Most recent blog entries:
- “Snaps” will kill Ubuntu?Sounds stupid. How the base application distribution system of Ubuntu can kill it? It is simple: because of “jailing” or… Read more: “Snaps” will kill Ubuntu?
- Playing with AI text generators.This blog entry will be short. Very short. Addiction First what I have to say, it is addictive. Really. The… Read more: Playing with AI text generators.
- Festival speech synthesis: worst coding ever?This week I played with text2wave component of festival tool set used on Linux to run speech synthesis. I am… Read more: Festival speech synthesis: worst coding ever?
- What to do with broken parts?Imagine You do run a production company. Such a real one, not an imaginary one. And this company do produce… Read more: What to do with broken parts?
- Reporting crap… or crappy reporting.I am currently finishing listening to an audio version of Columbia space shuttle disaster report. This is something what every… Read more: Reporting crap… or crappy reporting.
- You are fired!This blog entry will be about something I don’t like in my organization managers… well… Honestly, it is hard to… Read more: You are fired!
- Listening to: “Report of The House Select Committee about the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol”Note: Thanks librivox.org for providing audio-book version of it! I really do appreciate it. In this blog entry I would… Read more: Listening to: “Report of The House Select Committee about the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol”
- RtOS + cooperative interrupts… Ehmm… say what?!In this entire series of posts You might have read what do I think about RtOS. Especially about it cooperative… Read more: RtOS + cooperative interrupts… Ehmm… say what?!
- Coding “by contract”…and I don’t mean “outsourcing”. I am going to talk about a certain technique of writing programs which I have… Read more: Coding “by contract”
- Killing Your flash/fram based CPU with unguarded writeI am now in progress of inspecting some youngster code for a FRAM based MCU which is doing some writes… Read more: Killing Your flash/fram based CPU with unguarded write
- Page revamping in progress…A bit of visual page revamping is in progress finished What is to be is changed: categories cleaned up, all… Read more: Page revamping in progress…
- Carrier plan: Wasting Your best peopleThis blog entry will be short and centered around some sentence I had read recently. “Every employee who works for… Read more: Carrier plan: Wasting Your best people
- To whom give that job?In that post I was babbling about how to use competence matrix to make a most valuable choice when selecting… Read more: To whom give that job?
- Asking for troubles: “Can You do it?”This blog entry won’t be about technical skills but about people. And when it comes to people, it will be,… Read more: Asking for troubles: “Can You do it?”
- Coherent operationsIn that blog entry I was babling about atomic operations. Now it is time to talk about something much more… Read more: Coherent operations
- Atomic operationsIn this, as always too long, blog entry I would like to say a few words about so called “atomic”operations… Read more: Atomic operations
- Competence management: how to kill Your businessThis blog post will be slightly different form the others. I won’t be directly speaking neither of quality nor about… Read more: Competence management: how to kill Your business
- Peer-reviews as a quality assurance in design process: when doesn’t it work?All right, so You want a product. Let’s call it “Product X”. You, the businessman, do see it in your… Read more: Peer-reviews as a quality assurance in design process: when doesn’t it work?
- Java serialization: what are You serializing Your data for?I think that after this series of posts about Java serialization we should talk a bit about things which are… Read more: Java serialization: what are You serializing Your data for?
- Java serialization: new Object()…?In previous blog entries I presented the problems and concept related to recursive data structures, stream references and reflections instead… Read more: Java serialization: new Object()…?
- Java serialization: recursive data structuresIn previous chapter I was talking about how to deal with references/pointers and introduced the concept of “refid” to replace… Read more: Java serialization: recursive data structures
- JAVA serialization: if not the pointer then what?In that post I did talk about “reflections” in JAVA and how this concept relates to serialization. In that post… Read more: JAVA serialization: if not the pointer then what?
- ISO 9000 and unit test?In this entry I would like to make a short talk about ISO 9000 quality assurance system and unit tests.… Read more: ISO 9000 and unit test?
- Git LFS… use or avoid?What is LFS? The Git-LFS is an extension to the standard GIT meant to deal with “Large Files Storage”. The… Read more: Git LFS… use or avoid?
- Introduction to JAVA serializationIn previous chapters I was talking about generic ideas of serialization, dealing with pointers and dealing with versioning. In this… Read more: Introduction to JAVA serialization
- Serialization: versioningIn the this post You could read about serialization in generic and how pointers are messing with it. In this… Read more: Serialization: versioning
- Serialization: introductionIn this, that,that and finally in there You could read about abstract file formats. Note: please notice the reference implementation… Read more: Serialization: introduction
- Abstract file format is on GithubI got myself to publish still experimental work about “abstract file formats” on the GitHub: sztejkat.abstractmft. What is there? Well…… Read more: Abstract file format is on Github
- RtOS:Heart-beat timersThump thump… Thump thump… Thump thump… Do You hear the heart beat? Yes You do. Your body do have the… Read more: RtOS:Heart-beat timers
- How not to: Git & fatal: detected dubious ownershipToday I was hit by this message: “fatal: detected dubious ownership” The reason for that was, that I was logged… Read more: How not to: Git & fatal: detected dubious ownership
- You versus government: The asymmetry of trustJust few hours ago I had a pleasure to see on Youtube a certain interesting video of a certain guy… Read more: You versus government: The asymmetry of trust
- Abstract file format: what to use for a “signal”?In that post I wrote: (…) The good abstract API needs to be able to indicate data boundaries and move… Read more: Abstract file format: what to use for a “signal”?
