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Dave Hall 🌻

@skwashd.wtf
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Once won second prize in a beauty contest. Independent consultant into software engineering leadership, ProactiveOps, serverless, python, DevOps and AWS. Views not endorsed by family/friends/clients/pets.

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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 28/09/2026
Shakespeare, just fuck off!
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 24/09/2026
Has anyone noticed that’s it’s no longer the sophisticated state actors doing all the hacking? It’s always AI. Maybe, just maybe, none of this was ever very hard. Could it be organisations have always been bad at security?
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 17/09/2026
LVMH: The BendingSpoons of fashion
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible: Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 12/09/2026
With 0% of the votes counted this race is too close to call. We’re not seeing a clear winner emerge. It could be a long night ahead.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 12/09/2026
If you haven’t been hacked by an agent swarm, do you really operate a load bearing component in the modern software stack?
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 10/09/2026
All of a sudden Matt Mullenweg has a whole lot of free time. How long until he starts being a dick on the podcast circuit? techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/a...
techcrunch.com
Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence | TechCrunch
Mullenweg said in a company Slack message that it was against his will.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 01/09/2026
Woman from my bank asks if I want to learn more about the new credit card interest rates coming next month. I decline and say it is a cash grab for shareholders. Some how that’s now a formal complaint with the bank about them being greedy bastards. I look forward to a boilerplate response in 6 weeks
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 28/08/2026
If you see this post, post your getaway vehicle
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 27/08/2026
In 2026 posting malware on GitHub is considered “sophisticated cybercrime”?
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 25/08/2026
Did Apple release some new shiny toys?
Screenshot of the top 3 posts of Hacker News:

* Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in performance and AI compute (apple.com)
* New Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra (apple.com)
* New Mac mini, featuring M6 and M5 Pro (apple.com)
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 23/08/2026
Peace, love and
Packet of Gaganis premium mung beans
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 23/08/2026
Kinda fitting for an event sponsored by TCS.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 19/08/2026
Date yourself with a commercial from your childhood. youtu.be/alM-hWpjx8
youtube.com
Samboy Chips (Australian ad) 1984
YouTube video by retrooldcommercials
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 19/08/2026
No wonder I never lose weight. It takes way too much effort.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 17/08/2026
.@anthropic.com: Claude will remain ad-free. Claude Code didn't get the memo:
Screenshot of a Claude Code session:

Everything staged cleanly, data/ correctly left untracked. Committing now.

Committed 0713a29
PostToolUse:Bash sats: Tip: Run /ultrareview before you push to catch bugs with a cloud-based multi-agent review - 3 free reviews left.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 14/08/2026
I was cleaning out some old emails. I found this little gem. It confirms my registration of fucktelstra.com. The best bit is Telstra paid the registration fee. Buckle and let me take you for a ride. 1/12
Domain registration confirmation

Hi Dave,

Congratulations – the following domain name is registered as yours!

Domain name: fucktelstra.com

Domain expiry date: 24/11/16
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 09/08/2026
I hope this kid is competing youtu.be/WADdeYZYmrE
youtu.be
Uncle Tobys That's No How You Make Porridge 1980s Advertisement Australia Commercial Ad
YouTube video by Australia Past
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 09/08/2026
Report as spam or share some honest feedback about the Nazi bar blog platform?
Email from Adam at substack sales:

Hi Dave,

I saw Dave Hall Consulting has been building cloud consulting work in Canberra since 2007, and your headline around AI-powered AWS workflows stood out. For a solo consultant, that usually means great ideas, but the hard part is turning them into repeatable client growth without trading time for every dollar.

I’m Adam from Substack. We help writers and consultants turn their expertise into a subscription audience that brings in leads and steady income.

Given your focus on automation and outcomes, I think Substack could help you package your thinking into a paid newsletter that grows your reputation and opens a new revenue stream. If useful, I can send a short three-point outline for how I’d position your work for a subscription audience.

Best,
Adam
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 04/08/2026
Dear @atlassian.bsky.social please fix jira.atlassian.com/browse/CLOUD... It severely limits the value of acli for managing projects. Don't make this the next ID-240.
jira.atlassian.com
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 31/07/2026
@1password.bsky.social please fix your beta release feed. You just broke everything I use that relies on `op run --environment` github.com/Homebrew/hom...
github.com
1password-cli@beta does not install beta anymore · Issue #278359 · Homebrew/homebrew-cask
Verification I understand that if I ignore these instructions, my issue may be closed without review. I have retried my command with --force. I ran brew update-reset && brew update and retried my c...
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 29/07/2026
“WE BELIEVE CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM SPENDING TIME IN NATURE” — www.ihk.org.au/philosophy.h... Not sure St George’s Rd, Fitzroy counts as “nature”. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
theage.com.au
CCTV shows kindergarten runaways’ gleeful escape down major road
The pair, aged four and five, are seen running and skipping along the footpath in Melbourne’s inner north.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 27/07/2026
Is your Claude Code running? Then you better go catch it!
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 17/07/2026
The AI bubble is about to pop!
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 13/07/2026
How about we rename it “Schrödinger Strait”?
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 11/07/2026
Playing the classic T.I.S.M. track to mark the passing of Derryn Hinch. youtu.be/ozA39Gd63qU
youtu.be
The Penis Is Mightier Than The Sword (Live)
YouTube video by TISM - Topic
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 07/07/2026
Has the Whitehouse called FIFA and asked for 4 goals to be added the the US’ score?
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 07/07/2026
We’re about 30 minutes away from almost every American not caring about “soccer” for at least 4 more years.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 28/06/2026
I hold a Bachelor of Arts and have spent the last 27+ years in tech. I’m a qualified urban planner with a major in politics who still can’t reliably estimate when your ticket will be done.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 01/06/2026
Hey Sydneysiders, you should come visit! Canberra isn’t as boring as you claim.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 29/05/2026
The AI version of Waubra Syndrome.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 27/05/2026
#Sydney has a new incels meetup. How many Albo cofounder memes will be shared that evening?
Screenshot from meetup. #001 - Sydney Young Entrepreneurs: Males (18-35) - Meetuo & Drinks @ Zephyr. Thursday June 11. Zephyr Bar, Hyatt Regency.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 26/05/2026
All of the developer productivity created by AI has been clawed back by GitHub’s unreliability.
Classic xkcd cartoon with 2 people sword fighting on office chairs. The heading reads “the #1 programmer excuse for legitimately slacking off: ‘GitHub is down’”. 

