Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18011980

This is that Edison garbage about “better mousetrap”. Which my father quoted to me many times. (Mostly in defense of Microsoft.)

«Developing software is the easy part. I figured when I was done people would be lining up which is of course naive. Selling and support is harder and takes more time and effort than writing code.»

https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/passed-over-but-not-out-thriving-as-a-career-major/

I feel like this is relevant to civilians, also.

«Just don’t sit down and quit, and don’t be the drag on your squadron. It’s still your squadron and you still need to meet the board one more time with a good record.»

http://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/

More awfulness, to go along with that “Programming Sucks” post from a few years ago.

«And build times? Nobody thinks compiler that works minutes or even hours is a problem. What happened to “programmer’s time is more important”? Almost all compilers, pre- and post-processors add significant, sometimes disastrous time tax to your build without providing proportionally substantial benefits.»

I feel like there’s a fundamental truth here.

https://twitter.com/jongold/status/1042195130235543552?s=17

I Am Devloper (@iamdevloper) Tweeted:
RT @jongold: do you ever consider that the rest of your career in tech will probably be spent relearning how Docker works every 6 months?

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article218610365.html

Mmm, bacon.

«The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality said Tuesday that four open air lagoons that store hog waste have structural damage, up from two known pits whose retaining walls were compromised as of Monday.

The environmental agency said 13 lagoons are overflowing from heavy rainfall and 55 are close to the brim and could overflow if water levels continue rising.

The agency has not inspected any of the 3,300 waste lagoons in North Carolina and is relying on self-reporting by farmers, said spokeswoman Megan Thorpe. Three regional agency offices are closed after Hurricane Florence and some state employees had to be evacuated due to rising water levels.

What’s more, it’s assumed that some farmers have not yet seen the state of their hog operations because they lack access to their properties.»

But… bacon…..

Source: http://www.shakesville.com/2018/09/trump-declassifies-documents-in-brazen.html

#TRE45ON.

«The documents Trump is releasing reflect a specific request, down to the page numbers, made by the Republican members of the House judiciary and intelligence committees this summer. Justice and intelligence officials had resisted releasing the information on the grounds that it was too sensitive.»

Word docs are binary files, so two developers updating documentation can’t edit simultaneously and then merge. And as soon as somebody starts editing in even the most trivial way, TFS establishes a lock. “Just use Word”. Thanks, Microsoft. Again. From the bottom of my black, black heart. For raising the barrier to documentation.

Southern Artisan Spirits Barrel-rested (“rested”?) Gin is craziness. A mix of aquavit, absinthe, wood, and gin. My first sipping gin.

http://www.southernartisanspirits.com/index.html