Posts by ross@social.rossabaker.com
(DIR) Post #AVt8tyxkKkKBzqhhom by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-05-21T16:29:18Z
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In Extreme Programming, we picked a new pair programmer every day. I decided that was nonsense, and adopted Pete. We paired for the next nineteen years. He preferred the title "alpha" to "principal staff," but he shared his opinions whether you wanted them or not. He logged off this morning. Rest easy, friend.P.S., this is what he thought of YAML.#TuxedoCat #RIP
(DIR) Post #AW1Dm4eBMwKWLTHTSS by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-05-25T16:14:36Z
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I was doing a good job taking this incident seriously until k8s started talking about "untolerated taint."#kubernetes
(DIR) Post #AW4NT2i5vbgFqsYRCS by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-05-27T04:11:40Z
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Clean URLs for a static website: yea or nay?
(DIR) Post #AWHyx6ibL6yHDUNghc by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-06-02T14:51:04Z
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Exciting development for the dozens of us Scala developers on Emacs: a new, tree-sitter mode!https://github.com/KaranAhlawat/scala-ts-mode#Scala #Emacs
(DIR) Post #AWyjl8fCILvruJqgCW by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-06-23T02:54:10Z
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sbt-dependency-submission is a nifty GitHub Action to report dependencies at build time for vulnerability scanning. It even sees your transitive dependencies. But it can be hard to debug why a dependency was submitted.In ~/.sbt/1.0/sbt-dependency-submission.sbt:```addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-github-dependency-submission" % "2.1.2")```Now you can run `show githubDependencyManifest` to debug!#Scala #Dependabot
(DIR) Post #AY65uMQQJK7uoj2L6u by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-07-26T18:47:24Z
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Attempting to assemble a working Python development environment while in sight of the ocean has put my laptop in extreme danger of being thrown into the sea.
(DIR) Post #AYThQtC2MZc8tKKY76 by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-08-06T23:25:19Z
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I'm delighted that software I wrote runs far and wide, but each time someone tells me their employer forbids any contribution back, even on personal time, I see more appeal in Copyleft.#FOSS #Copyleft
(DIR) Post #AZ9TjKMtX2bOo6jxBo by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-08-25T22:09:15Z
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- Longtime Android user. I avoid smart speakers, but sometimes use a Google one. Kids have FamilyLink.- In last two years, both Samsung and Google denied in-warranty claim on a flagship.- Only Apple device in home is work MacBook. I run Linux. Watch is a Garmin and earbuds are Jabra. I am unlikely to ever be all-in Apple.- I don't tweak as much as I used to, but I enjoy mobile Firefox.- Security matters.- I am frugal, but could splurge.#Android #iOS #AskFedi
(DIR) Post #AZrZ4CSYAGNzZaZEHY by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-09-17T14:54:51Z
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Years ago, I planted a few black walnut trees in my back yard. They grew tall and provide good shade. They also exude a chemical, juglone, into the soil around them. Some surrounding plants resist juglone. Some germinate and wither. Others are inhibited from germinating at all. I learned this when the trees were young, but I liked them and let them grow.When I think about about Scala's challenges, it's not industry vs. academia. We chose walnuts.#Scala
(DIR) Post #Abcf6BSjXG6rH6nn16 by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-11-09T04:48:57Z
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GitHub boasting "We are re-founded on Copilot" is your reminder to start planning how you're going to port your data that isn't stored in Git itself.#GitHub #e14n #OwnYourData
(DIR) Post #AbvPlFjbuCD0lqx2Wm by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-11-18T07:16:10Z
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Successfully(?) migrated my Mastodon instance off a shared VPS to a dedicated server from the Hetzner Auction.```[root@abe:~]# uname -aLinux abe 6.1.61 #1-NixOS SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Nov 2 08:35:33 UTC 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux```
(DIR) Post #Ac6PaZXM4sedjwgXw0 by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2023-11-23T15:21:39Z
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Thanksgiving has a gross origin myth, but a day to pause and give thanks is beautiful, and it's our last oasis in the Holiday Shopping Season™. I hope you find the good side of it, and if you don't celebrate today, I hope you have another day like it.#Thanksgiving
(DIR) Post #AdXX59fiZs0sRCG6V6 by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2024-01-03T21:57:04Z
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Lots of posts lamenting how much knowledge will vanish as Discord enshittifies. True, but it's already lost to searchers, the privacy conscious, and the people it locks out for no damn reason at all. (Tag yourself, I'm all three.) It's *already* smothering your community. Open source belongs on the open web.#FOSS #Discord
(DIR) Post #AhFXi3HfLxt7QmsQwy by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2024-04-25T13:46:17Z
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I have a foreboding feeling that Guix in a virtual machine is in my future.
(DIR) Post #AnSM1AVgjFL1uopaLI by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2024-10-27T22:28:52Z
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Open source red flags icon starter pack
(DIR) Post #Ax8hvgoqGETV9sVXSi by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2025-08-13T17:32:22Z
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@bodil When Microsoft was under pressure for their ICE contracts in 2019, GitLab responded by saying they would do business with anyone and banning political discussion at work. They can't compete on features, so they compete on cruelty.
(DIR) Post #AzUoHD0DiNylVK6WEi by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2025-10-22T12:48:16Z
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This morning, I am announcing the RIIP (Rewrite It In Piet) Initiative. Has the old stack you trained on, hired for, and know how to operate gone stale? Have you been through the TIOBE Top 100 looking for something nicer and found a blemish in each? RIIP!https://esolangs.org/wiki/PietAre you more interested in the fighting than production? No worries! We can still endlessly debate Piet vs. Piet++ vs. 🅿🅸🅴🆃.Let's RIIP one out together.#Piet #RIIP
(DIR) Post #B0frtn8IU4dCqqoTmy by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2025-11-27T14:49:11Z
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I don't write Zig, but I continue to be impressed with how it's managed.https://ziglang.org/news/migrating-from-github-to-codeberg/#GiveUpGitHub #Zig
(DIR) Post #B1oHZXtTtkhY8dq7Gq by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2025-12-31T14:17:32Z
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@musicmatze I think Tower is "Hangin' Tough."
(DIR) Post #B33OfVrs7Z1wY8CpUG by ross@social.rossabaker.com
2026-02-06T17:13:41Z
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My new motto is RIIR, RIOC.¹¹ - Rewrite It In Rust, Rewrite It On Codeberg.