2026-06-07T07:50:42Z https://yabu.me samir, esoteric combinator https://yabu.me/npub18hfqe22wht0kxkpzp69m0pfaetn3ft2v6v63y0zzdd2v9xjq9nrq49txcv https://nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/katzen/accounts/avatars/109/406/446/306/238/923/original/fcfc61cafa7ffc2c.jpeg https://nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/katzen/accounts/avatars/109/406/446/306/238/923/original/fcfc61cafa7ffc2c.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxz4lg7yae7vj3n75nmr2amhw5eyrs3lkkdn8khttf6ec65j92lmgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv0sw0kn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmh286e7zflwd4vmlzc70fgwzce48anf96ug0tjrql6yk3ypezys2pah8a'>nevent1q…ah8a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I must know what this is subtooting. 2026-04-24T08:07:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx07tmyae4preqv4dqty55dm7uy9cput02q344cd3trleevqewmpqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvkm54sc Anyone know why nixpkgs-unstable doesn’t seem to be getting released very often right now? Is it because of the upcoming NixOS release or something? 2026-04-23T09:07:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9508nalpl5en52kr8awgtt6kgfyj4uyn5shd69cyf2hmhd7pn47czyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvtw3qeu I was looking at the Servo sponsorship page on OpenCollective and… am I understanding this right? Stripe takes 10% on $10? WTF?<br/> <img src="https://nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/katzen/media_attachments/files/116/438/720/274/307/389/original/78df07b6c1c8eff2.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-20T19:37:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8zvhpq584297c5dfc02hsfqtzyz9thjgysu59yuxgrchyeglvpjszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv0rcms8 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@simple_sabotage/116430689382207703">https://mastodon.social/@simple_sabotage/116430689382207703</a><br/><br/>We all have smartphones now, you don’t have to tell us any more.<br/>nostr:note188vxz8p78y4n924f9n2z4sdygkus50lr78eyrtc2tezzs85c0njqdwp3c9<br/> 2026-04-19T09:37:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8cd9k43nkr2nq0u7zmq0ypv8d9wezte9tr7gr4sen529mmqd556szyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvzdtaws In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9w9lwufntgkdqrky6jzvfxgs45l4fcj2u8kzyksf74x5t5d28z4qx39fqz'>nevent1q…9fqz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Turns out you can make a lot of money running companies into the ground. 2026-04-10T17:19:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrz4qm4rmd5yl355cjx8ewpsrzu8g4dnvctxx6nq0sx4tgznqa2sszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvtef80l I will never understand why we looked at modern programming, saw that there is a good bit, which is programming, and a bad bit, which is code review… and decided to automate the good bit at the expense of having to do a lot more of the bad bit. 2026-04-10T17:01:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstcgmqrw4d3cz6hs0uke0g5fwxhq8zals74w0svf04nsrlmhpk39szyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvsmt7jr I think I will skip [CSS Naked Day](<a href="https://css-naked-day.org/">https://css-naked-day.org/</a> ) this year. I am not writing anyway, and it’s a static site so unfortunately it’s a bit of legwork on each end.<br/><br/>I would encourage you to join though, because it’s cool! 2026-04-07T18:49:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstf0nddfec27436yllh58glhh2m0tzuzmr8q3z2klzehpsl020fjqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvxwt4zt RE: <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116324676116121930">https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116324676116121930</a><br/><br/>You gotta read this whole thread. Don’t drink coffee at the same time.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note19wul20qav7d0xax02gxe60w92q92lh7ccsmmxzp866kvtrgvrvnqnxqvf2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note19wu…qvf2</a></span><br/> </div> <li>Claude code source "leaks" in a mapfile</li><li>people immediately use the code laundering machines to code launder the code laundering frontend </li><li>now many dubious open source-ish knockoffs in python and rust being derived directly from the source</li>What's anthropic going to do, sue them? Insist in court that LLM recreating copyrighted code is a violation of copyright??? </blockquote> 2026-04-01T09:07:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdjm4ewqted200nqmp7kernmtnxn93ny6d3d40tue6sfvsvlvkq4szyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvud26r4 Alright trans friends, I got paid, who wants a pizza?<br/><br/>First trans person to shout at me with payment details gets 20€. (Not in North America, sorry, transferring money to you is impossible and also there are plenty of North Americans who should be throwing money at you instead.)<br/><br/>I know it’s not much but maybe it shows that someone cares a bit.<br/><br/>(If you are not trans and have money, buy a pizza for a trans friend plz.) 2026-03-31T14:53:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstvyzhd8n74ajzr3rgsek7hkqaqt57dyx8m540y8ydgp2w0y5thuszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvf2t0vq RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116309254534009628">https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116309254534009628</a><br/><br/>BRING BACK IRC AND PHPBB<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note16gx98g5nqgj069njl6xt2gyk65yzff3hfpzchfquchk8wtrx5vsqu60waj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note16gx…0waj</a></span><br/> </div> Lonely young people are likely better off texting a random stranger than talking to a chatbot, according to a new study.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/">https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/</a> </blockquote> 2026-03-29T09:27:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxyujhl78gj9nt29nneeqy0fftr2834x74dpc6x50rvnve7hdkvdczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvc5nlaf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0mlpfvxda9jan9dexhwy2rsrknmknjxlkg3ware6fushzrq5adec5f6q0p'>nevent1q…6q0p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You have an excellent DM. ^_^ 2026-03-23T09:29:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjwduva4f2vq26u5a6sh40ww7a4e0fl0tum3d2w58qm3wh5gspeczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvav5qvr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxvrlrs796z3cq6kvh49ax7k7qyawgqd4lrely0rme7ta8h0gjafswlusup'>nevent1q…usup</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m gonna cry. 2026-03-23T09:27:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8qvf6ukgwhdt6mt5ly52uyczx84tg4hmky8x0qtrw6vg3xwx3umgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvchlzg3 Gonna fork Mastodon to mute any post that uses a hashtag. 