Mastodawn

"Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison. You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don’t anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn-you stick your hand in there and it’ll chop it off, the end. You don’t think "oh, the lawnmower hates me"–lawnmower doesn’t give a shit about you, lawnmower can’t hate you. Don’t anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don’t fall into that trap about Oracle."
Bryan Cantrill

https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/17/bryan-cantrill/

A quote from Bryan Cantrill

Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison. You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don’t anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the …

Simon Willison’s Weblog

bugrasan Apr 26

#mermaid support #wardley-maps with its latest release v11.14
https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases

Releases · mermaid-js/mermaid

Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown - mermaid-js/mermaid

GitHub

bugrasan Jan 2

#PublicDomainDay 2026 in Literature - #StandardEbooks:
https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026

https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026/

bugrasan Dec 29

interesting findings, still unfixed and makes me wonder how it has been dealt with some of the bugs. overall a refreshing perspective about #gpgfail and its ecosystem.
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-to-sign-or-not-to-sign-practical-vulnerabilities-i

bugrasan Aug 5, 2025

this applies to pair writing as much as it does to pair programming. the pomodoro technique is a good hint to also clear the context of the pair working session... so the responses also improves again.

https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/generative-ai/do-developers-need-think-less-ai

Do developers need to think less with AI?

Does AI assisted software development mean developers need to think less when building software? Nik Malykhin offers his perspective.

Thoughtworks

bugrasan Jan 22, 2024

#FOSDEM is coming, https://fosdem.org/2024/

with interesting tracks like:
The new Swiss Open Source Law: "Public Money Public Code" by default https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3401-the-new-swiss-open-source-law-public-money-public-code-by-default/

FOSDEM 2024 - Home

bugrasan Dec 25, 2023

worthwhile your time, listening to the Q&A (of course also the intro presentation):
Yanis Varoufakis: Is Capitalism Devouring Democracy?
https://youtu.be/gGeevtdp1WQ

Yanis Varoufakis: Is Capitalism Devouring Democracy?

YouTube

bugrasan Dec 17, 2023

a bit old but still interesting:
https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/wirtschaft/743487990-schweiz-in-statistiken-2022-so-steht-s-um-bevoelkerung-arbeit-geld-co

15 Grafiken, die den Zustand der Schweiz 2022 perfekt auf den Punkt bringen

In diesen 15 Infografiken zeigt sich, was in der Schweiz aktuell vor sich geht.

watson.ch

bugrasan Aug 5, 2023

when to use hyphen, nhdash, m-dash:
https://www.punctuationmatters.com/en-dash-em-dash-hyphen/

How to use the en dash, em dash and hyphen (also ndash, mdash)

It's easy to use the hyphen, em dash and en dash to make your writing flow better. Let's look at some examples of the en dash...

Punctuation Matters

bugrasan Jan 22, 2023

happiness (rat race)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dZQelULDk

Happiness

The story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment. Music: 'Habanera' by Bizet'Morning Mood' by Edvard Griegwww.stevecutts.comhttps://ww...

YouTube