PRs I've been tagged in to review. (But haven't yet reviewed.) It uses the gh cli with some jq for parsing. Even has clickable links! Gist link in thread 🧵

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 31/03/2025

I love using @raycastapp's notes feature to keep me on track for the day (especially when I've just come back from a week off work) ❤️

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 31/03/2025

Ack! I somehow managed to spatter bits of sauce from my instant ramen all over a sweater I really like. Didn't come out in the first wash, anyone have laundering tips? Speaking which, it was that Buldak Carbonara Ramen, and it was delicious. 🍜

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 29/03/2025

There's a special joy in sharing your favorite things with your kids, especially when they're old enough to appreciate it. (Just finished Return of the Jedi with my 10, 8 and 5 year olds.)

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Hamish Macpherson @hami.sh · 29/03/2025

@anniesexton.com Hey, I see 日本語 in your bio! I've been learning slowly for a while, such a fun and incredibly hard language 🙃

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