2026-09-03T05:03:20Z https://nostr.ae Owen https://nostr.ae/npub1vkpfj9m9p4wae2ukptft3mqcfwenvlwtjs6f8kjpjn90jwuq0zzq9uc8gs https://cdn.masto.host/transneptune/accounts/avatars/000/000/043/original/1f8816cbca91b6b8.png https://cdn.masto.host/transneptune/accounts/avatars/000/000/043/original/1f8816cbca91b6b8.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdh04dq9knvp56zjzhe6vrc83rkn90fyuhqtqua5ax2c97nqdrlnqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggqqsp9s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsruaysen7dz99wre8vxm8dragdzdr07qmscpnj4pnq3w2nltt4jpsszrzd7'>nevent1q…rzd7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hell, I see my technical-in-group peers resorting to LLM support to navigate this exact category of bullshit. Some of them are the same people who get judgy about others doing it, though fewer than I expected in my professional life. 2026-09-02T17:15:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsruaysen7dz99wre8vxm8dragdzdr07qmscpnj4pnq3w2nltt4jpszypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugg2yeruv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9pv76qq7n6zva0k0ktvql8yrrqs5fdxl7k86ddzmqs47uy06u64qctj563'>nevent1q…j563</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For my community it&#39;s at the point of being ritual forgetting. None of us would willingly subject ourselves to enterprise SSO, or corporate VPN requirements, or Confluence, and we complain vocally about these things to one another. It&#39;s The Same Pile, only the community membership of the speaker has ever differed. 2026-09-02T16:30:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxxhzvrpw7sfs9a7fj7gu7s3ww0hvdwwwx5zvldte36slktljecdczypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggjdckgt brb gotta unlock my charger<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/transneptune/media_attachments/files/117/163/388/157/899/587/original/9907410bcf732815.png"> <br/> 2026-08-26T19:11:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdm320526p67faufwc9vhjdrjqg53jsw40udd9fzmahpu8fjrv6egzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggreh4g4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9j30pmw03gyy453ztgukgjr9h23j7mq0v2xha932qpp73l5hezmsag5xpe'>nevent1q…5xpe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>on the one hand, a three-button approach to weapons instead of a weapon picker was actually a significant design refinement for the genre and has had extensive, permanent impact<br/><br/>on the other hand, they haven&#39;t had a second idea since, really 2026-08-18T14:32:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspzwlm2j2kdxlrmfdv9mkyx57tjrf5w6hzjuap6ewmvlsn6ugnpzqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggxl539u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9kt83p02358tjnppkardt6p8m47l9l20x5g5lzgg4j7a7k6k4hnqjwmh26'>nevent1q…mh26</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Other people have to be able to build this&#34; is not the social norm for the community bazel et al service 2026-08-07T15:19:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx2ukzg7fp6t6ump5vazgm6n5uhfrlnsz3q7fh30hmj5jrmgskdkqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggtlldpn I&#39;m not using third-party libraries because it takes too long to write all that code for myself.<br/><br/>I&#39;m using third-party libraries because I think the authors know something about the domains involved, and have reified their understanding in code.<br/><br/>If there&#39;s no understanding to reify, then it&#39;s not useful to me. 2026-07-16T17:32:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0whf44qqtmrvanajlwpj2earr4ln05djqv3eqrsw4q8t40tmdpdgzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggrp52nu <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/">https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/</a><br/><br/>Gitlab started giving me bad vibes a few years back, and I abandoned my attempt to relocate my Github stuff over to it at that time.<br/><br/>This press release makes me _extraordinarily_ glad that I dodged the metaphorical bullet. The news itself is depressing, but the things it reveals about the company&#39;s leadership are inexcusable. 2026-05-11T23:27:36Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq0khhrzpk4ujrcu2tx30k2q4mw8nqkekcvfsep3u2gmlwhylpetqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggzwg7gn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsddz3np84ukdxvw9rqpn9g0vtd4mahdxj5xh8mws6g5k5kwjr5wncky4jau'>nevent1q…4jau</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For the #factorio nerds in the audience, this is Py&#39;s _green_ circuit board. 2026-03-21T01:46:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsddz3np84ukdxvw9rqpn9g0vtd4mahdxj5xh8mws6g5k5kwjr5wnczypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggzgja4g soon<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/transneptune/media_attachments/files/116/264/634/304/930/717/original/c494673af33064a0.png"> <br/> 2026-03-21T01:46:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsff474qh9dx8rsduuk603k9gdv2rh76qn9f4dzfd7pare557jvetczypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugg8vfkd3 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/115950673345256369">https://mastodon.social/@mhoye/115950673345256369</a><br/><br/>It&#39;s not often I find myself disagreeing with mhoye, but this is one of those instances - not about the results, where I agree perfectly, but about the reasons.