Maciej Mensfeld writes about Ruby, RubyGems, and Bundler, covering security incidents, concurrency, memory bugs, and the occasional hardware fix.
HN links it for its Chromecast expired-certificate fix and RubyGems posts; commenters cite it as the place with details and workarounds.
Get ready to be disappointed then :)
I bought an X1 less than 2 months ago (after 8 years of MacBooks) for the same reason: it _has_ to be better quality.
I take extremely good care of my laptops, but nonetheless after 3 weeks the screen was scratched, because when it's closed the lid pushes against the keyboard leaving marks (and eventually scratches) on the glossy HDR display. Also the lid doesn't close properly [0] on one side, which just drives me crazy. For a $2000 laptop, I am pretty disappointed.
[0] https://mensfeld.pl/2018/07/lenovo-thinkpad-x1-carbon-6th-gen-2018-review-sad-story-of-a-potentially-great-ultrabook/#not-aligned-lid-lid-not-closing-properly
I got bit by this: it's an expiring intermediate cert.
The workaround is reasonable for anyone with some basic technical chops. There's a hidden Chromecast activity that you can boot on Android to ignore device validation.
https://mensfeld.pl/2025/03/certificate-apocalypse-bringing-your-chromecast-back-from-the-dead/
Tldr: certificate expiration. See [0] for details and fixes.
[0] https://mensfeld.pl/2025/03/bringing-your-chromecast-back/