Essays - Benedict...
AI, tools and transformation
It’s very tempting to imagine that AI turns everyone into a tool-builder -
now everyone can just...
a week ago
It’s very tempting to imagine that AI turns everyone into a tool-builder -
now everyone can just ask the model to make the software they need, and
apps as we know them are dead. I think that misunderstands how most people
think and where software actually comes from, and...
Patterns in Humanity
The Assimilation Myth: America
Persistence and the Not-So Melting Pot
9th Apr 2025
Persistence and the Not-So Melting Pot
NeuroLogica Blog
The New TIGR-Tas Gene Editing System
Remember CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) – that new gene-editing...
3rd Mar 2025
Remember CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) – that new gene-editing system which is faster and cheaper than anything that came before it? CRISPR is derived from bacterial systems which uses guide RNA to target a specific sequence on a DNA strand....
Global Inequality...
The facts of the European (EU27) income convergence
How is Europe becoming more equal
2nd Apr 2026
How is Europe becoming more equal
McMansion Hell
2007-core nostalgia extravaganza
Quick PSA: someone on Facebook is apparently impersonating me using an account called “McMansion...
1st Sep 2024
Quick PSA: someone on Facebook is apparently impersonating me using an account called “McMansion Hell 2.0” – If you see it, please report! Thanks!
Howdy folks! I hope if you were born between 1995 and 2001 you’re ready for some indelible pre-recession vibes because I think this...
Blog - Mac Pierce
Magic Wheelchair - a Frozen sled for Angelle
Working on a Frozen themed costume for Angelle.
3rd Oct 2020
Working on a Frozen themed costume for Angelle.
37signals Dev
Mission Control — Jobs 1.0 released
We’ve just released Mission Control — Jobs v1.0.0, the dashboard and set of extensions to operate...
4th Dec 2024
We’ve just released Mission Control — Jobs v1.0.0, the dashboard and set of extensions to operate background jobs that we introduced earlier this year. This new version is the result of 92 pull requests, 67 issues and the help of 35 different contributors. It includes many...
African History...
The Ancient Empires of Africa: Imperial Governments and “Native” Rulers.
Ancient state structures in Africa included Empires, which carried with them all the complexity,...
a week ago
Ancient state structures in Africa included Empires, which carried with them all the complexity, inequalities, and political baggage inherent in such systems.
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
Trade offs in designing versatile log format
This article shows that when designing software even seemingly simple things are complicated and...
25th Mar 2019
This article shows that when designing software even seemingly simple things are complicated and trade offs abound.
I wanted to log events to a file. I had several requirements for my design:
it should be simple and therefore easy to implement
it should be human-readable
it...
The American Scholar
Natale Adgnot
Country couture
The post Natale Adgnot appeared first on The American Scholar.
3rd Nov 2025
Country couture
The post Natale Adgnot appeared first on The American Scholar.
Rachel Thomas, PhD
5 Devious Tricks Pathogens Use Against Us
“The human immune system is amazing, with an impressive range of techniques to protect against...
11th Nov 2024
“The human immune system is amazing, with an impressive range of techniques to protect against invaders.”
I see this sentiment expressed frequently by everyone from doctors quoted in newspaper articles to online commentators in parenting groups. And I share it– I loved learning...
SOCKS
Alain Biltereyst: Traces of Abstraction in the Urban Environment
Contemporary Belgian artist Alain Biltereyst works on abstract paintings characterized by bold...
4th Feb 2024
Contemporary Belgian artist Alain Biltereyst works on abstract paintings characterized by bold patterns and colors. Most of the time, the shapes he depicts are not purely the result of chosen arrangements but act as a sort of “found art”: they are extracted from existing signs,...
Project Blog on...
"AI" on a Calculator: Part 1
Can AI run on a calculator? Machine learning and computer vision algorithms can certainly be run on...
28th Mar 2023
Can AI run on a calculator? Machine learning and computer vision algorithms can certainly be run on a calculator albeit slowly: I ported a convolutional neural network (CNN) to a TI-84 Plus CE, making it capable of using “AI” to identify handwritten digits. As an added challenge,...
