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Ricky Sullivan Himself

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Developer. Dad. Drongo.

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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 08/10/2026
SASS — Salacious Automated Specification System Serious engineering. Questionable intentions.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 25/08/2026
MATE, MY WHOLE LIFE IS A FLIPPING “WRINKLE”
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 19/08/2026
How about a new metric for reviewing PR reviews. DILLIGAF score = actionable signal ÷ total review noise Riff with me.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 17/08/2026
I'm hosting a n8n New Zealand Community Meetup! ​Thursday 24th September, 2026 ​6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ​AWS Office, Level 13 PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010 There will be snacks, drinks, and n8n swag (subject to availability). 👉 RSVP: luma.com/n8n-cfdk
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n8n Meetup Auckland · Luma
Join the local n8n community This is a relaxed, in-person n8n community meetup. The goal is simple: bring together builders, developers, operators, and…
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 23/07/2026
I never thought working in AI would be like this. I know this isn’t always the case. Yes I know API pricing is a thing, but for majority of mainstream frontier services, if you told me 5 years ago I’d have laughed at the idea of having to wait just to be able to continue working.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill, the versatile New Zealand screen actor who appeared in more than 150 productions over a five-decade career, and who was perhaps best known for his star turn as Dr. Alan Grant in the “Jurassic Park” series, died on Monday in Sydney, Australia. He was 78.
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Sam Neill, New Zealand Screen Actor and Leading Man, Dies at 78
He appeared in more than 150 productions over a five-decade career but was perhaps best known for his star turn in the “Jurassic Park” series.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 13/07/2026
Just putting it out there. Sam Neill, national treasure, national holiday. It should be Sir Sam Day.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 24/06/2026
Codex has a new "Pet" feature 🐈 Sometimes I wish I had my chonk with me at work, so I had Codex build out my pet cat, Pickles. developers.openai.com/codex/app/se... #codex #openai #chonk #pet
Codex interface with "Hatch Pet" task showing cat reference photos and a rendered plush-style orange tabby illustration.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 18/06/2026
SHANE JONES IS A VERY VERY VERY UPSTANDING GUY. PSYCH.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 02/06/2026
AI-generated specs have a dangerous failure mode: they look right. The fix isn’t a longer prompt. It’s better discovery. Full post: blog.rickysullivan.com.au/dont-become-...
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Don't become VSF because you scud-ran VFR into IMC.
A Feature Definition Document is a preflight briefing for AI-built specs
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 21/03/2026
Hosting my first ever n8n meetup in New Zealand 🇳🇿🎉 May 19 · Hamilton · 6–8 PM Live demos. Real talk. Zero slide decks longer than your attention span. All levels of automation welcome. Spots are limited: luma.com/kzx2or1j #n8n #automation #hamilton #newzealand
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n8n New Zealand Community Meetup · Luma
Join the local n8n community This is a relaxed, in-person n8n community meetup. The goal is simple: bring together builders, developers, operators, and…
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 19/02/2026
In 1997, a fictional Australian solicitor argued a constitutional case with the words "It's the vibe of it." He lost. But he was right. The Dennis Denuto Metric applies that same instinct to AI-assisted development. blog.rickysullivan.com.au/the-dennis-d...
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It's the Vibe of it
The Dennis Denuto Metric is a structured vibe check for AI-built features — named after a fictional Aussie solicitor who couldn't argue law but could feel injustice.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 07/01/2026
My name is Otto and I like to Risotto
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 05/01/2026
Hey, could you please pass the…
An Island Dressing bandage with hand written Thousand prefixing the title.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 09/12/2025
Spotify Wrapped. But for your prompt history.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 01/11/2025
Absolutely right since 1983.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 01/11/2025
It me, after a few jars!
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 18/10/2025
Heckers, Canterbury.
A very expensive bag.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 29/09/2025
I’ve been seconded to a new role at work. Since the team were worried about my move, I suggested that I could replace myself with Ricky Bot.
Me. As a bot.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 17/09/2025
My second custom GPT. Dug and Daisey are two loveable gardeners always eager to help with gardening questions. Designed to assist with purchases through www.qpseedlings.com.au chatgpt.com/g/g-68ca6245...
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ChatGPT - Dug and Daisey
A conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 14/09/2025
How’s your Sunday?
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 17/08/2025
“It’s hard to know which will hurt National most. Being seen as aligning itself with the bigots, or making itself a laughing stock.” thespinoff.co.nz/atea/15-08-2...
