Hi, I'm Jamie Tanna đđŒ
If you're referring to me, I'm happy being called Jamie, Jamie Tanna, jamietanna, and that you
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I'm currently the Renovate project lead at Mend.
I currently live in Nottingham with my partner Anna Dodson and our cat Morph and our dog Cookie.
I use my site as a method of blogging about my learnings, as well as sharing information about projects I have previously, or am currently, working on in my spare time.
I'm an maintainer for a number of Open Source projects, including oapi-codegen, and Renovate, as part of my job at Mend.
I'm a GNU/Linux user, a big advocate for the Free Software Movement, and the IndieWeb movement and I try to self host my own services where possible, instead of relying on other providers.
I have ADHD (Inattentive Type) and am learning how to make my life work better around it.
Due to the many social media platforms and different ways to connect, I've captured all my contact information on my /elsewhere page. Alternatively, you can drop me an email at hi@jamietanna.co.uk.
I also have a /now page which aims to cover some more up-to-date "what I'm up to" information.
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Listen to Sanjeev Bhaskar from Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster. Weâre in National Treasure territory again as we welcome British comedy royalty Sanjeev Bhaskar to the Dream Restaurant. The âGoodness Gracious Meâ and âTaskmasterâ star makes James laugh more than he ever has on the podcast, we think.Sanjeev Bhaskar stars in âThe Split Upâ which launches on 20 September on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The Split Upâs story and characters are created by Ursula Rani Sarma, based on The Split, created by multiple award-winning Abi Morgan. Follow Sanjeev on Instagram @tvsanjeevWatch the video version of this episode on the Off Menu YouTube.Off Menu is now on YouTube: @offmenupodcastFollow Off Menu on Instagram and TikTok: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Ed Gamble is on tour in 2027 with âFresh Hellâ. For dates and tickets go to edgamble.co.ukOff Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster.Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Video production by Ben Williams and Megan McCarthy for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).
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Getting a full-width PR review pane on GitHub temporary private forks (1 mins read).
How to improve your code review experience on a temporary private forks on GitHub, by making sure that the code is showed at the maximum page width.
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Episode 8 of Infrastructure Frontiers with Zach Hamm. Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack, andâŠ
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Josh chats with Daniel and Stefan from curl about their summer of bliss. Curl stopped taking vulnerability reports for a month and nothing much happened really. Daniel and Stefan have a really pragmatic view of all the new LLM powered vulnerability detection tools. The cost of finding a vulnerability has dropped dramatically, but the cost of fixing those bugs hasn't changed. Taking some time off is important for anyone in the middle of these reports. Daniel and Stefan have some great experience and ideas on how to make this all happen. It's great advice for anyone working on software, not just open source. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at
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Kris and Matthew have some more spicy and it's about the latest AI news cycle: a greater than ten percent chance that AI wipes out humanity inside a decade. Neither of them are worried about itâŠ
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Looking back at my first year as the Renovate Project Lead (20 mins read).
Reviewing some of the key highlights of my last year working as the Renovate Project Lead, and showing some stats about the project, its community and myself.
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Kris and Matthew have some feelings about AI they want to discuss. No, not about benchmarks or agents, but about the people using it to write things they should be plenty capable of writingâŠ
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Week Notes 26#38 (1 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2026-09-14?
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Welcome to Continue: Go Proposals edition! Each edition of this show will handle a specific topic that can be covered continuously. This edition is for Go Proposals. Each week Kris and Matt willâŠ
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Thanks for listening! Find all the things at cupogo.dev. Meetups roundup:đźđč GoLab đșđžđ GoSF đŻđ” TinyGo 2026 đźđ± Gophercon Israel Cancelled :( Blogoverse deep divesData races and the limits of ThreadSanitizer in C and Go cloudx-io/setup-go Lightning roundEbitengine v2.10.0 Released Zeno Rocha on X on...
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golang.org/x/tools v0.50.0 releasedBlog: Finding unreachable functions with deadcode by Alan Donovan Russ Cox leaves google, and opines on LLMs for debugging Coding agent guidelines for modern Go Jonathan's new podcast: Better Than Vibes Interview with Ron EvansTinyGo Yzma Oxide The Citizen...
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Updating apk add and apt install definitions in Dockerfiles with Renovate (3 mins read).
Sharing that Renovate 44.103.0 automagically parses apk add and apt install commands inside a Dockerfile.
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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Adam Jacob, co-founder and CEO of the Swamp Club. The first thing we talked about was When To Quit. System Initiative, Adamâs second company (after Chef), was one he ultimately shut down after deciding that he just didnât have...
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Episode 7 of Infrastructure Frontiers with Don O'Neill. Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack,âŠ
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Episode 6 of Infrastructure Frontiers with John Watson. Industry Experts run down all the AI news for Infrastructure Engineers. Adam Jacob, Paul Stack,âŠ
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Letâs ride. HDTGM family members Paul and Jason gleefully watch and react to the first trailer for Fast X, the latest installment in the Fast and Furious franchise.
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We're happy to have Adam Stacoviak, founder and editor-in-chief of Changelog, at PlanetScale's HQ for Changelog IRL!