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Set Explicit Help Timeouts
A simple way to normalize asking for help.
5th Apr 2021
A simple way to normalize asking for help.
Val Sopi
Marching into March
<p>February was yet another month with unexpected expenses on top of my planned budget of -2500....
1st Mar 2023
<p>February was yet another month with unexpected expenses on top of my planned budget of -2500. They were again family related.</p><p>The lesson here is that my personal budget is way too tight without much margin for any unexpected expenses, especially with two growing kids and...
Engineers Need Art
Offline Advocate
Digital hoarding as a check against the ephemeral nature of the internet ... and maybe some peace of...
19th Nov 2024
Digital hoarding as a check against the ephemeral nature of the internet ... and maybe some peace of mind.
Home on Erik...
In defense of false positives (why you can't fail with A/B tests)
Many years ago, I used to think that A/B tests were foolproof and all you need to do is compare the...
30th Jul 2014
Many years ago, I used to think that A/B tests were foolproof and all you need to do is compare the metrics for the two groups. The group with the highest conversion rate wins, right?
Notes on software...
A database without dynamic memory allocation
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12th Oct 2022
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matt.sh
sqlalchemy: the async-ening
SQLAlchemy: The Async-ening
Background
SQLAlchemy is one of the seven wonders of the modern Python...
24th Apr 2021
SQLAlchemy: The Async-ening
Background
SQLAlchemy is one of the seven wonders of the modern Python ecosystem1.
SQLAlchemy recently released 1.4 (2021-03-15) as their first step to a long-term-sustainable SQL ORM architecture. Version 1.4 is an intermediate release until 2.0 can...
IEEE Spectrum
What Is an Electronic Sackbut?
If you, like me, think of musical synthesizers as an artifact of 1970s rock and disco, then you,...
1st Feb 2024
If you, like me, think of musical synthesizers as an artifact of 1970s rock and disco, then you, like me, will be surprised to learn that the first electronic synthesizer predates those genres by several decades
In 1945, Hugh Le Caine, a physicist at Canada’s National Research...
Pluralistic: Daily...
Pluralistic: Meta's new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from hurting Meta's feelings...
Today's links Meta's new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from saying mean things about...
1st Dec 2025
Today's links Meta's new top EU regulator is contractually prohibited from saying mean things about Meta: It's one thing to hire an ex-Meta lobbyist, another entirely if she's signed a non-disparagement contract. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Custom...
Ryan Barrett
New job, hello climate tech
I have a new job! I’m doing climate tech at NCX (née SilviaTerra), using satellite imagery to...
31st May 2021
I have a new job! I’m doing climate tech at NCX (née SilviaTerra), using satellite imagery to prevent deforestation and sequester more carbon in trees. A few years ago, I looked around for a side project on the climate crisis. Nothing big, maybe 5-10 hours a week, but I was ready...
Applied Cartography
Cameraperson
Read review: Cameraperson
1st Jan 2026
Read review: Cameraperson
Allen Pike
Test Coverage Won't Save You
Forestwalk’s CTO Jenn Cooper shares what she’s been learning about tests, after a couple years of...
8th Jun 2026
Forestwalk’s CTO Jenn Cooper shares what she’s been learning about tests, after a couple years of increasingly coding with agents:
Most discussions about AI-native development jump from this problem – agents’ tendency to accumulate tech debt – directly to tests. … Tests verify...
Blog System/5
Bazel and action (non-) determinism
A key feature of Bazel is its ability to produce fast, reliable builds by caching the output of...
21st Jul 2025
A key feature of Bazel is its ability to produce fast, reliable builds by caching the output of actions.
Tony Finch's blog
C is Turing complete
Yesterday there was some discussion on the Orange Site about whether
or not C is Turing...
2nd Aug 2024
Yesterday there was some discussion on the Orange Site about whether
or not C is Turing complete.
The consensus in the StackOverflow question is,
no, because the C abstract machine is a (large) finite state
machine,
or maybe yes, if you believe that unaddressable local...
seangoedecke.com RSS...
