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katrotz··on How I block all online ads
I used to be have a premium family suscription, canceled it the moment google increased the price by 30%, I considered such a jump unfair compared to the rest of the economy where salaries are hardly getting adjusted to the inflation.
katrotz··on Europe's Digital Sovereignty Paradox – "Chat Control" Update
Can't deny it increased transparency,nowadays I consciously visit a website knowing I am tracked by a few thousand add services
katrotz··on Go ahead, write the “stupid” code
Slight variation: - Make it work - Make it right - Make it fast
katrotz··on Maestro: Netflix's Workflow Orchestrator
I'd recommend Kestra[1] since it can be run on a single node

[1] https://kestra.io/

katrotz··on The saddest "Just Ship It" story ever (2020)
Unfortunately there is no correct approach since both sloppy and overengineered codebases backfire. What helps me find balance is following the philosophy of 1. Make it work 2. Make it right 3. Make it fast
katrotz··on It's official: Europe turns to the Falcon 9 to launch its navigation satellites
The results may widely vary based on the context, but often writing something from scratch is easier than refactoring something existing.
katrotz··on Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers
Found the choice of words "Get a free scan" on their website button funny. My first involuntary thought was - it is a scam.
katrotz··on Why Dizziness Is Still a Medical Mystery
https://web.archive.org/web/20231010230541/https://www.newyo...
katrotz··on Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99
I found it extremely entertaining to follow the twitter epopeea around Lk99 topic. Apparently the Iris posts were not just empty words and trolling.
katrotz··on Parrots learn to make video calls to chat with other parrots: study
Had to refresh the page more than a couple times as I was not able to scroll passed the first “video” only to realize I have to keep scrolling to get to the article. I genuinely thought the website is broken
katrotz··on PageRank algorithm for graph databases
That made my day, thanks for sharing it
katrotz··on Starlink Aviation
Was wondering the same, but taking into account the planes are flying with its nose lifted a bit, most of the drag should be created by its lower part
katrotz··on I wish my web server were in the corner of my room
Quote similar approach was sharing your Floppy Disk A:/ drive. Any attempt to access it via the network would make this loud noise of empty drive, which meant someone is waiting for you in the chat.
katrotz··on What Are the Odds?
Remember reading in some book on probability and statistics that one will be better off betting insignificant amounts of money rather than not playing at all.
katrotz··on How should we handle an over-productive employee?
Thats more a question of having a balanced team size, ownership and accountability.
katrotz··on The Amazon 'Personal Games' Policy
Unless it impacts your performance during working hours
katrotz··on Work on What Matters
One of the priceless conclusions I've reached during my career is that software engineering is not only about developing software, but also about self-marketing the importance of it
katrotz··on BMW’s new flat logo is everything that’s wrong with modern logo design
The old logo looks bold, solid and heavy - like a diesel engine, whereas the new one - light, skinny, instant, almost like an electric motor. Not a big fan of it, but thats my impresion after a quick glance.
katrotz··on Learning at work is work, and we must make space for it
Eyes opening information. Thanks!
katrotz··on Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket
Two in a row is a coincidence, three in a row might be a rule
katrotz··on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Was wandering is there a printed version?
katrotz··on GitHub is down
Screw you guys i'm going home