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Avoid multitasking to write better code Multitasking is incredibly alluring. Why go slowly, doing one thing at a time, if you could get a...
26th Oct 2018
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Avoid multitasking to write better code

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

26th Oct 2018
Multitasking is incredibly alluring. Why go slowly, doing one thing at a time, if you could get a second thing done? Why not fill those five seconds while your code compiles with reading an article about the latest web frameworks? In fact, multitasking is hiding everywhere in...
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Scaling by "delegation" isn't good enough Delegation doesn't scale your business. What does: Creating a team that is better than the current...
7th Dec 2025
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Scaling by "delegation" isn't good enough

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

7th Dec 2025
Delegation doesn't scale your business. What does: Creating a team that is better than the current team. Including you.
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Plaid Layoffs and beyond Last week, Plaid announced laying off 20% of its workforce (260 people). Today I signed my...
13th Dec 2022
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Plaid Layoffs and beyond

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

13th Dec 2022
Last week, Plaid announced laying off 20% of its workforce (260 people). Today I signed my termination agreement, which makes this week my last week as part of Plaid’s infrastructure team. Kelly Sikkema Moving forward While being laid off and having to leave a very talented...
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Compensation as a Reflection of Values Compensation: the word alone is enough to trigger a fight-or-flight reaction in many. But we in...
3rd Mar 2021
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Compensation as a Reflection of Values

from Oxide Computer Company Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Mar 2021
Compensation: the word alone is enough to trigger a fight-or-flight reaction in many. But we in technology have the good fortune of being in a well-compensated domain, so why does this issue induce such anxiety when our basic needs are clearly covered? If it needs to be said,...
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Another vulnerability in the LPC55S69 ROM Here at Oxide, we continue to work on building servers as they should be. Last year, we discovered...
23rd Mar 2022
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Another vulnerability in the LPC55S69 ROM

from Oxide Computer Company Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Mar 2022
Here at Oxide, we continue to work on building servers as they should be. Last year, we discovered an undocumented hardware block in the LPC55S69 (our chosen part for our product’s Root of Trust implementation) that could be used to violate security boundaries. This issue...
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My Blog Engine is the Erlang Build Tool From time to time, people ask me what I use to power my blog, maybe because they like the minimalist...
2nd Sep 2024
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My Blog Engine is the Erlang Build Tool

from Ferd.ca [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Sep 2024
From time to time, people ask me what I use to power my blog, maybe because they like the minimalist form it has. I tell them it’s a bad idea and that I use the Erlang compiler infrastructure for it, and they agree to look elsewhere. After launching my notes section, I had to...
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glimpses of the future Glimpse v1.0 Glimpse can now build call graphs, showing you exactly how functions relate to each...
1st Jan 2026
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glimpses of the future

from seated.ro [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jan 2026
Glimpse v1.0 Glimpse can now build call graphs, showing you exactly how functions relate to each other in your codebase. Video # what does main call? glimpse code :main # what calls this function? (reverse call graph) glimpse code :process_request --callers # limit the...
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I’m (re-)starting a newsletter Just a quick update to let those of you who bookmarked this blog or who have subscribed to my RSS...
11th May 2026
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I’m (re-)starting a newsletter

from On Test Automation [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th May 2026
Just a quick update to let those of you who bookmarked this blog or who have subscribed to my RSS feed know that I have (re-)started a newsletter. Why a newsletter? As you might know (or not), while I’ve been pretty active on LinkedIn over the years, I do have a love-hate (or...
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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
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Early-stage engineering

from Writing - Andreas Fragner [alt+shift+b] in programming

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.
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Ink Note Q2 2025: Scribble on your Google Calendar How would it feel if you could scribble on top of your Google Calendar events?
22nd May 2025
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Ink Note Q2 2025: Scribble on your Google Calendar

from Ink & Switch [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd May 2025
How would it feel if you could scribble on top of your Google Calendar events?
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2025 Advice to my old selves I turned a birthday recently and it was so busy (DataCouncil + sg flight) that i never really got...
15th May 2025
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2025 Advice to my old selves

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

15th May 2025
I turned a birthday recently and it was so busy (DataCouncil + sg flight) that i never really got the chance to sit and reflect. a lot of things are going well, lots more could be better. I'm the only person responsible for preserving the good and fixing the bad. I'm now back on...
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TikTok and the Sorting Hat I often describe myself as a cultural determinist, more as a way to differentiate myself from people...
4th Aug 2020
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TikTok and the Sorting Hat

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

4th Aug 2020
I often describe myself as a cultural determinist, more as a way to differentiate myself from people with other dominant worldviews, though I am not a strict adherent. It’s more that in many situations when people ascribe causal power to something other than culture, I’m...
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Turing Machine Halting in Lean
31st Jan 2022
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Turing Machine Halting in Lean

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

31st Jan 2022
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Local Optimizations Don't Lead to Global Optimums I like to think that I write code deliberately. I’m an admittedly slow developer, and I want to...
18th Nov 2024
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Local Optimizations Don't Lead to Global Optimums

from Ferd.ca [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Nov 2024
I like to think that I write code deliberately. I’m an admittedly slow developer, and I want to believe I do so on purpose. I want to know as much as I can about the context of what it is that I'm automating. I also use a limited set of tools. I used old computers for a long...
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Lineage of CBA CAD tools
9th Jan 2017
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Lineage of CBA CAD tools

from Matt Keeter [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Jan 2017
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What is Backend-as-a-Service? Plenty of people have heard of SaaS, or Software-as-a-Service, which is simply software made...
5th Dec 2022
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What is Backend-as-a-Service?

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

5th Dec 2022
Plenty of people have heard of SaaS, or Software-as-a-Service, which is simply software made available by a third party over the internet. Think Salesforce, WordPress, or MailChimp. And most people know what a “backend developer” is, that is, someone who is responsible for things...
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Nobody pays for open source. We can force them to.
13th Sep 2026
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Nobody pays for open source. We can force them to.

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

13th Sep 2026
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Install JSDOM On Windows JSDOM is an awesome node package for simulating a browser environment. It’s a NodeJS implementation...
6th Feb 2014
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Install JSDOM On Windows

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

6th Feb 2014
JSDOM is an awesome node package for simulating a browser environment. It’s a NodeJS implementation of the DOM that makes it super easy to work with pages retrieved from the Internet. Unfortunately, JSDOM relies on a node package called Contextify that is difficult to get working...
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Why I retired from the tech crusades When Ruby on Rails was launched over twenty years ago, I was a twenty-some young programmer...
2nd Jun 2024
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Why I retired from the tech crusades

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

2nd Jun 2024
When Ruby on Rails was launched over twenty years ago, I was a twenty-some young programmer convinced that anyone who gave my stack a try would accept its universal superiority for solving The Web Problem. So I pursued the path of the crusade, attempting to convert the...
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Swearing and automatic captions Swearing is the spice of language. Throw in a little to make that fucking point you want to make...
5th Dec 2022
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Swearing and automatic captions

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

5th Dec 2022
Swearing is the spice of language. Throw in a little to make that fucking point you want to make pop. Throw in a shitload to create a motherfucking verbal curry, layers of delicious goddamn meaning to unpack. Swearing is also present in every culture I can think of, with culture...
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The Picture They Paint of You I keep noticing that the way AI SREs and coding agents are sold is fairly different: coding...
23rd Feb 2026
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The Picture They Paint of You

from Ferd.ca [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Feb 2026
I keep noticing that the way AI SREs and coding agents are sold is fairly different: coding assistants are framed as augmenting engineers and are given names, and AI SREs are named “AI SRE” and generally marketed as a good way to make sure nobody is distracted by unproductive...
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When You Get to Be Smart Writing a Macro Day-to-day programming isn’t always exciting. Most of the code we write is pretty straightforward:...
1st May 2025
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When You Get to Be Smart Writing a Macro

from tonsky.me [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2025
Day-to-day programming isn’t always exciting. Most of the code we write is pretty straightforward: open a file, apply a function, commit a transaction, send JSON. Finding a problem that can be solved not the hard way, but smart way, is quite rare. I’m really happy I found this...
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Delightful React File/Directory Structure How should we structure components and other files in our React apps? I've iterated my way to a...
15th Mar 2022
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Delightful React File/Directory Structure

