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I need your help! The BrewScout app is almost ready but needs iOS testers. Dowload the app on brewscout.coffee

Over the past week #BrewScout has quietly started to release. Right now you can explore coffee places on the website brewscout.coffee or download the app for iOS through TestFlight! More than 400 coffee shops already in the app!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if your kitchen does not have a proper extraction hood you're doing it wrong. Especially if you cook on gas. Because if you have one of those re-circulation hoods, you're keeping all the moisture from cooking inside, and are you really replacing that filter?

Today I found out OpenAI API credits expire... great, and the minimum to up the credit is $5. For a quick test that's not worth $5 to me

Ten years ago today, @nytimes.com broke the story about my ten-year, 13-book, multi-million dollar contract with Tor Books. Today I look back on the contract, how it's going for us, why it isn't actually done yet, and where things go from here (and for how long): whatever.scalzi.com/2025/05/24/a...

Anyone else notice no one can keep appointments lately? At least half the appointments I make get rescheduled. No matter if it's a job application or something personal, it's all across the board

Thanks @alltrails.bsky.social for recommending a trail "nearby". Yes I know I live in the Netherlands, and yes I know Saba is in the Netherlands technically... but it sure as hell isn't nearby. #alltrails

Been listening to #DamienJurado, and noticed this song (Cloudy Shoes). It has a second vocal... and I can only here Kermit.... Anyone else? open.spotify.com/track/78PkpB...

What is your favorite #coffee brewing method, and why is it #pourover?

Been job hunting for months, and ghosting is way more common than before. Why? Ignoring candidates only hurts your reputation. If you reject me (with feedback), I might refer someone else. Ghost me? I won’t. Just send a response. It’s not hard. Don’t ghost! It’s rude and bad for business.

One of those days where the brain just doesn't want to write correctly.. I just wrote "Focus" as "Phocus" twice in a few minutes....

Any good #coffee #roasters or curators I should follow here?

Are you looking for a developer advocate, technical writer or support engineer? I'm actively looking for positions in this space. Reach out if you have a contract or permanent position or know someone who does! You can find my experience on my LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/in/wraldpyk

Sadly still looking for a Developer Advocate or similar in Developer Relations or Technical Support, let me know if you know of a position!

Went to Twitter to post my "goodbye". Looks like the placeholder agrees with my sentiment

Prices on SteamDB have been updated for the ⛄ Steam Winter Sale! Browse here: https://steamdb.info/sales/

Nothing makes me happier in an application process than when the take home test specifies they really value my time, and time-box it to a very reasonable amount of time. When the thought process and structure matter more than the end result, you know they're doing their interviews well.

Explain this, humankind

This was my shortest month ever on #AdventOfCode. But for good reason, my focus was drawn to #factorio. Can’t get enough of the new DLC. And of course… working on another project on the side. Can’t split myself too many times sadly.

Asked ChatGPT to help my find a typo, and its second response is a little too human. The new o1 model in practice I guess

Do you own a domain? Use it as your handle!

Post a ship that’s neither Star Wars nor Star Trek

Hi all new followers! This really incentivizes me to actually start using social media again. In the coming months you’ll see me posting about jobhunting, #JavaScript, coffee and games. Right now knee-deep into #factorio. What about you?

Hello to the Bluesky community! We're trundling on in with an announcement; the Steam Autumn Sale starts next Wednesday, November 27th with deals on games of all types - from games that are blue, to games that are about skies, and everything in between.

Looks like we’re passing the peak with #AI now. Couldn’t be more happy with that as it’s probably going to actually get more useful and less hyped soon.

Anyone here going to be doing AdventOfCode again this year?

Started putting together a starter pack of folks working in tech in the Netherlands! I haven't found a lot tech NL people in Bluesky yet, so this is a literal attempt for me to connect with you all 💕 Comment down below if you'd like to be added!

It's bizarre seeing how popular news media report about #bsky how it has this amazing chronological timeline, and they even explain what it is.... and how amazing it is.... We've been saying this for years

It’s okay to reinvent yourself every decade or every few years The job you like now might not be your passion a decade later and that’s okay!

I am a bit of a hipster myself... I guess

I saw a cybertruck for the first time in person yesterday. My god, that thing is even uglier in person.

I wrote: "In the future using top-level await might be a BC break in Node". Read it here: https://evertpot.com/using-top-level-await-is-bc-break/

No I’m sure I need a load balancer and 6 global instances

this is how your email finds me

How is it 2024, and Spotify still doesn't have a visualizer... Winamp had it 25 years ago!

It’s time for a New Year’s Resolution, don’t fall into the trap that you need to have a contribution chart that has every day colored. blog.renepot.net/your-new-yea... #programming #github

I hit a new record when emptying the bin on my Mac today, over 1 million files deleted. Guess what was in it #JavaScript developers probably know Several copies of node_modules. Yep, that's all.

No, #ChatGPT cannot give you facts. Sure, it will give answers that seem like facts, and it might actually be right, but NEVER trust ChatGPT to give you any facts. javascript.plainenglish.io/chatgpt-is-n... #llms #largelanguagemodel #ai #gpt

I did it, I managed to make a good playlist I can't stop listening to that's (slightly) over 2 hours. Deep Instrumental! Let me know what you think! open.spotify.com/playlist/2hu...

Earth Layers xkcd.com/2840

I really enjoy endless runners on mobile, but they're usually littered with ads. This is why I particularly like "Alto's Oddysey" and "Alto's Adventure". But does anyone know of any good and serious desktop-games that are endless runners?

10 years ago, I sunk €100 into Star Citizen. I didn't get my expected 100 hours of gameplay out of it (I played like 40 so far I think). I'm totally burned out on waiting for it. It looks like Starfield actually delivers what I expected from Star Citizen. I'm curious and will see if I'll buy it

Interact if you're a Laravel / Svelte / Flutter developer - need people to follow x)

What to Do xkcd.com/2813

With so many social media networks nowadays, it's hard to keep up. And recently I saw the Mastodon server I'm on had quite a bit of admin drama. Luckily mastodon is an easy-to-migrate to other service. So now I'm here: mastodon.social/@wraldpyk