Co-Founder of @Monzo and now @11fs Designing and building banks around the world.

London / Rutland
Joined August 2007
I do like the tiling hyprland window manager in Omarchy, so I added some features to Aerospace (better multimonitor support, focus mode, better single window handling) and that is now my daily driver on my macs.. Love it. github.com/JasonBates/AeroSp…
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I think services that make money from upsell and inertia will start using Apple's App Attest / Google Play Integrity to restrict direct API access by personal AI agents. My agent wants to find a better deal. They want to keep me in their app.
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You wonder how many people have ever lived, so you ask an agent to build you an interactive exploration while you do other things.... crazy times claude.ai/artifact/Djss2nirG…
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I asked @claudeai Opus 5.5 to make an animated video about a robot who realises he's stuck in an AI-generated world. I wanted to really push it: 12 worlds, 12 styles, from 8-bit to claymation to pencil sketch, you can really see how well this model has imagined all worlds. This is the best animated video you will see today made by Opus 5.5, I promise.
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i'm still not sure people are fully getting how good opus 5.5 i gave my claude agent fig access to the runway MCP and told it to make a 'high-end netflix style documentary about superintelligence for normies' and... it came back with this
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Tested lots of research tools today. (you .com, parallel, perplexity, etc.) most interesting finding: Stating exclusions as a deliverable (“A section with sources considered and rejected”) took compliance from leaky to 100% where the same rule as an instruction was ignored. 🤷🏻
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I got inspired by xitter.cf/SpencerGBull/status/20… @SpencerGBull - and repurposed an old iPad. It tracks agents in Herdr, and lets me switch between them with a tap of the screen. The game changer was getting a local agent to title and subtitle the agents using their transcripts.
Our new Dell 52" 6k Ultra Wide feels like a full wall of display. Works great in Omarchy over a single thunderbolt cable for charging and display. But I still can't ditch the multi-agent command center bottom screen to help manage herdr while I multi-task.
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Plug in a random ESP-32 LCD display and tell claude code to find it and create a dashboard showing inside and outside temperatures. (so I know when to open and close the windows at night / in the morning. ) I gave it a few design pointers and let it cook.
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.@whoop You're silently disconnecting users from third-party apps / API use. Your token endpoint runs ~24× slower at 12:00, 01:00, etc. Refreshes crossing ~10.8s return 502 after the rotation has committed — grant dead, user has to re-authorise. Data: claude.ai/code/artifact/c4ff…
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Claude Code is incredible. The terminal is ugly. So I wrapped it in a native desktop app. Full power, zero monospace, 100% customizable. A few days of prompting. 25,000 lines of code. Agentic coding is crazy addictive. github.com/JasonBates/claudi…
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So sad to hear that Barb Mclean passed away recently. She was such a positive, warm, enthusiastic person. Even though I didn't see her very often, I feel like the world is a worse place without her. gofund.me/21db8c54
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🆕 NEW POD 🆕 🏗️ How to build a US mobile bank 🏦 @davidbrear and @JasonBates are joined by: 🎙️ @oropeza_adrian_ // Milli Bank 🎙️ Bethany Wilson // Milli Bank How Milli was brought to life, from concept to launch and beyond, with the people who were there! 🎧 Tune in! 👇

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I got talking to @suyamanuk tonight as he was pitching 'Zobo Pale Ale', his Nigerian inspired beer to a bar manager. It's hard graft getting something off the ground, and he was hustling! Good luck Tunde!
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Greetings from the first-ever #11FSAwards! 🤩 Our CEO @davidbrear and host for the evening @GCGodfrey are on stage welcoming everyone to the event. Stay tuned as we announce the winners of all 14 awards live!
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.@Enigmabikes I've signed up to Lands End to John'O'Groats next May. 10 days x 90-100 miles a day. #gulp I'm looking for an endurance bike and someone recommended your Titanium Etape. Is that the model I need?
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I’m in NYC this week. Is there anyone in digital banking I should meet? …And boy did it rain this morning!!
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