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The Dopamine Problem Every New Manager Face I recently wrote an internal Management 101 guide for new RevenueCat managers. It is not meant to be...
10th Jul 2026
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The Dopamine Problem Every New Manager Face

from Miguel Carranza [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Jul 2026
I recently wrote an internal Management 101 guide for new RevenueCat managers. It is not meant to be a universal management guide. Most universal management advice is either too vague to be useful or too generic to survive contact with a real company. My goal was simpler: explain...
CVE-2022-21449: Psychic Signatures in Java The long-running BBC sci-fi show Doctor Who has a recurring plot device where the Doctor manages to...
19th Apr 2022
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CVE-2022-21449: Psychic Signatures in Java

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Apr 2022
The long-running BBC sci-fi show Doctor Who has a recurring plot device where the Doctor manages to get out of trouble by showing an identity card which is actually completely blank. Of course, this being Doctor Who, the card is really made out of a special “psychic paper“, which...
getentropy() vs RAND_bytes() A couple of notable things have happened in recent months: There is a new edition of POSIX for 2024....
1st Oct 2024
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getentropy() vs RAND_bytes()

from Tony Finch's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Oct 2024
A couple of notable things have happened in recent months: There is a new edition of POSIX for 2024. There’s lots of good stuff in it, but today I am writing about getentropy() which is the first officially standardized POSIX API for getting cryptographically secure random...
Working title (insurance) Title insurance is grossly overpriced relative to actual risks involved. Why is that?
30th Jun 2024
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Working title (insurance)

from Bits about Money [alt+shift+b] in finance

30th Jun 2024
Title insurance is grossly overpriced relative to actual risks involved. Why is that?
Same effort, but better results The best business opportunities multiply our efforts as founders.
6th May 2022
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Same effort, but better results

from Justin Jackson [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th May 2022
The best business opportunities multiply our efforts as founders.
On replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a Thinkpad T480 In which you probably wonder, but ...why?
21st Feb 2023
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On replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a Thinkpad T480

from Max Rozen [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

21st Feb 2023
In which you probably wonder, but ...why?
My first 100 days as Data Science Lead How being a Lead / Manager is different from being an individual contributor.
25th Sep 2017
1

My first 100 days as Data Science Lead

from Eugene Yan [alt+shift+b] in AI

25th Sep 2017
How being a Lead / Manager is different from being an individual contributor.
Issue 24: How smashing the NIMBYs created modern capitalism Works in Progress Issue 24 is out today.
1st Jul 2026
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Issue 24: How smashing the NIMBYs created modern capitalism

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jul 2026
Works in Progress Issue 24 is out today.
Porting OkLab colorspace to integer arithmetic For reasons I'll explain in a futur write-up, I needed to make use of a perceptually uniform...
11th Dec 2022
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Porting OkLab colorspace to integer arithmetic

from A small freedom area RSS [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Dec 2022
For reasons I'll explain in a futur write-up, I needed to make use of a perceptually uniform colorspace in some computer vision code. OkLab from Björn Ottosson was a great candidate given how simple the implementation is. But there is a plot twist: I needed the code to be...
Summary of changes for March Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
1st Mar 2021
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Summary of changes for March

from Hundred Rabbits [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Mar 2021
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
The Finest Narrative Non-Fiction Essays Narrative essays that I consider ideal models of the medium
22nd Dec 2021
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The Finest Narrative Non-Fiction Essays

from Maggie Appleton [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Dec 2021
Narrative essays that I consider ideal models of the medium
Apollo for Reddit 1.9 Apollo 1.9’s a massive update to Apollo that’s taken months and months to complete, but I’m really...
12th Sep 2020
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Apollo for Reddit 1.9

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Sep 2020
Apollo 1.9’s a massive update to Apollo that’s taken months and months to complete, but I’m really happy with the result, and it brings together a ton of ideas from the community to make Apollo even nicer to use. The update includes a variety of features around crossposts, flair,...
Five ways of thinking about Moltbook What a social network for AI agents tells us about the future. PLUS: Elon consolidates the X empire
3rd Feb 2026
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Five ways of thinking about Moltbook

from Platformer [alt+shift+b] in startups

3rd Feb 2026
What a social network for AI agents tells us about the future. PLUS: Elon consolidates the X empire
Do U.S. Ports Need More Automation? On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily...
8th Oct 2024
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Do U.S. Ports Need More Automation?

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Oct 2024
On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily dockworkers on East and Gulf Coast ports, went on strike after failing to agree contract terms with USMX, an alliance of port operators and employers.
The stack circuitry of the Intel 8087 floating point chip, reverse-engineered Early microprocessors were very slow when operating with floating-point numbers. But in 1980, Intel...
9th Dec 2025
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The stack circuitry of the Intel 8087 floating point chip, reverse-engineered

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Dec 2025
Early microprocessors were very slow when operating with floating-point numbers. But in 1980, Intel introduced the 8087 floating-point coprocessor, performing floating-point operations up to 100 times faster. This was a huge benefit for IBM PC applications such as AutoCAD,...
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess Design decisions core to JavaScript have caused a multitude of problems for benchmarking. Is there a...
23rd Dec 2024
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JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Dec 2024
Design decisions core to JavaScript have caused a multitude of problems for benchmarking. Is there a solution to this?
How to embrace the seasons of your life without guilt You’re not wasting time when you’re in alignment
12th Mar 2026
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How to embrace the seasons of your life without guilt

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Mar 2026
You’re not wasting time when you’re in alignment
Please come up with wildly speculative futures Inside my writing philosophy.
1st Apr 2024
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Please come up with wildly speculative futures

from The Elysian [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Apr 2024
Inside my writing philosophy.
WarGames Clock If you haven't seen the WarGames movie, do yourself a favour and go watch it right now. If you have,...
1st May 2025
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WarGames Clock

from Opsbros [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2025
If you haven't seen the WarGames movie, do yourself a favour and go watch it right now. If you have, then you know just how awesome it is. One part, as a kid, I always thought was awesome was the WOPR computer. A key scene in the WarGames
25 Useful Ideas for 2025 Mental models to kickstart the new year
2nd Jan 2025
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25 Useful Ideas for 2025

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jan 2025
Mental models to kickstart the new year
Alan Turing and the Power of Negative Thinking Mathematical proofs based on a technique called diagonalization can be relentlessly contrarian, but...
5th Sep 2023
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Alan Turing and the Power of Negative Thinking

from Quanta Magazine [alt+shift+b] in science

5th Sep 2023
Mathematical proofs based on a technique called diagonalization can be relentlessly contrarian, but they help reveal the limits of algorithms. The post Alan Turing and the Power of Negative Thinking first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Weekly Scroll: Striking Out General strikes, Opinion Blunders, and Yassified Shrek
3rd Mar 2025
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Weekly Scroll: Striking Out

from Infinite Scroll [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Mar 2025
General strikes, Opinion Blunders, and Yassified Shrek
My favourite websites from my bookmark collection Over the last three weeks, I’ve been writing about how I manage my bookmarks. how I use a static...
2nd Jun 2025
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My favourite websites from my bookmark collection

