I still recall to this day, one of my university tutors talking about the C fastmath compiler directive: “I do not need a computer to arrive very, very quickly at the wrong answer; I can do that myself.”

It’s good to see that with applications of modern comp-sci we have graduated to arriving very, very slowly and at great expense at the wrong answer.

GitHub no longer has a single manager (I forget if the term was “CEO”), and is being folded in under MS’s AI team.

Sometimes I struggle with impostor syndrome. Reading this made me feel a lot more confident that I am actually really good at my job and not just fooling everyone into thinking I am.

Lot of people don’t get that, tho.

Don’t get me started on the difference between a group and a Group…

Wait, Rust is a functional language and not object oriented?

If you aren’t a fan of the book, I hear it’s fine. If you are, I hear you should skip it.

My first boss was a “just” guy. Thankfully he was also pro dev, being one himself, but sadly he was completely self-taught. This led to some interesting ideas, such as:

“We should not migrate anything to, or start any new projects in, .net framework 3. We should become the experts in .net framework 2, so people who need .net 2 solutions come to us.”

“Agile means we do less documentation.” (But we were already doing no documentation)

“Why are you guys still making that common functions class library? I just copy a .vb file into every project I work on, that way I can change it to suit the new project.” (This one led to the most amusing compound error I’ve fixed for a fellow dev.)

Good guy, all in all. But frustrating to work for often.

I have research to do, I see.

Can you elaborate for the curious among us?

No, you`re right.

This looks like a python programmer that is mad they have to write C# Java…

You might actually want to consider a DJI Power 500 or 1000. They’re actually portable power banks but can supposedly work in UPS mode, and will run for WAY longer than a traditional lead-acid battery UPS. See also Ecoflow’s options.

They’re a lot better than that where I live.

Still the best option, huh?

As someone else said, it’s mainly so I can ask couriers to leave packages in specific places, tell salespersons to go away without getting up, etc.

This one. Especially if I am not home.

That’s an interesting solution. However I don’t need this. I basically want a video intercom with whoever’s at the door.

Maybe I’ll look into electronic locks later, I guess. It’s not really a priority.

Surely someone will be able to reverse engineer the apk…