curl code coverage https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/03/28/curl-code-coverage/

Let me explain why we don't have code coverage numbers for #curl.

Recently, I learned that I can rename my tmux windows by using prefix+,, which makes the tab bar so much more useful than just zsh zsh zsh zsh.

Hey, what the heck happened to tadpole tape cutters? They were such a useful tool!

Via Armin Ronacher (@mitsuhiko) on the birbsite:

Today in timezone madness: Lebanon had a last minute announcement of DST postponement. The Olson database complied. Now there is a dispute if it happens, and parts of the government reversed it. The country now has two timezones concurrently depending on who you ask.

Just realized that « bookkeeping how ressources are spend actually costs ressource, and increasing bookkeeping’s level of details can mean changing how work is done » is true for human activities but also for computing ones

I loath the way so many companies now boast about their Series A/B/C funding in their recruitment emails. When I read that shit, all I see is “we’re in debt to someone who will want a big exit”, and I cannot stress how much that makes me not want to work there. It also almost always means the company is not solvent.

AI in a nutshell https://marketoonist.com/2023/03/ai-written-ai-read.html

everyone: "amos is such a zealot I bet his code is the cleanliest thing I've ever seen and/or he never ships anything"

amos:

Oh, actually learned a few things about ChatGPT from Yegge’s post: https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/cheating-is-all-you-need

This is going to be a huge deal, especially if (when?) YARP gets adopted as the parser for CRuby, JRuby, TruffleRuby etc so they can avoid the ridiculous amount of duplicated work to support changes in Ruby syntax. Congratulations Kevin! https://twitter.com/kddnewton/status/1639687636372561922

I want one.

RE: https://mstdn.social/users/rysiek/statuses/110080099350285476

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT A HIGHLY ESTEEMED DEED, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BEING A PLACE OF HONOR, FITNESS FOR COMMEMORATION, AND ANYTHING OF VALUE

Disruption Killed Innovation - yup.

https://ez.substack.com/p/disruption-killed-innovation

I didn’t realize that the trick to getting a bunch of developers to clearly articulate what they’re after was just to call it “prompt engineering.”

Thoughts on SSH host certificates and how they could have made the Github situation less bad: https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/65874.html

With so much political shouting about trans issues, it’s a refreshing change to read about the human beings who are affected by it all (gift link)

https://wapo.st/42Ff9LO

Ruby 2.7 goes EOL next Friday. #ruby

I'm not writing an entire blog post about how stupid a US TikTok ban would be because this is all that needs to be said:

If the Chinese government is in your threat model, don’t install TikTok on your device. Otherwise, your actual problem is surveillance capitalism.

I’m good at both kinds of programming: overcomplicating simple things and underestimating complex problems