Sam Rose (@samwho.dev) | Grilled Cheese

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 6:07 PM

Nice try. I already worked at Google, I don’t need to go through the interview again.

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How many flight attendants are there in the United States of America?

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 5:54 PM

I’m doing things that don’t scale.

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Congratulations, you've built the world's least scalable message queue: unlimited producers, one consumer, and the consumer has feelings.

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 5:47 PM

There’s many but one I’ve started a couple of times but never finished is branch prediction.

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What's a visual explainer you always wanted to make but never found the time for?

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 5:35 PM

5”10

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How tall are you?

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 5:33 PM

As my lawyer has already told you, Philip, I have an exclusive peering deal with the magpies. It’s out of my hands.

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Hi Sam, this is the pigeon outside.
Your window is blocking our requests.
Please open port kitchen. We have a crumb SLA and you're in breach.

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 4:54 PM

I don’t personally do it for my site. I think it’s overkill.

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Thoughts on Cloudflare for personal sites vs direct to server?

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 3:42 PM

On my person I carry my phone, my AirPods, and my wallet. On my desk is a laptop, a wireless phone charger, AirPods Max, SM7B and associated gubbins, Studio Display, Tobii Eye tracker, ErgoDox, no mouse, and a bunch of ephemeral mess.

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Whats in your bag/whats on your desk?
(Hardware, accessories, etc people like seeing what others use for their work to get inspiration)

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 3:22 PM

I’d rather die.

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You're on Fear Factor: Do you eat a tarantula?

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 3:20 PM

Not sure. It’s on my to-watch list.

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Should I watch Halt and Catch Fire?

@danielroe.dev Oct 11, 2026, 2:54 PMReposted by @samwho.dev

🙋‍♂️ so, what are the git forges you are using - or want to be using? asking for … reasons. (would appreciate sharing for reach)

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 2:40 PM

Arrgghhh Cassidy what have you done

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 2:39 PM

Used to watch it a lot as a teenager. Haven’t watched it in a long time.

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have u ever watched two n a half men?

@samwho.dev Oct 11, 2026, 1:57 PM

Yeah! Big fan of self-hosting. I don’t particularly like OVH, their web dashboard and support are atrocious. But they’re cheap and don’t charge for bandwidth 🤷 porkbun for DNS, they’re great. rsync.net for near realtime backups, also excellent.