Glenn F. Henriksen

Glenn F. Henriksen

@henriksen.no

Builder, speaker, father and curious. In varying order. CTO @ https://Justify.no, helping people get some legal order in their life. https://henriksen.no

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Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

TW: Depression and suicide Over the years, I've lost five people to suicide. Friends, training partners, people I loved. Today it is eight years to the day since I lost one of my very best friends, Christian. I miss him terribly. 1/9

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Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

Last year I was feeling pretty down at a conference I was speaking at, and several of my friends from that traveling circus noticed and asked me how I was doing. Which, even if it was a question that I could not give a proper answer to, was a question that helped me tremendously. 8/9

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

TW: Depression and suicide Over the years, I've lost five people to suicide. Friends, training partners, people I loved. Today it is eight years to the day since I lost one of my very best friends, Christian. I miss him terribly. 1/9

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Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

Regular check-ins, no matter how short, help people feel that they are seen and valued. Taking the time to reach out to a friend gives them a sense of belonging. 6/9

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

I have friends that will just randomly send me a message asking how I'm doing and letting me know that they are always available if I need them. It seems like nothing, but even that small gesture does a lot for me. Even if I don't need it right then, and I can give a "Thanks! All good!" back. 7/9

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

TW: Depression and suicide Over the years, I've lost five people to suicide. Friends, training partners, people I loved. Today it is eight years to the day since I lost one of my very best friends, Christian. I miss him terribly. 1/9

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Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

Part of the point was to show people that you can't really tell who's struggling and who's not. All of us are what you'd consider relatively accomplished people, always friendly, sometimes funny and in general having a good time. Christian was the same. Our nickname for him was "happy-go-lucky". 4/9

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

I think it is important to reach out to your friends every now and again. Loneliness and depression feed each other. If you're struggling, letting someone know you need help is far from easy. So reach out to someone you haven't talked to in a while. 5/9

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

TW: Depression and suicide Over the years, I've lost five people to suicide. Friends, training partners, people I loved. Today it is eight years to the day since I lost one of my very best friends, Christian. I miss him terribly. 1/9

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

The reasons have been many, but a common theme has been loneliness and a belief that no-one could help them, not even themselves. It is a feeling that I can relate to all too well. I was lucky. I managed to get help before that feeling grew too much and became overwhelming. 2/9

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

A few weeks ago I had the privilege to participate in a panel on mental health at the Swetugg Conference in Stockholm organised by Stacy. None of us were health professionals, but all of us were people who knew this from the inside and we shared some of our stories. 3/9

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

In London at the end of January? Wanna see me make a fool of myself? Come to PubConf! There will be funny people as well! And much more!

Dylan Beattie@dylanbeatt.ie

PubConf is back in London on January 30th! Comedy talks from awesome speakers like @henriksen.no @ashbzak.bsky.social @arthurdoler.com @damovisa.me @chris-ayers.com @jominney.bsky.social, live music from @linebreakers.band, food, drinks, karaoke... get your tickets now! pubconf.io/events/2026/...

pubconf.ioPubConf London 202619:00 Doors Open

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Katherine 🏳️‍⚧️
@quadraticink.bsky.social

"So you're saying you have all the basic features of a male, but they're rough, uncoordinated, and not guaranteed to work?"

Glenn F. Henriksen@henriksen.no

When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that in the context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public.

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that in the context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public.

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Adele Carpenter
@97adele.bsky.social

We keep giving AI the fun jobs (coding, writing, making art) while we are stuck with the shit jobs (laundry, code reviews, resolving merge conflicts) what a disaster

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gelicia
@gelicia.bsky.social

ChatGPT advocates, please understand: many times when people ask you a question, it is because they are valuing your experience and perspective. Essentially, you are part of their community. When you answer with a ChatGPT screenshot, you are telling them that they are not a part of yours.

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

One of my favourite things on social media is when a man (yes, it's always a man) severely underestimates someone (usually a woman) and gets schooled accordingly. The comments are *chefs kiss* This is right up there withthe dude calling out Gail Simone, the Punisher writer.

David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social

“Courtney Milan clerked for the 9th Circuit and the Supreme Court before publishing her first historical romance novel, and even worked for a time as a law professor before becoming a full-time writer.”

