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CTO @amberelectricAU. Previously head of tech @99designs/@envato, advisor @buildkite. Nautical history and retro computing nerd. opinions own, he / him

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Energy dorks - today's my day at allenergy floating around exhibitor hall and stuff. Say hi if you're about.

Given I'm wrapping up at amber EOY it's a bit more of a social vibe - I'm not driving next year's roadmap.

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@lox @thorstenball depending on the weighting of factors on any individual test when a code change comes up against it in the DAG whether it's rational to delete the test, change the test, change the code... all really depends on the underlying factors for that test, which normally are implicit

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@lox i've been lurking/skimming some (but definitely not all, or even most) of your AI & unit test conversations.

have you thought about https://t.co/Zyx0pxVOxJ and whether that helps open up some avenues in discussion but also tooling?

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@lox a lot of the back and forth i've seen with you and @thorstenball seems to have compressed/encoded some different weightings on the factors

but i also think it's interesting in terms of the compute fan out and also lifecycle of different tests over time if there was good metadata

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@DominicDirupo my experience is net profit is around the same because you've got to add "numbing the pain" into your COGS

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Strong co-sign

[Mitchell Hashimoto @mitchellh]

The "whiteboard defense:" I should be able to pull you aside at any moment and ask you to explain any customer-facing system you've shipped. You should be able to clearly explain how it works and defend the decisions you made. This is my benchmark for responsible AI usage.

I don't expect line-level familiarity with the code. I don't care if you remember the exact function name or implementation detail. You may not even know it. I don't care.

But if I ask "why did you do X instead of Y?", "what happens if this actor behaves maliciously?", "what data structure did you use here and why?", or "where does this fail?" you should be able to answer confidently.

For PoCs, demos, experiments, whatever: I don't care. Generate 100% of it and understand none of it. Speed over quality every time in those specific scenarios.

But if you're shipping customer-facing work, you can't be shipping things you don't understand at a high level.

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@137ry mate

[Lachlan Donald @lox]

Cleanroom 0.7 is out.

Cleanroom runs repo workloads inside policy-controlled microVM sandboxes (linux and macOS): explicit network egress, host-held credentials, reproducible checkouts, and cached dependency traffic.

0.7 makes that usable for real dev loops: workspace sync, port exposure, stage-scoped egress, and reusable dependency/service outputs.

https://t.co/hP0hiEny1y
https://t.co/nBXhbUDIsM

[WattClarity @WattClarity]

An update on my home energy trading adventures in 10 charts https://t.co/tIMxOFLCrf

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@andy_snow https://t.co/NKYM2dhwTK knock yourself out

[Sam D'Amico @sdamico]

https://t.co/WGy9xFERRa

[ecotricity @ecotricity]

We’ve just taken a big step forward in the energy revolution.

By joining forces with @AmberElectricAU and @Gentrack, we're launching a dynamic energy pricing model that puts real power in the hands of households with solar panels, home batteries and EVs. That means using energy when it’s cheapest – and selling it back when prices are high.

It’s a smarter way to live with renewables. And it’s a major step towards a more democratic, flexible and green energy system.

Homes don’t have to be passive consumers anymore. With the right tech, they can help balance the grid and bring down carbon – all while reducing bills.

This is what the energy transition looks like.

Big thanks to @BusinessGreen for covering our latest innovation.

Read more here: https://t.co/BUGuFzexhh

#GreenEnergy #SmartHomes #NetZero

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@SarahMoran Who were on your pre-covid list?

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Is there a consensus view on which orgs have done distributed/multi-timezone work (remote, multi-office, etc) "best"?

Who do you look up to (ie steal ideas from) on ways of working with global teams?

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@kellos @Quiip they have any good published content on processes/norms/structure etc that helps make it work?

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@splat1 @sdamico @Vodskaya @ImpulseLabs_ also the other other annoying sales territory on the bottom half of the globe?

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@ringsau @EVStraya @AmberElectricAU there's an ever evolving internal timeline - a little hard to pin down at this point with some third party dependencies

[Richard Ings : Renewable Energy Beneficiary @ringsau]

Another @AmberElectricAU monthly electricity bill

And yet another credit

My credit balance is rapidly building.

I really didn’t expect my second Powerwall to generate so much incremental revenue so quickly

Big change from a year ago

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@EVStraya @ringsau @AmberElectricAU that'll do it, behind that project there's two streams of work: ensuring the app & optimisation does the right stuff and a billing platform migration to enable the new calcs. until both are complete your bills are on hold

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@EVStraya @ringsau @AmberElectricAU did you opt into the 5 minute test cohort?