Three years ago, I wrote Going IPv6 native without IPv4, which noted all the services I couldn't access over IPv6. After all this time, there is some good news, and bad news. First, the good news: BitBucket, Savannah, and Launchpad all support IPv6 now! Now, the bad news: GitHub still does not. This has actually … Continue reading GitHub and IPv6, three years later
Being wrong
I think it's important to note this in public: Sometimes, I'm wrong. I don't know everything. Sometimes, my opinions are based on things I've been told second-hand, or on things I don't fully understand yet. Sometimes, the facts that I believe to be truthful and accurate turn out to be outdated, or incorrect. Sometimes, I … Continue reading Being wrong
The problem with “patches welcome” culture
I'm going to tell you a secret. Most computer users cannot write computer code. (Shock!) This is not anything new, and I would dare say this is not even necessarily a problem that needs to be corrected. In a similar vein, a great deal of first-world citizens use cars daily, but I doubt many drivers … Continue reading The problem with “patches welcome” culture
Further thoughts on Wayland
Previously on The Cat Fox Life, I wrote an accidentally now-infamous article on what I felt were lies/misconceptions that Wayland users were spreading about the Wayland system. One of the Wayland community's more prolific developers wrote a rebuttal to my article, then directly responded to me on HN. I hadn't yet gotten around to properly … Continue reading Further thoughts on Wayland
