Notes from our freelancers meet up on 5th November 2025
Posted by Paul Silver
On the 5th November, eight freelancers met in the Battle of Trafalgar pub to talk client, tech and various other things. This is some of what we talked about:
- Great Python programmer available for work
- Storybook 10 is out
- Watching a non-programmer use Claude and Codex to code a Javascript app
- Fireworks displays & the reactions of Americans to Fireworks Night
- AI/LLM tool stacks
- The different ways countries track how many drinks you’ve had
- Books missing the first few pages
- AI helping with simple stuff you’ve never got around to properly fixing
- React Native vs native apps
- Learning whilst travelling
- Vertical mice, arms on chairs and other RSI avoidance
- American government shutdown affecting their troops in Germany
- Learning Japanese
- Pantomimes and how it affects how the UK sees drag
- Improv in VR
- Bad interviews
The bad interviews we remembered will haunt me for a while.