Tom StuartWeeknotes 156: Stay lit https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-156-stay-lit
Weeknotes 157: Muscle memory https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-157-muscle-memory
Weeknotes 158: Familiar faces https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-158-familiar-faces
Weeknotes 159: Difficulty spike https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-159-difficulty-spike
Weeknotes 160: Shuffling around https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-160-shuffling-around
Weeknotes 161: Hypothetical downsides https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-161-hypothetical-downsides
Weeknotes 162: Weak satire https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-162-weak-satire
Weeknotes 163: Elegant content https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-163-elegant-content
Weeknotes 164: Emotionally invested https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-164-emotionally-invested
Weeknotes 165: Delivery mechanism https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-165-delivery-mechanism
Weeknotes 166: Fantasy integer https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-166-fantasy-integer
Weeknotes 167: Good pencils https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-167-good-pencils
Weeknotes 168: Public service https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-168-public-service
Weeknotes 169: Creeping dread https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-169-creeping-dread
Weeknotes 170: Flimsy justification https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-170-flimsy-justification
Weeknotes 171: Plausible interpretation https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-171-plausible-interpretation
Weeknotes 172: Passing phase https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-172-passing-phase
Weeknotes 173: None the wiser https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-173-none-the-wiser
Weeknotes 174: Occasional pang https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-174-occasional-pang
Weeknotes 175: Sunk cost https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-175-sunk-cost
Weeknotes 176: All my enemies https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-176-all-my-enemies
Weeknotes 177: Cool breeze https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-177-cool-breeze
Weeknotes 178: Modular parts https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-178-modular-parts
Weeknotes 179: Modern marvel https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-179-modern-marvel
Weeknotes 180: Dead reckoning https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-180-dead-reckoning
Weeknotes 181: Needless hostility https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-181-needless-hostility
Weeknotes 182: Niche operation https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-182-niche-operation
Weeknotes 183: Electrical work https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-183-electrical-work
Weeknotes 184: In freefall https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-184-in-freefall
Weeknotes 185: Underwhelming improvement https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-185-underwhelming-improvement
Weeknotes 186: Lateral pinching https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-186-lateral-pinching
Weeknotes 187: Dwindling pool https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-187-dwindling-pool
Weeknotes 188: Scary feeling https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-188-scary-feeling
Weeknotes 189: Phase transition https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-189-phase-transition
Weeknotes 190: Perfect timing https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-190-perfect-timing
Weeknotes 191: Vicious cycle https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-191-vicious-cycle
Weeknotes 192: Wet bulb https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-192-wet-bulb
Weeknotes 193: Cursed objects https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-193-cursed-objects
Weeknotes 194: Silver lining https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-194-silver-lining
Weeknotes 195: Written off https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-195-written-off
Weeknotes 196: Unclear reasons https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-196-unclear-reasons
Weeknotes 197: Pointless struggle https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-197-pointless-struggle
Weeknotes 198: Properly drenched https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-198-properly-drenched
Weeknotes 199: Snap out of it https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-199-snap-out-of-it
Weeknotes 200: Brief surge https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-200-brief-surge
Weeknotes 201: Survive contact https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-201-survive-contact
Weeknotes 202: Getting relentless https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-202-getting-relentless
Weeknotes 203: Fogged windows https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-203-fogged-windows
Weeknotes 204: Expensive coffee https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-204-expensive-coffee
Weeknotes 205: Call it even https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-205-call-it-even
Weeknotes 206: Mostly typing https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-206-mostly-typing
Weeknotes 207: Mildly merry https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-207-mildly-merry
Weeknotes 208: Occult arithmetic https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-208-occult-arithmetic
Yearnotes 3: Stable https://tomstu.art/yearnotes-3-stable
Weeknotes 209: Genuine relief https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-209-genuine-relief
Weeknotes 210: Wrong angle https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-210-wrong-angle
Weeknotes 211: In situ https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-211-in-situ
Weeknotes 212: Gritty thriller https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-212-gritty-thriller
Weeknotes 213: Touch the ground https://tomstu.art/weeknotes-213-touch-the-ground
David Burrows
Ben Griffiths@tom I know what you mean about For All Mankind. I do quite like how humdrum the whole space thing has become for them though. Next season will be based in the offices of a Mars estate agent. Seriously though, it needs more space stuff or a good murder.
James JefferiesAn incredible journey I would watch!
@beng I’m worried that it’s conditioned me to expect half of the main cast to die off each season. The only thing that can satisfy me now is Mars exploding.
Kevin McPhillips@tom Well I pay nothing for healthcare AND get slow service every time. Canada truly is a nation at the intersection of the US and Europe.
@tom Also sorry you had such a mundane accident. That concussion I had that stopped me from working or mostly functioning for a year and a half was from picking up a child’s toy and standing up a bit too fast. So I feel ya.
@kmcphillips Thanks Kevin. Solidarity with the mundane accident crew. I hope your brain’s back to normal now.
Kerry Buckley@tom It feels like we should make a bigger deal about companies who handle faults well like that (Sonos). I had a similar surprisingly good experience with Shokz a couple of years ago – told them about a fault with two-year-old headphones, and they immediately sent me a new pair. Those had an issue too, so they sent me a third pair, which have been perfect ever since. At no point did they even ask for the old ones to be returned.
Emma (has_many_books of old)@tom congrats to your dad on a inventing a next level 21st century dad joke, will file it for use later
@tom A+ The Killer joke
Ben Sheldon (he/him)@tom my understanding of the Ruby parser story is that there's debate around whether to commit to handbuilt / recursive descent parser (Prism) or generated /LALR (Bison, Lrama).
Ruby 3.3 will have a runtime flag (no special compilation required) to enable Prism and get more real-world performance and lifecycle/ecosystem experience.
@bensheldon Oh, interesting, thanks! Is there anywhere I can read about this online?
@tom Ruby DevMeeting notes have the outlines: https://github.com/ruby/dev-meeting-log/blob/master/2023/DevMeeting-2023-08-24.md#library
Russell Garner@tom 200! Congratulations. It's a humdinger, this one, my personal favourite sentence fragment being "as arbitrary and consequence-free as a Doctor Who episode" you are MY PEOPLE
@rgarner Thanks!
MikeStok
ufuk@tom I wonder whether you might like Bodies, a new series on Netflix - I’m halfway through and am enjoying the unfolding of the plot, but am also slightly concerned that it isn’t as good as I think it is 😆
@tom reading is such a delicately-held love. I can't read novels any more -- at least not until I stop running a book publishing company. Maybe in retirement: we'll see.
@tom did you…just spoiler House of Usher for me 😂 honestly don’t think it will affect my enjoyment of this Flanaverse installment. Also reminded me to show my youngest teenage daughter The Mist, those types of endings are her favourite ever since Rogue One
Tom Cartwright@tom I have not really watched the morning show - more of an occasional observer. But I am very intrigued by the arriving home from work scene.
@tomcartwrightuk Definitely not worth watching the show for. Just a bafflingly false note in an already unconvincing episode.
Joel Chippindale@tom Glasses are magic!