Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/06
Reminder to self to check out [WayBack] Working with big data databases in Delphi – Cassandra, Couchbase and MongoDB (Part 3 of 3) – grijjy blog and see if by now it supports authentication.
Repository: grijjy/DelphiMongoDB: A Delphi driver for MongoDB
Via: [WayBack] We finish our trilogy on big databases with a Delphi driver for MongoDB. – Erik van Bilsen – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/05
Since I might need it one day: [WayBack] windows – How to simulate drop-down form in Delphi? – Stack Overflow
Via [WayBack] for whatever reason this SO question from 2015 showed up in my rss stream as “new or updated”. Interesting though. – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/05
The answer to the meme on the right:
If you are having problems deploying on a Friday, you will have them at any time of the week. Your processes are broken.
Source: [WayBack] Friday Deploys, and other harmful BOFH memes – The Isoblog.
via: [WayBack] Friday Deploys and other harmful BOFH memes – they need to die in a fire… – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+
Kristian argues that people finding the meme funny should get fired.
I still find it funny. Both in a way that I’m surprised so many BOFH are still there, as well as being happy that on many occasions I’ve helped making this a thing of the past or at least make organisations aware of the deployment risks and how to cope with them.
Do I need to change? Definitely: life is all about learning new things every day and change because of that.
Do I need go get out of a job or a new job? Likely at some point because life is all about change. Hopefully I’ve learned enough by then to find another gig where – in addition to applying my tech skills – I can spread awareness and knowledge. And learn new things. Did I tell about life is all about learning?
Related: [WayBack] by michielrook.nl:
https://speakerdeck.com/mrook/i-deploy-on-fridays-and-maybe-you-should-too
Via: [WayBack] @michieltcs: I deploy on Fridays (and maybe you should too): https://speakerdeck.com/mrook/i-deploy-on-
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/05
Interesting use-case based on ZeroMQ and Google Protocol Buffers: [WayBack] GrijjyCloudLogger, remote logging for Windows, iOS, Android, macOS and Linux – grijjy blog.
Everything is Open Source at GitHub:
Via: [WayBack] The Grijjy team is proud to introduce our GrijjyCloudLogger, https://blog.grijjy.com/2017/08/22/grijjycloudlogger-remote-logging-for-windows-ios-android… – Allen Drennan – Google+
–jeroen
Related: For my research list: Delphi and ZeroMQ
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/04
Many flow strategies: GitLab Flow | GitLab
After me doing some research on [WayBack] What your approach to branching tells me about the state of your agile transformation. | LinkedIn – Marjan Venema – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/04
Should be on the wall for every development team around:
Why We Write Tickets
Shared with my team the other day in Slack …
Why we write tickets
- So if we get sick, a teammate can help us out
- To help us decompose our work into small pieces
- As a placeholder for a real-life conversation
- To keep track of how we resolved the issue
- To make our standups effective
- To point out dependencies
- To reflect on the mix/makeup of our work during retros
- Self-discipline.
- Don’t take on too much.
- Try to do one thing at a time
Why we DON’T write tickets
- To track our time
- To compete with other team members
- To show managers we’re busy
- To make managing people possible
- To report status, or % complete
- Because Jira is fun to use
- External discipline
John CutlerFollow – Multiple hat-wearer. Product development nut. I love wrangling complex problems and answering the why with qual/quant data. May 4
Source: [WayBack] Why We Write Tickets – Hacker Noon
Via: [WayBack] Why We Write Tickets – Hacker Noon – Marjan Venema – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/04
Cool library: rvelthuis/BigNumbers: BigInteger, BigDecimal and BigRational for Delphi.
It has many Unit Tests written with DUnit.
Via: [WayBack] This is truly very cool project, if need to do math with pretty large numbers, check this out… – Tommi Prami – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/03
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/03
The ll header field in a martian source message on linux is about the [WayBack] Ethernet frame – Wikipedia: Data Link Layer.
The first 6 hex digits are the source MAC address, the next are the destination MAC address:
May 10 08:59:24 linux kernel: IPv4: martian source 255.255.255.255 from 192.168.17.44, on dev eth1
May 10 08:59:24 linux kernel: ll header: 00000000: ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 0c 29 f7 0f fe 08 00 ........).....
In the above example:
ff ff ff ff ff ff (broadcast, which corresponds with IPv4 target 255.255.255.255)00 0c 29 f7 0f fe (specific, which I could verify after checking out the machine having IPv4 192.168.17.44)08 00 (IPv4)Some sources indicate it is a martian, as 255.255.255.255 is never a valid IP address, but [WayBack] Martian packet – Wikipedia: IPv4 disagrees.
References:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2019/06/03
What key combination do I have to press to create a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac 2011? The Windows combination of Alt+Enter does not work on the Mac.
Source: [WayBack] keyboard – How to add a line break in a cell in Excel for Mac – Ask Different
The answer depends on the Excel for Mac OS X version you are using.
Excel 2015 is simple (thanks esham): use Option+Enter.
In older Excel <= 2011 (thanks nwinkler), use Command+Option+Enter or Control+Option+Enter.
Some users report the also need the Fn key in addition to the above modifiers.
–jeroen
PS: Later I found out that [WayBack] Beckism.com: Use a linebreak in Excel on Mac also shows the Excel <= 2011 solution Control+Option+Return (note that Return is the same key as Enter).
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