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jun 2025
Over the last three weeks, I’ve been writing about how I manage my bookmarks. how I use a static site to store them, how I built a personal web archive by hand, and what I learnt about web development along the way. I wanted to end this series on a lighter note, so here’s a...
VR Study Shows People Prefer Traditional Architecture Over Modernist Designs Traditional architecture has been found to contribute more to people’s well-being than modernist...
22nd Nov 2023
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VR Study Shows People Prefer Traditional Architecture Over Modernist Designs

from THE ARCHITECTURAL UPRISING [alt+shift+b] in architecture

22nd Nov 2023
Traditional architecture has been found to contribute more to people’s well-being than modernist glass and steel buildings, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) in Oslo. Using virtual reality (VR) technology, the team...
Building Itako: an investment tracking application Around 2 years ago, I had some time on my hands and got really interested into investing and playing...
2nd Sep 2025
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Building Itako: an investment tracking application

from Alice GG [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Sep 2025
Around 2 years ago, I had some time on my hands and got really interested into investing and playing with stock market data. After reading way too many books on the subject, I started building my own tools which led me to creating Itako. It’s a portfolio tracking and data...
From voice command to robotic arm: how agentic AI on the edge is changing the factory floor For years, bringing real intelligence to industrial automation meant expensive infrastructure,...
1st Sep 2026
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1st Sep 2026
For years, bringing real intelligence to industrial automation meant expensive infrastructure, proprietary systems, and steep learning curves. That’s changing – fast. Foundation models powerful enough to run at the edge are turning natural language into machine control, and the...
gossip steals your sovereignty talk is easy, action is hard
1st Oct 2024
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gossip steals your sovereignty

from Mind Mine [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Oct 2024
talk is easy, action is hard
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD Journal of African cities chapter 6
5th Mar 2023
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A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD

from African History Extra [alt+shift+b] in history

5th Mar 2023
Journal of African cities chapter 6
Is It Keto: Month 4 Prior to February 2019, I published all my retrospectives on Indie Hackers: Is It Keto Month 4: My...
5th Jan 2019
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Is It Keto: Month 4

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

5th Jan 2019
Prior to February 2019, I published all my retrospectives on Indie Hackers: Is It Keto Month 4: My First Dollar of Revenue
A Shameless Plug: My “human evolution” book thought some folks here may be interested in this … I just finished up a book on human evolution,...
2 weeks ago
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A Shameless Plug: My “human evolution” book

from Hidden History [alt+shift+b] in history

2 weeks ago
thought some folks here may be interested in this … I just finished up a book on human evolution, which covers thirty-some hominin species from Sahelanthropus to sapiens. It covers what we know about each of them, what we don’t know, and what the experts are arguing over (and...
Home is where the home server is I moved recently, and so did my home server. You might have noticed it due to the downtime. This...
15th May 2025
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Home is where the home server is

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th May 2025
I moved recently, and so did my home server. You might have noticed it due to the downtime. This time I have built a dedicated shelf for it, which allows for more flexibility and room for additional expensive ideas. The internet connection is a fiber line, which is fantastic for...
7th Apr 2026
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Dozen

from davidyat.es [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Apr 2026
4th Mar 2024
The power of company retreats: Thoughts after the 8th Buffer retreat By now we have a fairly long history of doing retreats at Buffer. We’re now a 75 person team...
9th Mar 2017
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The power of company retreats: Thoughts after the 8th Buffer retreat

from Joel Gascoigne [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Mar 2017
By now we have a fairly long history of doing retreats at Buffer. We’re now a 75 person team [https://buffer.com/about], and we just wrapped up our 8th company retreat in Madrid, Spain. Here’s a quick history of retreat locations, timeline and size over time: 1.
Moats: Durable competitive advantage Industries commoditize over time, delivering similar products at similar prices resulting in low...
7th May 2022
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Moats: Durable competitive advantage

from A Smart Bear [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th May 2022
Industries commoditize over time, delivering similar products at similar prices resulting in low profit. Like entropy, this is the inevitable fate of a company, unless it exerts intentional force to the contrary. Moats are this force, and your strategy must identify how to create...
Decoding the Arctic to predict winter weather With the help of AI, MIT Research Scientist Judah Cohen is reshaping subseasonal forecasting, with...
8th Jan 2026
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Decoding the Arctic to predict winter weather

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jan 2026
With the help of AI, MIT Research Scientist Judah Cohen is reshaping subseasonal forecasting, with the goal of extending the lead time for predicting impactful weather.
Whatever happened to sandboxfs? Back in 2017–2020, while I was on the Blaze team at Google, I took on a 20% project that turned into...
11th Jun 2025
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Whatever happened to sandboxfs?

from Blog System/5 [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Jun 2025
Back in 2017–2020, while I was on the Blaze team at Google, I took on a 20% project that turned into a bit of an obsession: sandboxfs. Born out of my work supporting iOS development, it was my attempt to solve a persistent pain point that frustrated both internal teams and...
17th Jan 2022
For students who make websites WordPress.com maker Automattic is expanding into education with a new, free product designed for...
17th Aug 2026
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For students who make websites

from Jeffrey Zeldman Presents [alt+shift+b] in design

17th Aug 2026
WordPress.com maker Automattic is expanding into education with a new, free product designed for teachers and their classes called WordPress.com Education. The suite for classrooms includes a full WordPress.com domain for each student, plus free domain names (on the .blog or .art...
The Obscene Art of Wallace Smith For The Banned Book Fantazius Mallare, 1922 “A memory of sanity gives diverting outline to the shadows in me. I am not a maniac like the night....
1st Dec 2025
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1st Dec 2025
“A memory of sanity gives diverting outline to the shadows in me. I am not a maniac like the night. My mind closes like darkness over the world but I enjoy myself walking amid insane houses, staring at windows that look like drunken octagons, observing lamp posts that simper with...
Poll: How anxious are you before an interview? From the HackerNews poll: Given the spike in interviewing questions, I’m curious to know: how...
11th Mar 2023
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Poll: How anxious are you before an interview?

from Ognjen Regoje • ognjen.io [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Mar 2023
From the HackerNews poll: Given the spike in interviewing questions, I’m curious to know: how anxious are you before an interview? To qualify the choices a bit: Not at all - I feel confident and not worried about the prospect of failure. A little - I’m fairly confident. Maybe the...
Google and AI | Elon Musk on Tesla comp Such a deep ML system could well be developed outside of Google-- at Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex,...
11th Feb 2024
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Google and AI | Elon Musk on Tesla comp

from Internal Tech Emails [alt+shift+b] in startups

11th Feb 2024
Such a deep ML system could well be developed outside of Google-- at Microsoft, Baidu, Yandex, Amazon, Apple, or even a startup.
Winner, Name That Ware November 2025 The Ware for November 2025 is a controller from the card-activated power switch in a hotel room. It...
25th Dec 2025
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Winner, Name That Ware November 2025

from bunnie's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Dec 2025
The Ware for November 2025 is a controller from the card-activated power switch in a hotel room. It was on the fritz, and when the repair person came and replaced it, Sam asked for the old module and brought it to me as a name that ware entry. Here’s the other circuit board that...
Postleaf: reimagined It's been about nine months since Postleaf debuted as a simple, beautiful, open source, PHP blogging...
26th Apr 2017
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Postleaf: reimagined

from A Beautiful Site [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Apr 2017
It's been about nine months since Postleaf debuted as a simple, beautiful, open source, PHP blogging platform. The initial version was well-received, landing an article on TechCrunch and making its way to #1 for the day on Product Hunt. (Thank you so much, everyone!) Today, I'm...
Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and Grafana This post isn’t a detailed line-by-line tutorial on how to set up each individual piece of the setup...
2nd May 2024
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Monitoring energy usage with smart plugs, Prometheus and Grafana

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd May 2024
This post isn’t a detailed line-by-line tutorial on how to set up each individual piece of the setup as those types of guides tend to get out of date really easily, but if you know your way around Linux and the command line, then you can definitely replicate this setup on your...
More people should write More people should do what I’m doing right now. They should sit at their computers and bat the...
27th Sep 2012
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More people should write

from the jsomers.net blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Sep 2012
More people should do what I’m doing right now. They should sit at their computers and bat the cursor around — write full sentences about themselves and the things they care about. I have a selfish reason for my demand: I have a lot of friends who are thoughtful, but keep their...
131

Isabelle Star LaBlanc's Guide to Minneapolis

from AFAR Media - Travel Stories, News, Reviews, Tips + Guides [alt+shift+b] in travel

6th May 2024
Saved draft recipients We're making it easier to keep track of who you're collaborating with on your newsletters
30th Jun 2020
1

