Post details
Attached: 1 image Programmers fallacies about postcodes: - A postcode covers a small geographic area - A postcode is good enough to locate an end user for generating location suggestions - A postcode will be in a single timezone - A postcode only has a single state - A postcode has no exclaves/enclaves I would like you to meet 0872. Australia's largest postcode (I think), covers 3 states, has two cut outs (Warbuton and Alice Springs), and even still some mail outside of this area is routed via 0872

Post details
Attached: 1 image @www.jvt.me@www.jvt.me starting off he is telling us his blogging history impressive numbers so great he shares so wide ❤️

Thanks for those who came to my talk all about #blogging at #DDDEastMidlands! My slides can be found linked to on my talks site and there's a blog post writeup for the talk, too 😜
Why should you blog? (12 mins read).
A writeup of my talk at DDD East Midlands around why you should start blogging.
Post details
Attached: 1 image

Post details
Where do people find CFPs these days? CFPland seems to no longer exist… I found confs.tech, is that the most up to date one?
It's been just over a year since I wrote Analysing our dependency trees to determine where we should send Open Source contributions for Hacktoberfest which started off my journey with dependency-management-data and I'm super happy with the path it's taken me 🤓
Very excited to be attending and speaking at DDD East Midlands tomorrow 🎉 Looking forward to seeing some of the local tech community, and folks from further afield!
Post details
Attached: 1 image Continues to age like fine wine, like 15 years later

Post details
Someone asked me recently, what is one quality that is career limiting that many people don't realize is career limiting? My answer? Being unable to deal with ambiguity. The more senior you get, the more there are is no right answer or plan figured out. That's your job.
Post details
We already had something that turned text prompts into art, it was called paying an artist.
Post details
Me typing professional emails: Your solulu is delulu. #business #contentcreator #tech #security #safety #privacy
Post details
Words not to use in OSS projects or other collaborative efforts: - Laughable - Stupid - Obvious etc etc It’s rude, ignorant, offensive etc
Post details
Attached: 1 image "NOBODY WANTS TO WORK ANY MORE!" A brief history of capitalists complaining that nobody wants to work for starvation wages Image by @paulisci@mstdn.ca

Post details
One of my favorite tools in my productivity toolbox for getting started on things I don’t particularly feel like doing is the inverse pomodoro. It’s basically what it sounds like: a timed work/break cycle, but the work and break times are reversed from a normal pomodoro. I usually set a 5 minute timer, do some work, and then do something relaxing or fun for 15 minutes. I usually find that after doing that once or twice, it’s pretty easy to flip to normal pomodoros.
Post details
Attached: 1 image Are you interested in working in open source? Check out hundreds of open positions and set up job alerts on #OSJobHub https://opensourcejobhub.com/ #jobs #career #OpenSource #Linux #kernel #developer #engineer #sales #marketing #DevOps #sysadmin

Post details
For everyone who feels insecure about your relationships with others - partners, friends, etc. - do they actually like me? Am I tricking them or deceiving them or what if I'm secretly a bad person?: Remember - the other people in the relationship with you are whole-ass people with their own thoughts, feelings, needs, desires, etc. These actual whole-ass people have their own agency, and have decided to spend their time on this earth with you. If you've not been intentionally misleading them or hiding things or tricking them into being with you, then it probably means they actually like you for who you are. You're probably not as good at hiding who you are as you think, which means they know the parts of you that suck, and they like you despite or even BECAUSE of the parts of you that suck. It's okay to simply trust those who love you to have chosen to love you because you're you.
Post details
Have you ever been frustrated with your job? Maybe not burnt out, but getting close to there? You used to love what you did, and it felt so creative and empowering, but then it starts to feel a bit more cookie cutter.Have you ever been frustrated with your whole life? The daily grind has taken what you love and it... […]

Post details
Lost treasure. Conspiracy theories. Impossible tech demos. Jan Sloot claimed to have invented revolutionary data compression that could fit a full movie into a tiny smart card chip. Top executives and investors witnessed his demos and became true believers, ready to bankroll this company into the stratosphere. But was it all an elaborate illusion? Join me as I unravel the... […]

Post details
“we can’t find any good candidates for this role” you’re auto-rejecting people with 20 years experience because they don’t have a degree and then AI-sorting the rest by how Jared their name is
Post details
Nothing but love for @www.jvt.me for helping with this! I saw Jamie speak at DevOpsDays maybe 4 years ago and knew he was an all-star I wanted to know one day. I'm thankful that DevOpsDays this year I finally made that happen and it already proven I should have prioritised it sooner! 🤩
Solving /usr/lib/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server
errors with tmux over SSH (1 mins read).
How to avoid Xorg errors when connecting to a Linux machine over SSH that tries to spawn startx
.
This talk should also be a blog post (3 mins read).

How you can improve your public speaking by also writing blog posts for your talks.
Post details
In this episode of DevSecOps Talks, we dive deep into HashiCorp's recent shift to the Business Source License and its implications. Join Andrey, Julien, and Mattias as they unpack what this means for practitioners and explore the timeline of OpenTF initiative. Stay informed about what comes ahead with our latest discussion. Tune in! Connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter (see info at https://devsecops.fm/about/). We are happy to answer any questions, hear suggestions for new episodes or hear from you, our listeners.

