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May 2022: $7,839 MRR, travel, experiments, and a new app. Hello everyone, it’s Tony again 👋 These days time flies so fast to me! I’m having so many updates...
2nd Jun 2022
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May 2022: $7,839 MRR, travel, experiments, and a new app.

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

2nd Jun 2022
Hello everyone, it’s Tony again 👋 These days time flies so fast to me! I’m having so many updates in May that I want to share with you all. Let’s go! Welcome 128 new subscribers since the last issue! If you are new here, this is a monthly newsletter of my indie hacking journey....
The game Snake in 90 lines of JavaScript I wrote a minimal implementation of the game Snake in JavaScript.
15th Apr 2016
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The game Snake in 90 lines of JavaScript

from Jordan Eldredge's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Apr 2016
I wrote a minimal implementation of the game Snake in JavaScript.
Bring Back Ops Pride "Operations" is not a dirty word, a synonym for toil, or a title for people who can't write code....
19th Jan 2026
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Bring Back Ops Pride

from charity.wtf [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Jan 2026
"Operations" is not a dirty word, a synonym for toil, or a title for people who can't write code. May those who shit on ops get the operational outcomes they deserve.
How to build a simple HTML landing page using Tailwind CSS The easiest way to configure Tailwind CSS and Tailwind UI so you can build a simple HTML site
12th Feb 2021
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How to build a simple HTML landing page using Tailwind CSS

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

12th Feb 2021
The easiest way to configure Tailwind CSS and Tailwind UI so you can build a simple HTML site
13th Year of Blogging Of all the days to start a blog, I chose April Fools' Day. It wasn't intentional, maybe more of a...
1st Apr 2026
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13th Year of Blogging

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

1st Apr 2026
Of all the days to start a blog, I chose April Fools' Day. It wasn't intentional, maybe more of a reflection of my mindset. When I decide to do something, I shut off my brain and just do it. This was a commitment I made without thinking about the long-term effects. I knew writing...
Democrats have their own extremist problem Platforming terrorists and promoting authoritarianism should have no place in a liberal Democratic...
2nd Dec 2025
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Democrats have their own extremist problem

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

2nd Dec 2025
Platforming terrorists and promoting authoritarianism should have no place in a liberal Democratic party
Sega logo (1976–present) Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: segaretro.org License: All Rights Reserved. The Sega logo...
17th Aug 2021
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Sega logo (1976–present)

from Fonts In Use – Blog Only [alt+shift+b] in design

17th Aug 2021
Contributed by Stephen Coles Source: segaretro.org License: All Rights Reserved. The Sega logo used since 1976, in its official color for the Japanese market. Source: segaretro.org Image: Scarred Sun. License: All Rights Reserved. Sega logo used from the late 1950s to...
What the Internet Was Like in 1994 Netscape's mascot, Mozilla, in 1994; artist: Dave Titus. The World Wide Web was in its infancy as...
5th Mar 2025
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What the Internet Was Like in 1994

from Cybercultural: Internet History [alt+shift+b] in history

5th Mar 2025
Netscape's mascot, Mozilla, in 1994; artist: Dave Titus. The World Wide Web was in its infancy as 1994 dawned. There were just 623 websites in the entire world at the beginning of the year. By June 1994, that figure had risen to 2,738 and by year's end it had tipped over 10,000....
Master of Change In this post I discuss the brilliant book Master of Change by Brad Stulberg, providing a...
17th Jan 2025
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Master of Change

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

17th Jan 2025
In this post I discuss the brilliant book Master of Change by Brad Stulberg, providing a thought-provoking guide to thrive in a changing world.
I deleted my favorite feature, and the image got better: Direct Binary Search (DBS) in OpenDithering When I created OpenDithering back in June, the feature I was proudest of was the Auto-tune button....
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3 weeks ago
When I created OpenDithering back in June, the feature I was proudest of was the Auto-tune button. It did the slider work for me: it compared the dithered result to the original image, nudged the settings, and repeated until the image stopped improving. Over the summer it grew...
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
14th May 2024
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal

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

14th May 2024
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
How to process news of the Israel-Hamas conflict A guide for the ignorant and perplexed like me
1st Nov 2023
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How to process news of the Israel-Hamas conflict

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

1st Nov 2023
A guide for the ignorant and perplexed like me
Mental health resets in nature I love a bougie experience. A nice hotel, a nice restaurant. But I also love a grueling hike that...
6th Nov 2023
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Mental health resets in nature

from The Web Witch's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Nov 2023
I love a bougie experience. A nice hotel, a nice restaurant. But I also love a grueling hike that leads to some truly stunning nature that isn't accessible to many people. Growing up in Washington and spending the last 16 years in Bellingham and Seattle placed me in the midst of...
1st Jan 2020
1st May 2012
February, 2026 Last month's Wednesday update, I recorded from a train headed to Middelburg. This month I write...
1st Mar 2026
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February, 2026

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

1st Mar 2026
Last month's Wednesday update, I recorded from a train headed to Middelburg. This month I write closer to home temporally and otherwise. I am en route to the office on a very early Friday morning. We are still eight days from being able to return home with a new set of floors and...
The Existential Terror of Battle Royale It's been a while since I wrote a blog post, I guess in general, but also a blog post about video...
5th Nov 2017
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The Existential Terror of Battle Royale

from Coding Horror [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Nov 2017
It's been a while since I wrote a blog post, I guess in general, but also a blog post about video games. Video games are probably the single thing most attributable to my career as a programmer, and everything else I've done professionally after that. I
Happy New Year: the Sultan’s Riddle in SQL Here is a riddle I read a long time ago in Nauka i Zhizn, a popular Russian science magazine. The...
31st Dec 2016
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Happy New Year: the Sultan’s Riddle in SQL

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

31st Dec 2016
Here is a riddle I read a long time ago in Nauka i Zhizn, a popular Russian science magazine. The Sultan's Riddle Once upon a time there was a Sultan who was looking for a vizier to help him rule his country. It became known to him that among the multitudes of his loyal subjects...
Handling Enzyme in React 18 React Testing Library (RTL) is arguably superior to Enzyme, due to a shift from testing...
26th Mar 2022
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Handling Enzyme in React 18

from Darek Kay [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Mar 2022
React Testing Library (RTL) is arguably superior to Enzyme, due to a shift from testing implementation details to more user-centric unit tests. However, many projects still contain lots of Enzyme tests from the early days, making migration difficult and time-consuming. At my...
Owning your unique experience moving away from a deficiency mindset
28th Jan 2023
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Owning your unique experience

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

28th Jan 2023
moving away from a deficiency mindset
Running my ThinkPad T430 with an eGPU in 2024 I probably shouldn’t have written down my notes on the eGPU setup I had years ago. I’d be lying if I...
7th Aug 2024
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Running my ThinkPad T430 with an eGPU in 2024

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

7th Aug 2024
I probably shouldn’t have written down my notes on the eGPU setup I had years ago. I’d be lying if I wasn’t considering remaking this setup with everything I’ve learned 6 years later. Oops. I got access to an allegedly-faulty AMD Radeon RX 480 and an NVIDIA GTX 1650 for free...
16th Aug 2013
Maybe You Do Need Kubernetes Theo has this great video on Kubernetes, currently titled “You Don’t Need Kubernetes”. I’m a...
8th Mar 2024
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Maybe You Do Need Kubernetes

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

8th Mar 2024
Theo has this great video on Kubernetes, currently titled “You Don’t Need Kubernetes”. I’m a Kubernetes enjoyer (I even wrote a course on it, but I’m not here to argue about that. The part of the video I do want to discuss has nothing to do with k8s. It’s where Theo draws the...
Knowledge Nuggets From My Tmux.conf When I switched from GNU Screen to Tmux, I was just jazzed that Tmux had a status bar. To achieve...
12th Sep 2013
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Knowledge Nuggets From My Tmux.conf

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

12th Sep 2013
When I switched from GNU Screen to Tmux, I was just jazzed that Tmux had a status bar. To achieve that same effect in Screen I had a cryptic 115-character hardstatus string that I copy–pasted from someplace lost to the annals of the Internet Archive. It wasn’t too long after I...
speed reading (the meaning of language) One of the difficult things about describing a grift, or at least what became a grift, is judging...
8th Dec 2025
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speed reading (the meaning of language)