Saved draft recipients

from Buttondown's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Jun 2020
We're making it easier to keep track of who you're collaborating with on your newsletters
New year, new calendar We’ve spent the last year tackling the number one request for our email service HEY.com: Adding a...
2nd Jan 2024
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New year, new calendar

from David Heinemeier Hansson [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jan 2024
We’ve spent the last year tackling the number one request for our email service HEY.com: Adding a calendar! And now, in celebration of the new year, it’s finally ready, and we’re rolling it out to the first customers starting today 🎉 See, it turns out that lots of people would...
Securing My Web Infrastructure Securing My Web Infrastructure A few months ago, I very briefly mentioned that I've migrated all my...
17th Apr 2025
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Securing My Web Infrastructure

from Ian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Apr 2025
Securing My Web Infrastructure A few months ago, I very briefly mentioned that I've migrated all my web infrastructure off Cloudflare, as well as having built a custom web service to host it all. I call this new web service WebCentral and I'd like to talk about some of the steps...
Urban Relativity It’s been a good while since I wrote a tutorial, so let’s take a moment to learn something new!...
23rd Mar 2026
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Urban Relativity

from somethingaboutmaps [alt+shift+b] in cartography

23rd Mar 2026
It’s been a good while since I wrote a tutorial, so let’s take a moment to learn something new! Today, I’ll show you a way to create scale rankings for cities. This is a technique I have been using for years (and occasionally mentioned), but I’ve never really written it up in...
Inland feeding by coastal godwits Species such as Dunlin and Knot are well-served by conservation measures that aim to protect...
10th Nov 2022
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Inland feeding by coastal godwits

from wadertales [alt+shift+b] in science

10th Nov 2022
Species such as Dunlin and Knot are well-served by conservation measures that aim to protect estuaries but the same is not necessarily true for Black-tailed Godwits. In a 2022 paper in the journal Wader Study, Clément Jourdan and colleagues describe the movements of ten tagged...
Computational tools for society’s most complex challenges Associate Professor Cathy Wu uses reinforcement learning to help map out improvements to...
a week ago
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Computational tools for society’s most complex challenges

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

a week ago
Associate Professor Cathy Wu uses reinforcement learning to help map out improvements to transportation and other multifaceted systems.
28th Oct 2015
Insulin dump My partner is a teacher. One of their students, a sixth grade girl, was recently diagnosed with Type...
12th Oct 2021
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Insulin dump

from Eric Bailey [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Oct 2021
My partner is a teacher. One of their students, a sixth grade girl, was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. The student is allowed to keep a small purse with her at all times, as it contains a smartphone that runs an app that talks to, and controls her insulin pump. The...
The Boot.dev Beat. January 2024 Hope you had a wonderful holiday! I know you might not have been able to take time off, but I hope...
3rd Jan 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. January 2024

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jan 2024
Hope you had a wonderful holiday! I know you might not have been able to take time off, but I hope you were able to spend some time with family and friends. I spent the whole week driving up and down the state of Utah. It was fun, but I’m happy to be back in my office. Kids can...
Curing Mac mini M4 fomo with 3D printing Spoiler: 3D printed! The colored ports really sell the effect If you’re anything like me, you’ve...
12th Nov 2024
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Curing Mac mini M4 fomo with 3D printing

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Nov 2024
Spoiler: 3D printed! The colored ports really sell the effect If you’re anything like me, you’ve found the new, tinier Mac mini to be absolutely adorable. But you might also be like me that you either already have an awesome M1 Mac mini that you have no real reason to replace,...
Scam Telegram: Uncovering a network of groups spreading crypto drainers How I found a large network of fake support groups spreading crypto stealers and drainers.
4th Dec 2025
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4th Dec 2025
How I found a large network of fake support groups spreading crypto stealers and drainers.
El Molí de l’Escala, L'Escala I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting...
18th Jul 2025
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El Molí de l’Escala, L'Escala

from Cheese and Biscuits [alt+shift+b] in travel

18th Jul 2025
I have eaten at El Moli a number of times over the 40 or so years I and my family have been visiting this part of the world. The first couple of visits were pre-blog and pre-camera phone and I don't remember much about it other than being sat in those same ancient vaulted rooms...
Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently...
8th Aug 2026
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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together

from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry [alt+shift+b] in history

8th Aug 2026
This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently five-part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are organized, in particular exploring the principle that armies cannot help but recreate their civilian...
2026 BAIR Graduate Showcase Congratulations to the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab class of 2026! This...
1st Jul 2026
1

2026 BAIR Graduate Showcase

from The Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

1st Jul 2026
Congratulations to the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab class of 2026! This year, BAIR celebrates another remarkable group of Ph.D. graduates whose curiosity, creativity, and perseverance have pushed the frontiers of artificial intelligence and machine...
Packing & Expanding Polygons : An ongoing exploration I've been packing lots of irregular polygons into the canvas, and discovered some interesting (and...
4th May 2022
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Packing & Expanding Polygons : An ongoing exploration

from Blog - Amy Goodchild [alt+shift+b] in creative

4th May 2022
I've been packing lots of irregular polygons into the canvas, and discovered some interesting (and some annoying) geometry along the way.
You are not your grand plans “You are not your grand plans. You are your daily patterns.” I love this quote from James Clear...
11th Jul 2026
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You are not your grand plans

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Jul 2026
“You are not your grand plans. You are your daily patterns.” I love this quote from James Clear because it hurts me in all the right ways. At my worst, I feel like my daily patterns are at war with my grand plans. When I’m fighting a daily battle and willpower is slipping, I need...
September Café & Cake Designed by Chochoi Creative, Ho Chi Minh City.
13th Feb 2023
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September Café & Cake

from Identity Designed [alt+shift+b] in design

13th Feb 2023
Designed by Chochoi Creative, Ho Chi Minh City.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Amused Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: They'll go outside again later. Today's News:
1st Jun 2024
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Amused

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

1st Jun 2024
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: They'll go outside again later. Today's News:
On the Making of the Modern State Classical Wisdom Litterae: Government
2nd Jul 2025
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On the Making of the Modern State

from Classical Wisdom [alt+shift+b] in history

2nd Jul 2025
Classical Wisdom Litterae: Government
Boosters and Drainers Life hacks have their place but there is only so much you can do before your life devolves into a...
2nd Jul 2016
22

Boosters and Drainers

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jul 2016
Life hacks have their place but there is only so much you can do before your life devolves into a chaotic mess. I prefer the idea of building a personal system.
The Hospitality Solution in Your Business A look at the main provocation of Will Guidara’s Unreasonable Hospitality: that you can solve...
11th Sep 2024
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The Hospitality Solution in Your Business

from Commoncog [alt+shift+b] in finance

11th Sep 2024
A look at the main provocation of Will Guidara’s Unreasonable Hospitality: that you can solve (certain) business problems with hospitality, and that it only takes a little thoughtfulness to do so.
An Update on Orion for Linux and Windows Kagi is ending development of Orion for Linux and Windows and open-sourcing both so the community...
a week ago
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An Update on Orion for Linux and Windows

from Kagi Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

a week ago
Kagi is ending development of Orion for Linux and Windows and open-sourcing both so the community can carry them forward. Our small team will now focus fully on making Orion for macOS and iOS faster, more stable, and more capable.
2nd Feb 2024
Breaking Up, p03 The post Breaking Up, p03 appeared first on Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic.
1st May 2026
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Breaking Up, p03

from Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic [alt+shift+b] in comics

1st May 2026
The post Breaking Up, p03 appeared first on Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic.
Can we use lemniscates for ultra-cheap vector graphics? This depicts an old idea of using multifocal lemniscates to draw arbitrary curves. In somewhat...
17th Jul 2020
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Can we use lemniscates for ultra-cheap vector graphics?

from Words and Buttons Online [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Jul 2020
This depicts an old idea of using multifocal lemniscates to draw arbitrary curves. In somewhat limited scope, this may be indeed an economical alternative to splines.
The Absolute Best Way to Run Multiple npm Scripts in Parallel in 2022 Just a quick tutorial and explanation of how best to set up concurrently with named and colored log...
11th Oct 2022
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The Absolute Best Way to Run Multiple npm Scripts in Parallel in 2022

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Oct 2022
Just a quick tutorial and explanation of how best to set up concurrently with named and colored log output since I had to look it up today.
Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback 2020-12-04 Sometimes websites and web apps might require...
4th Dec 2020
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Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback

from Making software better without sacrificing user experience. [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Dec 2020
Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback 2020-12-04 Sometimes websites and web apps might require content to be "injected" via Javascript. I should mention that I am strongly against this practice - but often this kind of thing is out of one's hands. So, the least I can do is...
It's a Gas! If everything worked as well as the product called Evapo-Rust, the world would be a much better...
a week ago
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It's a Gas!