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

15th Mar 2022
How should we structure components and other files in our React apps? I've iterated my way to a solution I'm really happy with. In this blog post, I'll share how it works, what the tradeoffs are, and how I mitigate them.
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What’s on my ballot: June 2022 California primary election Here’s how I’m voting in the June 2022 primary election. While preparing for this election, I...
6th Jun 2022
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What’s on my ballot: June 2022 California primary election

from Kevin Chen [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Jun 2022
Here’s how I’m voting in the June 2022 primary election. While preparing for this election, I consulted the San Francisco Chronicle and SPUR endorsements. Contents California Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Controller Treasurer Insurance Commissioner United...
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2015-05-07
7th May 2015
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2015-05-07

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

7th May 2015
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Best Rust books for 2024 There are many Rust books, but these are my favourites—and I think you’ll like them too. Here are...
5th Jul 2024
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Best Rust books for 2024

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

5th Jul 2024
There are many Rust books, but these are my favourites—and I think you’ll like them too. Here are my reviews of what I think are the truly essential Rust books available today.
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Scraping Javascript page using Python Simple code example to illustrate scraping a javascript driven website, using Python and Dryscape.
18th Oct 2014
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Scraping Javascript page using Python

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Oct 2014
Simple code example to illustrate scraping a javascript driven website, using Python and Dryscape.
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How to Hire a CTO for Your Startup This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help...
9th Jul 2021
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How to Hire a CTO for Your Startup

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

9th Jul 2021
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help early-stage founders tackle the problems they […] The post How to Hire a CTO for Your Startup appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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ViHN: Vim for Hacker News tl;dr: I made ViHN to read Hacker News without having to move my hands away from the keyboard. It’s...
24th Feb 2024
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ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

from Quentin Santos [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Feb 2024
tl;dr: I made ViHN to read Hacker News without having to move my hands away from the keyboard. It’s freely available on Firefox and Chrome. This is about yet another Hacker News extension. But other people with my obsession for killing the mouse might enjoy it. Most of the...
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Going vimgan
6th Mar 2013
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Going vimgan

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

6th Mar 2013
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x86 Addressing Modes, Part 2: Indirect, Indexed, and Offset-based Modes In this final part on addressing modes, we learn about indirect, indexed and offset-based addressing...
9th Aug 2026
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x86 Addressing Modes, Part 2: Indirect, Indexed, and Offset-based Modes

from Confessions of a Code Addict [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Aug 2026
In this final part on addressing modes, we learn about indirect, indexed and offset-based addressing modes along with some interesting examples and exercises.
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Demystifying styled-components For so many React devs, styled-components seems kinda magical. It isn't at all clear how it uses...
21st Jun 2021
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Demystifying styled-components

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

21st Jun 2021
For so many React devs, styled-components seems kinda magical. It isn't at all clear how it uses traditional CSS features under-the-hood, and that lack of clarity can cause real problems when things go awry. In this post, we'll learn exactly how styled-components works by...
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Introducing Loose Leaf Security, and our first episode: Securing your online account passwords I just launched a new project with Geoffrey Thomas: Loose Leaf Security, a podcast about making good...
4th Jun 2018
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Introducing Loose Leaf Security, and our first episode: Securing your online account passwords

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

4th Jun 2018
I just launched a new project with Geoffrey Thomas: Loose Leaf Security, a podcast about making good computer security for everyone. We believe you don't need to be a software engineer or security professional to understand how to keep your devices and data safe. In every...
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Square joy: pre-order
5th Jun 2022
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Square joy: pre-order

from MMapped blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jun 2022
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2024 Book Roundup My goal for 2024 was to read 30 books. I had set a stretch goal despite not meeting my 2023 goal. I...
5th Jan 2025
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2024 Book Roundup

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

5th Jan 2025
My goal for 2024 was to read 30 books. I had set a stretch goal despite not meeting my 2023 goal. I finished 31 books in 2024 and I am damn proud of that. I found myself prioritizing reading and having more time to do so. Perhaps it was finally abandoning Twitter, after realizing...
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Using AWK like grep with envvars This is a little tip that was impossible for me to DuckDuckGo (that’s right, I use DuckDuckGo like a...
6th May 2018
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Using AWK like grep with envvars

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

6th May 2018
This is a little tip that was impossible for me to DuckDuckGo (that’s right, I use DuckDuckGo like a verb). Like everyone who lives the daily joy (and, frequently, deep frustration) of using the command line to accomplish day-to-day tasks I am a fairly deft manipulator of...
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I'm doing another Recurse Center batch! Hello! I’m going to do a batch (virtually) at the Recurse Center, starting on Monday. I’ll probably...
6th Nov 2020
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I'm doing another Recurse Center batch!

from Rc-2020 on Julia Evans [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Nov 2020
Hello! I’m going to do a batch (virtually) at the Recurse Center, starting on Monday. I’ll probably be blogging about what I learn there, so I want to talk a bit about my plans! I’m excited about this because: I love RC, it’s my favourite programming community, and I’ve always...
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Trying to Make Sense of Casing Conventions on the Web (I present to you my stream of consciousness on the topic of casing as it applies to the web...
4th Sep 2025
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Trying to Make Sense of Casing Conventions on the Web

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

4th Sep 2025
(I present to you my stream of consciousness on the topic of casing as it applies to the web platform.) I’m reading about the new command and commandfor attributes — which I’m super excited about, declarative behavior invocation in HTML? YES PLEASE!! — and one thing that strikes...
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We Won’t Save the Planet by Shrinking At first, it sounds obvious: if we want to save the planet, we should do less. Fewer people, less...
25th Mar 2025
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We Won’t Save the Planet by Shrinking

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

25th Mar 2025
At first, it sounds obvious: if we want to save the planet, we should do less. Fewer people, less consumption, smaller footprints. I believed this too—so much so that I once thought having kids was irresponsible. But the more I looked into it, the less sense it made.
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A societal failure on all levels A week in San Francisco
1st May 2026
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A societal failure on all levels

from Basta’s Notes [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2026
A week in San Francisco
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Patchwork 06 · Simple branching Branches are a powerful concept for source control systems. This Patchwork experiment explores how...
5th Mar 2024
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Patchwork 06 · Simple branching

from Ink & Switch [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Mar 2024
Branches are a powerful concept for source control systems. This Patchwork experiment explores how writers can use branches to try variations on a document.
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The best-kept secret of the French press: cold brew coffee Whether staying up late mandated my love of caffeine or vice versa, I've become hooked on coffee of...
11th Jan 2010
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The best-kept secret of the French press: cold brew coffee

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

11th Jan 2010
Whether staying up late mandated my love of caffeine or vice versa, I've become hooked on coffee of all forms. My hands-down favorite until a few months ago was the caffè macchiato - not to be confused with the highly commercialized latte macchiato you see in places like...
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Restic Restic is good backup software. It’s a command line tool for backing up filesystems to various local...
5th Feb 2024
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Restic

from Nelson's Weblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Feb 2024
Restic is good backup software. It’s a command line tool for backing up filesystems to various local and remote options. It is well documented, easy to set up, secure, and quite fast. It’s a very professional product. I am now backing up all my Linux systems with it. Note it’s a...
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An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths SVG gives us many different primitives to work with, but by far the most powerful is the element....
18th Aug 2025
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An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths

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

18th Aug 2025
SVG gives us many different primitives to work with, but by far the most powerful is the element. Unfortunately, it’s also the most inscrutable, with its compact Regex-style syntax. In this tutorial, we’ll demystify this infamous element and see some of the cool things we can...
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Hotel Guest User Agent Data I wrote a script that exposes browser and software platform data from hotels across the country....
5th May 2012
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Hotel Guest User Agent Data

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

5th May 2012
I wrote a script that exposes browser and software platform data from hotels across the country. This data is very different from say: StatCounter or NetApplications estimates because they rely on getting their data from trackers on specific websites. The data I pulled comes...
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僕がDoorkeeperを売却した理由について This article is also available [in...
29th Sep 2021
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僕がDoorkeeperを売却した理由について

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Sep 2021
This article is also available [in...
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Search Huge JSON files on the Web Working with very large JSON files (20MB+) using online tools tends to be a crashy affair. Whether...
16th Jun 2025
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Search Huge JSON files on the Web

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Jun 2025
Working with very large JSON files (20MB+) using online tools tends to be a crashy affair. Whether you’re looking to format or search them, all the tools I found just crash. I found myself having to work with huge JSON files recently, so I built a tool specifically optimized for...
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What I'm up to - April 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in...
1st Apr 2026
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What I'm up to - April 2026

