My main takeaway from analyzing software development practices is that we like to focus on our tools, but the problems are all human.
If your CI magically became twice as fast tomorrow the vast majority of you would notice no difference in code velocity.
If your CI magically became twice as fast tomorrow the vast majority of you would notice no difference in code velocity.
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My main takeaway from analyzing software development practices is that we like to focus on our tools, but the problems are all human.
If your CI magically became twice as fast tomorrow the vast majority of you would notice no difference in code velocity.
If your CI magically became twice as fast tomorrow the vast majority of you would notice no difference in code velocity.
Would be hilarious if this is what gets him the 25th.
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Would be hilarious if this is what gets him the 25th.
Reposted by Nathan Hammond 張拿敦
hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
Cap 279:
school (學校) means an institution, organization or establishment which provides for 20 or more persons during any one day or 8 or more persons at any one time...
school (學校) means an institution, organization or establishment which provides for 20 or more persons during any one day or 8 or more persons at any one time...
An independent bookstore owner has been accused of managing an unregistered school after holding a Spanish class earlier this year. In full: buff.ly/5QiJJvx
Hong Kong independent bookstore owner charged with running unregistered school after Spanish class | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
The owner of a Hong Kong independent bookstore has been accused of managing an unregistered school after holding a Spanish class at the shop earlier this year. Book Punch owner Pong Yat-ming appeared...
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Cap 279:
school (學校) means an institution, organization or establishment which provides for 20 or more persons during any one day or 8 or more persons at any one time...
school (學校) means an institution, organization or establishment which provides for 20 or more persons during any one day or 8 or more persons at any one time...
Separately, I know real estate agents don’t traffic in data but it’s really frustrating to walk into conversations and know more about a property and its comparables than they do.
I should be handed this chart for a building as part of the formalities in “hi, my name is Foo, let’s go look!”
I should be handed this chart for a building as part of the formalities in “hi, my name is Foo, let’s go look!”
Hong Kong's housing costs baselined to the CCPI tells quite a story.
These are unit prices of comparable units in one particular building. Lighter dots are lower floors.
In "purchasing-power-per-dollar" (housing priced in hamburgers) these apartments are the cheapest since 2010.
These are unit prices of comparable units in one particular building. Lighter dots are lower floors.
In "purchasing-power-per-dollar" (housing priced in hamburgers) these apartments are the cheapest since 2010.
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Separately, I know real estate agents don’t traffic in data but it’s really frustrating to walk into conversations and know more about a property and its comparables than they do.
I should be handed this chart for a building as part of the formalities in “hi, my name is Foo, let’s go look!”
I should be handed this chart for a building as part of the formalities in “hi, my name is Foo, let’s go look!”
Hong Kong's housing costs baselined to the CCPI tells quite a story.
These are unit prices of comparable units in one particular building. Lighter dots are lower floors.
In "purchasing-power-per-dollar" (housing priced in hamburgers) these apartments are the cheapest since 2010.
These are unit prices of comparable units in one particular building. Lighter dots are lower floors.
In "purchasing-power-per-dollar" (housing priced in hamburgers) these apartments are the cheapest since 2010.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Hong Kong's housing costs baselined to the CCPI tells quite a story.
These are unit prices of comparable units in one particular building. Lighter dots are lower floors.
In "purchasing-power-per-dollar" (housing priced in hamburgers) these apartments are the cheapest since 2010.
These are unit prices of comparable units in one particular building. Lighter dots are lower floors.
In "purchasing-power-per-dollar" (housing priced in hamburgers) these apartments are the cheapest since 2010.
We (Hong Kong) do not regularly invest in our own tech solutions. A significant majority are tendered out.
Further, salaries in the technology sector are significantly lower than other locales in an industry that doesn’t have any borders.
This outcome is very unsurprising.
Further, salaries in the technology sector are significantly lower than other locales in an industry that doesn’t have any borders.
This outcome is very unsurprising.
SecurityScorecard, a US security firm for which GovHK is a client, gave Hong Kong’s gov’t organizations an average cybersecurity rating of D (69%)
• An org with a C, D, or F rating is 5.4× more likely to suffer a consequential data breach than ones with an A or B
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
• An org with a C, D, or F rating is 5.4× more likely to suffer a consequential data breach than ones with an A or B
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Exclusive | Which Hong Kong authorities score well on cybersecurity and which don’t?
A ratings agency gives its take but Digital Policy Office says gradings have limitations as they only take into account publicly available information.
www.scmp.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We (Hong Kong) do not regularly invest in our own tech solutions. A significant majority are tendered out.
