Conquer The Lawn

Why Software Engineers like Other Creative Hobbies

Why Software Engineers like WoodworkingThe smell of fresh pine sawdust filled the air, with more floating up as I sanded the last rough corner of the stool. My toddler was happily sanding her own block off to the side. Woodworking was a new hobby I’d picked up. My old

architecture

Modular Monoliths

I just ran across a pretty good series of posts on modular monoliths: Modular Monolith: A Primer - Kamil GrzybekWhat is a Modular Monolith architecture - introductory post in article series about monolithic and modular systemsKamil GrzybekKamil Grzybek [http://www.kamilgrzybek.com/design/modular-monolith-primer/]The first article in the series

linux

macOS key bindings in Pop!_OS

GitHub - petrstepanov/gnome-macos-remap: Script remaps default GNOME keyboard shortcuts to macOS standards. This provides native desktop environment feel for Mac users that are utilizing GNOME-based Linux desktop environment. Read more informatino about the script on Medium: https://medium.com/@petrstepanov/a-macos-like-keyboard-remap-on-ubuntu-linux-cae1d108a97 Script remaps default GNOME keyboard shortcuts to macOS

privacy

Self Host Everything

Just ran across https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted and wanted to make a note of it for future me. Immediately I noticed a few things: Password Manager: Vaultwarden File Synchronization: Syncthing

networking

Building a pfsense box

I'm putting together a barebones server to run pfsense on. So far, here's what I've come up with: * Yanling N13L6 [https://www.ylipc.com/product/N13L6] * Dogfish 120GB M-SATA SSD [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0754959YH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1]

dns

How does DNS work?

Just ran across https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/learning/dns/dns-server-types/ while trying to figure out the difference between the an authoritative nameserver and a root nameserver. I had no idea this is how DNS works. In short, DNS requests are routed first to a recursive resolver which returns a

humor

If you feel useless...

humor

Dad at Comedy Barn

humor

Chicken farmer laughs like a chicken

software development

Terraform is like...

Trying to use Terraform is like taking a car that needs an oil change to the dealer, and they say, oh, you need an oil change? Please give us the keys, we need to melt down the entire vehicle and create a new one with oil in it. Your new

design

Remove Cruft

I found an article - https://qntm.org/clean - reviewing the Clean Code book, and really enjoyed it. Two paragraphs in particular jumped out at me: > So... imagine that someone enters a kitchen, because they want to show you how to make a cup of coffee. As you watch

language design

Elixir genservers are painful

Papercups | Learning Elixir’s `GenServer` with a real-world examplePapercups is an open-source live chat widget. Chat with your customers to improve conversions and customer satisfaction.Learning Elixir's `GenServer` with a real-world example [https://papercups.io/blog/genserver]If nothing else, this article captures why genservers are painful to use. Imagine

design

Invariants should define consistency boundaries

DDD Aggregates: Consistency Boundary - James HickeyA consistency boundary helps us when we have business rules in our software that span multiple objects or have high contention. Let’s dig down a bit deeper!James HickeyPost author By jamesmh [https://www.jamesmichaelhickey.com/consistency-boundary/] 1. Define your invariants! What properties

Why does an A note on a piano sound different from an A note on a violin?

This article - https://omarshehata.me/notebook/exploring_sound - explains why different instruments sound different, despite playing the same note. It is so fascinating. Long story short, the sound that an instrument produces when it plays a particular note consists of many frequencies, not just one. The strongest constituent

design

Write modular code. Avoid microservices until absolutely necessary.

Modules, monoliths, and microservicesWhat is a microservice? When are microservices a good idea? Lately, I get people asking me when microservices are a good idea. In systems design explains the world, I talked about big-picture issues like second system effect, innovator’s dilemmas, and more. Can systems design answer the

cryptocurrency

Ray Dalio: Cryptocurrency is a long-duration option on a highly unknown future

In https://www.bridgewater.com/research-and-insights/ray-dalio-what-i-think-of-bitcoin , Ray Dalio nails it with: > Bitcoin looks like a long-duration option on a highly unknown future that I could put an amount of money in that I wouldn’t mind losing about 80% of.

humor

Mainframe: The Art of the Sale

Mainframe: The Art of the Sale, Lesson OneMainframe: The Art of the Sale, Lesson TwoMainframe: The Art of the Sale, Lesson ThreeMainframe: The Art of the Sale, Lesson FourMainframe: The Art of the Sale, Lesson FiveMainframe: The Art of the Sale, Lesson Six

humor

Devs watching QA test the product

Saying "yes" is like spending, "no" is like saving.

Per https://fs.blog/2011/09/steve-jobs-saying-no/, "Saying no is like saving your money in the bank, whereas saying yes is spending it. Most of us are on overdraft. Before you say yes, ask yourself if it’s necessary."

music

"Weird Al" Yankovic - The Hamilton Polka

privacy

One more reason to never use Google Chrome

Per [1], [2], and [3], Google Chrome is no longer safe to use. Google has silently been testing out their replacement for third party cookies - and they've been testing it on you - for who knows how long. They are publicly proposing this successor, because now they know it

Dad Life

Mommy Likes Castles Too

C: Daddy, do we have any more paper to draw on for Mommy's birthday card? Me: Yes, it's right over there. C, what are you drawing for Mommy? She likes butterflies, flowers, and lots of pretty things. C: Yeah, she also likes castles. I'm drawing a castle with a birthday

microcontrollers

New Microcontroller: Raspberry Pi Pico

Buy a Raspberry Pi Pico – Raspberry PiThe new, flexible $4 microcontroller board from Raspberry PiRaspberry PiThe Raspberry Pi Foundation [https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-pico/]Raspberry Pi Enters Microcontroller Game With $4 PicoRaspberry Pi was synonymous with single-board Linux computers. No longer. The $4 Raspberry Pi Pico board is their

lego

Lego Sorting Machine

Raspberry Pi LEGO sorter - Raspberry PiRaspberry Pi is at the heart of this AI-powered, automated sorting machine that’s capable of recognising and sorting any LEGO brick.Raspberry PiAshley Whittaker [https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-lego-sorter/]

christianity

Reconciliation of God's sovereignty and man's free will is beyond our ability to comprehend

Per https://www.planobiblechapel.org/tcon/notes/html/ot/lamentations/lamentations.htm , "If God is sovereign, are human beings genuinely free moral agents? Is not God, rather than man, really responsible for sin? Almost all students of the Scriptures have concluded that the resolution of the biblical teaching of God's