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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 26/08/2026

Maybe look at YHA Exclusive Hire which tend to be available in Jan. Certainly not cheaper than village halls but works out as cheap accommodation for a bunch of people.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 06/06/2026

Ah hadn't realised they'd introduced registration to use it - used to be unauthenticated.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 06/06/2026

The JSON API is mostly unsupported, and the XML API hasn't significantly changed in a long time. You can pull plays from the latter though.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 02/06/2026

Had a great time at #UKGE this past weekend. Always fun to be involved with the show and see it grow. Our inaugural Bastion Indie Game Market felt like a success; the queues to get in were both encouraging and frustrating (we're sorry!), but hopefully something we can improve next year!

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 24/05/2026

Have you tried Toy Battle? My 7 year old is obsessed.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 30/04/2026

We've just approved ~15 indie designers who'll be showcasing their creativity at Bastion Indie Market at UKGE. We'll be keeping the applications open for another couple of weeks, so if you've got a small-run, original #tabletop production that you want to sell, apply at market.bastiongames.co.uk

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 28/04/2026

If you're still struggling to get through, let me know and I'll let James know - marketing@ukgamesexpo.co.uk is the correct address though

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 17/03/2026

This subreddit seems to love brigading, there's been a few recent cases of them harassing developers to the point of them taking down their projects.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 16/03/2026

It'll be at one of the Suites in the NEC on the UKGE Saturday.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 15/03/2026

#tabletop Bluesky people! We're organizing a small print run board game market, hosted at UKGE this year (think Night Market at PAX). If you've got a small, original production that you'd like to get in front of people, we'd love for you to apply at market.bastiongames.co.uk Please share!

Bastion Indie Market - A space for independent tabletop creators to showcase small-run original games

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 02/03/2026

Nice! I've been super tempted...

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 21/01/2026

It's great! Really pulls off the theme way more than I expected it to.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 02/01/2026

What services do you use PocketID with? I run it but found the process of setting up applications for everything and the configuration process for each separate app being such a burden I don't bother using it.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 02/01/2026

Great write up, keep meaning to write something similar on what I'm hosting, maybe this will give me the kick I needed.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 17/12/2025

Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections books were some of my favourites as a child, and I've loved sharing them with my kids - so many fun details to discover.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 26/10/2025

Was confused why my eldest was demanding breakfast at 6:30 this morning until I realised what had happened.

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Jeff Geerling @jeffgeerling.com · 21/10/2025

Raise your hand if you ever inadvertently caused a 2+ hour outage (which was impossible to fix in a deterministic manner) due to DNS misconfiguration. #itwasdns

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Jake Howard 🍊 @theorangeone.net · 17/09/2025

It's official - `django.tasks` exists! Coming soon to @djangoproject.com 6.0. 585 days later, the first step (of many) in Django's background tasks journey is finally complete! 🥳 theorangeone.net/posts/django...

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django.tasks exists

As of today (well, technically yesterday), django.tasks is officially released upon the world! Mostly. <note> Note that django.tasks and django-tasks are in fact different, albeit by a single characte...

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 17/09/2025

Brilliant work Jake, watching this project evolve from the sidelines has been amazing, can't wait to start using it!

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 13/09/2025

Django, maybe +Wagtail depending on content management requirements.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 15/06/2025

Hope you've had a good one!

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 30/03/2025

I think the text that appears to dissuade you from using hints in Case of the Golden Idol should also be presented before you’re allowed to reply to someone’s Bluesky post

Have you made a typo?
Have you exhausted all the evidence?
Have you re-examined your assumptions?

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 17/03/2025

Congrats Jake, well deserved!

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 09/03/2025

It triggers a lot of anxiety having so many eyes on something I wrote, but I was not expecting people reaching out with kind words via email or Bsky/Mastodon. That little bit of extra effort has a big effect, definitely something I'll be keeping in mind next time I read or watch something I enjoy.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 08/03/2025

In an attempt to blog more, I ended up writing about the damaging influence of algorithmic feeds, and how we can take back control. usher.dev/posts/2025-0...

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Kill your Feeds - Stop letting algorithms dictate how you think

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 25/02/2025

Really enjoyed it, love your style of presentation!

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 01/02/2025

Great game. Kuhhandel Master is worth picking up too - it adds a few new cards and auction mechanics that I think improve the game.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 10/01/2025

I'll have to add that to the list for when my kids are older, it can go in the same talk as how to change what device Bluetooth earphones are paired with, and when to use 2.4GHz Vs 5GHz WiFi. Although they'll probably be teaching me this stuff soon enough.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 09/01/2025

You're absolutely right - poor phrasing on my side here, perhaps I should have highlighted Wagtail as an alternative if you interested in working on/with a CMS where sustainability continues to be a priority.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 09/01/2025

It's so sad to see the efforts of this team be dismissed with so little care. If you want to keep building sustainable websites, it's time to give Wagtail a go. wagtail.org/sustainabili...

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 09/01/2025

Tesco's Clubcard Unpacked is a thing that exists and has revealed that we purchased 39 packs of crumpets and 32 cucumbers last year. Just thought you'd like to know.

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

#gamesdonequick is currently showing a simultaneous 4-player ruin of Super Mario, with all four player feeds superimposed on each other. Incredibly cool tech. www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 07/01/2025

I've been informed that there's a specific socket where a Lightning cable is not available so I've hung up my everyday-wear cape in shame.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 07/01/2025

Yes my wife may have birthed and fed two kids, but I made sure that there are appropriate charging cables for all our devices in convenient places around the house, so credit where credit is due.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 04/01/2025

I don't know where I first read it but I still say "eXtract Ze Vucking File" to myself to remember the order of flags for `tar -xzvf`

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 27/12/2024

Amazing accomplishments, don't know how you manage it all!

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 18/12/2024

If this is official voice hardware I'll be both disappointed to throw away all that work hacking on a custom solution and very pleased I no longer have to.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 18/12/2024

Nice, this turned out great! I have a load of bits in a drawer ready for a WLED project that I haven't got around to, so maybe this will give me the kick I need to get started.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 06/12/2024

Added this provocative note to my Llama 3.3 post concerning the CO2 impact of training the model, which Meta calculated as 11,390 tons CO2eq "I believe that's equivalent to around 20 fully loaded passenger flights from New York to London (at ~550 tons per flight)." simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/l...

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Meta AI release Llama 3.3

This new [Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct model](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct) from Meta AI makes some bold claims: > This model delivers similar performance to Llama 3.1 405B with ...

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Caves of Qud is out. A landmark work of complexity and craft. I can’t easily convey the love I have for it and its dev team, all I can say is that you owe it to yourself to buy it and spend time in its world. It is a completely unique videogame.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 03/12/2024

Matilda's style of design seems like a natural fit with Wehrlegig - looking forward to this one.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 02/12/2024

Looking forward to giving this a go. LiteLLM has been the best option so far and as much as I appreciate the work goes into it, it's not the most fun to work with.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 30/11/2024

This is going to be a killer feature when it lands in Django core. Jake's doing an amazing job driving this work.

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Tom Usher @usher.dev · 22/11/2024

I didn't - it built it with a separate metadata table and then I went in and adjusted everything to use metadata fields. I wonder if I had given it the release blog post as context whether it would have got it right.

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Thibaud Colas @thibaudcolas.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Django people! We need input from our community 💚 Take and re-share the 2024 #Django Developers Survey: jb.gg/i0gq35 – collab with @jetbrains.com, makers of the PyCharm #Python editor

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Django Developers Survey 2024

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