Software development engineer
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scottmallinsonSome wins, some losses today. Managed to get a bunch of plugins migrated at work. Huzzah! Dishwasher broke. Boo!
Dishwasher not broken! A couple of calls to customer services and we managed to fix it. Also, rounded out Friday with approximately 75% of plugins migrated.
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Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵
Starting February 9, this account will no longer post notes from my website. Subscribe to my feed at https://scottmallinson.com.
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Some wins, some losses today. Managed to get a bunch of plugins migrated at work. Huzzah! Dishwasher broke. Boo!
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The fun of self-hosting web apps. Following a step-by-step installation guide verbatim until you realise one dependency is newer/no longer available/renamed/no longer consumes other dependencies, and you hit a wall, hard.
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Exhausted after a two and a half days planning the next 8-10 weeks of work, with some of it exciting and challenging. But for now, the weekend!
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I’ve been having a play around and with Chrome DevTools Recorder, Testing Library Recorder and ChatGPT you can create Jest tests and Gherkin feature files. Not perfect results but handy for getting started with UI integration and automation testing.
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Any recommendations for low-volume Mastodon or Pleroma hosting? I want to set up an instance for my own use. mastohost seem well-priced…
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I’ve been playing around with ChatGPT and it’s fun to see the responses it generates across different domains. It pretty accurately generates HTML code, and can help break down complex, technical topics into more digestible material.
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I’ve been working on the self assessment for my annual review, and it feels weird, to say the least, against the backdrop of the recent tech layoffs.
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15 years ago today I signed up for a Twitter account. Will it be #MyLastTwitterAnniversary?