How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
4th Oct 2025
Cybercultural:...
Book Update Plus My Thoughts on ChatGPT and Generative AI
This month I finished the first draft of my “Web 2.0 memoir,” which weighed in at 153,000 words....
23rd Jun 2023
This month I finished the first draft of my “Web 2.0 memoir,” which weighed in at 153,000 words. I’ve been working on this book for the past eight months; every weekday, before breakfast in the early morning. My plan is still to serialize the book here on Cybercultural, which I’m...
Writing - Andreas...
Why I don’t give investment advice
When people ask for advice on personal investing, I’ve found they are
either looking for...
9th Jul 2023
When people ask for advice on personal investing, I’ve found they are
either looking for confirmation that what they do is great (it’s usually
not) or some sort of secret sauce for outperforming the market (which
doesn’t exist). So people are inevitably disappointed by the...
axio.ms
32-bit hat, with LEDs
Built in November 2015 (now-traditional multi-year writeup delay applied)
A hat,...
14th Sep 2021
Built in November 2015 (now-traditional multi-year writeup delay applied)
A hat, bejewelled with 38 RGB LEDs
Is this thing on..? It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these.
So, the hat. It’s been on the writeup pile for almost 6 years, nagging away. Finally...
Not Boring by Packy...
Bad Analogies
Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon
2nd Apr 2026
Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon
Writing
The Boys in the Boat
A friend of mine who's in finance told me that the book is a cult favorite in his office, as most of...
14th Jan 2019
A friend of mine who's in finance told me that the book is a cult favorite in his office, as most of them did crew in college.
There's gotta be a word for the narrative neatness that this book employs. Of course the UW folks are the young upstarts — of course they are portrayed...
Opsbros
Artemis 1 Countdown
I've been following the Artemis 1 Launch Schedule quite closely on a few forums and discussing it...
4th Sep 2022
I've been following the Artemis 1 Launch Schedule quite closely on a few forums and discussing it with serveral people, and I had been regularly posting updated DateandTime countdown links for the revised launch attempts. With the schedule chnages and scrubs that have happened...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Just stop adding people.
“Communication is a sign of dysfunction.”
– Jeff Bezos, via Brad Stone, The
Everything Store
Slack...
28th Mar 2023
“Communication is a sign of dysfunction.”
– Jeff Bezos, via Brad Stone, The
Everything Store
Slack is a great way to destroy a workday.
You can lose whole days hammering out details with coworkers across a
few Slack threads.
But communication is the cost you pay for capacity—the...
Notes on software...
Logical replication in Postgres: Basics
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17th Jan 2025
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Musings on Markets
Sovereign Ratings, Default Risk and Markets: The Moody's Downgrade Aftermath!
I was on a family vacation in August 2011 when I received an email from a journalist asking me what...
2nd Jun 2025
I was on a family vacation in August 2011 when I received an email from a journalist asking me what I thought about the S&P ratings downgrade for the US. Since I stay blissfully unaware of most news stories and things related to markets when I am on the beach, I had to look up...
anthonynsimon.com
The Tech Stack of a One-Man SaaS
In this post I'll describe the tools and services I use to run my SaaS business. From programming...
22nd Nov 2020
In this post I'll describe the tools and services I use to run my SaaS business. From programming languages to open source libraries to Kubernetes tools for easy deployments.
Dan Slimmon
Incident SEV scales are a waste of time
Ask an engineering leader about their incident response protocol and they’ll tell you about their...
29th Jan 2025
Ask an engineering leader about their incident response protocol and they’ll tell you about their severity scale. “The first thing we do is we assign a severity to the incident,” they’ll say, “so the right people will get notified.” And this is sensible. In order to figure out...
Notes on software...
Intuitions for Distributed Consensus by Phil Eaton
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8th Oct 2024
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Jason Fried
Questions and Answers vs. Features and Benefits
When making products, you can think of them as a collection of features or answers.
Some people may...
12th Sep 2024
When making products, you can think of them as a collection of features or answers.
Some people may say "you mean features or benefits?" No, I mean answers. Answers are counterpoints to questions people have in their heads. Answers fill holes, answers snap into sockets. Benefits...
