Ricky Sullivan Himself

SASS — Salacious Automated Specification System Serious engineering. Questionable intentions.

The governing principle: Every requirement must be firm, every interface inviting, every boundary respected, and every release thoroughly tested. Because a good specification should leave absolutely nothing to the imagination — except the bits that make it interesting.

25 Aug

MATE, MY WHOLE LIFE IS A FLIPPING “WRINKLE”

19 Aug

How about a new metric for reviewing PR reviews. DILLIGAF score = actionable signal ÷ total review noise Riff with me.

luma.comn8n Meetup Auckland · LumaJoin the local n8n community This is a relaxed, in-person n8n community meetup. The goal is simple: bring together builders, developers, operators, and…

17 Aug

I'm hosting a n8n New Zealand Community Meetup! Thursday 24th September, 2026 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM AWS Office, Level 13 PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010 There will be snacks, drinks, and n8n swag (subject to availability). 👉 RSVP: luma.com/n8n-cfdk

nyti.msSam Neill, New Zealand Screen Actor and Leading Man, Dies at 78He appeared in more than 150 productions over a five-decade career but was perhaps best known for his star turn in the “Jurassic Park” series.

23 July

I never thought working in AI would be like this. I know this isn’t always the case. Yes I know API pricing is a thing, but for majority of mainstream frontier services, if you told me 5 years ago I’d have laughed at the idea of having to wait just to be able to continue working.

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The New York Times

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13 July

Sam Neill, the versatile New Zealand screen actor who appeared in more than 150 productions over a five-decade career, and who was perhaps best known for his star turn as Dr. Alan Grant in the “Jurassic Park” series, died on Monday in Sydney, Australia. He was 78.

13 July

Just putting it out there. Sam Neill, national treasure, national holiday. It should be Sir Sam Day.

24 June

Codex has a new "Pet" feature 🐈 Sometimes I wish I had my chonk with me at work, so I had Codex build out my pet cat, Pickles. developers.openai.com/codex/app/se... #codex #openai #chonk #pet

18 June

SHANE JONES IS A VERY VERY VERY UPSTANDING GUY. PSYCH.

blog.rickysullivan.com.auDon't become VSF because you scud-ran VFR into IMC.A Feature Definition Document is a preflight briefing for AI-built specs

2 June

AI-generated specs have a dangerous failure mode: they look right. The fix isn’t a longer prompt. It’s better discovery. Full post: blog.rickysullivan.com.au/dont-become-...

luma.comn8n New Zealand Community Meetup · LumaJoin the local n8n community This is a relaxed, in-person n8n community meetup. The goal is simple: bring together builders, developers, operators, and…

21 Mar

Hosting my first ever n8n meetup in New Zealand 🇳🇿🎉 May 19 · Hamilton · 6–8 PM Live demos. Real talk. Zero slide decks longer than your attention span. All levels of automation welcome. Spots are limited: luma.com/kzx2or1j #n8n #automation #hamilton #newzealand

blog.rickysullivan.com.auIt's the Vibe of itThe Dennis Denuto Metric is a structured vibe check for AI-built features — named after a fictional Aussie solicitor who couldn't argue law but could feel injustice.

19 Feb

In 1997, a fictional Australian solicitor argued a constitutional case with the words "It's the vibe of it." He lost. But he was right. The Dennis Denuto Metric applies that same instinct to AI-assisted development. blog.rickysullivan.com.au/the-dennis-d...

7 Jan

5 Jan

Hey, could you please pass the…

9 Dec 2025

Spotify Wrapped. But for your prompt history.

9 Dec 2025

SUPERTHINK ULTRA HARD

1 Nov 2025

Absolutely right since 1983.

1 Nov 2025

It me, after a few jars!

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

The loading-the-dishwasher struggle is real. Even—or especially—for the $20,000 1X Neo humanoid home robot. 🔗: on.wsj.com/47whlZ1

18 Oct 2025

Heckers, Canterbury.

29 Sept 2025

I’ve been seconded to a new role at work. Since the team were worried about my move, I suggested that I could replace myself with Ricky Bot.

