Daisy Leigh

Fairy/Electric type. Trans, bi, polyam. Conference Director of PyCon AU 2020 & 2023. You have subscribed to Train Facts™.

Pronouns: she/her
Location: Narrm, Wurundjeri land, Kulin Nation (Melbourne, Australia)
Website: https://daisy.wtf

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2026-05-06 06:22:58 UTC

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The problem with this, of course, is that it’s not really fair to blame this entirely on the individual developer.
All over the industry, people are being pressured to use these things not just directly, but also indirectly through increased pressure to deliver fast and decreased emphasis on quality. (All things that were happening already but have been accelerated by LLMs, but that’s another story.)
It’s not hard to imagine engineers at every level of seniority that want to focus on quality and hone their skills but don’t feel that they are allowed to.

2026-05-06 04:51:06 UTC

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Yeah. I have a gut feeling that we as an industry are barreling towards a maintenance crisis that we are going to have to reckon with, on account of LLMs’ tendencies towards unnecessary complexity and huge volumes of code. Like, there are a number of different possible futures where LLMs cannot realistically be used to maintain the code that they wrote, and if any of those futures come to pass, unfucking the mess is going to be an enormous undertaking.

2026-05-06 02:38:08 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/116524191720990864
The fact that basically all LLMs disclaim any and all commitments to quality, correctness, and usefulness feels like not only one of the most damning things about them. More than that, it also cements my feeling that they represent the final boss of the sort of business “leader” who sees all things as fungible, spherical cows in a vacuum, and the endeavour of providing a product or service that people actually use as a tedious distraction from the real goal of converting money into even more money.
#note1atp…2kgs

2026-05-06 02:27:56 UTC

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This is the other thing. I think the output is generally slightly better quality when you are walking well-trodden ground. Over the past six months or so I’ve been working on something where knowing the correct behaviour depends on understanding a lot of the internals of our product AND the strict regulatory environment of the sector our product is built for, and if you get it wrong you get extremely large fines, and it is astonishingly bad for that.
But the other side of the coin is that well-trodden ground is what software libraries are for. It feels like LLMs kind of become a way of probabilistically generating bespoke libraries that might align with what you need more so than something off PyPI does, at the cost of having to critically analyse every line (as well as the environmental and social costs of LLMs).
Also generating boilerplate, which @npub16y8…d455 has already talked about at length.
https://mastodon.social/@mattdarveniza/116525108767720176

2026-05-06 02:19:31 UTC

RE: https://eigenmagic.net/@abstractcode/116525091915148748
This has been my experience when using Claude Code too. I feel like the time that it takes to rework its output matches or exceeds the time it would have taken to just write the code. And the issues I have to fix vary from code that will be difficult to maintain, to code that only works for a very narrow ideal case, to code that just plain will not do what it is supposed to do.
And that has really changed my perception of people who claim that it’s a huge productivity booster for them, to be honest. Like I don’t know if they’re using the tool heaps differently and getting better results, or they’re doing the same rework as I’m doing and just not perceiving it as a slowdown, or if they have different and much more permissive quality standards to mine.

2026-05-06 01:16:37 UTC

Genuinely one of the worst things for me about the vibe coding apocalypse is that it is steadily eroding my patience in code review.
It used to be that if you identified issues with someone’s code, you could explain why, and help your coworker learn and grow as a professional. And sometimes they’d respond by explaining why they did it that way, and then you get to learn and grow as well.
Now a lot of the time when I do code review, I feel like I’m not actually investing my time in learning, just giving them something to copy paste into an AI chatbot without engaging with either the code or the feedback.

2026-05-03 00:31:46 UTC

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LUNA WHY

2026-05-03 00:19:56 UTC

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Overall ride quality is excellent compared to to the Xtrap100 (low bar but still). Like, I’m standing up while typing this and I don’t need to hold on to anything even through the rougher bits.
Seats do have foam, unlike some newer trams, but it’s *firm*. Probably comfortable enough for the sort of journeys this thing is designed for.

2026-05-03 00:16:47 UTC

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The door closing beep, on the other hand, is actively hostile to the human ear.

2026-05-03 00:15:27 UTC

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The XT2’s whistle sounds cute, so that’s nice.

2026-05-03 00:13:49 UTC

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In amongst all of the excitement is a small smattering of regular passengers, utterly bewildered at stepping onto an Upfield Line train at 10am on a Sunday that is not only packed, but filled with the exact same energy as a school classroom on the last day before holidays.

2026-05-03 00:10:35 UTC

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There is so much joy and jubilation on this train. People are laughing and chatting. One person is playing a train-related song on their phone and singing along with their friends (behaviour I wouldn’t normally countenance, but this is a special occasion).
And then amidst the sea of happiness, two Authorised Officers with the surliest, most miserable facial expressions you could imagine.