from Open for Business [alt+shift+b] in technology

a week ago
If everything worked as well as the product called Evapo-Rust, the world would be a much better place. That’s just one of the many lessons learned during my recent — successful! — project to transform my old, nonfunctioning gasoline-powered generator into something much better.
Alexander Rose, Brian Eno, & Stewart Brand: Long Finance: The Enduring Value Conference ### Enduring Value In February 02010, [Brian Eno](../../../../people/board/prospect4/), [Stewart...
1st Feb 2010
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1st Feb 2010
### Enduring Value In February 02010, [Brian Eno](../../../../people/board/prospect4/), [Stewart Brand](../../../../people/board/sb1/), and [Alexander Rose](../../../../people/staff/zander/) spoke at the [Long Finance...
“Welcome back” What if they meant it? What if your return felt special to the people behind the counter? What if...
1st Aug 2026
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“Welcome back”

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Aug 2026
What if they meant it? What if your return felt special to the people behind the counter? What if they knew, without looking it up, or being told–what if they knew that you were here, again, a vote of trust and confidence. Returning home is one of the oldest human desires. It’s a...
In 150 characters or less This is based on a poem by Nikita Gill View on my website
23rd Oct 2024
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In 150 characters or less

from The Oatmeal - Comics by Matthew Inman [alt+shift+b] in comics

23rd Oct 2024
This is based on a poem by Nikita Gill View on my website
Building FirstMover I had one month to find a place to live in Manhattan. I reached out to friends for tips, and nearly...
14th Sep 2024
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Building FirstMover

from ben-mini [alt+shift+b] in literature

14th Sep 2024
I had one month to find a place to live in Manhattan. I reached out to friends for tips, and nearly all of them pointed me to StreetEasy, the Zillow-owned NYC real estate search platform. Some of my more Type-A friends gave me extra helpful advice: Narrow your search to 2-4...
Imposter syndrome is a stick in your bike wheels But low self-awareness is a rocket to nowhere
7th Jul 2025
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Imposter syndrome is a stick in your bike wheels

from Better than Random [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Jul 2025
But low self-awareness is a rocket to nowhere
What I'm up to - August 2022 This is a monthly email about what I'm up to! ✨ Highlights of last month - Spent almost the...
1st Aug 2022
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What I'm up to - August 2022

from Philip I. Thomas [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Aug 2022
This is a monthly email about what I'm up to! ✨ Highlights of last month - Spent almost the entire month traveling. It was great to be back in LA and Denver for a bit. - For coffee on the road, I...
What I learned from Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s Behavioral Economics Course at FLAME University I had the privilege to attend Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s Behavioral Economics course at FLAME University....
7th Aug 2022
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7th Aug 2022
I had the privilege to attend Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s Behavioral Economics course at FLAME University. Being his student since 2011, I realized my dream by sitting in his class for 3.5 days. Prof. Bakshi taught us around 20 different models from Charlie Munger’s Psychology of Human...
Rivian R2 wishes as an R1 owner After 7 years with a Tesla Model 3, we picked up a gen 2 Rivian R1S in April of 2025. We still have...
9th Feb 2026
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Rivian R2 wishes as an R1 owner

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Feb 2026
After 7 years with a Tesla Model 3, we picked up a gen 2 Rivian R1S in April of 2025. We still have the Model 3 as a second vehicle, but it’s been really cool experiencing a new electric vehicle from a very passionate new company. 2026 is a really exciting time for Rivian, as in...
What is a quotient? Undergraduate mathematicians usually have a hard time defining functions from quotients in Lean,...
9th Feb 2025
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What is a quotient?

from Xena [alt+shift+b] in AI

9th Feb 2025
Undergraduate mathematicians usually have a hard time defining functions from quotients in Lean, because they have been taught a specific model for quotients in their classes, which is not the model that Lean uses. This post is an attempt to … Continue reading →
I am back It's been three years since my last post on my old Wordpress blog! You can still find my earlier...
24th Apr 2020
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I am back

from Roberto Vitillo's Blog [alt+shift+b] in startups

24th Apr 2020
It's been three years since my last post on my old Wordpress blog! You can still find my earlier posts there as I was too lazy to move…
13th Apr 2025
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Not today, pink elephants of doom

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

13th Apr 2025
Blue Bulletin #1
Developer experience as a competitive advantage I spent a ton of time looking at different software providers, both as a CTO, and as a nerd...
6th Oct 2020
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Developer experience as a competitive advantage

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Oct 2020
I spent a ton of time looking at different software providers, both as a CTO, and as a nerd “advanced” consumer who builds stuff in my spare time. In the last 10 years, there has been an order of magnitude more products that cater directly to developers, through APIs, SDKs, and...
17th Apr 2011
Both Sides, Now. Fighting the Un-Person.
4th Mar 2026
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Both Sides, Now.

from Trying to Understand the World [alt+shift+b] in history

4th Mar 2026
Fighting the Un-Person.
Something New: On OpenAI's "Strawberry" and Reasoning Solving hard problems in new ways
12th Sep 2024
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Something New: On OpenAI's "Strawberry" and Reasoning

from One Useful Thing [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th Sep 2024
Solving hard problems in new ways
Phillip Longman: The Depopulation Problem ### The depopulation problem Full PDF of the talk...
14th Aug 2004
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Phillip Longman: The Depopulation Problem

from Long Now [alt+shift+b] in science

14th Aug 2004
### The depopulation problem Full PDF of the talk [here](http://static.longnow.org/seminars/020040813-longman/salt-020040813-longman.pdf "PDF"), slideshow [here](https://media.longnow.org/salt-slides/Longman.html "The Depopulation Problem"). No need to summarize this time....
Why Good Developers Write Bad Unit Tests Congratulations! You’ve finally written so many lines of code that you can afford a beach house. You...
9th Nov 2018
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Why Good Developers Write Bad Unit Tests

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

9th Nov 2018
Congratulations! You’ve finally written so many lines of code that you can afford a beach house. You hire Peter Keating, an architect world-famous for his skyscrapers, who assures you that he has brilliant plans for your beachfront property. Months later, you arrive at the grand...
I, Token an origin story
25th Nov 2024
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I, Token

from Nothing Human [alt+shift+b] in startups

25th Nov 2024
an origin story
3Duino helps you rapidly create interactive 3D-printed devices Every few months, some new software comes along that promises to make some complex engineering...
3rd Dec 2025
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3Duino helps you rapidly create interactive 3D-printed devices

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Dec 2025
Every few months, some new software comes along that promises to make some complex engineering discipline accessible to everyone. Such software rarely lives up to the developer’s claims, because the claims are far too ambitious. But what if the scope is more reasonable? 3Duino...
Early one morning The view shortly after waking up while camping at Marshall Beach, Point Reyes.
26th Apr 2012
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Early one morning

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Apr 2012
The view shortly after waking up while camping at Marshall Beach, Point Reyes.
Where Will AI Stocks Go from Here? Summer 2026 Dispatch
3rd Aug 2026
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Where Will AI Stocks Go from Here?

from Uncharted Territories [alt+shift+b] in science

3rd Aug 2026
Summer 2026 Dispatch
How This Record Company Engineer Invented the CT Scanner The inspiration for computed tomography (CT) came from a chance conversation that research engineer...
12th Jan 2023
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How This Record Company Engineer Invented the CT Scanner

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in science

12th Jan 2023
The inspiration for computed tomography (CT) came from a chance conversation that research engineer Godfrey Hounsfield had with a doctor while on vacation in the 1960s. The physician complained that X-ray images of the brain were too grainy and only two-dimensional. Hounsfield...
1st Jan 2001
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Open source

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2001
Virtual NAB at C4DLive TLDR; Hi! C4DLive is happening this week! Already! Watch my talk at noon PDT on Thursday, April...
20th Apr 2020
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Virtual NAB at C4DLive

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

20th Apr 2020
TLDR; Hi! C4DLive is happening this week! Already! Watch my talk at noon PDT on Thursday, April 23! Ask questions! Buy Cinema 4D, Get Red Giant Complete for 50% Off Red Giant Complete is free for students and teachers TGNTR; If it weren’t for COVID-19, the newly-combined...
Secrets of the Sophists Man is the Measure of All Things...
1st Aug 2025
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Secrets of the Sophists

from Classical Wisdom [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Aug 2025
Man is the Measure of All Things...
8th May 2015
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Hope

from Steve Klabnik [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th May 2015
Your Immune System is Not a Muscle That which doesn’t kill you… Some people compare the immune system to a muscle, suggesting that the...
12th Aug 2024
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Your Immune System is Not a Muscle

from Rachel Thomas, PhD [alt+shift+b] in AI

12th Aug 2024
That which doesn’t kill you… Some people compare the immune system to a muscle, suggesting that the more you use it, the stronger it gets. Who doesn’t love an analogy? But is this one accurate? We can see that not all obstacles make you stronger. Destroy the cartilage in your...
Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers? Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
13th Jan 2025
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Why is Git Autocorrect too fast for Formula One drivers?

