2024-09-03T19:54:09Z https://yabu.me rain 🌦️ https://yabu.me/npub18c4r5n6lljmmynfhn87qp3svcpkhvjsleavpvtrea3d302y3auls6s6gwd https://media.hachyderm.io/accounts/avatars/109/344/265/208/216/740/original/49440d64994e65ad.png https://media.hachyderm.io/accounts/avatars/109/344/265/208/216/740/original/49440d64994e65ad.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx36j2tmyh02xxewkfnfr7ldx4ezcyv9cadpcaejnvd5y6w94g6xszyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn76enx4a Free speech is an incredibly important social norm because it protects minority views when the majority is wrong. But if you&#39;re defending what you say on the grounds that it&#39;s free speech, you&#39;re basically saying that it has no value beyond being an exercise of free speech 2024-09-09T19:43:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmkmncu34yqxq44rlae8rv6tvwg7zl4n9pwlddcygp467cvk8wxczyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7n25dnz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy9tn8shq4tka44xvrah7t5m0yqjyakw0p9ywfcexdtlac5r86t4cznsvvk'>nevent1q…svvk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Don&#39;t type in `git branch` all the time! Set up a git alias `b = branch`, or `bl = branch --list`. 2024-09-03T19:50:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy9tn8shq4tka44xvrah7t5m0yqjyakw0p9ywfcexdtlac5r86t4czyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn76tnq59 Folks -- reminder that a lot of command-line tools are designed for you to set up your own aliases against! Highly recommend setting up 1 or 2 character aliases for commands you run very commonly, it takes just a second 2024-09-03T19:43:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsftfeyj9u4lgqhxjl7pxp4pkmdaejhtjrvtr3c56vy9zz8jmfywlczyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7cfdcmd I know desktop apps using web technologies are iffy in many ways, but one of the best parts of them is that you can hold Ctrl down and scroll the mouse wheel and make the text bigger or smaller 2024-09-02T00:04:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd2n5dps9s5d6hxe290dtzp6r7f5tw9v85jp7ykm997x0yzgy9d9qzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn78estry In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswtgw6v29gtdxn9007r42fd09sx5344n4t0rp0ewp3jckfu4aau8sl5sajf'>nevent1q…sajf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like. How many bugs exist in actual software because people don&#39;t want to pull in a dependency to do something as simple as writing a file to disk 2024-08-27T21:24:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswtgw6v29gtdxn9007r42fd09sx5344n4t0rp0ewp3jckfu4aau8szyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7kjdf5p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvc372azxc6dl2a9jryad87ggkmu2lt7ups8sv96tcfhp7dll2acmwa8u9'>nevent1q…a8u9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>sure. I can&#39;t imagine this concern being an actual blocker 2024-08-27T21:21:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz9xcd8rr5weyvfwwk0uk5azwydg2qgjqczgsdvxackw58s52h2cszyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn79lpmpu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqvpff9326j4axvw9d9tfq39lal33w6j3sdmuv2h29rsswv74y4gerntjt'>nevent1q…ntjt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>then return a confidence level idk. in practice atomic writes work fine 2024-08-27T21:00:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvktep56968eqz6l2k3jxhyjqrmdsfzyxrukk5h4mpz8g2kkkncsqzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7vvd4tm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9yhmy82g868zduwg78xy9yn92dnwc2pm0s72mre2y3u2tlzzfn2qvpx3rg'>nevent1q…x3rg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Definitely true, and maybe the API should return a &#34;was definitely atomic/possibly atomic/not atomic&#34; status 2024-08-27T20:56:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgz5clg2f2sn5z4nh272ydwpx8a9n5k9263njtx5kvwcu66mtgmaczyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7c34hg3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8sfvhlsamrcmf3y9fr3x4rzqgwttav2z7fkxe9srk6vuechhf2hg9gk6d3'>nevent1q…k6d3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, that seems fine. But I&#39;d look at prior art within the stdlib here too, this isn&#39;t the only example as you pointed out. I think it&#39;s possible to achieve atomic writes for like 99.99+% of files ever written 2024-08-27T20:50:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxy05peyz3xd4dyjc4m2vx22hwk4uy93hkp7ef8gqrgn0qagvtnjqzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn735ck7c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp8mc3dl0t67mlkfzzxlw35sj5e329ceudsfy2u4ts79ehw38889q8p7uyq'>nevent1q…7uyq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure, I think that makes the case more challenging. But atomic writes are still so important that I think they cross the bar 2024-08-27T20:45:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9h6hy2rshsfghr5sr2dvyt3ptvk0m370y8f4sydjkxz3cwdz27wszyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7flm24w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xyjpec7g0ce2543ktskpa4d8yfvgrr7wrkgpd587tsrwtkhs8xsuttm57'>nevent1q…tm57</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s not always no, but best effort goes a long way 2024-08-27T20:42:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5su57zm7rtyszngxk05zced2vy45huxy6zqsr5lzl9l0qsk8v0gzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn75v6367 Given that broadly speaking, if you&#39;re writing a new file it should probably be done atomically, why don&#39;t language stdlibs come with this feature? 