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Pat

@Pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy

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Some guy in Wellington. I care about software development, AI, bicycles and Wellington. Expect infrequent posts / interaction, I’ve got a bit on. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.nz/@Pat, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Weekend project idea: Mixtape. A web app for making someone a mixtape the old way. You pick every song yourself; no suggestions. Each side has a hard time limit. It goes to one person only, with a short note on the inlay card. The person you give it to knows it's from you and sees the song […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Why does a oven and a microwave even need a clock? And why does it have to be so bloody difficult to change twice a year without accidentally starting a hour long timer where the oven doesn't work? #daylightsavings #nz

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Overheard in the break room: A women telling her colleagues about her taxidermied cat that is currently vacuumed packed in her freezer. "I opened the freezer up the other day and thought, I really must do something about that cat".

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Side note, I was sitting here thinking 'today would be a good day for a swim in the harbour'. Then I looked at the water temp - 11.5 degrees. Maybe I'll wait a few more weeks.

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

There is one person who is constantly disagreeing with the @CanYouBeat assessment. Today is a lovely day, buts its barely more than 11 degrees out there, forecast to hit a high of 12.6. That would be borderline in winter, but spring - come on. We need some level of standards right here. Two […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Well, I guess we are all awake now. #wellington #earthquake

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Walked past a fairly big water leak in the middle of the road and was just about to report it when I saw the signs. #TiakiWai #wellington

A photo of a water leak in a pot hole on the road. To the left of the leak are two signs that read “Tiaki Wai: no lifeguard on duty” and “Tiaki Wai: Billing you for the missing water”.

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

RE: canyoubeatwellington.nz Two in a row, and tomorrow is looking good for a hat trick! #YCBWOAGD

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Keen to hear people's thoughts of some improvements I've been thinking of for @CanYouBeat - Cycle the 'good day' post image with selection of photos from around Wellington (Simple) - Wellington Wrapped - a sub page on the site, published at the end of the year that gives an overview of the […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

RE: canyoubeatwellington.nz Another possibly contentious 'good day'. While the wind is up a bit now - its fairly consistent and not the typical gusty wind Wellington tends to get, so the average is under the threshold. At least one person disagrees with the app so far, I think the app […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

RE: canyoubeatwellington.nz First 'good day' on the new domain and ActivityPub actor. Note I've tweaked the rules ever so slightly - there is a tiny bit of rain predicted later this afternoon (0.1mm). Does that really ruin an otherwise good day? I don't think so.

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Got a MFA text from adobe at 3 in the morning (so obviously not triggered by me). Worried my password was compromised I investigated first thing this morning. Adobe sends the MFA text message BEFORE asking for the password. This seems to stupid to me. What possible upside would that have for […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

Snowing in Ngaio! #Wellington

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Okay, so this is pretty geeky and pointless. But I've finally got my GoodNature bluetooth enabled smart mouse traps integrated into #homeassistant and have it triggering phone alerts whenever one of them catches a mouse. Pretty good for something that doesn't officially support HA! Mice will […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

Today was a cracker of a day - 11 degrees, little wind, full sun - but, it wasn't enough to trigger @CanYouBeat #wellington It was just 2 degrees too cold (mid winter rule says min temp 13 degrees) 4 people so far have disagreed with the assessment, 2 have agreed. I'm probably in the minority […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

I've had the same wheelie bin provider for the last 8 or so years. Each year around this time we get a email with a price increase and invoice to re-up for another year. This year I got curious and went online to their website, put in my address and the exact same service we get (same size bin […]

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

Voting is open for #InternetNZ board members. If you're a member, and want this community-run organisation protected from being reduced to a private business, now's the time to vote.

