#introduction Howdy! I'm Hapax (aka Jahziel). Very broad interests include:
- Systems programming
- Self-improvement (think *Atomic Habits* stuff)
- Exercise (running, weights)
- Reading
Stuff I'm getting into/thinking about lately:
- How to change the computing industry's approach to building successful businesses
- How to stop crypto from taking over the world
- Better notetaking (Diving deep into SilverBullet)
- mechanical keyboards
- music (guitar and singing mainly)
Let's connect! 💾
Weekly Exercise Summary: 2023-02-06: https://hapax.micro.blog/2023/03/04/weekly-exercise-summary.html
Today in 1977, 46 years ago: the Cray-1 supercomputer leaves the factory.
"Initial V is a BMW shifter that has been converted to a Bluetooth keyboard ... that can control Vim."
My #SilverBullet instance on Fly.io is extremely cheap (free)! I've been running it for a couple of months, and I consistently have come in under a dollar of expense, and, since they're awesome, they don't charge anyone for bills under $5 so my usage is free!
No... I didn't add a bunch of buttons from here onto my website... why do you ask? 👀
I passed this billboard on the 101 last night, and I don't know that Silicon Valley history has ever repeated such a small detail so crisply: in the 1990s, Informix (RIP!) famously bought the billboard outside of Oracle's headquarters on the 101 and used it to taunt their competitor. Of note: "You just passed Redwood Shores; so did we." And I am dying to know if SingleStore has a 55-year-old VP of Marketing with a sense of history -- or the opposite.
Ok, I'm seriously stoked about Service Weaver. I'm glad that the "modular monolith" idea is taking off! It seems like the perfect toolkit to start building a new project/business with, as it has lots of things included. My main question: can it run on non-Google machines/clouds?
Streaming was giving me the shits today (Aussie expression, and apt).
So I got out my 50-year-old vinyl copy. Still sounds amazing. Still. Yes, there is dust in a few places - I've memorized all those pops, too - but 50 years later it still plays, and sounds better than ever because my stereo is much improved since high school.
Most important, it plays.
Analog has its strengths.
🎶Middle-Aged Mutant Probate Lawyer... 🎶 Hero on a reasonable hourly retainer! 🎶 Attorney-client privilege power! 🎶
#sundaecomics #funny #humor #cartoons #webcomic #webcomics #comicstrip #comic #comics #tmnt #AprilOneil
Clean transparent png of Blåhaj for those who want to make memes of them, couldn't find a transparent vers on google so I had to make my own, might as well share it.
Looking for the joy in computing! Mostly computer stuff, pics of my cat, and my very primitive thoughts about how to sanely build engineering teams and software companies.