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Jan 2025
Why does Git's autocorrect wait 0.1s before executing a mistyped command? Let's dig in.
The costs of the i386 to x86-64 upgrade If you read my previous article on DOS memory models, you may have dismissed everything I wrote as...
7th Oct 2024
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The costs of the i386 to x86-64 upgrade

from Blog System/5 [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Oct 2024
If you read my previous article on DOS memory models, you may have dismissed everything I wrote as “legacy cruft from the 1990s that nobody cares about any longer”.  It's time to see how any of that carried over through the 16-bit to 64-bit evolution.
snakes.run: rendering 100M pixels a second over ssh snakes.run: rendering 100M pixels a second over ssh snakes.run is a massively multiplayer snake game...
25th Feb 2026
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snakes.run: rendering 100M pixels a second over ssh

from eieio.games [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Feb 2026
snakes.run: rendering 100M pixels a second over ssh snakes.run is a massively multiplayer snake game that uses the Secure Snake Home (SSH) protocol. It can render 100M pixels a second. ssh snakes.run to play. Read the full post on my blog! Here's a raw link, if you need it: ...
Y’all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments Say an alien spaceship is headed for Earth. It has 30 aliens on it. The aliens are weak and small....
2nd Oct 2025
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Y’all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Oct 2025
Say an alien spaceship is headed for Earth. It has 30 aliens on it. The aliens are weak and small. They have no weapons and carry no diseases. They breed at rates similar to humans. They are bringing no new technology. No other ships are coming. There’s no trick—except that they...
Small sways in the breeze make you strong I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind. When they were small, they’d almost fall...
1st Oct 2024
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Small sways in the breeze make you strong

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Oct 2024
I watch the olive trees in my backyard dance in the wind. When they were small, they’d almost fall over. But the post kept them up. Now they’re big enough to stand on their own. A breeze comes along and their branches move with it but
Homepage headline test Testing different headline variants on the index page
4th Apr 2025
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Homepage headline test

from Buttondown's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Apr 2025
Testing different headline variants on the index page
Programming Portals Small, scoped areas within a graphical interface that allow users to read and write simple...
23rd Oct 2022
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Programming Portals

from Maggie Appleton [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Oct 2022
Small, scoped areas within a graphical interface that allow users to read and write simple programmes
Your customers hate MVPs. Make a SLC instead. "MVP" is a selfish process, abusing customers so you can "learn." SLC is an alternate philosophy...
3rd Sep 2023
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Your customers hate MVPs. Make a SLC instead.

from A Smart Bear [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Sep 2023
"MVP" is a selfish process, abusing customers so you can "learn." SLC is an alternate philosophy that results in fast, validated learning, that customers love.
Oxygen and Stem Cells May Have Reshaped Early Complex Animals An unlikely team offers a controversial hypothesis about what enabled animal life to get more...
3rd Jan 2019
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Oxygen and Stem Cells May Have Reshaped Early Complex Animals

from The Quanta Podcast [alt+shift+b] in science

3rd Jan 2019
An unlikely team offers a controversial hypothesis about what enabled animal life to get more complex during the Cambrian explosion. The post Oxygen and Stem Cells May Have Reshaped Early Complex Animals first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Amazon Basics, but for intellectual property. Amazon has been accused several times for ripping off merchants on its platform. And every single...
6th Jul 2026
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Amazon Basics, but for intellectual property.

from Software and Tech stories from an Insider - iDiallo.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Jul 2026
Amazon has been accused several times for ripping off merchants on its platform. And every single time they denied any wrongdoing. A merchant, or anyone really, can create a product (or source it from China), then resell it on amazon. Amazon is the service provider, and hosts...
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables ...
4th May 2019
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th May 2019
Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables 3. LLVM 5. LLVM system calls 6. an x86 upgrade In this post we'll extend the compiler's LLVM backend to support compiling conditionals such that we can support...
When RAND Made Magic in Santa Monica RAND’s halcyon days lasted two decades, during which the corporation produced some of the most...
1st Jun 2024
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When RAND Made Magic in Santa Monica

from Asterisk [alt+shift+b] in science

1st Jun 2024
RAND’s halcyon days lasted two decades, during which the corporation produced some of the most influential developments in science and American foreign policy. So how did it become just another think tank?
The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media I'm delighted to share that we have...
30th Jul 2024
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The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media

from Joel Gascoigne's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Jul 2024
The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media I'm delighted to share that we have introduced support for Bluesky in Buffer. This is an important moment for us as a company, and there are a number of reasons that adding Bluesky is personally meaningful for me. With...
The Forgotten Piece of Evolutionary Theory What if we took the 'struggle for life' seriously again?
22nd Jul 2023
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The Forgotten Piece of Evolutionary Theory

from SubAnima [alt+shift+b] in science

22nd Jul 2023
What if we took the 'struggle for life' seriously again?
Docker Deployment Best Practices Given: There’s a CI system that automatically builds docker images from your VCS (e.g. git), we use...
1st Aug 2024
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Docker Deployment Best Practices

from home automation - Tinker, Tamper, Alter, Fry [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Aug 2024
Given: There’s a CI system that automatically builds docker images from your VCS (e.g. git), we use self-hosted gitlab.Goal: Both initial and subsequent automated deployments to different environments (staging and production). Rejected ApproachesMost existing blog articles and...
How to Recursively Traverse JSON Objects I’ve found that it’s pretty rare that I need recursion in application code, but every once in a...
22nd Sep 2019
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How to Recursively Traverse JSON Objects

from Boot.dev Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Sep 2019
I’ve found that it’s pretty rare that I need recursion in application code, but every once in a while I need to write a function that operates on a tree of unknown depth, such as a JSON object, and that’s often best solved recursively. Even though recursion is rare, it is...
Amazon is complicit with counterfeiting (updated) When someone goes to the lengths of making counterfeits of your products, it's at least a sign...
1st Mar 2018
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Amazon is complicit with counterfeiting (updated)

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2018
When someone goes to the lengths of making counterfeits of your products, it's at least a sign you're doing something right. And it deserves a minute of flattery. But when Chinese counterfeiters tool up and make copies of your product, send that inventory to Amazon, then overtake...
David Cuartielles receives the Open Source Award on Skills and Education We are proud to announce that David Cuartielles, co-founder of Arduino, has been honored with the...
3rd Feb 2025
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David Cuartielles receives the Open Source Award on Skills and Education

from Arduino Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Feb 2025
We are proud to announce that David Cuartielles, co-founder of Arduino, has been honored with the Open Source Award on Skills and Education 2025 and has become a founding member of the Open Source Academy of Europe. This prestigious award recognizes individuals who have made...
Advent of GitButler Code This holiday season, GitButler is sponsoring the Advent of Code and our first present is a new...
30th Nov 2023
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Advent of GitButler Code

