"Message reflects rewards points activity and status as of 3/29/2026"
Noonish USA #JustNow I got this email from the pizza corporation.
#Computing #BatchJob #FWake20260510 #RewardPoints
#DominosPizza #FWakeDoninosPizza #FWakeLagTime
#FWakeBatchJob #CacheBusting #FWakeCacheCache
Domino's can't #compute the points nightly, #Accounting in this day and age? TWO WEEKS of lag time?
So as part of a personal #project to make A Thing, I needed to make a component Sub-Thing. And I couldn't think of a good way to do it. Part of it involved 3D-printing, but there was something else needed, and I wasn't sure what I could use to do that part of it.
And after a few days, my brain (which works by batch jobs, for weird research requests like this) said "Hey, remember that episode of How It's Made that showed a jeweller doing enamelling? Something like that might work."
So I just did it for the first time, and damn if it doesn't work. It turned out about 90% success, with a few minor blemishes here and there, and I'm certain I can do better on my next try.
How It's Made is a Canadian national treasure.
#MakeAThing #Thing #3DPrinting #enamelling #jeweller #PersonalProject #HowItsMade #Canada #Canadian #BatchJob #batch
Bonus episode drop: Jack's Rants - Batch Job Blues.
When banking mainframe batch jobs go wrong, the whole morning feels it. Overnight runs, multiple transactions, very very waterfall.
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