A Smart Bear
AI startups require new strategies: This time it's actually different
The typical dynamics between startups and incumbents do not apply in AI as they did in previous...
3rd Mar 2024
The typical dynamics between startups and incumbents do not apply in AI as they did in previous technology revolutions like mobile and the Internet. Ignore this at your peril.
Kagi Blog
Kagi status update: First three years
Three years ago, Kagi officially launched with a splash on popular technology forum Hacker News (to...
2nd Jun 2025
Three years ago, Kagi officially launched with a splash on popular technology forum Hacker News (to which we are eternally grateful for helping put Kagi on the map).
ByteofDev
Why I hate JavaScript numbers and what everyone has (not) done with them
JavaScript went against the grain in only using floating point numbers initially, and now we pay the...
26th Mar 2025
JavaScript went against the grain in only using floating point numbers initially, and now we pay the price
The Tao Of Wealth
Strategies for making your ideas happen
This post contains my notes from the book: More Fearless Change: Strategies for making your ideas...
1st Aug 2019
This post contains my notes from the book: More Fearless Change: Strategies for making your ideas happen by Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising. The book contains many useful strategies for making change happen in an effective manner. Read the strategies from two perspectives: As a...
Works in Progress...
The great reinforcer
Alongside all the successes of science in the Covid era, the pandemic has also sparked an outbreak...
8th Feb 2021
Alongside all the successes of science in the Covid era, the pandemic has also sparked an outbreak of viral misinformation and sloppy research, revealing the glaring flaws in our scientific system.
Classical Wisdom
Who Was the Real Aspasia?
The “Prostitute” Who May Have Taught Socrates
a week ago
The “Prostitute” Who May Have Taught Socrates
Justin Jackson
Passion needs rigor
In modern society, we talk a lot about following our passion. But passion isn't enough. It needs to...
7th Feb 2019
In modern society, we talk a lot about following our passion. But passion isn't enough. It needs to be molded through deliberate practice.
Bryan Braun - Blog
Quality vs quantity in the age of AI
Over the last four months I’ve increased my use of AI for web dev work pretty dramatically. I use it...
27th Apr 2026
Over the last four months I’ve increased my use of AI for web dev work pretty dramatically. I use it every day at work, as do most of my coworkers. I don’t think it’s disputed anymore that AI-assisted development can save a lot of time and effort. The question is, what do we do...
Noahpinion
Slopulism is taking over America
Sometimes bad populist ideas are just a mistake; sometimes they're being promoted for ideological...
2nd Aug 2026
Sometimes bad populist ideas are just a mistake; sometimes they're being promoted for ideological reasons.
Seth's Blog
Are you doing what you said you wanted to do?
If you want to be a poet, write poetry. Every day. Show us your work. If you want to do improv,...
1st Sep 2023
If you want to be a poet, write poetry. Every day. Show us your work. If you want to do improv, start a troupe. Don’t wait to get picked. If you want to help animals, don’t wait for vet school. Volunteer at an animal shelter right now. If you want to write a screenplay, write […]
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware January 2023
The Ware for January 2023 is a front-end readout board from the KASCADE muon detector. Thanks again...
27th Feb 2023
The Ware for January 2023 is a front-end readout board from the KASCADE muon detector. Thanks again to cpresser for contributing the ware, and also congratulations to AZeta for nailing it! email me for your prize.
Adventures In...
Close Encounters of the Cartographic Kind
I was watching the Steven Spielberg 1977 classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, with the...
23rd May 2024
I was watching the Steven Spielberg 1977 classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, with the family last night and nerded out when I saw a character that claimed to be a cartographer. I always do. It was the cartographer who recognized that the signals the aliens sent were...
McMansion Hell
About my last few months.
the hairshirt doldrums
About my last few months.
6th Mar 2025
the hairshirt doldrums
About my last few months.
Anthony Castrio's...
How I grew from 1,000 to 25,000 daily readers.
Updates on growing a newsletter business.
7th Aug 2023
Updates on growing a newsletter business.
