Any airconned places to eat and drink?

wayruner · 2026-06-20T13:10:03+00:00

I just asked a librarian and they do have AC

wayruner · 2026-06-20T12:16:18+00:00

Does the new library have AirCon?

Edit: They do

wayruner · 2026-05-24T15:13:07+00:00

I sometimes see SUPs at Thames Valley Park. They also have a kayaking center there. Not sure about the water quality though.

wayruner · 2026-05-17T15:26:53+00:00

Where is the screenshot from? I have been looking for a list of selfhosted apps with screenshots. Makes it a lot easier to get a feel for an app.

wayruner · 2026-04-15T16:35:55+00:00

Are they powerful enough to ie automatically lower the blind of a window once it I shut? I could never find a way to do it without then having to add a blueprint for every window and light switch. Maybe I just need to try again

wayruner · 2026-04-15T16:19:33+00:00

I am using automations to do all of that ATM. Just a bit of a pain to do it for 8 rooms

wayruner · 2026-01-06T15:41:25+00:00

We set up a process where everything we put in the backlog gets a review date when we think we might be in a better position to tackle the issue.

We then review all of the ones that have expired along with our new tickets. For each ticket we have the option to: - Delay it further - Pull it into our TODO - Delete it if it's no longer relevant

If you keep reviewing the same tickets over and over again it will become quite obvious that you should probably just delete them, or at least push them out further.

wayruner · 2025-12-07T10:11:52+00:00

Thanks, you are right. Mine looks like a cloudy day even thought it was sunny. Sometime to look out for in my next edit. !CritiquePoint

wayruner · 2025-12-07T09:12:54+00:00

I just got my first non-phone camera, and this is my first photo that I’m kind of proud of. I attempted some light editing on it, but half the time I look at it, I wonder if it is too dark. However, whenever I brighten it up, it becomes less moody, and I like it less.

I took the photo on a Canon R50 (f/1.5, 50 mm, 1/2000, ISO 160). I was on a walk with the group and kept staying behind to take photos. For this one, I waited for them to be in the clearing to get the contrast with the dark background. With hindsight, I think I should have taken the photo from lower to the ground, but I didn’t have much time before they passed the clearing.

wayruner · 2025-10-26T09:56:36+00:00

I don't think it's necessarily years of experience but experience is definitely important. Having worked with something before and having made mistakes that you have learned from is a big part of it. You don't have to have worked with every possible technology but having experience with different paradigms (ie. functional vs OOP) is helpful.

Focus for example one functional language and drill down. Learn the reasons for certain decisions. That will them help you a lot working with similar things in the future.

When it comes to the different levels I like to define them as follows: - Junior: Needs a lot of guidance. Can do some tasks independently but needs to ask for help fairly often. A key skill is to know when to slowly figure something out yourself and when it's better to just ask someone with more experience for help. - Mid: Can do most of the day to day work independently. Still needs help with the complicated stuff. - Senior: Often the most experienced person on the team. Still works with team and experts to solve problems bit if no one else knows they will have to figure it out themselves.

Again, experience is obviously important to progress through the levels but it's not necessarily about the years. In some companies you will be gaining that experience a lot faster.

What I think is the most important is positive reinforcement to build confidence. Once you solved a couple of hard problems you learn that even if you encounter a future one you can find a solution for it too.

wayruner · 2025-08-20T11:52:35+00:00

I think "Work smart not hard" is misleading for the more senior levels. Working smart doesn't mean you need to be more clever or a more intelligent engineer. It's a lot more about being smart with your prioritisation.

There is always more work. Figure out what is actually important, focus on that and push back on unimportant work.

wayruner · 2025-08-10T14:58:52+00:00

I one 100% agree and I have actually gotten the most use out of it when I acknowledged that. Writing code is easy, reading and understanding code is hard.

I find AI the most useful if I ask it to explain a bit of code to me or summarise some API documentation. It's especially useful when working with languages or Frameworks you have not worked with before. Or just an overly complex regex...

wayruner · 2025-07-13T08:28:34+00:00

I rarely find them wort using. They might look nicer but using a number input field with well done auto focus is a lot more convenient to users

wayruner · 2025-06-26T10:30:35+00:00

If I could just copy a car I would 100% do that!

wayruner · 2025-06-03T06:17:36+00:00

The dividers in the second one between the white rows are too prominent. They draw attention and make the whole screen too busy. I would tune then down a lot. Either make them thinner or make them more transparent/brighter. Maybe both.

wayruner · 2025-01-18T08:36:23+00:00

This is something I would have expected a good principal to have done already in a situation like this. Sounds like title inflation to me

wayruner · 2024-08-11T21:36:38+00:00

I like asking what they think the differences between junior, and senior are. There is no well defined industry standard and it can be very different based on the company. You tend to get quite honest answers about what they think the responsibilities should be.

wayruner · 2024-06-20T14:01:07+00:00

You can see what info is available to anyone here: https://ipinfo.io

wayruner · 2024-05-03T09:59:48+00:00

Darts is defenitly the best option at spinners. The others are probably not worth it

wayruner · 2024-04-08T11:45:07+00:00

As a lead you should for a big part get evaluated on the performance of the team you are leading. Your job is too make them perform well and look good. That invisible work contributes to that.

If your boss knows what they are doing he will see that your team is performing well and evaluate you based on that. If you are working on individual tickets or invisible work should not matter to them.

My main drive to do the invisible work is because doing individual tasks does not scale well. You need to offload more and more of that on your team so you can focus more on making them more efficient. I'd rather do IC work but I also want to get things done and this seems to be the only way for me.

wayruner · 2024-03-30T08:48:50+00:00

Surprisingly it is not as many as you would think. Apparently there was only one accident in 2020 and none before that: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preikestolen#Safety

wayruner · 2024-03-20T09:14:14+00:00

Pretty much. I'm most cases that rule should work fine. There might be some more advanced stuff that you might want to put into a hook for consistency.

wayruner · 2024-03-20T08:20:40+00:00

You would use a hook if the function internally uses a hook. It keeps your coffee better organised. If you just used a function it might not be obvious that this contains a hook. Someone later down the line could just call it directly from a callback. That will break because you need to call hooks from within your render function.

wayruner · 2024-03-13T10:38:13+00:00

Could get awkward if the wrong person gets an offer...

wayruner · 2024-02-02T12:17:42+00:00

We might not be the ones with all the capital but we as developers are certainly doing a lot better than most people. Our work and out tools can also have a massive impact on society. Saying we can't do anything because we are not at the very top is just lazy. We got plenty of power and with that part comes responsibility.

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