Glyph
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You probably heard about me because I am the founder of the Twisted python networking engine open source project. But I’m also the author and maintainer […]
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You probably heard about me because I am the founder of the Twisted python networking engine open source project. But I’m also the author and maintainer […]
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@xgranade @SnoopJ and here's the point in the conversation where I stare into the middle distance unresponsively for an hour and absent-mindedly thumb through my first-edition paper copy of "Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change" purchased in 1999, without really seeing the words
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@xgranade @SnoopJ okay look what we need to do to tailor scrum is, we need to really reflect at the beginning of the process, before we do any sprints. just come up with a big plan. and then some of our sprints can be dedicated to the first part of the plan where we do design, then we can have […]
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November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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My apparently-controversial take is that you will never find a process that acts as a magic wand that makes your business suddenly amazingly effective
and, in fact, that thinking about process like this is one of the *best* ways to fuck things up
and, in fact, that thinking about process like this is one of the *best* ways to fuck things up
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My apparently-controversial take is that you will never find a process that acts as a magic wand that makes your business suddenly amazingly effective
and, in fact, that thinking about process like this is one of the *best* ways to fuck things up
and, in fact, that thinking about process like this is one of the *best* ways to fuck things up
@SnoopJ have I ever told you about Twisted’s most popular security feature, the authentication backend “InMemoryUsernamePasswordDatabaseDontUse”?
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
@SnoopJ have I ever told you about Twisted’s most popular security feature, the authentication backend “InMemoryUsernamePasswordDatabaseDontUse”?
@wagesj45 As I've said a few times now, It's not just the ear pads. In fact on one of these pairs the earpads don't have this gunk on them. All the *other* surfaces are coated in this stuff, and I can't even brush it off; it seems there is an unlimited supply, it's just sloughing off dust forever
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
@wagesj45 As I've said a few times now, It's not just the ear pads. In fact on one of these pairs the earpads don't have this gunk on them. All the *other* surfaces are coated in this stuff, and I can't even brush it off; it seems there is an unlimited supply, it's just sloughing off dust forever
@xgranade @SnoopJ I do always retain _some_ grace for a flexible definition of "adequately" there, which… well I could launch into a long soliloquy about the social construction of "adequate" safeguards but we've all read https://how.complexsystems.fail already haven't we
How Complex Systems Fail
how.complexsystems.fail
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@xgranade @SnoopJ I do always retain _some_ grace for a flexible definition of "adequately" there, which… well I could launch into a long soliloquy about the social construction of "adequate" safeguards but we've all read https://how.complexsystems.fail already haven't we
@xgranade it is notable to me that this is the *first* such retrospective I've seen. When I first did a couple of rust tutorials and saw .unwrap() lying all over the place (it is a very tutorial-y kind of method) I thought that this might be a really risky habit for people to develop, but no […]
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mastodon.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
@xgranade it is notable to me that this is the *first* such retrospective I've seen. When I first did a couple of rust tutorials and saw .unwrap() lying all over the place (it is a very tutorial-y kind of method) I thought that this might be a really risky habit for people to develop, but no […]
@matt I definitely don't care about the aesthetics (oddly, mine don't *look* very worn unless you're up close, at least the black ones don't; they just *feel* disgusting) so if they feel good & sound good, I'm happy
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
@matt I definitely don't care about the aesthetics (oddly, mine don't *look* very worn unless you're up close, at least the black ones don't; they just *feel* disgusting) so if they feel good & sound good, I'm happy
@matt huh that is a very good price, and those materials (at least in the product shots) appear somewhat more durable. How's the weight? And do they do a closed-back version?
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
@matt huh that is a very good price, and those materials (at least in the product shots) appear somewhat more durable. How's the weight? And do they do a closed-back version?
@chrisjrn However, I'm open to having my mind blown by some heretofore unconsidered option, given that it's relatively affordable and that it satisfies these other constraints. (I already have separate wireless headphones, these are both for extremely latency-sensitive uses and must be simple 3 […]
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mastodon.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
@chrisjrn However, I'm open to having my mind blown by some heretofore unconsidered option, given that it's relatively affordable and that it satisfies these other constraints. (I already have separate wireless headphones, these are both for extremely latency-sensitive uses and must be simple 3 […]
If you would not mind me rolling the golden apple inscribed with "what are the best headphones" onto fedi, I would love to get some recommendations because I don't just want to spend $400, even if it's every 5 years, to replace otherwise-functioning device just because of this dubious aesthetic […]
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November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If you would not mind me rolling the golden apple inscribed with "what are the best headphones" onto fedi, I would love to get some recommendations because I don't just want to spend $400, even if it's every 5 years, to replace otherwise-functioning device just because of this dubious aesthetic […]