sbennettmcleish

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not much to know .. just you're avg aussie developer or maybe a wee bit above average ;-)

sometimes I write about some recent development i'm doing: thecuriousdev.com

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Comment · 17 days ago
One of my sons is allergic to peanuts (and a lot more, like dairy alas) ... but Biscoff is a saviour for a little treat! And Biscoff spread is glorious, better than peanut butter IMO
Comment · 2 months ago
I was going to say "how about github?" ... but, maybe you're right
Comment · 2 months ago
I'm still a paying customer from somewhere before 2010, don't use it consistently but I've got a ton of things in there. Every time the anniversary rolls around in November I ponder how much effort to move off it for the not insignificant cost, but then the desire fades until about the next November :)
Comment · 10 months ago
At least it's a wonderfully round number :)
Comment · 10 months ago
Quite timely, I cancelled my personal all-products yesterday, likely going to re-direct those $ to a Claude subscription.

In recent times it seems like IntelliJ has become what I ran away from Eclipse for, i.e. bloat and non-performance.

Comment · 1 year ago
(not an American) .. but only if there was a group of people with lots of extra money just sitting around invested in things growing in value ;-)
Comment · 1 year ago
the factory must grow ;-)
Comment · 1 year ago
I'd say damn near 20yrs. I used it quite extensively about 10yrs ago and it was an odd one then, but was very useful for the purpose we had (semantic validation of XML payloads).
Comment · 1 year ago
When it comes to AWS Cloudformation, I love YAML. Can't think of any other positive use though.
Comment · 1 year ago
LOL ... well that's more than a tad ridic. An additional private generator might be in order if you're in the US.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
Yes, we're not gonna run out. WA ships nearly a billion tons/yr.
Comment · 5 years ago
220bn profit? Really? Surely they mean "revenue"
Comment · 6 years ago
oh ... and the only game where i've regularly hit 2am and thought "one more thing..."
Comment · 6 years ago
It's an uninterrupted treadmill cos you just spent 3 hours extra doing seventeen other things and realise you still haven't actually "fixed the copper" or whatever the heck it was you were meant to be doing :)

1600+hrs in ... still pushin' all my buttons.

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