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Git Code

Posted on 2021-03-11 [Thursday] by Jay Jay

Today I read Boost Your Programming Skills by Reading Git’s Code and played along with baby-git. I noticed a rundown on the makefile, Learn Git – Baby Git Makefile, but I didn’t have time to read it.

Posted in Chatter, Programming | Tagged code, git, reading

VSCode explorer tree indent size

Posted on 2021-03-11 [Thursday] by Jay Jay

So I was poking about in my VSCode settings, File -> Preferences -> Settings. And I found the Workbench > Tree: Indent options which controls the tree indentation in pixels. The default settings was 8 pixels, which is too small for my liking, so I cranked it up a notch to 37 pixels! Yay woo!

Posted in Chatter, Programming, Sys Admin | Tagged explorer, indent, pixels, size, tree, vscode, workbench

Book Review: Fussell On Class

Posted on 2021-03-05 [Friday] by Jay Jay

This was fun: Book Review: Fussell On Class. It’s about the class system in America and its signals.

Posted in Chatter, Philosophy | Tagged class, Fussell

The 13 Truths – Jordan Peterson

Posted on 2021-03-05 [Friday] by Jay Jay

So I’m listening to this one: The 13 Truths – Jordan Peterson. So far, so good. You can read about Jordan Peterson on Wikipedia, natch.

Posted in Chatter, Philosophy | Tagged Jordan Peterson

Elegant bash conditionals

Posted on 2021-03-03 [Wednesday] by Jay Jay

Some discussion concerning Elegant bash conditionals. Personally I use both forms, variously.

Posted in Chatter, Programming | Tagged bash, conditionals, elegant

Semantic Versioning Will Not Save You

Posted on 2021-03-03 [Wednesday] by Jay Jay

An article about the practical limits of SemVer: Semantic Versioning Will Not Save You. It references Hyrum’s Law:

With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter what you promise in the contract: all observable behaviors of your system will be depended on by somebody.

Posted in Chatter, Philosophy, Programming | Tagged Hyrum's Law, semantic versioning, SemVer

IQ2 Debate: Don’t Trust The Promise Of Artificial Intelligence

Posted on 2021-03-01 [Monday] by Jay Jay

This was great: IQ2 Debate: Don’t Trust The Promise Of Artificial Intelligence.

Posted in Chatter, Philosophy | Tagged AI, debate, promise, trust

Who is Civilization for?

Posted on 2021-02-28 [Sunday] by Jay Jay

Jaron Lanier – Who is Civilization for? (& Q+A with Ulrich Kelber).

Posted in Chatter, Internet, Philosophy | Tagged AI, civilisation, future

Build tools around workflows, not workflows around tools

Posted on 2021-02-28 [Sunday] by Jay Jay

Today I enjoyed reading Build tools around workflows, not workflows around tools. Taken with John Romero’s advice to build your own tools I feel I am on the right path with some of my current projects.

Posted in Chatter, Notes, Writing | Tagged build your own, notes, todo, tools, workflow

A Vim Guide for Advanced Users

Posted on 2021-02-28 [Sunday] by Jay Jay

Today I stumbled upon A Vim Guide for Advanced Users. Learned a trick or two, but it’s still a long road ahead for me.

Posted in Chatter, Programming, Writing | Tagged advanced, guide, vim

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