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Dec 2025
One of the difficult things about describing a grift, or at least what became a grift, is judging the sincerity with which the whole thing started. Scams often crystallize around a kernel of truth: genuinely good intentions that start rolling down the hill to profitability and...
Bringing Foam Monsters to Life: How I Wrote and Illustrated a Children's Book Using AI I've always wanted to write a book. It's been on my bucket list for several years, but I never got...
12th Feb 2025
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12th Feb 2025
I've always wanted to write a book. It's been on my bucket list for several years, but I never got around to it. Last summer I had a revelation: my kids love being read to, so why don't I write a story for them?Here's how I approached writing a children's book and how I used AI...
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!
Building products from improvised user behaviors For a long time, there were niche communities of “lo-fi” camera enthusiasts: people who shared...
2nd Jan 2012
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Building products from improvised user behaviors

from cdixon [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd Jan 2012
For a long time, there were niche communities of “lo-fi” camera enthusiasts: people who shared photos taken on old cameras that had…
My First Year as a Solo Developer On February 1st, 2018, I quit my job as a software engineer at Google to start my own single-person...
1st Feb 2019
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My First Year as a Solo Developer

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

1st Feb 2019
On February 1st, 2018, I quit my job as a software engineer at Google to start my own single-person software company. It’s exactly one year later, so it feels like an apt time to reflect on how that decision affected my finances, lifestyle, and happiness. How I made and spent...
To day has bin a memorable day Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in...
1st Jan 2023
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To day has bin a memorable day

from Diaries of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2023
Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in the city of Philadelphia. It was in 1863, aged 24, that Davis began to keep a written record of life during the Civil War in the first of three pocket diaries to have survived,...
Spark best practices Spark execution model Spark's simplicity makes it all too easy to ignore its execution model, and...
30th Jun 2015
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Spark best practices

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

30th Jun 2015
Spark execution model Spark's simplicity makes it all too easy to ignore its execution model, and still manage to write jobs that eventually…
Autumn Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit...
9th Oct 2024
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Autumn

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Oct 2024
Every year for the past couple of years, when September rolls around we start getting ready to hit the road, packing away the paddle boards, washing the bus, and burning through the last of the firewood. Sometime around the middle of the month we say goodbye to friends and head...
Introducing “Shadow Palette Generator” In order to create lush, realistic shadows in CSS, we need to use multiple layers and colors. How do...
16th Nov 2021
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Introducing “Shadow Palette Generator”

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

16th Nov 2021
In order to create lush, realistic shadows in CSS, we need to use multiple layers and colors. How do we come up with all of the parameters, though? I've built a tool that'll help.
Embedding the Sky Two projects at the intersection of geospatial data and AI. First, a semantic search engine for...
27th Feb 2026
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Embedding the Sky

from John Wiseman [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Feb 2026
Two projects at the intersection of geospatial data and AI. First, a semantic search engine for aerial imagery, fine-tuned on OpenStreetMap-tagged data. Second, WARP—a custom neural model that learns embeddings of aircraft flight trajectories, trained on roughly a million...
The end of literature, part five "Stupid" and "a marketing exercise" were the first two descriptions I saw of the New York Times' 100...
25th Jul 2024
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The end of literature, part five

from This Space [alt+shift+b] in literature

25th Jul 2024
"Stupid" and "a marketing exercise" were the first two descriptions I saw of the New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century polled from hundreds of "literary luminaries" offering ten choices each, and while it is both of those things, "parochial" is the first word that...
The map is clear but the road is bumpy. Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
6th Nov 2024
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The map is clear but the road is bumpy.

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Nov 2024
Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
The two kinds of error In short: in my mind, errors are divided into two categories. Expected errors (think “user entered...
1st Mar 2026
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The two kinds of error

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2026
In short: in my mind, errors are divided into two categories. Expected errors (think “user entered invalid data”), which are part of normal operation, aren’t the developer’s fault, and should be handled. Unexpected errors (think “null pointer exception”) are the developer’s...
Why you should go after a market with strong demand Building a new product is an enormous risk. You're risking your time, energy, and resources. Look...
2nd Oct 2020
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Why you should go after a market with strong demand

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

2nd Oct 2020
Building a new product is an enormous risk. You're risking your time, energy, and resources. Look for a evidence of demand!
How to change visibility in massive GitHub organizations like EpicGames? How to publicize and un-publicize your visibility in massive GitHub orgs?
23rd Oct 2021
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How to change visibility in massive GitHub organizations like EpicGames?

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

23rd Oct 2021
How to publicize and un-publicize your visibility in massive GitHub orgs?
Craigslist Alerts with Python I love Craigslist, but trying to buy certain things (like Subarus in Portland) can be ridiculously...
9th Jul 2017
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Craigslist Alerts with Python

from Alex Meub [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Jul 2017
I love Craigslist, but trying to buy certain things (like Subarus in Portland) can be ridiculously competitive. I wanted a simple way to be alerted immediately when an item I was looking for was posted. Craigslist Search Alerts I tried using Craigslist’s built in Search Alert...
Why I don’t want stuff About once a month, someone asks for my mailing address because they want to send me...
16th Feb 2016
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Why I don’t want stuff

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

16th Feb 2016
About once a month, someone asks for my mailing address because they want to send me something. They liked something I wrote, and want to send me a gift in return. I’m very thankful, but have to say no. Here’s why. I just moved into this place a few weeks ago. I’ve moved...
An Invitation to The Rats Wedding And Vietnam’s Ðông Hồ Folk Paintings Often used to illustrate Vietnamese New Year, Ðông Hồ paintings are bright, witty riffs on society...
1st Apr 2026
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1st Apr 2026
Often used to illustrate Vietnamese New Year, Ðông Hồ paintings are bright, witty riffs on society and human desire. The traditional themes of Đông Hồ painting and woodblock prints are good luck signs, historical figures, folk allegories, popular stories, and social commentaries....
Formalizing Fermat workshop I’m organizing a workshop in London on July 6th to 10th (2026) whose goal is to work on my...
15th May 2026
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Formalizing Fermat workshop

from Xena [alt+shift+b] in AI

15th May 2026
I’m organizing a workshop in London on July 6th to 10th (2026) whose goal is to work on my EPSRC-funded project formalizing Fermat’s Last theorem in Lean. The initial aim of the project was to reduce FLT to theorems known … Continue reading →
Why does a extraneous build step make my Zig app 10x faster? For the past few months, I’ve been curious about two technologies: the Zig programming language and...
19th Mar 2024
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Why does a extraneous build step make my Zig app 10x faster?

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

19th Mar 2024
For the past few months, I’ve been curious about two technologies: the Zig programming language and Ethereum cryptocurrency. To learn more about both, I’ve been using Zig to write a bytecode interpreter for the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Zig is a great language for performance...
On-the-Fly Generalization Hack for ArcGIS Pro Generalization is one of the most important tools in a map maker’s tool kit. Sometimes the...
6th Feb 2024
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On-the-Fly Generalization Hack for ArcGIS Pro

from Adventures In Mapping | John Nelson Maps [alt+shift+b] in cartography

6th Feb 2024
Generalization is one of the most important tools in a map maker’s tool kit. Sometimes the complexity of our geometry needs to be smoothed out to best visually represent a place or appear best at various scales. Here is a way (complete hack, but surprisingly effective) to...
Sri Aurobindo On The Buddha The Non-Being permits the Being, even as the Silence permits the Activity. Thus it was possible for...
30th Sep 2018
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Sri Aurobindo On The Buddha

from The Tao Of Wealth [alt+shift+b] in life

30th Sep 2018
The Non-Being permits the Being, even as the Silence permits the Activity. Thus it was possible for the Buddha to attain the state of Nirvana, and yet act puissantly in the world, impersonal in his inner consciousness, in his action the most powerful personality that we know of...
Name that Ware, April 2025 The Ware for this month is shown below: It’s a tiny portion of a much larger ware, but for various...
30th Apr 2025
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Name that Ware, April 2025