Someone in an office yells: “hey! Get back to work!”  The engineer replies “GitHub!”  The person in the office says “oh. carry on.”
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 18/05/2026
Some folks claim to be tough on crime. Their actions say otherwise.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 16/05/2026
Oh oh! Jimmy Giggle has spent too much time on here this week. youtu.be/7-SQzjn2pwM
youtu.be
AI is so bad why we invent this!! 😂
YouTube video by Jimmy Rees
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 12/05/2026
When in Sydney there are 2 ways to start the day. This way and the wrong way.
Bircher muesli in a bowl on a tray with a napkin and spoon beside it. The muesli is topped with dried and fresh fruit, seeds and nuts.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 10/05/2026
Today’s Raiders v Panthers game at GIO Stadium is really heating up!
Screenshot of the fires near me app showing a structure fire at GIO stadium.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 08/05/2026
Say a few words from an old TV commercial that at least a few of us will remember. Firteen Firty Firty-two
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 06/05/2026
This is @github.com every day now! Today not even the status page will load. I’d buy one of these if GitHub and @kcg.bsky.social can sort out the licensing with Funko.
The GitHub Octocat mascot in funko pop style cosplaying the “this is fine” dog. Generated using Google Gemini Pro
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Maggie Appleton @maggieappleton.com · 15/04/2026
Got to talk at @aidotengineer.bsky.social conf last week about the need for collaborative AI engineering. All our current coding agents are single player. We're trying to scale up individual productivity, but creating tons of alignment problems in the process. We have no good tools for...
Title slide saying "One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment Why we Need Collaborative AI Engineering"Slide saying "Alignment and communication is the new bottleneck"Slide saying "Human context is not in the codebase"

Business context & financial resources, Political dynamics, Product vision, User research insights, and Organisational history are not in the codebase.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 26/04/2026
@cameronwilson.bsky.social time to update your bio. You did a great job with @thesizzle.com.au but I’m looking forward to @decryption.bsky.social’s potty mouth takes back in my inbox.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 25/04/2026
I needed a break after ~90 minutes of listening to @simonwillison.net. I timed pausing the video perfectly 🦞
A screenshot of a YouTube video playing in a browser, showing a man with long hair and glasses gesturing animatedly with both hands raised, palms facing the camera, and an excited expression on his face. He's wearing a gray t-shirt and sitting in what appears to be a home office with white shiplap walls and a microphone visible on the right side. The video is titled "An AI state of the union: We've passed the inflection point & dark factories are coming" from Lenny's Podcast (585k subscribers), with 3.7k likes shown below. (Generated by Claude)
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 20/04/2026
From now on I’m staying on the couch. My robot is going to the gym for me.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 14/04/2026
Sometimes LinkedIn ads are so bad they’re good. The AI generated image marker is perfectly placed for a mining company.
LinkedIn in ad for investing in “devil resources”, but the AI generated image marker obscures the d. Renaming the company to evil resources.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 10/04/2026
How can you tell it is school holidays in Canberra?
List of fire incidents in Canberra 

Bin fire, Gowrie, 6 minutes ago
Car fire, Kambah, 11 hours ago
Car fire, Garran, 21 hours ago
Car fire, Campbell, 1 day ago
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 30/03/2026
Someone think of the car! If DXC paid proper wages they may not be able to afford to put their logo on Ferrari’s F1 cars.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 25/03/2026
The Seven Apostles
Screenshot describing the Twelve Apostles on The Great Ocean Road:

How many Twelve Apostles are left?

The Twelve Apostles can be seen as seven limestone rock stacks. Six of them are visible in the classic view enjoyed by millions of people every the year, while the seventh is located several metres away from the corner of the main viewing platform.

There were never 12 rock stacks here, and they were not always called the Apostles - Sow and Piglets did not remain as a name for long. There were nine rock stacks at the beginning of the 21st century. Then at 9:18am on 3 July 2005, one of them collapsed. Another collapsed in 2009.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 23/03/2026
Taco Tuesday has become every day of the week.
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 18/03/2026
Hey vibe coders over at LinkedIn, I see you 👀
Screenshot of email inbox showing message from LinkedIn with the subject “{:hasViewJobTitle}” and body snippet of “{:hasViewCompany}”
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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 12/03/2026
While reading the world news today, I kept thinking of this image.
Photo of former Iraqi Foreign Minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, during the 2003 invasion. He was nicknamed "Baghdad Bob" after this surreal and absurdly optimistic press conferences. In this shot, he’s denying U.S. troop presence in Baghdad while they were visible in the background.
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