Jorge Sanchez

@xurxo
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My account focused on software development, data and any other random stuff that pops up. Not really into defining myself. Management professional and Software engineer, maybe more on reverse order. From Vigo, Galicia.

How could I live till now without knowing this clip: The Expert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg

The Expert (Short Comedy Sketch)

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🚨 THE RESULTS ARE IN 🚨

After a week of voting on 32 of the worst people in the tech industry, we have a winner!

The Worst Person in Tech for 2025 is…

🚀 ELON MUSK 🎉

Here’s the full bracket to see how we got here! Plus, you can also cast a vote for third place this year, between Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg.

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A lot of interesting angles in this new, should we prevent chinese technology? should we trust other that come from monopolies? Can bad choices on technology providers impact on our democracy quality? We definitely should embrace EU technology, but it has a cost.
https://militarnyi.com/en/articles/millions-of-eyes-and-ears-how-chinese-electric-cars-and-devices-threaten-ukraine-and-the-west/

Why not use Java's instanceof patterns to null-check values in the middle of an `if` statement?

https://blog.headius.com/2025/12/inline-null-check-with-instanceof.html

Non-null variable declaration in Java using instanceof patterns

Ever since JRuby 10 upgraded to Java 21, I’ve been re-learning Java with all the excellent language enhancements of the past decade. One of my favorites has to be the instanceof pattern matching features added in Java 16. Today I also realized I can use an instanceof pattern to null-check and assign a variable at the same time.

Somebody tell me why I shouldn't use instanceof pattern matching in Java to perform a null check plus variable declaration and assignment all at once:

if (obj.getValue() instanceof Value value) {
// use value
} else {
// it's null
}

Speaking of the #Hermitage, the Peacock Clock is one of the most extraordinary surviving 18th‑century #automata. Created in the late 1770s by James Cox, it was bought by Prince Grigory Potemkin for Catherine the Great, shipped to Russia in pieces, and reassembled there.
@xmuse_ #globalmuseum #museums #clocks
For those who've never seen film of Ernst Udet's unpowered landing at the 1933 Chicago International Air Race, here's a re-post.
@ron_eisele #globalmuseum #aviationhistory #history #flying
When Documentation Lies: Detecting Drift Between Code and Reality | HackerNoon

Discovering the problem of outdated documentation and considering modern tools to works with it

The CSS Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of CSS Backgrounds Module Level 4. This module contains the features of CSS relating to the backgrounds of boxes on the page.

CSS is a language for describing the rendering of structured documents (such as HTML and XML) on screen, on paper, etc.

https://www.w3.org/news/2025/first-public-working-draft-css-backgrounds-module-level-4/