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@theinternate.com
Keeping it simple at some canadian fintech. I like your posts.
I have one trick and it is speaking with regular words instead of domain-driven design jargon. Ironic given it's the core lesson of the book.
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I have one trick and it is speaking with regular words instead of domain-driven design jargon. Ironic given it's the core lesson of the book.
`less` has both `--raw-control-chars` and `--RAW-CONTROL-CHARS`. The manual warns against using the lower-cased flag. Peak interface design.
October 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
`less` has both `--raw-control-chars` and `--RAW-CONTROL-CHARS`. The manual warns against using the lower-cased flag. Peak interface design.
Using `jj describe` with empty commits to plan and define dependencies between tasks for Claude Code. Working suspiciously well so far...
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Using `jj describe` with empty commits to plan and define dependencies between tasks for Claude Code. Working suspiciously well so far...
@crawshaw.io is there any place I can go to learn more about the tradeoffs of the (frankly weird) all-columns-generated-from-a-single-JSON-column technique?
October 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@crawshaw.io is there any place I can go to learn more about the tradeoffs of the (frankly weird) all-columns-generated-from-a-single-JSON-column technique?
I leant so much every time I listen to @joran.tigerbeetle.com or the folks at @antithesis.com so this is a treat overcast.fm/+ABQilWvYIxk
Fixing five “two-year” bugs per day — The BugBash Podcast
Some bugs are so rare, they can take years to track down and fix. What if you could find and fix five of them per day? For Joran Dirk Greef, the creator of the TigerBeetle database, that's not a wild ...
overcast.fm
October 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I leant so much every time I listen to @joran.tigerbeetle.com or the folks at @antithesis.com so this is a treat overcast.fm/+ABQilWvYIxk
I hate working from home but at least I can blast the new Big Thief
September 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I hate working from home but at least I can blast the new Big Thief
Typos in prose – a commit message, pull request description, comments – really tank my confidence in the surrounding code.
September 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Typos in prose – a commit message, pull request description, comments – really tank my confidence in the surrounding code.
@mitchellh.com I'm reading the blog post thinking "oh no why would you blog about this" and then
> Memory safety seems to... erm... activate certain conversations
Did an actual spit-take
> Memory safety seems to... erm... activate certain conversations
Did an actual spit-take
August 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
@mitchellh.com I'm reading the blog post thinking "oh no why would you blog about this" and then
> Memory safety seems to... erm... activate certain conversations
Did an actual spit-take
> Memory safety seems to... erm... activate certain conversations
Did an actual spit-take
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Senior ICs:
stated preference: i hate meetings
revealed preference: goddamn do i love me a good 90 minute 1:1
revealed preference: goddamn do i love me a good 90 minute 1:1
August 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Senior ICs:
All you see is DRY but all I see is shared mutable state
August 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
All you see is DRY but all I see is shared mutable state
The four year old will ask “Dad, what do you do after I go to bed?” And my answer is always something like “I scrub pans and fold laundry”
Truth is I stay up late eating girl guide cookies laughing at funny videos. His worst nightmare
Truth is I stay up late eating girl guide cookies laughing at funny videos. His worst nightmare
July 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The four year old will ask “Dad, what do you do after I go to bed?” And my answer is always something like “I scrub pans and fold laundry”
Truth is I stay up late eating girl guide cookies laughing at funny videos. His worst nightmare
Truth is I stay up late eating girl guide cookies laughing at funny videos. His worst nightmare
A new protocol is about to drop, "Agentic Coding Protocol". It's going allow tools like Gemini CLI and Claude Code to interoperate.
July 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A new protocol is about to drop, "Agentic Coding Protocol". It's going allow tools like Gemini CLI and Claude Code to interoperate.
Only drop this xkcd in discussions about new standards, not new things. It is not a joke about building new things. Building new things is cool. Encourage it. xkcd.com/927/
Standards
xkcd.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Only drop this xkcd in discussions about new standards, not new things. It is not a joke about building new things. Building new things is cool. Encourage it. xkcd.com/927/
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Never say engineers don't like process; many of them love a process that helps them avoid having conversations (especially disagreements) with other people!
July 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Never say engineers don't like process; many of them love a process that helps them avoid having conversations (especially disagreements) with other people!
Yeah, Siri still sucks. No, that isn't why Apple's researchers published research on the limitations of reasoning models.
June 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Yeah, Siri still sucks. No, that isn't why Apple's researchers published research on the limitations of reasoning models.
Just gave advice to the boss “do X for sure, probably” so you could say I’m consigliere
June 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Just gave advice to the boss “do X for sure, probably” so you could say I’m consigliere
You didn’t “solve the problem” or “make progress” by increasing the timeout
June 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You didn’t “solve the problem” or “make progress” by increasing the timeout
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Wow, a comment on HN I actually agree with!
May 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Wow, a comment on HN I actually agree with!
This whole Sam & Jony business is objectively hilarious
May 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This whole Sam & Jony business is objectively hilarious
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RFK Jr: Autistic kids are a tragedy. They'll never pay taxes, never hold down a job, never contribute anything to society
Autistic kids:
Autistic kids:
April 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
RFK Jr: Autistic kids are a tragedy. They'll never pay taxes, never hold down a job, never contribute anything to society
Autistic kids:
Autistic kids:
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I've learned over the years when @louisemeta.bsky.social tells me she has an idea for a blog post I don't hesitate, just simply ask when can I see it because I know it's going to be awesome. This is no exception
Postgres does a good job of keeping internal statistics of your which are used to plan how queries are executed. But Postgres doesn't always know how columns are related. In this deep dive we look at hacking the statistics for improved performance
Hacking the Postgres Statistics Tables for Faster Queries | Crunchy Data Blog
Adding extended statistics can add information about how columns are related. Louise has some real life example queries and tips for working with extended table stats that can dramatically improve…
www.crunchydata.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I've learned over the years when @louisemeta.bsky.social tells me she has an idea for a blog post I don't hesitate, just simply ask when can I see it because I know it's going to be awesome. This is no exception
xkcd 1205 but for dicking around with half-baked MCP servers
April 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
xkcd 1205 but for dicking around with half-baked MCP servers
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NixOS is the Plan9 of Linux
ubuntu is the windows of linux, pop!_os is the mac of linux and arch is the linux of linux
April 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NixOS is the Plan9 of Linux
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Catching up on SR&ED changes. It’s (a) what I expected and (b) not in the ballpark of what should have been done.
Shine a light on foreign firms’ use; cut SR&ED in half, spend that money on direct innovation funding; stop subsidizing what firms are going to do anyway.
betakit.com/feds-announc...
Shine a light on foreign firms’ use; cut SR&ED in half, spend that money on direct innovation funding; stop subsidizing what firms are going to do anyway.
betakit.com/feds-announc...
Feds announce VCCI renewal, SR&ED and pension fund changes ahead of Fall Economic Statement
SR&ED expands eligibility while pension fund investment incentives get sweetened.
betakit.com
December 15, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Catching up on SR&ED changes. It’s (a) what I expected and (b) not in the ballpark of what should have been done.
Shine a light on foreign firms’ use; cut SR&ED in half, spend that money on direct innovation funding; stop subsidizing what firms are going to do anyway.
betakit.com/feds-announc...
Shine a light on foreign firms’ use; cut SR&ED in half, spend that money on direct innovation funding; stop subsidizing what firms are going to do anyway.
betakit.com/feds-announc...
@aaronfrancis.com how did you get dark mode toggling to work with... VIDEO?
December 11, 2024 at 5:33 PM
@aaronfrancis.com how did you get dark mode toggling to work with... VIDEO?