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

1st Apr 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in March - Published Software in the AI era and updated my personal website. - Wrote Agent experience abo...
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How to Check Uniqueness in an Array of Objects in JavaScript Working with arrays of objects in JavaScript can be difficult. This post covers how to ensure all...
17th Feb 2020
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How to Check Uniqueness in an Array of Objects in JavaScript

from Josh Collinsworth [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Feb 2020
Working with arrays of objects in JavaScript can be difficult. This post covers how to ensure all object keys (IDs) are unique, and how to find non-unique values.
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Setting up a helpdesk team Here's a situation we hear about from customers all the time. Someone gets hired as an IT support...
16th Jul 2026
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Setting up a helpdesk team

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

16th Jul 2026
Here's a situation we hear about from customers all the time. Someone gets hired as an IT support manager. They inherit two techs, a shared inbox (or a ticketing system nobody likes), and a mandate that sounds something like "build us a proper tiered support team." They have six...
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Understanding Common Table Expressions in SQL One of the lesser known features of modern SQL are so-called “Common Table Expressions” (CTE) or...
4th Aug 2020
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Understanding Common Table Expressions in SQL

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

4th Aug 2020
One of the lesser known features of modern SQL are so-called “Common Table Expressions” (CTE) or “WITH queries”. I’ll explain the mental model that helped me make sense of them, and how to use them to execute recursive queries. Afterwards I’ll show how to apply these techniques...
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Computer Use Models Turns out the idea wasn’t a desktop emulator with a keyboard and mouse, it was just a command...
18th Dec 2025
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Computer Use Models

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

18th Dec 2025
Turns out the idea wasn’t a desktop emulator with a keyboard and mouse, it was just a command line. I’m blown away with how good Claude Code is. I assume it was long context RLed in similar environments. I’m excited for open models to get this good, I tried GLM, Qwen3, and...
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Joining ellipses with matching tangents In my previous entry I wrote about constructing a four-point egg, using curcular arcs that join...
5th Feb 2024
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Joining ellipses with matching tangents

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

5th Feb 2024
In my previous entry I wrote about constructing a four-point egg, using curcular arcs that join where their tangents are at 45°. I wondered if I could do something similar with ellipses. As before, I made an interactive ellipse workbench to experiment with the problem. I got...
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Higher-order reactive graph programming
10th Mar 2017
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Higher-order reactive graph programming

from Matt Keeter [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Mar 2017
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What I've learned about writing AI apps so far
20th Jan 2025
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What I've learned about writing AI apps so far

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

20th Jan 2025
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Image darning It's about a feature that cleans up dirt stains from aged newspapers. I called it darning because of...
28th Mar 2020
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Image darning

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

28th Mar 2020
It's about a feature that cleans up dirt stains from aged newspapers. I called it darning because of how it works.
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The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify’s AI DJ Am I naïve in expecting Artificial Intelligence to be smart? Is my interpretation of the word...
26th Feb 2026
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The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify’s AI DJ

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

26th Feb 2026
Am I naïve in expecting Artificial Intelligence to be smart? Is my interpretation of the word “intelligence” too literal? And when an AI behaves stupidly, who’s to blame? The programmers or the AI entity itself? Is it even proper to make a distinction between the two? Or does the...
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Ho Rudolph Rudolph claps back.
24th Dec 2013
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Ho Rudolph

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

24th Dec 2013
Rudolph claps back.
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The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 13 May 2022 15 May 2022 My life has been a bundle of joy since I moved into Seattle from Redmond in March, and I...
15th May 2022
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The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 13 May 2022

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15th May 2022
15 May 2022 My life has been a bundle of joy since I moved into Seattle from Redmond in March, and I couldn't be happier. I've managed to get out and paddle board a few times though the weather has been largely abysmal. It's still snowing in the mountains but the snowpack is well...
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Terroir Terroir Longmont Had an amazing meal tonight at Terroir in Longmont. Pictured is the most amazing...
14th Aug 2009
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Terroir

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

14th Aug 2009
Terroir Longmont Had an amazing meal tonight at Terroir in Longmont. Pictured is the most amazing thing you will never taste. Booya! I recovered this article from my old blog via the Internet Archive. If you found this article useful or entertaining (or even if you didn’t)...
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Debugging running server applications So you’ve written an awesome online game that works perfectly in the test environment, but when real...
2nd Aug 2012
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Debugging running server applications

from Code Of Honor [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Aug 2012
So you’ve written an awesome online game that works perfectly in the test environment, but when real users are playing the game server doesn’t work properly. Now what?!? I was reading an article by Mike Perham called Debugging with Thread Dumps and wanted to share a related...
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If WordPress is to survive, Matt Mullenweg must be removed I believe Matt Mullenweg's abuses of his unilateral, unchecked powers prove that it is in the best...
27th Sep 2024
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If WordPress is to survive, Matt Mullenweg must be removed

from Josh Collinsworth [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Sep 2024
I believe Matt Mullenweg's abuses of his unilateral, unchecked powers prove that it is in the best interest of the entire WordPress community that he be removed from power immediately.
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Trolley Problems as a Service Consider: It’s not getting any simpler to live in this world, is it?  💔 Ethical problems are hard. ...
30th May 2020
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Trolley Problems as a Service

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

30th May 2020
Consider: It’s not getting any simpler to live in this world, is it?  💔 Ethical problems are hard.  Even the ones that seem straightforward on the face of them get stickier the closer you look at them.  There are more stakeholders, more caveats, more cautionary tales, more...
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The Money Filter One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced as a web designer is how often people expect a website for...
30th Nov 2025
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The Money Filter

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

30th Nov 2025
One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced as a web designer is how often people expect a website for next to nothing. Somewhere along the way, the perception formed that a website is a commodity—quick, cheap, and interchangeable. So when someone asks what I charge (for a very...
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The Boot.dev Beat. July 2024 One million lessons. Well, to be precise, you have all completed 1,122,050 lessons just in June....
10th Jul 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. July 2024

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

10th Jul 2024
One million lessons. Well, to be precise, you have all completed 1,122,050 lessons just in June. That’s nuts. I was so preoccupied with how cool it is that you all are learning so much that I’m late on this newsletter. Sorry ‘bout that.
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May updates Here's what's new with Buttondown.
3rd Jun 2018
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May updates

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

3rd Jun 2018
Here's what's new with Buttondown.
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A Horrifying User Experience After years of living in a cramped Tokyo apartment, I'm going to move to a slightly more spacious...
8th Oct 2012
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A Horrifying User Experience

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Oct 2012
After years of living in a cramped Tokyo apartment, I'm going to move to a slightly more spacious one. Finding an apartment went smoother than I could have imagined, and in half-a-day, I had found a new apartment. The following day I set out to take care of the tasks surrounding...
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Code golfing a tiny demo using maths and a pinch of insanity A few weeks ago, I made a tiny demo that fits into 448 characters: Red Alp GLSL demo in 448...
29th Sep 2025
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Code golfing a tiny demo using maths and a pinch of insanity

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

29th Sep 2025
A few weeks ago, I made a tiny demo that fits into 448 characters: Red Alp GLSL demo in 448 characters void main(){vec3 c,p,K=vec3(3,1,0);for(float...
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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
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Updating The Single Most Influential Book of the BASIC Era

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

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
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Who's lying? Pilots use multiple dials, employing different sources of energy, to report identical data, because...
26th Feb 2022
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Who's lying?