Rubenerd
The Llama Book
There are certain books within technical communities where even an indirect reference (a pointer,...
2nd Dec 2025
There are certain books within technical communities where even an indirect reference (a pointer, you could say) will conjure wonderful memories of first learning to program in anyone who hears it (these are distinct from Clojure memories).
The Pickaxe Book. K&R. Chunky...
Notes on software...
First month on a database team
A little over a month ago, I joined EnterpriseDB on a
distributed Postgres product
(PGD). The...
11th Mar 2024
A little over a month ago, I joined EnterpriseDB on a
distributed Postgres product
(PGD). The process of onboarding
myself has been pretty similar at each company in the last decade,
though I think I've gotten better at it. The process is of course
influenced by the team, and my...
cdixon
The next big thing will start out looking like a toy
One of the amazing things about the internet economy is how different the list of top internet...
3rd Jan 2010
One of the amazing things about the internet economy is how different the list of top internet properties today looks from the list ten…
Stephen Diehl
Diaconescu's Theorem
Diaconescu's Theorem
Diaconescu's Theorem, discovered by Radu Diaconescu in 1975, reveals a...
5th Aug 2024
Diaconescu's Theorem
Diaconescu's Theorem, discovered by Radu Diaconescu in 1975, reveals a fascinating and surprising connection between two fundamental principles in mathematics: the Axiom of Choice and the Law of Excluded Middle. In simple terms, the theorem states that if you...
Eric Migicovsky's...
The best data warehouses for developers, compared
With most warehouses, answering a data question involves an ingestion pipeline, a dbt model, a...
a week ago
With most warehouses, answering a data question involves an ingestion pipeline, a dbt model, a permissions grant, and a BI dashboard. And they're all…
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Mirror
As the year draws to a close with gloomy December days compensated with lots of artificial lighting,...
4th Dec 2024
As the year draws to a close with gloomy December days compensated with lots of artificial lighting, it's not surprising that many people take the time to reflect on their recent past — what we've managed to achieve, what we learned, what we failed in, where we went, and what we...
Retail Design Blog
FENDI store
FENDI has upgraded its presence in Osaka‘s downtown Shinsaibashi area by relocating to new and...
1st Jul 2024
FENDI has upgraded its presence in Osaka‘s downtown Shinsaibashi area by relocating to new and bigger premises a few blocks...
Moneyness
Your finances are being snooped on. Here's how
We all have a pretty good idea that our finances are being snooped on, but most of us aren't quite...
12th Jul 2024
We all have a pretty good idea that our finances are being snooped on, but most of us aren't quite able to articulate how. We know that we're being snooped on by two groups, corporations and the government. This post will focus on how the government surveils our transactions,...
Daniel Bourke
My book Charlie Walks: A Novel is now available worldwide
Charlie Walks: A Novel now shipping paperback copies worldwide.
11th Nov 2022
Charlie Walks: A Novel now shipping paperback copies worldwide.
Ed Zitron's Where's...
OpenAI Is Just Another Boring, Desperate AI Startup
What is OpenAI?
I realize you might say "a foundation model lab" or "the company that runs ChatGPT,"...
3rd Oct 2025
What is OpenAI?
I realize you might say "a foundation model lab" or "the company that runs ChatGPT," but that doesn't really give the full picture of everything it’s promised, or claimed, or leaked that it was or would be.
No, really,
Coding Horror
Updating The Single Most Influential Book of the BASIC Era
In a way, these two books are responsible for my entire professional career.
With early computers,...
31st Dec 2021
In a way, these two books are responsible for my entire professional career.
With early computers, you didn't boot up to a fancy schmancy desktop, or a screen full of apps you could easily poke and prod with your finger. No, those computers booted up to the command
Drew Ex Machina
The Promise of MIDAS: The First Experimental Early Warning Satellites
Today in the United States we almost take for granted the military’s ability to detect missile...
19th Jul 2023
Today in the United States we almost take for granted the military’s ability to detect missile launches anywhere on the planet and quickly determine whether it […]
Internal Tech Emails
Steve Jobs's drafts | Elon Musk's coinvestors
For your eyes only. Thoughts?
