Alan Pope

⚡ AI Tooling in the SDLC: Hackathon @ Tessl HQ · Luma Tessl HQ:  Kings Cross, London Thursday, 7th August 2025 Doors open at 9:00 AM sharp Only 60 spots available, First come, first hacked! The software…

🌇 Good morning from London.
🤓 I'm attending my first Hackathon today.
🤔 Any veterans of these types of events got any hints or tips for me? 🙏

That was excellent. Stay to the very end of the credits. Which themselves are fun to read.

Luna, the black and white kitten, is comfy atop an Ubuntu-branded grey messenger bag, with orange highlights.

s/laptop bag/cat bed/g

YouTube video by Anchore Software Engineering through 16 years at Ubuntu

My friend @kenvandine.bsky.social wrote the book on #Ubuntu 24.04, out this week! We chatted about its new features, the future of the #Linux desktop, and his long career in open source.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_v6...

A question posed in r/devops - "Do OSS compliance tools have to be this heavy? Would you use one if it was just a CLI?"...

Well, this is awkward...
https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/comments/1mbowvo/do_oss_compliance_tools_have_to_be_this_heavy/

A black and white cat sat on top of a blue domestic outdoor recycling bin. The cat is surrounded by bushes that are very leafy and green

Blaze, ensuring we put the right things in the recycle bin. #caturday

Join the discussion on the Road to the Indian AI Impact Summit at events across India. openuk.uk/indianaisumm... 🇮🇳 🌐 Thanks to our sponsors @infosys.bsky.social, UK Government, @controlplane.io, motia, and NeevCloud 🤩 #IndiaAI #AIImpactSummit #AIForAll #opensource #opensourceai #openuk #openhq #dpd

It can be shipped internationally :)

To be fair, three are cats

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Buy my ThinkPad Z13!
I've got five kids to feed! etc
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A screenshot from the "#new-venues" channel. "⭐ NEW CONTRIBUTOR ⭐Contribution #1 from Rob Connolly 🎉 Fell Locomotive Museum at Lyon Street, Featherston 5710. Top contributors: AndiBing (143), Hugo (53), MarcN (50), Frederik Dekker (49), Paul Drye (28). Totals: approved (785) autoapproved (127) pending_review (8) rejected (30)" "Contribution #2 from Rob Connolly 💪 Glenbrook Vintage Railway at 135 Glenbrook Station Road, Waiuku 2681. Top contributors: AndiBing (143), Hugo (53), MarcN (50), Frederik Dekker (49), Paul Drye (28). Totals: approved (785) autoapproved (127) pending_review (9) rejected (30)" "Contribution #3 from Rob Connolly 💪 Bennett Brook Railway at Whiteman Park, Whiteman WA 6068, Australia. Top contributors: AndiBing (143), Hugo (53), MarcN (50), Frederik Dekker (49), Paul Drye (28). Totals: approved (785) autoapproved (127) pending_review (10) rejected (30)" "Contribution #4 from Rob Connolly 💪 Perth Electric Tramway Society at 5W3V+PG Whiteman, Western Australia, Australia. Top contributors: AndiBing (143), Hugo (53), MarcN (50), Frederik Dekker (49), Paul Drye (28). Totals: approved (785) autoapproved (127) pending_review (11) rejected (30)"

Our Discord "New Venues" channel got updates! It now:
* Highlights first-time contributors
* Tracks how many contributions people make
* Shows the top five contributors by venues added
#NerdyDayTrips
discord.gg/VJKJ5EzgXA

Just picked up my holiday photos!
50% landscapes, 50% Grype being @grypeproject.bsky.social 👽📷
#vulnerabilities #security #family

My ice cream brings all the kittens from the yard.

Sinclair Spectrum Vs Commodore 64.
A tale as old as time.
Well, since the 1980s, at least.
#zxspectrum #commodore

Syft - v1.28.0 released ✨ Help shape the future of Syft! Share your thoughts in our quick 5-question survey. Your feedback will guide our development priorities and help us better serve your needs. Thank you! 🙌 Release Note...

We just released @syftproject.bsky.social v1.28.0 - which adds support for #Ubuntu snap packages!
anchorecommunity.discourse.group/t/syft-v1-28...

In r/java Question: “Is it actually dangerous?: Java 1.8 + Spring Boot 2.0.4 + Spring 4.3.22” “My company's public-facing (meaning, it can be accessed anywhere) ERP system is using those frameworks, and it seems that none of the colleagues are interested in updating them. Al said that those have many known security holes and it is dangerous to keep using them. But is that true? If it so, and if you can talk to our management, what would you say?” Response: “Install grype in your pipeline and everyone will shit their pants”

Reddit: "@grypeproject.bsky.social is the best laxative for Java developers!"

A quick blog: nerdydaytrips.org/blog/2025/06...

YouTube video by The Thought Emporium Our new LEVITATING Servo Skull Secretary

I do love it when people share fun projects that use “my” voice. Today, Yorick from Warhammer (apparently). youtube.com/shorts/A_nVB...

New venue added! 🗺️ 🇦🇺
📍 Castledare Miniature Railway
📝 A miniature railway club that runs events open to the public on the first Sunday of the month. Ti...

https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/oc/au/castledare-miniature-railway/

#NerdyDayTrips

New venue added! 🗺️ 🇬🇧
📍 Severn Valley Railway
📝 The Severn Valley Railway is a standard-gauge heritage railway that travels for 16 miles between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth stopping at multiple standards ...

https://nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/eu/gb/severn-valley-railway/

#NerdyDayTrips

Museu LOAD ZX Spectrum A museum dedicated to the greatest 8-bit Microcomputer. Access to the museum is free, and you can take a guided digital tour using your mobile phone or a tablet, which is available at the reception. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am - 6pm.

Hey kids! We're holidaying in Portugal again this year!
Why!? Oh, no reason...

nerdydaytrips.org/daytrip/eu/p...

#NerdyDayTrips

Our “Add Nerdy Day Trips” page now shows existing venues to avoid duplicate submissions! 🎉
#nerdydaytrips

add.nerdydaytrips.org

We have made the process of adding venues a little easier. The marker now stays in the middle of the map, and you move to get the LAT/LONG.
We should have done this from the start! 🙃
#NerdyDayTrips
add.nerdydaytrips.org

It’s the weekend! 🎉
Going somewhere nerdy?
Add it to the map! 🗺️

nerdydaytrips.org
#nerdydaytrips

Greetings!

Grype hit 10K stars today!

Thanks for using, recommending, contributing to, and of course, starring our open-source vulnerability scanner!

Asked the kids to evaluate my incense stock.
They put them in order of nicest-smellling, left to right, worst to best.

One of our maintainers - @popey.me - talked about the origin and structure of #NerdyDayTrips on @linuxmatters.sh this week! Have a listen. Details below:

nerdydaytrips.org/blog/2025/06...

A cropped screenshot showing a map with some markers. One marker has been clicked, which now shows a popup dialog above it, containing the venue, link to their website, address, and credit of person who added it. In this case, "Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Chinese Quarter, Ladywood, Park Central, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, B3 3DH, United Kingdom. Added by: Stuart Langridge."

Venue pop-ups on the map now show a little more information (address) and credit the person who added the place to the site ❤️
#NerdyDayTrips
nerdydaytrips.org

The #NerdyDayTrips website has had over 300 new venues added since launch less than 2 weeks ago! Read on, and find out how you can add your favourite nerdy venues!

nerdydaytrips.org/blog/2025/06...