Written by Adrian Kosmaczewski since 1996. Updates every Friday.
Farewell to Software Engineers
I recently ranted on Mastodon (as one usually does) about a persistent phenomenon, one which I’m quite tired of seeing in this dear software industry I happen to make a living with.
Use a Bidet
One of the things that I missed the most when moving from Argentina to Switzerland in 1991 wasn’t the meat, nor the alfajores, nor the dulce de leche, but the humble bidet in every bathroom.
Songs With Names of People
Have you noticed how many famous songs bear the names of other celebrities, like actors or musicians?
Against Open Spaces
Regular readers of my ramblings are well aware of my absolute aversion to open spaces, particularly in the context of software engineering.
17 Equations that Changed the World
From the wonderful book by Ian Stewart, here are the equations themselves; read the book to know more about them.
Swiss SaaS You Probably Never Heard About
I’ve recently talked about Proton and about how happy I am with their services, but it turns out that Switzerland has to offer much more in the realm of privacy-conscious SaaS.
Movies About Patagonia and a Picture
I’ve written in the past about my recommendations for visiting Buenos Aires, and about my experience in Patagonia. Here go some movies to complement both explorations of the southernmost region of the Argentine countryside.
How to Add OpenSearch to your Website
Back in the days of Web 2.0, before Node.js, before Google Chrome, before Angular and Vue.js, the browser was slowly evolving, and every so often a truly useful feature would show up in the web ecosystem. This was the case of the OpenSearch specification, to allow browsers to search on any website.
Cute Battery on your tmux
Just like last week, let’s add some more information to our tmux status bar: this time, the current battery level.
Weather on your tmux
People have asked me how to display the weather on the status bar of my tmux session, as shown in a previous post of this blog.