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Nov 21, 2016 at 08:08

Using hosted cloud services does not absolve you of needing backups. Suppose you accidentally delete all your emails or tweets.

Mar 18, 2026 at 22:12

I've started naming my servers digiocean1.example.com, digiocean2.example.com and so on. I wish I'd done this much earlier. I already have domain names for the actual deployed services, but it quickly gets confusing when you start moving things around.

Dec 4, 2025 at 10:37

Delighted to see that Typescript 7 is moving to conventional LSP for its IDE services!

Progress on TypeScript 7 - December 2025 - TypeScript

Earlier this year, the TypeScript team announced that we’ve been porting the compiler and language service to native code to take advantage of better raw performance, memory usage, and parallelism. This effort (codenamed “Project Corsa”, and soon “TypeScript 7.0”) has been a significant undertaking, but we’ve made big strides in the past few months. We’re […]

Jul 8, 2024 at 15:14

I'm always hesitant when I see digital services funded by a single one-off payment. Running a service requires ongoing funding. You sometimes see this with games that have a multiplayer component. People buy the game, but the multiplayer servers won't last forever.

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