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Matt Pogue
@kyloson.com

1/This one's for my fellow #developers. Let's talk about Entity Framework; if you have the option to use Dotnet Core/EF for your business logic/data layers - including Postgres/MySQL on Linux - you really should take a hard look. EF + Linq gives you an amazing degree of control over your data.

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

I have 64 GB of RAM, yet I cannot leave the computer overnight without coming back to a message about some program being killed because memory was too low and I basically have to restart to get a working machine again...

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Paul Czarkowski
@paulczar.bsky.social

If you think using GenAI to increase how fast your developers can write code, you should probably return your copy of "The Goal" and use the refund to buy a lottery ticket.

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

You should definitely put in a talk for JavaZone! It's a fantastic conference and a great place to both inspire and be inspired. And while you're at it, submit to #HelloStavanger as well! www.hellostavanger.no

hellostavanger.noHello Stavanger 2025Hello Stavanger 2025 is a conference for everyone involved in creating software—developers, designers, product leaders, testers, and more.Hello Stavanger 2025 is a conference for all people that help ...
JavaZone@javazone.bsky.social

Got a great idea or story to share? Send in your talk proposal for JavaZone 2025 and inspire the tech community! 2025.javazone.no/en/...

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

This was a great success last year, so we just have to do it again! Make my job harder and submit some great talk proposals! We cover the breath of product development, not just programming.

#HelloStavanger@hellostavanger.no

🚀 The countdown is on – 222 days to Hello Stavanger! We’re getting more excited as we get closer! Even better – our Call for Papers is now open! 🎤✨ This is your chance to take the stage and inspire at Hello Stavanger! 🌍💡 👉 Submit your proposal on: www.hellostavanger.no

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

I've often hesitated to join podcasts despite frequently speaking at conferences, possibly due to the format difference. It's time to try something new! I'll be recording with @davidgiard.bsky.social's Technology and Friends podcast this Tuesday. Check it out here: www.youtube.com/@technologya....

youtube.comTechnology and FriendsThis channel is for and about technologists. The opinions expressed here are our own and do not reflect those of our employers, unless specifically stated.
Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

I'm not part of #academicSky, but I think it's seriously cool that BlueSky enables people building things like this!

Nikhil Garg@nkgarg.bsky.social

*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

That's a new scam/spam. Just sending me a contract to sign on Upwork. Which seems to be a garbage platform that let's people send proposals to anyone with zero ways to report or block.

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

Holy memory hog, Batman! Why on earth does the JetBrains Rider plugin GitHub Copilot's "Language Server" use between two and four GB of RAM? The VS Code version is nowhere near that consumption...

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Per Ståle Honning
@superstaale.bsky.social

Replying to @superstaale.bsky.social

Mediene er redde – bl.a. pga tiår med svartmaling – for at høyresiden skal kalle dem venstrevridde og at de "har en agenda". Derfor lar de ofte være å gå dem i sømmene Da bør man spørre seg: dersom du er redd for reaksjoner fra én politisk side, hvilken av sidene bør du være ekstra kritisk til?

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

What a world we live in. When literal facts are labeled as misinformation. Wild guess, but maybe it's because people don't understand the message and then just reports based on what they feel? We are truly in a post-factual society.

Scott Hanselman 🌮@scott.hanselman.com

This video has now been disqualified by TikTok and labeled as misinformation. It is literally factually true and it is meant to push back on the rampant information and nonsense that’s happening on the platform right now. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

Ah, great. So now people are finding "Meta" in some open source license in the TikTok app and thinking it's a sign that Meta has already taken over TikTok...

Scott Hanselman 🌮@scott.hanselman.com

Do me a favor, friends who are on TikTok, go and repost this to try to push back against some of the nonsense conspiracy theories www.tiktok.com/t/ZT28V4ukK/

tiktok.comReplying to @Curated X Cassandre Meta is in the TikTok app?!? #conspiracytiktok TikTok video by Scott Hanselman

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Ben Williamson
@benpatrickwill.bsky.social

Replying to @benpatrickwill.bsky.social

Management consultancies are using or promoting generative AI to propose reforms to education and it really needs to be resisted before it harms educators and students.

Glenn F. Henriksen
@henriksen.no

On Telegram I'm now getting spam messages almost every day, but I have to pay for Telegram Premium if I want to restrict who can DM me. And even if I pay, other premium users can force their way into my inbox. Not good.