Further, salaries in the technology sector are significantly lower than other locales in an industry that doesn’t have any borders.
This outcome is very unsurprising.
Further, salaries in the technology sector are significantly lower than other locales in an industry that doesn’t have any borders.
This outcome is very unsurprising.
Performance optimization, only ever four options:
1. Do less work.
2. Do the same amount of work, faster.
3. Do the same amount of work, more parallel.
4. Do the same amount of work, but at a time nobody cares how long it takes.
1. Do less work.
2. Do the same amount of work, faster.
3. Do the same amount of work, more parallel.
4. Do the same amount of work, but at a time nobody cares how long it takes.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Performance optimization, only ever four options:
1. Do less work.
2. Do the same amount of work, faster.
3. Do the same amount of work, more parallel.
4. Do the same amount of work, but at a time nobody cares how long it takes.
1. Do less work.
2. Do the same amount of work, faster.
3. Do the same amount of work, more parallel.
4. Do the same amount of work, but at a time nobody cares how long it takes.
This is transparently coordinated. Schumer has to go.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is transparently coordinated. Schumer has to go.
I made a milk tea cup Lego creation out of the Lego Classic box I … got for my kids?
You believe me, right?
You believe me, right?
November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I made a milk tea cup Lego creation out of the Lego Classic box I … got for my kids?
You believe me, right?
You believe me, right?
Traditional characters are superior for all use cases except “writing by hand.”
In a statement by the Education Bureau, all students should learn traditional Chinese, which would aid communication and help better integrate into Hong Kong society.
"If students have not learnt traditional Chinese before, schools must give them appropriate support"
hongkongfp.com/2025/11/07/a...
"If students have not learnt traditional Chinese before, schools must give them appropriate support"
hongkongfp.com/2025/11/07/a...
All students ought learn Trad. Chinese says Education Bureau amid exam row
All students should learn traditional Chinese regardless of their background, Hong Kong's education authorities have said after a government-subsidised school allowed the use of simplified Chinese in ...
hongkongfp.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Traditional characters are superior for all use cases except “writing by hand.”
What office does Brad Lander want, and how do we help him get it?
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What office does Brad Lander want, and how do we help him get it?
Reposted by Nathan Hammond 張拿敦
Probably a bad sign the original OSINT nerds are posting satellite imagery of the White House for BDA
New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Probably a bad sign the original OSINT nerds are posting satellite imagery of the White House for BDA
This looks like significant early mortality for men. Smoking?
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This looks like significant early mortality for men. Smoking?
Thou shalt not squash a contributor’s contribution out of the git log.
Do whatever you want with your own git history but maintainers: learn the necessary git fu to make sure the newbies get merkle credit.
Do whatever you want with your own git history but maintainers: learn the necessary git fu to make sure the newbies get merkle credit.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Thou shalt not squash a contributor’s contribution out of the git log.
Do whatever you want with your own git history but maintainers: learn the necessary git fu to make sure the newbies get merkle credit.
Do whatever you want with your own git history but maintainers: learn the necessary git fu to make sure the newbies get merkle credit.
@katereilly.bsky.social
Odds are pretty high that some of your well-intentioned reskeets about the plight of Gazans are scams.
bsky.app/profile/mk.g...
Odds are pretty high that some of your well-intentioned reskeets about the plight of Gazans are scams.
bsky.app/profile/mk.g...
October 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
@katereilly.bsky.social
Odds are pretty high that some of your well-intentioned reskeets about the plight of Gazans are scams.
bsky.app/profile/mk.g...
Odds are pretty high that some of your well-intentioned reskeets about the plight of Gazans are scams.
bsky.app/profile/mk.g...
Does “standing on the edge of a roof with no guardrails” meet OSHA standards?
They’re one overreaction to a return to sender tear gas canister from having somebody domino off the edge of that roof.
They’re one overreaction to a return to sender tear gas canister from having somebody domino off the edge of that roof.
Federal officers pepper ball protestors at Portland ICE facility just now.
October 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Does “standing on the edge of a roof with no guardrails” meet OSHA standards?
They’re one overreaction to a return to sender tear gas canister from having somebody domino off the edge of that roof.
They’re one overreaction to a return to sender tear gas canister from having somebody domino off the edge of that roof.
So, US air travel grinds to a halt tomorrow?
Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"
October 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
So, US air travel grinds to a halt tomorrow?
