Denis Defreyne

Read my weeknotes at https://denisdefreyne.com/weeknotes/.

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web: https://denisdefreyne.com
pronouns: he/him

Last Notes

2026-03-14 14:32:15 UTC

February summary: I spent
- 37 minutes walking 0 km
- 37 minutes driving 4 km (approx. 6 1/2 km/h) despite having no car nor a driver’s license
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2025-11-03 15:48:11 UTC

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Software written by people who care is THE BEST

2025-11-03 08:51:39 UTC

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yikes!

2025-08-30 11:16:14 UTC

Lough Neagh sure has some H. P. Lovecraft vibes
#LoughNeagh #HPLovecraft #lovecraft
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2025-08-22 21:22:00 UTC

A YouTube ad showed me, purportedly, Palestinians in Gaza feasting on an abundance of food this month.
Utterly depraved propaganda from Israel.

2025-08-21 15:07:48 UTC

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Coincidentaly, LinkedIn is down
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2025-08-21 14:35:15 UTC

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LinkedOUT 😮

2025-07-18 08:04:46 UTC

Seeking a role as staff software engineer with backend focus!
I would love to work on highly available large-scale distributed systems, digging deep into complex problems.
🛠 TECH STACK:
I am very comfortable with Ruby/Go/AWS, but I am actively looking to expand my horizon.
💙 IDEAL JOB:
Remote-first and full time. I am looking to relocate to London (UK) but I can also work remote from Germany.
🖋 MORE DETAILS:
See https://denisdefreyne.com/notes/get-me-a-job-2025/.
repost = ♥️
#GetFediHired

2025-06-25 11:31:28 UTC

I got laid off today. Eek!
Looking to hire a senior/staff engineer? I might be exactly what you need.
Some more details on what I offer here: https://denisdefreyne.com/notes/get-me-a-job-2025/
repost = ❤️
#GetFediHired #Ruby

2025-06-06 22:52:38 UTC

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Maybe https://blog.glyph.im/2025/06/i-think-im-done-thinking-about-genai-for-now.html ?

2025-01-15 14:06:55 UTC

Israel continues to casually commit war crimes as if it’s nbd
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2025-01-14 00:47:09 UTC

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I’ve been deliberately ignoring this “social web foundation” thing because they’ll show themselves to be irrelevant in the long run.

2024-12-05 08:11:25 UTC

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At least it was themeable! All those posts on @npub1m8r…mwht make me nostalgic.

2024-11-25 21:58:51 UTC

Got hit by a car, didn’t take the driver’s details and only now do I realize that my bike is physically damaged to the point of not properly working anymore
Why the fuck did it not occur to me to take the driver’s details?! Arggghhhh

2024-11-14 20:34:58 UTC

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Like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_leave
I had resigned before and had just started my notice period. HR showed up by surprise in my 1:1 with my manager (yikes) to tell me access would be immediately revoked.

2024-11-14 20:15:46 UTC

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And when voiced some of my concerns, I got put on gardening leave so that I could no longer influence coworkers. 🙃

2024-11-14 19:27:50 UTC

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A big reason why I left Shopify is because of its far-right alignment. :(