Alan's Lair

AI-assisted coding trumps vibe coding

How to use AI to suck at user experience

How to do a bad comparison of cloud vs colocation

Password requirements: myths and madness

Ransomware-resistant backups with duplicity and AWS S3

Log4j haters: just STFU

Consistent Hashing for Dummies

The curse of the downvote

Machine Learning: a sound primer

Standalone, single-file, editable Python scripts WITH DEPENDENCIES

Application authors: please don't force users into your language or packaging details

Misaligned Expectations: investigating the expectations gap

SCP taming: stop local silliness

Productivity, the office, and the open floor plan

Command line data crunching with Python