Reposted by James HealyJames Healy @james.social.yob.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026Javascript library maintainers, I'm begging you to stop bumping your major version yob.id.au/2026/09/01/major-version-…yob.id.auBumping the major version of your Javascript library is user hostile · James Healy 312
Reposted by James HealyJohn Self @john-self.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I reckon I could probably manage that 413217
Reposted by James HealyBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Welcome @news.abc.net.au who just ditched their account over on the bad place, and have committed to Bsky. 0305
Reposted by James HealyPossum @pollytics.bsky.social · 07/04/2026This is one of the funniest versions of malicious compliance I've ever seen. The playing with the mic, the smiles to silence, the dead air, the comms check at the end. <chefs kiss> 610933
Reposted by James HealyEize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 05/04/2026“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!” 16475132091
Reposted by James HealyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/01/2026This is an excellent reminder that no matter what happens with AI or data centers, we are going to need a *lot* more electricity in the future. 410932
Reposted by James HealySarah-Jane @porschespider.bsky.social · 23/01/20264yo: 'Can I go to school in my fleecy pyjamas today?' Me: 'No, not today.' 4yo: 'Do I have to wear my human form?' Me: 'Your uniform. That's right.' 8771147
Reposted by James HealyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in: 6157641785
Reposted by James HealyDana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Trump’s forces have kidnapped Venezuelans in my neighborhood, so it’s not a big surprise they’d kidnap Venezuelans in Venezuela. 5622142
Reposted by James HealyTony Martin @tonymartin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize. 764339742
Reposted by James HealyJames Healy @james.social.yob.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2025earlier this year I switched pdf-reader from sorbet types to RBS using inline comments. I'm pretty happy with the result yob.id.au/2025/12/30/inline-rbs-com…yob.id.auInline RBS Comments for a Rubygem Codebase · James Healy 001
Reposted by James HealyMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 28/10/2025"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!" 270199617649
Reposted by James Healynilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 25/10/2025He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 42397482366
Reposted by James HealySimon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 19/10/2025"Parking is such sweet sorrow" 31876439
Reposted by James HealyAnil Dash @anildash.com · 17/10/2025Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!anildash.comThe Majority AI View - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 381119486
Reposted by James HealyShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2025The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars 4466411627
Reposted by James HealyMatt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 02/10/2025“Older generation who grew up with The Simpsons” 189611
Reposted by James HealyTom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025OMG, partner was just googling snorkelling from Daintree and the Google's AI summary suggested snorkelling in the DAINTREE RIVER!!! For the unacquainted, the Daintree is famous for salt water crocodile watching tours where you avoid the water at all costs. Please never swim in a river in Nth QLD. 1618188
Reposted by James HealyWolfcat 🥄 @wolfcat.bsky.social · 10/07/2025The perfect framing of a nonsense story does no....media.tenor.coma cartoon of a chef with the word delicioso in the cornerAlt: a cartoon of a chef with the word delicioso in the corner 0208
Reposted by James HealyNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Thanks Google. I googled "four corners abc paladin" to find out whether they'd ever covered it. The AI literally made up an episode. 813943
Reposted by James HealyMatt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 27/06/2025I think the European Union is a pretty good idea but every time I’m asked to accept cookies or adjust my cookie settings when I visit a new website I start to wonder whether Nigel Farage was right all along 9334
Reposted by James HealyKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/06/2025Congratulations to spacex on testing the fire, it definitely does a lot of fire 4464799
Reposted by James Healygarden-gnome.bsky.social @garden-gnome.bsky.social · 10/06/2025status.salesforce.com/generalmessa... This a doozy of a reason. ------- Update 6: Posted Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:27:51 UTC The third-party provider disabled a single server, which did not yield a positive outcome. We are continuing our investigations with the provider. 001
Reposted by James HealyGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Think you might one day have $3m in your super & be affected by the super tax changes? Ok, you are 18yo, you just got a job - it pays... $150k! Give yourself a 3.7% annual pay rise. Never take time off for study, kids or illness. You will retire with $3,017,016 moneysmart.gov.au/how-super-wo... 1622365
James Healy @yob.id.au · 18/05/2025weirdly tactical blog post, but it was odd that I couldn't find this anywhere when I needed it: Querying AWS CUR v2.0 data using Athena yob.id.au/2025/05/17/a...yob.id.au AWS Cost Usage Reports 2.0 in Athena · James Healy 000
James Healy @yob.id.au · 09/05/2025Interested in driving renewable energy uptake? We have multiple mid+senior engineering roles open at Amber atm: mostly in product teams, but I have my eye out for a platform shaped engineer too. Located in AU and UK, typescript and serverless experience a nice-to-have www.amber.com.au/amber-careers 010
Reposted by James HealyRenew Economy @reneweconomy.com.au · 08/05/2025Amber Electric’s Myles Eftos on how home batteries can be money making machines. Plus, a post-election debrief and Australia’s new favourite batteryreneweconomy.com.auSolar Insiders Podcast: How to make the most out of home batteriesAmber Electric’s Myles Eftos on how home batteries can be money making machines. Plus, a post-election debrief and Australia’s new favourite battery. 193
Reposted by James HealyChris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 21/04/2025We’re now into the fourth week of the election campaign and Dutton still hasn’t visited one of the communities that will have a nuclear reactor under his scheme. Today he was less than 2 hours away from one community but couldn’t be bothered to show up. 1121557
Reposted by James HealyThomas Mayo @thomasmayo.bsky.social · 17/04/2025If you don’t know the details about Dutton’s flip flopping policies, vote No to Liberal National candidate in the federal election. 27599248
Reposted by James HealyJeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · 05/04/2025It’s one supply chain, Michael. How long could it take to recreate? 2-3 months? 743612588
Reposted by James HealyMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/01/2025“Will pay any amount.” Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change. 2374374376240
Reposted by James HealyJake Gold @jacob.gold · 05/01/2025Like 98% compute/bandwidth is bare metal. The cloud is great for small projects (costs are low) and highly profitable projects (costs matter less). But it fails projects that need to scale as efficiently as possible. Moving Bluesky to bare metal reduced costs by 10-100x and saved many millions. 832566
James Healy @yob.id.au · 05/01/2025We've been a @dropboxofficial.bsky.social family for 10+ years, but migrating to apple ecosystem now a serious possibility - primarily because their photo categorizing/surfacing is so much better. Dropbox has tried so many new products I don't need, but are they ignoring photos? 020
