Nat's 2022 Technical Link Pile: Product
See the Intro for context. [20220203] Tree/Loop Prompts Our ability to ________ is a function of our ability to ________ ________ has a number of contributing factors, including ________ When ________ …
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Nat's 2022 Technical Link Pile: Security
See the Intro for context. [20221223] PEACH Framework for Cloud Security – risks associated with customer-facing interfaces and determines: the complexity of the interface as a predictor of …
Nat's 2022 Technical Link Pile: SQL Server/Databases
See the Intro for context. [20221231] Job Drain Pattern – we make heavy use of this internally. Cf In-Memory Outbox: an easy-to-use, reliable solution to perform atomic operations that update a …
Nat’s 2022 Technical Link Pile: Interesting Software
See the Intro for context. [20221231] EndBasic – BASIC with cloud, DOS-like GUI. Actively developed. [20221231] pbproxy – send your clipboard anywhere you can ssh. [20221231] LCARS – …
Nat’s 2022 Technical Link Pile: Random
See the Intro for context. [20221231] 36 Things I Learned in 2022 – #1 blew my mind: For the first time in history in 2020, the weight of things produced by humans (concrete, metals, plastic) …
Acoustic Bandcamp Recommendations
Last updated: 2022-04-10 Bandcamp is a great place to buy music, because most of the money you pays goes straight to the artist. If you buy on a special Bandcamp Friday, then Bandcamp don’t even take …
5G Public Works Project
I’ve seen a few people propose a big government project around 5G mobile technology. I couldn’t find more detail to any proposals, so I did my own research to inform my own opinions on …
Joining a startup? Read this.
Here’s a braindump of some things I’ve learned over the years. Caveat lector: my experiences inform this, and they aren’t representative of all the possibilities, etc. Ignore this if …
The T in CTO doesn’t stand for Talk
Looks like NZ will get a CTO real soon now. It’s hard to avoid the word “debacle” in describing how it came about: a false start at making an appointment, a whiff of impropriety in …
Proposed Changes to NZ's R&D Incentives
There’s an open consultation about to end, on the changes MBIE would like to make to NZ’s R&D incentives. In particular, they’ll phase out the Callaghan Growth Grants and replace …