<br/><br/>As I see it, we as a profession have allowed all of the ways we can relate with the users of the software we write to be shoved aside, so that the only way most people experience software is as a contract. The rest follows.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1q4pg84wch60zvjlvvarwaxaftu748rgdeyxpsx2stegfj6gw4kks0eu3y5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1q4p…u3y5</a></span><br/> </div> But somehow out here there are computer-touchers willing to look at an incident where somebody clicks one checkbox in error and loses years of their professional life, and say "well it's your fault for reasons?"<br/><br/>What would it take, in your head, for you to believe the company that built that checkbox, that owns every byte of code and all the infrastructure behind it, has a duty of care? That maybe that company has a positive moral obligation to people, and even - gasp - society? </blockquote> 2026-01-24T19:09:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrmfffae4c04ccjeujmdylegkh93g6lwst42m3vsdxlxjhhtfxlngzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugg5nddku In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfvzmdr8g0mvvyh5lza8cjtn7aapwx6wanurnhyp87clh0tw5v9fgcfal64'>nevent1q…al64</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>congratulations! 2025-08-10T15:43:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsde79808cmz547rymrc8px0g6afcwcjw0st6mwsqxcwmutqyac6uqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugg04thpk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswx8ts3q0jk3lasf5heu0j440ftwz8j4qnc8cys6jhvydhsvwwc4qrdufwp'>nevent1q…ufwp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I strongly suspect that the `web+` schemata you&#39;ve seen are the result of [rules like this one](<a href="https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/best-practices/url-protocol-handler#background_on_the_registerprotocolhandler_method">https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/best-practices/url-protocol-handler#background_on_the_registerprotocolhandler_method</a>).<br/><br/>Freestanding apps usually have wide discretion to register URL schemata, but browser-hosted apps are subject to concerns of both the OS and the browser vendor, and, in this case, additionally the whims of WHATWG.<br/><br/>That shapes the advocacy, I think? 2025-04-21T20:32:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstaqk5relv0kgfqnc3w0yr2qu5nrc48ld0mdwhm5cjnqahzuqc0rszypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugguyvaxv Reality is always weirder than the shit we make up for fun.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/transneptune/media_attachments/files/114/376/822/584/020/307/original/3655006c3a7b8d96.png"> <br/> 2025-04-21T16:11:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq26898uxax8gxedmy7746fwmc5w0ltdj9q6pw82p3sxpffehdaaczypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggy2tkpx Programmers out there: can I safely assume that you were drilled on the idea that global variables have a bunch of unpleasant side effects on the design of your programs, and that you should avoid them, however it is that you learned to program?<br/><br/>Or is my expectation that this is widespread advice more idiosyncratic to my own experiences than I realize? 2025-03-05T18:39:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvds2ys2d6gn7d2cw5gwx37yntkzpxtge64zjngrmy3t75q6euknczypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspugg8glyvf Hey, you. Yes, you. I hope you know this: it&#39;s okay to make decisions about people because of their politics. It&#39;s okay to cut people out of your life, or to disregard their work, because of who they support or what harms they stand behind.<br/><br/>Don&#39;t let anyone tell you otherwise. 2024-11-06T18:20:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqyja6tp3kah66dakttrpmzmxx9qz9u8qv2wt6zryh5glxdwyvztqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggc47exu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9tkfple4ctuwrvjhmncktnsem62akgjgctxg8nk58akevq8gvwaq4xjkfx'>nevent1q…jkfx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The classic changelog serves, among other purposes, to persuade users of the importance of installing an update. The vestigial changelog - &#34;Bug fixes and feature improvements&#34; - is a frank admission that we no longer feel like there&#39;s any point in doing the suasion when users don&#39;t get to say no in the first place. 2024-06-20T19:33:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9tkfple4ctuwrvjhmncktnsem62akgjgctxg8nk58akevq8gvwaqzypjc9xghv5x4mh9tjc9d9w8vrp9mxdnaew2rfy76gx2v47fmspuggwvp7hq I dunno, but I have a feeling that the normalization of automatic updates has relieved developers and their clients of having to consider a user&#39;s needs to a large degree. Software change is now something you do to your users, not something you persuade your users to accept. 2024-06-20T19:31:54Z