Post details
and talk about filing bugs for software. There's the old saying that anyone can file bugs and submit patches for open source, but the reality is most people can't. Filing bugs for both closed and open source is nearly impossible in many instances. Even if you want to file a bug for an open source project, there are a lot of hoops before it's something that can be actionable. Show Notes
How blogging has affected me, as a neurodiverse person (5 mins read).
How I've used blogging to help with my ADHD.
Now on loop 🎶 These Lies - Exploid
Post details
So, funny story: remember how that Stanford professor described last years' layoffs as a "social contagion" exercise, where CEOs were just doing it because everyone else was doing it? https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/05/explains-recent-tech-layoffs-worried/ Well everyone get your surprised face ready but it was in fact a coordinated effort by execs, large shareholders and hedge funds to cover up mismanagement and suppress wages: https://www.teamblind.com/post/How-we-got-here-Some-inside-scoops-from-Microsoft-on-handling-early-days-of-pandemic-to-cutting-over-20K-folks-in-2023-7ndQwLAU Did I say funny, I meant awful, typo sorry those keys are right next to each other.
Post details
Amal, KBall & Chris convene a “semi-emergency” pod to discuss the recent (deserved) hype over Bun and what it all means for Node’s community, maintainers & users. They’re joined by Node Technical Steering Committee members Matteo Collina & James Snell who are here to dispel Bun antagonism rumors, discuss th...

Post details
Josh tells us about his newly launched consultancy with Julia Ferraioli called Open Chapters and his involvement with OSCON as a community manager, co-organizer, and program chair of the community track.

Post details
Developers make legal decisions everyday without consulting a lawyer, just by choosing open source software to use. But how well-equipped are they to make judgement calls on legal documents? This month, we look at research around that very question. #OpenSource #Licenses #Research https://www.juliaferraioli.com/blog/2023/influential-articles-sept/
Love to get an email from #Vercel: You’re off the waitlist for Next.js Conf 2023 and are officially registered.
despite never registering for the event. I also can't unsubscribe because (allegedly) This email contains important information about an event you registered for and cannot be unsubscribed from.
Regretting signing up for their prize giveaway at #LeadDev London, especially as this isn't the only thing I've been emailed about but can't unsubscribe from of theirs 🫠
Post details
Stop. Putting. Important. Info. In. Discord. Put it on the actual web, where it is searchable.
Post details
Honey I Scaled the Kids Back to Regular Size But There Are a Lot of Antialiasing Artifacts

Post details
Honey I Resized the Kids and Forgot to Check the 'Maintain Aspect Ratio' Box

Post details
Jerod gathers a group of friends for our first game show experiment here on Changelog & Friends! This is a game of obscure jargon, fake definitions & expert tomfoolery. Our contestants checked their imposter syndrome at the door, because they either know what these words mean or they fake it ’til they make thei...

Post details
Attached: 1 image #Ally #Rainbows

Post details
Thank you to this week's sponsor, Koyeb!Go 1.21.2 & 1.20.9 to release Oct 5Conferences🇺🇸 Go West Conference, Lehi, Utah, USA & Online, October 27🌐 Go-perf Meetup, CFP closes Oct 7, event early NovemberProposals & Bug Reports☕ Active: Add intern package🏎️ Closed: cmd/go: 1.21 regression in test...

Post details
Just seen a new favourite response to AI text. "Why should I bother to read something nobody could be bothered to write?"
Post details
I'm officially looking for new work! Contracts are great as they'd allow me to be a bit more flexible; but full time work is most ideal. Remote (US). My resume lives on my site at https://jacky.wtf/work. I'm open to Ruby, Rust and JavaScript roles currently. (https://jacky.wtf/2023/10/Mh0p)
Post details
This week we’re taking you to the hallway track of the final Strange Loop conference. First up is AnnMarie Thomas — an engineering, business, and education professor. AnnMarie gave one of the opening keynotes titled “Playing with Engineering.” We also caught up with many first-time and multi-time attendees who shared t...

Week Notes 23#39 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2023-09-25?
Welp, all my tweets are gone, aside from retweets as I couldn't be bothered to work out how to get rid of them, and a couple of notes to say I'm offski
I will be attending
Post details
Anyone else see "AI" and just switch off? If I'm looking for some new software or a SaaS, or I open an article and it mentions AI, I immediately go back or close the tab. I'm just so fed up of it appearing in *everything*. I get it has a use (I wouldn't even say it's a purpose) but it seems some products have gone hard on it and I'm just bored of hearing about it now.
Post details
Does anyone have any resources for managing neurodiverse people at work? I have an autistic+ADHD pal who needs support and adjustments made in how they work (e.g. better ways of tracking hours, trouble with being interrupted during a task, looming existential dread at unplanned meetings and most of all difficulty articulating needs) and it would be great to send them something they can show their manager.
Post details
In conversation w a friend, she was surprised when I said we won't have electricity after social collapse. She asked "why? What happens to electricity?" I had to then explain that infrastructure needs people to maintain and if things fall apart, nobody will keep the generators going or the wires in check. She seemed surprised by this. Is this why people don't seem worried about what's coming? They have no idea??? I was trying to hide my shock that I had to explain this to someone who isn't a child. I think I take too much for granted and assume too much of people's ability to be logical. Now her obsession with social issues at the expense of #ClimateCrisis makes sense. I was always wondering how someone on the left would not care about collapse. I have tried to explain before that as much as I share her concerns about the many dire issues that do need dealing with, none of it matters if climate change causes collapse. Then we won't have social housing, or equity, or any of the other things she cares about. (she was even part of a group that protested demanding "affordable gas") Her look of shock finally helped me realize that she has absolutely no idea what #ClimateCollapse means. No idea. I've been arguing with her all these years and she's had no idea. I don't even know what to say. There's no way she's the only one. Lots of well intentioned people say "yes climate is important but....". I am here to tell you that none of those other issues will even exist in the face of climate and social collapse. I don't know if the average person can even image the number of deaths that we are facing when the society we built loses electricity.
Post details
The longer I spend in the software industry the more I think that the primacy of "don't repeat yourself," in all its many forms and scales, is a tragic flaw. I think it is far, far harder than most anyone would like to admit, to write something that is usefully and sustainably reusable over any but the shortest distances in space and time.