HEAVYSQUARE GEMINI SERVER X missingalot X
notes/ this is list of random notes, eg
eg notes/BEEE-easier-to-spot-eof.gmi :2021-10-12
visuals/ generative visuals w/ source code, eg
eg visuals/0110__1__09.jpg :recently
noise/ generative audio, signalprocessing, w/ source code, eg
eg noise/2020-12-25.mp3 some stuff written in csound
unix/ one liners, quick scripts, tech observations
eg unix/9947-ed-script-filename-param-catch.txt
gist of my environment that I'm going to reuse in a proprietary environment
2022-05-15T12:20:24+02:00 - fallen for O (capital letter o) and 0 (zero) being similar (script written the wrong file)
2022-04-19T08:58:02+02:00 - thing attributed to single source, merging those into the same type, from different sources
2022-04-14T10:32:30+02:00 - I receive two ids in an EXCEL FILE, I now have to guess the no of leading zeros that were lost
2022-04-14T10:23:40+02:00 - I receive two ids in a password protected EXCEL FILE
2022-04-11T09:23:52+02:00 - RICE in tech, when screenshots are shared, is for Racing Inspired Cosmetic Enchancement
2022-04-07T12:38:37+02:00 - incremental review would involve diff of diffs, conventional tooling is not pleasing to the eye
2022-04-05T11:22:53+02:00 - big feature goes out, touching functionality X, support tend to attribute all errors w/ X to it
2022-03-23T17:52:46+01:00 - two test envs are behaving differently on manual testing, turns out they're configured differently
2022-03-22T11:33:35+01:00 - apply patch selectively (compile a list of files that are already patched, remove parts from patch)
2022-03-10T17:10:14+01:00 - context menu prevents screensaver (the screensaver starting stops the clock of project time)
2022-03-09T11:16:59+01:00 - you set the field to empty string, you get it back as null from the database, because of.. reasons
2022-03-08T22:21:34+01:00 - overloading a setter in Java, breaking some framework doing reflection and picking the wrong setter
2022-03-01T10:25:59+01:00 - make sure that under certain conditions, some data is not used (custom translations)
2022-02-23T10:02:32+01:00 - some "known" error, perceived as noise, shadows some real errors
2022-01-27T16:12:05+01:00 - https://github.com/wader/fq - jq for binary
2022-01-26T09:11:53+01:00 - xterm flickers sometimes (XTerm(370), ... anyhow Arch linux)
2022-01-12T12:51:56+01:00 - Action field name and jsp matches... doesn't work... solution: the getter is not having the right name
2022-01-12T12:13:50+01:00 - the disconnect between jsp and Action classes is disturbing (eg change of field structure)
2022-01-05T16:37:13+01:00 - some pretty printer closes the output stream on a write.. why??
2022-01-05T10:42:43+01:00 - IDE not finding stuff, advice is to try reloading the project.. source of decision fatigue
2022-01-04T12:06:50+01:00 - neighbor turned the vol up and left; I called him and I'm so upset now that I cannot do work
2022-01-03T09:42:58+01:00 - hight bandwidth rnd, by encrypting /dev/zero w/a 'rnd' seedpw, picking cpu-supported crypto algo (aes)
2022-01-02T11:17:04+01:00 - I want sg to happen >> miriads of tools; I want something NOT to happen >> lack of tooling
2021-12-27T10:20:15+01:00 - postgresql 13, cannot alter type of a column used by a view or rule ... ok
2021-12-16T09:21:13+01:00 - production issue bc we write SQL as strings :facepalm:, a whitespace was missing in an SQL string
2021-12-13T19:19:44+01:00 - db int points to a field in a java enum, there are other fields, yep.. now we need new values runtime
2021-12-09T11:15:38+01:00 - attach debugger to process, edit code in IDE, not restarting the process, breakpoint is not working
2021-11-11T13:31:07+01:00 - but why? I mention issue A as in a comment on issue B on github, github reflects this on A's timeline
2021-11-15T18:27:20+01:00 - struggle to convince complex system to be more verbose (prints 'error', not telling the reason)
2021-11-29T16:33:26+01:00 - feeling guilty bc I'm not immediately up to speed, bc I'm asking Qs about an underspecified task
2021-11-29T19:49:01+01:00 - reading class names like ...MappingModel :facepalm: the fuck is it doing, I need to go there and check
2021-12-01T10:55:18+01:00 - reminder to do X posted to dashboard, reactions like "you should be doing X regularly anyway"
2021-12-02T09:25:57+01:00 - not knowing that a busty interface has a default implementation
2021-12-06T13:47:25+01:00 - repo w/ really strong and longrunning CI is deprived of up-to-date comments
2021-10-27T14:12:57+02:00 - don't fking call things "result" in a processing sequence
2021-10-25T14:57:59+02:00 - we use logs to report missing info, this report is too long, logs are truncated
2021-10-25T10:56:25+02:00 - youtube app not working on old ipad, it'd require ios update, ipad too old for apple to have it
2021-10-13T14:00:36+02:00 - turn multi-stage initialization, stages spread all over the code base, into constructor
2021-10-13T11:20:46+02:00 - the compiler not telling clearly the problem, so going on a google/folklore journey
2021-10-07T08:13:51+02:00 - tell me if there would be an email sent out if I click that button
September 2021 got skipped, I had so many things to do that I haven't even been prompted with these notes
2021-08-25T09:31:00+02:00 - start sg slow up just to observe an error reported, fix, repeat
2021-08-19T17:06:54+02:00 - localized text is assembled in a way that's assuming left-to-right - needs fixing
2021-08-19T13:20:36+02:00 - rewrite computer code.. semantically correct, but not conforming to some seemingly random guideline
2021-08-19T11:05:09+02:00 - had to turn localized static text to admin-editable template in webapp
2021-08-19T11:02:52+02:00 - diagnostic queries getting close to timeout due to large nr of db tables
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