Now this is really nice to see. My employer's software platform and services have been evaluated by Everest Group and ranked as number one in vision and capability! It's awesome to have this recognition of our hard work to change the way the world works!
I've been in #software#design and development for a long time and it's been good to me, I've gotten to work on stuff that doesn't do harm, isn't invasive, tries to respect privacy etc, so pretty low on the moral compromise scale, and I've been given a lot of agency and authority, but folks, I'm bored as hell with it. I like leading teams and guiding careers and making neat apps and all but as I near some apex of experience I'm running out of fucks to give. The ultimate fake problem, I know.
Tech hive mind: In my #software development class, I used to demonstrate the deployment pipeline by deploying a super-simple Flask app to Heroku, and then having students do something similar in a homework assignment. Now that Heroku has nuked the free tiers, does anyone have suggestions for alternative platforms we could use?
Some requirements: must be able to run #Python apps, must have a free tier, and it must not require students to provide a credit card (btw, Heroku does have a "for students" plan, but students would have to apply for it and would still need to provide a credit card, so that's a no-go for us)
Now that I'm officially moved to the new account, I'll post my #introduction again. I’m an #openSource Evangelist for #Intel (check out the Open at Intel podcast) and a nerdy podcaster on @reality2cast and FLOSS Weekly on @twitnews where my interests are expanding more and more into #privacy and #security. I am also a #Linux Journal alum and a huge fan of #Drupal, the open web, user and privacy-respecting #hardware and #software, #antique ceramics, and really good #food and #wine.
A few years ago I started reading Software Lead Weekly. This is a weekly newsletter that roundups a bunch of really great articles and resources on engineering management and technical leadership. In one edition the concept of a Manager README was shared and I thought it sounded fantastic.
A Manager README is a document that you can share with your team to outline your own my leadership style. I recently finished writing my own here:
I sometimes have the feeling that there is certain kinds of essential #software that either requires developers to already be assholes to be able to build it effectively, or working on it turns the developers into assholes. This is stuff that we all need, that society is built upon. I appreciate the work, but personally want nothing to do with those communities. Yet it is also important that essential software is free software and open to contributions. It is a paradox I often think about.
Today I'm remembering one of the coolest space things ever: Voyager 2's S-band radio receiver has been broken for 44 years, and yet we can still talk to it.
Back in 1978 the primary receiver failed, and the team discovered the backup receiver had a faulty capacitor in the PLL circuit that adjusted for Doppler shift. Since then, Voyager 2's receive bandwidth has been much narrower, and the band-pass window wanders back and forth by a few hundred Hz with temp changes.
@danderson The JPL team over the entire span of the voyager project deserve accolades. But what stands out is the philosophy of of making use of limited resources. Back here on earth, continuous improvement bloats software, which obsoletes hardware, which drives sales and creates e-waste. If only we treated the earth as a limited resource? #earth#resources#software#bloatware#e-waste
Among the many video file formats that #NeoFinder can #catalog is BlackMagic RAW (file name suffix .braw) that is being used by professional cinematography.
You get a thumbnail and important metadata about every BRAW video file.
Are you a #software developer looking for a new #job/#career? Hubby works at #GE and his boss is looking to hire 9 software developers/#engineers. Power systems.
A lot of the work is remote, some in-office time (may vary depending on the position -- you have to ask the person doing the hiring).
I don't know more details than what's in the job descriptions. You might even get to spend some time working with hubby if you're on the same projects. He's clever, and easy to work with -- you'd like him. He's been there 25+ years.
Do me a favor - apply. Hubs is a overworked these days, and more team members would help.
Are you a #software developer looking for a new #job/#career? Hubby works at #GE and his boss is looking to hire 9 software developers/#engineers. Power systems.
A lot of the work is remote, some in-office time (may vary depending on the position -- you have to ask the person doing the hiring).
I don't know more details than what's in the job descriptions. You might even get to spend some time working with hubby if you're on the same projects. He's clever, and easy to work with -- you'd like him. He's been there 25+ years.
Do me a favor - apply. Hubs is a overworked these days, and more team members would help.
I was BBSing last night on the Atari 520ST. It's not one of my main go-tos for that kind of thing, but it's nice to login on the ST once in a while.
The ST has an interesting terminal program called TAZ that achieves 16 colors for ANSI emulation in its 4-color medium resolution mode (640x200) by way of a trick. Palettes are swapped in an out in alternating frames, so you get effectively a 30Hz, 16-color display by way of what one might call "temporal dithering." (And, yes -- the flickering is quite noticeable.)
When the ST was my main driver long ago, I bought this paint program called Quantum Paint that achieved 4096 colors onscreen thanks to a similar technique. It wasn't the best experience, I confess.
Here's a #software#data mystery I just remembered: years ago, a relative of mine was engaging #Microsoft as a vendor, and expressed concerns about the solution's ability to support Quebec and the rest of Canada at the same time.
"Oh, we know Quebec, " was the reply. "They speak French there, and use Swiss francs as currency."