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

26th Feb 2022
Pilots use multiple dials, employing different sources of energy, to report identical data, because they understand that in a dashboard full of information, something is always lying to you. The lesson is useful for data and metrics at our companies.
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Rethinking work beyond the factory I recently completed a two-week creative residence at Almost Perfect in Tokyo. I split my time on...
27th Feb 2024
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Rethinking work beyond the factory

from Contraption Co. [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Feb 2024
I recently completed a two-week creative residence at Almost Perfect in Tokyo. I split my time on the trip between working on Booklet and exploring Japan. The Almost Perfect residence runs continuously, with two residents at a time. Each residency concludes with a public gallery...
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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...
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How do Nix builds work? Hello! For some reason after the last nix post I got nerdsniped by trying to understand how Nix...
3rd Mar 2023
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How do Nix builds work?

from Julia Evans [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Mar 2023
Hello! For some reason after the last nix post I got nerdsniped by trying to understand how Nix builds work under the hood, so here’s a quick exploration I did today. There are probably some mistakes in here. I started by complaining on Mastodon: are there any guides to nix that...
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Qvault is moving to Boot.dev We’ll keep this announcement short – we’ve moved Qvault.io to Boot.dev! As you know, we’ve been hard...
7th Apr 2022
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Qvault is moving to Boot.dev

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

7th Apr 2022
We’ll keep this announcement short – we’ve moved Qvault.io to Boot.dev! As you know, we’ve been hard at work bootstrapping on online computer science bootcamp. Qvault (now Boot.dev) is a simple CS curriculum where our students build real projects using modern programming...
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Chicago Parking Ticket Visualization Intro Hi there! In this post, I want to show off a fun little web app I made for visualizing parking...
27th Mar 2019
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Chicago Parking Ticket Visualization

from Civic Hax [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Mar 2019
Intro Hi there! In this post, I want to show off a fun little web app I made for visualizing parking tickets in Chicago, but because I've spent so much time on the overall project, I figured I'd share the story that got me to this point. In many ways, this work is the foundation...
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The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 10 June 2022 I have been deep in learning mode the last 3 weeks learning about all the things API related. Or...
12th Jun 2022
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The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 10 June 2022

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

12th Jun 2022
I have been deep in learning mode the last 3 weeks learning about all the things API related. Or attempting to. Everyone at RapidAPI has been pretty fantastic about helping me understand how things work and what the developers who use our tools do. Every time I try to get started...
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Annual Review 2025 As was the case in 2023, I’m back in Yunnan writing the annual review. This time sitting in Matchbox...
2nd Jan 2026
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Annual Review 2025

from Marc Astbury [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jan 2026
As was the case in 2023, I’m back in Yunnan writing the annual review. This time sitting in Matchbox coffee shop in Shaxi, the sky is pure blue and the farmers fields below are a dusty yellow. My fingers are freezing as I type but the pain is negated by the joy of wearing a...
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Advice to my younger self I had the privilege of speaking to some Berkeley students last week. Below is the talk reprinted in...
31st Oct 2019
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Advice to my younger self

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

31st Oct 2019
I had the privilege of speaking to some Berkeley students last week. Below is the talk reprinted in full: If you could call yourself 10 years ago and speak for a minute, what would you say? That's the thought that was going through my mind when I got
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Charlie Chaplin's Smile: Ukulele Solo A solo ukulele arrangement of Charlie Chaplin's 'Smile'.
22nd Oct 2012
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Charlie Chaplin's Smile: Ukulele Solo

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

22nd Oct 2012
A solo ukulele arrangement of Charlie Chaplin's 'Smile'.
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Coronet in sunflower embroidery I got an embroidery kit for a wreath of flowers by Studio Flax and Purl Soho and could not resist...
24th Feb 2023
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Coronet in sunflower embroidery

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

24th Feb 2023
I got an embroidery kit for a wreath of flowers by Studio Flax and Purl Soho and could not resist making the stitching more complicated. I ended up using additional thread in many of the colors, though I was too quick to mix the remainders into my stash to really know which ones...
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I hate the standup bot (so I built an agent to do it for me) There it is. Staring at me. Sitting there. Goading me. The day is nearly done. I've reviewed PRs,...
1st Apr 2026
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I hate the standup bot (so I built an agent to do it for me)

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

1st Apr 2026
There it is. Staring at me. Sitting there. Goading me. The day is nearly done. I've reviewed PRs, fixed bugs, hopped on quick calls, commanded my…
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The UX of Proving Our Humanity To Machines What happens when we can't convince machines that we are human?
3rd Dec 2020
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The UX of Proving Our Humanity To Machines

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

3rd Dec 2020
What happens when we can't convince machines that we are human?
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Stuff I've been working on It’s been around 2 years that I’ve had to stop with my long-term addiction to stable jobs. Quite a...
7th Oct 2024
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Stuff I've been working on

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

7th Oct 2024
It’s been around 2 years that I’ve had to stop with my long-term addiction to stable jobs. Quite a few people who read this blog are wondering what the hell exactly I’ve been doing since then so I’m going to update all of you on the various projects I’ve been working on. Meme...
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The Death of Personality The Death of Personality 2017-11-01 On September 18, 2013 truly original product design (everything...
1st Nov 2017
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The Death of Personality

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

1st Nov 2017
The Death of Personality 2017-11-01 On September 18, 2013 truly original product design (everything from icon and app design to UI and experience interactions) began it’s fast decline into the abyss with the release of Apple’s iOS 7 update. It was called revolutionary. It was...
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Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 2024-06-02 I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my...
2nd Jun 2024
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Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5

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

2nd Jun 2024
Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 2024-06-02 I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my clubs/projects while using my personal laptop (X220 ThinkPad) which is runs OpenBSD. Since I recently upgraded to OpenBSD 7.5 I thought it could be helpful for others if I shared my...
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CSS: Indenting Text CSS: Indenting Text 2019-04-05 A lot of developers tend to do the bare minimum when it comes to...
5th Apr 2019
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CSS: Indenting Text

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

5th Apr 2019
CSS: Indenting Text 2019-04-05 A lot of developers tend to do the bare minimum when it comes to implementing proper website typography. This isn't an insult - I'm happy that typography is given any thought at all during development, I just believe more can always be done to...
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Prepping for the endgame of the open web Thinking about Anil Dash's "Endgame for the Open Web," and what we can do to prepare. The post...
7th Apr 2026
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Prepping for the endgame of the open web

from The History of the Web [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Apr 2026
Thinking about Anil Dash's "Endgame for the Open Web," and what we can do to prepare. The post Prepping for the endgame of the open web appeared first on The History of the Web.
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Rust and Go vs everything else Alex Pliutau and I discuss what Go programmers should know about Rust, and why the two languages...
19th Nov 2024
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Rust and Go vs everything else

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

19th Nov 2024
Alex Pliutau and I discuss what Go programmers should know about Rust, and why the two languages make perfect partners.
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Quitting the Rat Race I'm leaving a comfortable job in a big city because there's more to life than whatever this is.
16th Jan 2023
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Quitting the Rat Race

from Seán Barry [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Jan 2023
I'm leaving a comfortable job in a big city because there's more to life than whatever this is.
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Bidirectional Scrolling: Why Not Both? Bidirectional Scrolling: Why Not Both? 2020-11-09 I recently came across Adam Silver’s post about...
9th Nov 2020
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Bidirectional Scrolling: Why Not Both?

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

9th Nov 2020
Bidirectional Scrolling: Why Not Both? 2020-11-09 I recently came across Adam Silver’s post about the merits and pitfalls of bidirectional scrolling and found myself conflicted with the design arguments put forth in the article. It’s a very good article overall, and I suggest...
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Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular...
18th Oct 2017
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Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Oct 2017
Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular software, run as a prelude to the GitHub Universe conference. After being brought up to speed on this year's secret handshake of the software elite, I had a great time in the...
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React - The Missing Parts Question the rules for fun and profit One of the nice things about having your own lean copy of a...
4th Feb 2022
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React - The Missing Parts

from Acko.net [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Feb 2022
Question the rules for fun and profit One of the nice things about having your own lean copy of a popular library's patterns is that you can experiment with all sorts of changes. In my case, I have a React-clone, Live, which includes all the familiar basics: props, state and...
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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...
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AI Market Clarity A subset of AI markets have crystalized in the last 12 months, with the likely market leaders for...
22nd Jul 2025
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AI Market Clarity

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

22nd Jul 2025
A subset of AI markets have crystalized in the last 12 months, with the likely market leaders for the next year or two suddenly clear
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What I'm up to - February 2026 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Feb 2026
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What I'm up to - February 2026

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

1st Feb 2026
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in January - Busy month at Chroma - including launching a case study with Mintlify who recently ...
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The Design Process There’s a recurring take doing the rounds on socials. Thought leaders declaring that AI has killed...
4th Mar 2026
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The Design Process

from Marc Astbury [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Mar 2026
There’s a recurring take doing the rounds on socials. Thought leaders declaring that AI has killed the design process (e.g. Lenny’s podcast). I personally think they’re wrong. But more importantly, I think most people (including designers) don’t know what they mean when they say...
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Array 1.20.0 We're back! 2020 was a hectic year for us and our team put in a whole lot of effort to get PostHog...
19th Jan 2021
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Array 1.20.0

