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This is a great idea. I'd like to make a few suggestions though: - Allow filtering by companies and libraries. I'm interested in both, but I wanted to look at just the list of comp…

I worked at GOV.UK for a few years on what was effectively specialised CMSs all written in Rails. Mostly basic CRUD stuff. A contractor came along and built the most insane CMS I'v…

If you're in the UK, the Panorama documentary on this from 2022 is really worth watching - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0016t20/panorama-the-...

Location: London Remote: Yes, or hybrid. Have EU passport. Willing to relocate: Potentially Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir, Ruby Résumé/CV: - Lead Engineer…

I was early enough to get my first name on Twitter and didn't, but did get it on Instagram. The @tommy on Twitter was a dev at Gameloft who gets constantly harassed in his mentions…

But most people in the UK can afford to go to them, which is maybe by design.

I'm a huge fan of your blog. _Part Time Creator Manifesto_ inspired me to start on side projects again and _Svelte for Sites, React for Apps_ was the first intro I had to Svelte. T…

I really recommend everyone listen to the 4 part series on MK Ultra from Behind The Bastards[1]. Its absolutely insane that the government did this and BTB really delves deep on ho…

I always go! I've been lucky enough to play a few times. It's a very special festival. Never thought I'd see it mentioned here.

I listened to a Podcast and one of the hosts was a British guy living in America. He had to speak in an American accent to his Xbox One in order for it to understand him. It seemed…

I gave up with 1Password around version 7 because of the push for subscriptions and switched to Secrets (Mac and iOS) - https://outercorner.com/secrets-mac/

20 days is standard in the UK but most companies will give you 25. Some also give you the option to buy more.

Location: London Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Depends Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Sinatra, Elixir, Phoenix, Go, Elasticsearch, Postgres, GraphQL, Kafka, Javascript, React, Next.…

IIRC he also used "queer" to describe things as strange. I listened to some audiobooks of his works and it always threw me off.

> it's to pay my CC bill Most people in the UK don't put regular spending on a Credit Card. Nearly everyone will use their Debit Card for day to day spending. A lot of the traction…

"You're folding it wrong" - Someone at Samsung, probably.

If you've ever been to Amsterdam, it's amazing to see how the people move around that city. Bikes everywhere and they have the right of way. Not cars.

Except that Musk has said it's the 5th mode of Earth Transport after Trains, Cars, Airplanes and Boats.

In Northern Ireland, all Police Officers are armed. I may be wrong in this but in recent years it hasn't led to many shots being fired mistakingly and I don't think there has been …

I've worked with Rails for 2 years after finishing University. One email to the London Ruby User Group got 15 replies and out of those I got 6 interviews and 2 job offers.

I've been a Gimmebar user for months. Pro user for about 1 month. The redesign (currently available to Pro users) is great. The difference between Gimmebar and lots of other simila…

Europe is awake already and has had a chance to register?

As someone that works on Rails projects almost all of the time, no, for a few different reasons. 1. Coda (1+2) are geared towards one file = one file output to preview. Obviously R…