Many (most?) cities already have zoning laws that, if interpreted strictly, prohibit people from working from home. This is not implausible. x.com/LeavittAlone/s…

Dear App Developers: Just so you know, the very first time I get a marketing notification on my phone, your app gets notifications turned off and never turned on again. Provide a clear way to opt-in, or don't use them for that.

Amen to that! "Lorenic said this flood of junk CVE 'is literally going to DOS triage teams, the NVD itself, and open source maintainers stuck dealing with the fallout. Stop doing this!' He's correct." opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/now-postgres…

random_page_cost is the brown M&Ms of #PostgreSQL database tuning. If you look at the configuration and see that random_page_cost = 4, look through the rest of the configuration *very* carefully. npr.org/sections/there…

I still haven't heard a good answer to this question, on or off the podcast. AI researchers often tell me, "Don't worry bout it, scale solves this." But what is the rebuttal to someone who argues that this indicates a fundamental limitation?

"Having reliable audio on a laptop is bad, actually."

I am hereby defining a new problem in programming languages, which is: Syntax creep. Python and C++ display this perfectly. The language starts with a (relatively) simple and direct syntax, and slowly adds more and more appurtenances until it becomes totally unreadable.

I think that Kissinger waited until this moment to die so he could kick off at a time when it could cause the largest number of people to scream at each other over the correct interpretation of his legacy. (Which is silly, because his legacy is that he was a war criminal.)

I wish fewer conversations with clients were of the form: Client: "We are driving nails with a screwdriver, and it is not working well." Us: "Use a hammer?" Client: "It's too risky to introduce a new tool into our system. How can we make the screwdriver work better?"

New CTOs can make all kinds of interesting decisions. uber.com/blog/postgres-…

"AI" customer service chatbots are just incredibly, horribly, laughably bad. They are like someone is conducting a sociology experiment in how much it takes to piss customers off. "I need help correcting a W-2." "Got it! Here are some topics about waffles!"

Christophe Pettus with an important message for anyone interested in PGX's services! Christophe Pettus PostgreSQL Nordic PGDay #postgres

Christophe Pettus: Checking Your Privileges postgr.es/p/6sb

PostgreSQL privileges can surprise you. thebuild.com/blog/2024/03/2…

One thing I hope every developer takes from the xz situation is that, if someone attempts to shame and badger you into accepting patches on any project, the answer should be, "If you are having trouble finding the 'fork' button, I can send you a screenshot."