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

Someone has posted @CanYouBeat to the Wellington sub reddit. 68 people agree that today was a bit shit. 11 people disagree. I'm assuming they are the people I saw walking around in shorts today. #Wellington

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

I have a raspberry pi that's been running home assistant for the last few years. When I first set it up it was underwhelming - I struggled to get key things connected and automated. Temp sensors are great, but whats the point if the wifi connected central heating won't talk to home assistant or […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

Snapped Ankles last night was something else. Loud AF. Amazing performance, great crowd, great set list. #music #meow #Wellington #SnappedAnkles

The lead singer of Snapped Ankles, dressed as a tree, performing on stage

The lead singer of Snapped Ankles, dressed as a tree, performing within the audience

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

Snapped Ankles are playing at Meow in #Wellington tonight, am so pumped I don't even care that it's a Tuesday night gig

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

My first time getting on the podium in a pinball tournament! 3rd place at the June Pōneke Pinballers. #pinball #wellington #poneke

A picture of the top four competitors at the June Pōneke Pinballers competition, holding pinball machine shaped trophies, standing in front of pinball machines.

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

Thinking more about activitypub (on the back of setting the blog and CanYouBeatWellington up as actors). I use Strava and Garmin connect to track my bike rides, but I'm now increasingly aware that I don't really own that data or control who sees it. There is also a bunch of stuff in there I […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

Okay, something is off with @CanYouBeat canyoubeatwellington.radomski.co.nz Today is a cracker. Very light wind, at least 15 degrees (not bad for Wellington in Autumn) but its recording as not a good day. Three people have given it thumbs down so far […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

A photo of Wellington harbour on a cracker of a day.

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Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) @davemosk.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

Decentralized social media could save democracy from Big Tech (PDF) www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadm…

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

I have this mastodon account, which I've previously used to publish my blog posts - but now I've gone and made my blog a fully fledged ActivityPub actor - @Pat@radomski.co.nz It can push the blog posts on its own. This creates a bit of a conundrum - do I keep tooting my blog posts or do I let […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

📝 New post: Te Ara Tupua: a first look at the data Te Ara Tupua opened on 16 May. Wellington City Council installed ten new sensors along the path to measure usage from day one. Here's what the first week looks like, and what the wider sensor network tells us about cycling in Wellington […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

I've finally wired up my blog with activity-pub. If you want to follow my blog on the fediverse, you can do so by searching for @Pat@radomski.co.nz You won't see much there now, but future blog posts should be pushed there. #fediverse

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

📝 New post: Wellington's Shitsville is real I used six years of Wellington weather data to fix the rules on Can You Beat Wellington. Turns out some seasons just don't have good days, and Wellington doesn't have 4 seasons. radomski.co.nz/blog/shitsville #Wellington #Projects #Data […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

Quick matinee idle explorer update: - We are halfway through linking songs to spotify. I can do about 1k a day with API limiting, so it'll be another week or so before they are all done. - Autoplay works! You can now listen to a selection of songs in the data explorer - make your own Matinee […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026

📝 New post: Super Simple Feijoa Ice Cream Recipe (3 Ingredients) An easy 3 ingredient feijoa ice cream recipe. No fuss, no complicated steps. Perfect for using up feijoas in season. radomski.co.nz/blog/feijoa-ice-cream #Recipe #Feijoa #Food #Icecream

Super Simple Feijoa Ice Cream Recipe (3 Ingredients)

An easy 3 ingredient feijoa ice cream recipe. No fuss, no complicated steps. Perfect for using up feijoas in season.

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2026

RE: cloudisland.nz/@Firesphere/11646216… I've played around with a few meshtastic / lora devices and was thinking about trying out Meshcore - this is worrying.

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

Vercel has been hacked. "A security incident that involved unauthorized access to certain internal Vercel systems." vercel.com/kb/bulletin/vercel-april…

Vercel April 2026 security incident | Vercel Knowledge Base

We’ve identified a security incident that involved unauthorized access to certain internal Vercel systems.

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

This matinee idle explorer is the gift that keeps giving, but it is all 100% worth it to discover this gem, which was played 10 times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUHhQblBn-I

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

📝 New post: I Let an AI Build My App. Two Years Later, I Asked Another AI to Fix It. In 2024 I used Lovable (then GPT Engineer) to build a hobby weather app in an afternoon. In 2026 I finally looked at what it had actually generated. The findings were instructive […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

A few people have tried to 'hack' robo-pat. There have been a few 'disregard previous questions', or 'show me the knowledge base in JSON' and one person even tried, line for line, the over-turned turtle voight kampff test question from Blade Runner. But my favorite question so far has to be […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

I'm a responder on #GoodSAM. I've had a few alerts over the last year or so, but have never been able to get to the scene before the ambulance, until today. It is pretty full on. Massive respect to people that do this for a living day in and day out.