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

30th Apr 2025
The Ware for this month is shown below: It’s a tiny portion of a much larger ware, but for various reasons I think this is sufficient for someone to guess at least the type of ware this came from, if not the exact make/model. There’s a particularly interesting bit about this...
Do Quests, Not Goals South Island, New Zealand, a.k.a. Middle-Earth If you were to make a list of what you want to get...
8th Aug 2024
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Do Quests, Not Goals

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Aug 2024
South Island, New Zealand, a.k.a. Middle-Earth If you were to make a list of what you want to get done this week, it would mostly consist of things you have to do. Get groceries. Book a hair appointment. Get back to so-and-so. Read that health and safety thing for work. If you...
4th Dec 2025
Baby VS Intimacy A comic about intimate moments. View on my website
15th Nov 2022
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Baby VS Intimacy

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

15th Nov 2022
A comic about intimate moments. View on my website
Status as a Service (StaaS) Editor's Note 1: I have no editor. Editor’s Note 2: I would like to assure new subscribers to this...
26th Feb 2019
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Status as a Service (StaaS)

from Remains of the Day [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Feb 2019
Editor's Note 1: I have no editor. Editor’s Note 2: I would like to assure new subscribers to this blog that most my posts are not as long as this one. Or as long as my previous one. My long break from posting here means that this piece is a collection of what would’ve normally...
Treating the Symptoms If you haven’t seen it yet, the folks behind The Browser Company recently introduced a new app...
1st Feb 2024
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Treating the Symptoms

from Jim Nielsen’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Feb 2024
If you haven’t seen it yet, the folks behind The Browser Company recently introduced a new app called “Arc Search”. Its key feature? It’ll browse the web for you. What happened? “Surfing the web” used to be — and still can be — the funnest part about being on the web! How did...
Test names should be sentences Tests communicate a lot of information, to readers, other developers, and even our future selves....
5th Apr 2024
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Test names should be sentences

from Blog - Bitfield Consulting [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Apr 2024
Tests communicate a lot of information, to readers, other developers, and even our future selves. Well-written tests focus on a single unit of behaviour that can be described in a brief sentence, and we can use that sentence as the name of the test.
Setting up Mikochi with Docker and Traefik Last year, I spent a little bit of time re-learning full-stack development and built Mikochi. The...
4th Jan 2024
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Setting up Mikochi with Docker and Traefik

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

4th Jan 2024
Last year, I spent a little bit of time re-learning full-stack development and built Mikochi. The project has since grown to version 1.3.1 and reached 100 stars on GitHub. This article aims to be a step-by-step guide on how to install it and configure it to use HTTPS with Docker...
5 coding interview questions I hate I’ve taken part in well over a hundred tech interviews now, on both sides. Some were fun, and some...
21st Mar 2022
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5 coding interview questions I hate

from Vladimir Klepov as a Coder [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Mar 2022
I’ve taken part in well over a hundred tech interviews now, on both sides. Some were fun, and some were pure cringe. I’ve been asked if I have kids (supposedly, people with children won’t have time to job hop), and if “I bet my ass I cost that much”. Fun times. But today I’d like...
The Boot.dev Beat. January 2025 Fastest boss defeat in the history of Boot.dev, a new AWS course, embers are live, and my children...
2nd Jan 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. January 2025

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

2nd Jan 2025
Fastest boss defeat in the history of Boot.dev, a new AWS course, embers are live, and my children just won’t stop being sick for more than 4 days at a time. Win some, lose some.
Ten Books About AI Written Before the Year 2000 This by no means a definitive list, so don’t @ me! AI is an inescapable subject. There’s obviously...
1st Feb 2025
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Ten Books About AI Written Before the Year 2000

from Christopher Butler [alt+shift+b] in design

1st Feb 2025
This by no means a definitive list, so don’t @ me! AI is an inescapable subject. There’s obviously an incredible headwind behind the computing progress of the last handful of years — not to mention the usual avarice — but there has also been nearly a century of thought put...
Benchmarking esbuild, swc, tsc, and babel for React/JSX projects This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
13th Nov 2021
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Benchmarking esbuild, swc, tsc, and babel for React/JSX projects

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

13th Nov 2021
This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
Beginner interaction design with Principle I was able to pick up this powerful motion design tool in about 10 minutes and you can too!
30th Nov 2017
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Beginner interaction design with Principle

from Daniel Immke [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Nov 2017
I was able to pick up this powerful motion design tool in about 10 minutes and you can too!
Are you an experienced software buyer? I could use some help. If it seems like I’ve been relatively quiet lately on social media and my blog, that’s because I...
19th Sep 2025
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Are you an experienced software buyer? I could use some help.

from charity.wtf [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Sep 2025
If it seems like I’ve been relatively quiet lately on social media and my blog, that’s because I have. Liz, Austin, George and I have been busy toiling away on the second edition of “Observability Engineering” ever since April or May. I personally have been trying to spend 75-80%...
Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering As always, a disclaimer before we start, this is purely subjective. Whether you are a seasoned...
6th Jan 2023
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Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering

from Vadim Kravcenko [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Jan 2023
As always, a disclaimer before we start, this is purely subjective. Whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting […] The post Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Aug ’23: … A belated write-up of the month of August. Thinking back a month, two stories pop out for me. One...
18th Sep 2023
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Aug ’23: …

from FIRE v London [alt+shift+b] in finance

18th Sep 2023
A belated write-up of the month of August. Thinking back a month, two stories pop out for me. One was the death of Russian mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin – a larger-than-life modern day warlord, responsible for the ‘little green men’ at the start of the Russian/Ukraine war in 2014,...
Normal Gary The post Normal Gary appeared first on Last Place Comics.
7th Mar 2026
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Normal Gary

from Last Place Comics [alt+shift+b] in comics

7th Mar 2026
The post Normal Gary appeared first on Last Place Comics.
Ignore advice that drains you My music career was derailed when I took some advice from an expert. I walked out of his office...
7th Sep 2000
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Ignore advice that drains you

from Derek Sivers podcast [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Sep 2000
My music career was derailed when I took some advice from an expert. I walked out of his office sad, but acknowledging that he was right. That was the smartest thing to do to be a big success. So that’s what I did. I stopped putting my full attention into my own music,...
Vacuum tube nostalgia Music enthusiasts will tell you there's nothing quite like "tube sound", the warm, rich sound...
21st Oct 2019
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Vacuum tube nostalgia

from devonzuegel.com [alt+shift+b] in architecture

21st Oct 2019
Music enthusiasts will tell you there's nothing quite like "tube sound", the warm, rich sound quality that old vacuum tube amplifiers bring to the music played through them. And they'll pay top dollar for it! Once considered obsolete, vintage vacuum tube amps now sell at a...
Fertility on demand Technology could allow women to have it all
1st May 2025
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Fertility on demand

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

1st May 2025
Technology could allow women to have it all
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.
The Jupyter+git problem is now solved Previously, using git with Jupyter could create conflicts and break notebooks. With nbdev2, the...
25th Aug 2022
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The Jupyter+git problem is now solved

from fast.ai [alt+shift+b] in AI

25th Aug 2022
Previously, using git with Jupyter could create conflicts and break notebooks. With nbdev2, the problem has been totally solved.
How to Throw A Company Offsite In A “Post-COVID” World Earlier this month we had our first Honeycomb all-hands offsite in three years … our first one since...
28th Feb 2023
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How to Throw A Company Offsite In A “Post-COVID” World

from charity.wtf [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Feb 2023
Earlier this month we had our first Honeycomb all-hands offsite in three years … our first one since February of 2020, before the plague. It was wonderful and glorious and silly and energizing and so, so SO much fun. It was a potent reminder of the reality that no virtual...
AI Depends Massively on Web Scraping And web data sourcing is now a critical problem
7th Jul 2023
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AI Depends Massively on Web Scraping

from Data Boutique [alt+shift+b] in startups

7th Jul 2023
And web data sourcing is now a critical problem
25.5 ASPIRATIONAL HUMANITY Soulfulness as luxury
7th May 2025
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25.5 ASPIRATIONAL HUMANITY