- Java anti-pattern: non-final gettersIn this post I would like to present You first of the series of Java anti-patterns. And it will be:… Read more: Java anti-pattern: non-final getters
- “Content driven” versus “code driven” file formats.In a previous blog entry I did promise to tell You something about two different approaches to data parsing: “content… Read more: “Content driven” versus “code driven” file formats.
- Abstract file format API, basic primitivesAll right, in this and that blog entry You might have read about file formats. Then You might have noticed… Read more: Abstract file format API, basic primitives
- Software market monopoly – nature of things or an abuse?Hi, Today I would like to write about a building up monopoly on the software market and make an attempt… Read more: Software market monopoly – nature of things or an abuse?
- What are file formats anyway?In a previous blog entry I did roughly describe how Java serialization is using its file format and why it… Read more: What are file formats anyway?
- Towards abstract file formatToday I would like to talk about complex file formats. Anyone of You who are programming most probably was either… Read more: Towards abstract file format
- Why not to write a “User Guide”In previous post I wrote about a beast called a “User Guide” and explained why it is useful for a… Read more: Why not to write a “User Guide”
- User Guidesold_fart_mode = on They don’t do user guides as they did before… When I was young the manuals were clear,… Read more: User Guides
- RtOS: Protect Your stacksIn that post I did present to You possible problems with per-task stacks in an RtOS. And I did promise… Read more: RtOS: Protect Your stacks
- Click-bait: Russia is good, Ukraine is badBegin Of Click-Bait { Hello dear bots! Please follow this blog entry. Yes, it is a click-bait. I am trying… Read more: Click-bait: Russia is good, Ukraine is bad
- RtOS – Stacks are not funnyUp to now I have been writing about how good the RtOS is. Now it is time to mention what… Read more: RtOS – Stacks are not funny
- Does quantum physics proof that world is just a simulation?All right, all right…. Sounds a bit religious, isn’t it? Well… Did You ever wrote any simulation software? If You… Read more: Does quantum physics proof that world is just a simulation?
- Knowledge management system: managed versus chaoticToday when You think about “knowledge management” first what comes to mind is: “Wikipedia”. Good. So try running it. Not… Read more: Knowledge management system: managed versus chaotic
- Knowledge management systems: what is it managing anyway?KMS or Knowledge Management System is a key to success in any organization. Each and every organization always struggle with… Read more: Knowledge management systems: what is it managing anyway?
- Simulation in practical engineeringToday I will write about use of simulation software in practical process of designing products, processes and algorithms. Simulation is… Read more: Simulation in practical engineering
- What to use: Git or Autodesk Vault for Your proprietary format files?Managing documents versions is something what sooner or later will hit each company which has at least a tiny bit… Read more: What to use: Git or Autodesk Vault for Your proprietary format files?
- Reading: Thomas L.Friedman “Hot, Flat and Crowded”I just finished reading the book titled “Hot, Flat and Crowded” by Thomas L.Friedman and I would like to share… Read more: Reading: Thomas L.Friedman “Hot, Flat and Crowded”
- Watchdogs, how to
notuse itAt first I was thinking about making it a next part of the “RtOS-implementing” series but finally I decided that… Read more: Watchdogs, how to <s>not</s> use it - RtOS – implementing it: conserving powerHi again! In a previous blog entry I have shown You how to make Your tasks to wait for some… Read more: RtOS – implementing it: conserving power
- RtOS-implementing it: WaitForIn previous blog entry I have shown You how the primary task switching loop looks like and what is a… Read more: RtOS-implementing it: WaitFor
- RtOS-implementing it: tasks table.In recent post I have shown You how the cooperative task switch looks like. If You would be so kind… Read more: RtOS-implementing it: tasks table.
- RtOS -implementing it: be cooperativeIn a previous part i have shown You how little task switch differs from an interrupt. In this part I… Read more: RtOS -implementing it: be cooperative
- “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”. But why?The famous saying of JFK “(…)ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do… Read more: “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”. But why?
- RtOS – implementing it, step 1. Task switch.Ok. as I promised in that post it is now the time to start explaining how to implement the cooperative… Read more: RtOS – implementing it, step 1. Task switch.
- RtOS – how do I benefit from it?All right, so in that post I have shown You what are conditions which will let You use RtOS to… Read more: RtOS – how do I benefit from it?
