In a way you can use this list of JVM options to illustrate how successful Java has become, that everyone needs an option to get it to work how they like it.

As a Java dev, I have maybe used about 10-15 of them in my career.

The weirdest/funnest one I used was for an old Sun Microsystems Solaris server which ran iPlanet, for a Java EE service.

Since this shared resources with some other back of office systems, it was prone to run out of memory.

Luckily there was a JVM option to handle this!

-XX:OnOutOfMemoryError=""

It wasn't too important so we just used to trigger it to restart the whole machine, and it would come back to life. Sometimes we used to mess about and get it to send funny IRC messages like "Immah eaten all your bytez I ded now, please reboot me"

These commands would be well defined and standardised, maybe with a hashed value that could be used to ensure re-usability (think Docker layers).

Then I just have a skill called:

- github-review-slim:latest - github-review-security:8.0.2

MCPs will still be relevant for those tricky monolithic services or weird business processes that aren't logged or recorded on metrics.

This is how I am structuring stuff in Claude Code

- Ansible setup github cli, git, atlassian cli, aws-cli, terraform cli tooling

- Claude hooks for checking these cli tools are authenticated and configured

- Claude skills to use the CLI tooling

Looking back, the whole story gives a different futuristic feel to the usual gloomy polluted dystopian earths, and feels a bit, "near-future".

Seeing hover cars getting drive through McDonalds will forever be a future hope for me (my inner 10 year old self)

Along with Skidrow and Paradox crews

Looking back in my 30s, I think part of my brain has atrophied because I can now purchase and download games and content with a few clicks on Steam and £40, which will be ready to play after dinner.

Before you had to think and search forums (both public and private) for DDL links, CD keys, cracks, passwords to unzip files.

Then once you had downloaded these multiple RAR/Zip files you then had to check and verify them for corruption or viruses. After that it was reading the sacred README.nfo file included in the crack zip. Which if you didn't specify to open in Notepad or Notepad++, it would open the Windows System information window.

The last stage before firing up a game was the patching/cracking phase; that could involved things like editing hosts files, unplugging or disconnecting from the internet, or modifying your firewall to prevent network requests for anti-piracy software. Then you ran your crack or copied a patched .exe file over into the game directory. Aye presto, you're ready to fire up (hopefully it didn't have a virus or rootkit)

...but wait there is no loading videos or splash screen (panic). Well that's because the pirates were saving storage space and removed unnecessary game videos and music assets.

Bioshock

Ah, that was a nice nostalgia trip.

Also for any other nostalgia trippers, do you remember the first thing you always installed was a cracked version of WinRar (before 7zip became cool), running on a fresh install of Windows_7_SP3_BLACK_EDITION_XXX.iso

A social media feed implies 1(n) curated by 1 algorithm hosted on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram

What I was thinking is:

- foo.social

- bar.social (tech curations)

- java.bar.social (sub curated Java list)

All these DCS (domain content servers) would be polled by your own local client

Your client can then aggregate or organise how it shows this feed

e.g. I could have a trending aggregator for situations where a blog post is shown on multiple domains (sort of shows virality)

However I am not sure about "perma-shortlinks", for discovery on other sites as the means of networking and discovering content. It seems clunky to maintain as it requires a human or some automation to curate/maintain the links. If a blog removes a link to another blog, then that pathway is closed.

It would be cool if we could solve that with a "DNS for tags/topics" a - Domain Content Server (DCS) e.g.

1. tomaytotomato.com ==> publishes to the DCS of topics (tech, java, travel)

2. DCS adds domain to those topics

3. Rating or evaluating of the content on website based on those tags (not sure the mechanics here, but it could be exploited or gamed)

You could have several DCS for topics servers run by organisations or individuals.

e.g. the Lobsters DNS for topics server would be really fussy about #tech or #computerscience blog posts, and would self select for more high brow stuff

Meanwhile a more casual tech group would score content higher for Youtube content or Toms Hardware articles.

This is just spit balling.

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"Generate a Frontend End for me now please so I don't need to think"

LLM starts outputting tokens

Dopamine hit to the brain as I get my reward without having to run npm and figure out what packages to use

Then out of a shadowy alleyway a man in a trenchcoat approaches

"Pssssttt, all the suckers are using that tool, come try some Opus 4.6"

"How much?"

"Oh that'll be $200.... and your muscle memory for running maven commands"

"Shut up and take my money"

----- 5 months later, washed up and disconnected from cloud LLMs ------

"Anyone got any spare tokens I could use?"

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"Have you got chronic sebhorric dermatitis, click this link to make it go away".

"You may be eligible for compensation if you bought a Volkswagen"

"Fight the corrupt fascist government, buy a gas mask here"

"Fight the corrupt socialist government, buy a year's supply of Iodine tablets"

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It would be cool if a model could tell you if you are singing or playing a piece of music with the right intonation and other ways.

- Splinter Cell

- Deus Ex

- Thief

- Civ

This is great work and will help tell the story of how these games were made.

It would be great if all games after a certain period of time were opensourced like some companies are doing:

https://github.com/electronicarts

https://github.com/bobeff/open-source-games?tab=readme-ov-fi...

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