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Father, Husband, Nerd and bakes too much bread. Engineer, previously @twitter, @plex. Also found @ianb@androiddev.social

Edinburgh
Joined July 2010
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🚀 Excited to kick off my 'SwiftUI for Jetpack Compose devs' series! 🔄 Dive into the world of cross-platform development, with the first post on state management. Check it out 🔗: chrisbanes.me/posts/swiftui-… #SwiftUI #JetpackCompose #MobileDev
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Replying to @British_Airways
@British_Airways I'm really struggling to get help with a simple request of a no fly letter... My kid was hospitalised the morning of our flight, and we missed what was meant to be a very special holiday. I've filled out forms, called customer care, contacted complaints, but... – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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nothing. I booked via BA, it had a BA flight number, but was a Qatar flight. Qatar will not help, since I paid via BA. Every response from BA is "talk to Qatar". Why is it impossible to get a simple no fly letter?!??! We're at risk of losing our holiday because of this!!!
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I've been fortunate enough to see a demo of what Unblocked has been building and it's truly amazing. Definitely a game changer 👏 – at Edinburgh, Scotland
I’ve started a new company - Unblocked We’re eliminating the countless hours developers spend in meetings, dealing with interruptions and searching for documents as they look for answers to questions about their codebase. The details and motivation here: getunblocked.com/blog/get-un…
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Trying something new... Like the rest of the internet – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Ian Bird retweeted
If anyone’s looking for a Test Engineer, please reach out. I'm a former Sr Test Engineer, with experience in regression testing, functional testing, UX testing, test plans, and stakeholder management.
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Incredibly sad to hear that a lot of my old friends and colleagues have been let go. These are some of the most talented individuals out there. Let me know if you're hiring and want any referrals. theverge.com/2023/6/28/23777… – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Ridley is an exceptionally gifted engineer. Any company would be lucky to employ her. – at Edinburgh, Scotland
(crawling back to the hellsite) welp, if anybody's looking for a staff SWE with expertise in media handling, ffmpeg, C, C++, x86, ARM, reverse engineering, libc customization, network APIs, TLS, and plenty more… hit me up
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I asked my kid today if there's anything I could be doing to be a better father... He said I could cook more pizza. Sounds like I've been slipping recently. 🍕 – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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SUPs Up! 🏄 – at Scotland, United Kingdom
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Not a bad wee place for the weekend!
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Freak accident with my @KitchenAid_UK mixer. It shook itself off the kitchen worktop. As it was falling, I tried to catch it. Plug socket was pulled out the wall and hit me in the face. Thankfully missed my eye but ouch, it was painful – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Implemented two home automations (powered by @home_assistant) to allow my @plex server to sleep: - When I turn my TV on, the server wakes - I've implemented a custom server connection (with reverse proxy) to my HA install that detects a remote Plex client connecting, and wakes
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I've got a PT1000 thermometer to attach to my solar diverter board to measure the water temperature in my tank. Which cable is +ve and which is -ve? Does it matter with a thermistor? – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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If a company that you previously worked for fails to collect their old laptop, how long do you have to wait until it just becomes yours? Asking for a friend 😜 – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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You know you're in Scotland when you search rockpools for crabs, and walk away with eight golf balls ⛳ – at North Berwick, Scotland
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7 roles up on the @komoot jobs page right now, including 2 on the #data teams 🎉 It's a great place to work, with amazing flexibility and a cool product. Any questions feel free to reach out 👇 komoot.com/jobs
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Last week of unemployed freedom. Gonna need to make the most of it 😅🎊 – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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A government leadership contest where one of the candidates has the description "thought to be the worse health secretary in history" 😬 When failing, look for a promotion? – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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This requires a significant refactor – at Edinburgh, Scotland
Make a product manager cry in 5 words.
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