Notices by Scott Hanselman 👸🏽🐝🌮 (shanselman@hachyderm.io)

It’s on now! #Nandos (smuggled from
South Africa! 🇿🇦 😊)

This isn’t a “git gud C++ is hard” issue and it damn well isn’t an DEI one. 3/3

It’s always one line of code but it’s NEVER one person. Implying inclusion policies caused a bug is simplistic, reductive, and racist. Engineering is a team sport. Inclusion makes for good teams. Good engineering practices makes for good software. Engineering practices failed to find a bug multiple times, regardless of the seniority of the human who checked that code in. Solving the larger system thinking SDLC matters more than the null pointer check. 2/3

Context- someone on the birdside are blaming #crowdstrike on DEI hiring

Here’s the thing folks. I’ve been coding 32 years. When something like this happens it’s an organizational failure. Yes, some human wrote a bad line. Someone can “git blame” and point to a human and it’s awful. But it’s the testing, the Cl/CD, the A/B testing, the metered rollouts, an oh shit button to roll it back, the code coverage, the static analysis tools, the code reviews, the organizational health, and on and on 1/3

Our community team at Microsoft also comprises the Open Source Programs Office (OSPO). Recently we funded 175 #OpenSource organizations and developers representing hundreds of packages in June. This blog post describes what was learned! https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2024/06/27/5-things-we-learned-from-sponsoring-a-sampling-of-our-open-source-dependencies/

@ThibaultDu @Powareverb @gerowen @GossiTheDog I don’t work on the project but I find the NPU tech and the open SDKs behind it (and onyx runtime) interesting. My opinion is it should be not just opt-in but something you download explicitly and install if you want it. Similar to RescueTime and TimeSnapper and AugmenD and other apps that have done this stuff for years (using OCR). This should be as secure as your browser history, encrypted at rest, non roaming, etc.

@felsqualle @starfrost this was the person who I saw build it first https://x.com/virtuallyfun/status/1783645325388865685?s=46

@felsqualle @starfrost ya that #define was hilarious to find

@jason @felsqualle yes, that was a miss and I apologize, we didn’t think about the UTF-8 problem. Someone did already get it to build, however, so it’s confirmed possible, and I’m gonna try to put together a script to fix. I’ll also try to put together a correct zip file in a few weeks.

We just open-sourced DOS 4 (and found binaries of Multitasking DOS 4) https://www.hanselman.com/blog/open-sourcing-dos-4

Microsoft has quietly launched an end to end Code Signing solution and it's free until June while in Preview https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/trusted-signing-is-in-public-preview/ba-p/4103457 Do you have an open source app or project and strugging with code signing? Give this a try

Just got recognized at chipotle by young software engineer who saw me on TikTok. You’re not gonna be able to tell me that the work we’re doing isn’t moving some needle! She’s got an internship starting this December!

Found my mouse pad from my first business. How many out of date references can you find lol?

I love that in 2024 you can get new and fresh bespoke #SegaGenesis games! Going to support this Kickstarter, I just backed it. You can get a wrong, or you can get a physical cartridge, or a cartridge and box. Great for #RetroGaming lovers https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spacepantsgames/rocket-panda-a-delicious-rocket-adventure-for-sega-genesis

Reminding yourself who you are after 18 years of raising kids as they start to become more independent and head out into the world is an overwhelming and introspective process.

Wow LMStudio is AMAZING. Just works. I set up local models running on my NVidia and was running in 10 minutes! THEN a local proxy that pretends to be an OpenAI endpoint and I'm writing C# chat apps in airplane mode! https://lmstudio.ai Damn near perfect app #ai #chatgpt

absolutely bizarre issue on my Mac m2, it was CONVINCED it was Aug 2023 and refused to set the time automatically, even when I was explicit in settings. I had to sudo sntp -sS http://time.apple.com myself at the command line

Exiting #BaldursGate3 act two. This game is an absolute masterpiece. I must say I did enjoy act one more than act two, as it is starting to narrow in focus and your ability to free roam, but it cannot be overstated what an amazing accomplishment this game is

@rombat @thomasfuchs the joke is we are serious! CUECAT WILL RISE AGAIN

@thomasfuchs same https://www.hanselman.com/blog/coding4fun-hardware-boneyard-using-the-cuecat-with-net