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Niko Heikkilä (he/him)

@nikoheikkila.fi
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Platform Engineer and recruiter working in the intersection of people and technology. Outside office I’m pop-culture geek with a heart full of leftist politics 🚩, social justice, anti-fascism, and cooking. Posts in 🇬🇧/🇫🇮

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Allen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I keep hearing from the hypemeisters about getting six months' work done in a week. If you've experienced that, I'd love to hear: (1) Was that work actually delivered to your customers at the end of that week? How many customers? 1/3
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 29/09/2026
It doesn’t require an SI (Super-Intelligence) to know this, huh, Donny boy?
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Dylan Beattie @dylanbeatt.ie · 28/09/2026
Today Microsoft Azure asked me for some feedback. Pretty sure we solved "circles" back in the 1990s. I remember radio buttons working just fine in Netscape Navigator. But maybe AI decided it's better this way. 🤷🏻‍♂️
a feedback form. There are five radio buttons. They are oval, not circular, and the labels above them are badly formatted, don't fit in their enclosing boxes, and in several cases are obscured by their own associated control.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 23/09/2026
It’s interesting to see how different social media platforms establish preferred posting patterns. In Bluesky it seems that quoting your own posts is all the rave. Maybe it was so in Twitter as well? It’s also annoying and I will mute you for it. Just make a thread for what you have to say!
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Ryan "Boy-Wife" Tatsu🌹 🏳️‍🌈 @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 22/09/2026
I caught up with the two seasons of Lord of the Rings TV series to prepare for the third one this November. It’s rather liberal with the canon, for sure, but if people’s main gripe was how elves have too fancy armours then it’s not too bad. I loved the Sauron mind-games. Great character building.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This isn't a metaphor. Just a story about a roach. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/roach-2 PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
4-panel SMBC comic update. The first panel shows a cartoon little roach happily saying "oh man! The stupid human put food in here. fool!" The next panel shows the roach walking away from a poison trap as he says "I’m gonna give it to everyone!" The third panel shows a human at his computer with a similar expression to that of the cartoon roach. The man says "this stupid company made a controversial ad. How embarrassing for them!" The man then walks away from the computer desk, at an angle reminiscent to the panel where the roach walks away from the poison trap. The man says "better share with all my friends and family so everyone knows which ad not to look at."
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 19/09/2026
Is it time to say farewell to the ladies of Spain again?
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
What is a Rube Goldberg machine and why is it so fascinating?
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Randy, Baron von Greymatter @wowindescribable.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AI DESIGN LOGIC

