Why Github actually won
In the end we won because the open source community started to converge on distributed version control and we were the only ones in the hosting space that...
Solar will get unfathomably cheap
At home, we haven’t done anything about it yet: we’re still 100% grid-dependant and old-fashioned, partly because it would be problematic for us as we live...
Capability makes you life simpler
Quoting Bryan Baun : Capability makes your life simpler. Tolerance, skills, knowledge, and health are always with you, wherever you go. They are assets but...
The secret inside One Million Checkboxes
A few days into making One Million Checkboxes I thought I’d been hacked. What was that doing in my database? A few hours later I was tearing up, proud of...
Infocom: The Documentary
For nerds of my generation, Infocom is a legend. Today, I watched the long-time overdue Infocom: The Documentary and I found it to be a gem. raw HTML omitted...
I'm leaving Twitter/X
I’m abandoning Twitter/X. I’ll freeze the account without deleting it; never say never, but I don’t plan on coming back. I no longer feel comfortable on that...
The crazy engineering of Venice
We spent a weekend in Venice 1 a short while ago, and one of the things that caught my attention was the wells in the city’s squares. Is there fresh water...
Capability makes you like simpler
Quoting Bryan Baun : Capability makes your life simpler. Tolerance, skills, knowledge, and health are always with you, wherever you go. They are assets but...
Digital market is going back to 20th century
Rand Fishkin on the evolution of digital marketing: Well, marketing friends, we gotta have a serious talk. Because the way we’ve done marketing for the last...
A Solarpunk Manifesto
I dig the attempt at a Solarpunk Manifesto . Solarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion, and activism that seeks to answer and embody the...
The tour of Mount Civetta in the Dolomites
I left home at 5 AM on my Triumph Bonneville, arrived in Palafavera at about 9 AM, and left on foot half an hour later. I was eager to see the Civetta’s...
David Foster Wallace on screen time
Cause the technology is just gonna get better and better and it’s gonna get easier and easier and more and more convenient and more and more pleasurable to...
ShellCheck
Today I learned about ShellCheck , a static analysis tool for shell scripts that “finds bugs in your scripts”. It can and should be run on the command line,...
Bash-Oneliner: a collection of terminal tricks for Linux
Bash-Oneliner is an excellent resource for Bash/Linux users. Most of the “tricks” are well-known, but there is always something to learn. More importantly,...
A guide to Miyazaki weird little guys
With so many weird little guys running around Miyazaki’s filmography, it seems time to honor and celebrate them. […] A key aspect of Miyazaki’s weird little...
The art of not reading
The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging the attention of the general public at any...
The main issue with social media
The main issue with social media is that we want them to be everything. We want them to be a place for casual interactions, for discovery, for news, for...
Microsoft MVP
Last night, I was at an outdoor theatre with Serena, watching Anatomy of a Fall (an excellent film). Outdoor theatres are becoming rare, which is a pity, and...
A library is a good place
I’ve always loved libraries. They are a glimpse of the kind of ‘better world’ we all want to live in. That’s because by their very nature they are inclusive...
Write a lot
Write a lot. This is alpha and omega of writing advice, the beginning and the end, and it’s that way for a reason– I don’t know anyone who’s good writing who...
Quoting J.P. Wing
When I’m out hiking on my weekend hike I often spend much of the experience in contemplation. My thoughts are usually tickling at Warp 10, going everywhere...
The exponential growth of solar power will change the world
The latest issue of The Economist focuses on solar energy. The introductory article is short, compelling, and optimistic. On the economics, they make a good...
Quoting Roger Federer
When you’re playing a point, it is the most important thing in the world. But when it’s behind you, it’s behind you… This mindset is really crucial, because...
The appropriate response to a horrible idea is a better idea
The post The appropriate response to a horrible idea is a better idea appeared first on nicolaiarocci.com.
Generative AI is not going to build your engineering team for you
Charity Majors1 has a good, long-form article on the Stack Overflow blog. The title is misleading as, while AI’s impact on software engineering and its...
