Chris Pitts

Software delivery coach, personal coach, mentor, developer, mad cat man, mogfather 🐈, foster dad 🐈, ex-diver, biker 🏍️💨. Less Certified, more Certifiable. Dodgy taste in music and shirts 🎸. Old as the hills. I probably trained your CTO when she was a baby developer.

Occasional specialist in using HI (Human Intelligence).

Located somewhere south of London, UK

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#nobridge

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Last Notes

2026-05-03 14:41:22 UTC

In a new twist, some folks, myself included, are being asked to develop agentic LLM systems not because they are a good idea, but because “More AI!”, and because “If we don’t, someone else will”.
It is making me wonder just how many ethical developers are still out there, and if we are a dying breed.
Intelligent Development is out, Bonus Driven Development is once again in 🤷‍♂️

2025-11-24 22:47:14 UTC

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Don’t be sorry. Write to understand, grandpa. 😉

2025-11-07 12:47:16 UTC

OK, this made me chuckle rather a lot.
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-27ceb02753a3a5193358f6bb2e831c93/media_attachments/files/115/508/486/663/530/650/original/edf17048cd558ade.jpeg

2025-10-02 07:12:25 UTC

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Call that a modem? THIS is a modem! 😁
https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-27ceb02753a3a5193358f6bb2e831c93/media_attachments/files/115/303/326/815/032/043/original/ff7557199d9e4854.jpeg

2025-09-18 06:39:23 UTC

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https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-27ceb02753a3a5193358f6bb2e831c93/media_attachments/files/115/223/924/554/103/228/original/3a6e2ff9f693f60b.jpeg

2025-09-03 20:57:26 UTC

Don’t you just hate it when you come across a brilliantly simple idea and jot it down somewhere safe for the future - so safe you can’t find it again?!
Someone, I think on here, mentioned a simple instant single question retrospective idea - something like “What’s worrying you?” - and now I can’t find the reference. Any ideas?

2025-07-08 18:22:38 UTC

Is anyone out there looking for a good data analyst (UK based)? Friend of mine is looking.
#fedihired

2025-06-26 18:36:43 UTC

Can’t help thinking this section of the full video is incredibly important. [@Mer__edith](https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith ) sounding the alarm bells over “agentic AI”.
https://www.youtube.com/live/AyH7zoP-JOg?t=50m16s

2025-02-09 17:49:29 UTC

Talking of #photography….(and I just know I’m going to regret asking this). A question for all those photographers out there.
What's the secret to taking a really, really good photo? How did you learn? I'm picking up my DSLR again and would rather like to learn how to recognise and take great shots. As a techie, I can do the techie stuff….but it's the artistic eye that has always eluded me, resulting in “just snaps” (aside from some very lucky shots).

2024-12-02 08:14:57 UTC

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Funnily enough…
https://blog.thirstybear.co.uk/2024/04/your-ai-code-generators-are-your-new.html
/cc [@david_chisnall](https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall ) @npub10wn…f0qm

2024-09-10 12:37:20 UTC

Random question to throw into the ether hoping it lands somewhere useful
Is there an easy way to fix an EGCV valve on a Honda CBR600-RR 2007 model?
As usual, mine's got stuck again and the FI light is going flashy flashy (code 35?, for Those Who Know). The service manual and the Haynes Book of Lies are not being helpful with the stripdown/clean/replace sequence.
(Yes, removal is an option. Think you can still get a gizmo that fools the electronics into thinking the valve motor is still there)

2024-08-14 13:48:58 UTC

Before I go reinventing the wheel, is there a generally accepted way to auto-activate a #Python virtual environment if found when opening a directory?
Thx.