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UUIDs as invoice numbers - abusing a spec for fun and profit
I’m a big fan of UUIDs. They make life better, wherever I need to organise things - correlating objects between vastly different data sources, storage formats, structures, non-structures, databases, caches, etc. I already use them as PKs in Postgres, filenames in S3, and many more; today I wanted to spread their usage to accounting.
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In April 2019, a friend gave me an iPhone. I gave it a try, and it made me question my life.
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It’s been years since I last updated the page describing my stack, so here’s the new stuff.
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The old website is gone. Welcome the new stuff.
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- Travelled: 2013-2014
- On Google Maps
- On Wikipedia
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- Travelled: 2010-2011
- On Google Maps
- On Wikipedia
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- Travelled: many; first 2012
- On Google Maps
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- Travelled: 2012-05
- On Google Maps
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Ansible is a hack on a hack on a hack on a hack
Rant.
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Updated 2019-12-22: With dark mode CSS, it’s now possible to match your website’s color scheme with the user’s preferences. Finally!
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For whenever I forget random silly things like “how to exit
vi” (I’m an Emacs guy). -
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I’ve pieced my rig together quite carefully, creating a rather unique stack. At the fundamental level it’s not so different from a hundred thousand other hackers’ stacks, and thus to comply with the #1 rule of custom stacks, it demands a dedicated post explaining how cool and unique it is.