Posts on Christopher Hicks

Greeting strangers is actually good for you.

Practical advice for writing reliable shell scripts, covering strict mode, quoting, conditionals, parameter expansion, functions, traps, shellcheck, and when to reach for a different language instead.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from the trenches with AI

A Programmer's Approach to Atmospheric Disappointment

I got tired of watching `gh pr checks --watch` fail me, so I built something better

There’s more to parking than we learned to get our licenses.

You are using it everyday without realizing it.

DEI Initiatives and American Values: A Foundation Built on Founding Principles

An excellent retrospective on programming language evolution

Is anyone in my network looking for work these days?

He is also good with spreadsheets.

Project announcement on the official dnscontrol mailing list.

Rust saves the bacon for python packaging and formatting.

Rembrances were held on Saturday 23 August 2025.

My third short starring my wife

Introduction Like many, I’ve usually kept my charitable giving private — and I’ve respected that choice in others.

But will the community slide back into redis?

What would motivate us to take advantage of this feature?

Watch the tail end of a long train of empty graffitied coal cars.

Review of Microservices: Pros and Cons article from Ovid

Tubi streaming the 2025 Superbowl was a huge success!

Heading to the San Francisco Flower Market for a family wedding.

Just is a make-like tool and this video is an introduction.

Europe's finest news source covers America's finest news source.

See the neckties I wore for July 2024.

You never know when or where you will run into baby shark.

A comparison of pool rules regularly used in the US.

Explain the relaunch of www.chicks.net

Conversion of linked-in share into blog entry

Conversion of linked-in share into blog entry

Conversion of linked-in share into blog entry

Conversion of linked-in share into blog entry

Conversion of linked-in share into blog entry

Youtube video of chicks talking about how companies are treating the open source community

Conversion of linked-in share into blog entry

Youtube video of our first visit to Pismo Beach

Conversion of linked-in share into blog entry

Conversion of linked-in share into blog entry

Conversion of linked-in share into blog entry

Conversion of linked-in share into blog entry

Washington Post headline: Sales of Essure birth control implant to be halted by Bayer; U.S. last to sell controversial device It is funny that this happens a week before http://bleedingedgedoc.com/ is released.

Once again the forces for copyright have reduced the rights of normal people who have done nothing wrong.

I wish I had known this earlier, but I finally set my default in my preferences to wanting Linux.

Wow, that’s too bad.

Higher tax rates for the rich could actually make the world a better place.

To protect our government we should insist on a preference for open source solutions.

I usually don’t have much sympathy for Microsoft, but this is so classic I can’t help but laugh.

This is the future of computer security.

The solution to your Debian problems is to completely disable ipv6.

@+Cloudflare: Thanks for keeping up the good fight.