2026-03-23T09:21:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq2mc42vzpsv8sq76c2tfreqtutmac76r39ywxr28qeg6ja8v0jeczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvjx4nca In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspp2u37tkknl9f2j5lhec0aqt4rdltf42yl98gx0xypv3pncemapceqgs6g'>nevent1q…gs6g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The official NixOS docs are… something. 2026-03-22T11:10:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ux663ajtuc89fleamwqnzyznhqqrrysm9vxh20rdjkpv55yh8jqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvwn3qqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfhlmczeucp00t4klvy9e20649qsxx6cj8thyry4mfpc8zj8qkv2csz6yy0'>nevent1q…6yy0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, classic Linux-on-VM problems.<br/><br/>I haven’t used Proxmox, so I am not sure what the problem could be, but I do hope you figure it out. 2026-03-22T10:58:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq54h3l26ujt3cwhp0hh3uwutlzcmqudhu4v05u6jwtz0ls56vzrszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvwy726d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrf4cltfh4dwzx9p7x6tazqcreeyvvkyrqwqr52a5ru6x66xnnels5dlmwj'>nevent1q…lmwj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What failed, do you remember? 2026-03-22T08:05:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxu87xsm5ajlq7knerrqlp4k0wkffw6p2fvrrjpz7a2pyr43j99pszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvtxrx5z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv229j42ctxrcyjamkd48cemjhrd4v5q5aelkus48s6te7mdrl9tgfsxqyh'>nevent1q…xqyh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am playing with deploying this to Hetzner. Just getting familiar with it right now by migrating existing stuff from DigitalOcean, but it’s going well so far.<br/><br/>Looks like nixos-infect works pretty well for replacing Debian with NixOS, so I’ll be going with that. 2026-03-21T23:15:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvjd35zwntwz4jkrhezvevffwmeh9sr6rzewq94jl90s62mfunv6gzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvamnv0p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg8fjmnhrgcj53w09u5kcwsrk40sr0ny2qf09u9jwjaltnx6qu3zgjj4wpv'>nevent1q…4wpv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In case you’re wondering, their robochat was entirely unhelpful. 2026-03-20T15:15:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg8fjmnhrgcj53w09u5kcwsrk40sr0ny2qf09u9jwjaltnx6qu3zgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvf6l35y Switching phone network.<br/><br/>I called them yesterday to tell them I didn’t have a new SIM. They said I can get an eSIM from the website once it’s live.<br/><br/>I told them I won’t have access to a computer during the switchover window. They said, sorry, tough shit.<br/><br/>I am now home and trying to log onto the website to get my new eSIM. I can’t log in because it’s trying to verify my login by sending me an SMS to the number that I don’t have a SIM for.<br/><br/>I try calling them, but I can’t, because I don’t have a SIM.<br/><br/>Gonna kill someone. 2026-03-20T15:11:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsda60lzahxcumsstyvml2l0362j5ftj530fz77yapsudm7tv4c48qzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvpt9d6t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqrz5244q7pfqkqc02kx8n29hn9k6cpcczvrc2e69t7gu6pa9e8qu5e5fa'>nevent1q…e5fa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh my glob this is the coolest blog. 2026-03-18T17:37:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxtdzntqtl9mtq86u09ccqw7nztdkt87xwwqt0tp8e99f9xj2m3hczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvah6dmv Follow some cool blogs.<br/><br/>How do you know which are cool? All† blogs with RSS or Atom are cool.<br/><br/>Newsletters are uncool blogs. Except those on Buttondown, which have feeds too!<br/><br/>(Substack can get in the fucking sea.)<br/><br/>† obvious exceptions apply 2026-03-16T12:02:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvrzgjnfhnq48hvp39qv6ml2ylt265y0vjuw0zd5859uu6fcpwu4czyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvze2v3h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9pterytmjrp79tzra3xmzt90ndv7tz884s4pelr5ug5l3wkl4qc3llxm2'>nevent1q…lxm2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I keep doing it by accident and it’s never a good idea.<br/><br/>I think I am probably mediocre, as in not actively harmful, but nowhere near what it takes to help a team. 2026-03-12T05:43:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2vcssknz9ezuh8p0wf5w36t8myh0hfl5q3snfucmg0rdldhjhu3gzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvz599fq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm93y56rkvy7dr8jntq0pv6n8lxul9e7d98zk63q9ud45kmknaycamuu46'>nevent1q…uu46</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What changed, you might ask? We got a new engineering manager a week ago, and she’s now taken over most of the responsibilities. I was the interim manager for February.<br/><br/>I love not being a manager. 2026-03-11T19:23:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxm93y56rkvy7dr8jntq0pv6n8lxul9e7d98zk63q9ud45kmknayczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv4n05yw I’ve actually been coding at work the last few days. Fixing lots of little things I noticed were broken.<br/><br/>I’m not sure if no one else notices these bugs or if they are just shrugging and moving on due to volume-induced apathy, but either way, I don’t mind. I get to be useful.<br/><br/>I’ve been enjoying it a lot. 2026-03-11T19:21:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst9pqa3t6z4zkuwjg3m6468gsc4n8xkjer5a94rq9cgwe757zs2qgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv70qdpq It has been [0] days since I forgot to add a break in a case in C, leading to a fallthrough corrupting memory. 