[UPDATE: In this episode, I referenced Stripe having an IPO in the past
tense. I was mistaken, they are not (yet) publicly traded. We regret the
error.]
The audio is better this week! I'm learning.
Also, I finally had something to talk about that has nothing to do with Apple!
The target of the ion cannon that is my mouth this time? drumroll… it's
Stripe! Sorry, Stripe. If you like rants about software quality and the systemic
reasons everything is terrible, hoo boy! This one brings the heat. 🔥🔥🔥
We're starting to work down our mailbag backlog, so help me freshen it up by
e-mailing the show at
[email protected] and our
dedicated staff (me) will read it and—potentially, maybe—respond on the air!
And now, some URLs:
Scott Hanselman didn't (doesn't?) think profanity works
Mike McQuaid's appearance on Changelog and Friends to talk about Workbrew
Aaron's humble love-making blog post
Stripe's problematic pause button, which invokes this
feature,
and which their COVID-19 support page touts
iMessage's post-quantum cryptography
Execute Program by Gary Bernhardt, one of the
only educational services teaching programming that I can recommend
Arcade Paradise is a good game
The Killer is a movie
Also, "Team Bally Total Fitness Extreme Racing" doesn't turn up anything on Google. Just an FYI