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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.
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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.
That’s Just… Too Many Buttons
Reminds me of the joke where the guy says he went in to work early, and switched the N and M keys on half the keyboards, claiming, “Some people will call me a monster, but others will call me a … Continue reading
The Inevitable Monetization of Subclassing
The well-known Elder Scrolls Online streamer, Alcast, has a writeup about the forthcoming ESO subclassing feature here: https://alcasthq.com/eso-how-to-prepare-for-subclassing/. He points out that you have to level a skill line to 50 on a class in order to unlock it for use … Continue reading
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I have laughed until my stomach hurts. I needed this very, very badly.
Everything in Every App
This is a real screenshot of an app that starts automatically on my work laptop at login. It’s part of a driver for Polycom headsets. I don’t have a headset plugged in, because my kid’s pet rabbit chewed through the … Continue reading
Neuro-Atypicalness
I follow Dave Plummer on YouTube. He’s one of the OG Windows programmers. A true hacker in the best traditions of the ethos. Turns out, he’s on the spectrum. He wrote about book about being out on “far end,” so … Continue reading
Typical IT
From here. It’s not “insane.” And, in fact, 100 days seems like a short request. In my Fortune 250, I recently spent 4 months asking for a change that took literally 30 seconds to do. I wasn’t confused. They eventually … Continue reading
Elder Scrolls Online Subclassing
Well this is actually exciting. Over and over, I see suggestions of how to fix “pain points” in ESO and Fallout 76 go unheeded for years and years, and then something gets announced that is better than any of the … Continue reading
Capabilities of Current-Gen “AI”
There are 2 schools of people on Twitter on using AI in programming. One states emphatically that they are producing fully-realized projects through nothing but “vibe coding,” and the other states, well, what DHH says here. John Carmack had this … Continue reading
Our Future is Becoming Clear
Sigh. Add this to the list of datapoints that show we are headed towards a cyberpunk version of our inevitable dystopian future — rather than a post-apocalyptic one — where the company you work for is more important than the … Continue reading