2026-03-10T08:16:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqgj40mfxwd2r3hfgkt32ayg5vf2kswcqkfkzp34m2av3pm0cavuszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvxqrncr RE: <a href="https://dair-community.social/@Meron/116199326654385711">https://dair-community.social/@Meron/116199326654385711</a><br/><br/>It’s a damn shame the Tories beat the Tories in the last election.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note14kd832lel467hx5vz6pqw9kwr46ltdxnsclk4uk6zwgu9gsyjzhsuusk8q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note14kd…sk8q</a></span><br/> </div> Refugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-up – Anyone given refugee status in the UK will only be offered temporary protection, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp32ddzdjxko">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp32ddzdjxko</a> </blockquote> 2026-03-09T20:55:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvt3a6g6vs96nxl58pv48heem7p8zz3gx37yh48xu7wz3vd7dl4yszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv0z7a59 Anyone here in Zurich or close by, with a 3D printer?<br/><br/>I need a tiny replacement coffee grinder part and shipping from the UK is obscene. £1 for the part, £25 for shipping. 2026-03-09T15:18:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrhnmeje8dh6wyuse49zs74h7qen4qtzx76w52t4xu57zz3wasqrczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvecvnf7 There’s this passage in *Systemantics* which talks about “dual bureaucracy” in ancient Egyptian organisations (presumably public office).<br/><br/>It sounds like an excellent idea, but I cannot find any sources.<br/><br/>Does anyone know if it is true, and of any research or articles which explain it in more detail?<br/> <img src="https://cats.functional.computer/media_attachments/files/116/187/042/389/067/666/original/b4a19170cbceb315.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-07T08:52:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2k9h97p3mlnynz7yh3tr54kmucnpveuttkplfw320xjgye363waszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvshway3 I think the thing that makes me saddest about this whole “use an LLM to generate code” thing is that many of my heroes are no longer my heroes. 2026-02-12T09:13:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv229j42ctxrcyjamkd48cemjhrd4v5q5aelkus48s6te7mdrl9tgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvwwxn7p At home, I use [Blocky](<a href="https://0xerr0r.github.io/blocky/">https://0xerr0r.github.io/blocky/</a> ) to proxy [DNS4EU](<a href="https://www.joindns4.eu/">https://www.joindns4.eu/</a> ), with the addition of [Steven Black’s hosts file](<a href="https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts">https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts</a> ) to deny known adware and malware domains.<br/><br/>I’m very tempted to turn this into a public service for people who don’t know how to do this themselves.<br/><br/>Anyone interested? 2026-02-09T08:59:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrfcep6ax6gcrpe5hjld9ngudnng5p0y8dtmr5rt8mcwvanfucdhgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvqz5v54 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ieeespectrum/116030177478995194">https://mastodon.social/@ieeespectrum/116030177478995194</a><br/><br/>What is the point of converting this software?<br/><br/>Who’s gonna maintain it?<br/><br/>Unless you have interest from the maintainers, you have a bunch of code that no one uses and no one maintains. Good job, folks.<br/><br/>I see nothing on these sites that explain how they hope to drum up maintenance, or even engage the maintainers of the original code.<br/><br/>Once again, the critical part of FOSS is ignored. It’s the people.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1dhegw3wzjk83gztrpm2myjpmqtre84uf2q0fflf7sys9dnljv7es4vdjms" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1dhe…djms</a></span><br/> </div> The Great Refactor initiative aims to convert open-source software from C and C++ into Rust, a more secure language. Rust is specifically designed to prevent memory exploits from occurring. <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-code-rust-great-refactor?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline">https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-code-rust-great-refactor?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline</a> </blockquote> 2026-02-07T18:08:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdfmsan03tseadznddkytx8z5vcm9w6rp3ze53dqtckzgtsj5s8rgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv8ta8v0 Failed my Power On Self Test. Please run diagnostics and replace any damaged components. 2026-02-03T12:26:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09w2jkjwgggvx6t4zqqa9cp8tf3m5anul9ksm4v20zda6gajcfgqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv6lvr2z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsptw37cfq74fnhe3z93czdlqrpuux3r9qdxct3qk2ykacrmahns5qa2m6am'>nevent1q…m6am</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I enjoy your blog, so I encourage it! 2026-01-14T13:54:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvfrt4fl9p5433ztt0lht0gju5elmp0ywrz859k0s4ne7rz6rnvzgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv395gah In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjfdr0vgquy6raczd99wq493dguzwf9rqvsgp8e0xg3nuctagrac25pzmf'>nevent1q…pzmf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have been putting my post about how VC funding works off for so long that it’s now irrelevant! Don’t be like me, write. 😄 2026-01-14T13:45:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgsp54vmz2w3k6km8p59a8w2y87t7rq4edzjkcgf5y09vcrf679uqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvux55hg So I’m that age, apparently.<br/><br/><a href="https://functional.computer/blog/thirty-seven">https://functional.computer/blog/thirty-seven</a> 2026-01-10T08:03:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvhwr0g4m483n8ajvrxjh9fadmmztegj0llxu90ktzpdz423szw8szyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvdzashc RE: <a href="https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/115833933257037555">https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/115833933257037555</a><br/><br/>Sometimes, I need a reminder like this. I’ve been this guy.<br/><br/>All you men (and yes, specifically men): please read this and remember it. I know that 90% of you won’t pull this shit most of the time, but you might do it once in a while, and it’s never pleasant.