Alix

@evolutionise.bsky.social

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Kiwi software dev living in Melbourne Has many opinions header image gratefully filched from shitpost.plover.com

a photograph of a particularly tiny apple keyboard on a wooden desk with my finger pointing accusatorily at a particularly small enter/return key
a small black pug is curled on the chest of a man lying on his back on the couch. the pug has a pensive look on his little face. the man is wearing a green tshirt and glasses. he's smiling down at the pug.
a small black pug, Otto, is curled in my lap, centered in the frame. I'm giving him gentle head pats and his eyes are half-closed and blinking in happiness
quilting tools (ruler, rotary cutter) on top of white floral embossed quilting fabric with folded squares of navy and red/white/navy floral fabrics
a square rainbow quilt with a thin white border and a pug heart fox applique on the bottom right corner, hung up in front of interior french doors inside my apartment
photograph of my sewing table covered with white fabric with a rainbow check on a cutting board. a corner strip has been cut out of it, and a quilting ruler thingy and rotary cutter lie next to the strip. in the corner of the photo there is a pug lying on the ground.
bird's eye view of my wooden dining table with a navy blue plain fabric at the back and two charm packs of small floral fabrics in navy, reds and blues, and white, pink and teals.
a birds-eye view of about 20 different packs of fabric, some single-colour, some prints, and some charm packs/jelly rolls, laid out on my dining room table. other haberdashery, like embroidered flower appliques or thread, is scattered around the fabric.
my hand holding a painted dog ornament. it's proportions are very off and it's uncanny. it appears to be wearing a red glitter jumper and white underwear. i cannot capture how weird it's face is.
screenshot from the storygraph app showing i met a reading goal of 52 books in 2025
slack screenshot saying (note spacing/full stops): Could you confirm the correct grammar for TLS too: TLS.1.0 TLS1.0 TLS 1.0
screenshot of a google photos generated caption saying "Feline good, Spring 2024" over a picture of a small black pug standing on a wooden floor
photograph of a silver people mover car on the Auckland motorway, with green sign-writing on the back that says "FUNERAL COACH"
in the background, an Australian villa. in front of it, a wireframe one story high, across the entire house, of a nudibranch with various pieces of plastic trash attached to it
the two tan pugs from the photo above lie on a tan and red floral velvet couch. one is lying alongside the armrest, the other one is lying on top of the first one, across him and the armrest. they look extremely silly, like stacked wrinkly potatoes
three pugs lie side by side in a bouclé tweedy bed. two have their heads down, one is looking up hopefully. L-R: Gunter, Otto, Alfie
photograph of me, a white woman in my late 30s with dark hair, a white tshirt and a big grin while holding the camera, and Betty, an Asian (Hongkong) woman with dark hair in a bob, wearing a white and blue striped dress and doing the peace sign
stage and slide from Kawaiicon that says "go forth and find some bugs you're a hacker dammit and there's software bugs in hacker software too"
photo of stage from Kawaiicon conference, with a slide that says "i ♥️ software developers"
Kawaiicon stage, with Colby Prior standing front and center with his arms wide. Pretty coloured designs are behind him. Above him is a slideshow, showing his cats and employer, Octopus Deploy
a small black pug (Otto) sitting on an orange couch
three pugs on a couch, photographed from above and behind so they look like a line of potato-shaped lumps
photograph inside an underground parking lot of the back of a panel van with signage that says "API access & security ... 131 Key"
six stickers, saying "N Service Bus", "It's not a bug it's eventual consistency, "i see ghost messages", "don't reinvent the wheel", "dead letter society"
screenshot of Pepper's website showing the Karearea design
photograph of a cute small mixed breed dog with a major underbite trotting towards the photographer, quite close, at night on a set of wooden steps outside
a plastic-wrapped "message in a bottle" with a blue anchor tied to the cork that looks remarkably like the kubernetes logo
Screenshot "SLIve, SLAugh, SLOve, Cail Young"