29 Sept 2025

First as a joke. But then I thought why not. So after extracting 5 years worth of Slack messages and running a deep analysis of how I interact with my team. I was able to build a persona that replicates me.

29 Sept 2025

It lacks a lot of my personality and knowledge about me. But that’s something that can be progressively tuned. I just need to think about boundaries.

chatgpt.comChatGPT - Dug and DaiseyA conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges

17 Sept 2025

My second custom GPT. Dug and Daisey are two loveable gardeners always eager to help with gardening questions. Designed to assist with purchases through www.qpseedlings.com.au chatgpt.com/g/g-68ca6245...

14 Sept 2025

How’s your Sunday?

thespinoff.co.nzPulling a learn-to-read book with six kupu Māori is another educational assaultRestricting te reo Māori for tamariki learning to read further alienates Māori in the education system – and that has enormous consequences.

17 Aug 2025

“It’s hard to know which will hurt National most. Being seen as aligning itself with the bigots, or making itself a laughing stock.” thespinoff.co.nz/atea/15-08-2...

ashtom.github.io/developers-r....

14 Aug 2025

ashtom.github.ioDevelopers, Reinvented – Thomas DohmkeWhat started as fear of AI replacing developers is switching to pragmatically embracing the ambitious reality of AI and viewing it as a growth opportunity. As we build the tools of tomorrow, we can us...

john-rush.comBuilding a Personal AI Factory (July 2025 snapshot)Multiple parallel Claude-Code sessions power a self-improving AI factory where agents write, review, and refine code.

3 July 2025

www.john-rush.com/posts/ai-202... “That’s where my factory sits today: good enough to ship code while I refill my coffee, not yet good enough to bump me off the payroll.”

2 July 2025

Microsoft’s Copilot integration is a stealing pile of shit. It’s so very complex having to add a Custom Connection, build a swagger definition. Jump through all the hoops. It feels like the opposite of what MCP set out to achieve.

1 July 2025

Company: I see you’re using ChatGPT for work. Submit a ticket for access to our Enterprise version of ChatGPT so that our sensitive data is not put out there in the public arena and we will approve.

1 July 2025

Also company: we're going to need some sort of plan outlining your objective, how you intend to achieve that, how that aligns with the current goals and the value this will add for our customers/product.

29 June 2025

Every day beer. #homebrew #beee

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27 June 2025

mcsweeneys.netArtificial Intelligence CannotExperience a heart attack while working in the herb garden. Wonder what its middle school bully is doing now. Show up to court in a white linen sui...

16 June 2025

A HTTP #MCP server for brand guidelines. Hold my beer. #ai

27 June 2025

Righto. So I got my Hono MCP server running on @cloudflare.social Workers with KV store for sessions. Time to add auth and then get this thing thumping out some on brand content. Prompts will include email templates, social media posts. Tools include content guidelines for brand tone. Where to next?

23 June 2025

JuxtaPOST.

18 June 2025

We are so back.

npmjs.comgitbook-mcpGitBook Model Context Protocol server - read and search GitBook documentation with AI assistants. Latest version: 1.0.0, last published: 4 minutes ago. Start using gitbook-mcp in your project by runni...

My first MCP! A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to GitBook's API for AI assistants and LLM applications. Be gentle, first time developing one. www.npmjs.com/package/gitb...

Whilst it only performs read-only calls. I plan to allow it to submit content back to GitBook eventually.

I want to look into running a cache system on it.

My first MCP! A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to GitBook's API for AI assistants and LLM applications. Be gentle, first time developing one. www.npmjs.com/package/gitb...

Hello @gitbook.bsky.social. Hope this isn’t stepping on your toes.

8 June 2025

The best light of the year is a late autumn sunset.

7 June 2025

No comment.

Sold an old MacPro 1,1 case. I gutted the parts out and found what looked to be 4 HDD temp sensors. A quick picture sent to ChatGPT tells me they’re digital temp sensors, LM75A I2C. With the power of AI I’m going to workout how to connect them to my Pi 4 which I’ll be using to help brew beer.

6 June 2025

Node-Red with the goods.

I’ll prob take it further and have it alert me when it thinks the fermentation process has stopped. But that’s for another day.