Tech and other nonsense. He/him 🇨🇭🇺🇲🇬🇧🏳️🌈
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I’ve built a coding game which is fun but also has a serious edge: it teaches critical code reading skills for the AI era
I don't know how to make anything go viral but in theory I built something very viral in the form of an unofficial @Bandcamp Wrapped
And a whole lot of technical background is in my regular newsletter/blog ngof.nikhaldimann.com/p/anyt…
Second post on my new Substack is out now: What it's like to write 90% of your code with Claude Code + can I teach music to Claude? open.substack.com/pub/ngof/p…
I figured out why I don't like it here: I have a long attention span, and I like long-form content!
So I'm launching a new Substack, called "Next Generation Of". It will document a series of rapid prototypes as I explore the state of the art in vibe coding and AI assistants.
Subscribe now! The first issue drops in a week and a fresh one will follow roughly every 2 weeks: ngof.substack.com/welcome
So I'm still alive. Proof: This talk I gave last week at @DjangoConEurope youtube.com/watch?v=fuGWGv89…
Tbh the past weeks have been restorative for me because 3 gods of tech that I always kinda knew to be false have been knocked off their pedestals:
- Crypto
- Advertising
- Shitty “hardcore” leadership
This has freed up so much brainpower that maybe now we can reallocate to building some real shit?
Nik Haldimann retweeted
If you asked my two years ago: I would have told you live coding interviews are fine (*I* don’t mind them).
I since got to know women developers who get stressed, freeze up and get rejected on live coding interviews & whiteboards.
The crazy thing is they’re all solid engineers.
For folks asking how I said no, here's an example!
ALT Screenshot of an email that reads: I decided at this time in my career not to do interviews with white boarding and live coding. It causes me (and a lot of other women and other under-represented people) severe anxiety and psychological damage. Despite that I obviously have navigated tech and climbed into great places in spite of these types of interview processes, I am just exhausted with it and want it to change, so I’m saying no as I can in the hopes that it will prompt real change where it’s still happening. https://news.ncsu.edu/2020/07/tech-job-interviews-anxiety/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/performance-anxiety Thank you so much for your time - Cher
Feels rather unreal still, we really went and raised $5m. How did that happen?! It's the amazing team, the early customers who trusted us when we hadn't proven anything yet and this strong cast of investors.
And now just to fix clinical trials. Easy! 😆
Thrilled to publicly launch today and announce our $5 million seed round! Our mission is to accelerate research for the next generation of health companies. Thank you @firstminutecap, Presight Capital, @seedcamp, Hambro Perks, @AminoCollective, and @calmstormvc for your support!
Favor boring technology, and I mean boring in the most affectionate way possible ❤️
I've been living in Central London for a few months now and have gotten used to all sorts of unusual noise and commotion out my window (ask me about the Euros final sometime) but this is a new one: a Hare Krishna duo of drum and accordion! 🥁🪗
So yeah, I'm hiring software engineers in the UK at @LindusHealth in historically the most difficult market to do so. 😆 I'm still optimistic for 3 reasons:
3. The product dev environment of your dreams: I want to make product-oriented engineers as happy and productive as possible - strong product vision but lots of autonomy on how to get there, and the infrastructure to ship rapidly
Job details here: lindushealth.com/careers - DMs are open for any and all questions. Care for a retweet?