Weeknotes 254

The Idiot from Serial Productions was really enjoyable.

Fastmail, my email provider, sent an email saying they are increasing prices. Fair dos, nothing stays the same forever. I’ve paid $50 USD a year for a long time. Now it’s going to increase to 54. Not too bad.

We have listened to user requests and will now bill you in GBP rather than US dollars — no more currency conversion fees, and a stable price.

No one likes conversion fees. However, they are planning on charging me that 54 in GBP now. Nearly a 47% increase in one go.

Trademark Violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac – As pointed out to me by Jay Gooby, the Notepad++ people are unhappy about their trademark being infringed.

After coming back from our jaunt to Oslo I’d finally run out of excuses to put off installing the new loft hatch I’d purchased week(s) earlier. Projects are so much easier to complete in your head. With a pep talk from Harry I forced myself to start, and once you have a hole in the ceiling you really do have to finish.

I’d installed a loft hatch once before in an old house, but with help and support of a friend. This time I was going it alone. Because I’d done it before I felt I understood the basic process of what I was attempting. And I’d watched a load of YouTube videos. I even made a diagram of where I was cutting and joining. This is professional stuff.

So now we have a new loft hatch, and the gap where the old one was is covered over and sealed up. I’m still “making good” in terms of filling and decorating, but that will come over the next week or so as I wait for layers of filler to dry.

I managed to split pair of trousers at the crotch in the process though. It wasn’t all plain sailing.

It’s becoming clear that LLM tokens are rather cheap at the moment. Time to build?! Is this a golden age?

Overcoming AI anxiety

That distinction is what matters. The responsibility of software design and software engineering hasn’t moved. You’re still the one deciding what to build, why it matters, and whether the solution is actually correct. Not just syntactically, but architecturally and contextually.

Build a Tailscale Exit Node in 1 Minute with Flatcar Linux – this is a cool thing I won’t do.

I finished reading London Falling, which in itself should be testament to how much I enjoyed the book in and of itself. It was excellent! I was sure I’ve read other Patrick Radden Keefe books before but Goodreads has no memory of it, so neither do I.