From b358ab289aefe94933d5ab552dfc52c63f7a58fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Romain=20Gon=C3=A7alves?= Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 19:22:36 +0100 Subject: blog: Add new status update for November --- src/b/2021-11-status.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/b/2021-11-status.md diff --git a/src/b/2021-11-status.md b/src/b/2021-11-status.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3021d09 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/b/2021-11-status.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +title: Status update, November 2021 +date: 2021-11-24 + +It has been colder and colder, although I still go running two or three times +a week! + +## Software development + +Recently, I have been dealing with a lot of half-baked projects: + +- Huge chunks of code that have been copied and pasted around in the codebase. + Fixing an issue is ten times longer. +- Git histories full of merge commits or useless commit titles. Praise + to git-rebase flow! +- Scattered docker configurations in nested directories. +- Overengineered infrastructure with no active users [^1]. + +[^1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29328761 + +## OpenBSD -current + +My OpenBSD workstation restarted without any bitmap fonts! I originally thought +that something was broken with the *Terminus* font, but my *google-fu* lead me +to the following xenocara update. It looks like it has been fixed upstream too. + +> robert@ modified lib/fontconfig/conf.d/Makefile: do not disable bitmap fonts +> by default; if you already have /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf, you +> might want to delete it ok matthieu@ +> > https://nitter.net/OpenBSD_xenocar/status/1460003431138004994 + +Moreover, my wifi card is not powered on anymore when waking up from suspend: + +1. *-current* (post 7.0) has some changes affecting *iwm* and *iwx* firmware. + However the intel card on the X220 uses *iwn* (Intel Wifi Link 1000). +2. Actually I had to rescue the wifi slot because I torned some pins when + replacing the wifi card months ago. But everything works fine after a fresh + reboot. -- cgit v1.2.3