Fun with templates
As you may be aware, I maintain dbus-cxx, and I’ve been working on it lately to get it ready for a new release. Most of that work is not adding new features, but updating the code generator to work correctly. … Continue reading
One large program or many little programs?
Earlier this week, I came across this question on softwareengineering.stackexchange.com. This has some relevance for me, since at work two of our main projects follow the two sides of this design philosophy: one project is a more monolithic application, and … Continue reading
Counting lines of code
So a few years ago, me and a coworker had to figure out how many lines of code we had. This was either for metrics or for because we were curious, I can’t really remember why. I came across the … Continue reading
Happy 2019!
Time continues marching on, which is kinda what time does. Anyway, happy new year!
Law Abiding Citizen
A few weeks ago, I came across this comment on Reddit about Law Abiding Citizen, and how some people think that the ending was bad. So I would just like to say that first of all, I do like the … Continue reading
English sentences and punctuation
Barbara Bush died a few days ago, and The Onion had this to say about it: Barbara Bush Passes Away Surrounded By Loved Ones, Jeb This got me thinking a bit, how can we change the meaning of this sentence … Continue reading
Bitcoin Mining for a Useful Purpose?
So I was thinking about this the other day when I came across this article on Slashdot that points out that GPU prices are high due to the demand for Bitcoin(and other cryptocurrencies) mining. This got me thinking, what’s the … Continue reading
Intergalactics Source Code
Does anybody out there have the original source code to the Java game Intergalactics? I was able to pull the (compiled) client off of SourceForge, but without a server it’s not too useful. I did start updating the client to … Continue reading
APT Repo is now live
Today, I created an APT repo for my projects. At the moment, this hosts only CSerial, however the intention is to put some other projects up at some point. Note that because CSerial is built as both amd64 and armhf … Continue reading
The Demise of Juicero
As you may have heard recently, Juicero is shutting down. While not entirely unexpected, their business model just seemed insane to start with. As recounted in some of the Slashdot comments, Juicero went through $100+ million dollars in funding. This brings … Continue reading