14th Sep 2025
For your eyes only. Thoughts?
Justin Jackson
How desperation affects creativity
7th Jun 2014
Hickman's...
How to Live on $432 a Month in America
(For All Expenses)
19th May 2025
There are two types...
MSG
Two MSG quotes: “In animal studies, injecting high doses of MSG into the brains of rats made them...
22nd May 2021
Two MSG quotes: “In animal studies, injecting high doses of MSG into the brains of rats made them fat.” – Wikipedia “Through Pennsylvania Station one entered the city like a god…. One scuttles in now like a rat” [under Madison … Continue reading →
The post MSG appeared first on...
Marian's Blog
ESA ExoMars Rover 3D model
This is one of my first 3D modeling projects in Blender and my biggest 3D modeling project so...
22nd Jul 2018
This is one of my first 3D modeling projects in Blender and my biggest 3D modeling project so far.
It's a model of ESA's ExoMars rover.
You can have a closer look at the model on Sketchfab:
There is also a download option on Sketchfab so you can get the original .blend file and...
Slow Boring
Sunday Thread + Mailbag
Ask your questions below.
1st Feb 2026
Ask your questions below.
Open Culture
Discover Hannah Arendt’s Syllabus for Her 1974 Course on “Thinking”
If you’ve read one work of Hannah Arendt’s, it’s probably Eichmann in Jerusalem, her account of the...
2nd Dec 2024
If you’ve read one work of Hannah Arendt’s, it’s probably Eichmann in Jerusalem, her account of the trial of the eponymous Nazi official — and the source of her much-quoted phrase “the banality of evil.” That book came out in 1963, at which time Arendt still had a dozen...
Quentin Santos
On-Die ECC
This article will be pretty short. When I built my new desktop computer, I considered ECC memory....
11th Nov 2024
This article will be pretty short. When I built my new desktop computer, I considered ECC memory. So, I looked around for DDR5 ECC memory. Surprisingly, DDR5 memory sticks that mentioned ECC was not significantly more expensive than other DDR5 memory sticks. Sometimes, they were...
escape the algorithm
ETA's Best links of 2024
Relinking some Links links
22nd Dec 2024
Relinking some Links links
Writing - Andreas...
Early-stage engineering
Early on you need to be fast. And to do that you have to have the
confidence to break with best...
1st Oct 2023
Early on you need to be fast. And to do that you have to have the
confidence to break with best practices.
julian.digital
Thoughts on Clubhouse
Today marks the 77th day since I got onboarded to Clubhouse. Clubhouse, for those not familiar with...
21st Dec 2020
Today marks the 77th day since I got onboarded to Clubhouse. Clubhouse, for those not familiar with it, is essentially an audio-first social network. It’s kind of a mix between Reddit and a podcast. An interactive radio show. The app lets you jump into different chat rooms and...
Julia Evans
"Rules" that terminal programs follow
Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal
is some combination...
12th Dec 2024
Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal
is some combination of:
Your operating system’s job
Your shell’s job
Your terminal emulator’s job
The job of whatever program you happen to be running (like top or vim or cat)
The first three (your...
Jonas Hietala
IDA Summer of Code 2014: Summary
This is a wrap-up post of my entry to IDA Summer of Code this year.
Quick stats
65 merged...
6th Oct 2014
This is a wrap-up post of my entry to IDA Summer of Code this year.
Quick stats
65 merged commits
6790 lines added
2822 lines deleted
36 pull requests, 34 merged
12 pull requests directly fixing issues
rest either documentation or cleanup
1 RFC submitted...
Fabien Sanglard
dEngine Source Code Released
More...
28th Apr 2011
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What America has meant to me
Every time I have given up on America, it has been a mistake. And yet, America has never, ever given...
5th Jul 2026
Every time I have given up on America, it has been a mistake. And yet, America has never, ever given up on me.
Kagi Blog
The many benefits of paying for search
“Wait, you PAY for search?” We get this reaction a lot about Kagi.
