Ross Wintle

Curious and creative software developer.
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Apparently I bring "energy and questions".

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2025-03-11 12:44:32 GMT

I rarely swear out of anger and am 100% happy to pay my taxes but fucking interest on payments on account that no one told me I had to make is just bullshit.
I’d have paid if you’d told me I had to. You didn’t. You can’t charge me interest on a payment that I don’t know I have to make.
🤬

2025-03-09 09:59:43 GMT

So “vibecoding” is asking an ill-equippped and inexperienced thing to do a job for you and just accepting the sort-of-right result without questioning the details?
I get enough of that shit trying to get my kids to do chores. I don’t need it from my computer too.
😂

2025-02-26 18:47:54 GMT

So the big question I - and I suspect lots of people like me - are asking now is:
What’s a web application stack that I could choose to develop for and make a living from that doesn’t have enshittification and growth-at-all-costs in its near future?
Where do I go now???

2025-02-05 21:16:56 GMT

Amazing.
https://globalcapslock.com/
(Also, don’t install software made by random strangers that monitors your keyboard.)

2025-01-27 20:44:36 GMT

I had far too much fun making a fake-day-planner image for my productivity system blog post. 😆
If you know, you know.
https://rosswintle.uk/2025/01/rocketbooks-and-my-settled-productivity-system/
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/902/267/420/015/132/original/d1fb3b57127a0a70.jpeg

2025-01-06 21:26:27 GMT

I saw people saying lots of good things about the local multiplayer game goodness that is Towerfall. How have I never heard of this? It’s EXCELLENT!!!

2024-12-30 21:32:18 GMT

🤔 I struggle to get started sometimes. I don't think it's perfectionism. Bit I've realised it may be what I've decided to call "craftsmanship". Here's my thinking...
https://rosswintle.uk/2024/12/craftsmanship-vs-perfectionism/

2024-12-17 22:11:35 GMT

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@nprofile…32kp I think that also autosaves like this. It’s been a feature since WordPress 3.6 (Gutenberg arrived in 5.0)
https://www.greengeeks.com/glossary/autosave/

2024-11-18 18:51:43 GMT

This is a good summary of PHP 8.4, out this week!
My little tool summarises changes and helps you find what version they were first/last in:
https://caniphp.com/
https://mastodon.online/@cooptilleuls/113504148831750033

2024-11-17 21:13:20 GMT

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@nprofile…4jfv TOTP seems fine now. It's possible I didn't save something (although the need to enter a verification code suggests it should be fine? I'm using 1Password on Arc browser, by the way).
It’s usual that selecting multiple methods means I need to use ALL of them. In other services, selecting multiple methods lets you use one of the selected. It's an OR, not an AND. Is that intended?

2024-11-13 22:20:04 GMT

@npub1ewx…y3dm Hello! I don't seem to be able to log in to Spake. Are you changing things up on there? Looks like some new login system?
Wondered if there was any news on it? Thanks.

2024-08-26 19:10:17 GMT

📖 As well as all the other books I’ve written about today, I should make a note of the epic I finished earlier in the year.
Thank you Brandon Sanderson. Your work is excellent!
https://rosswintle.uk/2024/08/book-the-way-of-kings-brandon-sanderson/

2024-07-20 20:07:36 GMT

I liked it when people made stuff for the love of doing it and because they wanted to share what they knew with others. Now it’s all super-professional production, wrapped in dodgy-looking marketing speak, using scammy scarcity marketing pricing techniques and costs hundreds of dollars because “value pricing” or something.
Even the people who clearly already have a crap ton of money are doing it.
I liked the old internet.

2024-04-30 08:05:39 GMT

Have been playing my little Scrabble-like game with some play testers.
It’s a static, serverless, single-page app. And the absolute beauty of not having to log in is just brilliant.
I can click a game link in any browser on any computer and Just Play.
I want to make more stuff like this.
Backgammon next? That's gotta be super easy to encode.
Game: https://words.pico.games/
Write-up: https://rosswintle.uk/2024/04/static-not-scrabble/