mundane

It's always been like this for most repositories that make up Android. The few projects that were truly developed in the open, such as ART, will now follow the same private branches as the rest of Android.

I hate articles that are just a tease for a YouTube video.

Yes, they are really cheap and the law (here in Sweden at least) requires all outdoor cats to be chipped. So the cat is probably already chipped anyway.

Because reading a radio signal from the chip was too easy?

I would go with a trunk based approach. In other words no other long lived branches other than main. Push for review often and merge to main as soon as it's approved.

If you don't see a need for a more complex branch strategy, you probably don't need it. Branches are always an increased risk for conflicts and can be a pain to resolve.

Please do not use company time to place your bids.

If you block the account, the DMs disappear.

Death By Snu Snu

I have a great boss that knows that whatever I decide to do is probably the right priority. As long as our users are happy she is happy.

Is it quicker to fix it then to get the issue triaged? Just fix it and move on.

Having a stainless steel (I tend to avoid plastic for hot food) thermos mug is great. One perk is that you can keep it in a bag without getting coffee everywhere.

Since they specified "falsely" does that mean that there is legitimate witchcraft going on?