I need a documenter!
I have a head full of stuff that hasn’t had time to be documented, and being a single point of knowledge isn’t job security, it’s a major risk.
My code gets documented. But so much infrastructure is just held in my head as senior SysAdmin. Wherever possible I just have a ride-along “up-skilling” (works like a RAID mirror for my brain).
Every site in the early 2000s had a left nav menu
Pascal, turbo Pascal and Delphi were my earliest real programming experiences making commercial software (the ability to inline assembly code in turbo Pascal was very good.)
It really was an excellent introduction to programming.
But then I switched to properly multithreadded object oriented programming, which Pascal was not so good at.
The tiny, tiny footprint and speed to load.
I would think I’d probably use an IDE if I was coding all the time.
Heck, I’m only using it because JFE got too old.
I do have VSCode set up even with the same scheme as NP++… but let’s face it, the most complex things I’m using are PowerShell and Node JS.
Because I have a family subscription. YT and YT music for the whole family, means my kids are ad free and managed. I use the heck out of it and can afford it.
I don’t pay for Spotify, and with the price hike Disney + is about to get the eye patch treatment.
But I really do use the heck out of YT, so for me it’s worth it.
But if you don’t see the value, do what you gotta do.
The object model is much easier to understand in PowerShell.
Trinity used NMAP and scanned for real known SSH vulnerabilities when hacking the power station in Matrix Reloaded.
It’s the Hilux of wagons!
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Space Invaders
I had computers from a young age.
ASM coding on a Microbee running CP/M OS was where I started somewhere around 1986.
But I grew up as they did and have a deep understanding of how they work.
I’m a Senior SysAdmin/Systems Architect these days.
I still have a @hotmail.com email address that is just my name. No numbers or anything.
To address the whooshing sound…
Smells like Teen Spirit:
“I feel stupid, and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us”
AFAICT Gen X should really just be split into Boomers and early millennials.
I’m a late gen X (1978) and do not associate with boomers at all.
We’re basically millennials before the internet.
It’s all about the phrasing.
Other things that suffer from this have been listed in memes.
“Butt dial.” Vs. “Booty call”
And
“Forgive me father, for I have sinned.” Vs. “Sorry Daddy, I’ve been a bad girl.”
Boss said stop coming in late.
I said I’m trying but my body hasn’t cooperated with this start time for the last 30 years, I don’t see why it will start now.
Boss said would starting and finishing later work?
For the last 5 years I’ve been starting at 9:30 and finishing at 6. And I haven’t been late due to me as a person since.
Public transport problems happen occasionally, but it was that simple for them to get a full day out of me reliably.
Pirrrrrrrr = Pir^8