Experts vs. imitators
I love this concise checklist on detecting fake experts, with which my experience wholeheartedly agrees. The first one: Imitators can’t answer questions at a...
Container security meetup at DevRomagna
We’re doing a DevRomagna meetup on container security. It will happen on June 26 at 19pm, it will be in Italian, and the speaker will be the one and the only...
Hidden Tracks: Domodossola – Weissmies
Lately, I have become increasingly interested in sound. Of the short films I shoot while hiking, for example, I’ve noticed that I’m primarily interested in...
Quoting Sean Voisen
just writing down notes is all that really matters. Any tool that allows you to compose and save text will do. It is the act of writing, not the act of...
The Toschi Hermitage
I went on a motorcycle and hiking trip yesterday. It was a glorious day, albeit windy, which helped keep the temperature chill. Mixing hiking with...
How to handle custom claims in an Open ID Connect-authenticated ASP.NET Core app
Today, I learned how to handle custom claims in an Open ID Connect authenticated ASP.NET Core app. The scenario goes like this. I have an ASP.NET Core app...
Kagi is profitable
Two years after its launch, Kagi, the pay-per-use search engine is profitable. We are also thrilled to report that we have achieved profitability. This...
LLMs don't remember everything you say
Simon Willison has a new article explaining an important and often ununderstood aspect of LLMs. There’s a remarkable difference between chatting with an LLM,...
Quoting Elena Kostyuchenko
In 2021, in Russian courts, the fate of 783000 people was decided. There were 2190 acquittals. Two thousand one hundred and ninety. The probability of being...
Fattura Elettronica for .NET v3.4.15
Today I released Fattura Elettronica for .NET v3.4.15. The Fattura Elettronica project allows for the validation and de/serialization of electronic invoices...
A motorcycle trip across Europe
Last night, I returned from Trifest 75, a motorcycle rally organized by the Triumph Owners Motorcycle Club1 at the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, Worcester, UK....
The video of my OAuth2 session at WebDay 2024 is online
The video my OAuth2 and OpenID Connect session at WebDay 2024 Milan is available online. It is in Italian, and you need to login or register in order to see...
Thirty-seven years ago
Thirty-seven years ago, at about 11 a.m., at the Rocca Brancaleone Park, my then-girlfriend and I kissed for the first time under a tree. We decided...
What Open AI just did
Open AI just released ChatGPT 4o. The launch demo is available on YouTube, and yes, it is impressive. They did not launch v5, though, and 4o is only...
In the pinewood [video]
I went for a walk in the local pinewood the other day. It’s one of my favorite places, especially the least frequented parts, where one can walk for hours...
A walk on the beach [video]
I took a walk on the beach last weekend. I never frequent Lido Adriano. It is much better than I expected, especially out of season. The post A walk on the...
The best thing I have read on ADHD
I read ADHD—A Lifelong Struggle today. It’s the best thing I’ve read on ADHD so far. Its advice is grounded in experience and applies to everyone: those who...
C# 12 Collection Expressions
This is a follow-up post to C# 12 Primary Constructors. Like that article, this one originates from the preparation notes for my presentation at the ABP...
Quoting John Gruber
The standard shouldn’t be never to make a mistake. It’s to make as few mistakes as possible, but quickly recognize, acknowledge, and address the ones you do...
C# 12 Primary Constructors
I wrapped up my C# 12 session at the ABP Dotnet Conference 2024, and I wanted to share the take-home points, at least about the most relevant features in...
In the pinewood
I went for a walk in the local pinewood the other day. It’s one of my favorite places, especially the least frequented parts, where one can walk for hours...
Quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson
I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. – Ralph Waldo Emerson (debated, see here) The post...
Quoting Moxie Marlinspike
It’s very fast to build something that’s 90% of a solution. The problem is that the last 10% of building something is usually the hard part which really...
Quoting Ken Thompson
The moral is obvious. You can’t trust code that you did not totally create yourself. No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from...
Tor: from the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy
This one looks like a promising read: Tor, one of the most important and misunderstood technologies of the digital age, is best known as the infrastructure...