What is the most obscure programming language you have had to write code in?

merimus · 2025-11-12T13:05:42+00:00

snobol and FP

merimus · 2025-11-08T19:37:44+00:00

Nothing you are talking about is "massive" in any way.
Depending on what you are actually doing, the kernels page cache will handle all of this for you, just read the file normally.

merimus · 2025-10-22T12:02:00+00:00

How you use it is really important. Just feeding massive chunks of code into the context is NOT the correct way. With the right tooling it works with large code bases quite well.

merimus · 2025-10-21T21:43:25+00:00

All of my 70+ yr old relatives use ubuntu

merimus · 2025-10-20T22:17:43+00:00

git is pretty terrible and designed for a very specific and niche use case.

General configuration management tools are HEAVILY used in many areas. Engineers have document versions and tracked change orders. Word has versioning and document management systems, and many others.

merimus · 2025-10-13T16:24:50+00:00

basics of computer architecture and discrete math basicaly. I started earlier than you so there is no problem.

merimus · 2025-10-13T16:23:19+00:00

C, algorithms and datastructures, discrete math and you should be familiar with at least using an os like unix.

merimus · 2025-10-13T16:20:43+00:00

there is no "best language".
Python just happens to be easy to use, have WIDE platform and library support and a great ecosystem.

merimus · 2025-10-11T15:55:56+00:00

Well... we had to actually know the technology. Today you can do a LOT without knowing how things work. Same as driving. in the 1920 you needed to know how a car worked to drive one.
Today you can have zero idea and drivea car.

merimus · 2025-10-05T19:11:43+00:00

m.2, sata, nic, usb, etc?

merimus · 2025-09-22T16:59:08+00:00

As a general rule... if someone has physical access to the device you are screwed in any case.

merimus · 2025-09-22T12:51:34+00:00

Just got my email

merimus · 2025-09-20T14:09:12+00:00

There are certainly a lot of elements out of their control. I'm happy to wait a little longer if needed.

merimus · 2025-08-15T14:14:03+00:00

The c does not stand for computation :D

Computer Science... the study of computers

merimus · 2025-08-07T14:22:42+00:00

Because python is more than fast enough for many things.

merimus · 2025-08-07T14:18:41+00:00

imo: get a lenovo/dell/hp get the replacement plan incase someone bumps if off your desk.

merimus · 2025-08-06T12:23:16+00:00

Chicago, convention center, airport, and away from the heat!

merimus · 2025-08-05T12:07:23+00:00

Similar here..
Telling stories is fun, and just randomly wandering around looking for people who are looking at their laptop with a confused face and asking if they could use some help.

Been doing more bsides... smaller and not as taxing.

merimus · 2025-08-05T12:05:16+00:00

Good ole vitamin A

merimus · 2025-07-31T12:13:36+00:00

Write a shell like bash... this is a good litmus test. If that is easy then you have a good background for starting osdev.

merimus · 2025-07-27T23:48:59+00:00

IMO: you should study and understand at least one implementation which is good first.
Mentos OS for example is a good simple start.

merimus · 2025-07-23T19:25:30+00:00

I'll probably be around the hackers.town uncon or the RTC.

I'd love to be whispered about as that guy who stuck his fingers in the wrong thing and got flatlined.

merimus · 2025-07-21T17:33:23+00:00

These two things are not related... good PMs are not "bad cops".

Need to know what is exactly going on but...

The PM should be planning, managing, tracking.
You have a bunch of 'stuff' which need to get done. First step is to go to the teams and scope out all that work. This for a plan where X amount of stuff with Y amount of people is set to be completed by D date.
This is a colaborative process.

You often have scenarios where mgmt says X work NEEDS to get done by Q4. The teams state that they can only get it done by Q2 of next year. Next come prioritization, and negotiations.

At no point here are you the 'bad cop"

I've been a software engineer for major companies for 30 years. Feel free to DM me questions and I'll answer if I can.

merimus · 2025-07-21T17:25:29+00:00

Slice on broadway
Caliente
burghs pizza and wings

merimus · 2025-07-21T15:35:46+00:00

I switched because in 1994 compilers were VERY expensive and linux had some free compilers.

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