2026-05-03 00:06:55 UTC

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On the return trip the acceleration is much smoother, I guess it’s a matter of getting used to how the thing handles with real humans in it instead of concrete?

2026-05-03 00:05:47 UTC

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The first person to write something with their finger in the fogged-up windows of an XT2 has chosen to write “HAROLD HOLT”. I don’t know what to make of this.
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/116/507/721/444/854/359/original/407b39c809308a53.jpeg

2026-05-02 23:41:40 UTC

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Okay, the acceleration is much smoother now. I know they did a bunch of testing with concrete blocks before they but the seats in, but I’m not sure if that was the weight of a crush load, and this is certainly the first time it’s had this many actual humans in it.

2026-05-02 23:21:18 UTC

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It genuinely feels like it’s struggling to accelerate from standstill. And it is packed with gunzels, but your average peak hour service is probably just as full.

2026-05-02 23:19:42 UTC

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Oof that acceleration curve is _not_ smooth

2026-05-02 23:12:38 UTC

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There is so much autism and so much expensive photography equipment on this train.
A little bit of side to side rocking on the Flinders Street Viaduct but we’ll only really know if Alstom can build a train that doesn’t feel like a roller coaster when we get past North Melbourne and start picking up speed

2026-05-02 22:48:32 UTC

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Okay I am inside new train #melbourne
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/116/507/417/572/746/330/original/7786b79a1f80e208.jpeg
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/116/507/417/708/898/369/original/5d9723edf7c2b9c8.jpeg

2026-05-02 22:41:11 UTC

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Okay, a mate who works for Metro Trains says she has heard talk of it happening at that time, subject to the whims of Metrol

2026-05-02 22:24:39 UTC

Okay, so unverified rumours are that the first X’trapolis 2 revenue service will be a 9:06 departure from Flinders Street on the Upfield line.
And I hope those rumours are true because I got up early and everything.

2026-04-27 00:07:17 UTC

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“A direct and meaningful impact on the lives of struggling Palestinian children”, and other phrases that are technically true

2026-04-25 00:25:08 UTC

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Reflx Lab have regular Vision3 with the remjet washed off as well as the AHU ones for about US$13/roll, plus flat US$5 shipped worldwide
Not sure what film prices are like over there, but that works out to ~AU$20 which is roughly what I’d pay for a 36exp roll of an Ilford B&W stock here

2026-04-25 00:15:15 UTC

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My lab does ECN-2 and C-41 for roughly comparable prices, between that and the issue with scans maybe it’s worth shopping around for other labs?

2026-04-21 08:18:33 UTC

I keep seeing AI enthusiasts say stuff like “it deleted my production database and set fire to my servers but this is truly the future of software engineering” and given the other place where this phenomenon has popped up, I would like to henceforth refer to it as Tesla Ownership Syndrome

2026-04-15 23:43:25 UTC

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I mean clearly what you were actually looking for was the Electromagnetic Compatibility Society of Australia

2026-03-29 09:42:56 UTC

Oscar Psoriasis

2026-02-09 21:53:47 UTC

“don’t talk to me or my son ever again” @npub1d26…72uz https://sfba.social/@cvvhrn/116042851424044333

2026-02-09 21:50:07 UTC

it’s called a Likert scale because it’s a scale that measures how much you like rt

2026-01-31 23:17:07 UTC

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you called?

2026-01-04 22:32:12 UTC

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https://cloudisland.nz/@daisy/113265814269391561

2025-12-10 00:07:49 UTC

One of the things I’ve realised recently about generative AI is that it’s not actually a nose beans situation.
If the genAI does what it is supposed to do, the bosses can lay off workers. If the genAI doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do, the bosses can lay off workers on the pretence that it does, insulate themselves from accountability for the resulting short-term failures in a million different ways, and then re-hire those same workers for less pay and worse conditions.
genAI doesn’t have to actually be good for it to be useful to the capital class, and they know this.

