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socat

Posted on 2021-03-29 [Monday] by jj5

I learned about socat today, over here. socat stands for SOcket CAT.

Posted in Internet, Sys Admin | Tagged diagnostics, network, socat

The Modern Guide to OAuth

Posted on 2021-03-29 [Monday] by jj5

This in the news today: The Modern Guide to OAuth.

Posted in Programming | Tagged OAuth

Is Inheritance That Evil?

Posted on 2021-03-28 [Sunday] by jj5

I found a very long article: Is Inheritance That Evil? I am far too tired to concentrate on it right now. Sorta looked interesting though.

Posted in Chatter, Programming | Tagged inheritance, oop

Louvre Collections

Posted on 2021-03-27 [Saturday] by jj5

This popped up on HN today: Louvre Collections. Pretty awesome.

Posted in Art, Chatter | Tagged Louvre

Emoji under the hood

Posted on 2021-03-26 [Friday] by jj5

An excellent article on Unicode: Emoji under the hood.

Posted in Data, Design | Tagged emoji, unicode

Enumerated Trees in PicoLisp

Posted on 2021-03-26 [Friday] by jj5

Enumerated Trees in PicoLisp. Lisp does my head in.

Posted in Programming | Tagged enum, lisp, tree

That’s a lot of databases

Posted on 2021-03-26 [Friday] by jj5

It’s true, that is a lot of databases.

Posted in Database, Sys Admin | Tagged fan out, mysql, replica

SQLite is not a toy database

Posted on 2021-03-26 [Friday] by jj5

A run down on SQLite features: SQLite is not a toy database.

Posted in Database, Programming | Tagged sqlite, toy

8GB data reservation

Posted on 2021-03-26 [Friday] by jj5

In the news today: Why All My Servers Have an 8GB Empty File. The idea is to created a /spacer.img file to take up space, so in a crisis you can delete it to free up space.

Posted in Sys Admin | Tagged data, reservation, spacer.img

Cargo Cult Science

Posted on 2021-03-24 [Wednesday] by jj5

Feynman’s old classic turned up in the news again today: Cargo Cult Science.

Posted in Chatter, Philosophy | Tagged cargo cult, feynman

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