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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 8h

Critical thinking will become, err, critical.

#RandomThoughts

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Charles Oliver Nutter @headius.bsky.social · 20h

Here's one for someone who wants to contribute to JRuby: reimplement UNIXSocket using the JDK support for UNIX sockets:

github.com/jruby/jruby/...

We currently use jnr-unixsocket, part of our native FFI backend, but it has never worked perfectly.

Reimplement UNIXSocket using JDK UNIX socket support · Issue #9040 · jruby/jruby

As of JDK 16, UNIX sockets are natively supported on the JDK. We should migrate our existing UNIXSocket implementation from jnr-unixsocket to the JDK versions. This will provide more complete suppo...

github.com

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 14h

美味しかったの?

Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 16h

I'm obsessed with adding relevant things to my calendar: notepad.onghu.com/2023/travel_...

I really wish more people would give out calendar invites with details in them (esp. for conferences, etc.) so that the info is easily accessible but this #CoPilot prompt does help a bit when planning.

You're probably not using your Calendar enough

Just over six years back, I wrote up my 6 tips for travel, calendars and time zones to share what I have found to be helpful while travelling. When travel resumed after COVID-19 and I started to…

notepad.onghu.com

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Lukas Large @lukaslarge.bsky.social · 2d

"AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea"

The Washington Post

Smart beds flipped out during the AWS outage, and so did their sleepy owners

13 hours ago

PC PCMag

This Week's AWS Crash Made Smart Beds Overheat, Get Stuck In Wrong Position

20 hours ago

The Verge

Eight Sleep adds 'outage mode' to smart beds after AWS problems left them frozen

17 hours ago

ars

Ars Technica

AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea

15 hours ago

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 3d

So.. @agoda didn't add my title ("Mr") to my booking and the airline site won't let me do anything till that is changed. Any idea how I can do it? You can't speak to anyone at Agoda & their chat doesn't understand...

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Charles Oliver Nutter @headius.bsky.social · 3d

New post: "Packaging Ruby Apps with Warbler: Executable JAR Files"

Warbler is the JRuby ecosystem’s tool for packaging up Ruby apps with all dependencies in a single deployable file. We’ve just released an update, so let’s use Warbler to create all-in-one packaged Ruby apps!

buff.ly/ZdXcCop

Packaging Ruby Apps with Warbler: Executable JAR Files

Warbler is the JRuby ecosystem’s tool for packaging up Ruby apps with all dependencies in a single deployable file. We’ve just released an update, so let’s explore how to use Warbler to create…

blog.headius.com

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 4d

Your post from Portugal is how I remember you like them 😊

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 4d

IIRC, you're one who would appreciate this: Steely Dan sounds awesome on a good setup.

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 5d

If you're on #Windows and want to run #PostgreSQL without installing it and having it running all the time, I've updated my guide for using Postgres as a portable setup. Link:
notepad.onghu.com/2025/portabl...

#Programming #Database

Portable setup for PostgreSQL on Windows (Pg18 Edition)

The normal method for using PostgreSQL on your Windows machine is to download the installer and then set it up. It’s easy and will do all the necessary things that you need for it. It will also set up...

notepad.onghu.com

Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 5d

"especially if you use the caculator function a lot, and *want something locally installed on your computer*..." - I heard this in a video a few min back and can't believe it! What has computing come to!!

#Enshittification #Tech

Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 5d

OK! Time to install Redmine on my home computer to play around with it a bit outside of the one we have in the office.

A non-installed PostgreSQL 18 is ready!

#Redmine #Ruby #Programming

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 7d

We have at least one of those here in Singapore. They pick up your laundry for dry cleaning, send it to a supplier of their choice and bring it back a few days later. Wasn't unreasonably priced either (a bit more than taking it to a store yourself). More convenient cos they can pick up at odd hours.

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 7d

I need to run this again to see what might have changed but there is a guide from earlier that I wrote:
notepad.onghu.com/2021/jruby-w...

But I am delighted that some of the niggling issues might have now been resolved.

#JRuby #Ruby #Programming

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Charles Oliver Nutter @headius.bsky.social · 7d

Turn your Ruby gem into an all-in-one executable jar file with JRuby:

* gem install warbler
* warble
* java -jar mygem.jar ...

I forgot how easy this is. Blog post coming.

gist.github.com/headius/6739...

Two steps to create a redistributable Ruby app in an executable jar

Two steps to create a redistributable Ruby app in an executable jar - console.txt

gist.github.com

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 7d

It's a small milestone but I'm happy to have reached 100 people following me on Bluesky.. the count is higheron Mastodon and still on X but more and more, Bluesky feels like the first of the 3 that I open and think to post to. Hopefully, no one drops off before a few more join 😊

Thanks all!

Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 7d

Wanting to writ e a new #blog post after quite a break but having to fight the desire to rework the blog stack or theme, or something

#Technology #Jekyll

Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 9d

I had forgotten how good an album "Drift" by The Devlins is!

#Music

Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 10d

I haven't looked closely but I believe Windows Enterprise would let you do that (and it's not in the dome range, but certainly Windows Server would!)

Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 10d

But in some interactions, it can be sour though...

('ll see myself out, thank you!)

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 10d

I came from C, so for me, #1 was fine perhaps. But yes, #2 is a bit of a concern but I like the doc it produces (and that Rubymine uses it ro check your code), so I still like YARD, esp as I'm unlikely to write up one myself.

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 10d

I feel YARD is underrated

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Robby Russell @robbyonrails.com · 10d

Are you using OpenTelemetry (OTel) in your Rails app for anything interesting?

Curious what folks are doing beyond the defaults. What’s been helpful? Surprising? Weirdly satisfying?

I’m prepping for a podcast convo and would love to hear how folks are actually putting this stuff to work.

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Mohit Sindhwani @onghu.com · 10d

Somehow, this post on my blog for making #MermaidJS sequence diagrams prettier is quite popular and I needed to refer to it myself today. So, ya, if you want prettier #SequenceDiagrams: notepad.onghu.com/2024/making-...

(I'm reminded I need to work on Part 2)

#Diagramming #Programming

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BeautifulRuby.com @beautifulruby.com · 12d

Shopify deployed Falcon, an async IO Ruby web server that’s been a labor of love by @ioquatix.bsky.social, to a production Rails app.

I’ve been using it for a while in my Rails app and love it, so of course I had to RTFSC.

It’s very beautifully written code, and fast too.

Enjoy! ✌️

Falcon Async Ruby Web Server: Read The Friendly Source Code

YouTube video by BeautifulRuby․com

youtu.be

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