Monthly Archives: October 2020

Discipline doesn’t scale

Posted on 2020-10-19 by Graham

If programmers were just more disciplined, more professional, they’d write better software. All they need is a code of conduct telling them how to work like those of us who’ve worked it out. The above statement is true, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in C++, learning, software-engineering | Tagged | 6 Comments

Reflections on an iBook G4

Posted on 2020-10-13 by Graham

I had an item in OmniFocus to “write on why I wish I was still using my 2006 iBook”, and then Tim Sneath’s tweet on unboxing a G4 iMac sealed the deal. I wish I was still using my 2006 … Continue reading →

Posted in AAPL, carbon, cocoa, darwin, Mac | 1 Comment

Running Linux GUI apps under MacOS using Docker

Posted on 2020-10-12 by Graham

I had need to test an application built for Linux, and didn’t want to run a whole desktop in a window using Virtualbox. I found the bits I needed online in various forums, but nowhere was it all in one … Continue reading →

Posted in cross-platform, Mac | 2 Comments