Mon 02 August 2010

Moving right along...

For those who haven't heard the news, my last day at Webs.com was this past Thursday (July 29th, 2010). After three and a half years, I figured it was finally time to move on.

It's interesting to reflect on such a large portion of a lifespan. When I joined Webs (then Freewebs) back in 2007, I was actually homeless, and was working a part time job at a Blockbuster. I had gotten pretty tired of that routine, and started cold-emailing companies. Out of all of them, Freewebs was the one who responded and invited me out to interview with them.

I remember being shocked when, a few weeks later, I received an offer to join up. Y'see, it's no secret that I'm pretty much self taught through and through when it comes to web design - with no formal training, I was surprised that anyone would consider me for a position in this field. Accepting that offer led me down a long path that's definitely shaped a lot of who I am today, both professionally and personally.

Prior to joining Webs, I knew HTML and CSS well, but when it came to actual programming I had just dabbled here and there, never gaining a solid understanding of the craft in general. Working at Webs was, in many ways, a great substitution for a college experience. The amount of things I learned is staggering - data analysis, in depth design techniques, and more.

Granted, while all that certainly contributed to my growth, I worked my ass off while I was there; I guess I'm simply stating that the environment is easily one of the best possible places to ever work if you're a developer. All those startup companies in San Francisco that seem so great to work at? Good luck finding anything similar in the Washington DC/Metro area... short of Webs.com.

So what's next?

I'm tired of Washington DC. It's a great city with a culture all its own, but I've grown up around all of this, and I want to see more of the world in general. The west coast is very appealing to me, so I'm most likely headed out there. As my career situation develops, I'll update this space accordingly.

Besides all of that, I've got my open source work to maintain, as well as some other cool projects in the pipeline. This isn't the end, but moreso the beginning of an epic awesome adventure.

I'm awesome.

Ryan around the Web

You still can, GitHub just arbitrarily changes wiki links: https://github.com/project-slippi/Ishiiruka/wiki/Overclocking-Controllers-on-macOS-Big-Sur,-Monterey,-Ventura,-or-Sonoma

This particular feature requires me doing some work that I just don't have time for. It's not something that someone can contribute as it primarily deals with signing the driver itself. on Support for overclocking on macOS 11.0+ 2 weeks ago
Just set all your ports in that config panel to WiiU adapter, then each port would technically work.

Right now you only have one port enabled in the config, and the adapter says detected but not reading... which is why I ask this. on GCAdapterDriver not working over the apple one 2 weeks ago
This is plugged into port 1, correct? If it's detect, it should be outputting a Hz measurement... on GCAdapterDriver not working over the apple one 2 weeks ago
Screenshot your controller(s) panel from Dolphin~ on GCAdapterDriver not working over the apple one 2 weeks ago
Kk, and how are you connecting the adapter to your machine? Is there a particular USB hub/adapter you're using?

(And as dumb as it might sound, you're using the black cord right? Not the rumble cord?) on GCAdapterDriver not working over the apple one 2 weeks ago
Also - what adapter type are you attempting to connect? on GCAdapterDriver not working over the apple one 2 weeks ago
A restart, yes. :) on GCAdapterDriver not working over the apple one 2 weeks ago
I'd go ahead and do a full reboot to clear out any of those older installs - they shouldn't be conflicting, but frankly DriverKit is weird like this and I've run into cases where people have it "just work" after a full reboot.

(DriverKit doesn't fully remove a driver install until a reboot occurs) on GCAdapterDriver not working over the apple one 2 weeks ago
What's the output of sudo systemextensionsctl list when the driver is toggled on from the dropdown? on GCAdapterDriver not working over the apple one 2 weeks ago
Monterey is not a .kext-based installation method - the GCAdapterDriver homepage indicates this:

You're trying to run the .kext installer from the right, but you actually need to do the installer on the left. on GCAdapterDriver not working over the apple one 2 weeks ago
Ah, to be clear you're trying to install the .kext? Need to know your actual macOS version before we could even begin to debug - based on Finder I'm guessing it's 10.15 or less? on GCAdapterDriver not working over the apple one 2 weeks ago

There might be something there, but I'd need to revert my code back to confirm - but for what it's worth, I did experiment with a method on RequestData like the following:

impl<T> RequestData<T> {
    pub fn info(&mut self, message: impl Into<String>) {
        self.messages = self.messages.info(message);
    }
}

...which created the following error:

error[E0507]: cannot move out of `self.messages` which is behind a mutable reference
   --> libs/apex-utils/src/request.rs:37:25
    |
37  |         self.messages = self.messages.info(message);
    |                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------- `self.messages` moved due to this method call
    |                         |
    |                         move occurs because `self.messages` has type `Messages`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
    |
note: `Messages::info` takes ownership of the receiver `self`, which moves `self.messages`

It could be worked around by the following, which I alluded to in my last comment regarding Clone:

impl<T> RequestData<T> {
    pub fn info(&mut self, message: impl Into<String>) {
        self.messages = self.messages.clone().info(message);
    }
}

Personally speaking, I also am just not a fan of needing to pepper request.messages = throughout handlers, the assignment aspect just isn't relevant to what's usually going on - but that's more subjective so I defer to you. on Support extracting messages in one pass? a month ago