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I thought I would try adding Windows support to a Python package after a decade of people asking, and I am now filled with regret.If anyone...

I thought I would try adding Windows support to a Python package after a decade of people asking, and I am now filled with regret.

If anyone understands why a command in a makefile with redirection strips a layer of escaping, but only in Windows, and only if there's a redirection, your illumination would be much appreciated!

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/75199

Well, this is very subjective.

Well, this is very subjective.

Mastodon friends! Do any of you happen to be Kishi Bashi fans in travelling distance of London?

Mastodon friends! Do any of you happen to be Kishi Bashi fans in travelling distance of London?

One of the good things about working in Rust now is that I can post Star Trek memes on the group chat while I wait for my code to compile.

One of the good things about working in Rust now is that I can post Star Trek memes on the group chat while I wait for my code to compile.

I'm really quite sad to hear Andy Smart (of the Comedy Store Players) has died. I loved watching him bounding onto stage radiating...

I'm really quite sad to hear Andy Smart (of the Comedy Store Players) has died. I loved watching him bounding onto stage radiating unbridled joy. He always looked and sounded delighted to be there, and I was delighted to watch.

I've just realised that it's been five years since I made Jeeves and Wooster's Excellent Adventure, probably the piece of art...

I've just realised that it's been five years since I made Jeeves and Wooster's Excellent Adventure, probably the piece of art I'm most proud of making. If you're looking for a cosy listen on a bank holiday, I reckon you could do worse! https://michaelwilliamson.co.uk/r/jawea

This is a delightful read on the early days of Linux.https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/928581/841b747332791ac4/"One day, Linus...

This is a delightful read on the early days of Linux.

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/928581/841b747332791ac4/

"One day, Linus accidentally attempted to use his hard drive to dial the university, resulting in his master boot sector starting with "ATDT" and the university modem-pool phone number. After recovering from this, he implemented file permissions in his kernel."

I've written about the particular awkwardness of testing predicates: https://mike.zwobble.org/2023/01/testing-predicates/Or, to be more...

I've written about the particular awkwardness of testing predicates: https://mike.zwobble.org/2023/01/testing-predicates/

Or, to be more precise, the particular awkwardness of making sure tests for predicates reliably fail if the behaviour under test stops working.

I've written up my reflections on James Shore's excellent "Testing without Mocks" article, and specifically the answers it...

I've written up my reflections on James Shore's excellent "Testing without Mocks" article, and specifically the answers it provides to three key questions compared to other testing approaches. Mixing and matching answers then lets us explore yet more alternatives.

https://mike.zwobble.org/2023/01/reflections-on-testing-without-mocks/

I think Bird and Fortune's Long Johns might my favourite bits of satire ever. Sublime.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0jgZKV4N_A

I think Bird and Fortune's Long Johns might my favourite bits of satire ever. Sublime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0jgZKV4N_A

An introduction! I'm a software developer by trade, and I've written some open source code, most notably a tool to convert Word...

An introduction! I'm a software developer by trade, and I've written some open source code, most notably a tool to convert Word documents into HTML: https://github.com/mwilliamson/mammoth.js

I enjoy doing amateur theatre stuff, and made a little audio play called Jeeves and Wooster's Excellent Adventure: https://michaelwilliamson.co.uk/r/jawea

I also enjoy TTPRGs, including having made a spooky one-shot I'm very proud of but can never publish since my players want me to disambiguate the ending, and I refuse.