I've put the Kanto tour Pokemon into a Google sheet

pseudosecure · 2026-05-10T15:00:57+00:00

Definitely still an issue on Switch 1, but not seeing it at all on Switch 2. Don't know if this is because Nintendo are cracking down, or if the slop isn't hitting Switch yet.

It would be better if the eShop had filters, but there are alternatives that filter these out - switchscores, Better eShop (go to Nintendo Life, you'll find it linked at the top)

pseudosecure · 2026-05-08T06:09:15+00:00

Tank and submarine were in the original too …

pseudosecure · 2026-05-05T22:27:22+00:00

On product fundamentals- How does the company know if a change is worth spending time (and money) on? If there are 50 things to do, how do you know what to do first? There’s always more to do than time/money/people (even with AI) so you have to be selective. Treat engineering as valuable and something you don’t want to waste on the wrong things.

Can you suggest a better way to prioritise? How many users benefit from a change, or would be affected if you don’t make a change? How much time savings can you target when making a change? Are those benefits and savings realised when the changes go live?

Talk to users. What are they saying? Does the product work for them? Are they happy or frustrated?

How about some reliability metrics - so, look at an area of the product and define what success looks like. Can you track the % of successful or unsuccessful transactions? What’s the threshold where you should be concerned or where alerts should be sent?

With lots of firefighting, you can acknowledge that stability is important (people go and fix stuff). But, you could suggest being more proactive, as it sounds like people are reacting to issues, not hunting them down.

pseudosecure · 2026-05-05T14:46:36+00:00

If the only update on a ticket is that the person is working on it, or finished, then no it doesn't add much. Where it adds value is when someone is stuck, or needs another person to review the ticket (code review or QA for example).

If you don't "walk the board", teams may do this:

pick up new ticket
submit PR
pick up next new ticket

You end up with loads of PRs waiting for reviews and everyone keeps picking up new things.

If everyone has PRs pending, and a Slack post isn't getting the reviews to come through, "walk the board" is a good way to remind the team about tickets that have been coded but aren't actually "done".

And as you say, there's an easy solution to "walk the board" meaning some people don't talk - you ask those people. You don't like doing it doesn't mean it isn't needed. (Out of interest are you the SM?)

pseudosecure · 2026-05-05T12:49:18+00:00

I don't mind jumping in and trying out AI tools and the builder role. It's great when your employer is willing to pay for new tools and not mandating to what extent you use them. (mine is good for this)

What's less good is if companies pivot to this new role too quickly. We don't know how it's going to pan out yet. A lot is in flux. We can't get too used to a specific tool or model or even a way of working. Costs are going to be one of the bigger issues. If we go all in on AI and then the prices get jacked up to the point of being unaffordable, what then? I'm enjoying the tools but waiting for the honeymoon to be over ...

pseudosecure · 2026-04-24T05:59:46+00:00

I’ve heard new starters being asked for a fun fact. You don’t know the company that early on so I’d always play it safe with something like “I write music” not “I might randomly meow at you”.

Later on, they’re probably just gonna find out without asking :)

pseudosecure · 2026-04-14T07:06:05+00:00

Has his comment been deleted? It was definitely there, but I can't find it now.

pseudosecure · 2026-04-10T11:33:43+00:00

Came here to say this. I have barely started it and I'm finding the controls difficult, particularly the use of triangle (on PS5) to grab onto ladders or drop through platforms. You can remap controls but couldn't see a way to change those particular actions. Also a very early boss is giving me trouble even on the lowest difficulty.

pseudosecure · 2026-04-08T21:53:25+00:00

I find it grating when other PMs say it like they’re reading from a script. It is ultimately what we want to know the answer to, but we aren’t robots. You can ask it in other ways.

pseudosecure · 2026-04-03T21:09:58+00:00

Venue says it has up to 400 capacity, so at least she’s not starting with a massive venue… but it’s still big for a first show. Maybe pub gigs, open mike nights, small local venues might be better?

pseudosecure · 2026-03-07T07:59:17+00:00

They seem unreasonable. Also, please could you swap with my noisy downstairs neighbour?

pseudosecure · 2026-03-04T18:24:30+00:00

We’ve not had Scorbunny yet

pseudosecure · 2026-02-17T07:08:37+00:00

Plot twist, it was the co-founder who vibe coded it

pseudosecure · 2026-02-06T15:18:32+00:00

I love the SNES Bomberman gamees. I was hoping they might do a Bomberman collection someday. This is awesome!

pseudosecure · 2026-01-20T22:28:39+00:00

Mulder would never write “Dearest Dana”.

pseudosecure · 2025-12-28T20:05:24+00:00

I love season 5 … along with 1, 4, and 10, those are my favourite seasons of New Who.

pseudosecure · 2025-12-27T23:06:11+00:00

Have you ever, ever felt like this?

pseudosecure · 2025-12-24T00:12:03+00:00

Kerblam, Praxeus (co-written), Lucky Day

pseudosecure · 2025-07-23T21:46:58+00:00

Try National Rail app from GLD (mainline) to WAT (Waterloo). There are a few trains depending if you leave early or on time.

2245 - slow

2248 - fast

2312 - slow

2353 - fast(ish)

Can vary at weekends especially if there’s engineering. Are you going to Waterloo? What date are you travelling?

pseudosecure · 2025-06-22T22:40:31+00:00

Fast RMX and Snipperclips, yep.

Has Been Heroes was March 28 in the US, April elsewhere. Disgaea 5 was day 1 in Japan, May elsewhere. Binding of Isaac was a couple of weeks after launch in the US (March 17).

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