<br/>nostr:note1hqypn22qtd6s02hyvhn4gp23pdt2l67n7cuqzrl7gg64msdfrkdqj2rut9<br/> 2026-01-04T19:04:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqv8347726eeu7je2xwxgv0y3p5juz4c0gl5w9c80sxmtyqsmp83gzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv7757ny RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Stefan_S_from_H/115803400054803398">https://mastodon.social/@Stefan_S_from_H/115803400054803398</a><br/><br/>Happy “half your Java programs are confused about the year” week!<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1z9l0ql2kfc539r05a7czu52p8d8zepmp4fmtqp8ms7qtpduv9rmqvennuu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1z9l…nnuu</a></span><br/> </div> Please keep in mind that we are already in week 1 of 2026! 👍🏻 </blockquote> 2025-12-29T15:27:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr4mum9j667zp5s7wl2ft3nk2967rnzrmm75wmhvp70zvmk37qpggzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvg84kfp Merry Christmas, folks!<br/><br/>Please go give a gift to someone who really needs it, like someone in Gaza.<br/><br/><a href="https://gaza-verified.org/donate/">https://gaza-verified.org/donate/</a> 2025-12-25T10:15:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9hsylwpp7f8v2jqnpksr5e9qeupvjkkmzsauwuaje75lmcks2wmqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv50uhhe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg8ndxz5ft2l2zz3n0v5lf6jrpy42vr9gv8umgp4t7x5cewg5sg5qsupvc2'>nevent1q…pvc2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, I wrote the article. I am not sure it’s any good, but I tried.<br/><br/>The cardinal sin of software architecture: the unnecessary distribution, replication, or restructuring of state, both in space and time.<br/><br/><a href="https://functional.computer/blog/the-cardinal-sin-of-software-architecture">https://functional.computer/blog/the-cardinal-sin-of-software-architecture</a> 2025-12-23T15:49:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2qgml9dd45paaxaf3l3zrff4c6nqerxpkazmkmc20apt8qaderkqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvz9c2aa RE: <a href="https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115749408454628002">https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115749408454628002</a><br/><br/>There is a file called “:q”!<br/><br/>Proof that even before IRC, people typed vi commands in the wrong window.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1e5mjtj4xuat8tdxmtqkydj872z8rhylkp32dhd6mclzqd547zchqey5mmx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1e5m…5mmx</a></span><br/> </div> Here's a copy of the filesystem that has been extracted as a .tar file: <a href="http://squoze.net/UNIX/v4/">http://squoze.net/UNIX/v4/</a> </blockquote> 2025-12-22T13:08:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf3et3n6fye62ypsef3slmf4hjtvv28rm2mm9ar70s4c7c59ua86czyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvq4zwk2 Coffee is a substitute for daylight.<br/><br/>I need a lot of coffee right now.<br/> <img src="https://cats.functional.computer/media_attachments/files/115/729/637/154/961/751/original/d46d2bfe9438c8a4.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://cats.functional.computer/media_attachments/files/115/729/641/842/686/631/original/40662743904b8d16.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-16T14:08:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2dwgzxyyphahdmmr8f9nf7j7a2czp2lqj8c5xue0lwaq3m5apw5qzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv8u4n39 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs853jheyf3lu66p3s2vkwvfxputcrza32mnhenptngs9hyfg5gerq38ukhz'>nevent1q…ukhz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Indian English is way easier. Your dad’s cousin is your uncle. Your mum’s male friend is your uncle. Your barber is your uncle. That guy on the street with grey hair? Uncle. 2025-12-06T20:08:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsddyaafhe4uldlfk7lzes6k0delkjj645lwpr028xvytm0saj8s5gzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvqfxpsl It is 2003. Black Friday sales are the Friday after Thanksgiving.<br/><br/>It is 2015. Black Friday sales are from Thanksgiving, to the next Monday.<br/><br/>It is 2025. Black Friday starts one week before Thanksgiving.<br/><br/>It is 2032. Black Friday starts on 1st November.<br/><br/>It is 2036. Black Friday ends on 24th December.<br/><br/>It is 2039. Black Friday starts on 5th July.<br/><br/>It is 2042. Black Friday starts on 15th February.<br/><br/>It is 2045. Black Friday starts on 27th December. All is Black Friday. Black Friday is all. 2025-11-25T11:14:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs84ur9glaflhhcn8ys6razwrexeezh0tkpqshe66hcqrgzgh6r2fczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv4pv2hv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf2z9yme3wu8td4344u0q7vkxuvcvndmpl7anjt4ly0x9gkaysa9q08flqk'>nevent1q…flqk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>1500 words. Maybe I’ll publish it in the morning. I think it’s got a point, even if it’s ranty.<br/><br/>Sneak preview, comments welcome if you feel like it:<br/><br/><a href="https://codeberg.org/ooble/self/src/branch/main/content/blog/2025/2025-11-25--programming-peaked.md">https://codeberg.org/ooble/self/src/branch/main/content/blog/2025/2025-11-25--programming-peaked.md</a> 2025-11-24T23:27:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0x8n4udrf4nr3npagsqypus65ewl6laa6s88h4aufcc93rw6fstgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvm4e5ev In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxfjz0qllseu67487m6890p0aecv4euqme4k7h0tr0ajsce5m0y0qk4hx7p'>nevent1q…hx7p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t know if I can finish this one. It’s just full of spite. 2025-11-24T22:50:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9wmhykjfhyfxhvs4mdcqzpyqng7ljf5zezxuel4n784rrptd74qczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv96vmmr Writing a blog article about why the children are wrong and back in my day, programming was better.<br/><br/>I am sorry. 2025-11-24T22:44:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxav85u08sp08l0qhykpxered4ssl4wp3sprxlv4vv34xk87zz8kgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvqlg5ne In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx0j729glz98jedjq9n8yh0lzuf9ad2e23ef6xs29vgemgan5jtjsxjllcu'>nevent1q…llcu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It would be a considerable percentage of their yearly funds, and money they could spend on a lot of other hardware. Or salaries! 