Tim Foster

@timfoster
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I write build tooling these days and still enjoy making developer's lives easier. I spent 21 years at Sun Microsystems, Inc, working on and around Solaris, and then a while at Joyent.

I do miss the old days a bit, but rose-tinted glasses and all that... I now use FreeBSD on my personal systems where I can. I have many hobbies, one of which is keeping my old Series Land Rover running.

Co. Down, Northern Ireland

#nutanix #joyent #sun #LandRover searchable

Joined26 Apr 2022
bloghttps://timsfoster.wordpress.com
Series Land Rovershttps://timfoster.smugmug.com/Land-Rover
Tim Foster2h ago
Dad taxi, 23:54, still waiting in the airport. Don't tell me I don't know how to party on a Friday night...
Tim Foster6d ago

Oh to have optimism of my dog, looking at me and wagging her tail while I cook steak on the bbq.

#ItsNotGoingToHappen

Show threadTim Foster6d ago
@slirt That said, I'm slowly getting the hang of it by process of elimination, and often end up in the ballpark. Life is an education opportunity!
Tim Foster6d ago

@slirt Same.

US Cardle is definitelybetter than the UK one, but I wish there was an option for "Oh, I don't know, some American car I've literally never seen before and was never sold here so your guess is as good as mine. It's a DodgeChevroletCaddilacBuickAcura WTF GTX."

Cardle 1/5
Streak 2🔥
Total Score 42
🟢 🟢 🟢
https://www.playcardle.com

Cardle

Guess the car in 5 tries. A new car is available each day.

Tim FosterFeb 20
What do you mean "CDE is hard to configure?"
Tim FosterFeb 19

"Co-authored-by: Cursor (gpt-5.3-codex-xhigh)"

Please fuck off immediately.

Tim FosterFeb 19
Kagi HQFeb 19
Did you know that Kagi Translate can also translate to Reddit Speak?
Tim FosterFeb 19

It's Boxster roof prep day tomorrow, so I spent a few minutes during lunchtime to mask off the windows and near bits of bodywork.

I'm hoping that having left it in the garage for a few days, the roof has dried sufficiently after the wash.

#boxster #porsche

Tim FosterFeb 17
Show threadFi 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 17

@algernon

lol, so it's plagiarism too?

go fucking figure.

Tim FosterFeb 17
Show threadClifton RoystonFeb 17

@munin

To my mind the real prize in this diagram is the Timm line. (Alas that mere text can not reproduce that three-hooped m.)

Note that the new standard Git development flow evidently involves moving backwards in time, I mean Timm. Very impressive!