Man oders a pizza from waiter

When delivered, man says, “Look what I made!”
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Candy Gregory @candyrn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Be careful what you wish for #Farage
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Dylan Beattie @dylanbeatt.ie · 14/09/2026
All iPhones are foldable. Some iPhones are only foldable once. (with apologies to @terrypratchett.bsky.social)
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 13/09/2026
Oman kokemukseni perusteella tätä "ulos kuplasta" -käskyä viljelevät yhteiskunnan hyväosaiset, jotka pienenkin kritiikin edessä hajoavat ja kipittävät hakemaan tukea juurikin omasta kuplastaan.
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/09/2026
“I know with your help, we’ll make our community grow and we’ll take back our country.” Robert De Niro wants you to vote early and join your local No Kings event on October 17: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 12/09/2026
Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger — a charming documentary that offered little new knowledge about the band and instead completely basked in the reunion glory. Great music as always, though!
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TheCatMan @bigbrohem.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Whatever Will We Do?"
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 12/09/2026
Ever wondered what it *really* feels like to work with a coding agent. Wonder no more. opusfived.dev
opusfived.dev
Opusfived
Make one button blue. Change nothing else. A short interactive comedy about agentic AI assistants that can never just do the thing.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 12/09/2026
Revisiting favourite albums from youth. There still is nothing like a bit of jazz and death metal combined. tidal.com/album/110904...
tidal.com
Cynic - Focus
Listen to Focus on TIDAL
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 11/09/2026
Saw a movie about one of those farcical-but-serious episodes of Finnish history: the kidnapping of (former) president K. J. Ståhlberg and his wife Ester, who wouldn't be left behind, by hapless far-right goons. The movie was very much "inspired by a true story," so here's my version. A THREAD:
A black and white photograph of president Ståhlberg of Finland and his wife, listening to an old guy speaking outside.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 11/09/2026
Dear company executives, When you enforce all your employees to return to office for a minimum of few days a week, I expect you to also remove all DEI statements from your marketing material.
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Dave Farley @davefarley77.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What separates elite software engineering organisations from the rest? In The Unicorn Project, Gene Kim outlined the 5 Ideals of high-performing software teams: locality & simplicity, focus, flow & joy, improvement of daily work, psychological Safety, and customer focus. 🧵 1/8
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Alexandria W. Darling @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
r/superman
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What is Superman's "Kryptonite"?
In literature, mythology, and comic books heroes often have a "kryptonite" or "Achilles's heel", basically a weakness that makes them vulnerable.
I'm curious what fans here would consider to be
Superman's "Kryptonite"?
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is permanently banned from
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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
It's always a good time for a little bit of Popcorn. 🍿
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 09/09/2026
There are a lot of people who think their parents got their brains destroyed by Fox News, but somehow they’re not getting their brains destroyed by staying on Twitter.
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Graph shows far right support higher where the number of foreign nationals is lowest
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 09/09/2026
The art based scale of pain;
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Teemu Toppinen @teemutoppinen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Do you have an hour? I don’t either. (But it’s a wonderful piece of music.)
m.youtube.com
Dopesmoker (2022 Remastered Version)
YouTube video by Sleep - Topic
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And if you think this is wrong and needs to be addressed they call you a communist
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
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Laurie @laurieontech.dev · 05/09/2026
Not being able to paste in the password field HARMS security!!! Who came up with this horrid UX pattern?!
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 05/09/2026
Ei saa kutsua natsiksi eikä kansallissosialistiksi. Voivat raukat pahoittaa mielensä. Vaan eipä otsikko kutsu näitä myöskään ihmisiksi, koska niitä ne eivät ole. Vain (komedia)hahmoja.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
found this in the top posts and it succeeds in being very funny while also inducing a borderline homicidal rage
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So you know where we stand: United States was the only country to vote against it. The U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size www.npr.org/2026/09/04/n...
npr.org
The U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size
The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 04/09/2026
Pair-programming makes handovers redundant.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 04/09/2026
🧵 The ever-so-fun Polar Squad DevOps Book Club kicked off the autumn season today with The Fearless Organization by Amy C. Edmondson. Great to also see some of our new hires joining in the weekly Friday discussion!
Book cover for "The Fearless Organization" by Amy C. Edmondson, featuring a gray silhouette of a human head with an orange brain outline drawn inside it.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 04/09/2026
iOS promises to automatically update the phone to a new version overnight are like alcoholic parents promises to a child. “Tomorrow it shall happen. After I charge for a bit. Trust me, kid.” Yet, when the morning comes nothing was changed and you get another pinky promise for the update. Sad.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
American workers are taking home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar. Why? This chart has the answer.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 03/09/2026
It takes a trained mind to recognise the aesthetic beauty of these graphics. Not everything needs to be GTA VI.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 03/09/2026
Voting for the Left Alliance is the only remedy against the destructive far-right politics of the current government and the best way to ensure Finland gets to keep the Happiest Country trophy.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 02/09/2026
This. 👇🏻 In my experience, it's a sum of being too large, siloed departments (tribes), fostering a blame culture, learned helplessness, and an immobilising fear of "what if something goes wrong and regulators fine us". DevOps was never about technology more than cultural change.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 02/09/2026
Is there a noun for excess delivery? It's a special type of enshittification where you add new features to a completed product because you *must*. The phenomenon has been rampant in software for long since we have the budget and we shall use it. Toothbrushes are next. gizmodo.com/dysons-smart...
gizmodo.com
Dyson’s Smart Toothbrush Uses a Camera to Floss Your Teeth
Yes, you can watch the camera feed from an app.
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Once Upon A Time On The Internet @newgroundsdoc.newgrounds.com · 01/09/2026
23 YEARS AGO TODAY, @mrweebl.bsky.social posted BADGERS to @Newgrounds.com
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Lake Ontario name change is insanely unpopular: just 14 percent support it. By point of comparison, 14 percent of Americans also believe that the moon landing was fake.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 01/09/2026
Lupaan täten kirjallisesti kumota pullollisen minttuviinaa, jos Suomen työttömyys laskee vähintään tätä hallitusta edeltävälle tasolle Purran toimien seurauksena kuluvan hallituskauden aikana. On helppo luvata tällaisia, koska sitä ei tule tapahtumaan.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 01/09/2026
Friendly advice for thread posters: Go to bsky.app/settings/bet... and activate thread numbering. That way you don't have to write X/Y on every message indicating the current index and the total number of posts.
bsky.app
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 01/09/2026
The best thing about returning home from an overseas trip is being able to pour yourself a nice hot cup of filter coffee from your own beans. Sure, I could do the same in the hotel with Aeropress and a kettle, but the connoisseur in me refuses to grind the beans sooner than minutes before brewing.
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Niko Heikkilä (he/him) @nikoheikkila.fi · 31/08/2026
On first listen, I'm positively surprised by the proggy tunes of Mastodon's latest album. If this is how the band shall find themselves in the post-Hinds era, I will gladly accept it. tidal.com/album/554261...
tidal.com
Mastodon - Marrow Deep
Listen to Marrow Deep on TIDAL
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