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Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails), Plan: Knowledge

safety.. first?

Screenshot of search results for “why not use a rechargeable 9v battery on tongue”. AI response: “Using a rechargeable 9V battery on your tongue is dangerous because rechargeable batteries (such as NiMH) often have lower internal resistance than alkaline, allowing them to deliver a much higher, unregulated, and potentially painful current. While a standard 9V battery causes a harmless tingle, a rechargeable one can cause burns, severe tissue damage, or electric shock.”

Screenshot of search results for “9v nimh battery tongue”. AI response: “Testing a 9V NiMH (Nickel-Metal Hydride) battery with your tongue is a common, generally safe, and effective way to check if it has a charge. A working battery will produce a noticeable, sharp tingling or buzzing sensation when both terminals are touched to the wet surface of the tongue.”

figs 2

Figure 2a. External clock mode timing diagram with CHAN_ID = 1 Figure 2b. External clock mode timing diagram with CHAN_ID = 1 for Best Performance

bruh

Cropped and redacted screenshot of an SMS conversation. One side starts with “Our opening times are Monday - Friday 9am - 6pm, Saturday 9am - 5pm and Sunday 10am - 4pm. Make sure to bring some identification with you upon collection. Thanks, (redacted).” Then another message from the same side: “everything is ready to collect except the triangle bag (redacted)”. A reply from the sender: it’s a multimedia message of a highly zoomed, high resolution photograph of a carp. It has a kind of angry expression. The original party (the store/shop?) replies with one word: “bruh”

ingress-nginx is dead, long live the Gateway API

You might be aware that Ingress NGINX is retiring next month (that’s tomorrow!). I really didn’t want to bother with replacing it, but I also didn’t particularly like the sound of running something barely maintained to begin with never receiving another patch again. After a half-hearted attempt to understand why I would want to use Istio, I’ve completed a migration to Envoy Gateway and will briefly document the changes in manifest form in case anyone else wants to copy-paste.

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