Trees and Robots - Syslog

Reading material

jacopo@scazzosi.com (Jacopo Scazzosi) — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Generation Junk by Walter Kirn
The Worst Kind of Programmer by Alexander Mikhailian
It’s not Microservice or Monolith; it’s Cognitive Load by Fernando Villalba

Simple log management by piping logs to syslog

jacopo@scazzosi.com (Jacopo Scazzosi) — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A very simple way to persist the logs of tasks run via crontab is to pipe stdout and stderr into /usr/bin/logger, which merges them into the machine’s syslog. This reuses the existing logging infrastructure already present on most UNIX-y machines, including standard log rotation. Best suited for small amounts of lines.

<some-command> 2>&1 | /usr/bin/logger -t <tag>

Aim for not stupid

jacopo@scazzosi.com (Jacopo Scazzosi) — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.

— Charlie Munger

Ferrata Santa Croce, Pizzo Rabbioso e Monte Corno

jacopo@scazzosi.com (Jacopo Scazzosi) — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Santa Croce, Pizzo Rabbioso e Monte Corno, our first via ferrata of the year! Super nice, very well maintained and equipped. A perfect way to get back into the groove. Relatively easy but still fun, particularly as a first climb.

Hummus, zucchini and bresaola sandwhich

jacopo@scazzosi.com (Jacopo Scazzosi) — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Slice the zucchini lengthwise into strips and quickly sear them on high-heat. Don’t be shy with the hummus, don’t make the zucchini strips too thin or too dry. Add 2 - 3 slices of bresaola. Optionally, olive oil. Best made with sourdough bread. Delicious!

Sea of Tranquility by Emility St. John Mandel

jacopo@scazzosi.com (Jacopo Scazzosi) — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel is a glorious celebration of longing and belonging, of beauty, of empathy. A graceful, intimate work of speculative fiction masterfully woven across time, confronting some of mankind’s fundamental questions with a sense of wonder that never dissipates. I’ll have to read it again soon.

Spirits by Nothing More

jacopo@scazzosi.com (Jacopo Scazzosi) — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

An Evocative mix of post-screamo, hardcore and nu metal with accents of djent and EDM. This is what happens when we embrace our teenage angst as we grow up, learning how to wield it and focus it against the struggles of adult life. Loved it. Highlights: “Ships in the Night”, “Don’t Look Back”, “Deja Vu”, “Dream With Me”.