Mat Ryer
@matryer.bsky.social
Director Engineering @ Grafana Labs. Safe and actually useful AI. Music. Podcaster, Conference emcee, Author. Games.
You could probably get away with saying "fuck sample" instead of "for example". Try it today and let me know the results.
My AirPods keep the sound centred even if I move my head left and right. It’s cool that it works, but I would prefer the music to still sound good, even when a guy in a fun hat walks past.
I’ve never thought of Australia and Egypt together in the same thought before.
The narrative podcast which I made, with a cast full of brilliant talents and absolute nobodies, is over for series one. All 24 episodes are now bingeable if you're the sort of person who likes to wait and binge. I think it's one of the better things I've offered the public in my time.
Murder Of A Famous Bastard@murderbastard.bsky.social · 8mo agoHello, HERE ARE THE LINKS to get the actual podcast when it comes out on Sunday. For now, if you would like to 'follow' it at your chosen podcast emporium, that really helps. See you soon! podcasts.apple.com/podcast/murd... open.spotify.com/show/2di2tB8... feeds.acast.com/public/shows...
A lot of people don’t realise how small Mark Watson is in real life.
Taskmaster can really launch a career.
Chortle@chortle.bsky.social · 2mo agoArmando Iannucci to write the next Paddington movie
UK lies are why we’re in this mess in the first place.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo agoFuture of UK lies in the EU after Brexit ‘failure’, say European Greens
📣 ICYMI: You can now access Grafana Assistant in self-managed environments! See why the feedback has been so strong. No hype. Just actually useful #AI. Get started: https://youtu.be/0O0ZqrruGns
As we were landing in Barcelona the little kid behind me was excited to see the city approaching. ‘Wow, there’s so much things in space.’
I am interviewing somebody from Anthropic today for @grafana.bsky.social Big Tent podcast. What questions should I ask?
@tailscale.com is fantastic. I don’t know what wizardry they used to make it work like that, but I don’t think I’ve ever had such a smooth cross-architecture experience.
Edinburgh is one of my favourite places. We were getting mooned the other night.
I created a fresh account on X. I didn’t like or subscribe to anything, and now I get notifications when Musk posts. It’s embarrassing. Or should be.
I have an AI generated joke but it’s shit.
rob pike@robpike.io · 5mo agoI have a dumb joke but I'm not gonna say it here.
Google reckons the Mona Lisa is ‘smaller than expected’ but surely that depends.
My sister hasn’t been listening to podcasts because she thought you had to pay for them.
I’m gonna need this to be WAY more judgemental. > You’ve bought fifty pairs of the same ‘effin sock Me: Now I can never have odd socks. > Twat! www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...
‘Mainly, you fast fooded’: Monzo under fire over ‘shaming’ year-end reviews
Bank criticised for tone of spending summaries, with one user complaining to ombudsman over ‘humiliating’ use of data
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Are you a fantastic engineer who wants to come and build Grafana Assistant and our other agentic tools with us? Ahh, well I’m glad I asked, because we’re hiring. grafana.com/about/career... (Or DM for questions)
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The algorithms aren’t trying to show you stuff you’ll like, they’re trying to show you stuff you’ll watch.
If Charles and Andrew were born in a different order…. yeah, this is why having a Royal Family isn’t a good idea.
T-minus: year-end → next up 🚀 How we closed the fiscal year: Strong revenue growth + expanding AI adoption + open observability leadership. Thanks for building with us in the open! Read: https://grafana.com/about/press/2026/02/03/grafana-labs-caps-a-breakout-year-of-growth-and-product-innovation/
