Uncategorized – A Little of Both

No Matching Host Key Type Found

I was trying to SSH into a server that I had accessed many times before with no issues. All of a sudden, I was getting this error message:

Unable to negotiate with <ip_address> port <port_no>: no matching host key type found. Their offer: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss

I knew I wasn’t mistyping something as I was using an SSH config file, so I knew I was using all the same options, IP, and port as the previous time I had connected.

Blind

It has been a while since I’ve worked on in-person conferences, but with events starting back up, conference planning has started up again as well. I recently chatted with someone about improving diversity in speaker lineups. This is a very difficult topic with no easy answers, but it is one that I love talking about. I’m serious. I want you all to know that if any of you are interested in improving the diversity of your speaker lineup, I’m happy to talk through your process and offer suggestions.

Can’t Drag Files in Finder (Mac)

I just got a new laptop, a Macbook Pro. It is my first new computer in over ten years, so it has been a long time since I’ve had to set up a new system for myself. Maybe this is something that other Mac users solved a long time ago, but it was my first time encountering it. In Finder, I could click on a file, but when I tried to drag it into another folder to organize the files, nothing happened. I didn’t get the outline of the file name, folders didn’t highlight as I hovered over them, and when I let go, the file was not moved.

finally{}: Pulled From All Angles

Everywhere I look, there are articles targeting programmers with suggestions and plans for how to be “better.” Some articles promise to make you a better co-worker, while others extol the virtues of being a better manager. Some will make you better at communicating while others will make you better at coding. In all cases, though, the message is the same: you programmers need to be “better.”