Jon Jensen

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Tech: open source/free software, #PostgreSQL, #Rust, #Perl, #Python, #networking, #security, #Linux.

Language: Indo-European & Semitic families. Bin einigermassen deutschsprachig.

Like #backpacking, #hiking, urban #exploring, #history, #reading, #music, and #film. Radio call sign KG7TXN.

Lived in Teton Valley, Idaho; Prague, Czechia; Dresden, Germany; Liverpool & Pocklington, England; Plovdiv, Bulgaria; now Provo, Utah.

Christian, latter-day saint.

Husband to Erin, father of 6.

Personal homehttps://jon.swelter.net/
Work profilehttps://www.endpointdev.com/team/jon-jensen/
GitHubhttps://github.com/jonjensen
Jon JensenApr 21, 2023
Vincent MartinApr 20, 2023

Currently onboarding at a new company. Required reading is a blog post by @jonjensen at https://www.endpointdev.com/blog/2018/05/work-philosophy-canon/

It includes a variety of insightful reads. Check it out!

Work philosophy canon | End Point Dev

Show threadJon JensenFeb 3, 2023

@thecodedmessage Great article. Thanks!

I think when you wrote "there are in fact memory differences" that you probably meant "major differences", FYI.

Jon JensenFeb 3, 2023
Jimmy HartzellJan 31, 2023
Stroustrup seems to think that memory safety is an ill-understood up-and-coming feature that "novel" programming languages have, but it's alright because C++ will soon be there. Honestly, his rebuttal of the NSA's document feels like it's out of 1995. My comments: https://www.thecodedmessage.com/posts/stroustrup-response/
My Reaction to Dr. Stroustrup's Recent Memory Safety Comments

The NSA recently published a Cybersecurity Information Sheet about the importance of memory safety, where they recommended moving from memory-unsafe programming languages (like C and C++) to memory-safe ones (like Rust). Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup, the original creator of C++, has made some waves with his response. To be honest, I was disappointed. As a current die-hard Rustacean and former die-hard C++ programmer, I have thought (and blogged) quite a bit about the topic of Rust vs C++.

The Coded Message
Jon JensenJan 25, 2023
Worble ParkerJan 25, 2023
this was the best thing I ever tweeted
Jon JensenJan 14, 2023

Properly documented animal.

#cat #verspielt #play #pet

Jon JensenJan 4, 2023

“So all your Software Supply Chain ideas? You are not buying from a supplier, you are a raccoon digging through dumpsters for free code.”

—Thomas Depierre, “”I am not a supplier” (though he notes how you could negotiate with him so he could become a supplier for you!)

https://www.softwaremaxims.com/blog/not-a-supplier

#freesoftware #opensource #software

I am not a supplier

For the past few years, we have seen a lot of discussions around the concept of the Software Supply Chain. These discussions started around the time of LeftPad and escalated with multiple incidents in the past few years. The problem of all the work in this domain is that it forgets a fundamental point.

Musings about software
Jon JensenJan 4, 2023
book creatureJan 4, 2023
A community library shared this pic of books returned during the holiday break. The idea was to request patrons have patience because it'll take the staff s while to re-shelf so much. I just think it's delightful. Libraries are loved and important!
Jon JensenJan 1, 2023
@GreenFire That's amazing! So much history there.
Jon JensenJan 1, 2023
@GreenFire We chose where to live based on proximity to W&OD, and always were glad. I don't think I walked more than a few miles on it, and mostly biked longer distances. But you really saw a lot of it! Sounds fun to have gone far before it was even paved.
Jon JensenJan 1, 2023

I'm going through notes about articles I read online over the past 3 years or so, and it is amazing how many links are already broken. Entire sites gone, personal blogs moved with no redirects, news articles removed.

Happily the Wayback Machine @internetarchive has most of them. What would we do without it?! But I am surprised the linkrot sets in so fast.

#internet #web #url