hell yeah, got displayport alt mode over usb-c working on rk3588 pocket reform with mainboard 2.0!

in the end it was a DP lane polarity issue: USB3 allows lane polarity swap for better PCB routing, but DP doesn't. tricky when you need to reuse the same lanes for both.

Chamfers in Dune 3D just got more versatile and now support two Radii for non-45° angles!

But this post isn't really about that, instead, it's about making visually pleasing UIs.
In its first iteration (left), the chamfer group editor looked a bit chaotic with the spinbuttons and Radius texts not lining up horizontally.

Using tabular figures for the text and a size group to indent the spinbutton made it all line up just right 👌

#dune3d

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

Devs:

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

This is an old blog post of mine, but I still really appreciate this subtle feature of Rust: one of the ways it supports robust thread-safe concurrent code is by _not making everything thread-safe._ It's odd that this property is so rare in languages. Just like how clear boundaries are critical in relationships, being able to designate which parts of your program _can't_ be shared across threads is critical for ensuring that the shared parts are correct.

https://cliffle.com/blog/not-thread-safe/

#rustlang

*headdesk repeatedly*

If you have a problem with the system (work thing, FYI), you MUST TELL ME THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM!

Preferably with screenshots of what the problem is. Exactly. In detail. Maybe even a little bit of WHY it's a problem.

If you, after months and months and months of never saying a damn thing, get snippy at me, prepare to get bit.

Because I do NOT READ MINDS!

This grumble brought to you by a different department getting snippy.
#work #admin #useyourwords #people