Mastodawn

Alex Rock Sep 26, 2023

Project manager: "What's technical debt? Explain it to me like I'm 6 years old"

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(source: "Richard Scarry's Storybook Dictionary" : https://archive.org/details/1scarryRichardStorybookDictionary/page/n56/mode/1up )

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Giovanni Mascellani Dec 15

Mathias Dec 14

When I do a #ThreatModeling session, I am often confronted with a customer relying 100% on a single cloud provider (usually Azure).
I always ask the question: "What do you do if Microsoft turns off your account tomorrow?" I usually get an empty stare and a long silence in response.

The story shows how a single mistake in some automated system (Apple, in this case) on another continent can wreck you.

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple …

Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison

Giovanni Mascellani Jun 27, 2025

CodeWeavers Jun 26, 2025

What fools these mortals be.. to miss a sale like this! Get 30% off new purchases of CrossOver+ with the deal code “MSS30” through July 11th. A little midsummer magic for all your newly purchased Steam games. 🌕✨🐧 https://bit.ly/40lrAwC

Giovanni Mascellani Feb 17, 2025

CodeWeavers Feb 17, 2025

We're hiring Wine Hackers, plural! Work on a variety of Wine-based software, including CodeWeavers's own CrossOver product; the Proton project for Valve software; and projects for other clients and software internal to CodeWeavers.
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We are the people making Windows applications run on Mac and Linux, not by following the rules but by rewriting them. We are a team of brilliant misfits, open-source advocates, and compatibility wizards who love what we do.
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