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Pulling a learn-to-read book with six kupu Māori is another educational assault
Restricting te reo Māori for tamariki learning to read further alienates Māori in the education system – and that has enormous consequences.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 14/08/2025
ashtom.github.io/developers-r....
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Developers, Reinvented – Thomas Dohmke
What started as fear of AI replacing developers is switching to pragmatically embracing the ambitious reality of AI and viewing it as a growth opportunity. As we build the tools of tomorrow, we can us...
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 03/07/2025
www.john-rush.com/posts/ai-202... “That’s where my factory sits today: good enough to ship code while I refill my coffee, not yet good enough to bump me off the payroll.”
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Building a Personal AI Factory (July 2025 snapshot)
Multiple parallel Claude-Code sessions power a self-improving AI factory where agents write, review, and refine code.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 02/07/2025
Microsoft’s Copilot integration is a stealing pile of shit. It’s so very complex having to add a Custom Connection, build a swagger definition. Jump through all the hoops. It feels like the opposite of what MCP set out to achieve.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 01/07/2025
Company: I see you’re using ChatGPT for work. Submit a ticket for access to our Enterprise version of ChatGPT so that our sensitive data is not put out there in the public arena and we will approve.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 29/06/2025
Every day beer. #homebrew #beee
A clear wine bottle being used for a homebrew pale ale.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 27/06/2025
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/art....
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Artificial Intelligence Cannot
Experience a heart attack while working in the herb garden. Wonder what its middle school bully is doing now. Show up to court in a white linen sui...
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 23/06/2025
JuxtaPOST.
Two staircases leading to a loading dock. A single red and white Australia Post letter box stands juxtaposingly in the centre of the image.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 18/06/2025
We are so back.
BB King spinning on a Primary E Pro-Ject TT.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 16/06/2025
A HTTP #MCP server for brand guidelines. Hold my beer. #ai
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 12/06/2025
My first MCP! A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to GitBook's API for AI assistants and LLM applications. Be gentle, first time developing one. www.npmjs.com/package/gitb...
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gitbook-mcp
GitBook Model Context Protocol server - read and search GitBook documentation with AI assistants. Latest version: 1.0.0, last published: 4 minutes ago. Start using gitbook-mcp in your project by runni...
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 08/06/2025
The best light of the year is a late autumn sunset.
Eucalyptus leaves in a vase casting shadows in a wall in warm late autumn sunlight.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 07/06/2025
No comment.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 05/06/2025
Sold an old MacPro 1,1 case. I gutted the parts out and found what looked to be 4 HDD temp sensors. A quick picture sent to ChatGPT tells me they’re digital temp sensors, LM75A I2C. With the power of AI I’m going to workout how to connect them to my Pi 4 which I’ll be using to help brew beer.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 28/05/2025
I just wrote am MCP server to interface with @gitbook.bsky.social might chuck it up somewhere soon. Now our dev team can ask questions targeting our dev guide in GitBook.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 22/05/2025
World famous in New Zealand. (I intentionally ran to the corner to get myself in the shot)
Google Street View screenshot
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 22/05/2025
Yeah, that's GH Copilot, in Agent Mode, pulling in a Figma frame and building out a component based on it.
Screenshot of GitHub Copilot conversation.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 20/05/2025
Dotfiles. Where do I start? I want to go from 0 to shipping bugs in the shortest time possible.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 20/05/2025
Not even…
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 18/05/2025
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a cartoon character is dancing in a room with a sign that says ' r ' on it
ALT: a cartoon character is dancing in a room with a sign that says ' r ' on it
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 16/05/2025
Friday night football.
The sun setting over a football field. A lotto branded football sitting on grass with the sunsetting behind it.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 15/05/2025
If you’re looking for birthday gift ideas for me: www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 10360 | LEGO® Icons | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US
Soar into the history of aerospace innovation
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 15/05/2025
ABOVE. MY. PAY. GRADE.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 15/05/2025
“Within the grocery category, milk and cheese prices increased 15.1% and 24%, respectively, while butter prices increased 65.3%.” SO LONG BUTTER. IT WAS NICE TO HAVE MET. IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 14/05/2025
“Be where your feet are.” A quote I heard on RNZ Sunday morning. So simple yet effective.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 14/05/2025
> When using Claude Code, the thinking budget is evidently controlled by using the words “think,” “think hard,” “think harder,” and “ultrathink” in prompts. I thunked the hardest.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 07/05/2025
I’M DONE.
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Ricky Sullivan Himself @rickysullivan.com.au · 06/05/2025
Destructure isn’t recognised as a valid word. This needs rectificillation. Straight into the Fixionary.
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