Carl Bray carlbray

Things I believe

This is a collection of the things I believe about software development. I have worked for years building backend and data processing systems, so read the below within that context.

Agree? Disagree? Feel free to let me know at @JanStette.

Fundamentals

Keep it simple, stupid. You ain't gonna need it.

Permanent WSL DNS Fix (WSL 2.2.1+)

If you're encountering ping github.com failing inside WSL with a Temporary failure in name resolution, you're not alone — this has been a long-standing issue, especially when using VPNs or corporate networks.

This issue is now fixed robustly with DNS tunneling, which preserves dynamic DNS behavior and avoids limitations like WSL’s former hard cap of 3 DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf.

DNS tunneling is enabled by default in WSL version 2.2.1 and later, meaning that if you're still seeing DNS resolution issues, the first and most effective fix is simply to upgrade WSL. Upgrading WSL updates the WSL platform itself, but does not affect your installed Linux distributions, apps, or files.

To upgrade WSL, follow these steps,

Semantic Commit Messages

See how a minor change to your commit message style can make you a better programmer.

Format: <type>(<scope>): <subject>

<scope> is optional

	<!-- plug-in configuration to put into your parent POM for avoiding any usages of
	outdated log4j2 versions, some of which are subject to the RCE CVE-2021-44228
	("Log4Shell"), CVE-2021-45046, and CVE-2021-45105. Make sure to check for the
	latest version of log4j2 at
	https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core -->
	...
	<plugin>
	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
	<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
	<version>3.0.0</version>

	#!/bin/bash
	# Help.
	if [[ "$1" == "-h" \|\| "$1" == "--help" ]]; then
	echo 'Usage: teams-chat-post.sh "<webhook_url>" "<title>" "<color>" "<message>"'
	exit 0
	fi

	# Webhook or Token.
	WEBHOOK_URL=$1
	if [[ "${WEBHOOK_URL}" == "" ]]

	Mute these words in your settings here: https://twitter.com/settings/muted_keywords

	ActivityTweet
	generic_activity_highlights
	generic_activity_momentsbreaking
	RankedOrganicTweet
	suggest_activity
	suggest_activity_feed
	suggest_activity_highlights
	suggest_activity_tweet

	import com.google.common.collect.MapDifference;
	import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
	import com.google.gson.Gson;
	import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;

	import java.io.IOException;
	import java.lang.reflect.Type;
	import java.nio.charset.Charset;
	import java.nio.file.Files;
	import java.nio.file.Paths;

Carl Bray carlbray

Things I believe

Fundamentals

Permanent WSL DNS Fix (WSL 2.2.1+)

Table of Contents

set -e, -u, -x, -o pipefail

Semantic Commit Messages

Example