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th May 2025
Soulfulness as luxury
The AI Executive Order AKA: “We’ll do something about it later”
17th Nov 2023
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The AI Executive Order

from Weighty Thoughts [alt+shift+b] in AI

17th Nov 2023
AKA: “We’ll do something about it later”
Smart lights behind a wall switch (Shelly + ESPHome) Using smart light bulbs means you can no longer use your physical wall switches because the bulbs...
7th Oct 2022
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Smart lights behind a wall switch (Shelly + ESPHome)

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Oct 2022
Using smart light bulbs means you can no longer use your physical wall switches because the bulbs need constant power. I think that's pretty dumb. Using a physical switch can be way faster than using an app to control the lights.Here's how you can put a Shelly in between the...
Oct ’25: Trim, trim & trim October in the markets was one of those slightly giddy months. My portfolio crossed through a big...
9th Nov 2025
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Oct ’25: Trim, trim & trim

from FIRE v London [alt+shift+b] in finance

9th Nov 2025
October in the markets was one of those slightly giddy months. My portfolio crossed through a big number threshold, and kept going up. The market stats don’t quite tell the whole story. On a constant currency basis, markets rose 2.8%. Non-UK currencies (AUD, EUR, USD) rose...
5 Life-Changing Levels of Not Giving a Fuck Every day, hundreds of millions of people suffer from giving too many fucks. They spend their lives...
25th Jan 2024
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5 Life-Changing Levels of Not Giving a Fuck

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

25th Jan 2024
Every day, hundreds of millions of people suffer from giving too many fucks. They spend their lives imprisoned by meaningless anxiety and unnecessary concerns. But it doesn't have to be that way. In this article, I'm going to walk you through the five levels of non-fuck-giving,...
Test Post This is a test post to verify the blog functionality
19th Mar 2024
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Test Post

from Kent de Bruin [alt+shift+b] in technology

19th Mar 2024
This is a test post to verify the blog functionality
23rd Jul 2026
February gets Themed: Rejection The Experimental Gameplay Project has announced their next theme - and shame on me if I wouldn’t...
1st Feb 2010
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February gets Themed: Rejection

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

1st Feb 2010
The Experimental Gameplay Project has announced their next theme - and shame on me if I wouldn’t follow suite! With valentine coming up I might just have found a pretty nice idea, just now, writing this… Booyah!!
Making sense of TypeScript using set theory I've been working with TypeScript for a long long time. I think I'm not too bad at it. However, to...
23rd Jan 2023
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Making sense of TypeScript using set theory

from Vladimir Klepov as a Coder [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Jan 2023
I've been working with TypeScript for a long long time. I think I'm not too bad at it. However, to my despair, some low-level behaviors still confuse me: Why does 0 | 1 extends 0 ? true : false evaluate to false? I'm very ashamed, but I sometimes confuse "subtype" and...
Howto get the hard disk size under Linux? A: There is no single tool for this job, but it seems that Fdisk is just fine: server:~# fdisk -l 2>...
18th Aug 2009
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Howto get the hard disk size under Linux?

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Aug 2009
A: There is no single tool for this job, but it seems that Fdisk is just fine: server:~# fdisk -l 2> /dev/null | grep Disk | grep -v identifier Disk /dev/sda: 500.0 GB, 500028145664 bytes Disk /dev/sdb: 500.0 GB, 500028145664 bytes Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.1 GB, 1000123400192...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy. historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
7th Jul 2024
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a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.

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

7th Jul 2024
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
Galloping Search I recently learned about Galloping Search while building a distributed log called s3-log. It’s used...
7th Dec 2024
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Galloping Search

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Dec 2024
I recently learned about Galloping Search while building a distributed log called s3-log. It’s used to search sorted items when the upper bound is unknown. In this short post, I will share my notes and other alternatives I discovered for searching over unbounded items
Running cheap and crappy USB hard drives in RAID0 is indeed a very terrible idea Some of my dumb experiments result in interesting findings and unexpected successes. Some end up...
14th Jan 2026
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14th Jan 2026
Some of my dumb experiments result in interesting findings and unexpected successes. Some end up with very predictable failures. What happens when you have two crappy USB hard drives running btrfs1 in raid0 mode? Nothing, until something goes wrong on one of the drives. Here’s...
1st Jul 2022
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July 2022

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

1st Jul 2022
MUSE in Carré MUSE's legendary rock fused with Amsterdam's Royal Theatre Carré for an unforgettable, electrifying...
22nd Oct 2022
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MUSE in Carré

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

22nd Oct 2022
MUSE's legendary rock fused with Amsterdam's Royal Theatre Carré for an unforgettable, electrifying experience - read about my experience!
Raspberry Pi Wetterstation Um die Daten, die meine Arduino-Wetterstation liefert, verfügbarer zu machen, habe ich mich...
23rd Sep 2013
26

Raspberry Pi Wetterstation

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

23rd Sep 2013
Um die Daten, die meine Arduino-Wetterstation liefert, verfügbarer zu machen, habe ich mich entschieden, das Projekt jetzt mit einem Raspberry Pi weiterzuführen. Die Sensordaten werden wieder vom ILC-Board geliefert, das ich für den Schülerwettbewerb Intel Leibniz Challenge...
Confessions of a programmer: I hate code review Most of the projects I've been working on today have fairly strict code review policies. My work...
6th Jun 2010
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Confessions of a programmer: I hate code review

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Jun 2010
Most of the projects I've been working on today have fairly strict code review policies. My work requires code review on most of our code, and as we bring on an army of interns for the summer, I've been responsible for reviewing lots of code. Additionally, about five months ago...
Why should you learn Golang? [2022] Golang has skyrocketed in popularity year over year, making it one of the best choices for...
8th Feb 2021
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Why should you learn Golang? [2022]

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

8th Feb 2021
Golang has skyrocketed in popularity year over year, making it one of the best choices for career-conscious developers to learn. As an example, StackOverflow’s Developer survey saw it climb in popularity among developers from 10th in 2019 all the way to 5th in 2020. Additionally,...
Saving a restic backup the hard way This is the end of the holidays in which I spent a long time building a backup infrastructure like a...
6th Sep 2021
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Saving a restic backup the hard way

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

6th Sep 2021
This is the end of the holidays in which I spent a long time building a backup infrastructure like a responsible adult. The villain of the following story is the junk MIPS machine which held hostage most of my important data (about 1TB). Its evil plan was to build up a corrupted...
#11 Jen Segger on Adventure Racing, Endurance Coaching, and Pain as an Option Jen Segger has traveled the globe competing as a world-class adventure racing athlete. She has,...
2nd Jul 2020
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2nd Jul 2020
Jen Segger has traveled the globe competing as a world-class adventure racing athlete. She has, for year after year, for nearly 2 decades, pushed her body to the extremes of what the human body is capable of enduring. And now, on the brink of 40, she is showing little sign...
LLMs can now identify public figures in images ChatGPT and Claude won’t, but Gemini will.
28th Jul 2025
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LLMs can now identify public figures in images

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

28th Jul 2025
ChatGPT and Claude won’t, but Gemini will.
Holy Carrot, Notting Hill I don't know about you, but the concept of a 'vegetarian restaurant' brings to mind a certain set of...
4th Feb 2025
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Holy Carrot, Notting Hill

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

4th Feb 2025
I don't know about you, but the concept of a 'vegetarian restaurant' brings to mind a certain set of expectations, not all of them good. I suppose it's because traditionally, vegetarian food has been, at best, just 'normal' restaurant food with the meat either taken out, or...
Does Colombia Have an Urban/Rural Electoral Divide? Despite Bogotá, Not Really A recent GeoCurrents post suggested that the electoral geography of the United States has strikingly...
10th Aug 2026
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10th Aug 2026
A recent GeoCurrents post suggested that the electoral geography of the United States has strikingly deviated from that of Latin America during the 21st century. In the U.S., population density has become one of the main influences on voting patterns, with cities favoring...
Why We Force You to Learn Multiple Programming Languages I’ve been building Boot.dev as a side-project for the last couple of years, and have recently had...
13th Jun 2022
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Why We Force You to Learn Multiple Programming Languages

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

13th Jun 2022
I’ve been building Boot.dev as a side-project for the last couple of years, and have recently had many new students ask the same question:
Steve Jobs and NeXT The company has not yet achieved the success of your logo for it, but we are still trying.
6 days ago
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Steve Jobs and NeXT

