Author Archives: Rob

I sometimes wonder if software engineers are better at solving problems or creating problems to solve. via Twitter https://twitter.com/robmccoll March 14, 2019 at 02:03PM

I’m reading the documentation of something called “Hidden API”. Given the name, it sure is well-documented. #programming via Twitter https://twitter.com/robmccoll March 13, 2019 at 02:12PM

.@docker and @kubernetesio are incredible enabling technologies. Now I take for granted running a set of applications locally or on a cluster with high reproducibility, reasonable isolation, low overhead, and minimal inessentials. Not really news to anybody, but worth saying. … Continue reading →

Retailers of the world: a checkout system – customers scan and pay with their phones, walk past someone who glances at the cart and confirms with the app on the way out. Massive head count savings. Customers save time, gain … Continue reading →

Currently reading Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. It’s a fascinating read, but ultimately I’m really glad that Pierre Louis introduced statistics to medicine. via Twitter https://twitter.com/robmccoll February 23, 2019 at 10:39PM

Is there really no decent way to do constant string literals as template parameters in C++ in 2019? <const char *> nope. <char …pack> hack. <const std::string &global> works, but optimization is unlikely and a global is required. #cplusplus https://t.co/IihTvJkfqs … Continue reading →