Michael Yam - YTechnology😟 The Real CrowdStrike Flaw Was In DeploymentBy now, most of you are familiar with the story of CrowdStrike and the resulting worldwide outages. The initial, and angry, responses were…Aug 9Aug 9
Michael Yam - YTechnologyAMC and Meme Stocks: We’ve Seen This Movie BeforeRemake, reboot, or sequel, the meme stock movie has returned. Although professional investors might feel embarrassed¹ by the amateur meme…Jun 10Jun 10
Michael Yam - YTechnologyBookshelf: The Deficit MythDr. Stephanie Kelton, known for her work in Modern Monetary Theory, recently came out with the movie Finding The Money. I haven’t watched…May 18May 18
Michael Yam - YTechnologyThe Nuphy Air75 V1 Is Better With Karabiner-ElementsThe Nuphy Air75 V2 is available, and as an owner of the V1, I’m a little jealous. The V2 addresses the weaknesses of the V1 with a larger…Jan 23Jan 23
Michael Yam - YTechnologyBeauty In The Eye of the CoderIn the book Beautiful Code, Jon Bentley describes beautiful code in a Zen-like way, where the most beautiful programs are sometimes, not…Jan 14Jan 14
Michael Yam - YTechnologyBookshelf: Software Engineering at GoogleWhen I wrote “Beauty In The Eye Of The Coder,” my idea of beautiful code was how well it stood up to time:Jan 6Jan 6
Michael Yam - YTechnologyProgrammer Humor for the HolidaysMaybe we programmers take ourselves too seriously. How else do you explain the infamous Google Manifesto written by James Damore linking…Dec 18, 2023Dec 18, 2023
Michael Yam - YTechnologySometimes The Math Doesn’t Add Up. And Sometimes, It DoesCartoon math isn’t meant to add up. Here we see a dog number crunching, trying to determine why a cat is running away from two mice, and…Oct 3, 2023Oct 3, 2023
Michael Yam - YTechnologyBookshelf: UNIX A History and a MemoirA man page will give you, in black and white, specific information about UNIX. Brian Kernighan’s new book adds color and depth about UNIX…Sep 16, 2023Sep 16, 2023