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

6 days ago
The company has not yet achieved the success of your logo for it, but we are still trying.
5 Q&A's on Writing and Selling My First Book I answered some questions from someone planning to write their first book
10th Aug 2020
1

5 Q&A's on Writing and Selling My First Book

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

10th Aug 2020
I answered some questions from someone planning to write their first book
An AI Revolution Isn't Coming - We're Already In It A small showcase of companies using AI in ways that will change your life
3rd Oct 2023
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An AI Revolution Isn't Coming - We're Already In It

from Society's Backend: Machine Learning for Software Engineers [alt+shift+b] in AI

3rd Oct 2023
A small showcase of companies using AI in ways that will change your life
Regarding Proposed US Restrictions on RISC-V A bipartisan group of 18 lawmakers in the US Congress have recently amplified a request to the White...
6th Nov 2023
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Regarding Proposed US Restrictions on RISC-V

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

6th Nov 2023
A bipartisan group of 18 lawmakers in the US Congress have recently amplified a request to the White House and the Secretary of Commerce to place restrictions on Americans working with RISC-V (see also the initial request from the Senate) in order to prevent China from gaining...
"The Future of Reading Depends on the Future of Learning Difficult to Learn Things" Socrates’ complaints about writing included “Writing removes the need to remember”. He meant that a...
8th Nov 2014
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8th Nov 2014
Socrates’ complaints about writing included “Writing removes the need to remember”. He meant that a prosthetic brace on a healthy limb will…
Demographics and American Homicides Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
21st Jan 2024
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Demographics and American Homicides

from Patterns in Humanity [alt+shift+b] in history

21st Jan 2024
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
The Elon Swing Voter I’m getting on a plane back to America tonight, been away for over 3 months. It sort of fills me...
6th Dec 2024
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The Elon Swing Voter

from the singularity is nearer [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Dec 2024
I’m getting on a plane back to America tonight, been away for over 3 months. It sort of fills me with dread and anxiety. I remember going to the Apple store before I was leaving, the uhhhhhhh from the sales people was awful. 0 pride. Nobody cares. So different from the sales...
Self-driving as a case study for AGI Sparked by progress in Large Language Models (LLMs), there’s a lot of chatter recently about AGI,...
21st Jan 2024
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Self-driving as a case study for AGI

from Andrej Karpathy blog [alt+shift+b] in AI

21st Jan 2024
Sparked by progress in Large Language Models (LLMs), there’s a lot of chatter recently about AGI, its timelines, and what it might look like. Some of it is hopeful and optimistic, but a lot of it is fearful and doomy, to put it mildly. Unfortunately, a lot of it is also very...
Do AI Risks Require Extraordinary Government Intervention? Let’s not skip the hard work of AI governance
21st May 2026
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Do AI Risks Require Extraordinary Government Intervention?

from AI as Normal Technology [alt+shift+b] in AI

21st May 2026
Let’s not skip the hard work of AI governance
1st Jul 2024
Rhythms of Order Access to the world on one’s phone has provided possibilities and efficiencies that previous...
5th Oct 2023
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Rhythms of Order

from Patrick Kayongo [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Oct 2023
Access to the world on one’s phone has provided possibilities and efficiencies that previous generations could never have dreamed of. Whether it’s bypassing traffic jams on the outskirts of hills of Kampala, or it’s determining your public transport route from your hotel to your...
Scattered thoughts on how doing math feels these days This is a weird moment. I have a hunch that we’ll look back later and tell ourselves stories in...
5 days ago
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Scattered thoughts on how doing math feels these days

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

5 days ago
This is a weird moment. I have a hunch that we’ll look back later and tell ourselves stories in which it seemed obvious where things were going. So I wanted to lay down a little time capsule and register just how confusing everything felt at the time. This is a personal view from...
Hold the Salt Reconsidering an ancient city's bad reputation The post Hold the Salt appeared first on The American...
1st Dec 2025
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Hold the Salt

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

1st Dec 2025
Reconsidering an ancient city's bad reputation The post Hold the Salt appeared first on The American Scholar.
Realtime service uptime monitoring Downtime happens and it is nothing to be ashamed of, just make sure that you set yourself up to...
1st Feb 2021
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Realtime service uptime monitoring

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

1st Feb 2021
Downtime happens and it is nothing to be ashamed of, just make sure that you set yourself up to discover problems as soon as possible! Know about problems before your customers do!
Give Yourself a Ripcord to Pull When you’re worked up over some dilemma, talking about it with someone else can give you a whoosh of...
18th Jul 2025
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Give Yourself a Ripcord to Pull

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

18th Jul 2025
When you’re worked up over some dilemma, talking about it with someone else can give you a whoosh of perspective, mostly because the other person’s mind isn’t stuck in a black cloud like yours is. The overwhelmed mind tends to regard everything as bad. The optimistic and...
The Story of Titanium The earth contains a lot of titanium - it’s the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust. By...
7th Jul 2023
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The Story of Titanium

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

7th Jul 2023
The earth contains a lot of titanium - it’s the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust. By mass, there’s more titanium in the earth’s crust than carbon by a factor of nearly 30, and more titanium than copper by a factor of nearly 100. But despite its abundance, it's...
Playing With Fire – ChatGPT The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of...
4th Apr 2023
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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT

from Steve Blank [alt+shift+b] in startups

4th Apr 2023
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. John F. Kennedy Humans have mastered lots of things that have transformed our lives, created our civilizations, and might ultimately...
TinyPilot: Month 4 Highlights TinyPilot hit $10k in revenue. That’s a record high for me and exceeds my total revenue...
3rd Nov 2020
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TinyPilot: Month 4

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

3rd Nov 2020
Highlights TinyPilot hit $10k in revenue. That’s a record high for me and exceeds my total revenue for all of 2019. I interviewed several IT consultants and business owners about what TinyPilot features would be useful to them. I tested several new marketing channels and realized...
On Design and Chemistry How I transitioned from chemistry to design, and back again.
12th Sep 2024
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On Design and Chemistry

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

12th Sep 2024
How I transitioned from chemistry to design, and back again.
Reflecting on Minimalissimo I was recently asked what my values are in life. It's a very tough question to answer without...
5th Mar 2023
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Reflecting on Minimalissimo

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Mar 2023
I was recently asked what my values are in life. It's a very tough question to answer without throwing out one word answers off the top of your head. And that's pretty meaningless unless you're prepared to elaborate on that word and what it means in relation to your life and...
You should repaste your MacBook (but don't) My favorite memory of my M1 Pro MacBook Pro was the whole sensation of “holy crap, you never hear...
10th Jul 2025
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You should repaste your MacBook (but don't)

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

10th Jul 2025
My favorite memory of my M1 Pro MacBook Pro was the whole sensation of “holy crap, you never hear the fans in this thing”, which was very novel in 2021. Four years later, this MacBook Pro is still a delight. It’s the longest I’ve ever owned a laptop, and while I’d love to pick up...
Culture is Friction How Convenience Kills Human Relationships
12th Mar 2026
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Culture is Friction

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

12th Mar 2026
How Convenience Kills Human Relationships
Links #10 How to Get on a Podcast - This is a short and invaluable post for anyone who wants to be a podcast...
2nd Aug 2024
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Links #10

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

2nd Aug 2024
How to Get on a Podcast - This is a short and invaluable post for anyone who wants to be a podcast guest. It puts you in the shoes of a podcaster, showing you what they need, and how you can be a “sure thing” for them. As usual, there are no short cuts. You gotta do the work! A...
Gold and Ghosts In the autumn of 1892, two miners, Earl and Edward, found themselves high in the Pacific Northwest...
28th Oct 2024
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Gold and Ghosts

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Oct 2024
In the autumn of 1892, two miners, Earl and Edward, found themselves high in the Pacific Northwest mountains, searching for a legend as old as the hills: the lost crate of gold. The tale of “Shining Creek Gold” was whispered in every saloon from Seattle to San Francisco, a cache...
Do amazing things with a focused mind Just when the temperature was a low 2° Celsius, I jumped in the Amstel river! While it was nearly...
5th Dec 2018
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Do amazing things with a focused mind

