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

Joined July 2010
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Ian Bird retweeted
πŸš€ Excited to kick off my 'SwiftUI for Jetpack Compose devs' series! πŸ”„ Dive into the world of cross-platform development, with the first post on state management. Check it out πŸ”—: chrisbanes.me/posts/swiftui-… #SwiftUI #JetpackCompose #MobileDev
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11 Nov 2023
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...
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11 Nov 2023
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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3 Oct 2023
I've been fortunate enough to see a demo of what Unblocked has been building and it's truly amazing. Definitely a game changer πŸ‘
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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6 Jul 2023
Trying something new... Like the rest of the internet
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Ian Bird retweeted
30 Jun 2023
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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29 Jun 2023
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…
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27 Jun 2023
Ridley is an exceptionally gifted engineer. Any company would be lucky to employ her.
(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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18 Jun 2023
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. πŸ•
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20 May 2023
SUPs Up! πŸ„
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19 May 2023
Not a bad wee place for the weekend!
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5 May 2023
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
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19 Apr 2023
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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1 Apr 2023
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?
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25 Mar 2023
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 😜
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11 Mar 2023
You know you're in Scotland when you search rockpools for crabs, and walk away with eight golf balls β›³
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Ian Bird retweeted
7 roles up on the @komoot jobs page right now, including 2 on the #data teams πŸŽ‰ It's a great place to work, with amazing flexibility and a cool product. Any questions feel free to reach out πŸ‘‡ komoot.com/jobs

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21 Feb 2023
Last week of unemployed freedom. Gonna need to make the most of it πŸ˜…πŸŽŠ
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21 Feb 2023
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?
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20 Feb 2023
This requires a significant refactor
Make a product manager cry in 5 words.
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