I’ll never understand Go developers who insist on using pointers to represent a lack of something, where a zero value would work just as well. Better even, as you wouldn’t need to dereference things or worry about nil-pointer panics. Remember, don’t fear the zero value.

It only just occurred to me that I can turn off “Use ⌘+Scroll to Zoom Page” in Vivaldi to compensate for the Magic Mouse’s incessant need to scroll while I’m trying to Cmd+Click a link.

I still dislike the mouse, but hopefully with this off, the urge to throw it out the window will be diminished.

Love this post by Mike Grindle, especially this line:

To me, it shows what happens when you regularly write, publish, share and hyperlink into the void that is the web: the void speaks back.

Similar things happen to me from time to time, and when I find it, it’s always a bit of a thrill. I don’t expect the ripples that are the posts on this site to reflect back, but it’s wonderful when they do.

A recurring element of my dreams is an unmaintained railway line. The infrastructure is falling apart, yet it’s still an important connection and trains occasionally do use it. I usually approach it at level crossings and in past dreams I’ve not once saw a train. Last night, I almost got hit by one.

Every single dog I’ve met is an optimist. Not once have I seen a dog around someone with food, and that dog be like, “no point begging for that. That food ain’t coming my way.”

As bad as being swooped can get for humans in the Spring, dogs get it so much worse. So it’s good seeing a kelpie running around the park, being swooped by three noisy miners, and not bat an eyelid over it.

Interesting to thing that the most useful software tools I use for work are the same ones that, should I make a mistake, can blow my foot off. It struck me that I don’t think it’s possible to have such powerful tools that can be completely safe. You can add guards to stop you from doing silly things — think dry-run switches and confirmation popups — but there needs to be a way to disengage that safety in order to use the full power of the tool. Otherwise, why have the tool at all?

Needed to get some hot water to quickly wash something this morning. Turned the kettle on, only to shut it off a few seconds later as I thought the coffee machine would be quicker. So I turned the coffee machine on, only to turn that off a few seconds later as I thought it would’ve just be quicker to get use hot water from the tap. I eventually used the tap, but the total time it took me to wash this thing was longer than it would’ve been if I just chosen one method and stuck with it.

Generally, it’s good to know that you’re needed at work. But sometimes, it’s just as good to know that you won’t be needed at work (at least for a time).

Table sub_mapping has more than one primary key, you say? Ok, you might be on to something.

CREATE TABLE sub_mapping (
    subscription_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    customer_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    local_subscription_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    user_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY
);

So apparently I can add a wifi network to MacOS whenever one is advertised but I can’t remove it unless I enter the admin password. That’s a strange security model.