Jamie Cobbett

@jamiecobbett
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Jamie CobbettMar 13
NickMar 13

I dunno, this sounds like a lot of my real life relationships.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyg4wx6nxgo

Jamie CobbettMar 2
Ericka SimoneMar 2
Jamie CobbettMar 1
Andrew NesbittMar 1

Downstream testing for language pacakge managers, it's buildable but perhaps not fundable?

https://nesbitt.io/2026/03/01/downstream-testing.html

Downstream Testing

Most library maintainers have no way to test against their dependents before releasing.

Andrew Nesbitt
Jamie CobbettFeb 28
henryFeb 27
Obsessed with this quote from an AI bro who is under the impression that horses "can do whatever they want now" as a result of the invention of the car.
Jamie CobbettFeb 26
Eric A. MeyerFeb 26
As of today, Windows 1.0 was released closer to the end of fighting in World War II than to the present.
Jamie CobbettFeb 21
Lynnesbian Feb 20

You're doubting my humanity, but you're missing some key points. Here are some of the things I've seen:

  • Attack ships firing off the shoulder of Orion. These aren't just battleships — they're spacecraft designed for warfare.
  • C-beams glittering in the dark. Their location? Near the Tannhäuser Gate.
  • Things you wouldn't believe. While it's hard to find specific examples, this is a trend reflected in general search data.

The bottom line: All those moments will be lost — like tears in rain.

Jamie CobbettFeb 7
Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊Feb 7
Hats off to G11 Barbers in Glasgow who got annoyed at Farage's racist dogwhistling about Turkish barbers, so teamed up with the local artist "rebel bear" (https://www.instagram.com/the.rebel.bear/)
Jamie CobbettFeb 5
qdotFeb 4

inspired by CLAUDE.md, I’ve started putting markdown files named after coworkers into work code repos so I can remind them to stop doing shit to the codebase that annoys me

for some reason they’re all mad at me now, which means ill be adding commands to JEREMY.md for an attitude adjustment

Jamie CobbettFeb 4
Mike Perham Feb 2
Announcing: the winners of the 2026 Gem Fellowship https://gem.coop/updates/2026-fellowship/ #ruby #oss
announcing the 2026 Gem Fellowship

Last month I announced my latest venture to support the Ruby open source community: the Gem Fellowship. I want this grant program to support and fund existing Ruby-related open source project maintainers and their ongoing efforts: fixing bugs and adding features for those libraries we know and love.

gem.coop
Jamie CobbettJan 23
Dee in Kyoto 🇯🇵⛩️Jan 23

Are you trans / gender-fun, an Engineering Manager (or Director, etc), in or around London, UK, and would like to attend LeadDev.com this year in early June?

If so, I have 1 free ticket to allocate to someone and I would really like to support other trans people managers in tech to be there.

It's a good conference, and will help you in your role, and yes I'm going too but I would like to help other trans eng leaders to be there.

Feel free to boost if this is not you, DM if it is you.