2025-11-23T08:30:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyvvdxvur06z0x9xvqay0zyj8ltymc9fky7jt22chvw5uwwwmek9szyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvv5wzn3 Codeberg has over 200k accounts and only 1.2k members, which, if we assume that the recommended membership fee is the average, works out to ~50k€ per year in membership dues.<br/><br/>They’re asking for old hardware to run CI jobs, because they can’t just go out and buy a Mac Mini.<br/><br/>Please, folks, if you think a non-USA alternative to GitHub is important, and you have the disposable income: put your money forward.<br/><br/><a href="https://join.codeberg.org/">https://join.codeberg.org/</a><br/><br/>Or, if you just want to donate once:<br/><br/><a href="https://donate.codeberg.org/">https://donate.codeberg.org/</a> 2025-11-22T14:33:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvuv8mhejjdfwadlc8fa4awdey39jz0hsyea5r0w7s5y5wrllj3pczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv520mwy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvtswjajcjkkdrtej2y8tt3pp0j4yj69fly9xc2xr9hd9dzt3c4wgregw22'>nevent1q…gw22</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was wondering if it was always the 1 of 4 that everyone forgets. But it’d have to be wisdom teeth for that. 2025-11-20T18:20:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfk2z8cy837hpljesxafsygy7fyh5zd27wv0cuws2latdr6v64gxczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvw0mhm7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrcx369fkpulnhjm9ekuapj99eqyqkqun0ceuvcuad2awm7mq6vzqthfnat'>nevent1q…fnat</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That’s rough. And you got FluA, which is no fun to say either. At least if you had FluB you could walk around the house saying, “flub, flub, flub”. 2025-11-20T13:05:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs853d3k6atwwufc703gparu72zgs68ej8cx5x8qjctpxedc0sfj9qzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv9qczdn There’s that joke about how underground artists are funded by passing the same $20 between themselves.<br/><br/>This is also how tech bubbles happen, except it’s the same $200 billion. 2025-11-19T16:32:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgcj63l2s598j2z3d6626x62memgkp6ep5sf36twgxzyp5s9t32rqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvm9w4pq I am, for some reason, still subscribed to Steve Yegge&#39;s blog, even though he went off the deep end years ago.<br/><br/>A month ago, he wrote about &#34;Beads&#34;, his new project, which is supposed to make &#34;vibe&#34; coding work. It&#39;s basically an issue tracker designed for LLM agents.<br/><br/>You are welcome to read it, but I warn you: it&#39;s totally nuts.<br/><br/><a href="https://steve-yegge.medium.com/introducing-beads-a-coding-agent-memory-system-637d7d92514a">https://steve-yegge.medium.com/introducing-beads-a-coding-agent-memory-system-637d7d92514a</a> 2025-11-16T20:01:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8c4qq8c549n0y2qjv0yja2yex0af8vsq4nl79r0f0uc85946qvcczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv0e9ulx I really hope that when crabs have taken over the world, they do a better job than humans did. 2025-11-15T10:00:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswjdgwfckvzlygnehjg7k3d68rmjl3urewpl89ls4z4c3xnlk8gjgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv7q8lsx Dear Wally,<br/><br/>I hope this email finds you. 2025-11-09T19:05:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd2ac9jy07ne0vwq7sjgtzkyye73n8q0uu3mux77pu773pmwfuttczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvlc836s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspym86t6qq0a47s39hr44jxsdkkf36re346rpkh9v7xw8m68ymdwg9a60ac'>nevent1q…60ac</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This meme will never, ever get old. 2025-11-05T13:21:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs852sskqc7eem2ywat5yqn0d6d08xxfuame07s2wxvjdaw0u7054szyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvsncd2s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsry7almhq8whxacayfgdlzv6p0cjpjprnfq7gzk2vmklx77dl77fqhqhl4j'>nevent1q…hl4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In case you are wondering, MongoDB’s hosted solution broke, and they will not tell us what went wrong. We had to fail over to a new DB and recover from backup.<br/><br/>I hate Wednesdays. 2025-11-05T12:35:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsry7almhq8whxacayfgdlzv6p0cjpjprnfq7gzk2vmklx77dl77fqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvq6ty36 I decide to fast today, so of course everything breaks and I spend 3 hours on incident management calls. Couldn’t even make tea.<br/><br/>I would really like to actually succeed this time. I tried last week and lasted about 20 minutes before eating cookies. 2025-11-05T12:14:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswu68t4p85rqzspmgtpty4hwufylgkjj2maury2cjragf3vwuukxszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvceytxt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvh50vfgcdtx44le3wg5ke2f2mmk0qnmcet29j09fwrjmz9nqpsksmxga9a'>nevent1q…ga9a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My kid went through a period of constant narration around the age of 2 and it was honestly pretty useful. We knew when they’d gone into a different room, and if it got quiet, we knew it was time to panic. 2025-11-01T21:32:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs873pywsv7zv2w3vdcty2s2p4w0y3qdp4jswyqhpwvc352qc7vjpqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv22g87c Why don’t humans have subtitles? 2025-11-01T16:28:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswa4g2mrajdv6s8aw8xlyexwq4fl5lfkmcxtvtc50lepg6c7qqx0gzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvcy6qwh Here’s what a monopoly is.<br/><br/>If your corporation is a monopoly (or part of a duopoly, or a triopoly, or whatever), you can fire all your best staff, let your services degrade to hell, and you’ll still keep all your customers (and all their money) because there’s nowhere else to go.<br/><br/>I don’t really care that all the big cloud providers are corporations beholden to the USA. I care that there’s 3–4 of them. It wouldn’t matter where they were based if there were 100. 