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new things i want to learn now:
- geoDNS to route people to nearby servers (why do all the geo DNS servers look kinda janky?)
- TLS via acme protocol / let's encrypt, but without certbot

#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 05 - Animals
DAYNA: He isn't interested in offers. He doesn't want Federation help or any help. He just wants to be left alone.
SERVALAN: He can't be left alone. Surely you can see that. You have his affection, yes? He trusts you. Then all you do is go and tell him to do a deal with us.

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This is hilarious: #Signal

new blog is deployed and loads articles in 700ms on plane wifi!
`wrk` suggests that it can do ~3500 requests per second on a single digitalocean vCPU.
is that good? i have no idea!
am i satisfied? yes!

"Code is, ultimately, characters on a screen, and software engineers do nothing but hammer that code into shapes that spark Joy and Money. The fear and dread comes from a culture where people feel bad that they can't work quickly enough in the terrible codebase, where they feel judged for slowing down to hammer the code into better shapes that sadly aren't on the Jira board, and where management looks down on people who practice craftsmanship."
-- Ludicity

Getting an education shouldn't crush young citizens with debt right before they hit the workforce. Economists have shown repeatedly that the economic benefit of removing student debt FAR outweighs the "income tax" losses.
WHY IS THIS SO HARD FOR CONSERVATIVES TO UNDERSTAND?
...or do you think they simply fear an educated citizenry?
Biden's student loan forgiveness plan can take effect after judge lets restraining order expire - NBC News

Series D, Episode 04 - Stardrive
TARRANT: What use will that be? The main drive chamber can't be pressurized. How do you carry out a delicate repair operation wearing a spacesuit and gauntlets?
VILA: I don't.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/404/48 B7B5

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🇬🇧 If you have a desire to do so, you can support my work on the Internet (projects and blog) 🙂
🇵🇱 Jeżeli masz chęć to możesz wspomóc moją twórczość w Internecie (projekty i bloga) 🙂
- Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=67755731
- Patronite

n8n just came out with their own "AI starter kit" in the form of a docker container with PostgresQL, Qdrant (vectors), Ollama and a self-hosted version of their n8n product. Seems like an easy way for newcomers to dabble in making a new AI chat buddy so they have someone to talk to or at least an AI bot to do their english homework. It's over on git - https://github.com/n8n-io/self-hosted-ai-starter-kit

Series A, Episode 05 - The Web
VILA: All I said was what do you think of the outfit.
ZEN: Repair monitors report explosive device attached to primary power channel.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/105/95 B7B5

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@… it's so good to see you here 😊 sorry I am not managing to follow or support you much these days 😔 I do want to send you my hugs and gratitude 🤗 even though I already follow XOXO and have them all on queue ⏳ the Cabel Sasser talk you put at the top of your email today truly has life-changing potential ☀️ At the very least it is a bright ray of sunshin…

Series C, Episode 02 - Powerplay
DAYNA: Whh, he's just one less to deal with, do we care why? [pause] But why leave him sitting there?
AVON: To delay discovery and give the murderer a chance to get away.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/302/286 B7B4

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#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 03 - Weapon
RASHEL: What do you think's out there?
COSER: How should I know? I don't care as long as it stays there.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/203/355

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Unpopular opinion on software development
Yesterday, I came across CI cultists.
They were preaching one should merge in main multiple times a day.
Quite frankly, I associate this behaviour to lab rats compulsively clicking the button to get gratifications (please don't do that to rats).
I think developers should refrain from becoming merge junkies. Code review is essential for good code quality. Automated tests suck at detecting logical errors, security vulnerabilities, and even decent code coverage.
Also, I believe pair programming is absolutely not a strategy to allow continuous integration. Everybody involved in the development process is drunk on their own bullshit reasons they made up to justify their poor design. Either the code review should be done by someone else, or the developers should sober up for a fortnight before code reviewing their own code.
PS: I am a software developer. I get drunk on my own bullshit as well.
#software #development #ci #codereview