2024-08-27T20:41:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdwp74qc6jexutrmm34zen0p0q5n007ym3w9v6tte5zkxtm7vrv9czyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7zs8sfj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspe736jlc2d0mm8mshkfuu3f79vlk23rupmm9cn78n5dmufrw3n2qzvuvgg'>nevent1q…uvgg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>TBH a not insubstantial part of my behavior was probably dysphoria. Have definitely mellowed out a lot after medically transitioning 2024-08-27T19:30:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspe736jlc2d0mm8mshkfuu3f79vlk23rupmm9cn78n5dmufrw3n2qzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7t0dl6a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx7a8wawt3ptysfrl68axfrpza9t563ktjwc2qww57yrngznpj8lg3q2esl'>nevent1q…2esl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>BTW one of the questions that Oxide asks candidates to answer is to describe a time when one of our values was violated in their organization or work. I&#39;m quite proud of my answer here because it described a series of events where I personally violated a core engineering value (empathy). They hired me anyway 😅<br/> <img src="https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/113/035/606/891/058/557/original/6d5fd93a9a602e48.png"> <br/> 2024-08-27T19:23:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx7a8wawt3ptysfrl68axfrpza9t563ktjwc2qww57yrngznpj8lgzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn722xj2z When I was leaving Meta and considering where to work next, Oxide really stood out for not just the problem&#39;s difficulty and the team&#39;s expertise, but the focus on values and culture.<br/><br/>I was so happy to see this post today:<br/><br/><a href="https://nlopes.dev/writing/youre-not-just-buying-hardware-with-oxide">https://nlopes.dev/writing/youre-not-just-buying-hardware-with-oxide</a> 2024-08-27T18:36:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsplrxdyjjukynll84g456gk8x3tgf785ugg98ejpfjj2020xs828gzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn76m76xt Hello please keep your source control histories linear as far as possible. Merging is a feature of last resort.<br/><br/>Being an adult is hard enough already. Why add even more complexity to your life? 2024-08-26T21:37:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw85nt862rp8t44hxx9z7an3d0uljrpat22qc27krq4aju69fx9rszyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn79kv0us In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw5rvkfvdemalkptu9csahx93r37lgdg2jtsq09y8uqyamghp0lxqx3h7vx'>nevent1q…h7vx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As nextest has grown in size and complexity (up to 32k loc of Rust in the nextest repository alone, including a complex runner loop pushing async code to the limit), we&#39;ve managed to carefully avoid regressions thanks to staged rollouts and extensive testing of all kinds (example, snapshot, property-based, fuzzing). As someone who takes stability and compatibility seriously I&#39;m quite proud of this! <br/><br/>(There was one regression but I managed to yank it within 10 minutes.) 2024-08-26T20:00:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5rvkfvdemalkptu9csahx93r37lgdg2jtsq09y8uqyamghp0lxqzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7uvf7a2 New nextest feature: being able to run a subset of tests by default!<br/><br/><a href="https://nexte.st/docs/running/#running-a-subset-of-tests-by-default">https://nexte.st/docs/running/#running-a-subset-of-tests-by-default</a><br/><br/>Over the weekend I cleaned up some code I had lying around and released this as a feature.<br/><br/>This is a bit dicey generally so I&#39;ve tried to put a lot of thought into the UI for it, e.g. the UI clearly shows you how many tests and binaries were skipped due to not being in the default set (which is evaluated last) 2024-08-26T19:54:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstcvp75zm07hs6chflu8kv6wv3dkd6xz9vacuvu777ys9wlq7dg0czyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7z2sejg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqma0rj8sd4mueh06ujcqxa3vp3c0drmaf0cr7cyejc9ut4jl39qlgnm25'>nevent1q…nm25</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One option is something like Protobuf or Capn Proto. But they require installing C++ programs AFAICT. Ideally I&#39;d be able to use `cargo run &lt;something&gt;` to generate Rust code that I could check into the repo and publish 2024-08-26T18:22:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspqma0rj8sd4mueh06ujcqxa3vp3c0drmaf0cr7cyejc9ut4jl39qzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7jap5fk If I want to use a format like CBOR in Rust _without_ using Serde, what are my options?<br/><br/>I want to publish a minimal-dependency library that uses CBOR to encode data -- emphasis on the minimal. I love serde but it is quite big 2024-08-26T18:17:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv8fkmhqrmmcshmefhx9zsyzaq0jj2l8geanc8ynqklrq6djn0usqzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7nt2ekr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswye5v8nu4zfl7hq523y9wcf7shtdhvrllwmuvmz8k0z0qxvffp8g56qyp4'>nevent1q…qyp4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>APFS promises that file paths are normalized to NFD, but that isn&#39;t actually 100% true. There are some differences 2024-08-16T20:22:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmrgftxfh95ksydldksqj7xmxtwz7rpnkyzwlvj83k8qh9v90hqczyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7fzd32x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz8pqjsh3zy329jar87gsmde9yr9sqr3s7w232rcnuksnkkrdel2gsqxl9q'>nevent1q…xl9q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you haven&#39;t heard of mojibake and Shift JIS and Unicode NFD (standard) and Unicode NFD (Apple) and zero-width joiners and NTFS versioning, you haven&#39;t lived 2024-08-16T20:18:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8pqjsh3zy329jar87gsmde9yr9sqr3s7w232rcnuksnkkrdel2gzyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7h9skk3 Feel like I should do a talk at some point about why file paths are so gnarly. Lots of details most people probably don&#39;t know 2024-08-16T20:17:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs90khd7xu9rq0jetqt5xjnwh8yfhmx2qeakzce5km3pylxc98mgjszyqlz5wj0tl7t0vjdx7vlcqxxpnqx6aj2rl84s93v08k9k9agj8hn7nayvpm Microsoft got rid of the Shift+F10 workaround to avoid creating an online account?!?! Jesus 2024-08-01T21:38:45Z