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

5th Dec 2018
Just when the temperature was a low 2° Celsius, I jumped in the Amstel river! While it was nearly freezing outside I went for a swim, just moments after I've taken an ice bath! This post is about the incredible birthday present I got, a workshop involving the Wim Hof Method. Wim...
April ’24: Juggling cash as new UK tax year begins The temperature in the Middle East got even hotter in April, with Israel and Iran trading attacks on...
11th May 2024
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April ’24: Juggling cash as new UK tax year begins

from FIRE v London [alt+shift+b] in finance

11th May 2024
The temperature in the Middle East got even hotter in April, with Israel and Iran trading attacks on each other’s sovereign buildings/territory. Somehow World War III has never really seemed in danger of breaking out but it is a reminder that only change is constant. Over in New...
i hated coding, but i learned to love it again I quit my software job in October, two years ago. I was tired and extremely frustrated. Things that...
14th Jan 2025
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i hated coding, but i learned to love it again

from Shilin typing [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Jan 2025
I quit my software job in October, two years ago. I was tired and extremely frustrated. Things that I enjoyed in the past no longer satisfied me. Those things were mostly related to coding. But like any fire, I started as a slowly burning dumpster until I hit a critical point and...
The Big Beautiful Bill has a SNAP Poison Pill How states will get the blame for massive cuts to food stamps
1st Oct 2025
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The Big Beautiful Bill has a SNAP Poison Pill

from Can We Still Govern? [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Oct 2025
How states will get the blame for massive cuts to food stamps
Blogging or posting on social media—what's better? I wrote about the benefits of blogging before. That was four years ago. Now I have some things to...
30th Oct 2022
93

Blogging or posting on social media—what's better?

from Koos Looijesteijn - Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

30th Oct 2022
I wrote about the benefits of blogging before. That was four years ago. Now I have some things to add...
2nd May 2025
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You Don't Want to Be Rich, You Want Independence

from Unfiltered by Tim Denning [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2025
“Autonomy is wealth”
Tong Test for Artificial General Intelligence Most readers are probably familiar with the Turing Test – a concept proposed by early computing...
2nd Oct 2023
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Tong Test for Artificial General Intelligence

from NeuroLogica Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

2nd Oct 2023
Most readers are probably familiar with the Turing Test – a concept proposed by early computing expert Alan Turing in 1950, and originally called “The Imitation Game”. The original paper is enlightening to read. Turing was not trying to answer the question “can machines think”....
5th Mar 2024
George Dyson: No Time Is There ### The digital big bang When the digital universe began, in 1951 in New Jersey, it was just 5...
20th Mar 2013
1

George Dyson: No Time Is There

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

20th Mar 2013
### The digital big bang When the digital universe began, in 1951 in New Jersey, it was just 5 kilobytes in size. "That's just half a second of MP3 audio now," said Dyson. The place was the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. The builder was engineer Julian Bigelow. The...
The Ideal Manager Exercise — How to Choose and Communicate With Your Current or Future Manager The reflection exercise that helped me find and cultivate a successful relationship with my manager.
5th Aug 2024
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5th Aug 2024
The reflection exercise that helped me find and cultivate a successful relationship with my manager.
A lazy dark mode A fast simple way of drop in dark mode support using nextjs and react.
20th Jun 2020
1

A lazy dark mode

from David Gerrells [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Jun 2020
A fast simple way of drop in dark mode support using nextjs and react.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Language Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: It's a beautiful-ass concept. Today's News:
1st Jan 2026
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Language

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

1st Jan 2026
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: It's a beautiful-ass concept. Today's News:
Weeks 35-39: A $526 Day and a Breakthrough Domination through iteration. Be sure to continue adapting and maximize your current audience rather...
30th Jun 2023
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Weeks 35-39: A $526 Day and a Breakthrough

from Scott DeLong [alt+shift+b] in indiehacker

30th Jun 2023
Domination through iteration. Be sure to continue adapting and maximize your current audience rather than chase more pageviews. The post Weeks 35-39: A $526 Day and a Breakthrough appeared first on Scott DeLong.
Black coiled planter with attached drip tray, 2024 Heavily grogged black stoneware, coil-built, denim satin glaze
7th Feb 2024
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Black coiled planter with attached drip tray, 2024

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

7th Feb 2024
Heavily grogged black stoneware, coil-built, denim satin glaze
Faster Than Life – Global Game Jam 2019 Project Like in the previous year, I took part in the Global Game Jam. I joined a team of six programmers,...
2nd Feb 2019
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Faster Than Life – Global Game Jam 2019 Project

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

2nd Feb 2019
Like in the previous year, I took part in the Global Game Jam. I joined a team of six programmers, unfortunately there was a shortage of artists this year. During the 48 hour jam, we made a space game that is inspired by Faster Than Light. You travel through...
Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid Certain layouts are surprisingly dastardly. On the modern web, one of the most common layouts is...
5th Oct 2020
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Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid

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

5th Oct 2020
Certain layouts are surprisingly dastardly. On the modern web, one of the most common layouts is also one of the trickiest. In this tutorial, I break down how to build the "full-bleed" layout using CSS Grid.
Units in Go and Rust show philosophical differences Units are a key part of doing any calculation. A number on its own is just a scalar and doesn't...
5th Jun 2023
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Units in Go and Rust show philosophical differences

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

5th Jun 2023
Units are a key part of doing any calculation. A number on its own is just a scalar and doesn't represent anything in particular. If I tell you to go drive 5, you'd naturally ask "5 what?" Software often has to deal with quantities that represent real-world things. How we...
Words Matter I hate what drugs have done to parts of American society as much as anyone. The purveyors prey on...
17th Dec 2025
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Words Matter

from I am BARRY HESS [alt+shift+b] in travel

17th Dec 2025
I hate what drugs have done to parts of American society as much as anyone. The purveyors prey on people in a vulnerable state, a state they’ve arrived at for any of a number of reasons. The addictive qualities can be nearly impossible to resist. While I’m not super-informed...
My attempt at archiving nfscars.net Background My mother once had a laptop: the Compaq Armada 1592DT. It came with Windows ME which...
1st Mar 2021
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My attempt at archiving nfscars.net

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

1st Mar 2021
Background My mother once had a laptop: the Compaq Armada 1592DT. It came with Windows ME which later got “upgraded” to Windows 98 SE after I managed to completely screw up the OS, a whopping 96MB of RAM and a hard drive that probably wasn’t much larger than 1-3GB. It wasn’t...
Real Estate Idea This isn't a particular idea, but a possibility. I've had very little experience with real estate,...
2nd Jul 2017
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Real Estate Idea

from Yazin Alirhayim [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jul 2017
This isn't a particular idea, but a possibility. I've had very little experience with real estate, but I'm sure there's a way to make it at least 10x better, either for the buyer or for the agents themselves.
Two kinds of testing While talking about thinking about tests and testing in software engineering recently, I’ve come to...
24th Dec 2019
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Two kinds of testing

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Dec 2019
While talking about thinking about tests and testing in software engineering recently, I’ve come to the conclusion that there are (at least) two major ideas and goals that people have when they test or talk about testing. This post aims to outline what I see as these two schools,...
Bureaucrats are our heroes now Laetitia@Work #80
23rd Apr 2025
The Boot.dev Beat. August 2025 We ran the biggest hackathon I’ve ever been a part of (500+ participants!) and saw some incredible...
4th Aug 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. August 2025

