Murray Steele

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Born in the past. Will die in the future. Until then this...

I help organise the London Ruby User Group (@lrug)

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Murray Steele1d ago
The indignity of using trello and being given a numbered username (currently `@murraysteele5`) is compounded by the fact I’m pretty sure I was murrays steele 1, 2, 3 & 4 under previous incarnations of my job
Murray Steele6d ago
🤔 : listen to individual songs
🧠 : listen to full albums to understand the song as part of a wider piece of work
🌌 : listen to entire artist back catalogues to _really_ understand the song as part of an artistic vision across a complete lifetime of work
Murray SteeleMar 12
While watching something on prime video all the ads I see are for gambling sites or cars. This says _something_ about amazon, the gambling industry and the car industry. It’s so off base it might even say something about Amazon’s shitty ad targeting tech too.
Murray SteeleMar 9
El RugMar 9

It’s the second Monday of the month so that means it’s LRUG time : https://lrug.org/meetings/2026/march

• “If agentic coding is the tool shift, what’s the role shift?” by Andy Walker (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-w-7332b7117/)
• “RAG on Rails” by Neil Cameron (https://neilcameron.me/)

We’re hosted by Intercom in their office right hy Old St roundabout. Doors at 6, talks at 6:30, done by 8.

Register now https://buytickets.at/lrug/2072958 (pay attention to the email as it includes how to complete Intercom’s door entry system)

March 2026 Meeting | London Ruby User Group

The March 2026 meeting of LRUG will be on Monday the 9th of March, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm (meeting starts at 6:30pm).

LRUG
Murray SteeleMar 1
I think my mediaeval knight costume is pretty period accurate, given the materials at hand. #ReadyToLARP
Show threadMurray SteeleFeb 22
@tom buuuut - I wonder if there are others who have done the same as you (I did!) and maybe we can resurrect _some_ of the archive. A post to the @lrug mailing list and on here might achieve something I guess.
Show threadMurray SteeleFeb 22

@tom the memory hole gets worse: https://domain.news/skillsmatter-com-sold-for-69000-career-scenarios-as-core-value/

I had idly thought about bidding for the url to own the domain and get access to the Vimeo account, but I don’t have that kind of money and I doubt the (presumed) seo ghouls who bought it would be interested in unlocking things for free for community assets.

SkillsMatter.com Sold for $69,000, Career Scenarios as Core Value

On December 12, 2025, the domain name SkillsMatter.com was successfully sold for $69,000 (approximately RMB 499,000) through GoDaddy Auctions. Leveraging the pr…

Domain.News
Show threadMurray SteeleFeb 21
@natbuckley that is a concern for sure. The reason I’m even looking to change is that textmate is finally creaking after years of no development
Show threadMurray SteeleFeb 20
@tom I might just have to, no-one seems to recommend any non-text-based editors 🤷
Show threadMurray SteeleFeb 20
@benjamineskola it might! Is there a ui version of either you prefer? Or a resource you recommend for exploring them?