On email traveling by distance

“We can’t send mail more than 500 miles,” the chairman explained.

One of the settings that was set to zero was the timeout to connect to the remote SMTP server. Some experimentation established that on this particular machine with its typical load, a zero timeout would abort a connect call in slightly over three milliseconds.

500 mile distance limit for email

 

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On Agile and craftsmanship of programming

much of the craftsmanship of programming has been lost since Agile became a thing. Coders are now just a cog in a User Story production line, particularly when working in large corporate IT departments. I think that, more then anything, has drained my enthusiasm for the industry.

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