Chris Pitcher

Message in CTO WhatsApp group: I did a code and architecture review for a company yesterday who had vibe coded their MVP - there were no common classes, modules, functions, etc. every "feature" was a separate file with literally a main method full of all the code required for that one function - no reuse anywhere and loads of bits of code that were declared but never used, variable names that didn't make sense, the same variables defined everywhere, etc. Because they were quite far down this path the tidy-up process is going to be a long and difficult road

From a CTO WhatsApp group I'm in

How fast must the Royal Mail van have been travelling to hit this wheelie bin so high in the air!?

This is a really key chart. Look at the difference between concern about immigration between Lab to Reform switchers and Lab to LD/Green/don't know switchers.

The latter group is five times larger.

Remarkably light given sunrise was at 7:02 in Leeds today 🤨

Starting to wonder if US govt buying up a share of Intel was rolling the pitch for when (not if) NVIDIA gets in trouble and needs a state bailout as the company is clearly in the "too big to fail" territory where the really bad things happen.

On the one hand the courts are doing a commendable job as the only check and balance left against huge abuses of power in the US. On the other it's the ultimate "pay to play" game where wealth can always turn proceedings into a war of attrition which ordinary people cannot afford.

> @apnews.com

Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles

Looking forward to JD Vance coming out and shouting about freedom of speech in this country once again after this www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Seriously disappointed by @theguardian.com coverage of recent events in the US. Headline on main page here in UK, live blog up, 10 articles on US politics section of website. Totally disproportionate and very much part of the problem.

As a big fan of apprenticeships in tech I'd love to know who and what they are asking??

I wonder to what extent people here in the UK are aware that the Trump admin is rapidly sliding into a very dark place.

Side note: league tables. I'm old enough to remember the outrage in certain quarters when they were introduced but it's a policy that absolutely worked giving transparency on exam performance which now feels taken for granted.

This isn't just a political claim, it's an empirical one. If "the problem is not guns" then we shouldn't see any correlation between gun ownership and oh wait platform.vox.com/wp-content/u...

As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout.

Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/

Where's the Cruz ball going?