https://festivus.dev/ Recent content on Engineering Festivus Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us https://festivus.dev/api-security/ Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/api-security/ George quickly discovers that he can’t quite request all the scopes he wants for his tokens. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/vibe-coding/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/vibe-coding/ Kramer discovers ‘vibe coding’ and insists it’s the future of programming. He misses one important point about it, though. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/model-context-protocol/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/model-context-protocol/ Kramer becomes convinced that putting all his data and APIs behind a Model Context Protocol server will solve all his problems. Jerry is worried that Kramer is going to use up his Azure credits. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/drones/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/drones/ George is curious about the alien drones hovering over New Jersey. Kramer gets a new job, but his friends don’t know the true nature of it. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/bluesky/ Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/bluesky/ Kramer is delighted to join a new social network, but can’t quite get the terminology right around the new conventions. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/kubernetes/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/kubernetes/ Kramer decided to use Kubernetes for his website. Jerry tries to explain what that entails. Kramer is adamant to do it all himself. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/javascript/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/javascript/ Kramer tries to explain how JavaScript works to Jerry and George. George is surprised to find out that his car runs JavaScript. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/product-roadmap/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/product-roadmap/ Kramer pitches a small but irrelevant feature to be added to the product roadmap. Jerry hesitates. George is worried about the AWS bill. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/code-reviews/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/code-reviews/ Kramer tries to get Jerry to merge a pull request that automates some infrastructure work. Jerry hesitates, but merges it. He owns the code now. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/choosing-a-database/ Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/choosing-a-database/ Kramer tries to decide on what database to use. Newman is concerned about the AWS bill. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/programming-languages/ Mon, 27 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/programming-languages/ Kramer tries to decide what programming language to use for his team’s backend. Jerry and Elaine have suggestions. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/year-of-linux-on-the-desktop/ Mon, 27 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/year-of-linux-on-the-desktop/ Kramer tries to convince Elaine that she should use Linux on her newly-built PC. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/just-use-a-package/ Sun, 26 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/just-use-a-package/ Jerry decides to use a package instead of writing his own function to check if a number is even. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/yet-another-javascript-framework/ Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/yet-another-javascript-framework/ Jerry decides that it’s time he create his own JavaScript framework. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/infosec/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/infosec/ Kramer discovers that Jerry had a data breach. Jerry is hesitant to admit that anything serious happened. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/enterprise-metaverse/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/enterprise-metaverse/ Jerry learns about a company announcing the enterprise metaverse at a conference. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/getting-rid-of-nft/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/getting-rid-of-nft/ Jerry tries to get rid of an NFT meme by selling it to George. George finds the price ridiculous. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/it-was-secure/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/it-was-secure/ George is in denial about submitting his credentials into a phishing form. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/cable-management/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/cable-management/ Kramer discovers that he is a cable hoarder, and will never use his 12 inch VGA to VGA cable. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/just-use-the-app/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/just-use-the-app/ Kramer explains to Jerry why the new car that his firm is building has to use an app for everything. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/stock-market/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/stock-market/ Jerry finds out that he shouldn’t have been going to Reddit for investment advice. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/modern-investment-advice/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/modern-investment-advice/ George discovers quant trading and tries to get Jerry and Elaine to join him. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/hacker-news-comments/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/hacker-news-comments/ Kramer explains to Jerry that it’s not that simple to reimplement Dropbox over a weekend. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/product-management/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/product-management/ George is surprised that the feature he wanted was not implemented the way he expected. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/developer-documentation/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/developer-documentation/ Elaine questions Jerry’s choices of an API based on the lack of documentation. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/xml-editing/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/xml-editing/ Newman tries to convince Kramer not to double-click on an XML file because it will open Xcode. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/searching-solution-on-internet/ Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/searching-solution-on-internet/ The group tries to find a way to get an answer for a programming problem. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/owner-of-just-one-domain/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/owner-of-just-one-domain/ Kramer tries to convince Jerry not to buy yet another useless domain. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/in-app-purchases/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/in-app-purchases/ Elaine tries to convince Jerry not to get on the microtransaction bandwagon. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/friday-deployment-adventures/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/friday-deployment-adventures/ George tries to convince Kramer that it is OK to deploy on a Friday. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/automating-simple-things/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/automating-simple-things/ George talks about how one time he tried to automate a very simple task. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/the-grand-editor-debate/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/the-grand-editor-debate/ George and Jerry fight over which editor is best. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/web-development/ Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/web-development/ Jerry tries to convince George to get into web development. George feels like there are too many frameworks to choose the right one. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/artificial-intelligence/ Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/artificial-intelligence/ George realizes that maybe his company should not be putting artificial intelligence where it’s not needed. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/new-social-media-features/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/new-social-media-features/ Kramer tries to figure out what new social media service feature George is working on. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/file-format-decisions/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/file-format-decisions/ Bania meets Jerry, and shares his dilemma about choosing the right file format for his service configuration. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/bitcoin/ Fri, 27 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/bitcoin/ Jerry gets scammed out of all of his Bitcoin by sending it to people on Twitter, hoping they will double the amount. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/internet-of-things/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/internet-of-things/ Jerry shares with George the news about his most recent IoT purchase. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/modern-web-architectures/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/modern-web-architectures/ Jerry tries to create a simple static site for his bread recipes, but gets a suggestion to use an over-complicated architecture. Your browser does not support the video tag. https://festivus.dev/quarterly-planning/ Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://festivus.dev/quarterly-planning/ George and Elaine try to get their features through the quarterly planning process. Your browser does not support the video tag.