2025-10-29T22:58:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq5ajt6gthqumfhktml8w8uptevucak3rr6hr2vxuct6u9yhvyfggzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvsvxatz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswxtr3say2f2zjcw69n3km2y6vrgcyuy7ydqtl8mv8057zkwmgzvcy2v40e'>nevent1q…v40e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Azure is broken. They are “experiencing DNS issues”.<br/><br/><a href="https://azure.status.microsoft/">https://azure.status.microsoft/</a><br/><br/>Soon, people will be shouting, “It’s always DNS!”<br/><br/>And not for a second asking, “Who put a stupid value in DNS?”<br/><br/>They definitely won’t ask why we never test our DNS entries in a way that’s safe to fail. 2025-10-29T16:51:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgfq6hxtlr77zkeeus9xhrhq9nxnqwnqu6cu9ms2pljw4he9ezxjczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv88uaty In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2spjlyrullxjzvyzm6nz7v77zp55ap2ghpagfnlckua6m5z6v9qddplh9'>nevent1q…plh9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also it’s my birthday in mid-January so I guess we should all get a break until then, right? 2025-10-28T13:05:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp2spjlyrullxjzvyzm6nz7v77zp55ap2ghpagfnlckua6m5z6v9qzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvrg48hj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswry6ky6sg7fvv2v9nvrqwlkk98gtuumdm8zs85m4va0qzzgefuqg6hlwv9'>nevent1q…lwv9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Damn, I thought it was just me! 2025-10-28T13:04:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswxtr3say2f2zjcw69n3km2y6vrgcyuy7ydqtl8mv8057zkwmgzvczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvng9qnr Isn’t it fun how “DNS failure” means “we put the wrong value in DNS”?<br/><br/>I shall refer to all screw-ups as “Kubernetes failures” henceforth, as this seems to be the protocol. 2025-10-24T17:34:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2lu0853r6p3xq2zdmdjlnvujrxv9wfjnf3cz34ajmc4fy9mdzhdgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv8mm7sn Did you know that there are more grains of sand on Bondi Beach than there are atoms in the universe? 2025-10-22T15:06:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg0cutua0eft6ejs7wmdmg7dnkl0h2u0vth8hlgy9dc7pjgmgtaeczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvpgyhy4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxeuerq8redhves6uz2u5q7gr5menjpl97dzsfgdpnycu7w0866gsm36tvk'>nevent1q…6tvk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You know where coffee came from before it arrived in Europe, right? 🙃 2025-10-19T21:11:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxtvnrjtgk467eewpm6ev93mz0uvleehm7aeeaqvj0g44np98zrygzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvknxjpa I wrote a bit on responsibility and authority, and how they go hand in hand.<br/><br/><a href="https://functional.computer/blog/responsibility-and-authority">https://functional.computer/blog/responsibility-and-authority</a> 2025-09-26T11:19:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswqx4kmdf9rcxf5lt6ce3qtm059640zmpyld7kdnkqes4543xkjfgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvqvy8c0 I really must thank the writers of Soda Pop. Unlike every other children’s song, it is completely forgettable. 2025-09-21T07:20:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy66ugzg4nfz7hmxk4stamtquzh03f68w8nyf3w9zxk0kvy2etraqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvmue2km Those who don’t ask stupid questions give stupid answers. 2025-09-18T12:07:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdcl98m2zf0p8ay0egpjc2pzznyxlv65t8h43q9lcdxyv7lllcngczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvttdgyf I see an otherwise-reasonable USAian is once again pretending that GDPR enforces cookie notices because they have a profit incentive.<br/><br/>How boring. 2025-09-01T11:24:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg8ndxz5ft2l2zz3n0v5lf6jrpy42vr9gv8umgp4t7x5cewg5sg5qzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvez93aq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0tr302a3ve2udvz4kk9hye5u9yj9dm2gaml0aree3x9sxzy9cfsgz8havc'>nevent1q…havc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Starting with microservices is stupid.<br/><br/>This is a public service announcement for anyone who is being interviewed on the topic of “system design” / “system architecture”.<br/><br/>And everyone else, too. 2025-08-31T14:52:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0tr302a3ve2udvz4kk9hye5u9yj9dm2gaml0aree3x9sxzy9cfsgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvj3txml In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0m8mqdc9xfyjn5z0wped02fwdvu8mfyxp0q5qqej3wstaq7s3rtcdnxfgd'>nevent1q…xfgd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hereby declare the ninth fallacy of distributed computing to be unnecessary state locality. 2025-08-28T09:09:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0m8mqdc9xfyjn5z0wped02fwdvu8mfyxp0q5qqej3wstaq7s3rtczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv2u3ftw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvcdtrjwpxgf0z85lsqzhtvprfszq37g0p37q4zw0nq60swlp5etckfk0s4'>nevent1q…k0s4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Kubernetes is perhaps the perfect example of something that spreads state everywhere and leaves it up to the people running it to fix it when it all goes to hell.<br/><br/>I just spent an hour trying to figure out why a pod was moved to a new node. I think it was probably routine, but I can’t know, because there is no way to see all the events that have happened, all I can do is trawl through logs. 2025-08-28T09:08:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvcdtrjwpxgf0z85lsqzhtvprfszq37g0p37q4zw0nq60swlp5etczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvjru7cr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wer9wux583elwmjn0x3593ycv77j6mcel68dfd0ys6apxrwhw4q00rewu'>nevent1q…rewu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This post brought to you by finally figuring out what I hate about spreading related code across multiple repositories.