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New home for Rasterio

sgillies.net

Moving the project keeps the code open and accessible to its developers and makes it easier to maintain. Making the case for the move at work was pretty easy. Teams at Mapbox that use rasterio want bug fixes and new releases. The Platform team has one less oddball CI configuration to support. I’m grateful for the attention and help of Mapbox’s Legal and IT teams during a busy, busy time. It was fun to work with these folks on one last project.

Good on Mapbox for working with Sean on this.

Why soda bottles have gaps in their threads

madsci.org

In response to your question, the thread “cuts” or “gaps” in the threads on both the bottle and closure are vent slots which allow the CO2 gas to escape from the inside the package during opening. This escape of gas relieves the pressure on the inside of the bottle and allows the closure to be safely removed from the package by the consumer.

Speeding Up Docker Development on the Mac

blog.rocketinsights.com

Docker is a great tool for developing applications. While using Docker, it often makes sense to create a bind mount to ensure that changes to your local codebase are immediately reflected into your application container. By default, however, doing so can create significant application performance issues.

The Dead Code Diaries

madned.substack.com

The mystery program was my own, and I had no specific memory of writing it. In general though I did remember a time in my teenage years when I was learning to program, writing games for the TRS-80 that I had access to thanks to a generous neighbor (something I briefly discussed in my Radio Shack post). I just didn’t remember this one at all.