a small black pug lies on my husband's chest, gazing up at him adoringly
screenshot of the victorian govt parliamentary submission form, with a tickbox saying the address of the submitter will be made public
screenshot of the back of a protein shake bottle, where the ingredients are primarily low fat milk, cane sugar, cream and chocolate powder.
photograph of a british racing green vintage Peugeot 504 car parked on the side of the road. it's a bit battered but still charming.
three pugs sit on an orange couch, watching the photographer inquisitively
top-down photograph of a small black pug sleeping on a blanket across my lap while i sit in a desk chair at a work desk
a small black pug is cuddled into my chest. he is entirely relaxed
my hand holding a bag of san remo macaroni over a pot of water
four pots on a stove top, with nacho topping, bolognaise sauce, onion and bacon and cheese sauce
metal mixing bowl with various vege offcuts in it, like ends of carrots, onion skin, celery leaves, corn husk
photograph of soffritto (diced onion, celery and carrot) in a large pot
handmade bolognaise ingredients. dried oregano, nutmeg, passata, minced garlic, onion, smoked salt, stock, carrot, celery, red wine vinegar, beef mince, large tin of tomatoes, fresh basil
a large pan on the stove containing the cooked nacho topping
meal prep ingredients on a grey stone counter. courgette, carrot, corn cob, brown onion, taco seasoning, can of black beans, can of cannellini beans
photograph of squares of butter mochi on a blue platter, on a wooden coffee table. Behind the table a small black pug is sitting, staring hopefully at the mochi.
a small quilt on a wooden floor. the quilt has rainbow diamonds and triangles through the center, and rainbow stripes with white lines as a border. it is very crooked and uneven.
a bathroom mirror selfie of me, a white woman in my 30s, with dark curly hair in a bun, wearing a mostly black outfit with some white frills that could accurately be described as a "goth teacosy"
my hand holding a threaded needle, in front of a table with a sewing machine and a quilt on it. In my lap is a small black dog, blocking my ability to move my hands around
A skein of white sewing thread on top of a sewing machine. The thread is nearly used up, you can see the plastic of the bobbin through the thread.
Me carrying Otto while he puts his leg around my neck and snuggles into my face, in our apartment. I'm a white woman with dark curly hair wearing large glasses and a navy tshirt. Otto is an extremely cute small black pug with large eyes.
Black and Silver studded fisherman sandal (strappy) Simone Rocha Croc shoes
A rainbow quilt, with the borders pieced together but not sewn. The seams are extremely wonky.
selfie of me, a white woman with curly dark hair in my mid thirties, in an empty conference room, next to a table covered with neatly bundled children's clothes. I'm holding a container of small chocolate chip cookies. I'm wearing a pink liberty print spaghetti strap dress over a mauve tshirt, accessorised with a name badge and giant glasses
medium sized table absolutely covered in loose stickers from tech companies
photograph of the main stage of the Melbourne Town Hall. A man is standing on the stage, giving a talk. The slide has a quote on it.
screenshot of quordle game, where i missed getting the word lupus and lost the game
a screenshot of a slack thread, showing a stack overflow url and a comment from my colleague saying "Asking a C# question that gets multi-paragraph responses from both Jon Skeet and Eric Lippert definitely deserves some kind of special trophy.." with an attached photograph of a trophy that says "STOP IT"
photograph of a crocheted "magic ring", slightly wonky, held by me against a cushion along with a crochet needle
cropped screenshot of a text that says "David fell over on his way upstairs this morning and the lady in reception called an ambulance. I was busy with a cup of tea and some toast and missed the excitement."
photograph of a corner of a room, with a pug dog sitting in a dog bed underneath a large, closed window that overlooks a neighbouring property
a plate full of small pieces of food, including crackers, avocado, tomato, macadamias, blueberries, hummus, carrot sticks and a mini Christmas mince pie
photograph of a section of a bar top, with a sign that says "allergy station" with two water jugs and nothing else