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Nov 2023
This holiday season, GitButler is sponsoring the Advent of Code and our first present is a new release! Join us in solving coding puzzles every day with our new client alpha!
Assumed Audiences Naming your invisible audiences to free yourself from unspoken obligations
8th Jan 2022
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Assumed Audiences

from Maggie Appleton [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jan 2022
Naming your invisible audiences to free yourself from unspoken obligations
How to write semantic HTML Writing semantic HTML markup is one of the first steps to writing accessible websites. Let's learn...
13th Jul 2019
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How to write semantic HTML

from Max Rozen [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

13th Jul 2019
Writing semantic HTML markup is one of the first steps to writing accessible websites. Let's learn how to get started!
Reading List 12/06/2025 3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal...
6th Dec 2025
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Reading List 12/06/2025

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Dec 2025
3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.
How Talking Over A Wall Changed My Direction As A Programmer I started my programming career in October 1981 at a large defense contractor (GD). At the time, my...
2nd Oct 2024
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How Talking Over A Wall Changed My Direction As A Programmer

from The Codist [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Oct 2024
I started my programming career in October 1981 at a large defense contractor (GD). At the time, my goal was to work for a couple of years and then continue my education with a Ph.D. in Chemistry (I had already been accepted). The office I worked in was a
William Steig’s Illustrations for Wilhelm Reich’s Listen, Little Man!, 1945 “They call you ‘Little Man’, ‘Common Man’; they say a new era has begun, the ‘Era of the Common...
1st Feb 2026
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1st Feb 2026
“They call you ‘Little Man’, ‘Common Man’; they say a new era has begun, the ‘Era of the Common Man’. It isn’t you who says so, Little Man. It is they, the Vice Presidents of great nations, promoted labor leaders, repentant sons of bourgeois families, statesmen and philosophers....
Launching the Coding Career Handbook! I'm launching my career advice book today!
1st Jul 2020
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Launching the Coding Career Handbook!

from swyx's site RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jul 2020
I'm launching my career advice book today!
Stop Breaking TLS Rant ahead: I hate TLS “Inspection” software with a burning passion and I wish we collectively as an...
9th Dec 2025
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Stop Breaking TLS

from markround.com [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Dec 2025
Rant ahead: I hate TLS “Inspection” software with a burning passion and I wish we collectively as an industry would just knock it the fuck off and stop pretending it’s some great security benefit. Every time I encounter it, in whatever form, it’s a gigantic headache that makes...
#27 <a6> Context: Visually a list of links. Bad code <h6>Popular Cities</h6> <div> <h6...
21st Nov 2021
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#27 <a6>

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Nov 2021
Context: Visually a list of links. Bad code <h6>Popular Cities</h6> <div> <h6 class="footerLinks">Amsterdam</h6> <h6 class="footerLinks">Rotterdam</h6> <h6 class="footerLinks">Utrecht</h6> <h6 class="footerLinks">Den Haag</h6> <h6...
20th Sep 2014
Building as gardening Although I've never had a garden
9th Apr 2025
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Building as gardening

from Product Identity [alt+shift+b] in design

9th Apr 2025
Although I've never had a garden
15th Nov 2015
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CS183c Assignment #3

from Stories by Andrej Karpathy on Medium [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Nov 2015
I want to love fiction I want to love fiction I want to love fiction. I want to love both reading and writing fiction. I...
14th Apr 2024
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I want to love fiction

from Steven Scrawls [alt+shift+b] in literature

14th Apr 2024
I want to love fiction I want to love fiction. I want to love both reading and writing fiction. I want to obsess over the craft of fiction, to pore over characterization and structure, to create stories that radiate color and humanity and hope. I want fiction to be a tool for...
Case study home #3 - Vernacular vibes near Budapest Local vernacular passive house among the vines
10th Jun 2025
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Case study home #3 - Vernacular vibes near Budapest

from The Solarchitecture Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

10th Jun 2025
Local vernacular passive house among the vines
Educational Products: Month 2 Highlights I learned a few techniques that make it easier for me to record videos for my course....
7th Aug 2024
157

Educational Products: Month 2

from mtlynch.io [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

7th Aug 2024
Highlights I learned a few techniques that make it easier for me to record videos for my course. I’ve decided I don’t need to use a Merchant of Record service. I’ve integrated htmx into my standard toolkit for making web applications. Goal Grades At the start of each month, I...
The Gambia, Part 1 of 2 In November I visited The Gambia along with ten travellers from Quest Nature Tours. Why The Gambia,...
19th Dec 2025
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The Gambia, Part 1 of 2

from Explorations of an Ecologist [alt+shift+b] in science

19th Dec 2025
In November I visited The Gambia along with ten travellers from Quest Nature Tours. Why The Gambia, you may ask? This tiny country is not well-known to the international community, but it is an attractive ecotourism destination. The Gambia is a stable, English-speaking democracy...
NaNoWriMo and the creative power of looming fear A cross between a marathon and a literary block party.
1st Nov 2025
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NaNoWriMo and the creative power of looming fear

from Buttondown's blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Nov 2025
A cross between a marathon and a literary block party.
Startup School - How to talk to users 2025 Note - I based this off the Mom Test , written by a fellow YC founder. Interestingly enough -...
25th Jul 2019
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Startup School - How to talk to users

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Jul 2019
2025 Note - I based this off the Mom Test , written by a fellow YC founder. Interestingly enough - if you look at the products I build…
Government Comic Books Government comics have taught Americans how to prevent forest fires, survive a nuclear blast, and...
27th Nov 2023
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Government Comic Books

from Beautiful Public Data [alt+shift+b] in science

27th Nov 2023
Government comics have taught Americans how to prevent forest fires, survive a nuclear blast, and how soldiers should handle homosexuality in the military.
Artificial Intelligence In 2018 I worked with argodesign on an artificial intelligence client project, and Fast Company...
4th Jun 2019
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Artificial Intelligence

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Jun 2019
In 2018 I worked with argodesign on an artificial intelligence client project, and Fast Company published an article on our work: This Is The World’s First Graphical AI Interface. For confidentiality reasons I can’t publicly go into more detail on the project than to link to that...
My book Charlie Walks: A Novel is now available worldwide Charlie Walks: A Novel now shipping paperback copies worldwide.
11th Nov 2022
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My book Charlie Walks: A Novel is now available worldwide

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Nov 2022
Charlie Walks: A Novel now shipping paperback copies worldwide.
Movies I went out of my way to watch Introduction I’ve long liked to accrue certain lists of things I like within certain categories. to...
22nd Oct 2025
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Movies I went out of my way to watch

from Josh Thompson [alt+shift+b] in literature

22nd Oct 2025
Introduction I’ve long liked to accrue certain lists of things I like within certain categories. to list appreciable books invites a similar list for movies and movie-like things. It feels strange to list all of these movies like this, in some ways, especially the first two...
Building an internal agent: Iterative prompt and skill refinement Some of our internal workflows are being used quite frequently, and usage reveals gaps in the...
1st Jan 2026
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Building an internal agent: Iterative prompt and skill refinement

from Irrational Exuberance [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jan 2026
Some of our internal workflows are being used quite frequently, and usage reveals gaps in the current prompts, skills, and tools. Here is how we’re working to iterate on these internal workflows. This is part of the Building an internal agent series. Why does iterative refinement...
Should You Trust the Netflix Top 10? A Statistical Analysis Netflix’s Top 10 helps us choose faster. But does it help us choose better?
6th May 2026
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Should You Trust the Netflix Top 10? A Statistical Analysis

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

6th May 2026
Netflix’s Top 10 helps us choose faster. But does it help us choose better?
Wealth distribution in the United States Forbes recently published the Forbes 400 List for 2024, listing the 400 richest people in the United...
9th Oct 2024
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Wealth distribution in the United States

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Oct 2024
Forbes recently published the Forbes 400 List for 2024, listing the 400 richest people in the United States. This inspired me to make a histogram to show the distribution of wealth in the United States. It turns out that if you put Elon Musk on the graph, almost the entire US...
Navigating the chaos That is ADHD.
17th Mar 2026
Feedback panel SaaS, gift ideas, selling futures, industrial grade calendaring, ... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
1st May 2023
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Feedback panel SaaS, gift ideas, selling futures, industrial grade calendaring, ...

