John Scott
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Just shows how tax freebies can take a long time to break everything. Thatcher ditched farm tax which led to higher land prices due to tax dodgers, thus pricing out family farmers. Thanks Thatcher.
December 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just shows how tax freebies can take a long time to break everything. Thatcher ditched farm tax which led to higher land prices due to tax dodgers, thus pricing out family farmers. Thanks Thatcher.
I would say however that I loved the article. It’s fascinating to see how so many different projects have solved problems and also how some projects boxed themselves into a corner while other avoided those future problems.
Required reading for those wishing to avoid the same fate.
Required reading for those wishing to avoid the same fate.
December 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I would say however that I loved the article. It’s fascinating to see how so many different projects have solved problems and also how some projects boxed themselves into a corner while other avoided those future problems.
Required reading for those wishing to avoid the same fate.
Required reading for those wishing to avoid the same fate.
I’d add that user management is another hard problem these days that GitHub handles.
Databases may be architecturally superior solutions but none of them exist at GitHub’s scale and price (approximately zero).
Databases may be architecturally superior solutions but none of them exist at GitHub’s scale and price (approximately zero).
December 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’d add that user management is another hard problem these days that GitHub handles.
Databases may be architecturally superior solutions but none of them exist at GitHub’s scale and price (approximately zero).
Databases may be architecturally superior solutions but none of them exist at GitHub’s scale and price (approximately zero).
I respectfully disagree here, I think using git (or more precisely GitHub) worked out very for these projects.
Zero cost versioned shared hosting was a hard requirement for all these projects. All the other issues could be dealt with IF the project became popular.
Zero cost versioned shared hosting was a hard requirement for all these projects. All the other issues could be dealt with IF the project became popular.
December 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I respectfully disagree here, I think using git (or more precisely GitHub) worked out very for these projects.
Zero cost versioned shared hosting was a hard requirement for all these projects. All the other issues could be dealt with IF the project became popular.
Zero cost versioned shared hosting was a hard requirement for all these projects. All the other issues could be dealt with IF the project became popular.
Do you think Apple will seek to fix the initialisation issue by switching @State to be a macro? (Assuming they could even do that)
December 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Do you think Apple will seek to fix the initialisation issue by switching @State to be a macro? (Assuming they could even do that)
Ah yes, the age old question of where “off-topic” bugs go when redirected from Swift forums to the main Apple forums.
The bin, they always* go in the bin.
The bin, they always* go in the bin.
December 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Ah yes, the age old question of where “off-topic” bugs go when redirected from Swift forums to the main Apple forums.
The bin, they always* go in the bin.
The bin, they always* go in the bin.
Just like the sanitiser, I’d expect to be informed in the console.
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just like the sanitiser, I’d expect to be informed in the console.
More of a debug feature, similar to Xcode’s main thread sanitiser. No need to have it on all the time.
December 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
More of a debug feature, similar to Xcode’s main thread sanitiser. No need to have it on all the time.
Bit of an aside but I’d love GC to be added to Swift just to catch those pesky retain cycles. It would certainly be a handy feature for iOS simulator builds where memory is less of an issues.
December 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Bit of an aside but I’d love GC to be added to Swift just to catch those pesky retain cycles. It would certainly be a handy feature for iOS simulator builds where memory is less of an issues.
I’m more sympathetic to the BBC as both Amber and Luis were replacements (Amber being very late).
I think after 20 odd series the public are pretty good at factoring in previous experience and giving preference to “the journey”.
I think after 20 odd series the public are pretty good at factoring in previous experience and giving preference to “the journey”.
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I’m more sympathetic to the BBC as both Amber and Luis were replacements (Amber being very late).
I think after 20 odd series the public are pretty good at factoring in previous experience and giving preference to “the journey”.
I think after 20 odd series the public are pretty good at factoring in previous experience and giving preference to “the journey”.
Fixed because the public (including me) are biased towards dance newbies on a journey?
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Fixed because the public (including me) are biased towards dance newbies on a journey?
The police give you feedback?! Hampshire go to quite some lengths to do the exact opposite, at least for road crimes.
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The police give you feedback?! Hampshire go to quite some lengths to do the exact opposite, at least for road crimes.
I’ve long suspected that when drivers say “I saw nobody” they actually mean “I saw A nobody”.
October 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I’ve long suspected that when drivers say “I saw nobody” they actually mean “I saw A nobody”.
It’s frustrating trying to keep track of all the individuals needlessly killed on the roads. I had to make my own but it’s just too harrowing to read all the cases before logging them, especially the children.
roaddeaths.uk
roaddeaths.uk
Road Deaths
Traffic crash deaths the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1896.
roaddeaths.uk
September 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It’s frustrating trying to keep track of all the individuals needlessly killed on the roads. I had to make my own but it’s just too harrowing to read all the cases before logging them, especially the children.
roaddeaths.uk
roaddeaths.uk
I’m glad it’s been renewed for another season. I agree it would be shame if it just slipped into darkness never to return.
September 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I’m glad it’s been renewed for another season. I agree it would be shame if it just slipped into darkness never to return.
Have you seen E10 yet?
September 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Have you seen E10 yet?
The two dickheads in question appear to be one man and one woman. Given this you should be in the clear, assuming your boss deserves it of course.
September 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The two dickheads in question appear to be one man and one woman. Given this you should be in the clear, assuming your boss deserves it of course.
xkcd rule damn it, not a “docs” rule 🤦🏻♂️
August 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
xkcd rule damn it, not a “docs” rule 🤦🏻♂️
Someone should create a sixth Red Dwarf quote site using the SRT files pulled from iPlayer. However that might mean changing the bulb on something and would break some docs rule, so probably best not.
August 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Someone should create a sixth Red Dwarf quote site using the SRT files pulled from iPlayer. However that might mean changing the bulb on something and would break some docs rule, so probably best not.
I wrote this a few years ago now and i still stand by it: jjrscott.com/ship-the-tem...
Ship the Template
Pipeline first, product second
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August 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I wrote this a few years ago now and i still stand by it: jjrscott.com/ship-the-tem...
With noting that the B in this case is the actual patient, not the road outside the building containing the patient.
Those bikes will fit in many office lifts so all that gear can be taken right up to where it’s needed.
Those bikes will fit in many office lifts so all that gear can be taken right up to where it’s needed.
August 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
With noting that the B in this case is the actual patient, not the road outside the building containing the patient.
Those bikes will fit in many office lifts so all that gear can be taken right up to where it’s needed.
Those bikes will fit in many office lifts so all that gear can be taken right up to where it’s needed.
I thinking they’re confusing causation with causation there.
July 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I thinking they’re confusing causation with causation there.