Lex Spoon

I'm Lex Spoon, a software enthusiast living in Atlanta, GA. I write on Substack and on my home page in addition to here.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Ken Clark on shame mobs

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Ken Clark has posted the top seven things he likes about shame mobs . Here's a taste: 5) Internet shame mobs weigh the evidence careful...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Finding and fixing complicated code

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It's hard to beat lines of code as a complexity metric: the subjective complexity of a piece of code seems to correlate very well with i...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Every build is special

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Since Semmle's business involves integrating with our customers' builds, I'm very sympathetic to Tim Boudreau's perspective ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Surveillance states are possible

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While clamping down on private encryption is bad policy, both for the economy and for privacy, I don't think it's technically imposs...
Friday, December 5, 2014

Goodbye, Spark Plug

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Don't take me wrong. I know a dog is just a dog, and a pet is just a pet. There are people reading this who have cancer, and there are...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

Is this the right server?

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It's nice to see someone else reach the following conclusion : "For those familiar with SSH, you should realize that public key p...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

FCC inches away from neutrality

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The FCC’s latest proposal for network neutrality rules creates space for broadband carriers to offer “paid prioritization” services.[11] Wh...
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