I've been in and around tech since the early 1980s thanks to Input magazine and a BBC B. I'm not a language zealot and love learning new languages or about new problems to solve.
I took a detour through Theoretical Physics and am currently working towards a Master's in Philosophy.
I'm a Software Eng Manager at a well-known tech company as a day job, I maintain Google Benchmark, and I create and fail to finish too many software projects.
nice to meet you all!
Everyone wants to look at the technology, but I suspect the biggest problems arise from the processes we use.
Application not working? Crappy UX? Insecure code? Burnt out employees? Missed deadlines? Guarantee most major problems you see will have a defective and non-empathetic human process in the center of it.
People are amazing, and we need to do better to provide them with the room and support to thrive in both their careers and personal lives.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is 100% a recycled Dr. Who episode that DNA wrote in his early years but it's still solid.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is smarter, darker, and far weirder.
Alright, I decided to just go for it; here's my new personal site in all it's glory! It is #IndieWeb friendly (with more functionality to come).
I'll be iterating on styling when I can make heads or tails of all the CSS stuff I seem to be out of the loop on 😂
I've been playing with a hand rolled shell script for markdown driven static sites for a while, but then @Taniwha pointed me at Hugo.
so I ported my old dev blog posts over.
still fiddling with the theme, and I need to add more projects, but https://hamon.dev is up and running.
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sometimes, you hack some random idea together one weekend and then forget about it. and then you're chatting in discord and remember you built something similar to what someone says they want. and then someone takes a look and says "that's nifty", and it inspires you to go back and make it into a thing.
only you can't remember how it worked or what your plans were.
tidied up and finished the clock module for the 8-bit breadboard computer.
following along with eater.net but for my first time with a breadboard and ICs I'm quite proud of what I've made.
If we want more and better innovation, we need to create structures and systems that are truly equitable and diverse. That means socioeconomic, ND, trauma and more. To have innovation we need to support innovators. 3/
A blog roll (of sorts), but used as a way to boost people looking for work. I love it. https://christine.website/signalboost (https://jacky.wtf/2022/5/zbmg)
flashing light
step 1 complete: an astable 555 timer driven clock for a breadboard 8-bit computer.
wires need clipping, couple of small capacitors to smooth out the signal, and a button for single stepping, but yay!
i'm following this series: https://eater.net/8bit/clock
Early release of my presentation on Boopkit!
Please come check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwX6_eeZZKw
software engineering manager at $tech_company. actually autistic. ex-physicist. maintainer of a C++ microbenchmark library.