17th August 2026
Here's three things from today
- I have hit the limit with Linkedin. Its been enshittified to the point that using it is now a blizzard of ai generated slop and/or spam, and advert after advert after advert. I can't do it anymore, so I've been seeking an alternative. Whilst its small and far from perfect, I've set up my profile on Sifa.id, and like what I've seen from it so far. It obviously has the scale problem you'd expect (no one you know is using it yet), but that's not going to change if that's a reason not to try it. Take a look!
Sifa — Portable professional identity on the open web
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2-Last day of leave before heading back to work, and I still haven't quite got used to the fact that I don't dread going back to work the evening before. Its been a good few years since I've genuinely enjoyed my job, so I'm going to take it easy without the usual impending sense of dread
3- Salmon and soy sauce rice bowl for dinner. Would have taken a picture but it was delicious and I'd eaten it by the time the thought occured. Now balanced precariously between delightfully content and uncomfortably full
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