Ross Gardiner

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Software engineer living in #amsterdam, where I make robots do robot things at Monumental.

I have opinions (and am interested in other people's opinions) about #programming (espcially #types, #functionalprogramming, #typescript, #rust, #haskell) and #urbanism (especially #bikes). searchable

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Ross GardinerMar 14
A creative way to run (what I hope is) speaker cable in this restaurant. But I feel like there's a 50/50 chance of there being another BS 1363 plug on the other end of this cable...
Ross GardinerJan 1

Just three weeks ago I went to a jazz gig at the beautiful Vondelkerk.

Now it's been destroyed by careless idiots with fireworks. Infuriating.

Ross GardinerAug 19, 2025
I'm not sure that listing the feature 'direct access to emergency exit' sends quite the right message here.
Ross GardinerAug 9, 2025

Solving unimportant problems with poorly-supported browser APIs.

https://www.rossng.eu/posts/2025-08-09-where-should-i-aim/

Ross GardinerAug 3, 2025

I couldn't find a nice way to detect AprilTags on my phone. So I built (well, mostly vibecoded) a little app.

https://www.rossng.eu/posts/2025-08-03-apriltag-detector/

Ross GardinerJul 16, 2025
My guide to the CEFR levels of language proficiency
Ross GardinerJun 21, 2025

It's so easy to navigate cities now that most have simple contactless payments for public transport.

Meanwhile, Paris:

Ross GardinerMay 6, 2025
Law of physics: corporate entities are incapable of writing any text containing the phrase 'we are increasing the price'
Ross GardinerApr 26, 2025
There's something immensely satisfying about putting the washing machine on at exactly the right time.
Ross GardinerApr 16, 2025

New level of enshittification unlocked.

Now I get spam in my Gmail account from @google.com addresses, advertising conferences for a product that I don't use.