2025-12-01 00:10:24 UTC

the fun thing about analog photography is that it opens up opportunities for whole new hobbies such as analogue camera repair 🙃
(For context, I was just asking Luna for advice about my own Olympus OM-10, which I fear I too may have to disassemble and troubleshoot soon) @npub1w7h…yh5n https://pony.social/@luna/115641252995615933

2025-11-15 22:34:16 UTC

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Ok so I had been eyeing off a few 110 cameras on Marketplace but this is much more niche, curse you

2025-10-30 21:51:52 UTC

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This is so cool! I really love the light trails of the ferries going in and out of Circular Quay, I am tempted to see if I can get a photo like this in person next time I’m there

2025-10-24 23:33:51 UTC

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GODDAMNIT LUNA

2025-10-24 22:27:45 UTC

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WHICH TWO LETTERS, LUNA THIS IS HURTING MY HEAD

2025-10-16 21:38:48 UTC

Has anyone else noticed that in corporate/tech spaces, there’s a tendency to capitalise basically any proper noun that’s 4 letters or less as if it’s an acronym, regardless of whether it is or not?
I’ve noticed this with stuff like product names (e.g. we have an internal product called “Ink”, which is just called that because it’s for writing stuff, but people call it “INK” all the time assuming it’s an acronym) but this morning I saw someone do it with the name of a person…

2025-09-19 23:04:18 UTC

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why are you like this (complementary)

2025-09-19 22:26:44 UTC

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LUNA

2025-08-22 23:30:07 UTC

I want a witch to come along and turn me into a dog, thus freeing me from the burden of complex thought

2025-07-28 00:14:49 UTC

me, sighing as I tick the "keep me signed in" checkbox on my work's single sign on portal: "a girl can dream"

2025-05-18 02:33:56 UTC

Sometime just after 4:35pm Pittsburgh time tomorrow (Sunday—I think it's still Saturday there as I write this), I was supposed to walk on stage at @npub1l9a…yneh and receive the Community Service Award.
I won't be doing that in person, because I'm transgender, and the event is in the US.
My AU passport has an X gender marker, so I can't even get an ESTA or visitor visa to enter the US, and even if I could it is a country that is even more wildly unsafe for people like me than it was a year ago.

2025-04-22 09:59:15 UTC

If you're trans or gender diverse, and you've started gender-affirming HRT in Australia in the last 18 months, you could help out with research that could improve the quality of care for trans people in the future! (And if that's not you, boosts for reach are appreciated <3)
The lead researcher is themselves trans, and is someone I can personally attest is a good'un, so you'll be in safe hands :)
https://monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_81xmCjuk8B2jHAq?Q_CHL=qr
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/114/380/974/764/241/134/original/b55650fcfdd69960.jpg

2025-03-18 23:07:22 UTC

PEBBLE IS BACK AAAAAAAAA
https://ericmigi.com/blog/introducing-two-new-pebbleos-watches

2025-03-18 09:54:28 UTC

With the power of AI, you too can take your startup from “fucking around” to “finding out” in as little as two days!
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/114/182/826/654/376/527/original/cf652242090ecdc8.png

2025-03-06 22:14:55 UTC

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I mean, I can send you an illustrative example if you want ;)

2025-03-06 22:10:01 UTC

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Luna.

2025-02-07 00:18:23 UTC

bookmarking toots that link to interesting articles so that I can read them later (I will never do this)

2025-02-05 05:01:00 UTC

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I mean, if you want someone to bring you into compliance, give me a call ;)

2025-02-04 05:56:36 UTC

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jeez Luna @ me next time

2025-01-28 22:10:36 UTC

[while fastening up a strap-on] I’m gonna peg you so hard and for so long, you’ll feel like you’re a 2010s netbook CPU trying to browse the modern Internet

2025-01-28 21:27:31 UTC

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yeah, like, I'd argue that the one in your original toot is... _fine_, since it gives you a fairly visible affordance that you can scroll horizontally
the new iOS photos app, OTOH, is irredeemable

2025-01-27 23:44:19 UTC

every time I read about the stock market, and the billions of dollars magicked in and out of existence based on wall street finance bro feelpinions, I like it even less

2025-01-27 22:30:39 UTC

https://mastodon.social/@glyph/113879644607529041
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/113/902/684/383/743/181/original/7d29e6a44c85c31b.jpeg

2025-01-15 00:26:40 UTC

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no idea; firmware modding is one of those things that I am vaguely aware of the existence of, but not something I'm willing to risk bricking my daily driver camera for. (And none of my old cameras happen to be ones that people have modded, alas.)
That said, if I saw a toot from Luna one day saying that she'd made some kind of firmware mod for a newer camera that nobody has ever modded before, I'd be very seriously impressed but not even remotely surprised

2025-01-14 23:00:10 UTC

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this is awesome, I love the perfect symmetry of the tracks broken up by the particularly unusual asymmetry of the overhead gantry

2025-01-14 22:57:16 UTC

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I mean, camera firmware modding is a thing just sayin’

2024-11-29 23:54:34 UTC

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okay this is it, now that you’ve pointed it out I can’t un-see it, this is the one sentence that lands me firmly in the anti-“munnel” camp lmao

