Tom Taylor

Tom Taylor

@tomtaylor.co.uk

Co-founder & CPTO at https://breakroom.cc. Helps run @edinburghgravel.cc. Pushing the bees where they want to go.

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Tom Taylor
@tomtaylor.co.uk

Taylor’s paradox: as the number of people citing Jevon’s paradox increases, the number of people correctly citing Jevon’s paradox decreases

Tom Taylor
@tomtaylor.co.uk

I’m pleased to announce that after complex negotiations my family has agreed a phased reduction in our USB-A devices and with the ambition of being entirely USB-C household by 2035. While it is unfortunate that we have missed our 2026 target we remain committed to the USB-C spec going forward etc.

Tom Taylor
@tomtaylor.co.uk

The first version was released 14 years ago. It's been languishing as legacy Obj-C in my GitHub, until I got Claude Code to rewrite the entire project as modern Swift while I made dinner on Saturday night. I'm really pleased how the shuffle feature turned out - I've wanted it for ages!

Tom Taylor
@tomtaylor.co.uk

Earlier this year, I walked into a cafe in a small coastal Scottish town. It had a kind of ‘only flat white in town’ vibe. Avocado menu, etc. While in the queue for coffee I asked if they had any beans. She asked if I wanted them to takeaway. Odd, I thought, but yes. She went to check in the back.

Tom Taylor
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A few minutes pass. She returns and hands me a warm polystyrene cup. Oh no, I think, as I crack open the lid. Baked beans. For a brief moment I consider just taking the baked beans. Maybe I can just eat them. Maybe one of my kids will eat them. (This is what it’s like to be British.)

Tom Taylor
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I snap out of it. I’m not walking out of here with a cup of baked beans. I’m afraid there’s been a mixup. We have a good old laugh about it, but I can see this will haunt her. I still think about it roughly once a week. Absolute highlight of the year.

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