<br/><br/>You see, I’m working in infrastructure now, so your code is my data. 2025-08-27T19:12:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8wer9wux583elwmjn0x3593ycv77j6mcel68dfd0ys6apxrwhw4qzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvh8h444 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx97m29jgnpa622cvrlxmmpnmk5gm5jpl6ht648elkzx5jcwj4crqjxltef'>nevent1q…ltef</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Note to self: write an article on this. 2025-08-27T19:04:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx97m29jgnpa622cvrlxmmpnmk5gm5jpl6ht648elkzx5jcwj4crqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvq4h3en IMO, the worst kind of accidental complexity in software is the unnecessary distribution, replication, or restructuring of state, both in space and time.<br/><br/>In other words, legacy code is fine. Legacy data is almost impossible. (Lots of legacy software has legacy data.) 2025-08-27T19:04:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswcrr6wltz9ka2mfed7w9kmca57s9hmuvth306vafejyvcl8ca24gzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv0wpky2 Is Solid (the thing that Tim Berners-Lee keeps talking about) ever actually going to be a thing, or shall I keep ignoring it?<br/><br/>I like the principles but I cannot understand what it *is*. 2025-08-15T11:09:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd2w8q6mw3pewdklkvf395jwcf6w8u9wfeym2jlhstwutz4907wfszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvuqnyal In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsru6m0ntuyfawzxqhcvnczrapfk6nz3kazve7sy872568lasyfm7qn45k0c'>nevent1q…5k0c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You know it’s the future because tomorrow, I will have to do it again. 2025-08-13T09:27:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfhfkv4k2nmjh860qhrscs30wxr6dxvtlpn5yulxg4fwar3zrw76czyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvur6uug I love signing into Microsoft Teams so I can click the sign-in button to sign into Microsoft Azure Devops so I can click the sign-in button to sign into Microsoft Azure Devops Pipelines so I can click the 2025-08-13T08:50:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9vp6facev5fcwwyy7x92fwhkegctpt96g5yp0pjul83sfmds6zvqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvxm866v Hey friends, my partner has put together a course to help people with the mental side of landing a tech job. Confidence in interviews, finding stuff that aligns with your values, salary negotiation; that sort of thing.<br/><br/>She’s been a programmer for 15 years and a therapist and coach for a few years now.<br/><br/>She is looking for feedback on the course in exchange for some free coaching on the topic.<br/><br/>If you’re interested, let me know! And boost or forward if you like. 2025-08-10T12:53:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2rg08xvjfy4depr7rtr922750m852g63lyzu5pn5xzm0lyjcq5hszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvghcku2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9j08gkpl6vrvj8urdnf3fqnvrh5u437uxvla97rrnm8xhhcp3r0chpp96f'>nevent1q…p96f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed. I think it’s also a symptom of wealth inequality. Who cares what the average person wants or needs? They can’t pay anyway. Money comes from billionaires now. 2025-07-27T17:37:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfqhsq5v3937urk5nw2972kfhwn9ecrmlkayjxl9k58jeyy566rgszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvr5r4un My child has discovered the concept of “birb”.<br/><br/>Please send your best birb pics. They’re demanding more than I can find! 2025-07-24T16:52:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyshdty8khl4uysadrre7wuu3jlfkz79sehyl0je9pjtfpu68ggsszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvr586an When an LLM outputs, “I panicked”, it does not mean it panicked. It means that based on the preceding sentences, “I panicked” was a likely thing to come next.<br/><br/>It means it’s read a lot of fiction, in which drama is necessary.<br/><br/>It didn’t “panic”. It didn’t *anything*. It wrote a likely sequence of words based on a human request, which it then converted into code that matched those words somewhat. And a human, for some reason, allowed that code to be evaluated without oversight. 2025-07-20T18:26:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8umjgccsm7ytp2mf8r4942cx3jtqy9z6tp2qxqfqkqt2ys0a920gzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvkd4vq4 Why is there not a bar called “the gynn” with bad kerning so I can drink a lot of negronis and claim I spent ages at the gynn send toot 2025-07-20T15:35:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvpxv69cv9t7dhffm72ehufy7z5vgz65cleuufc5v33zmdk0f8t9gzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvuzvh6a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdxdut7nrg8cumsqxem7j2cmhn46076au55gx7lywjm7m52lv8ffc0gwct4'>nevent1q…wct4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s a good mountain. Very pointy. I think Nintendo’s artists worked on this one.<br/> <img src="https://cats.functional.computer/media_attachments/files/114/880/504/484/715/435/original/a1dd5377f6c761b6.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-19T15:03:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdxdut7nrg8cumsqxem7j2cmhn46076au55gx7lywjm7m52lv8ffczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvnq88ph One nice thing about Switzerland is that you can mispronounce every word in your shitty German and people just assume you’re from some place over the mountain. 2025-07-19T14:12:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs20z35w0u6s02dnv6lvppznept7r87ghlk9l9vn7ez8d8erptuwyszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvwkzws2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrv4u80jg2ehqq553aj8t6j4u0vt9q5u764hpje9ws9cdwxw7508sn683cc'>nevent1q…83cc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I usually recall e.g. German as if it were English, but I recall Hindi films I watched when I was a child in Hindi, even though I don’t know what the words mean (and have forgotten the subtitles). 2025-07-17T16:07:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstk700f0mgnxssg38vqly88v296vqmtl2xlv8snquf49tf338g20szyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv4sf65a Those of you who frequently watch TV shows or movies in languages you don’t understand (e.g. with subtitles):<br/><br/>When you recall dialogue in the show/film, do you remember it in the actual language you heard, or in your native language? 2025-07-17T15:45:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9qzt0rgjcrhngx9qepyh6q4jtyj6an6rf6ejl2kd8axergfxrlgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvzy2vwc I know there’s lots of upsides and downsides to cloud hosting, but I think my biggest problem with it is that it is all built on a mountain of leaky, incomplete, and dysfunctional abstractions.