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Matt Cowley

@v4.wtf

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Open-source Software Engineer by night at Alveus Sanctuary 🌎 + Node.js 💚 + cdnjs 🛠️ | 25 | he/him | mattcowley.co.uk

Matt Cowley @v4.wtf · 21/04/2026

YouTube's RSS feed availability is truly odd. Seems to break daily somewhere around 8pm UTC and then comes back promptly at 8am UTC each day. Such an odd availability pattern for something they link in the meta tags of every channel page.

A screenshot of a Grafana dashboard panel with a title "Probe Success." There is a graph showing 100% success between approximately 8pm -> 8am UTC each day, with noisy dips down between 50% to 0% outside those hours.

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Matt Cowley @v4.wtf · 10/04/2026

Hey @imgur.com, why are you still holding onto my data and sending me emails when y'all exited the UK? Best bit is the images in the email don't even work because you blocked the UK... and I CANNOT unsubscribe as that link also goes to a blocked page...

A screenshot of an email from Imgur. Subject: "Happy cake day!". Two images that failed to load are at the top of the email body, followed by a "Happy Cake Day!" title. Two paragraphs then follow with "You and Imgur have been together for 10 years and we're still so in love with you." and "It is customary to celebrate your Cake Day (that's your account’s creation day) by sharing something excellent with the Imgur community. Perhaps a favorite GIF, a great personal story, a meme, or some interesting information would do? Head on over to Imgur to create a new post.". There is then a large, blue CTA button for "Celebrate with Imgur". The footer of the email contains another image that failed to load, and a Google Play image, followed by a small "Unsubscribe from emails like this" text link.

A screenshot of a browser tab with the title "Content Not Available". The URL of the page is "imgur.com/unsubscribe/cakeday/not.my%40actual.email.co.uk". The page shows a large "Content Not Available" title, followed by "Content not available in your region." text, and a green link to "Learn more about Imgur access in the United Kingdom".

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Matt Cowley @v4.wtf · 11/12/2025

Not a bad year git-wrapped.com/profiles/Mat...

@MattIPv4 2025 Year in Code
5605 contributions in 2025

👑 Universal Rank: Top 0.5%
⚡️ Longest Streak: 208 days
🏆 Total Commits: 5,433
📅 Most Active Month: October
📊 Most Active Day: Wednesday
⭐ Total Stars: 17,742
🚀 Top Language: JavaScript
🔥 Power Level: Super Saiyan

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Matt Cowley @v4.wtf · 30/09/2025

Looks like @imgur.com is completely unavailable in the UK now, with all images showing a message that imgur isn’t available in this region. Guessing this is because of the Online Safety Act… surely this being unavailable will have no consequences for internet users in the UK…

Error image displayed by imgur stating “Content not viewable in your region”.

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Matt Cowley @v4.wtf · 16/04/2025

Well, this feels like some dangerous advice from @github.com Copilot given the recent issues with using tags for Actions.

A screenshot of a Copilot AI suggestion on a GitHub pull request, suggesting changing `uses: actions/checkout@<commit hash> # <version>` to be `uses: actions/checkout@<version>`, with the comment: "Consider using the official version tag (e.g. actions/checkout@v4) instead of a commit hash for easier maintenance and to ensure you receive upstream security updates."

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Matt Cowley @v4.wtf · 20/12/2024

Thanks for the Christmas present, Amex.

A screenshot from an American Express email, reading "Dear Matt Cowley, the payment due date is approaching for your Platinum Cashback Credit card account", with the Direct Debit due date showing as December 25th.

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