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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I do my timetracking in a little Python script, locally. Every now and then, I push the data to our actual service. Problem solved ā but itās a completely unpopular approach, they all want to use the web site. I donāt get it. Then, of course, when itās down, shit hits the fan. (Luckily, our timetracking software is neither developed nor run by us anymore. Itās a silly cloud service, but the upside is that Iām not responsible anymore. š¤·)
Some of our oldschool devs tried to roll out local timetracking once, about 15 years ago. I donāt remember anymore why they failed ā¦
This is developed inhouse, Iām just so glad that weāre not a software engineering company. Oh wait. How embarrassing.
Oh to be anonymous on the internet. That must be nice. š
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de Yeah, itās a shitshow. MS overconfirms all my prejudices constantly.
Ignoring e-mail after lunch works great, though. :-)
Our timetracking is offline for over a week because of reasons. The responsible bunglers are falling by the skin of their teeth: 
- The error message neither includes the timeframe nor a link to an announcement article.
- The HTML page needs to download JS in order to display the fucking error message.
- Proper HTTP status codes are clearly only for big losers.
- Despite being down, heaps of resources are still fetched.
I find it really fascinating how one can screw up on so many levels. This is developed inhouse, Iām just so glad that weāre not a software engineering company. Oh wait. How embarrassing.
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For example, I reckon software should treat stdout and stderr with care and never output logs or other such garbage to stdout that cannot possibly be useful in a UNIX pipeline š
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de Yeah thatās why Iām striking this conversation with you š Not only do I respect your opinion quite highly š¤£ But like you say (and Iāve read their philipshpy) it can be a bit āelitismā for sure. Iām genuinely interested in what we think of as software that ādoesnāt suckā. Tb be honest I havenāt really put thought to paper myself, but I reckon if I did, Iād have some opinions/ideasā¦
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@prologic@twtxt.net Hm, I wouldnāt say that. Go code could fall into that category as well.
Maybe this topic could use a blog post / article, that explains what itās about. Iām finding it hard to really define what āsuckless-like softwareā is. š¤ (Their own philosophy focuses too much on elitism, if you ask me.)
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@prologic@twtxt.net Ah, Iām referring to software thatās similar to that of suckless.org: Small, minimal codebases, small tools, but still useful. dmenu is probably the best example and also farbfeld.
Hereās the author of Anubis talking about some of their experiences:
https://xeiaso.net/blog/why-i-use-suckless-tools-2020-06-05/
(You can skip the long config and keybinds part.)
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de Curious what you would define as āsuck lessā software? (language agnostic of course!)
The lack of suckless-like simple, hackable software these days is appalling.
KƦre Windows bruger,
NƦste gang du skal vƦlge en computer, sƄ send en kƦrlig tanke til de udviklere der arbejder hƄrdt for at lave fri software til dig.
VƦlg noget andet, sĆ„ vi ikke lƦngere behĆøver banke hovedet mod muren for at imĆødekomme sjƦlslugende operativsystemer.
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I bought the āremasteredā versions of Grim Fandango and Forsaken on GOG, because theyāre super cheap at the moment. Both have native Linux versions.
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In all fairness, GOG says that Forsaken is only supported on Ubuntu 16.04 ā not current Arch Linux. If you ask me, this just goes to show that Linux is not a good platform for proprietary binary software.
Is it free software, do you have the source code? Then youāre good to go, things can be patched/updated (that can still be a lot of work). But proprietary binary blobs? Very bad idea.