<br/><br/>Even Kubernetes is full of them, which is why we keep getting new layers on top (see KRO, for example).<br/><br/>And the various cloud providers are much worse.<br/><br/>“Just one more layer of abstraction, bro, that’ll fix it!”<br/><br/>The issue with abstractions is that when one is faulty, every layer on top is too. 2025-07-15T13:29:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszuk3mwp3e8gzfhuf3pra099zhn3u32vay5hecvpllzfzjy9tpm2gzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvmyk0fq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmh0qewvd6dch7m3ltktejy3jtqgg2nzyztskrd7q97z43vfasrqecrw9v'>nevent1q…rw9v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I finally finished the article that inspired the above toot. It was written by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hxs90wkhl0luk6u0tg8x9npledpc6vvxuug5c7wl8wcdyv7xqjwqpx096g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>eevee</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hxs…096g</span>)</a></span>:<br/><br/><a href="https://queer.party/@eevee/114796122805592604">https://queer.party/@eevee/114796122805592604</a><br/><br/>It’s a wonderfully written article, well-articulated. But it was a throwaway line that spoke to me the most:<br/><br/>&gt; You would see more than four websites in a day. Websites would have colors!<br/><br/>I love Eevee’s website. It’s so cool, and much more stylish than anything I could ever make. It upsets me I have to remember to click through and read it properly, not in the feed reader. 2025-07-05T13:18:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspaw4w5qpfe69zl0fpthr8v86adq6yx7r4pzlrq7rmm4cswc9xpzgzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv7ema9d No, autocorrect, I meant “systemantics”, not “system antics”. The latter is what you get when you ignore the former. 2025-07-05T08:16:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxmh0qewvd6dch7m3ltktejy3jtqgg2nzyztskrd7q97z43vfasrqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvukwfjj I wish RSS/Atom had opt-in CSS.<br/><br/>I appreciate that I can effectively download a website and read it whenever I want, but so many websites I read are quite pretty.<br/><br/>I’d love it if they showed up just as pretty in my feed reader, with the option to toggle it per feed. 2025-07-04T08:45:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs92tqyyy30e4kmccsslutk964z8vzddmht5fpfq2rd3dfuj7ra82qzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvtrmunk Quoting this because it came across my timeline again and I can’t boost it twice. <a href="https://xoxo.zone/@microwavenby/113023038447873123">https://xoxo.zone/@microwavenby/113023038447873123</a> 2025-07-03T18:26:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgc6rqavgwx2cr5ahfn6f548kt3pjnf8hgxuvj9l9ml403umrvktczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvadswyl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswe2ttgnzdxx3pql7m3fh7ngtvv2cv9d04j6at8eeqg43533jdtds7vyzck'>nevent1q…yzck</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Please, Mastodon apps, let me choose if and when I want a card generated from a URL. I would have much preferred to use the second URL, in this case. 2025-07-01T14:01:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswe2ttgnzdxx3pql7m3fh7ngtvv2cv9d04j6at8eeqg43533jdtdszyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvvq6dxk I’ve just discovered that Microsoft have a .NET library to build web applications called “Blazor” (<a href="https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor">https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor</a>).<br/><br/>And all I can think when I read it is this:<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HMiX7iFOwo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HMiX7iFOwo</a><br/><br/>If Microsoft and Amazon have taught us anything, it’s that the “two hard problems” is a conspiracy designed to get programmers to spend all their time stressing out about naming things, when clearly, it’s completely irrelevant. 2025-07-01T13:49:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs24cl3k7xnxhq724u3zutr37e8kagf6erqp0x28cwwh5dmata70xqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvmu7ml2 I’m visiting my corporate office in a couple of weeks, and I have 30 people signed up for a TDD workshop I’m running then.<br/><br/> I guess I should start writing this workshop… 2025-06-26T21:25:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfxk86npdmx37vyzj3r39tve9xzjly875rdxz5ep7guc70ufxjpuqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvve8wvgx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv9d7qaet8jqewg77jr2xg4kaqhyx9m8wxhqp23um2wslx977tqsse22904'>nevent1q…2904</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We just hired a tech writer specifically to tell us when our product sucks so bad that they can’t write about it.<br/><br/>I’m looking forward to them joining. 2025-06-25T21:34:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspq6t45menzt5s4xfelydngvxsltva9ylcg2lmh93hkxyvtjrhtkqzyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv44s8v9 The plural of goosebump is geesebump. 2025-06-15T14:12:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8kt5wvyzen7jlq38zjtzurac5e07dpyyqpld4xnj89ds2hh5q6qczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvv6n3v07 As usual, the answer to “why is country X in the Middle East fucked?” is “because Britain made it so”. <a href="https://mastodon.world/@paninid/114682928787916491">https://mastodon.world/@paninid/114682928787916491</a> 2025-06-14T19:07:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg6cf975pr4qwkdl3uazvmxgvgajyp3r43p8gju6744ytk4l6eprczyq7ayr9ff6ad7c6cyg8ghdu98h9ww99dfnfn2y3ugf44fs56gqkvvadh8l0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqcq904cvna2lmgs6fhfpg5r5nuvzwauhr8n7qe00zs80aw8uw3cn0nskh'>nevent1q…nskh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>2. LLMs are prescriptivism incarnate. 2022 is forever established, there shall be no more evolution. They will always talk like people talked in 2022, value the same things as the average Reddit poster in 2022, generate the same boilerplate that was important in 2022.<br/><br/>If you don’t watch Stephen’s dispatches (or listen to them: there’s a podcast), then I suggest getting on it. They’re only 5 minutes. 2025-06-13T15:35:56Z