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Followers
23
Account age
3 yrs

📊 Post engagement

1
Avg engagement / post
4.3%
Engagement vs followers
Mar 2023
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Managers, running around wanting "AI", pushing their workers to · 1 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.89 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.4×
Follows 60 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
🔥 Top post Managers, running around wanting "AI", pushing their workers to use it, embrace it, increase efficiency, be more productive... Oh the endless PowerPoints! Yet, they have no idea what to actually do with it at all. https://medium.com/the-grand-game-of-software-engineering/headles… ★ 1
To be completely honest, I have all of my LLMs behave like various kinds of sci-fi AIs. ‘Please State the Nature of the Software Emergency’ https://medium.com/the-grand-game-of-software-engineering/please-state-the-nature-of-the-software-e… When you can't bring yourself to leave, and the company can't bring itself to fire you, you have finally achieved the "Botched Exit". Part 3 of how to leave your employer. https://medium.com/the-grand-game-of-software-engineering/the-botch… Quitting is what a company wants you to do as it costs them nothing. However, there are many other ways to leave, and get paid properly for the privilege too. https://medium.com/the-grand-game-of-software-engineering/the-civilised-exit-0f4… It’s most likely in email, occasionally in messages, but rarely in person - unless the miscreant is completely shameless. Passive-aggressive language in the workplace. https://medium.com/the-grand-game-of-software-engineering/passive-aggr… It does make you wonder, since you spend so much time in the corporate grist mill, what would happen if you died there and, more to the point, how long would it be before someone noticed? https://medium.com/the-grand-game-of-software-engin… Imagine all those non-technical middle-managers running around shouting "We Must Use AI!" but not knowing how to use it... and not asking the actual the technical people either because they're all hubristic & embarrassed. Welcome to softwa… Ah, LinkedIn, that gigantic copy/paste machine now with added "AI" giving the endless illusion that its participants are actually doing something useful. Still, keeps 'em busy. https://medium.com/the-grand-game-of-software-engineering/your… "AI", or rather LLMs, have destroyed SaaS. Let's take a look at the layers, who's going extinct first, and who's going to actually survive. https://medium.com/the-grand-game-of-software-engineering/the-saas-extinction-event-016fa242ccdc Why ever finish anything when you can keep billing your unfortunate customers forever? https://medium.com/the-grand-game-of-software-engineering/beta-as-a-business-model-aae90576a16e Dealing with the dissonance, and the surreal, in the Grand Game of Software Engineering. https://medium.com/the-grand-game-of-software-engineering/gazing-into-the-corporate-abyss-674479797c9a You exhaust yourself getting an actual job offer, but then inevitably become a contestant in a beauty parade - trying to get a department to like you, and take you on. Welcome to Big Corporate. Farewell to self-respect. https://medium.com/…

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
me.dm
A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.
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Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Mar 2023
An established account with real history on the platform.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 1 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.9× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

83/100 Excellent
  • Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Strong engagement (~4.3% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
99%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
Medium

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Worries about the future. Way too involved with software. Likes coffee, maths, and . Would prefer to be in academia. SpaceX, Twitter, and Overwatch fan.

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