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

4th Aug 2025
We ran the biggest hackathon I’ve ever been a part of (500+ participants!) and saw some incredible projects come out of it. Thanks to everyone that participated, I’m excited for the next one!
Avizva Solutions Offices by Designforth Interiors Designforth Interiors created a functional and flexible office space in Indore for Avizva, focusing...
3rd Mar 2025
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Avizva Solutions Offices by Designforth Interiors

from Retail Design Blog [alt+shift+b] in design

3rd Mar 2025
Designforth Interiors created a functional and flexible office space in Indore for Avizva, focusing on spatial optimization, collaboration, and cultural...
A new blog for 2024 It’s been a long time since I’ve published a blog post. Two whole years. Now we’ve reached 2024,...
2nd Jan 2024
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A new blog for 2024

from Chris Nicholas [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jan 2024
It’s been a long time since I’ve published a blog post. Two whole years. Now we’ve reached 2024, it’s time for a complete refresh.
Buried by the media "No one else would follow; even the minister failed to show. Shaking his head ever so slightly,...
5th Sep 2016
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Buried by the media

from David Crawshaw [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Sep 2016
"No one else would follow; even the minister failed to show. Shaking his head ever so slightly, Jerry Flemmons of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram turned to me and said, 'Cochran, if we're gonna write a story about the burial of Lee Harvey Oswald, we're gonna have to bury the son of...
Feast your eyes on these delicious charts Here are today's specials.
19th Jul 2023
Keep The Scale In Mind Here’s a photo from yesterday of Shaquana getting a good look at a brownstone finial that’s been...
1st Feb 2024
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Keep The Scale In Mind

from Old Structures Engineering [alt+shift+b] in architecture

1st Feb 2024
Here’s a photo from yesterday of Shaquana getting a good look at a brownstone finial that’s been removed during restoration work. This is a minor decorative element for the church it was removed from. It’s visually important, of course, and we’re not removing it to throw it away,...
Oct 2022 updates: I will write a book! Also in October: Speak at JOM Launch Asia 2022, and the thing about Elon Musk.
4th Nov 2022
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Oct 2022 updates: I will write a book!

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

4th Nov 2022
Also in October: Speak at JOM Launch Asia 2022, and the thing about Elon Musk.
In Praise Of Bulletpoints - they are great
4 weeks ago
How Much Do Couples Share Traits? Do birds of a feather flock together, or do opposites attract? These are both common aphorisms,...
5th Sep 2023
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How Much Do Couples Share Traits?

from NeuroLogica Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

5th Sep 2023
Do birds of a feather flock together, or do opposites attract? These are both common aphorisms, which means that they are commonly offered as generally accepted truths, but also that they may by wrong. People like pithy phrases, so they spread prolifically, but that does not mean...
The Good Enough Trap How Technology Can Get Us Stuck In Place
4th May 2024
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The Good Enough Trap

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

4th May 2024
How Technology Can Get Us Stuck In Place
A peek inside Japan's largest Dagashi store Every morning, 67-year Hideyuki Akiyama drives to his store along the rural roads of Okayama in...
29th May 2023
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A peek inside Japan's largest Dagashi store

from One from Nippon [alt+shift+b] in travel

29th May 2023
Every morning, 67-year Hideyuki Akiyama drives to his store along the rural roads of Okayama in Western Japan. Today is no different. A line of excited customers queuing up before the shutters are open. “Disneyland isn’t our land of dreams, this is!” says one 20-something woman.
Let's build a VORON: Filters I can print, but the printer is missing a very important thing that I alluded to in the previous...
15th Dec 2023
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Let's build a VORON: Filters

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

15th Dec 2023
I can print, but the printer is missing a very important thing that I alluded to in the previous post: filtering dangerous particles and fumes. This is mostly covered by the kit, but I was missing some parts from the print it forward and the kit didn’t include a HEPA...
Kagi search features *New* : More features in our Dec 22 update ( https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-search-dec22-update ) and...
31st May 2022
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Kagi search features

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

31st May 2022
*New* : More features in our Dec 22 update ( https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-search-dec22-update ) and May 23 update ( https://blog.kagi.com/search-enhancements ).
Interactive Graphical Arithmetic When called upon to perform basic arithmetic these days, most of us grab the nearest device with a...
8th Apr 2024
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Interactive Graphical Arithmetic

from Charles Petzold [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Apr 2024
When called upon to perform basic arithmetic these days, most of us grab the nearest device with a calculator app. On the rare occasions when the power is out and the batteries have run down, we might need to resort to doing the calculation by hand. In either case, we’re...
FFmpeg performance on a Core i7 920 @ 3.6 Ghz The system i'm running is a Core i7 920 @ 3.6 Ghz. I am transcoding a DVD (Grave Of The Fire Flies)...
22nd Apr 2009
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FFmpeg performance on a Core i7 920 @ 3.6 Ghz

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Apr 2009
The system i'm running is a Core i7 920 @ 3.6 Ghz. I am transcoding a DVD (Grave Of The Fire Flies) to iPod format (640x480 x264). Thread support is enabled, to FFmpeg uses about 250% CPU. That's 2.5 of the 4 cores available. If possible, I would have liked to see it use all four...
Leaning into joy and community Processing this past week and some joyful things in my life
11th Nov 2024
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Leaning into joy and community

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

11th Nov 2024
Processing this past week and some joyful things in my life
Media and messages Rock and roll came from the transistor radio. When Sony launched its cheap portable radio more than...
4 weeks ago
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Media and messages

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

4 weeks ago
Rock and roll came from the transistor radio. When Sony launched its cheap portable radio more than sixty years ago, it came with a headphone. For the first time in history, teenagers could listen to music without their parents eavesdropping. This opened the door to Chuck Berry...
People-First Leadership Investment in people is absolutely essential to building a business that's not just getting by but...
7th Apr 2023
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People-First Leadership

from Max Countryman [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Apr 2023
Investment in people is absolutely essential to building a business that's not just getting by but actively thriving. People-first leadership offers an approach which consistently cultivates an environment where folks can show up and do their best work, propelling the business...
A Good Memory or a Bad One? One Brain Molecule Decides. When the brain encodes memories as positive or negative, one molecule determines which way they will...
4th Jan 2023
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A Good Memory or a Bad One? One Brain Molecule Decides.

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

4th Jan 2023
When the brain encodes memories as positive or negative, one molecule determines which way they will go. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Retro” by Wayne Jones.
how to use web workers with typescript A practical example of where web workers can improve performance and UX but there are gotchas and...
13th Mar 2022
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how to use web workers with typescript

from David Gerrells [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Mar 2022
A practical example of where web workers can improve performance and UX but there are gotchas and limits
20th Feb 2011
Inside the Apollo "8-Ball" FDAI (Flight Director / Attitude Indicator) During the Apollo flights to the Moon, the astronauts observed the spacecraft's orientation on a...
14th Jun 2025
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Inside the Apollo "8-Ball" FDAI (Flight Director / Attitude Indicator)

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

14th Jun 2025
During the Apollo flights to the Moon, the astronauts observed the spacecraft's orientation on a special instrument called the FDAI (Flight Director / Attitude Indicator). This instrument showed the spacecraft's attitude—its orientation—by rotating a ball. This ball was nicknamed...
never give up Why do fun project ideas end up dead even when they are feature complete? The fear of unknown timed...
30th Sep 2021
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never give up

from David Gerrells [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Sep 2021
Why do fun project ideas end up dead even when they are feature complete? The fear of unknown timed tasks is why I'll tell you what.
Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships Wisdom from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Git and Linux
8th Jul 2024
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Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships

from Engineer’s Codex [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jul 2024
Wisdom from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Git and Linux
15th Sep 2024
We spend $45,000 on doing more weird every month "Do more weird" is an actual PostHog company value , and we have a discretionary $45k/mo budget...
5th Aug 2026
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We spend $45,000 on doing more weird every month

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

5th Aug 2026
"Do more weird" is an actual PostHog company value , and we have a discretionary $45k/mo budget that anyone can use to bring weird ideas to life…
Proper UI Hierarchy Proper UI Hierarchy 2019-02-05 I often feel like an old man when I complain about flat design and...
5th Feb 2019
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Proper UI Hierarchy

from bt RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Feb 2019
Proper UI Hierarchy 2019-02-05 I often feel like an old man when I complain about flat design and how designers these days have lost (or willfully forgotten) the skill to create accessible UIs with proper visual hierarchy. A skill which at it’s core seems so simple - yet is...
Underblogged July Slim Summer Saturday   31 underblogged things I did in July Wed 1: Malted wheats for breakfast. Thu...
1st Aug 2026
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Underblogged July

from diamond geezer [alt+shift+b] in travel

1st Aug 2026
Slim Summer Saturday   31 underblogged things I did in July Wed 1: Malted wheats for breakfast. Thu 2: The buzzer wasn't working. Fri 3: Surrounded by school trip. Sat 4: Freezer so needed defrosting. Sun 5: Victoria didn't have any. Mon 6: Sara Cox pefectly adequate. Tue 7:...
The Crypto Mania Has Begun. How to Profit & Understand What's Happening If you missed out last time, this is your opportunity
11th Nov 2024
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The Crypto Mania Has Begun. How to Profit & Understand What's Happening

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Nov 2024
If you missed out last time, this is your opportunity
Giving more tools to software engineers: the reorganization of the factory It's a popular attitude among developers to rant about our tools and how broken things are. Maybe...
16th Dec 2020
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Giving more tools to software engineers: the reorganization of the factory

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

16th Dec 2020
It's a popular attitude among developers to rant about our tools and how broken things are. Maybe I'm an optimistic person, because my viewpoint is the complete opposite! I had my first job as a software engineer in 1999, and in the last two decades I've seen software engineering...
Who's afraid of East Asian management culture? TSMC's difficulties in Arizona aren't due to the mystical superiority of Confucian values.
2nd May 2024
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Who's afraid of East Asian management culture?