“We have travel at an appreciable fraction of light speed in this universe, but we fight wars with small arms.”
No, you don’t. If you’re fighting your only goal is to figure out how to stop some large interstellar object traveling at an appreciable fraction of light speed from hitting your planet.
No, you don’t. If you’re fighting your only goal is to figure out how to stop some large interstellar object traveling at an appreciable fraction of light speed from hitting your planet.
October 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“We have travel at an appreciable fraction of light speed in this universe, but we fight wars with small arms.”
No, you don’t. If you’re fighting your only goal is to figure out how to stop some large interstellar object traveling at an appreciable fraction of light speed from hitting your planet.
No, you don’t. If you’re fighting your only goal is to figure out how to stop some large interstellar object traveling at an appreciable fraction of light speed from hitting your planet.
Using a CCTLD for id.me (used for login to the IRS!) is absolutely unbelievable.
That should have been immediately and permanently disqualifying.
Why does Montenegro have the ability to disable or attack the singular login method for the IRS?
That should have been immediately and permanently disqualifying.
Why does Montenegro have the ability to disable or attack the singular login method for the IRS?
October 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Using a CCTLD for id.me (used for login to the IRS!) is absolutely unbelievable.
That should have been immediately and permanently disqualifying.
Why does Montenegro have the ability to disable or attack the singular login method for the IRS?
That should have been immediately and permanently disqualifying.
Why does Montenegro have the ability to disable or attack the singular login method for the IRS?
Reposted by Nathan Hammond 張拿敦
no longer sure i interpreted the "ui as pure function of the state" screed correctly.
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
no longer sure i interpreted the "ui as pure function of the state" screed correctly.
“The Legislative Council’s education panel will discuss possible solutions to the changes in the school-going population on Friday, after the bureau submitted a paper saying that the structural decline in the number of students was inevitable.”
Cheung Chau Government Secondary School could face the axe as there are fewer than 20 students enrolled in Form One, and schools this year must enroll at least 2 Form One classes of at least 27 students each.
It is the only secondary school remaining in Cheung Chau
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
It is the only secondary school remaining in Cheung Chau
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Hong Kong government urged to save island school facing axe from low numbers
District councillor appeals for authorities to retain Cheung Chau’s only school for underprivileged students who can’t afford to enrol elsewhere.
www.scmp.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“The Legislative Council’s education panel will discuss possible solutions to the changes in the school-going population on Friday, after the bureau submitted a paper saying that the structural decline in the number of students was inevitable.”
This is Will's worst take. (He means Miami.)
All the other things he says are generally right.
All the other things he says are generally right.
it's fascinating how florida is a state consisting of the best city in america and then the bottom 500 worst cities in america
Every city I’ve visited in Florida besides Miami
September 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This is Will's worst take. (He means Miami.)
All the other things he says are generally right.
All the other things he says are generally right.
Hong Kong Department of Health is correctly responding with "public health policies and medical advice must be based on scientific evidence" to the anti-science health policies pushed by conspiracy theorist RFK Jr.
Unfortunate that we even have to issue this press release.
Unfortunate that we even have to issue this press release.
In response to a media enquiry regarding use of pharmaceutical products containing acetaminophen by pregnant women and whether newborns should receive hepatitis B vaccination, the Department of Health emphasised that all public health policies and medical advice must be based on scientific evidence.
DH responds to media enquiry on paracetamol and hepatitis B vaccination for newborns
In response to a media enquiry regarding the use of pharmaceutical products containing acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) by pregnant women and whether newborns should receive...
www.info.gov.hk
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Hong Kong Department of Health is correctly responding with "public health policies and medical advice must be based on scientific evidence" to the anti-science health policies pushed by conspiracy theorist RFK Jr.
Unfortunate that we even have to issue this press release.
Unfortunate that we even have to issue this press release.
In response to a media enquiry regarding use of pharmaceutical products containing acetaminophen by pregnant women and whether newborns should receive hepatitis B vaccination, the Department of Health emphasised that all public health policies and medical advice must be based on scientific evidence.
DH responds to media enquiry on paracetamol and hepatitis B vaccination for newborns
In response to a media enquiry regarding the use of pharmaceutical products containing acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) by pregnant women and whether newborns should receive...
www.info.gov.hk
September 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
In response to a media enquiry regarding use of pharmaceutical products containing acetaminophen by pregnant women and whether newborns should receive hepatitis B vaccination, the Department of Health emphasised that all public health policies and medical advice must be based on scientific evidence.