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This article is about two desirable traits in system upgrades: atomicity and being able to roll back. Atomicity: the upgrade is either applied in full or not applied at all. The system is not left in a broken state because, e.g., “the...
It’s Friday, so it’s time for the Book Blogger Hop again, hosted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer. I’ve made my own image from a stock photo (credit: Anna Shvets) to avoid adding images created via generative AI to my blog. Feel free to...
After what turned out to be a phenomenally successful Freedom 250 weekend that actually matched all the hype that preceded it; things sort of get back to normal within the NTT IndyCar Series as they head to the Milwaukee Mile. I said...
For my birthday this year my wife arranged a weekend in Columbus, Indiana, a small city about an hour south of Indianapolis. It’s the home of Cummins, the engine manufacturer. For a whole bunch of reasons related to this major employer,...
Meet SadBot :) The crappiest chatbot you'll talk to in 2026, but the most authentic one. I built him in 2020 when I was 10 years old, back when AI chatbots were even crappier than the automated ones on government websites.
Growing up with social media, especially post-2020 when my social media usage spiked like every other person in my position, has really impacted how I experience satisfaction and (can’t) exercise restraint. It is one thing to spend...
Fancy Friday Who’d have thought that The Pedant & Armchair would go all la-di-dah and ‘gastro’ with outside seating. It just needs a little Farrow & Ball green/grey paintwork to complete the ‘look’ so it will appeal to types who have...
More showers again and cold with it. Did all the mowing but very wet. Socky and Len Withers got wed today. Went to the Legion with Bill Ed and the Oak.
Questioning the JS frontend paradigm#Links with the ⚠ sign are, in my opinion, the most important ones. If you lack time, focus on those.2018#The Thirty Million Line ProblemCasey Muratori explains why software has become...
Peter Cullen was one of the nicest people I have ever met. He made such an impact on so many lives by putting a soul into a children’s toy. He was also really down to nerd out about microphones and recording gear, as you might imagine....
2026 fantasy, first in a possible series. Maggie Haley went to sleep one night and woke up naked in a ditch in her favourite fantasy series. She has nothing but a painful and specialised superpower, a fanatical knowledge of the books,...
The set up is a NixOS server with two user accounts, ~zach and ~agents. The ~agents account has a series of pi-msg agents. pi-msg is my XMPP wrapper the Pi coding harness that eschews the TUI and forces all comms to be over XMPP. Each...
"Last Contact" is a 2007 science fiction short story by Stephen Baxter. It is about a field of dark energy that is devouring the entire universe. Non-Spoiler Summary In A Nutshell: "Last Contact" follows two women, Maureen and Caitlin,...
Duncan Rawlinson photographed this aerial view over the Thousand Islands region of Ontario, Canada. A lone boat traces a clean wake across calm water, its path rippling outward in parallel lines that draw the eye through the frame. Small...
The Christophers (2025) • View trailerFour stars (out of five); rated R, for profanityAvailable via: HuluBy Derrick Bang • Published in The Davis Enterprise, 8.30.26Once upon a time, this thoughtful character study would have arrived...