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

19th Jan 2021
We're back! 2020 was a hectic year for us and our team put in a whole lot of effort to get PostHog to where it is now. As such, we shut down PostHog…
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Meeting philosophy Decline meetings aggressively. Always try to resolve issues by e-mail or chat first if...
8th Sep 2023
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Meeting philosophy

from Hixie's Natural Log [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Sep 2023
Decline meetings aggressively. Always try to resolve issues by e-mail or chat first if possible. Decline any meeting without an explicit agenda (I make exceptions for my immediate manager). Decline any meeting where the agenda doesn't seem relevant to your work. Decline any...
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Extending My Japanese Visa as a Freelancer With TokyoDev as my sponsor, I extended my Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services...
4th Aug 2025
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Extending My Japanese Visa as a Freelancer

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Aug 2025
With TokyoDev as my sponsor, I extended my Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services visa for another three years. I’m thrilled by this result, because my family and I recently moved to a small town in Kansai and have been enjoying our lives in Japan more than...
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Nail polish: the superior paint Nail polish: the toughest, brightest, sparkliest, absolute best paint in the world. It makes...
4th Apr 2016
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Nail polish: the superior paint

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

4th Apr 2016
Nail polish: the toughest, brightest, sparkliest, absolute best paint in the world. It makes everything prettier and better and you should use it on all of your electronic devices to make them shine.
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Pockets of Humanity Where do we go when the internet dies?
23rd Feb 2026
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Pockets of Humanity

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

23rd Feb 2026
Where do we go when the internet dies?
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4 Practical Ways to Speed Up Your Loaders in React Router v7 (article)
17th Oct 2025
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4 Practical Ways to Speed Up Your Loaders in React Router v7 (article)

from Epic Web Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Oct 2025
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The quiet, pervasive devaluation of frontend I keep noticing those of us in the frontend field being treated much the same as nurses, paralegals,...
7th Mar 2024
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The quiet, pervasive devaluation of frontend

from Josh Collinsworth [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Mar 2024
I keep noticing those of us in the frontend field being treated much the same as nurses, paralegals, and executive assistants. Our work is seen as important, certainly, but just not the same as, or as important as, the “real” work.
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Password Rules Are Bullshit Of the many, many, many bad things about passwords, you know what the worst is? Password rules. If...
10th Mar 2017
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Password Rules Are Bullshit

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

10th Mar 2017
Of the many, many, many bad things about passwords, you know what the worst is? Password rules. If we don't solve the password problem for users in my lifetime I am gonna haunt you from beyond the grave as a ghost pic.twitter.com/Tf9EnwgoZv — Jeff Atwood
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Narrative debt HBO’s Watchmen is fantastic, as many have noted. It may be one of the most polished first drafts of...
13th Dec 2019
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Narrative debt

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

13th Dec 2019
HBO’s Watchmen is fantastic, as many have noted. It may be one of the most polished first drafts of fan fiction to ever appear on the silver, errr, OLED screen. DC may lag behind the Marvel Universe in box office and audience acclaim, but it feels like DC is starting to find its...
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The Bouquet Residence Keeping up appearances in tech The word "rant" is used far too often,...
23rd Jul 2024
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The Bouquet Residence

from Acko.net [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Jul 2024
Keeping up appearances in tech The word "rant" is used far too often, and in various ways. It's meant to imply aimless, angry venting. But often it means: Naming problems without proposing solutions, this makes me feel confused. Naming problems and...
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OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System 2024-04-11 OpenBSD 7.5 running dwm on my X220 With the recent...
11th Apr 2024
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OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System

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

11th Apr 2024
OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System 2024-04-11 OpenBSD 7.5 running dwm on my X220 With the recent release of OpenBSD 7.5, I decided to run through my personal OpenBSD “installer” for laptop/desktop devices. The project is built off of the dwm tiling window manager and only...
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Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects On seeing tools for thought through a historical and anthropological lens
29th Jul 2021
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Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects

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

29th Jul 2021
On seeing tools for thought through a historical and anthropological lens
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Building personal and organizational prestige Most months I get at least one email from an engineering leader who believes they’d be a candidate...
4th Jul 2023
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Building personal and organizational prestige

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

4th Jul 2023
Most months I get at least one email from an engineering leader who believes they’d be a candidate for significantly more desirable roles if their personal brand were just better known. Similarly, when funding is readily available during periods of tech industry expansion, many...
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The complex simplicity of my static websites It was the spring of 2014, over 9 years ago, just 6 months into my first year of college, when my...
8th Aug 2023
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The complex simplicity of my static websites

from Copper • A blog about conductive layers [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Aug 2023
It was the spring of 2014, over 9 years ago, just 6 months into my first year of college, when my Computer Architecture teacher stopped in the middle of an assembly exercise to tell us that Bitdefender is hiring juniors for Malware Researcher positions. I had no idea what that...
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A sad day for Rust
17th Jan 2020
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A sad day for Rust

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

17th Jan 2020
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Try the Last Internet Kermit Server $ grep kermit /etc/services kermit 1649/tcp What is this mysterious protocol? Who uses it and what...
4th Aug 2023
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Try the Last Internet Kermit Server

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

4th Aug 2023
$ grep kermit /etc/services kermit 1649/tcp What is this mysterious protocol? Who uses it and what is its story? This story is a winding one, beginning in 1981. Kermit is, to the best of my knowledge, the oldest actively-maintained software package with an original developer...
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What I'm up to - May 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in...
1st May 2026
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What I'm up to - May 2026

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

1st May 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in April - Visited NYC briefly. Discovered a new cafe I like called WatchHouse - they even happened to be...
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Humanity's Last Exam Humanity's Last Exam by Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI
20th Feb 2025
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Humanity's Last Exam

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

20th Feb 2025
Humanity's Last Exam by Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI
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Recently Early this month I arrived at work to see a Concorde parked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It’s been fun...
1st Sep 2023
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Recently

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

1st Sep 2023
Early this month I arrived at work to see a Concorde parked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It’s been fun to identify the ships docked there, but an airplane was new, especially such a rare one. I guess a lot of airplane knowledge from my childhood has stayed with me, and being...
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Updated colors for the Library Blanket color palette preview tool Purl Soho added some new colors and discontinued some old colors of the yarns called for in Joelle...
16th Sep 2021
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Updated colors for the Library Blanket color palette preview tool

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

16th Sep 2021
Purl Soho added some new colors and discontinued some old colors of the yarns called for in Joelle Hoverson's Library Blanket. I've added the eight new colors to the Library Blanket color palette preview tool I made last April, and I also labeled the discontinued colors as such....
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Simpifying AngularJS controllers with ES5 get / set I've been developing an AngularJS application for the past year — and voila! here I am, alive and...
20th Sep 2018
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Simpifying AngularJS controllers with ES5 get / set

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

20th Sep 2018
I've been developing an AngularJS application for the past year — and voila! here I am, alive and well. I'm not some crazy old fuck who thinks AngularJS is a promising new technology. Nor have I been waiting to publish this post for 3 years. It's just how things turned up for me....
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The JAMStack, Gatsby & Contentful Illustrated notes on the JAMstack, Gatsby & Contentful
1st Jun 2019
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The JAMStack, Gatsby & Contentful

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

1st Jun 2019
Illustrated notes on the JAMstack, Gatsby & Contentful
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On reading books How books have coloured my life
3 weeks ago
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On reading books

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

3 weeks ago
How books have coloured my life
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Ink Note Fall 2023: As concrete as possible programming How far can we push programming away from symbol manipulation and into the act of drawing?
1st Nov 2023
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Ink Note Fall 2023: As concrete as possible programming

from Ink & Switch [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Nov 2023
How far can we push programming away from symbol manipulation and into the act of drawing?
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Sailing across the Atlantic
16th Dec 2021
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Sailing across the Atlantic

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

16th Dec 2021
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High Trust Society I just want you to see, I just want you to see Regardless of who wins on Tuesday, does anyone think...
2nd Nov 2024
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High Trust Society

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

2nd Nov 2024
I just want you to see, I just want you to see Regardless of who wins on Tuesday, does anyone think this gets fixed? Is Kamala going to restore trust in government? Is Trump going to restore trust in government? Despite what Western media might have you believe about how the...
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The Early Days of GitLab - A Chat with Sid Sijbrandij It gets pretty easy to idolize the superstars of tech. One of the coolest things we've learned is...
3rd Aug 2020
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The Early Days of GitLab - A Chat with Sid Sijbrandij

