Andi Smith

Building digital experiences in terrain unexplored. Tweets are my own.

[Signal @signalapp]

Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.

https://t.co/VdWe9uhi8p

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

@currys Be able to get that new fridge! In purple! @TheCollectorIO #CurrysPurpleFriday

[Mohit Mishra @chessMan786]

Visual Explanation of How LLMs Work

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

🔔 New post - 'From Sprawl to Structure'.
https://t.co/Qfr9OTis4g

How to scale engineering teams without killing velocity by starting small and measure impact.

#cto #scaleup #scaling

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

The tool sprawl is real! Recently I wrote a post on how to keep SaaS costs down - https://t.co/bsqlNthxVT #cto #budgeting #sass #startups

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

🔔 New post - "Ship Fast, Scale Clean - Building MVPs That Last".
https://t.co/UoWcIHioI6

The classic startup dilemma: move fast vs. build sustainably. Here's how to do both.

#mvp #startupcto #techstrategy #startuptech

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

I've put together an ad-free Improv Suggestion Generator that can help with any suggestions for your #improv rehearsals!

https://t.co/ri4VeUSCHE

#suggest #suggestions #comedy #improvcomedy #random #wordgenerator #generator

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

@LEGOLANDWindsor we seem to be cursed with broken rides today. The Haunted Mansion broke down while we were on it, then the NINJAGO ride and now we’ve been queuing for the Pirate Falls for over an hour and now it’s broken too. Really disappointing.

[Joseph Thacker @rez0__]

I saw a guy coding today.
No cursor.
No windsurf.
No chatgpt.
He just sat there. Typing code manually.
Like a psychopath.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

@waitrose I bought this £16 bouquet from your store on Thursday evening and they are already dying. It’s not the usual quality I’d expect from your flowers. 😞

[Gordon Ramsay @GordonRamsay]

An important #FathersDay message from me…WEAR A HELMET ! This week I had a bad accident while riding my bike in CT. I'm doing ok and I’m thankful for all the doctors, nurses and staff at @LMHospital who looked after me but most thankful for my helmet that saved my life. Be Safe

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Never forget.

[Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism]

For posterity here are todays front pages:

All leading on the £2000 tax lie.

Every. Single. Paper. Should be forced to run a retraction front page now. Wit the word LIE in bold.

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

I do wonder sometimes if anyone has actually used the #nationalrail website to check a journey time or plan a journey…

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

@ThreeUKSupport @Crocidolite11 Hi, I am also having this problem since yesterday. Certain websites (like https://t.co/nlqfpN5qUC) no longer load. I've restarted my router multiple times, but running a traceroute suggests the problem is at your end.

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

@JazRignall - Theme Park - Was so addicted to this. My friends all had PCs or Amigas, the MD version was rly good
- Dynamite Headdy - Amazing Xmas present. So many secrets
- Sonic 3 & Knuckles - I got every version of Super & Hyper
- Quackshot - I thought it looked like a real cartoon

[Chase Lean @chaseleantj]

A few hours ago, Adobe released Firefly 2, their new AI image generator.

But how good is it?

I compared it to Midjourney & DALL-E 3 across 10 very different image categories so you don't have to.

Here are the results:

[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

Spoke to a 25 yr old guy today. He became a tech VP at 25 by:

1. Waking up at 5 AM
2. Cold showers
3. Meditating
4. Intermittent fasting
5. His dad owns the company

[Andi Smith @AndiSmith]

@djm_ @jaffathecake And LEGO Masters Australia is the best version too!