This is Winston Fathead. He died yesterday. He arrived at our house in September 2014 - this is him, on the day of his arrival, sleeping on the chair that was reserved for our previous dog, Wookie. He was a rescue from the RSPCA (they had called him "Bullseye" but we immediately knew he was a "Winston") and all we...

This is Winston Fathead. He died yesterday. He arrived at our house in September 2014 - this is him, on the day of his arrival, sleeping on the chair that was reserved for our previous dog, Wookie. He was a rescue from the RSPCA (they had called him "Bullseye" but we immediately knew he was a "Winston") and all we...

When I was a kid I always wanted to be a creative type. I loved writing, I loved drawing, I loved music. I decided I was going to be a musician (and I was pretty good, a very long time ago). But if I was to have to get a "proper" job, then designer was what I wanted. Neither of those happened[1][2] and instead, when...

When I was a kid I always wanted to be a creative type. I loved writing, I loved drawing, I loved music. I decided I was going to be a musician (and I was pretty good, a very long time ago). But if I was to have to get a "proper" job, then designer was what I wanted. Neither of those happened[1][2] and instead, when...

This video shows my current process for enhancing an existing feature using Claude Code. The key things to note: I spend a fair amount of time on the original prompt (when Claude is in plan mode) - telling it which files I think will be important Often during the planning stage, Claude will stop and ask me questions...

This video shows my current process for enhancing an existing feature using Claude Code. The key things to note: I spend a fair amount of time on the original prompt (when Claude is in plan mode) - telling it which files I think will be important Often during the planning stage, Claude will stop and ask me questions...

Quoting Nilesh Jasani The speed of this pivot was breathtaking. The skeptics changed their arguments with the terrified fervor of late converts. They did not change their underlying conclusions. The conclusion always came first ... The extreme optimists are equally guilty of intellectual fraud. They dip aggressively...

Quoting Nilesh Jasani The speed of this pivot was breathtaking. The skeptics changed their arguments with the terrified fervor of late converts. They did not change their underlying conclusions. The conclusion always came first ... The extreme optimists are equally guilty of intellectual fraud. They dip aggressively...

I got my first "professional" software development job in 1998. I put professional in quotes because it was a bit of a mess - a tiny place with one guy who knew enough to knock a database together who hired me, not long out of university, who had never seen a SQL database before. One of the things I very quickly...

I got my first "professional" software development job in 1998. I put professional in quotes because it was a bit of a mess - a tiny place with one guy who knew enough to knock a database together who hired me, not long out of university, who had never seen a SQL database before. One of the things I very quickly...

Writing code with LLMs (February 2026 edition) At the start of the year, I said to Mahhek, a fellow developer "you need to learn how to use these coding agents - because what you and I do will not exist, as a job, by the end of the year". It turns out I was ten months out. The 6th of February 2026 was the day when...

Writing code with LLMs (February 2026 edition) At the start of the year, I said to Mahhek, a fellow developer "you need to learn how to use these coding agents - because what you and I do will not exist, as a job, by the end of the year". It turns out I was ten months out. The 6th of February 2026 was the day when...