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New comment by nophunphil in "Agentic AI systems violate the implicit assumptions of database design"

nophunphil — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:02:07 +0000

1) Can you explain what demand and supply mean in this context?

2) In regards to having good backup hygiene, who is we?

New comment by nophunphil in "Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors"

nophunphil — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:53:55 +0000

Thank you. This is helpful.

New comment by nophunphil in "Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors"

nophunphil — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:08:15 +0000

Educate me then. The mental image I have from researching the topic seems contrary to what you’re saying.

New comment by nophunphil in "Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors"

nophunphil — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 04:27:00 +0000

I would have been interested in debating the content of your reply if your account had not been created 1 hour ago.

So what about protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine seems objectionable to you?

> it is fair to say that Notepad++’s freedom to protest would depend on who and what they are protesting.

What? In the US, UK, and Australia, the right to protest (i.e. of speech) does not depend on what’s being protested in the way you’re implying.

New comment by nophunphil in "Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors"

nophunphil — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 03:50:57 +0000

I don’t see it as a waste of my time. I am not in the habit of seeing conflicts in which innocent people die as a “waste of my time”. The idea that my time is somehow more valuable than another person’s is narcissistic.

New comment by nophunphil in "Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors"

nophunphil — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 03:45:35 +0000

Not pertinent. My point is more in reference to the ancestor comment with respect to Ukraine and Taiwan:

> Yeah, Notepad++ is known for political messaging in their updates. Taiwan, Ukraine, etc.

If you’re calling Ukraine in particular a “separatist movement”, I don’t think we can have a productive conversation.

New comment by nophunphil in "Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors"

nophunphil — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 03:25:02 +0000

> I can't help but feel there must some better venue for such messaging.

I would argue that this has been an effective avenue for messaging/protest. You’re responding to it on this very board - that means you’re thinking about it.

Another angle: would such free protest be allowed if the developers of Notepad++ were based in China or Russia? I seriously doubt it.

New comment by nophunphil in "Microsoft's Azure Linux"

nophunphil — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:22:48 +0000

They referred to Microsoft’s known practice of embrace, extend, extinguish a “conspiracy theory” in a sibling thread, so they’ve essentially lost credibility. I don’t think genuine feedback is going anywhere useful.

New comment by nophunphil in "Microsoft's Azure Linux"

nophunphil — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:33:56 +0000

You shouldn’t be posting replies like this on a public forum if you’re actually a MS employee.

New comment by nophunphil in "Microsoft's Azure Linux"

nophunphil — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:20:37 +0000

“We” feels a little insincere when you’re speaking on behalf of such a large corporation. I’m sure the comment had more to do with weaknesses of Azure as a whole rather than your team’s piece.

New comment by nophunphil in "Django: what’s new in 6.0"

nophunphil — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:16:03 +0000

The best kind :)

New comment by nophunphil in "Django: what’s new in 6.0"

nophunphil — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:00:02 +0000

Pretty positive that was a joke/bait…

New comment by nophunphil in "I Want You to Understand Chicago"

nophunphil — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:04:37 +0000

Got it. Trolling.

New comment by nophunphil in "I Want You to Understand Chicago"

nophunphil — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:18:10 +0000

Care to cite a reputable source?

With an account created just before this comment, I’d assume this is just low-effort trolling.

New comment by nophunphil in "Do you know that there is an HTML tables API?"

nophunphil — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 15:20:36 +0000

I agree with many other replies here, specifically about accessibility. Once I learned how to use a screen reader, it was eye-opening. So many web applications are utterly broken for users with assistive technologies.

Tables built with flex and grid absolutely can be made accessible with WAI-ARIA, but native table elements are harder to mess up.

New comment by nophunphil in "Svelte’s characteristics that likely contribute most to improved performance"

nophunphil — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 21:28:47 +0000

Sure they do. I’ve used it multiple times for new (but small) projects in the last year. It’s straightforward with Vite and works fine.

I’ve also used Next for new projects in the last year - it just depends on the infra requirements.

Vercel’s position in the ecosystem is one we should question. Maybe it’s not good for innovation to use Next for every new project. The recent controversy with their CEO isn’t helping the situation either.

New comment by nophunphil in "Electronic Arts Leadership Are Out of Their Goddamned Minds"

nophunphil — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 04:29:37 +0000

It’s important to set attainable goals. My guess is that this will put incredible, undue stress on the staff.

Business idiots, as Ed Zitron would say.

New comment by nophunphil in "Leaving Google"

nophunphil — Sun, 11 May 2025 05:10:03 +0000

Aren’t we talking about what appears to be a management decision/performance review?

What do the other engineers have to do with this? Why are they mediocre?

New comment by nophunphil in "Observations from people-watching"

nophunphil — Sun, 11 May 2025 04:36:33 +0000

Why does it have to be scientific? Lots of people write their thoughts on the world and the people in it. Why would a blog called “skin contact” need hard facts?

New comment by nophunphil in "I use zip bombs to protect my server"

nophunphil — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 01:39:48 +0000

jQuery hasn’t been necessary for many years. Vanilla JS equivalents of jQuery code are well-supported.

https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/