Peter Wilson

Archives: Notes

  • Something I’ve learnt about myself recently is that I find end-of-life’ing software way more satisfying than releasing it.

  • I’m sorely tempted to add Space Karen to the see also section of Wikipedia’s Dunning–Kruger effect entry.

  • Does twttr.blog redirect to tumblr yet?

  • I am somewhat tempted to add commit-with-a-short-love-letter-to-css-specificity as a keyword on the WordPress bug tracker. I guess this is why I am not an admin on the WordPress bug tracker.

  • Most things in this world can be blamed on an Australian. https://theshot.net.au/politics/the-chaser-suspended-by-twitter-after-impersonating-donald-trump/

  • AI generated posts for LinkedIn all start “this isn’t really appropriate for LinkedIn but…”

  • OH: Can you screenshot that photo and send it to me?

    I’ve been thinking about this for 24 hours now.

  • Is it really day drinking if you’re waiting for npm install?

  • Does anyone know if GitHub are on the socials?

  • I suspect there are more meetings about porn at Tumblr than there are at Pornhub.

  • Breaking news: still dead.

  • I think this is the least subtle code I have ever written.

    namespace Run\This\In\Local\Development\Only\It\Is\Unsafe;

  • Has the media covered the Queen’s death last week? I haven’t seen a single story.

  • The Import from Movable Type Podcast will be the last podcast named for an admin feature in WordPress.

  • The border-inline-start-width-podcast will be the last podcast named for a css property.

  • Scheduling a blog post targeting one time zone, while the severs in another and your in a third is fun. Even after publication I am only pretty sure I got it right but not certain.

  • According to GitHub, last week’s maintenance and security releases brought the total number of minor and major WordPress releases to exactly 600. That seems like a lot. https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/

  • Last week a huge performance gain was committed to post queries in WordPress.

    It’s a complex change so help testing from hosts and developers before the next release would be great. If you find a bug, drop a note on the ticket. https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22176

    MySQL performance graph showing a large drop off in the number of requests

  • While rebuilding my laptop I discovered fnm as an node version manager. The F stands for for fast, and they are not kidding it’s so much quicker than anything I’ve used in the past. https://github.com/Schniz/fnm

  • Day 5: I am so bored I have taken a RAT for something to do.

  • They call me Peter “4 jabs” Wilson. I reckon a one business hour turn-around on becoming eligible is pretty good.

  • I told the algorithm to create a playlist from Mad World. It’s grim. The big finish is Everybody Hurts.

  • Hmm, similar feels, another day.

  • Days since listening to Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: 0️⃣

  • You don’t say, really?!

    Scott Morrison instructed Border Force to reveal election day asylum boat arrival

  • So the 21st WordPress release I’ve contributed to drops tomorrow. Spoiler: several hundred people have done some lovely work.

  • “I don’t hold an office, mate, I lost my job”

  • Where the fuck is Casey Briggs?

  • From: do-not-reply@gov.au

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    DISCLAIMER:
    If you have received this transmission in error please notify us immediately by return email and delete all copies.

  • Error: Parameter must be instance of a string, string given.

    I love you PHP 5.6, I really do.

  • I’ve tried staying quiet about this but… it bothers me the only mention of security is the presumption a plugin will have flaws. Well, yes, if you prioritize the misspelling WordPress over escaping and sanitization, that’s exactly what will happen.

    https://poststatus.com/what-agencies-are-looking-for-in-your-code/

  • What you young’uns don’t understand is that CSS-Tricks used to be run by some guy called Chris as a side gig. I think he runs a farm out west these days.

  • I’m excited about this too, for a while I was getting daily review requests from Jonny & his team mates for one performance improvement or another. *Even better with a persistent cache.*

  • Me: Making architecture decisions for a CMS as popular as WordPress is really hard.
    CSS working group: Hold my beer! https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2022/03/14/if-or-when/

  • When discussing differences in musical taste with your partner, it turns out “well, that’s because you’re older than me” is not the correct answer.

  • World: please do not be alarmed if you see an Australian post a photo of their 20-year-old selves smoking a bong. It’s actually pretty damn cool.

  • You can increase the diversity of applicants in a call for speakers with this one weird trick: paying your speakers. Include the amount in the CFP and reach out to underrepresented groups highlighting the honorarium. Read an @ffconf CFP and do that.

  • Games ending in le are to 2022 as startups ending in ly are to 2012.

  • Hey, how about we never forget and certainly never forgive Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters for promoting & fundraising for AIDS denialism. https://medium.com/the-monthly/the-foo-fighters-aids-denialism-should-be-on-the-record-6e33666fdc3c

  • Using six cell little killers for a Sudoku based multi-factor authentication challenge.

  • Why superannuation laws are stuffed.

    1/1,241

  • Apparently when @ato_gov_au recovers unpaid super from previous years, it counts toward the super cap for the year in which it’s recovered. Thus your former employer gets to screw you over again when the ATO forces them to do the right thing.

    Check your super, folks.

  • Suddenly having to maintain a website everyone in the world visits daily vs selling at peak zeitgeist, buying some nice things and not having to maintain a website everyone in the world visits daily.

    I can see why some people are so mad.

  • I keep getting emails about removing negative online reviews.

    Have I been Justine Sacco’ed and not noticed?

  • Discussing the relative merits of software projects and my brain is “yes, you will listen to Nik Kershaw now”.

  • For the first time in a couple of years I have a talk idea I want to spend the time on. Little desire to either deliver on zoom or attend a crowded conference centre though.

  • I’ve muted five consecutive green block emoji. What up losers?

  • #BREAKING At least one journalist published the wrong draft atop the home page. I want screenshots, dammit.

  • Actual Australian citizens with actual Australian passports have been waiting two years for a federal court hearing to be allowed back in to the country they live in. Think about that as the rich and famous get two in one week.