Today I happened upon: 20 Things I’ve Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer. Of the 20 points my favourites were: “6. Sometimes you have to stop sharpening the saw, and just start cutting shit” and “8. Every system eventually sucks, get over it”.
Monthly Archives: October 2021
CSS Grid or Flexbox?
Today via r/programming: CSS Grid or Flexbox? How to pick between the two CSS layout systems.
Deconcentration of Attention: addressing the complexity of software engineering
I came across this in my travels recently: Deconcentration of Attention: addressing the complexity of software engineering.
dovecot IMAP not working on iOS because of Let’s Encrypt certificate problem
So I was having an issue with the mail app in my iPhones not being able to get IMAP email from my dovecot server.
Turned out I needed to change my dovecot config from this:
ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/mail.{{ domain }}.key
ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/mail.{{ domain }}.crt
ssl_ca = </etc/dovecot/mail.{{ domain }}.chain.pem
to this:
ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/mail.{{ domain }}.key
ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/mail.{{ domain }}.chain.pem
Are We Really Engineers?
I probably should be doing other things (engineering..?) but I spent my evening reading this one: Are We Really Engineers?.