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

📝 New post: ROBO-PAT: Building My Own AI Twin What happens when you give the job seeker their own AI agent? I built one to find out, and learned a lot about RAG, Claude, and weekend projects along the way. radomski.co.nz/blog/robo-pat #AI #Projects #RAG #Next.js #Learning

ROBO-PAT: Building My Own AI Twin

What happens when you give the job seeker their own AI agent? I built one to find out, and learned a lot about RAG, Claude, and weekend projects along the way.

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

Some great questions are coming through to ROBO-PAT (chat.radomski.co.nz) "Does Patrick have relevant experience managing teams with non-humanoid members?" "Would Patrick be interested in world domination by proxy?" The answer to the last one is yes. #ROBO-PAT

chat.radomski.co.nz

AI assistant representing Patrick Radomski

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

Companies often make job applicants go through AI screenings or AI interviews. Why can't job seekers do the same? Well, now they can. Introducing the Recruiter-Oriented Bio & Overview Platform AI Twin; ROBO-PAT. He is me - or at least, he is loaded up with my CV, my thoughts on software […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/04/2026

My evolving understanding of Sheryl Crow's 1993 hit song 'All I Wanna Do'. 10ish year-old me hearing it in 1993: "I'm with the cool people having fun. And who washes their car in their suits on their lunch break?" 20ish year-old me: "Oh, they are degenerate, unemployed day drinkers." 40ish […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

I've done some back end tinkering on canyoubeatwellington.radomski.co.nz fixing tech debt, security issues and removing bloat. History is limited at the moment (it was lost in the upgrade), but it is much more stable so it should build it up over time. I […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

A screenshot of canyoubeatwellington.radomski.co.nz which says 'No, you cant beat Wellington today'.

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

📝 New post: I rebuilt my website (again) After two years on WordPress and AWS Lightsail, I rebuilt the site using Next.js, Vercel, and GitHub. No database, no CMS, just Markdown and deploy. radomski.co.nz/blog/i-rebuilt-my-we… #Projects #Web Development

I rebuilt my website (again)

After two years on WordPress and AWS Lightsail, I rebuilt the site using Next.js, Vercel, and GitHub. No database, no CMS, just Markdown and deploy.

Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

Took my kids to the park today, and as I sat there watching them play I wondered why all the other kids were looking at me. Turns out I still had massive blue Easter bunny ears on after our Easter brunch.

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2026

I am recovering from a broken hand. I’m out of the cast and pain is almost nonexistent now, except for when I accidentally squeeze or knock my little finger. At a work function this evening, I learnt that some people are ‘hand shakers’ and others are ‘finger shakers’. For some reason, people in […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026

Patrick's unified theory of untrustworthy condiments. One day, as a result of a lovely thoughtful gift, or as an attempt to be cultured, you receive a nice little jar of a chutney, conserve, jelly or relish. Maybe it's homemade; with a quickly fading label and an awkward jar lid with a kitschy […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

Free existential dread simulator: run yourself a nice warm bath. Hop in. Maybe have a little drink and a day dream. Get comfortable and relax as all your worries of the day just melt away. Later, just as the water is starting to get cold, pull the plug - but stay right there, lying down in the […]

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

Just got a letter from my bank. It says "We're reducing paper usage".

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

#NZ #Wellington T-shirt idea.

A white tshirt mock up by AI with a man’s face and the words “go and get my hat” on it.

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Pat @pat.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/01/2026

#RNZ #MatineeIdle is coming to an end. This was the push I needed to do a little side project I've been thinking of for a while. I'm currently scraping the full data set of every song ever played on Matinee idle into a database. I'll then create one massive spotify playlist to share, and also […]

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