Ted Unangstās snarky (and entertaining) remarks this month:
It annoys me when I clone a git repository A in order to build and self-host some software, only to realize later that I also needed to clone repos B, C and D. Iām not saying thatās a bad thingālogical separation of code between, say, a client and a server is very handyābut some projects do not communicate very well when you need multiple tools to get it running independently.
think iām gonna use this license on my git repos going forward. it kicks ass https://anticapitalist.software/
Saw this on Mastodon:
https://racingbunny.com/@mookie/114718466149264471
18 rules of Software Engineering
- You will regret complexity when on-call
- Stop falling in love with your own code
- Everything is a trade-off. Thereās no ābestā 3. Every line of code you write is a liability 4. Document your decisions and designs
- Everyone hates code they didnāt write
- Donāt use unnecessary dependencies
- Coding standards prevent arguments
- Write meaningful commit messages
- Donāt ever stop learning new things
- Code reviews spread knowledge
- Always build for maintainability
- Ask for help when youāre stuck
- Fix root causes, not symptoms
- Software is never completed
- Estimates are not promises
- Ship early, iterate often
- Keep. It. Simple.
Solid list, even though 14 is up for debate in my opinion: Software can be completed. You have a use case / problem, you solve that problem, done. Your software is completed now. There might still be bugs and they should be fixed ā but this doesnāt āaddā to the program. Donāt use āsoftware is never doneā as an excuse to keep adding and adding stuff to your code.
MacOS 26 is the final Intel version, sucks to be a 2023 Intel Mac Pro owner
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iFLYTEK Wins CNCF End User Case Study Contest for Scalable AI Infrastructure Breakthroughs with Volcano
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The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter May 2025
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of May 2025.
Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of peopleās voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Int ā¦ ā Read more
GitOps in 2025: From Old-School Updates to the Modern Way
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iOS 26 Announced with New Liquid Glass Interface
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Radeon Software For Linux Dropping AMDās Proprietary OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers
Direct link to upstream release notes.
Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174)
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HN has had many discussions about this, including The time bomb in the tax code thatās fueling mass tech layoffs - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44180533 - (927 comments) a few days ago. Other thr ā¦ ā Read more
Windows 7: a 2025 perspective (rose-tinted or not)
Quite often, I wonder how much nostalgia plays part in our perception of past events. Luckily, with software, you can go ābackā and retest it, and so thereās no need for any illusions and misconceptions. To wit, I decided to reinstall and try Windows 7 again (as a virtual machine, but still), to see whether my impressions of the dross we call āmodernā software today are justified. ā« Igor Ljubuncic The conclusion is that, yes, you can ā¦ ā Read more
Morse Micro and Gateworks Launch Wi-Fi HaLow Solution for Industrial Connectivity
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When I chose the MIT license for all of my software, I thought:
āShould I use GPL, which I donāt really understand? Is that worth it? Yeah, there is a theoretical possibility that some company might use my code in their proprietary product ā¦ and then what? Should I sue them to enforce the GPL? Iām not going to do that anyway, so Iāll just use the MIT license.ā
And now we have those LLM scrapers and now itās suddenly a reality that these companies (ab)use my code. I can see it in my logs. I didnāt expect that back then.
GPL wouldnāt help, either, of course. (Regardless, I now think that GPL would have been the better choice anyway.)
Iām honestly considering taking my code and website offline. Maybe make it accessible through some obscure protocol like Gopher or Gemini, but no more HTTP.
(Yes, Anubis might help. Temporarily.)
Iām just tired.
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Paste Without Formatting Should be the Default
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A Personal Software Runtime inspired by Emacs, Plan 9, Erlang, Hypermedia, and Unix
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DietPi May 2025 Update Introduces Security Changes, Kernel Fixes, and Software Cleanups
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Open Source SQL Workbench Says āNo Republicans Allowed!ā
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What Problems are Truly Technical, not Social?
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Docker at Microsoft Build 2025: Where Secure Software Meets Intelligent Innovation
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Accessibility on Linux sucks, but GNOME and KDE are making progress
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Our pledge to help improve the accessibility of open source software at scale
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Crosscompiling for OpenBSD arm64
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The world could run on older hardware if software optimization was a priority
Article URL: https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1922100771392520710
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43971464
Points: 501
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MacOS Sequoia 15.5 Update Released with Bug Fixes & Security Enhancements
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