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Chris Gervais ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ’ป
How the hell does this #BBEdit version check still work in 2026?!
Feb 15 at 8:32pmWeb
Show threadatteroFeb 15
@chrisgervais HTTP/1.1 was specified by rfc2616 in 1999, that's how.
Show threadChris Gervais ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ’ปFeb 15
@attero I was more surprised that Bare Bones SW update server still supported a HTTP connection. Good on them!
Show thread๊™ฎ ๐„ƒ๐„๐„‚๐„€๐„€๐„๐„ƒ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งFeb 16
@chrisgervais @attero We live in an age of idiots, where you need cryptography even just to check a version
Show threadChris Gervais ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ’ปFeb 16
@liilliil @attero Turns out, we donโ€™t need HTTPS everywhere.
Show threadgavinFeb 15
@chrisgervais am now curious if the update will run
Show threadEmma needs โ˜•๏ธ and paying workFeb 15
@chrisgervais a human wrote the code instead of using whatever a LLM shat out on the basis of a prompt.
Show threadSchamschulaFeb 15
@chrisgervais So the version for Mac Classic is newer than that for macOS? My version is 15.5.4, and claims to be current.
Show threadChris Gervais ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ’ปFeb 15
@schamschula Guessing it's a parsing error in the classic Mac OS version ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ
Show threadsanguishFeb 15
@chrisgervais @siegel is a steely eyed missle man
Show threadSean ReynoldsFeb 16

@chrisgervais they thought far enough ahead that they wrote resilient code.

Resilience is a pretty good goal to shoot for, in code and in life

Show threadChris Gervais ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ’ปFeb 16
@saltbaygull They are that awesome, so it tracks. And agree with you on both counts!
Show threadLuca AccomazziFeb 16
@chrisgervais oldest โ€œbest practiceโ€ in the book: if it ainโ€™t broke, donโ€™t fix it!
Show threadษˆฦจษฟoสœnษ˜vฯ…แ‚ง nษ˜ษˆฦจษฟษ’ฦ†Feb 16
@chrisgervais Solid ground, premium customer orientation and commitment to the own product. Real artists ship โ€ฆ and care.