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Andi Smith

@AndiSmith

Building digital experiences in terrain unexplored. Tweets are my own.

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Joined September 2008
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This might be the worst track ever, what are we doing. It’s just garbage.
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Signal
@signalappJun 8
Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all. signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06…
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Visual Explanation of How LLMs Work
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Content stolen from 3blue1brown. He just clipped, fast forwarded and added music to the original video. youtu.be/wjZofJX0v4M?si…
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🔔 New post - 'From Sprawl to Structure'. andismith.com/blogs/2025/07/… How to scale engineering teams without killing velocity by starting small and measure impact. #cto #scaleup #scaling

From Sprawl to Structure | AndiSmith.com

The business is growing, and your engineering team is too. Great news - until the sprawl sets in. How can your teams and processes scale with consistency and maturity?

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The tool sprawl is real! Recently I wrote a post on how to keep SaaS costs down - andismith.com/blogs/2025/06/… #cto #budgeting #sass #startups

Keeping SaaS Costs Down | AndiSmith.com

It's very easy to fall in to the trap of tool sprawl and escalating costs - particularly in the high speed world of startups. Let's take a look at some techniques we can use to keep a handle on it.

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🔔 New post - "Ship Fast, Scale Clean - Building MVPs That Last". andismith.com/blogs/2025/07/… The classic startup dilemma: move fast vs. build sustainably. Here's how to do both. #mvp #startupcto #techstrategy #startuptech

Ship Fast, Scale Clean - Building MVPs That Last | AndiSmith.com

Your founder comes to you with the classic Minimum Viable Product (MVP) dilemma. We need to build quickly for speed to market, but make it maintainable so it can scale as we grow.

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I've put together an ad-free Improv Suggestion Generator that can help with any suggestions for your #improv rehearsals! andismith.com/games/improv-s… #suggest #suggestions #comedy #improvcomedy #random #wordgenerator #generator
Improv Suggestion Generator

Improv Suggestion Generator

Random suggestions to inspire your improv scene

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Joseph Thacker
@rez0__4 Apr 2025
I saw a guy coding today. No cursor. No windsurf. No chatgpt. He just sat there. Typing code manually. Like a psychopath.
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Susie Dent
@susie_dent6 Nov 2024
Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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An important #FathersDay message from me…WEAR A HELMET ! This week I had a bad accident while riding my bike in CT. I'm doing ok and I’m thankful for all the doctors, nurses and staff at @LMHospital who looked after me but most thankful for my helmet that saved my life. Be Safe

An Important Father's Day Message

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Never forget.
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For posterity here are todays front pages: All leading on the £2000 tax lie. Every. Single. Paper. Should be forced to run a retraction front page now. Wit the word LIE in bold.
Image from Disappointed Optimist (@disappoptimism)
Image from Disappointed Optimist (@disappoptimism)
Image from Disappointed Optimist (@disappoptimism)
Image from Disappointed Optimist (@disappoptimism)
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I do wonder sometimes if anyone has actually used the #nationalrail website to check a journey time or plan a journey…
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A few hours ago, Adobe released Firefly 2, their new AI image generator. But how good is it? I compared it to Midjourney & DALL-E 3 across 10 very different image categories so you don't have to. Here are the results:
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Spoke to a 25 yr old guy today. He became a tech VP at 25 by: 1. Waking up at 5 AM 2. Cold showers 3. Meditating 4. Intermittent fasting 5. His dad owns the company
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"I do need to clarify, he only invaded Poland once."
Image from Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin)
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Enough respect #ImWithGary @GaryLineker
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“you wouldn’t link a Mastodon” in the style of the anti-piracy ads of meme legend

ALT “you wouldn’t link a Mastodon” in the style of the anti-piracy ads of meme legend

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Here's the most awkward custom search function I've ever created: everyone you follow, who's also paid Elon $8 for a dodgy tick The Search Of Shame teapaw.org/search?q=filter%3Afoll…
filter:follows -filter:verified filter:blue_verified - Search / X

filter:follows -filter:verified filter:blue_verified - Search / X

The latest posts on filter:follows -filter:verified filter:blue_verified. Read what people are saying and join the conversation.

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10 mind-blowing AI websites you probably didn't know existed:
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