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

3rd Aug 2020
It gets pretty easy to idolize the superstars of tech. One of the coolest things we've learned is that many of the most successful founders will find…
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So Long, Prog21 I always intended "Programming in the 21st Century" to have a limited run. I knew since the entry...
4th Jan 2017
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So Long, Prog21

from Programming in the 21st Century [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Jan 2017
I always intended "Programming in the 21st Century" to have a limited run. I knew since the entry from January 1, 2010, that I needed to end it. It just took a while.Recovering Programmer And now, an explanation. I started this blog to talk about issues tangentially related to...
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Aesthetic Command Lines with Hyper, Spaceship, and Oh My Zsh My fairly banal, basic, but beautiful command line setup
5th Oct 2024
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Aesthetic Command Lines with Hyper, Spaceship, and Oh My Zsh

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

5th Oct 2024
My fairly banal, basic, but beautiful command line setup
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Oldest recorded transaction The oldest recorded transaction was in 3100 BC
6th Sep 2025
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Oldest recorded transaction

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Sep 2025
The oldest recorded transaction was in 3100 BC
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Maximize your excitement * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’m a huge...
2nd Oct 2012
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Maximize your excitement

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

2nd Oct 2012
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’m a huge believer of the lean startup movement and the concept of validating ideas as quickly as possible. I think wasted time and resources are disastrous and no matter how much you love an...
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how fast is java? Teaching an old dog new tricks Java, the language everyone loves to hate. Long has it garnered the reputation of a stagnant,...
23rd Oct 2025
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how fast is java? Teaching an old dog new tricks

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

23rd Oct 2025
Java, the language everyone loves to hate. Long has it garnered the reputation of a stagnant, obtuse, bloated beast only used by those who have no other choice because some enterprise corporate believed the hype train of the 90s. But is that all still true today?
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Recently What to say about this month - well, I’m a few days late to the Recently, because I’ve been pretty...
3rd Mar 2023
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Recently

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

3rd Mar 2023
What to say about this month - well, I’m a few days late to the Recently, because I’ve been pretty busy! Things are good. Building products is fun but also a lot of work. Pretty excited about what I’m working on. Ready for winter to end. Reading I enjoyed reading Ross Barkan’s...
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A simple adversarial model for dual contouring
23rd Apr 2023
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A simple adversarial model for dual contouring

from Matt Keeter [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Apr 2023
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Coastal Mountain Forest Triptych Often found growing together in the Coastal Mountain forest of British Columbia, these three species...
7th Aug 2023
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Coastal Mountain Forest Triptych

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Aug 2023
Often found growing together in the Coastal Mountain forest of British Columbia, these three species were inspiration to capture the texture and light of my local forest.The idea to frame each with their own type of wood came both as a natural idea but also because of materials...
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How Did I Become Database Engineer at 23 Disclaimer: When reading this post, please keep in mind that you are likely to come from a very...
15th Aug 2022
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How Did I Become Database Engineer at 23

from Posts on Nikita Lapkov [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Aug 2022
Disclaimer: When reading this post, please keep in mind that you are likely to come from a very different cultural background than me. Russians approach life in their own way and some things might seem strange. Still, this was my path and I would like to share it. My name is...
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What I'm up to - September 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Sep 2024
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What I'm up to - September 2024

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

1st Sep 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in August Hello from a train somewhere in the French countryside. I just finished spending a few d...
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#32 almost a proper close button Bad code <button display="flex" role="button"> <svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 13 13"...
18th Jul 2022
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#32 almost a proper close button

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Jul 2022
Bad code <button display="flex" role="button"> <svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 13 13" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="15px" width="15px" fill="#000" name="close"> <title>Close dialog</title> <path d="…"> </path> </svg> </button> Issues and...
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Why SmashingConf SF 2019 will always hold a special spot in my heart I find my perception of time to mind-boggling sometimes. Today is the 15th of April 2020 and when I...
15th Apr 2020
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Why SmashingConf SF 2019 will always hold a special spot in my heart

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

15th Apr 2020
I find my perception of time to mind-boggling sometimes. Today is the 15th of April 2020 and when I look back at the last year, I look at how much has changed in my professional and personal life. It feels like yesterday and forever ago. I did not think I would be in this spot...
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Beyond Tellerrand Berlin 2019 There isn't a day that goes by that I feel extremely privileged to do what I get to do for work....
19th Nov 2019
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Beyond Tellerrand Berlin 2019

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

19th Nov 2019
There isn't a day that goes by that I feel extremely privileged to do what I get to do for work. Last week, I flew out to Berlin for a few days to attend Beyond Tellerrand. My co-worker Aaron was speaking and running a workshop and I emceed the community focused session we've...
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What I'm up to - August 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I am up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in...
1st Aug 2026
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What I'm up to - August 2026

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

1st Aug 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I am up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in July Concluded my trip to Japan and posted more photos to the Tsundoku pop-up newsletter. I am having a lot of fun exploring photography as a hobby.
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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.
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Big Feature Updates for Accessibility, Privacy, Security, and More As promised, this month brings a bunch of new features including a big new accessibility feature and...
5th Jul 2023
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Big Feature Updates for Accessibility, Privacy, Security, and More

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

5th Jul 2023
As promised, this month brings a bunch of new features including a big new accessibility feature and a major platform improvement. Enjoy this month’s contributions to the upcoming OS 7.1! AppCenter As we work towards our continual goal of better supporting alternative app stores,...
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Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing Hard to believe that I've had the same PC case since 2011, and my last serious upgrade was in 2015....
19th Apr 2020
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Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing

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

19th Apr 2020
Hard to believe that I've had the same PC case since 2011, and my last serious upgrade was in 2015. I guess that's yet another sign that the PC is over, because PC upgrades have gotten really boring. It took 5 years for me to muster
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The profile link relation and you
6th May 2013
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The profile link relation and you

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

6th May 2013
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Top 10 Books on Web Development in 2023 If you’re looking for good web development books, you’re probably interested in becoming a web...
5th Sep 2023
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Top 10 Books on Web Development in 2023

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

5th Sep 2023
If you’re looking for good web development books, you’re probably interested in becoming a web developer. Makes sense – great pay, solid job security, and interesting work. But beyond that broad goal, you might be looking for some web development reading to satisfy other goals.
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That bleeping kerfuffle After I posted that link to my latest podcast with Rene Ritchie, several folks alerted me via...
18th Jun 2017
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That bleeping kerfuffle

from Don Melton [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Jun 2017
After I posted that link to my latest podcast with Rene Ritchie, several folks alerted me via Twitter that all my colorful metaphors had been “bleeped” on the audio. I didn’t realize that because I hadn’t listened to the recording myself. And I don’t normally listen to my own...
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Writing Javascript without a build system Hello! I’ve been writing some Javascript this week, and as always when I start a new frontend...
16th Feb 2023
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Writing Javascript without a build system

from Julia Evans [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Feb 2023
Hello! I’ve been writing some Javascript this week, and as always when I start a new frontend project, I was faced with the question: should I use a build system? I want to talk about what’s appealing to me about build systems, why I (usually) still don’t use them, and why I find...
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Gratitude For a Web That Tries Not to Break Chris wrote a response to my wondering-out-loud remarks about whether logical properties make CSS...
3rd May 2023
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Gratitude For a Web That Tries Not to Break

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

3rd May 2023
Chris wrote a response to my wondering-out-loud remarks about whether logical properties make CSS easier to learn. His response is great. And his tabular comparison of properties is short and concise and punchy in the way only Chris Coyier can reason about CSS. His post actually...
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Pixel Perfect Figma to Tailwind (workshop) Learn to implement 'pixel-perfect' designs from Figma with responsive layouts, advanced CSS...
9th Jul 2024
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Pixel Perfect Figma to Tailwind (workshop)

from Epic Web Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Jul 2024
Learn to implement 'pixel-perfect' designs from Figma with responsive layouts, advanced CSS techniques, and Tailwind v4 migration in this workshop.
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Styling Ordered Lists with CSS Counters Styling an ordered list can be surprisingly tricky; there's no way to get at that bullet! In this...
7th Apr 2020
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Styling Ordered Lists with CSS Counters

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

7th Apr 2020
Styling an ordered list can be surprisingly tricky; there's no way to get at that bullet! In this tutorial, we'll see a handy trick using CSS counters that lets us style ordered lists without breaking proper semantics.
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How To Know When It's Time To Go I retired in 2021 at 63.5 after about four decades as a programmer. What made me do this was not...
9th Jul 2024
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How To Know When It's Time To Go

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

9th Jul 2024
I retired in 2021 at 63.5 after about four decades as a programmer. What made me do this was not failing ability in any way, but after a year of consideration, I realized I didn't care to do it anymore. Everyone will eventually reach a point at
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Most Demanded Helpdesk Features, According to IT Pros We've analyzed professional reviews, user testimonials, and forum discussions from IT professionals...
11th Aug 2025
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Most Demanded Helpdesk Features, According to IT Pros