18th Aug 2025
“Wait, you PAY for search?” We get this reaction a lot about Kagi.
Applied Cartography
May, 2026
There are two mental models about work and fatigue which, like my brief dalliance with Roshe Runs, I...
1st Jun 2026
There are two mental models about work and fatigue which, like my brief dalliance with Roshe Runs, I have loved and outgrown:
Making software...
CSS Variables
CSS Variables
2018-03-24
The CSS language is becoming even more awesome and powerful everyday. In...
24th Mar 2018
CSS Variables
2018-03-24
The CSS language is becoming even more awesome and powerful everyday. In this quick article I'd like to focus specifically on the "new" CSS variable function that you can start using in your projects right now.
Getting started is easy
Let's just jump...
Words and Buttons...
Why learn about the golden-section search
An interactive demo of bisection search and golden ratio search algorithms. There is also a...
29th Jun 2025
An interactive demo of bisection search and golden ratio search algorithms. There is also a motivation to learn them both. Spoiler alert! One converges better, and the other has a better computational cost.
Computer Ads from...
Dipco's Easy Reader
"Sight for Sore Eyes"
1st Nov 2024
Abishek Muthian
BigBasket slot alert
BigBasket is the leading online grocery delivery portal in India, due to the reduced workforce and...
19th Apr 2020
BigBasket is the leading online grocery delivery portal in India, due to the reduced workforce and extraordinary demand; the bookings happen at random slots and we have no other choice but to keep checking the app regularly.
A need gap was posted recently, asking for a solution...
Jonas Hietala
A Simple Thought
I wrote that we where doing some microprogramming, making the processor work etc. We had a lab about...
2nd Feb 2012
I wrote that we where doing some microprogramming, making the processor work etc. We had a lab about that yesterday and I was very, very nervous. The preparations weren’t that hard, but they where very bothersome. Converting the instructions to binary/hex by hand is never nice....
TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Non-Abrahamic World Religions and Philosophies
The term “Abrahamic Religion” refers to the shared figure of Abraham, patriarch of the major...
1st Nov 2025
The term “Abrahamic Religion” refers to the shared figure of Abraham, patriarch of the major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Abraham’s presence in the holy texts of monotheism signifies shared ancestry and a degree of commonality. Many contemporary...
Blog | Sam Curry
Abusing HTTP Path Normalization and Cache Poisoning to steal Rocket League accounts
19th Apr 2020
ntietz.com blog -...
The bittersweet end of a year of independence
Just over a year ago, I left the startup I was working for and started my own business. My intention...
2nd Sep 2017
Just over a year ago, I left the startup I was working for and started my own business. My intention was to do freelance work ("consulting", to all my clients) until I was able to launch my first product, and then shift into being a product company. My ambitions and confidence...
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
20th Mar 2024
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
NeuroLogica Blog
A Climate Debate Regarding Health Effects – Part III
Part 3 Hi Steve, and thank you for your timely response, and for even considering hosting this...
6th Mar 2023
Part 3 Hi Steve, and thank you for your timely response, and for even considering hosting this debate. There has been, and continues to be a “blackout” on almost all discussion regarding the science behind climate change. If “The science” is truly “settled”, it is a pretty shaky...
Making software...
Introducing PageRoast
Introducing PageRoast
2021-03-11
Following up with my concept of releasing small side projects...
11th Mar 2021
Introducing PageRoast
2021-03-11
Following up with my concept of releasing small side projects weekly, I have officially launched PageRoast. What is PageRoast I hear you ask?
Receive a detailed report analyzing your landing page with actionable items to improve your conversion...
Eugene Yan
How to Generate and Use Synthetic Data for Finetuning
Overcoming the bottleneck of human annotations in instruction-tuning, preference-tuning, and...
11th Feb 2024
Overcoming the bottleneck of human annotations in instruction-tuning, preference-tuning, and pretraining.
bt RSS Feed
My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design
My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design
2021-05-19
Hey would you look at that - my personal...
19th May 2021
My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design
2021-05-19
Hey would you look at that - my personal blog has been redesigned again! Although I am still using good ol’ Jekyll for the backend, I have now added a more fleshed-out CSS design which also includes a set of open source...