from Business Brainstorms [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st May 2023
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “An idea for an AI tool I'd love to use — I upload chat...
A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it A bold first sentence that draws you in. A steering second sentence to set you further down the...
9th Apr 2026
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A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it

from Eric Bailey [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Apr 2026
A bold first sentence that draws you in. A steering second sentence to set you further down the path. A third sentence that tantalizes and alludes to content to follow. Following is an initial explanatory paragraph. It serves to help back up the previous paragraphs, and start to...
July 2022: Aftermath of a viral tweet I gained 1,500 new users, but how many will convert? And other updates in July 2022...
4th Aug 2022
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July 2022: Aftermath of a viral tweet

from Tony Dinh's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

4th Aug 2022
I gained 1,500 new users, but how many will convert? And other updates in July 2022...
Why drug history? Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
1st Feb 2024
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Why drug history?

from Res Obscura [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Feb 2024
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
28 Pieces of Life Advice In honor of my 28th birthday, here are 28 pieces of life advice. The post 28 Pieces of Life Advice...
7th Oct 2022
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28 Pieces of Life Advice

from David Perell [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Oct 2022
In honor of my 28th birthday, here are 28 pieces of life advice. The post 28 Pieces of Life Advice appeared first on David Perell.
Another Saturday, Another Song. “Side Two” LP in progress. At 14 songs, it is nearly complete. I expect to release it before the...
a week ago
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Another Saturday, Another Song.

from Jeffrey Zeldman Presents [alt+shift+b] in design

a week ago
“Side Two” LP in progress. At 14 songs, it is nearly complete. I expect to release it before the year’s end. The post Another Saturday, Another Song. appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.
Testing a WebSocket that could hang open for hours I recently ran into a bug in some Go code that no one had touched in a few years. The code in...
1st Jul 2024
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Testing a WebSocket that could hang open for hours

from ntietz.com blog - technically a blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jul 2024
I recently ran into a bug in some Go code that no one had touched in a few years. The code in question was not particularly complicated, and had been reviewed by multiple people. It included a timeout, and is straightforward: allow a Websocket connection to test that the client...
A Tiny City in the Wilderness On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
6th Apr 2025
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A Tiny City in the Wilderness

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Apr 2025
On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
A Tiny Jumping Robot for Exploring Enceladus Salto has been one of our favorite robots since we were first introduced to it in 2016 as a project...
3rd Mar 2025
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A Tiny Jumping Robot for Exploring Enceladus

from IEEE Spectrum [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Mar 2025
Salto has been one of our favorite robots since we were first introduced to it in 2016 as a project out of Ron Fearing’s lab at UC Berkeley. The palm-sized spring-loaded jumping robot has gone from barely being able to chain together a few open-loop jumps to mastering landings,...
I'll give up Neovim when you pry it from my cold, dead hands I recently came upon a horror story where a developer was forced to switch editor from Neovim to...
18th Feb 2025
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I'll give up Neovim when you pry it from my cold, dead hands

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Feb 2025
I recently came upon a horror story where a developer was forced to switch editor from Neovim to Cursor and I felt I had to write a little to cleanse myself of the disgust I felt. Two different ways of approaching an editor I think that there’s two opposing ways of thinking about...
When The Writing Is Very Good That Doesn't Matter The most popular link last time was this list of things that aren't doing the thing, with this piece...
4th Dec 2025
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When The Writing Is Very Good That Doesn't Matter

from Caroline Crampton [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Dec 2025
The most popular link last time was this list of things that aren't doing the thing, with this piece wondering if you are Actually Trying second. Somehow, the most insightful thing I have read/seen about contemporary social media usage is this Google Slides presentation. It's
Does AI exacerbate English-language inequality? It’s an empirical question!
a week ago
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Does AI exacerbate English-language inequality?

from Never Met a Science [alt+shift+b] in technology

a week ago
It’s an empirical question!
Marbled V60-style coffee cone, 2023 Sedimentary rock / canyons / weathering and erosion
2nd Dec 2023
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Marbled V60-style coffee cone, 2023

from Liz Denys [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Dec 2023
Sedimentary rock / canyons / weathering and erosion
New homepage design I changed my website’s design. I'm using the previous design since September 30, 2022 (when I moved...
4th Nov 2024
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New homepage design

from Fatih Arslan [alt+shift+b] in design

4th Nov 2024
I changed my website’s design. I'm using the previous design since September 30, 2022 (when I moved to Ghost from Cloudflare Pages). The previous design served me well for the past two years, but it was time for a change. Firstly, I wanted to create a
Thanks, 201X! Thought I'd take a Sunday afternoon to reflect on, oh I don't know, a decade. Been a long ten...
2nd Dec 2019
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Thanks, 201X!

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Dec 2019
Thought I'd take a Sunday afternoon to reflect on, oh I don't know, a decade. Been a long ten years, but it's flown past. This particular decade happens to coincide with my first years of full-time professional software engineering. The Quantity I can't possibly summarize it...
Array 1.0.10 Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. First our updates and new features....
1st Apr 2020
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Array 1.0.10

from Eric Migicovsky's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Apr 2020
Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. First our updates and new features. Release notes Users in Trend Graphs Whilst we have…
Internet Harvest (2020, 1) Internet Harvest is a selection of the most succulent links on the internet that I’ve recently...
1st Feb 2020
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Internet Harvest (2020, 1)

from Eukaryote Writes Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

1st Feb 2020
Internet Harvest is a selection of the most succulent links on the internet that I’ve recently plucked from its fruitful boughs.
The West is Weak Where it Matters ... ...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
4th Jan 2023
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...

from Trying to Understand the World [alt+shift+b] in history

4th Jan 2023
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
Secure Minions: private collaboration between Ollama and frontier models Secure Minions is a secure protocol built by Stanford's Hazy Research lab to allow encrypted...
3rd Jun 2025
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3rd Jun 2025
Secure Minions is a secure protocol built by Stanford's Hazy Research lab to allow encrypted local-remote communication.
I am Tired of Praise of Byproduct I’ve been worrying a bit over the philosophy of creation and dissemination in the era of LLMs (large...
10th Jan 2026
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I am Tired of Praise of Byproduct

from Win Vector LLC [alt+shift+b] in AI

10th Jan 2026
I’ve been worrying a bit over the philosophy of creation and dissemination in the era of LLMs (large language models). I feel we are overly impressed with the byproduct or even the bycatch. LLMs do complete some tasks, write code, and produce superficially convincing texts. In my...
How to Become a Neo-Cartesian Cyborg A lightening talk on second brains and cyborg embodiment
1st Mar 2020
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How to Become a Neo-Cartesian Cyborg

from Maggie Appleton [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Mar 2020
A lightening talk on second brains and cyborg embodiment
My E-Reader Setup My E-Reader Setup Posted on August 10, 2023 This post is from a legacy version of this blog! No...
10th Aug 2023
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My E-Reader Setup

from videah.net [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Aug 2023
My E-Reader Setup Posted on August 10, 2023 This post is from a legacy version of this blog! No changes have been made to the content in the migration, so things might read weird. I bought an e-reader recently, specifically the Kobo Libra 2. I felt like I wasn’t reading...
Silly little rules in healthcare | Out-Of-Pocket The industry is chock full of ‘em, here's 3
3rd Jun 2024
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Silly little rules in healthcare | Out-Of-Pocket

from Out-of-Pocket Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

3rd Jun 2024
The industry is chock full of ‘em, here's 3
Premium: The Hater's Guide To SoftBank Soundtrack: Ozzy Osbourne — Mr. Crowley A lot of people have been making a lot of fun of the...
6th Jul 2026
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Premium: The Hater's Guide To SoftBank

from Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At [alt+shift+b] in startups

6th Jul 2026
Soundtrack: Ozzy Osbourne — Mr. Crowley A lot of people have been making a lot of fun of the SoftBank 46th annual shareholder meeting and Masayoshi Son’s (to quote Bryce Elder of the Financial Times) Untethered Goose Game, specifically referring to slides that, well, looked like...
Writing a storage engine for Postgres: an in-memory Table Access Method With Postgres 12, released in 2019, it became possible to swap out Postgres's storage engine. This...
1st Nov 2023
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Writing a storage engine for Postgres: an in-memory Table Access Method

