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I got 22 days of trial left to finish this Duo client. I'm up to version 0.3.0,...
I got 22 days of trial left to finish this Duo client. I'm up to version 0.3.0, which if you are following proper cool down procedures means you can try it out in two weeks. Has...
IDEA: bagit but checking if source has been casually tampered with since...
IDEA: bagit but checking if source has been casually tampered with since installation, i.e. sign each file, put it in a file checker and then on startup check if files were...
Editor of choice
Editor of choice
govtech esoterica- NARA doesn't have a Records metadata standard for electronic...
govtech esoterica- NARA doesn't have a Records metadata standard for electronic files, but Library of Congress has four? (BagIt and METS/MODS/MADS?) NIST has NERDm, (I take...
Oh the irony. The vouch code base has an AGENTS.md file with instructions to...
Oh the irony. The vouch code base has an AGENTS.md file with instructions to the LLM
Observations - tokens right now on $20 plans are massively subsidized - claude...
Observations - tokens right now on $20 plans are massively subsidized - claude code (in my hands) is finishing all my side projects - I guess it is good no employer ever gave a...
WANT: A list of all the trash projects on pypi that can be used by a browser...
WANT: A list of all the trash projects on pypi that can be used by a browser script to filter them out from search. I define trash as variations on name squatting "nothing in it,...
I think the python library/app adoption funnel is 1 in a million chance of...
I think the python library/app adoption funnel is 1 in a million chance of being searched for... in pypi search results, but 98% don't click reading detail, but 98% don't install...
Our ancestor when the asteroid hit earth was basically a squirrel.
Our ancestor when the asteroid hit earth was basically a squirrel.
Oh, hi [*] - I had Claude add the rust speedup to . Appears to have worked, 2x...
Oh, hi [*] - I had Claude add the rust speedup to . Appears to have worked, 2x to 6x faster depending on scenario. [*] MARC is a very old serialization format that became popular...
Tech bros are going to see this and say, "Yes, but can we turn this into a...
Tech bros are going to see this and say, "Yes, but can we turn this into a software development methodology and get those periods of high productivity"
Who wants to work at xAI
Who wants to work at xAI
Oh this is rich. People want to shame open source maintainers into not using...
Oh this is rich. People want to shame open source maintainers into not using LLMs, only handwritten code. You don't deserve that opinion if you aren't a material supporter of the...
I am a project manager now. The bot writes code faster that I can read it and...
I am a project manager now. The bot writes code faster that I can read it and it has grown to the ball of mud phase. But I'm prepared, my career of working for PMs. - MANAGING...
I shouldn't be working while angry and that is why I'll be taking 40 years of...
I shouldn't be working while angry and that is why I'll be taking 40 years of PTO.
IDEA: some tool to make code easy to read. Linearize it, make it into a...
IDEA: some tool to make code easy to read. Linearize it, make it into a "literate programming experience" This is for the "you wouldn't ship code you haven't read", except you'd...
SafariWriter - kind of works like AtariWriter Implemented in python, textual....
SafariWriter - kind of works like AtariWriter Implemented in python, textual. 0.1.0
Remember the Indeed job listing chart that said the tech job market is in the...
Remember the Indeed job listing chart that said the tech job market is in the toilet? this is the same chart comparing accounting (some random white collar job) to programming...
Operation Epic Furry was also a Chaos Monkey exercise for AWS
Operation Epic Furry was also a Chaos Monkey exercise for AWS
youtube conference happening online right now, live
youtube conference happening online right now, live
Whales hardly get cancer at all. Kind of makes sense. If you have that many...
Whales hardly get cancer at all. Kind of makes sense. If you have that many cells, if any of those cells is cancerous, then the whole whale dies, so the bigger the creature, the...
India: So what's the word for heng? Asafoetida? Really? No kidding? Thanks but...
India: So what's the word for heng? Asafoetida? Really? No kidding? Thanks but we think we'll keep using our word.
Pentagon is also sending a message that they are reserving the right to violate...
Pentagon is also sending a message that they are reserving the right to violate all terms of services and contracts. Man, no one thinks this stuff through.
Browser vendors: Defend against XSS, use CSPs! F5, the firewall thingy: No! We...
Browser vendors: Defend against XSS, use CSPs! F5, the firewall thingy: No! We want to do XSS attacks against all your websites, to add "features"
Good uses for 2, maybe 3, 3.5 hours of your time Line go Up
Good uses for 2, maybe 3, 3.5 hours of your time Line go Up
re: code quality & AI Author makes a good point, code quality is something that...
re: code quality & AI Author makes a good point, code quality is something that is done against the will of almost the entire team (developers, PMs, POs), most of the time. "...if...
Finished Bear Head. The author tries hard to explain the kakistocracy, how a...
Finished Bear Head. The author tries hard to explain the kakistocracy, how a system that should reward power or fitness to the job instead rewards the worst.
"No hard coded values!" as we proceed to put everything into immutable docker...
"No hard coded values!" as we proceed to put everything into immutable docker containers, update AWS SSM Parameters with gitops via an immutable/add-only source control system....
Nominally an essay with advice about doing US work with "Tech Force", but...
Nominally an essay with advice about doing US work with "Tech Force", but mostly interesting to me to hear about what it was like for the last year.
I'm reading a scifi book (Bear Head) that has an fictional Trump politician....
I'm reading a scifi book (Bear Head) that has an fictional Trump politician. Good authors have a hard time writing gish gallop dialog. At first I thought it was futuristic...