Category Archives: Programming

CADT Model in Action

Posted on January 25, 2021 by David K.

JWZ, the arguably-most-infamous developer of Netscape, has a theory called the CADT: Cascade of Attention Deficit Teenagers. I got an email this morning as another example of the model in action. I posted the problem to serverfault.com and opened the … Continue reading →

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My Pre-Ruined Programming Typing

Posted on January 7, 2021 by David K.

I use a “grip” on the keyboard that’s off-by-one. My right index finger hovers over the K key instead of the J. I can touch type if I concentrate, but this is just how I learned on the Vic-20, when … Continue reading →

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Rules of thumb for a 1x developer | The Other Mickey Wiki

Posted on May 4, 2020 by David K.

But I’m feeling ambitious. I would like to become a 1.1x developer. I’m trying to figure out how to get there. Source: Rules of thumb for a 1x developer | The Other Mickey Wiki

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Software disenchantment @ tonsky.me

Posted on April 15, 2020 by David K.

Programs can’t work for years without reboots anymore. Sometimes even days are too much to ask. Random stuff happens and nobody knows why. What’s worse, nobody has time to stop and figure out what happened. Why bother if you can … Continue reading →

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Something Refreshing for a Change

Posted on February 12, 2020 by David K.

Can I just say how much I appreciate good software, for a change? Jenkins is cool stuff, even if it is built on Java. Also, it’s complicated to get a project building, but, then, getting a project deploying automatically is … Continue reading →

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How 4 Chinese Hackers Allegedly Took Down Equifax | WIRED

Posted on February 11, 2020 by David K.

While the operation had a certain degree of complexity, Equifax itself made their job much easier than it should have. It should have patched that initial Apache Struts vulnerability, for starters. And an FTC complaint from last summer also found … Continue reading →

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n-gate.com. we can’t both be right.

Posted on February 9, 2020 by David K.

Python dicts are now ordered February 07, 2020 (comments) A webshit has something to say about Python internals, but I couldn’t focus on the article, because the first comment on the blog post involves the text “it brings Python on … Continue reading →

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Nibble Stew – a gathering of development thoughts: How about not stabbing ourselves in the leg with a rusty fork?

Posted on January 9, 2020 by David K.

When faced with this kind of pointless and harmful routine, one might suggest not doing it any more or replacing it with some other, more useful procedure. This does not succeed, of course, but that is not the point. The … Continue reading →

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DHH “not yet feeling the awesome” of WSL

Posted on October 30, 2019 by David K.

This has been one of my all-time favorite Twitter threads. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Rails, is trying to “live” in Windows, and set it up to do Rails work. He’s blogging the “experience,” and it’s not going very smoothly. … Continue reading →

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IMHO: The Mythical Fullstack Engineer – Stack Overflow Blog

Posted on October 17, 2019 by David K.

It’s my experience that the above MVFE is pretty uncommon. The profile describes a person with skills requiring thousands of hours to master, but who doesn’t take part in the holistic decision making process. By nature, the value of a … Continue reading →

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