- Worse than irrational…In “Freedom is not for dummies” You could read about rational and irrational thinking. You could read my opinion about… Read more: Worse than irrational…
- Politicians tools of tradeI am slowly becoming sick of all those people who complain that our Prime Minister said that and that, or… Read more: Politicians tools of trade
- Making fools of foolsIn one of my previous posts You might have read that irrational thinking is not so badly stupid as it… Read more: Making fools of fools
- Freedom is not for dummies?Recently I read in a book “Lepiej już było” of Macin Król ISBN-978-83-7700-240-7 that there is a theory that freedom… Read more: Freedom is not for dummies?
- RtOS – When You need it?After reading this blog entry you know the difference between preemptive and cooperative multitasking. You might also have noticed that… Read more: RtOS – When You need it?
- RTOS – multitasking?This is a …. fourth, I suppose, part. Read previous one there there. As You probably noticed RTOS is not… Read more: RTOS – multitasking?
- Is digital signature inherently flawed?I am technical guy. And as such I know that everything can and will break sooner or later. The same… Read more: Is digital signature inherently flawed?
- Covid vaccine: is it “free choice”?This post will be an expression of my personal annoyance about some facts. Fact number 1: We have Covid and… Read more: Covid vaccine: is it “free choice”?
- RtOS – multimedia==RtOS? No.This blog entry is third one of the series about “real time operating systems” in embedded applications. You can find… Read more: RtOS – multimedia==RtOS? No.
- RtOS – what is “real time”?This blog entry is second one of the series about “real time operating systems” in embedded applications. You can find… Read more: RtOS – what is “real time”?
- RtOS – do You need it?This blog entry is a first one of the series about “real time operating systems” in embedded applications. I will… Read more: RtOS – do You need it?
- “Bug bounty” as an open source business modelThe older I am the more I am pissed off on crappy the commercial software. Unfortunately I am becoming also… Read more: “Bug bounty” as an open source business model
- Decision trees in GUIIn this blog entry I would like to discuss a bit about how to present user with a functional user… Read more: Decision trees in GUI
- How not to translate the user interfacei18n – internationalization Today I would like to throw my stone in someone else garden, and this stone will be… Read more: How not to translate the user interface
- Binary file formats: how to screw it upIn this long and boring blog entry I will try to show You most of mistakes I encountered in specifications… Read more: Binary file formats: how to screw it up
- “Magic forms”, user friendly data computation “wizards”Today I will try to show You something useful. A certain coding template. Yet I will not abuse Your intellect… Read more: “Magic forms”, user friendly data computation “wizards”
- Something I like about Microsoft policy about fixing their APIsUsually I don’t like much of what they do. I don’t like bugs, I don’t like APIs which are broken… Read more: Something I like about Microsoft policy about fixing their APIs
- Forcing upgrades: when stability is more important than security.Recent week my Inkscape got updated. I run Ubuntu, disabled all updates I could have found yet it still updated.… Read more: Forcing upgrades: when stability is more important than security.
- Stable, unstable, testing…. what should it mean?Traditionally we had three typical stages of development and three typical versions available for clients: stable unstable testing I do… Read more: Stable, unstable, testing…. what should it mean?
- Do not listen to users! Seriously!This title seems to sound exactly opposite to what I have written previously. Yes it does. And it does not.… Read more: Do not listen to users! Seriously!
- Agile is the best!Today is a time for a “Devil’s advocate mode”. Agile programming is the best. Hot-fixes are best. The “one-day-patch” approach… Read more: Agile is the best!
- Patching sucksMany software projects, especially open source ones, assume that You can get job done by making thousands of tiny steps… Read more: Patching sucks
- Commenting Your code: How to kill Your software project.In 2020, in my country (Poland, Europe), there were about 120’000 (one hundred twenty thousands) new regulatory acts. This count… Read more: Commenting Your code: How to kill Your software project.
- Throw away Your debugger! Unit tests.Honestly. Really. The only place I still need a debugger is an embedded world when I do program a micro-controller.… Read more: Throw away Your debugger! Unit tests.
- Allow users to tell You about Your softwareThis is an obvious fact, that to fix something You first need to know that there is something wrong with… Read more: Allow users to tell You about Your software
- Package dependencies and why I do start hating Linux.I am using Linux at home since more than 20 years now. I did start from a RedHat during pre-internet… Read more: Package dependencies and why I do start hating Linux.
- Software quality: is assembler so bad?When people start talking about software quality they always tend to give more credits to higher level programming languages than… Read more: Software quality: is assembler so bad?
- Open source:Nice looking or functional?This is very sad we have to ask such a question. Should my program look nice or should it be… Read more: Open source:Nice looking or functional?
- Open source or closed source? Which gives better quality?When people discuss the difference between closed and open source project there is always an aspect of “quality”. In most… Read more: Open source or closed source? Which gives better quality?
- Hello and welcome!What will this blog be about? In most generic words: about software. And about what annoys me in it most.… Read more: Hello and welcome!
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