Nick Jones

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177 Posts

Doer of things. Serial meetup organiser, including Cloud Native and Kubernetes Edinburgh.

Currently building Cloud Native infrastructure for AI and ML workloads. Previously at Rancher, Mesosphere, StackHPC, DataCentred, and Sun Microsystems.

Penchant for decrepit Unix workstations. Likes vi.

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Bloghttps://dischord.org/about
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/yankcrime
Keybasehttps://keybase.io/yankcrime
GitHubhttps://github.com/yankcrime
Nick JonesJan 29
For the first time in over 20 years of using macOS / OSX, I’ve downgraded from the current release to the previous one (Tahoe back to Sequoia). I tried my hardest to adapt to Tahoe but it’s just so bad in so many places. Really hoping that they right the ship.
Nick JonesJan 14
HéliographeJan 14
If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design
Nick JonesJan 12
Norbert HegerJan 11

Struggling to resize windows on macOS Tahoe? Here’s why.

https://noheger.at/blog/2026/01/11/the-struggle-of-resizing-windows-on-macos-tahoe/

Nick JonesOct 24
YoraOct 23

@forse @toddalio @GossiTheDog I remember back in the day when me and all my friends would always first install XP-AntiSpy on any new computer before doing anything else with it.

#Microsoft #Windows #enshittification

Nick JonesOct 22
Nick JonesOct 21
Stuck some cool stickers out, grab one while they last
Nick JonesOct 21
KCDUK Edinburgh edition is go!
Nick JonesSep 22
Niki TonskySep 22

So I looked at Tahoe release (in VM). Some UI highlights (thread):

- Window toolbar changing color from white to black for no reason

Nick JonesSep 19
Upgraded to macOS Tahoe expecting to thoroughly hate and it's fine. There's a good number of rough edges that I'm sure will get refined over time, but in general I'm cool with it.
Nick JonesSep 14, 2025
Fascinating history on exactly why Apple went through the process of getting OS X UNIX certified: https://www.quora.com/What-goes-into-making-an-OS-to-be-Unix-compliant-certified
What goes into making an OS to be Unix compliant certified?

Answer: A lot. I was the tech lead at Apple for making Mac OS X pass UNIX certification, and it was done to get Apple out of a $200M lawsuit filed by The Open Group, for use of the UNIX™ trademark in advertising. The lawsuit was filed because the owner of Mac OS X Server kept putting “UNIX” on ...

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