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I was born at the perfect time to pursue a career in full-stack software development. I grew up programming 8-bit computers, then learned Unix in college. I entered the workforce at the emergence of Windows for Workgroups and Linux, and I'll be retiring right about the time the AI's make me redundant. Also, the year Social Security goes broke.
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Months and months of planning by lots and lots of middle management can save literally hours of programming.
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Give a man a program, and you'll frustrate him for a day. Teach a man to program, and you'll frustrate him for a lifetime.
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I have a mental illness that makes me think that people will change their minds if I present the correct arguments with the appropriate facts and data.
@xxclusionary, on Twitter -
I've put all of my skill points into arguing with blinking lights.
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But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a new piece of Apple gear, to lust after it, hath committed purchase of it already in his heart.
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Don't say you're easy on me; you're about as easy as a nuclear war.
Duran Duran, Is There Something I Should Know -
I sold the Renoir and the TV set; don't wanna be around when this gets out.
Duran Duran, The Reflex
Author Archives: David K.
Lawn Mowing Simulator’s new expansion gets medieval on your grass
Source: Lawn Mowing Simulator’s new expansion gets medieval on your grass Lawn mowing — I prefer to call it “LARPing Qix” — has its own video game. I was going to post some super-snarky comment about how much I hate … Continue reading
Surprise: the Big Bang isn’t the beginning of the universe anymore
We used to think the Big Bang meant the universe began from a singularity. Nearly 100 years later, we’re not so sure. Source: Surprise: the Big Bang isn’t the beginning of the universe anymore Well, well, well. How the turntables… … Continue reading
SQL Is Obnoxious
I find SQL obnoxious, due to its brevity. Getting complicated desired behavior from it sometimes requires clever understanding and combinations of very simple primitives. Because it’s taken me about 2 weeks (off and on) to work it out, I present, … Continue reading
Ping. Ding. Chirp. Notifications Are Driving Us Crazy.
With workplace tools multiplying and personal messages creeping in, it can be hard to get anything done. Source: Ping. Ding. Chirp. Notifications Are Driving Us Crazy. Ha ha. No. I am ruthless about silencing all notifications from almost all applications, … Continue reading
Apple’s $64 billion-a-year App Store isn’t catching the most egregious scams – The Verge
While it’s impossible for us to tell how many of the horoscope app’s 32,000 star-only ratings are fake, Eleftheriou says Apple should have no problem with that. “When you consider refund request rates, app usage, and other associated info that … Continue reading
OKAY | Why the status quo is so hard to change in engineering teams
Before we talk about how to prevent it, let’s see how learned helplessness can happen in a development team. There are 2 main patterns: Pattern #1: Process-related Learned Helplessness In this case, the team needs to follow processes that have … Continue reading
I’m A Twenty Year Truck Driver, I Will Tell You Why America’s “Shipping Crisis” Will Not End
I have a simple question for every ‘expert’ who thinks they understand the root causes of the shipping crisis: Why is there only one crane for every 50–100 trucks at every port in America? No ‘expert’ will answer this question. … Continue reading
M1 Max Chip May Have More Raw GPU Performance Than a PlayStation 5
Source: M1 Max Chip May Have More Raw GPU Performance Than a PlayStation 5 So what? Back in 2019, I was starting to think about an upgrade to my 2014 MBP, which is a darn-near perfect machine. (My son has … Continue reading