Marc Astbury
Osaka Team Retreat Recap
We just wrapped up our offsite in Osaka, the first time we’ve held a retreat in a location where...
26th Apr 2025
We just wrapped up our offsite in Osaka, the first time we’ve held a retreat in a location where nobody on the team is a local. With our team now at ~10 people, gone are the days of just a handful of us meeting up and figuring out what to do on the fly. Ensuring […]
The post...
Winnie Lim
2024: one pull up
One of my biggest goals last year was to run 10km – for me it is not just a distance goal for the...
7th Jan 2024
One of my biggest goals last year was to run 10km – for me it is not just a distance goal for the sake of having a distance goal, but rather cultivating...
Peder M. Isager
Quantifying the corroboration of a finding
A summary of the pros and cons of multiple candidate statistics.
12th Apr 2019
A summary of the pros and cons of multiple candidate statistics.
Tinloof - Blog
Perfecting the design handover process
At Tinloof, we aim for seamless and efficient design handoffs, drawing from our experience...
2nd Oct 2023
At Tinloof, we aim for seamless and efficient design handoffs, drawing from our experience completing dozens of projects.
Our ultimate goal is a "0 questions asked" handoff, akin to an improved IKEA assembly experience.
In this article, we'll explore the three core sections...
Benny Kuriakose
A Guide to Interior Photography of Historic Buildings - Part III
Interior views add valuable information to the documentation of a historic building. To capture the...
10th Apr 2023
Interior views add valuable information to the documentation of a historic building. To capture the true essence of the building, the...
Working Theorys
The Generational Business Trap | Theory No. 11
On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
8th May 2023
On the varied longevity of businesses & why we shouldn't idolize permanence.
Atoms vs Bits
You're Stressing People Out
or at least, you might be
2nd Feb 2026
or at least, you might be
Dylan Huang Blog
I Reviewed 1,000s of Opinions on GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot has recently taken the software engineering world by storm, hitting a milestone of...
10th Oct 2023
GitHub Copilot has recently taken the software engineering world by storm, hitting a milestone of $100M ARR. This achievement alone qualifies it to be a publicly listed company. Meanwhile, funding continues to flow into code-focused LLM use cases. But what do developers actually...
Applied Cartography
Expecting Better
Really good book, and one I would recommend to anyone thinking about family planning. Nothing coy or...
3rd Nov 2023
Really good book, and one I would recommend to anyone thinking about family planning. Nothing coy or clever to say; just thought it was solid, actionable, and sober without being a drag to read.
Sam Altman
2017 YC Annual Letter
Dear YC Community:
In response to a comment on Hacker News, I’m going to try writing an annual...
16th Feb 2017
Dear YC Community:
In response to a comment on Hacker News, I’m going to try writing an annual letter to the YC community with an update on our progress.
Our mission is to enable the most innovation of any company in the world in order to make the future great for everyone. We...
Diaries of Note
Happy New Year
It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared...
1st Jan 2024
It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared 365 diary entries written by 365 different people—each offering a chance to live a day in someone else’s shoes. It’s been an intense and remarkable year, filled with insights,...
Articles - Alex...
The digital dark side
The advent of digital media promised so much. Savvy shoppers would no
longer be surreptitiously...
3rd Sep 2018
The advent of digital media promised so much. Savvy shoppers would no
longer be surreptitiously swayed by advertising alone. The internet would
enable them to research products. Social media would allow them to share
their experiences. And ecommence would provide the power...
Tony Dinh's...
Jan 2021: I got a $500K acquisition offer!
...and other updates in January 2022 from me
5th Feb 2023
...and other updates in January 2022 from me
Buttondown's blog
Send your RSS digest on any day of the month
Monthly RSS-to-email sends can now land on any day of the month, not just the first, last, or a...
1st Aug 2026
Monthly RSS-to-email sends can now land on any day of the month, not just the first, last, or a given weekday.
Paolo Amoroso's...
Early simulations with GravityLoops
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