Tom Lane

I’m a software engineer that also does a bit of railway here and there. Photography, trains and gaming. Opinions are my own, not the employer’s!

[ven 🌈⭐️ @VENTALIZM]

words cannot express how much i miss the pre-AI internet

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

*open app*

"We've just raised a $50M pre-seed to help your toaster talk to your microwave."

"We just raised a $230M pre-pre seed to agenticly agent your AI agents."

"I'm 4 and I just dropped out of preschool to go all-in on AI -enabled candles."

*close app*

[Duncan Stott 🏗️🔰🇺🇦 @DuncanStott]

I sure hope there's a plan to add new north-south inter-city rail capacity. A new high speed line would be just the ticket.

[Ky-Nam @withkynam]

finally, we now know what new jobs AIs are creating

[terminally onλine εngineer @tekbog]

me and claude debugging code me and claude wrote

[“paula” @paularambles]

british developers be like innit()

[Phil Haigh @philhaigh_]

Saw a bloke on the tube at 7.30am peel the cover off a Sainsbury's trifle.

People were watching, interested to see how he'd approach it.

He got a large Dairy Milk Fruit and Nut bar out of his pocket, unwrapped it, then used it as a spoon to eat the trifle.

Sensational viewing

[Barry McCardel @barrald]

I love single sign on because you only have to sign on once, 8 times a day

[James Parker @panoparker]

sorry I can't talk right now let me call you back when I'm on a packed train

[Crypto Fergani (Private) @cryptofergai88q]

1-0 down at football tennis against the dog, not ideal.

[Eric Bailey @EricVBailey]

I used to think physical media fans were kinda weird and I didn't get their whole thing.

Then all the streaming services started *removing* stuff (I naively assumed they'd just be there forever, always adding more) and, yep, my bad, y'all had a point and I should've listened.

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

🇫🇮✈️🇯🇵🏁
We have a winner in the HEL-HND race!

🇫🇮 Finnair just landed in Tokyo 🎉

🇯🇵 Japan Airlines is still about 45 minutes away

[atlas @creatine_cycle]

if you're feeling a little uneasy about the state of global geopolitics tonight remember to spend as much time on your phone as possible. the more information you ingest as you scroll the calmer you will become

[Lancaster City Football Club @LancasterCityFC]

21’ A car has taken an unexpected detour and found himself pitch side at the fittingly named Proctor Cars Stadium 🧐

⚔️0-0🩷

#YourCity • #COYDB • #ADAW

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

You never really know what someone is going through.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Lib Dem MP Steve Darling’s Guide Dog, Jennie, was summoned by the party’s Chief Whip this morning after she was spotted being petted by Labour MPs

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Using an authenticator app 36 times a day

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

Trainline charges fees on about 1/3rd of the tickets it sells, in addition to the 5% commission it earns.
So I was surprised to read the claim: ‘You won’t find cheaper tickets anywhere else.’
You will – just choose one of the fee-free rail firms/retailers.
https://t.co/sqr6OraYIU

[Philip Haigh @philatrail]

Here’s your periodic reminder that English train operators have been under public control through tightly policed government contracts for years.

[Geoff Norcott @GeoffNorcott]

Massive away win for the little fella.