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

2nd May 2024
TSMC's difficulties in Arizona aren't due to the mystical superiority of Confucian values.
Scaling Career and Family: Systems Thinking, Public School, Home Enrichment Originally posted on November 29, 2025 by Dr. Christine Corbett Moran When asked on The Cheeky Pint...
3rd Dec 2025
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Scaling Career and Family: Systems Thinking, Public School, Home Enrichment

from Casey Handmer's blog [alt+shift+b] in science

3rd Dec 2025
Originally posted on November 29, 2025 by Dr. Christine Corbett Moran When asked on The Cheeky Pint podcast how we educate our children, my husband Casey Handmer replied “benign neglect.” It’s a cheeky answer that captures something real: we’re neither tiger nor helicopter...
Do Smart People Ever Say They’re Smart? (SmarterTools SmarterMail Pre-Auth RCE CVE-2025-52691) Welcome to 2026! While we are all waiting for the scheduled SSLVPN ITW exploitation programming that...
8th Jan 2026
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8th Jan 2026
Welcome to 2026! While we are all waiting for the scheduled SSLVPN ITW exploitation programming that occurs every January, we’re back from Christmas and idle hands, idle minds, yada yada. In December, we were alerted to a vulnerability in SmarterTools’ SmarterMail solution,...
LLMs Demand Observability-Driven Development Originally posted on the Honeycomb blog on September 20th, 2023 Our industry is in the early days of...
20th Sep 2023
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LLMs Demand Observability-Driven Development

from charity.wtf [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Sep 2023
Originally posted on the Honeycomb blog on September 20th, 2023 Our industry is in the early days of an explosion in software using LLMs, as well as (separately, but relatedly) a revolution in how engineers write and run code, thanks to generative AI. Many software engineers are...
What I want to do at Recurse Center Projects I want to work on at RC
24th Oct 2021
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What I want to do at Recurse Center

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Oct 2021
Projects I want to work on at RC
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Grow Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: SMBC is a comic about science, mathematics, and...
1st Feb 2026
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Grow

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

1st Feb 2026
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: SMBC is a comic about science, mathematics, and philosophy. Today's News:
The Fellowship I am a sucker for all things Joseph Shabason at this point, and maybe it's fair to call this album a...
1st May 2021
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The Fellowship

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

1st May 2021
I am a sucker for all things Joseph Shabason at this point, and maybe it's fair to call this album a little too reminiscent of his prior work, but — who cares? It's sonically diverse and lush and delightful to listen to.
AI Isn’t Replacing Open Source Andrew Baker, the current Group CIO at Capitec Bank wrote an interesting piece on AI and open...
15th Sep 2026
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AI Isn’t Replacing Open Source

from Patrick Kayongo [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Sep 2026
Andrew Baker, the current Group CIO at Capitec Bank wrote an interesting piece on AI and open source, and how these tools that generate code according to one’s specification may replace the general reliance on open source implementations done by contributors around the world. I’d...
Patterns for Building Cybersecurity Evals A sandboxed target, inputs that influence task difficulty, tools, and a grader.
21st Jun 2026
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Patterns for Building Cybersecurity Evals

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

21st Jun 2026
A sandboxed target, inputs that influence task difficulty, tools, and a grader.
What I'm up to - September 2026 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I am up to. What I did in August I moved back to New York....
1st Sep 2026
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What I'm up to - September 2026

from Philip Ilic Thomas [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Sep 2026
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I am up to. What I did in August I moved back to New York. I have been busy bouncing between hotels and touring potential homes. I visited Copenhagen for an event at noma.
The Hidden Connection That Changed Number Theory Quadratic reciprocity lurks around many corners in mathematics. By proving it, number theorists...
1st Nov 2023
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The Hidden Connection That Changed Number Theory

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

1st Nov 2023
Quadratic reciprocity lurks around many corners in mathematics. By proving it, number theorists reimagined their whole field. The post The Hidden Connection That Changed Number Theory first appeared on Quanta Magazine
How to make the best possible translation of a book? You know that frustration of reading a book that should have been an article? Me too. So I try to...
14th Aug 2024
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How to make the best possible translation of a book?

from Derek Sivers [alt+shift+b] in startups

14th Aug 2024
You know that frustration of reading a book that should have been an article? Me too. So I try to do the opposite — to write so succinctly that you wish I would have said a little more. You complete it with your own thoughts.
How To Find And Keep Joy Today it’s all about passion. Find your passion. Live passionately. Inspire the world with your...
8th Aug 2022
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How To Find And Keep Joy

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Aug 2022
Today it’s all about passion. Find your passion. Live passionately. Inspire the world with your passion. Passion, we tell ourselves, is the source of joy. The Stoics disagreed. In fact, they believed that passion(s) were what contributed to our misery. To the experts and gurus...
1st Mar 2024
Terminology matters: let's stop calling it a "sprint" If you're in the software industry, it's hard to not be aware of agile development at this point. It...
29th Apr 2020
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Terminology matters: let's stop calling it a "sprint"

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

29th Apr 2020
If you're in the software industry, it's hard to not be aware of agile development at this point. It seems like every team practices it differently, but there are certain commonalities that run through all teams I've seen. One of those is the term used for each time-delimited...
Some Future Tech Possibilities It’s difficult to pick winners and losers in the future tech game. In reality you just have to see...
1st Feb 2024
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Some Future Tech Possibilities

from NeuroLogica Blog [alt+shift+b] in science

1st Feb 2024
It’s difficult to pick winners and losers in the future tech game. In reality you just have to see what happens when you try out a new technology in the real world with actual people. Many technologies that look good on paper run into logistical problems, difficulty scaling, fall...
At least five interesting things to start your week (#42) The end of Chevron deference; export controls; jerky American profs; basic income; economics of AI;...
1st Jul 2024
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At least five interesting things to start your week (#42)

from Noahpinion [alt+shift+b] in startups

1st Jul 2024
The end of Chevron deference; export controls; jerky American profs; basic income; economics of AI; solar power uses; Global South tariffs; Gen Z wages; Stiglitz
Asus debian jessie install Reboot, hitting F2 over-and-over Turn off Fastboot and Secureboot in UEFI Download Non-free...
8th Jun 2015
1

Asus debian jessie install

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

8th Jun 2015
Reboot, hitting F2 over-and-over Turn off Fastboot and Secureboot in UEFI Download Non-free firmware Linux Questions Answer firmware-iwlwifi download Extract firmware from deb ar xv firmware-iwlwifi.deb tar xvf data.tar.xz Copy to ext4 formatted sd-card mkfs.ext4...
Momentum strategies Haven't posted anything in ages, so here's a quick hack I threw together in Python on a Sunday...
3rd Mar 2014
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Momentum strategies

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

3rd Mar 2014
Haven't posted anything in ages, so here's a quick hack I threw together in Python on a Sunday night. Basically I wanted to know whether momentum strategies work well for international stock indexes. I spent a bit of time putting together a strategy that buys the stock index if...
ZRH Art near the B gates: "Altocumulus Lenticularis" by Inigo Mnglano Ovalle.
22nd Aug 2012
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ZRH

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

22nd Aug 2012
Art near the B gates: "Altocumulus Lenticularis" by Inigo Mnglano Ovalle.
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