Christopher Penkin

✝️ Christian 🤵‍♂️ Husband 👨‍👧‍👦 Father 🇿🇦 South African 🤓 Nerd

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

Mobile app still works.

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.@FNBSA @Rb__sa You cannot select any banks on internet banking. The list is empty?!

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

@Rb__sa I have @Rb__sa . This was the discussion I had on the app. I must just wait and after 5 business days and it's not there then I should contact agian.

Seems wild in 2026 that this is not automatically done when opening an account.

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

Oof have not had to deal with a bank in a while for which I am really grateful. Last bank was @Nedbank and it's still not resolved. Gave up.

Now opened a new account on @FNBSA and you have to request to see it on your online profile. That takes 3-5 business days. Wild, in 2026.

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

@Nedbank It's an old one where I went to the branch 4 times to see my account online, each time I'm told it's done just wait a few business days and then nothing. I've lost steam on this one, don't care anymore.

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

@XBuenaNoche @mybroadband Click the image.

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

Built a Chrome extension that generates valid SA tax reference numbers for testing (SA ID, PAYE, income tax, etc.)

No more manual check digit calculations 🎉

Free, open source, runs locally.

https://t.co/pRKTWf4NTk

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

I've been using Claude Code for a few months now. Here's what actually works for me so far: treating it like a junior dev, using plan mode to catch mistakes early, and always reviewing the code myself.

https://t.co/KrVwin9j9S

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

I used to be hardcore remote-only. "If remote doesn't work for you, you're not trying hard enough." Then I spent a month back in the office mentoring junior devs.

Sometimes you're building people, not just products. And that changes everything.

https://t.co/EfX8Mqln21

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

.@FNBSA are we down again? Can't login to online banking. #offline #banking

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Well after last week getting a call from @Nedbank saying I would not need to go to the branch and everything will be sorted. They were going to phone me back to confirm and get it solved. Still no phone call. Guess I have no other option but to go to the branch for the fifth time

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

@ick_real I was discussing this with myself the other day and I decided that I don’t.

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

Remember when I said I couldn't switch from Arc to @diabrowser?

I was wrong.

Dia shipped tab groups, sidebar support, and splits. They're listening to feedback and it's a lot better now.

Arc's past was great. Dia's future looks brighter.

https://t.co/wuArDbe6CI

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

@thekitze

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@fhnixon @RonKillings Facts

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

Is elderly over 25 😳 I must be the uba-elderly 😂

[Wise @trikcode]

I am doing a project about elderly programmers.
If you are a programmer and over 25 please DM

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

@Nedbank I have been called now and apparently no longer need to go to the branch. Someone from the @Nedbank homeloans department will call me and sort this all out for me.

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

A new year and the same @Nedbank. Still cannot see my homeloan on my profile after being told all I needed was to wait 72 hours. How do I get this resolved? Been to the branch FOUR times, called TWICE. #Banking

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

@Nedbank It was 4 different people unfortunately and this has been over months now and I keep just getting told it is done now just wait a few days. When I get a free moment I check again and it's still not sorted.

I'll make a note that I need to get names of people at @Nedbank incase...

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

@Nedbank Yup the callcentre just told me I have to go back to the branch for the FIFTH TIME NOW.

[Christopher Penkin @penkin]

@Nedbank I am on the line with your @Nedbank call centre now and they are telling me I have to go to a branch again 😓 This can't be possible can it?