It’d be cool if your version control system could report through your text editor who else is working on any given file at the same time as you.
Author Archives: Jay Jay
Specific vs general
So over on The Configuration Complexity Clock the author says “at a certain level of complexity, hard-coding a solution may be the least evil option.” Programmers disparagingly call it “hard-coding” but I call it “specific”. Write specific applications! Generalisations aren’t useful until you have specific uses of them.
Peter Norvig Leaves Google To Join Stanford AI Unit
I am pleased to hear that Peter Norvig has left Google.
Unicode problem in Windows 11
Today via Slashdot: Microsoft Warns of New Windows 11 Problems With Apps Using Unusual Registry Keys.
20 Things Learned in 20 Years as a Software Engineer
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”.
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?.
Andy Serkis narrates the Lord of the Rings
According to wikipedia:
On 7 July 2021, HarperCollinsUK and Recorded Books announced Serkis would follow up his narration of The Hobbit with a professional recording of The Lord of the Rings to be released on 16 September. The CD will be released on 14 October.
The first episode is The Fellowship of the Ring.