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

11th Aug 2025
We've analyzed professional reviews, user testimonials, and forum discussions from IT professionals to identify their common pain points and what they value most in existing helpdesk solutions. We've also investigated current trends in helpdesk and IT service management...
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Build Your First Coding Project and Avoid Tutorial Hell While “real” hell may or may not exist (no need to get into religious beliefs here), tutorial hell...
4th Jul 2023
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Build Your First Coding Project and Avoid Tutorial Hell

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

4th Jul 2023
While “real” hell may or may not exist (no need to get into religious beliefs here), tutorial hell is very real.
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Let's talk about your privates Let's talk about your privates
7th Nov 2021
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Let's talk about your privates

from A Day In The Life Of... [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Nov 2021
Let's talk about your privates
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My first year since coming back to Linux <![CDATA[It has been a year since I set up my System76 Merkaat with Linux Mint. In July of 2024 I...
6th Jul 2025
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My first year since coming back to Linux

from Paolo Amoroso's Journal [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Jul 2025
<![CDATA[It has been a year since I set up my System76 Merkaat with Linux Mint. In July of 2024 I migrated from ChromeOS and the Merkaat has been my daily driver on the desktop. A year later I have nothing major to report, which is the point. Despite the occasional unplanned...
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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.
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Self-hosting your code on Gitea Afraid of GitHub suddenly enshittifying their product? The best way to shield yourself from that is...
16th Oct 2025
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Self-hosting your code on Gitea

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

16th Oct 2025
Afraid of GitHub suddenly enshittifying their product? The best way to shield yourself from that is to start self-hosting your code repositories. I have been running a self-hosted instance of Gitea for around two months, and so far the process has been pretty close to...
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A comprehensive list of failed projects A comprehensive list of failed projects
27th Dec 2021
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A comprehensive list of failed projects

from A Day In The Life Of... [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Dec 2021
A comprehensive list of failed projects
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A Mental Model for Data in UI Applications A technology-agnostic model of the layers that naturally arise in any reasonably sized application,...
26th Sep 2025
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A Mental Model for Data in UI Applications

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

26th Sep 2025
A technology-agnostic model of the layers that naturally arise in any reasonably sized application, and the abstract properties of each layer.
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August 2021
1st Aug 2021
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August 2021

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

1st Aug 2021
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Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1....
4th Feb 2026
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Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

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

4th Feb 2026
It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now. 2. Within the next five years, also contribute public dedications
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On Opening Essays, Conference Talks, and Jam Jars How to open pieces of narrative non-fiction writing, conference talks, and sticky jars
13th Apr 2024
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On Opening Essays, Conference Talks, and Jam Jars

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

13th Apr 2024
How to open pieces of narrative non-fiction writing, conference talks, and sticky jars
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December 2024
1st Dec 2024
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December 2024

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

1st Dec 2024
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Stay Awhile and Listen Developing games is a full-time occupation, so it is no surprise that I’ve had less time for...
31st Oct 2013
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Stay Awhile and Listen

from Code Of Honor [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Oct 2013
Developing games is a full-time occupation, so it is no surprise that I’ve had less time for blogging as I’ve started creating a new game. After a two-year stint helping other folks publish their games I’m back to coding and game design full-time and having a wonderful time. But...
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May 2025
25th May 2025
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May 2025

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

25th May 2025
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DuckDB vs ClickHouse: Why we use both at PostHog ClickHouse and DuckDB are two heavyweights in the OLAP category. This makes them appear as direct...
1st May 2026
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DuckDB vs ClickHouse: Why we use both at PostHog

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

1st May 2026
ClickHouse and DuckDB are two heavyweights in the OLAP category. This makes them appear as direct competitors. In a few respects they are, but they…
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COVID-19 and IT Jobs in Japan The COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of uncertainty among prospective job seekers, especially...
15th May 2020
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COVID-19 and IT Jobs in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of uncertainty among prospective job seekers, especially those looking to relocate to Japan from overseas. To help people understand the current situation with regards to IT jobs in Japan, I contacted [every company using...
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A History of Cyborgs Notes on the history of cyborgs and why the idea still holds historical weight in Western narratives
1st Nov 2020
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A History of Cyborgs

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

1st Nov 2020
Notes on the history of cyborgs and why the idea still holds historical weight in Western narratives
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Concatenating with strings.Builder Quickly in Golang The Go standard library makes concatenating strings easy. Concatenation is just a fancy word for...
4th May 2021
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Concatenating with strings.Builder Quickly in Golang

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

4th May 2021
The Go standard library makes concatenating strings easy. Concatenation is just a fancy word for adding strings together to make a larger string. For example, if we concatenate "hello", " " and "world" we’d get "hello world".
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April updates March was a big month for Buttondown. Lots of new features, and even more coming up soon!
8th Apr 2019
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April updates

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

8th Apr 2019
March was a big month for Buttondown. Lots of new features, and even more coming up soon!
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RIPE DNS Hackathon This weekend I was in Rotterdam for the RIPE DNS Hackathon. About 50 people gathered with several...
22nd May 2023
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RIPE DNS Hackathon

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

22nd May 2023
This weekend I was in Rotterdam for the RIPE DNS Hackathon. About 50 people gathered with several ideas for potential projects: things like easier DNSSEC provisioning, monitoring DNS activity in the network, what is the environmental cost of the DNS, … At the start of the weekend...
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One idle dreary day many years ago Every time I come across this photograph on my computer, I am impressed by how simultaneously dull...
4th Oct 2010
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One idle dreary day many years ago

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

4th Oct 2010
Every time I come across this photograph on my computer, I am impressed by how simultaneously dull and sharp the sky was that day in San Francisco. When editing this photograph I took now about three and a half years ago, I only flattened the sky slightly and didn't touch up the...
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Entry Level Jobs in Japan *Since writing this article, I've written [Getting your first programming job in...
12th Mar 2012
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Entry Level Jobs in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Mar 2012
*Since writing this article, I've written [Getting your first programming job in Japan](/articles/first-job-programmer-japan), which goes into a lot more detail than this one.* When I was first looking for a job in Japan, I was surprised by the lack of entry level positions....
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Name that Ware, January 2024 The Ware for January 2024 is shown below. I picked up this little gizmo at a junk shop in Akihabara....
31st Jan 2024
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Name that Ware, January 2024

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

31st Jan 2024
The Ware for January 2024 is shown below. I picked up this little gizmo at a junk shop in Akihabara. I actually have no idea what the original purpose was, so I’m curious to see if anyone can convince me as to what this thing did, presumably for many years and millions of times....
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Basecamp code runs 18% faster with YJIT Basecamp runs ~18% faster with YJIT. In this post I’ll share our setup, and the performance...
1st Dec 2023
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Basecamp code runs 18% faster with YJIT

from 37signals Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2023
Basecamp runs ~18% faster with YJIT. In this post I’ll share our setup, and the performance improvements we achieved. Our setup Basecamp is currently running Ruby 3.3.0-preview3 and Rails Edge (master branch). We configure YJIT in our servers via RUBYOPT=--yjit-disable...
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How To Center a Div Back in the day, centering an element was one of the trickiest things in CSS. As the language has...
13th Feb 2024
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How To Center a Div

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

13th Feb 2024
Back in the day, centering an element was one of the trickiest things in CSS. As the language has evolved, we’ve been given lots of new tools we can use… But how do we pick the best option? When do we use Flexbox, or CSS Grid, or something else? Let's dig into it.
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The Death of Personality The Death of Personality 2017-11-01 On September 18, 2013 truly original product design (everything...
1st Nov 2017
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The Death of Personality

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

1st Nov 2017
The Death of Personality 2017-11-01 On September 18, 2013 truly original product design (everything from icon and app design to UI and experience interactions) began it's fast decline into the abyss with the release of Apple's iOS 7 update. It was called revolutionary. It was...
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Theory and practice
6th Nov 2012
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Theory and practice

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

6th Nov 2012
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How to upgrade or downgrade Node.js using npm Need to update your version of Node.js? Here's how you can upgrade or downgrade from the command...
5th Apr 2016
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How to upgrade or downgrade Node.js using npm

