Notices by Aijaz Ansari (aijaz@mastodon.social), page 2

I don't like saving raw JSON into a database. I prefer structured data. But sometimes it's unavoidable, e.g. for cases when requirements change on a daily or hourly basis.

PostgreSQL makes this very easy with the jsonb data type.

Let's say I want to figure out how many people agreed to the 'preteen childcare waiver`.

Common Table Expressions (CTEs) make this pretty intuitive.

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“It appears you have an ad-blocker.”

“The reason it appears so is also the reason it is so.”

I’m reminded of some claims someone desperately craving adulation made when a bunch of little boys were trapped in a cave. https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/113029522020937766

I hope this becomes a case of unforeseen consequences: maybe LLM-generated reports will be like a Midas-Touch-Trump-level-GPL-of-Ruin: everything they touch becomes inadmissible in court.

Honestly, I don’t see that happening, but one can hope. https://fediscience.org/@ct_bergstrom/113028807149928775

The dancing baby is older than many of my coworkers.
https://haunted.computer/@Dio9sys/113006953088342019

IIRC, one of the most influential coders in our field started off as a tech writer who decided that, in order to really do his job well he should learn the subject matter inside out. I’m talking about the late W. Richard Stevens (died 1999 aged 48), the author of “TCP/IP Illustrated,’ “UNIX Network Programming” etc.

I read about this about 30 yrs ago & can’t find the reference now.

One of his books was a key prop in “Wayne’s World 2.”

https://youtu.be/hjjydz40rNI?si=QcanzTYlbp0funm3

https://hackers.town/@socketwench/113023795706855026

And if I don’t water it at an obscene rate my HOA will threaten to fine me for violating the ‘covenant’ I made with them. https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill/112945773639384233

If only there were a world wide network of computers - a web where we could host this info https://hackers.town/@lori/112923645525398753

One of these is an Abomination. https://beige.party/@OutOnTheMoors/112881805477200447

On the one hand I’m looking forward to spending the next 3 days in the mountains with no Internet access. On the other hand, this is a great week for politics as a spectator sport.

I swear I thought this was fanfic about a once-beloved company that made calculators and printers. https://mstdn.social/@ppatel/112800382873913940

The older I get the more I realize that one of the most important stories out there is “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”

The shooter was a registered Republican? I wonder how they’ll spin that.

I'm very pleased about this. I thought I was being pedantic working towards 100% coverage via Unit Tests. But I found a couple of bugs, as well as some branches of code that could never run as a result of this effort. All in all, I think the effort was worth it. (An extra 8 hours or so). This is for an open source project.

The BBC has released an interview of one of what they say are dozens of people who saw the shooter on the roof and alerted the police. Who did nothing. You may confirm your preexisting biases now.

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c51yly4085lo

True. Also: it’s worse with physicians, IME. https://strangeobject.space/@esther/112619778935608555

Developers: be better. https://mas.to/@ChanceyFleet/112588950557737797

@inthehands @designatednerd

*slow clap*

You, sir, are a NERD.

dontmindmeimjustbitterididntcomeupwiththat

New Yorkers have opinions.

I board the plane and the flight attendant stops me, saying, “I like your Keffiyeh.” Me too, my sister. Me too.