An evening of short talks andâŠ
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The Fast & Furious family are back together again! Adam Scott (Severance, Party Down) joins Paul, Jason, and June to discuss one of the most important films of our g...
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Week Notes 26#37 (2 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2026-09-07?
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Again, sad I wasn't able to make it this year!
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In this Risky Business sponsored interview, Casey Ellis chats with Socket founder Feross Aboukhadijeh about npm 12âs move to disable insta [Read More]
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The Dream Restaurant opens its doors for series 5, and its first patron is superb comedian and creator/star of âFeel Goodâ, Mae Martin! Edâs trying to smuggle a ninja star into the kitchen and James reminisces about shrimp.
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Actor, comedian and âHow Did This Get Made?â podcaster Paul Scheer â and a mystery healthy old man â join Ed and James in the dream restaurant this week. This episode was recorded in LA, pre-pandemic, when we had our regular lives.
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Jason & Paul recommend all the TV, movies, music, and books that they're currently loving, Paul digs into Corrections and Omissions from The Fast and the Furious, shares a bonus scene from last week's episode, and announces next week's movie.
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As a Renovate maintainer, the question I answer most often is not âwhy is Renovate broken?â but âwhy did Renovate do that with my config?â. The honest answer is usually âbecause you configured it that wayâ, and finding out where is the hard part. Every one of these mysteries ends the same way: you pull off the mask, and it was a packageRule all along. The Renovate Config Debugger is my attempt to make that answer visible before Renovate runs.
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Paul, June, & Jason try to avoid a migraine while attempting to break down the 2023 Ben Affleck thriller Hypnotic directed by Robert Rodriguez.
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Performing per-environment staged rollouts of dependency updates with Renovate (6 mins read).
How to gradually stage upgrades across environments (stored across multiple branches or on a single branch) with Renovate.
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Matthew hosts this week, joined by Kris and by Bailey Townsend, an AT Protocol community ambassador who builds tools for the atmosphere. AT Proto is the protocol underneath Bluesky, and this is aâŠ
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Welcome to Continue: Go Proposals edition! Each edition of this show will handle a specific topic that can be covered continuously. This edition is for Go Proposals. Each week Kris and Matt willâŠ
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Engineers architect systems for workâbut what about life? In this episode, Bethany, Brittany, and Erika reveal their personal tech stacks: the tools, habits, and sometimes deliberately low-tech strategies that power their daily routines, family life, and wellness. Discover how software engineer thinking applies to work-life balance, plus practical productivity systems you can steal for your own life.Linkshttps://www.trustyduck.dev/posts/tech-stack-2025/https://johnnydecimal.com/https://github.com/ngerakines/jdhttps://wisprflow.ai/https://obsidian.md/https://www.chezmoi.io/https://www.amazon.com/Bose-QuietComfort-Cancelling-Headphones-Bluetoothhttps://www.goodinside.comhttps://www.readtangle.com/https://www.sportsgossipshow.com/https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/classical-music-happy-hourhttps://slate.com/podcasts/icymihttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pragmatic-engineer/id1769051199https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-brew-ride-home/id1355212895 HostsOvercommitted: â â https://overcommitted.devâ â Bethany Janos: â â https://www.trustyduck.devBrittany Ellich: â https://brittanyellich.com Erika Eggemeyer: â â https://github.com/eggyhead
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Josh chats with Erik Möller from the Sovereign Tech Agency about what they're doing. The Sovereign Tech Agency is doing some amazing work around funding open source maintainers and projects. Eric breaks down what they're doing, how it works, and how you can apply for funding. We even learn about some similar projects happening in the EU. Hopefully in the near future we will see the work Sovereign Tech Agency is doing happening in every country. The show notes and blog post for this episode can be found at
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Conferences and MeetupsFyne Conf 2026 @ Eindhoven, NL, Sept 11 West/Central African Gophers Meetup, Sept 31 Online GopherCon Africa 2026 @ Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 15-17 ReleasesGo 1.27.1 and Go 1.26.8Reddit discussion golang.org/x/crypto v0.56.0 TinyGo 0.42 gopherlint 1.27.1 Accepted proposal:...
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The summer heat has finally broken here in Shizuoka, and I'm enjoying a cool, wet, and cloudy day huddled around my microphone for warmth. I hope you'll joinâŠ
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Week Notes 26#36 (2 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2026-08-31?
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Adblockers are killing the advertisement industry. Install uBlock Origin today to kill it faster. #adblockers #uBlockOrigin
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Exporting your chats from Claude.ai (1 mins read).
How to export the full chat history for a conversation on Claude.ai.
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This week I'm joined by Peer Richelsen, co-founder of Cal.com. What if the majority of open source repositories are already compromised and we just don't know it yet? That's the theory Peer brings to the table this week. We dig into how AI has flattened the knowledge graph to the point that a 16-year-old can vibe hack ...
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We live-streamed a very special lockdown episode of Off Menu with guest Richard Herring for the Cosmic Shambles Networkâs Stay at Home Festival, which is raising money for artists who have had their entire livelihoods taken away by the pandemic.
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Thereâs a table booked for David Cross â legendary US stand-up and star of âMr Showâ and âArrested Developmentâ â this week. And heâs pre-drinking.
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