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Nov 2023
With Postgres 12, released in 2019, it became possible to swap out Postgres's storage engine. This is a feature MySQL has supported for a long time. There are at least 8 different built-in engines you can pick from. MyRocks, MySQL on RocksDB, is another popular third-party...
A Month In Northern Peru, Part 10: The Owlet Lodge (February 11 and 12, 2024) February 11, 2024 Laura and I were looking forward to our one-night visit to the Owlet Lodge. Up to...
20th Jul 2024
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A Month In Northern Peru, Part 10: The Owlet Lodge (February 11 and 12, 2024)

from Explorations of an Ecologist [alt+shift+b] in science

20th Jul 2024
February 11, 2024 Laura and I were looking forward to our one-night visit to the Owlet Lodge. Up to this point we had only stayed at cheap hotels, while we had also eaten simply, with at least two meals each day consisting of sandwiches/snacks that we prepared. For once, someone...
Geoffrey B West: Why Cities Keep on Growing, Corporations Always Die, and Life Gets Faster ### Superlinear Cities "It's hard to kill a city," West began, "but easy to kill a company." The...
26th Jul 2011
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26th Jul 2011
### Superlinear Cities "It's hard to kill a city," West began, "but easy to kill a company." The mean life of companies is 10 years. Cities routinely survive even nuclear bombs. And "cities are the crucible of civilization." They are the major source of innovation and wealth...
Command Line HDR Image Processing Expensive cameras don’t take better photos. Folks tend to learn this when they do the first...
29th Jun 2021
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Command Line HDR Image Processing

from Tyler Cipriani: blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Jun 2021
Expensive cameras don’t take better photos. Folks tend to learn this when they do the first side-by-side between their gorgeous iPhoneograhy and the objectively worse shots taken with their fancy new $2,000 DSLR. Cell phones have itty-bitty sensors and equally lilliputian optics...
Happy New Year: Settlers of Catan in SQL One of the best New Year presents I've ever got was a copy of the German-style board game, The...
31st Dec 2017
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Happy New Year: Settlers of Catan in SQL

from EXPLAIN EXTENDED [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Dec 2017
One of the best New Year presents I've ever got was a copy of the German-style board game, The Settlers of Catan. This game has brought me and my friends many an hour of good entertainment. The game is played on a hexagon field with 19 hexagon tiles (3 + 4 + 5 + 4 […] The post...
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness The Netherlands has produced some of the most celebrated painters in history, from the luminous...
1st Oct 2025
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness

from TheCollector [alt+shift+b] in history

1st Oct 2025
The Netherlands has produced some of the most celebrated painters in history, from the luminous scenes of Vermeer to the powerful portraits of Rembrandt and the bold colors of Van Gogh. Here are seven Dutch artists whose work has achieved global acclaim and continues to captivate...
Some thoughts on interviewing Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how...
27th Jan 2024
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Some thoughts on interviewing

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

27th Jan 2024
Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how people are seeing work fitting into their lives
No more boring drawings! Many drawing tutorials show us how to draw things. They teach us how to make photo-like drawings....
28th Jan 2026
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No more boring drawings!

from Ralph Ammer [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Jan 2026
Many drawing tutorials show us how to draw things. They teach us how to make photo-like drawings. Such renderings look decent but also generic, conventional—like something an AI tool might produce. And they are also…  boring. Why is that? Because they don’t mean anything. Meaning...
Collecting health data with Biostrap Most wearables (smartwatches, fitness trackers, etc.) use very basic sensors to capture heart rate....
14th Nov 2017
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Collecting health data with Biostrap

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Nov 2017
Most wearables (smartwatches, fitness trackers, etc.) use very basic sensors to capture heart rate. Their signal is binary: just counting beats. Biostrap is different, instead of just checking pulses, it captures a high-fidelity PPG waveform. These waveforms are the same kind...
The infrastructure behind ATMs ATMs are connected to banks by networks which operate little-understood payment rails.
2nd Jan 2023
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The infrastructure behind ATMs

from Bits about Money [alt+shift+b] in finance

2nd Jan 2023
ATMs are connected to banks by networks which operate little-understood payment rails.
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy a bad book with a good thesis. the author warns you of its incoherence early on, which is a shame...
1st Mar 2020
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2020
a bad book with a good thesis. the author warns you of its incoherence early on, which is a shame because there are very good pieces of logos amidst the circumlocution
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy a bad book with a good thesis. the author warns you of its incoherence early on, which is a shame...
1st Mar 2020
1

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2020
a bad book with a good thesis. the author warns you of its incoherence early on, which is a shame because there are very good pieces of logos amidst the circumlocution
Add Netlify Identity Authentication to any React App in 5 minutes with React Context, Hooks and... Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to...
21st Jun 2019
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21st Jun 2019
Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to add Netlify Identity onto any React app, including create-react-app, Gatsby, Next.js, or any other setup you may have, by wrapping it all into one simple React Hook! However, this...
Meet Bond: Lovable for prospecting. No GTM engineer required. Christian and his co-founders watched founders ship great products and then go quiet. They built the...
26th May 2026
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Meet Bond: Lovable for prospecting. No GTM engineer required.

from Build In Public Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

26th May 2026
Christian and his co-founders watched founders ship great products and then go quiet. They built the thing that comes next.
1st Jan 2025
2001: A Space Odyssey 50 years ago a movie changed everything. That’s how aptly, the re-release trailer backed by...
6th May 2018
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2001: A Space Odyssey

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th May 2018
50 years ago a movie changed everything. That’s how aptly, the re-release trailer backed by Christopher Nolan begins! Watch video on YouTube 2001: A Space Odyssey — Original Theatrical Trailer | Credits: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. It’s safe to say that there’s no other...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Michel Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: For reasons related to current research projects,...
1st Apr 2024
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Michel

from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal [alt+shift+b] in comics

1st Apr 2024
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: For reasons related to current research projects, SMBC will be slowly switching over to obscure literary references for the foreseeable future. It's been nice knowing you. Today's News:
Coaching Toolkit: Sitting With the Unknown Practices for navigating uncertainty even when it's uncomfortable
21st Aug 2025
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Coaching Toolkit: Sitting With the Unknown

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

21st Aug 2025
Practices for navigating uncertainty even when it's uncomfortable
Regenerative Architecture Shifting our time horizon.
27th Feb 2025
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Regenerative Architecture

from The Solarchitecture Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in architecture

27th Feb 2025
Shifting our time horizon.
A Circular Sunken Firepit Is Nestled Into The Desert Landscape Of This Home Architecture firm The Ranch Mine has sent us photos of a new home they completed in Paradise Valley,...
1st Feb 2024
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A Circular Sunken Firepit Is Nestled Into The Desert Landscape Of This Home

from CONTEMPORIST [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Feb 2024
Architecture firm The Ranch Mine has sent us photos of a new home they completed in Paradise Valley, Arizona, that breaks down the barriers between indoor and outdoor living. As you approach the house, the first thing that captures the eye is the striking interplay of metal fins...
Site Rebuild, Here We Go! There are still a few bits to work out, but why wait any longer? The latest version of my site is...
22nd Nov 2023
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Site Rebuild, Here We Go!

from Ryan Mulligan [alt+shift+b] in design

22nd Nov 2023
There are still a few bits to work out, but why wait any longer? The latest version of my site is here and it has been rebuilt from the ground up. I'm feeling pretty good about it and invite you all to celebrate the magic with me! ✨ Inspiration While playing Super Mario Wonder, I...
Your Data Fits in Memory (GraphD Part 1) I recently shipped a new revision of Bluesky’s global AppView at the start of February and things...
15th Apr 2024
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Your Data Fits in Memory (GraphD Part 1)

from Jaz's Blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th Apr 2024
I recently shipped a new revision of Bluesky’s global AppView at the start of February and things have been going very well. The system scales and handles millions of users without breaking a sweat, the ScyllaDB-backed Data Plane service sits at under 5% DB load in the most...
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