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Weekly notes 10/9
Another week down. This past week I shocked even myself in that it took me <15 minutes to stand up a Bluesky instance and hook it in to their protocol. We truly are in a golden age of self hosting. You can find me @tom.bluesky.bananastorm.com though I’m still not sure how much I’ll use it.…
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Weekly notes – 9/30
Going to try to do something different here with a quick weekly notes post. Photo It’s fall and the weather is wonderful. I’ve been enjoying some walks with the kiddo and it’s a great way to wind down after work. What I’ve been reading I’ve not read as much stuff of late, but a few…
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Nested string interpolation in Groovy
So we’re going to go down a little rabbit hole regarding groovy string interpolation which I found odd enough to want to write up. First, some basics. Groovy uses string interpolation syntax similar to bash, which looks like this: Pretty straightforward, with a few interesting bits. First, you may have noted that we used both…
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Harry Potter and the Troublesome Audio Files
My kid loves audio books and stories. We got him a Yoto player, which has little NFC cards that point to audiobooks/playlists and it’s been amazing. Whenever we do a long (or even not so long) family drive we put on an audio book and he’s happy as can be watching the scenery and listening.…
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Further thoughts on the Fediverse
After writing my previous post on Dipping my toes into the Fediverse, I’ve been rolling it around in my mind. I think a lot of the issue is on my end more than the technology. Specifically, this quote from Babylon 5 came to mind: I wonder if, sitting there in the dark room of my…
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Dipping my toes into the Fediverse
Recently, I was inspired to set up my own Fediverse node. I was inspired by this post https://blog.elenarossini.com/gotosocial-empowers-you-to-have-your-own-home-on-the-fediverse-with-unique-controls/. You should definitely go check it out. I think the thing that got me most was the enthusiasm. The idea that things can be better if we just work on making them better. This permeates the Fediverse…
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Getting started actually understanding agile
So, the most critical article that I think everyone should read about general agile software development is a somewhat older article from Ars. It covers how Microsoft turned the ship around on one of their flagship products and kept themselves relevant when they could have easily lost their footing in the market. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/08/how-microsoft-dragged-its-development-practices-into-the-21st-century/ Secondly, this…