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

5th Apr 2016
Need to update your version of Node.js? Here's how you can upgrade or downgrade from the command line using npm. Upgrading to the latest stable version # This will update you to the latest available stable version: sudo npm cache clean -f sudo npm install -g n sudo n...
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Consistent Ordering of N-Dimensional Neighbors
28th Mar 2018
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Consistent Ordering of N-Dimensional Neighbors

from Matt Keeter [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Mar 2018
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The self improvement pomodoro
4th Sep 2011
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The self improvement pomodoro

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

4th Sep 2011
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Autoconf’s revenge: ad-hoc shell templates How to leverage an old dirty trick in your Bazel wrapper for great effect
8th Jul 2026
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Autoconf’s revenge: ad-hoc shell templates

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8th Jul 2026
How to leverage an old dirty trick in your Bazel wrapper for great effect
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Upward assignment in Ruby Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it...
13th Jan 2023
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Upward assignment in Ruby

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Jan 2023
Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it added rightward assignment (4 => x). Then at RubyConf 2021, Kevin Kuchta explained how to abuse Ruby features to build a downward assignment operator (yes, this really...
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Chickadee 0.10.0 released I'm happy to announce that Chickadee 0.10.0 has been released! Chickadee is a game development...
24th May 2023
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Chickadee 0.10.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th May 2023
I'm happy to announce that Chickadee 0.10.0 has been released! Chickadee is a game development toolkit for Guile. Chickadee aims to provide all the features that parenthetically inclined game developers need to make 2D and 3D games in Scheme. This release is on the smaller side...
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A Quick Look at Portland Parking Ticket Data I work in downtown Portland and see a lot of people getting parking tickets every day (parking is...
5th Feb 2019
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A Quick Look at Portland Parking Ticket Data

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

5th Feb 2019
I work in downtown Portland and see a lot of people getting parking tickets every day (parking is one of the reasons I ride my bike to work). I was curious to learn more about it. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, Portland parking ticket data is available to anyone who...
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Netscape support ending in February 2008 On December 28th, 2007, the Netscape Blog announced that AOL is ending support for Netscape web...
3rd Jan 2008
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Netscape support ending in February 2008

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

3rd Jan 2008
On December 28th, 2007, the Netscape Blog announced that AOL is ending support for Netscape web browsers effective February 1, 2008. This doesn't come as much of a surprise, considering the significant decline in Netscape's marketshare over the past decade to more competative...
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Sneaky Header Blocker Trick There is a lil’ UI detail on this blog. Most people don’t even notice it, but the ones who do often...
23rd Mar 2026
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Sneaky Header Blocker Trick

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

23rd Mar 2026
There is a lil’ UI detail on this blog. Most people don’t even notice it, but the ones who do often reach out, asking how on earth it works. It feels like it defies the rules of CSS! In this blog post, I’ll break down the surprisingly-straightforward implementation so you can...
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Attention is all you have The Tetris effect is one of psychology’s most easy to reproduce experiments. Simply spend a bit of...
3 weeks ago
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Attention is all you have

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

3 weeks ago
The Tetris effect is one of psychology’s most easy to reproduce experiments. Simply spend a bit of time playing the eponymous game every day for a few weeks. After a little while, you’ll start recognizing familiar Tetromino shapes in clouds, buildings, and everyday objects. You...
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Equivalent experience can cut both ways I’ve been taking screen reader lessons. I found someone who is kind enough to offer their time and...
5th Sep 2023
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Equivalent experience can cut both ways

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

5th Sep 2023
I’ve been taking screen reader lessons. I found someone who is kind enough to offer their time and expertise (and grace in answering the occasional ignorant question) in exchange for payment. The goal here is to uncover assumptions I carry with me when using assistive technology,...
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Engineering Manager Archetypes and Career Paths Cross-posted from leaddev.com Exploring seven common leadership scenarios. If you’re looking for a...
3rd Aug 2021
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Engineering Manager Archetypes and Career Paths

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

3rd Aug 2021
Cross-posted from leaddev.com Exploring seven common leadership scenarios. If you’re looking for a very traditional breakdown of engineering manager archetypes – tech lead manager, team manager, director, and so forth – you can’t do better than Will Larson’s post, and I won’t...
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Programming Portals Small, scoped areas within a graphical interface that allow users to read and write simple...
23rd Oct 2022
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Programming Portals

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

23rd Oct 2022
Small, scoped areas within a graphical interface that allow users to read and write simple programmes
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Towards a More Open Secure Element Chip “Secure Element” (SE) chips have traditionally taken a very closed-source, NDA-heavy approach. Thus,...
19th Dec 2022
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Towards a More Open Secure Element Chip

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

19th Dec 2022
“Secure Element” (SE) chips have traditionally taken a very closed-source, NDA-heavy approach. Thus, it piqued my interest when an early-stage SE chip startup, Cramium (still in stealth mode), approached me to advise on open source strategy. This blog post explains my reasoning...
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Automating updates to a digital vigil November 20th each year is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). It is a day when we memorialize...
24th Nov 2025
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Automating updates to a digital vigil

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

24th Nov 2025
November 20th each year is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). It is a day when we memorialize those who've been lost to transphobia, through violence or suicide. And each year, I make the most difficult git commit of the year, updating the list of names in the digital vigil...
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Software engineers hate code. This is the best-kept secret of the software engineering profession: engineers hate code. Especially...
8th Jul 2023
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Software engineers hate code.

from Dan Cowell [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jul 2023
This is the best-kept secret of the software engineering profession: engineers hate code. Especially code written by other people. It's why they love working on greenfield projects so much. No code, no maintenance, no headaches! Ever wondered why microservices took off in teams...
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How to make an ineffective 404 page 404 pages are what a server will show you if you request something that isn’t there. Another way to...
4th Apr 2021
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How to make an ineffective 404 page

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

4th Apr 2021
404 pages are what a server will show you if you request something that isn’t there. Another way to say this: 404s are a last-ditch effort to help visitors get what they want if a webpage isn’t there anymore. There’s plenty of articles out there about how to make entertaining,...
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"The Surprise Slide" Ukulele Micro Song A micro song for Chelsea, written and recorded while she was in San Diego.
22nd May 2011
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"The Surprise Slide" Ukulele Micro Song

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

22nd May 2011
A micro song for Chelsea, written and recorded while she was in San Diego.
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Specialization considered harmful It is sometimes recommended that software engineers should learn “depth-first”, and seek to...
3rd Apr 2023
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Specialization considered harmful

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

3rd Apr 2023
It is sometimes recommended that software engineers should learn “depth-first”, and seek to specialize early in their careers. I think his advice is misguided. In my opinion, having a wide range of knowledge is in many cases more important than being extremely good at a very...
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Building a Responsive Website Tester with Iframes and React Read the post here.
28th Feb 2023
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Building a Responsive Website Tester with Iframes and React

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

28th Feb 2023
Read the post here.
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Start something small * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * The other day I...
2nd Nov 2012
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Start something small

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

2nd Nov 2012
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * The other day I was listening to Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People and and I found it amazing how this book, which has now sold over 15 million copies, originally started: >...
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Voxel Editors Kind of Suck, so I’m Vibe Coding One
14th May 2026
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Voxel Editors Kind of Suck, so I’m Vibe Coding One

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

14th May 2026
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The Exodus Curve The concept of Product-Market Fit (PMF) collapse has gained renewed attention with the rise of large...
8th Feb 2025
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The Exodus Curve

from Marc Astbury [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Feb 2025
The concept of Product-Market Fit (PMF) collapse has gained renewed attention with the rise of large language models (LLMs), as highlighted in a recent Reforge article. The article argues we’re witnessing unprecedented market disruption, in this post, I propose we’re experiencing...
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Batch Converting Images to webp with macOS Automator Batch Converting Images to webp with macOS Automator 2021-10-15 A great deal of my time working as a...
15th Oct 2021
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Batch Converting Images to webp with macOS Automator

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

15th Oct 2021
Batch Converting Images to webp with macOS Automator 2021-10-15 A great deal of my time working as a web/UI designer is spent exporting and/or converting images for software products and websites. Although a lot of modern applications can render image conversions at build time, a...
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Ranking #1 on HN in the December Dead Zone For those who weren't aware (you would be if you were...
30th Dec 2022
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Ranking #1 on HN in the December Dead Zone

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

30th Dec 2022
For those who weren't aware (you would be if you were [subscribed](https://lspace.swyx.io/subscribe?simple=true&next=https://lspace.swyx.io/) on email!), I started a separate AI blog, [L-space Diaries](https://lspace.swyx.io/), this year to 1) try out Substack in anger and 2)...
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