Julien Ponge

Julien Ponge

@julien.ponge.org

Software enthusiast | Scientist | #JavaChampions | Personal account, not the views of my employers | I will not discuss much politics here https://julien.ponge.org/

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Guillaume
@lours.me

🐳 🐙 Docker Skills, Part 4 `sbx run claude .` gives an agent a disposable microVM: its own filesystem, network, Docker daemon. docker-sandboxes-lifecycle and -network-credentials teach it to drive that safely, secrets included. lours.me/posts/docker-skills-part-4-sandboxes-core/ #Docker #AI

lours.meDocker Skills, Part 4: Sandbox Lifecycle, Network Policy, and CredentialsThe two core Docker Sandboxes skills: docker-sandboxes-lifecycle for creating, reattaching to, and removing isolated sbx microVMs, and docker-sandboxes-network-credentials for the egress policy and cr...

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JetBrains
@jetbrains.com

Jake Wharton refuses to code with AI. When he left Cash App, he published nine requirements for his next job. Number one was: No AI. Our full conversation with the legendary Android developer is out now: layoffs, AI, Google and Kotlin in 2026.

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Heidi Howard
@heidihoward.bsky.social

My talk, Making the impossible possible (again!), will premiere on Monday at 5pm BST / 9am PT and I’ll be joining the live in the Q&A youtu.be/P0cAG-RM1_c

youtu.beMaking the Impossible Possible (Again): Ten Years of Flexible Paxos by Heidi HowardYouTube video by TigerBeetle
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Talks will premiere on YouTube at 9AM PT every Monday/Wednesday from August 19 through September. Explore the playlist, hit 'notify me' for reminders, and join the live chat for Q&A with each speaker. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Julien Ponge
@julien.ponge.org

It's been a year or so since I move my personal email / cal over to iCloud+ with custom domains. It's a very fluid experience if you ask me. I still have GMail (historic, and reliable) and... Outlook 😇 (for public OSS stuff, MS accounts, I mostly delete emails from here once I have reviewed them).

Julien Ponge
@julien.ponge.org

I used to be a Fastmail customer for over a decade. Can't complain, they have been excellent, but my personal email needs ended up being too simple.

Julien Ponge
@julien.ponge.org

I tried to buy a PC laptop for my son for several days. I really wanted to buy another T series Lenovo, but they cannot manage to process payments past the Secure3D step, and the support is horribly incompetent. Bye Lenovo, hello Dell.

Julien Ponge
@julien.ponge.org

I’m going to write a desktop app for my son/classroom. It has to run on windows, but cross platform is better. Going with Electron and some React looks like the easy choice. Any other stack recommendation? Kotlin Compose?

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Sylvain Wallez
@swallez.com

Bugs Rust won't catch: lessons learned from uutils CVEs. No memory corruption, but logic bugs solved with more defensive programming, like TOCTOU that become attack windows in privileged code, or assuming that file paths or text are valid UTF-8. And take Hyrum's law seriously in a rewrite.

corrode.devBugs Rust Won't Catch | corrode Rust ConsultingIn April 2026, Canonical disclosed 44 CVEs in uutils, the Rust reimplementation of GNU coreutil…
Julien Ponge
@julien.ponge.org

Some @github.com productivity tips with @vivaldi.com 1. Pin important issues 2. Pin the notifications center, and set a periodic reload (like 5 minutes) so you don't have to worry again about GitHub not doing basic reload in 2026 3. Stack related issues + pull-request tabs so they are together

Julien Ponge
@julien.ponge.org

Business model of agentic coding: - create "agents" that provide illusion of intelligence using tons of markdown band-aid - market hype of tools replacing smart humans, suggesting spans of engineering / science / businesses are dead - create FOMO so people subscribe - charge tokens, profit.

Julien Ponge
@julien.ponge.org

I'm using the Vivaldi browser for productivity these days. Some of the features like tab periodic reload are a game changer. A good example is the GitHub notifications centers that is not live, doesn't sync deterministically with tabs on issues / PRs: live reload is one of these things. vivaldi.com

vivaldi.comVivaldi Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browserIt’s a web browser. But fun. It comes with a bunch of clever features built-in. It’s super flexible and does not track you. Get the Vivaldi browser for desktop, mobile, and your car!
Julien Ponge
@julien.ponge.org

The workspaces management is cool as well. Combined with vertical tabs it's quite good. You can have split views and combine horizontal + vertical dividers. I have yet to be sold on tab stacks. Last but not least, the pink theme is soft and clean:

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Julien Ponge
@julien.ponge.org

Replying to @bricedutheil.bsky.social

Thanks to you guys I just tried mise and... it's awesome. I was using SDKman through a Fish shell port and it was never on par with zsh (broken completions, etc). mise just... works like a charm!