2024-11-29 23:51:47 UTC

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TIL, I remember seeing echoes online of Chunnel being a thing like a decade ago, but I didn’t know if people still called it that or not
Honestly the fact that “Chunnel” hasn’t stuck over in your neck of the woods makes people saying “munnel” over here even more sad

2024-11-29 23:44:15 UTC

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you’re going to hate it even more when you find out it’s Melburnians trying to evoke the incredible feat of engineering that is the Channel Tunnel, in reference to a 9km (5.6mi) long, 40m (130ft) deep project called the “Metro Tunnel”

2024-11-29 11:13:57 UTC

Melbourne public transport nerds, how do we all feel about “munnel”?
I’m finding myself oscillating between “sure, if people are calling it that, I guess I’ll call it that” and “please dear god I am begging you, stop trying to make ‘munnel’ happen”

2024-11-29 01:32:58 UTC

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I'll be honest, when I first saw it the hashtags had been truncated by the UI, and I had a moment of "okay but _is_ this a shitpost or is this real, because both options seem plausible”

2024-11-28 23:02:32 UTC

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honestly more people should tag their misinformation with the #misinformation hashtag :P

2024-11-07 05:40:10 UTC

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This implies the existence of a “Maxgay Rest Area”.
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/113/440/064/026/774/791/original/18e248fb9245daca.jpeg

2024-11-07 05:28:37 UTC

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Another two good ones: Tumbarumba and Ladysmith.
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/113/440/018/654/174/376/original/f2ecdcdf61eaa500.jpeg

2024-11-07 02:13:51 UTC

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Just passing Howlong, and given that I am getting pretty hungry and counting down the kilometres until our lunchtime stop at Wodonga, that feels apt.

2024-11-07 01:20:46 UTC

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Update: we are just about to pass Baddaginnie, which is another good one.

2024-11-07 01:15:21 UTC

Regional Australia has some of the best place names.
Also I consistently get Violet Town (northern Victoria) mixed up with Lavender Town (Kanto region, but not the IRL one, the Pokémon one)
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/113/439/022/747/327/640/original/61d2ee5d78e8b9df.jpeg

2024-10-21 00:25:29 UTC

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I simultaneously love and hate this toot

2024-10-16 22:12:47 UTC

If you’re trans and you are considering working for a remote-first company, ask them where they hold their offsites.
If you are a remote-first company that does offsites, do some background research on whether your trans employees can safely travel to and exist in the country (and state/region in the case of federations like the US) that you plan on holding your next offsite in.

2024-10-14 11:13:43 UTC

An ocarina is just a flute that is bouba instead of kiki

2024-10-11 21:31:25 UTC

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same 😞
🫂🫂🫂

2024-10-10 06:04:30 UTC

The GOV.UK “exit this page" button (for pages that might be visited by e.g. domestic abuse victims seeking support) doesn't take you to the Google homepage but instead BBC Weather, and the reason why is interesting and well-thought-out: https://beeps.website/blog/2024-10-09-why-govuk-exit-this-page-doesnt-use-escape/#bonus%3A-why-does-it-redirect-the-user-to-bbc-weather%3F

2024-09-22 02:18:23 UTC

Im generally pretty sour on the whole LLM/genAI hype train, but one area where I genuinely think it has promise is *parsing* natural language.
For instance, LLMs seem to be WAY better at parsing instructions than eg current Siri, and while I don’t care for the generative bits of “Apple Intelligence” I’m looking forward to Siri improvements.
Also I’d love a tool that can take an booking confirmation page or a text from a friend make a calendar entry, and LLMs seem to be very good at that.

2024-09-04 23:58:37 UTC

It has been 182 days since the last time an inattentive truck driver has gotten wedged under the Montague Street Bridge, meaning we are currently in the third-longest streak since community record-keeping began in 2016! https://howmanydayssincemontaguestreetbridgehasbeenhit.com

2024-09-02 22:25:02 UTC

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luna omg

2024-08-31 11:01:43 UTC

American bros in my apartment lift: “so it’s got so much potential, but it’s really more of a stage 2 thing…”
Me, thinking: “ugh, gross, business/tech bros”
Bros: “…but it needs Rare Candy, so it only really works in a Charizard deck because Charizard already needs Rare Candy”

2024-08-25 06:00:42 UTC

We, as an industry, should never have been allowed to name things. #kiwipycon
https://files.cloudisland.nz/media_attachments/files/113/021/133/868/795/809/original/f7ff7e0d894a1787.jpeg

2024-08-15 02:14:01 UTC

Sam Reich (of Dropout) isn’t on fedi but his father Robert Reich (@npub1xjw…3c9q, of the Clinton administration) is, and I don’t know what that says about the fediverse but it sure is _something_.