This is only of interest to people who are into Stack Overflow.

Have you ever wondered why Stack Overflow is exactly the way it is? Here are some insights.

(Note: this presentation violates one of the cardinal rules of presentations, which is to avoid long texts, so here is a tip: ignore every screen that contains a long text, just listen to what Jeff Atwood is saying.)

Note: as I look at him, I can't help but think that all he is missing is the upward curved tie, i.e. he has to be the real-life person after whom Dilbert was fashioned.

The latest version of IntelliJ IDEA supports a new option for excluding certain methods from code coverage by annotation, and it is the result of a feature request posted by me!

Instructions for future reference.

To always show all system tray icons in Windows 11:

Open the Run prompt (Win+R) and execute the following nonsense:

explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}

In the dialog that appears, there will be a checkbox to always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar.

Original source of information: TheWindowsClub

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I am one of those people who choose to publish their ideas on a blog.

The practical reason behind doing this is so that in a conversation I can refer my interlocutor to a text which elucidates my points better than I could conversationally. Admittedly, the opportunity to do this does not arise as often as I wish it did, and even when it does happen, about half the time the interlocutor appears to be reluctant to go and actually read the post, so let's just say that I publish my ideas mainly because I like doing it.

Games industry veteran Mike Acton gave talk/rant at Game Developers' Conference (GDC) 2019 where he listed 50 things he expects of developers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV5HArLYajE This list was transcribed by Adam Johnson and posted here: https://adamj.eu/tech/2022/06/17/mike-actons-expectations-of-professional-software-engineers/ and I am copying it here for posterity.

I found this list useful as reference material; some of the items on this list do not apply to my job because I rarely do anything especially performance-oriented nowadays, and some of the items on the list are good to always have in mind but subject to the programmer's own judgement, on a case by case basis, whether they should be practiced or not.

Here it is: