Nick Saika
@nesv.ca
Slowly but surely, as time goes on, and people keep trying to use Slack as a replacement for in-person communication (read: synchronous conversation), the more I think we should go back to IRC and email.
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Slowly but surely, as time goes on, and people keep trying to use Slack as a replacement for in-person communication (read: synchronous conversation), the more I think we should go back to IRC and email.
Stop using make(1) as a command runner. That's why just.systems exists
Just: A Command Runner
just.systems
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Stop using make(1) as a command runner. That's why just.systems exists
The number of people opining about the us-east-1 outage on LinkedIn is bonkers.
October 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The number of people opining about the us-east-1 outage on LinkedIn is bonkers.
New Bosch dishwasher, who dis?
October 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
New Bosch dishwasher, who dis?
Does Swiss Chalet taste better in Switzerland?
October 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Does Swiss Chalet taste better in Switzerland?
Reposted by Nick Saika
stty
wizardzines.com/comics/stty/
(from The Secret Rules of the Terminal, out now! wizardzines.com/zines/termin...)
wizardzines.com/comics/stty/
(from The Secret Rules of the Terminal, out now! wizardzines.com/zines/termin...)
September 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
stty
wizardzines.com/comics/stty/
(from The Secret Rules of the Terminal, out now! wizardzines.com/zines/termin...)
wizardzines.com/comics/stty/
(from The Secret Rules of the Terminal, out now! wizardzines.com/zines/termin...)
Reposted by Nick Saika
Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers
September 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers
August 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I totally misread the packaging on the RAM I just bought, and thought I was getting a pair of DIMMs totalling 32Gi, but they were 32Gi each.
And I thought $125/pair was a good price for 32Gi, so I bought two.
The Threadripper is happy with its 128Gi, and only half of the slots are full.
And I thought $125/pair was a good price for 32Gi, so I bought two.
The Threadripper is happy with its 128Gi, and only half of the slots are full.
May 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I totally misread the packaging on the RAM I just bought, and thought I was getting a pair of DIMMs totalling 32Gi, but they were 32Gi each.
And I thought $125/pair was a good price for 32Gi, so I bought two.
The Threadripper is happy with its 128Gi, and only half of the slots are full.
And I thought $125/pair was a good price for 32Gi, so I bought two.
The Threadripper is happy with its 128Gi, and only half of the slots are full.
Programming hot take: let something else handle TLS.
May 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Programming hot take: let something else handle TLS.
Now Slack is pulling the whole, "heeeeey we notice you haven't fired up these workspaces lately..." shenanigans?! Yeesh.
May 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Now Slack is pulling the whole, "heeeeey we notice you haven't fired up these workspaces lately..." shenanigans?! Yeesh.
Reposted by Nick Saika
This is the best thing written about monorepos I have ever read
blog.swgillespie.me/posts/monore...
blog.swgillespie.me/posts/monore...
The Ingredients of a Productive Monorepo
blog.swgillespie.me
May 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is the best thing written about monorepos I have ever read
blog.swgillespie.me/posts/monore...
blog.swgillespie.me/posts/monore...
Leveled logging is always a mistake.
May 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Leveled logging is always a mistake.
Reposted by Nick Saika
How to Write Blog Posts that Developers Read https://lobste.rs/s/youq7y ##practices
How to Write Blog Posts that Developers Read
Software bloggers can make the same mistakes for years that prevent readers from discovering their writing. I know because I'm one of them. Over time, I've learned techniques that help some blog posts succeed and the pitfalls that cause others to languish in obscurity.
refactoringenglish.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
How to Write Blog Posts that Developers Read https://lobste.rs/s/youq7y ##practices
Reposted by Nick Saika
I tell ya it’s tough out there… I went to get my passport renewed, they tried tellin me sex is the same thing as gender. I said like hell it is! For one thing, my wife’s not having gender with the mailman.
a man wearing a suit and tie is making a funny face
ALT: a man wearing a suit and tie is making a funny face
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I tell ya it’s tough out there… I went to get my passport renewed, they tried tellin me sex is the same thing as gender. I said like hell it is! For one thing, my wife’s not having gender with the mailman.
Solid read about common pitfalls when writing Kubernetes controllers: ahmet.im/blog/control...
#kubernetes #controller-runtime
#kubernetes #controller-runtime
So you wanna write Kubernetes controllers?
Any company using Kubernetes eventually starts looking into developing their custom controllers. After all, what’s not to like about being able to provision resources with declarative configurat...
ahmet.im
January 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Solid read about common pitfalls when writing Kubernetes controllers: ahmet.im/blog/control...
#kubernetes #controller-runtime
#kubernetes #controller-runtime
After not using DuoLingo for years, I've all of a sudden started getting a steady stream of emails saying things like, "we miss you," "oh no, your streak is ruined!"
Just. Stop.
Just. Stop.
January 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
After not using DuoLingo for years, I've all of a sudden started getting a steady stream of emails saying things like, "we miss you," "oh no, your streak is ruined!"
Just. Stop.
Just. Stop.
Coheed and Cambria is just Melvins for millenials.
January 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Coheed and Cambria is just Melvins for millenials.
Reposted by Nick Saika
Reposted by Nick Saika
Dear friends, I'm rejoining Redis. It's a long story, so it deserved a blog post to explain all the details: antirez.com/news/144
From where I left - <antirez>
antirez.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Dear friends, I'm rejoining Redis. It's a long story, so it deserved a blog post to explain all the details: antirez.com/news/144
Reposted by Nick Saika
Do you use my Redis rust crate? In particular do you use it with Valkey? Redis Inc. came knocking and I'm not sure what should be done here. I opened a GitHub issue if you have input. github.com/redis-rs/red...
Future Crate Maintenance and Redis Inc. Relationship · Issue #1419 · redis-rs/redis-rs
Hello users. I haven't actively maintained this library in a very long time as you probably noticed. I am still controlling the entry on crates.io for it alongside the redis release team and @badbo...
github.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Do you use my Redis rust crate? In particular do you use it with Valkey? Redis Inc. came knocking and I'm not sure what should be done here. I opened a GitHub issue if you have input. github.com/redis-rs/red...
Reposted by Nick Saika
New Flatcar Alpha, Beta and Stable major releases now available!
📦 Many package updates: Docker 26, Curl, Podman sysext
🚀 New features: Proxmox support in Alpha
🔒 CVE fixes & security patches: Docker, Kernel, Curl
📜 Release notes at the usual spot: www.flatcar.org/releases/
📦 Many package updates: Docker 26, Curl, Podman sysext
🚀 New features: Proxmox support in Alpha
🔒 CVE fixes & security patches: Docker, Kernel, Curl
📜 Release notes at the usual spot: www.flatcar.org/releases/
Releases
Releases
www.flatcar.org
November 13, 2024 at 4:03 PM
New Flatcar Alpha, Beta and Stable major releases now available!
📦 Many package updates: Docker 26, Curl, Podman sysext
🚀 New features: Proxmox support in Alpha
🔒 CVE fixes & security patches: Docker, Kernel, Curl
📜 Release notes at the usual spot: www.flatcar.org/releases/
📦 Many package updates: Docker 26, Curl, Podman sysext
🚀 New features: Proxmox support in Alpha
🔒 CVE fixes & security patches: Docker, Kernel, Curl
📜 Release notes at the usual spot: www.flatcar.org/releases/