Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 12/01/2025And today I read this! kottke.org/25/01/want-t...kottke.orgWant to Wear a Tiny Apollo Guidance Computer on Your Wrist?A British company is selling a wristwatch that’s a shrunk-down replica of the Apollo Guidance Computer interface that the 000
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 09/01/2025I got a smartphone from AliExpress that is powered by the original Apollo computer system. Doesn’t last a day before it’s out of rocket fuel and I can only call someone named Houston. Some tech just refuses to die! 120
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 31/12/2024As always, the Aussies have gone early on the new year celebrations. Christmas in summer and new year at midday. What’s their game? 000
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 28/12/2024Dear Tim Apple, Please do not rotate the display while I’m swiping on the keyboard. Sent from my iPhone whilst lying in bed 000
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 18/12/2024The first to really integrate this type of workflow (my preference would be through Github) will be on to a winner IMHO. 000
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 18/12/2024It's a decent workflow, but context loss is still sometimes an issue and it eats credits at a high rate. I'd like AI coding tools to adopt ways to maintain enough context about projects that they don't get lost easily. 100
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 18/12/2024I was able to get Windsurf to interface with GitHub tasks + projects using Github CLI, which helped me use AI to plan whilst maintaining context that often gets lost as a project progresses, as well as creating documentation that the AI can utilise. 110
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 17/12/2024media.tenor.coma little girl is sitting on a couch and making a face .Alt: a little girl is sitting on a couch and making a face . 000
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 15/12/2024Sending my best wishes that you don't exit the mortal plain as a result of boredom 😝 010
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 15/12/2024Snarky was not the correct word to describe your post. What I feel you've done is blithely ignore the difference between communicating an idea effectively to a wide audience, versus the value of academic economic theory. Both can change the world, but from very different starting points. 000
Reposted by Michael WardSecret Agent Number Six @designationsix.bsky.social · 15/12/2024 420263115849
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 15/12/2024You’re not the first to post a snarky comment on the socials. Others have been doing it with much more panache for quite some time. 010
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 15/12/2024It’s still true, if you shop for durability and not for a label. Price isn’t the guarantee it once was, however. 0100
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 10/12/2024Google's new quantum chip looks interesting, but quantum's big flaw is that if you look at the chip then it will never work again. 🤷♂️ 000
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 02/12/2024It is an IEx helper. Wouldn’t imagine it would have much use in production code, but the functionality could be ripped from IEx source if needed. hexdocs.pm/iex/1.17.3/I...hexdocs.pmIEx.Helpers — IEx v1.17.3 010
Reposted by Michael WardPeter Ullrich @peterullrich.com · 02/12/2024🚨 New Blog Post 🚨 I wrote a tiny blog post about: 1. how to print out the type info of an #ElixirLang variable and 2. how to allow regexes in NimbleOptions definitions peterullrich.com/parse-regex-...peterullrich.comParse a Regex with NimbleOptionsLearn how I discovered that ~r-sigils return Regex structs and how to include regex patterns as valid input in NimbleOptions. 2174
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 08/07/2023Not sure I’ve fully grokked how to utilise it, but any programming language that is tolerant of failure by design is a language that I’m going to enjoy. Thanks to the BEAM VM and the elixir programming language. 030
Michael Ward @michaelward.uk · 08/07/2023Programming with Elixir has made me feel a great deal of angst when using other, more popular, languages. Pragmatic FP for the win! 170