Max Woolf
@max.woolf.io
Owns cool dogs. Makes useful things with computers. Plays piano. Brummie. Makes coffee. Millennial cliché.
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
In celebration of #YorkshireDay, please enjoy this Sean Bean bastard collection. Sound up, bastards.
Here's what I see, n=1: - a real desire to learn - understanding that using AI does not lead to much learning - possibly thinking that AI is the primary reason for not being able to learn quickly - not knowing *how* to learn given the mandate to move fast
Tidying the kitchen is a job that requires zero labradors. Labradors insisting on helping with this task: 2
Y’all using Rust for everything now. Be honest. Did you realise it was the future and go all-in on learning a next-generation industry-defining language. Or is it mostly AI-generated? No judgement, I’m just trying to figure out if I missed the memo in my little Ruby bubble.
I know some people are working really hard to take humans out of the software development loop, but I hope that day never comes.
I'm starting to think the reason I don't post more positive stuff online is because most of my positive experiences happen offline.
Calling all millenial brummies! We have a bumper read about 2010s indie music scene B-Town coming out this weekend and we want photos. Dust off your Facebook (or even MySpace) logins and send us your best pics from: 📸gigs 📸house parties 📸club nights at the Rainbow + more
If only anyone had warned them
Press Gazette@pressgazette.co.uk · 2w agoReach is “moving away from volume” in its editorial output to focus on original content as results for the first half of 2026 showed traffic and revenue down Reach has set its “near-term focus” on digital subscriptions, “quality video” and AI licensing deals pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-m...
Birmingham single bus fare down from £3 (a total rip off) down to £2 is an actually tangible useful thing. Yay!
I know I'm late to the party to @charity.wtf's post "Is it ethical to use AI?", where she argues that "AI is just technology". It's been festering inside me. (Especially as both have provided thoughtful and nuanced writing on many topics over the years.) charity.wtf/p/make-ai-bo...
Is it ethical to use AI?
On externalities and engagement, the problem with purity politics, and why we need to make AI boring again
charity.wtf
I find myself choosing to use software that is more beautiful or fun but less capable over 'better' alternatives more and more often
Absolutely not a tech job. Friends of Cotteridge Park is hiring a manager for our community hub “The Shed”. £25-30k, full-time, permanent. 30 days leave, pension, etc. cotteridgepark.org.uk/jobs-1
"You need a capable chancellor able to take on the Treasury and point the machine in the direction the PM wants. You need that chancellor to be genuinely signed up to PM’s mission. And ideally, you want the chancellor to be an actual friend of the PM. "Only Ed Miliband ticks all of those boxes."
If Burnham doesn’t pick Miliband as chancellor it’ll be his first mistake
He’s by far the most qualified candidate for the job. If Burnham doesn’t put Ed in No11, he will have weakened himself from the start – just like Starmer
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So the one minister with Treasury experience is a no-go because he‘ll spook the markets, while a minister with no treasury experience, who hasn’t expressed a single idea on fiscal policy, and whose main contribution to the economy will be negative won’t be? Sorry, this is just ridiculous.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3w agoShabana Mahmood set to be named UK chancellor by Andy Burnham ft.trib.al/B8BshzA
An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Looking at potentially finding a new therapist. Just an FYI for any therapists out there: If your bio on the BACP website is clearly written with AI, you're losing a rich market right now.
