[German]Exchange servers (on-premises) have had woldwide a Year 2022 problem since January 1 (00:00 UTC), because mails are no longer transported due to a “date error”. Meanwhile, Microsoft has confirmed this issue in a separate blog post. The developers are … Read more
The problem with Vanity TLDs Part of the new ICANN plan for gTLDs — which I outline here — includes plans for “community domains” where the operator can prove they are the exclusive agent for a particular community. The name … Read more
The Gift of It’s Your Problem Now Recently a security hole in a certain open source Java library resulted in a worldwide emergency kerfuffle as, say, 40% of the possibly hundreds of millions of worldwide deployments of this library needed … Read more
So we’re supposed to be writing a game, right? But in order to make progress, we have to fix a bug. And in order to fix the bug, we have to write a test. And in order to write a … Read more
My husband is really into geometry, and once he’s mastered a complicated proof he likes to go through it with me in exacting detail. If he sees my eyes wandering, he commands me to pay attention. In general, the kinds … Read more
Are you just doing primary key lookups? If so, a new index won’t do much as Postgres already has you covered there. If you have any foreign key columns, add indexes on them. And if you’re doing any joins, make … Read more
People ask me, “Can you explain why you dislike Ethereum and recommend against buying or holding it?” Here is my explanation. Imagine starting a new community. The community will be called “Ethereum”. A number of promises will be made to … Read more
Apple just announced that they will use “perceptual hashing” to detect illegal photos on iPhones. I have some experience to share on this technology. At my company, we use “perceptual hashes” to find copies of an image where each copy … Read more
By itself, concrete is a very durable construction material. The magnificent Pantheon in Rome, the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome, is in excellent condition after nearly 1,900 years. And yet many concrete structures from last century – bridges, highways and … Read more
I walked into my adviser’s office, overflowing with frustration and confusion about the advice I had received at a recent career development workshop. It reiterated what I had heard so many times before: I should follow my dream, and if … Read more