Complexity and Tedium of Software Engineering

Misc

• Windows Lockscreen Background Image Problem

• npm Disease (2021)

• Zoomer Gen Python Programers are Dummies

• Saga of Updating Nvidia Driver
• HTML Link Problem, _blank noopener noreferrer
• problem of backup
• Node.js Creator Ryan Dahl on Software Complexity
• Java problem: no Java runtime present, requesting install
• lost in explanation: programing problem, transition of maps
• Graphics Programing Pains
• AutoHotkey Path Problem; Windows Shortcut Path
• Ruby RVM Complexity
• Linux Pain: Google Chrome Korean Font Scrunched Up
• Clojure Leiningen Crap
• W3C and WHATWG Dead URL

web tech pain

• Google's PageSpeed Insights Fails Its Own Site
• URL Percent Encoding and Unicode
• URL Percent Encoding and Ampersand Char

unix

• UNIX Tar Problem: File Length Truncation, Unicode Name Support
• Hunspell Path Pain
• Mac OS X SSH Session Disconnection
• Software Dependency Complexity: Fink, Unison
• What is the Max Number of Directories a Directory Can Have?
• Unix zip Utility Problem
• Mac OS X Changes To Unix
• Unicode BOM Hack
• Linux Shell Util uniq Unicode Bug

Emacs

• Problem of Calling Windows cmd.exe in Emacs Lisp
• A Exhibition of Tech Geekers Incompetence: Emacs whitespace-mode
• A Emacs Frustration (blogger package)
• Complexity of Software Engineering; Emacs, Unicode, Unison
• Emacs Cygwin gunzip Problem

• Emacs's Menu Usability Problem
• Emacs Spell Checker Problems
• FSF GNU Emacs Link Dead Problem 2015
• A Record of Frustration in IT Industry; Disappearing FSF URLs, 2006
• Problems of grep in Emacs
• Emacs Bug: gnus, Broken Atom Webfeed Relative Link (2014-07-18)

Software Engineering Voodoo

Software Engineering Voodoo

Xah Talk Show, Voodoo of Agile

unsorted

• Package Managers and Crippling Control (2024)