Stories by zdw

ZFS sync/async and ZIL/SLOG, explained

That packet looks familiar, and that one, and that one

Vagaries of Git Merge

Letters To A New Developer: Learn Two Languages

Take action to save .org and prosecute those who sold out the internet

Resolving a minor turkey day networking mystery

Can You Copyright Work Made by Artificial Intelligence?

Creating an RF Shield

In Praise of Blame

If Your Job Ends After a Pull Request, You’re Getting Continuous Delivery Wrong

Don't Be a Full-Stack Developer. Be a Full-Stack Human

Questionable Advice: “After Being a Manager, Can I Be Happy as a Cog?”

The only build system that might someday replace make (2010)

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Rust 2020: Lessons learned by transpiling C to Rust

Intel apologizes for CPU shipment delays [pdf]

The fading out of multi-'architecture' Unix environments

Design considerations for Mars colony computer systems

LiveJournal and the Path to NoSQL

From Unix sysadmin to brutal separatist suppressor to president of Sri Lanka