Staff Software Engineer for @SnykSec. Cofounder of @benotist. Producer of @smashingpod. Runs with @SouthvilleRC. 🏃🏻‍♂️ He/him.

Joined November 2006
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12 Jul 2010
In a dog-eat-dog world, my main fear is the final remaining megadog.
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14 Nov 2024
Nice goatse.
14 Nov 2024
Replying to @automattic
Read up on why we’re defending the open-source future of WordPress and how you can support a healthier, more resilient ecosystem. automattic.com/2024/protecti…
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5 Nov 2024
Tributes have been coming in for the man who fell and died atop his own bonfire. Sounds like he was a good guy.
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15 Oct 2024
WordPress: you don't contribute, you just take Also WordPress: We're taking extraordinary measures by usurping your plugin with 2 million active installs because a security flaw we won't let you fix is a major widespread issue They can't both be true.
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15 Dec 2023
Not sure what’s happened to quality control at @YorkshireTea but the number of split tea bags ruining a brew is getting out of hand.
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11 Sep 2023
I’m looking for an iOS app that would allow a user to apply custom-designed templates (e.g. borders, logo) to a photo for making a branded social media post. Any suggestions?
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8 Aug 2023
Had one of those dreams where @iainlee turns up and introduces himself as @richardpbacon and you know it’s not right but it’s the same ballpark so you just go along with it.
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Drew McLellan retweeted
26 Jul 2023
Are you interested in speaking at WDC2023? We're on the look out for both Lightning and Full Talks! All the information can be found on the site: webdevconf.com/speak/

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12 Jul 2023
At my first post-pandemic tech meetup. Listening to @naomigo imparting invaluable wisdom on TDD to @phpsw
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7 Jul 2023
One of the last remaining pieces of embedded shrapnel from the browser wars.
📝 The case against self-closing tags in HTML At best, they're a relic from the past, and at worst, they're actively misleading. jakearchibald.com/2023/again…
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14 Jun 2023
A toaster with user profiles.
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7 Mar 2023
Making my second cup of tea of the morning as I Dido’d the first one.
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9 Feb 2023
Sage advice from the kitchen notepad.
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6 Jan 2023
Boring fitness update: new deadlift PB of 6 reps of 130kg 🏋️‍♀️
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26 Dec 2022
TIL my father used to have a cat called Zerubbabel.
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28 Nov 2022
Updating the firmware on my Christmas tree 🎄 🤷‍♂️
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23 Nov 2022
Hey Twitter, what’s a good murder mystery that’s available to stream?
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22 Nov 2022
I know it’s serious and I shouldn’t laugh, but I’m at the vets office and the receptionist on the phone keeps repeating the phrase “four whole chocolate oranges” 🫣🫣😆
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21 Nov 2022
I once lost my job as a gym instructor. Just didn’t work out.
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8 Nov 2022
🎲 Too lazy to roll the dice when playing Monopoly, I embarked on a fun little project experimenting with MicroPython and a Raspberry Pi Pico. The display is a 128x64 OLED and the most interesting part was drawing the dice using the basic primatives offered by the display driver.
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4 Nov 2022
Hitchhiking is a dying hobby.
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