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Showing SQL Queries with Pytest and Django I have a Django based project, and am doing unit tests with py.test. To debug a test failure it’s...
20th Nov 2019
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Showing SQL Queries with Pytest and Django

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

20th Nov 2019
I have a Django based project, and am doing unit tests with py.test. To debug a test failure it’s sometimes useful to see the actual SQL queries that Django emitted, which is surprisingly hard. I assumed that that would be such an obvious and common need, that a simple switch...
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My Compensation Over Four Decades As A Programmer It's a lie, as I don't remember exactly what I made in every job, and it changed during each job....
5th Jul 2023
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My Compensation Over Four Decades As A Programmer

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

5th Jul 2023
It's a lie, as I don't remember exactly what I made in every job, and it changed during each job. Also, I never worked for a big tech company (other than Apple briefly, but that was when they were going out of business) and only a
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No sacred masterpieces Or "that time I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it like a week after launch"
15th Sep 2023
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No sacred masterpieces

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

15th Sep 2023
Or "that time I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it like a week after launch"
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The Review Is the Action Item 2024/05/30 The Review Is the Action Item I like to consider running an incident review to be its own...
30th May 2024
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The Review Is the Action Item

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

30th May 2024
2024/05/30 The Review Is the Action Item I like to consider running an incident review to be its own action item. Other follow-ups emerging from it are a plus, but the point is to learn from incidents, and the review gives room for that to happen. This is not surprising advice if...
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Coding with LLMs can lead to more and better software We are in the early days with a new technology. There is a lot of hype around LLMs, and takes on...
3rd Apr 2023
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Coding with LLMs can lead to more and better software

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

3rd Apr 2023
We are in the early days with a new technology. There is a lot of hype around LLMs, and takes on every end of the spectrum. Some predict that programmers will be out of a job sooner than later. Others predict that these will just contribute to spam. Today I'd like to focus on one...
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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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Telling mechanize how to find local issuer certificates I was doing some work on my library lookup tool recently, and I ran into an issue with mechanize,...
7th Dec 2023
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Telling mechanize how to find local issuer certificates

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Dec 2023
I was doing some work on my library lookup tool recently, and I ran into an issue with mechanize, the Python library I use to simulate a web browser. I’d upgraded my version of Python and mechanize, and now I wasn’t able to connect to HTTPS sites. If I tried a simple...
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Colophon Most blogs, like this one, are reverse-chronological, causing the first post to appear last in the...
1st May 2015
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Colophon

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2015
Most blogs, like this one, are reverse-chronological, causing the first post to appear last in the archive. This convention makes a colophon the King's Pawn Game of web authorship; there's no better place to showcase certain implementation details than the first post of a...
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Deploying My Eleventy Site to GitHub Pages I really like GitHub Pages, and have used it to host my site for a while. The biggest challenge of...
2nd Mar 2020
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Deploying My Eleventy Site to GitHub Pages

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

2nd Mar 2020
I really like GitHub Pages, and have used it to host my site for a while. The biggest challenge of switching my site to Eleventy was getting deployments to GitHub pages set up. I suppose I could have built my site locally, and then push that to the gh-pages branch, but that felt...
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CSS Slope Graphs CSS Slope Graphs 2021-06-07 I am a huge sucker for simplistic and beautifully designed visual data...
7th Jun 2021
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CSS Slope Graphs

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

7th Jun 2021
CSS Slope Graphs 2021-06-07 I am a huge sucker for simplistic and beautifully designed visual data on the web. Most data tends to be graphed via line or bar systems - which is fine - but I think slope graphs are highly underrated. Let's change that, shall we? The Demo I'm basing...
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Stop Using Sticky Navigation on Mobile Stop Using Sticky Navigation on Mobile 2019-10-06 Stop styling your web elements to be “sticky” on...
6th Oct 2019
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Stop Using Sticky Navigation on Mobile

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

6th Oct 2019
Stop Using Sticky Navigation on Mobile 2019-10-06 Stop styling your web elements to be “sticky” on mobile. This creates a horrible experience for your users and also looks like trash from a UI perspective. Don’t style your navigation (or any components for that matter) to be...
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How to create scroll animations with just 1 React hook (Part 1) This is a series of articles where we learn a few techniques to create scroll animations with just 1...
1st Nov 2019
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How to create scroll animations with just 1 React hook (Part 1)

from Tinloof - Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Nov 2019
This is a series of articles where we learn a few techniques to create scroll animations with just 1 React hook. In this first part, we will use the scroll event to achieve that. Here’s a preview of what we will achieve by the end of the article:
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Don't make me read your PR description I started using Github Copilot a month or two ago for my personal projects. I can’t say that it’s...
3rd Feb 2023
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Don't make me read your PR description

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

3rd Feb 2023
I started using Github Copilot a month or two ago for my personal projects. I can’t say that it’s been a net positive. There are more than a handful of problems that make me slower: Sometimes it suggests a closing quote or paren that isn’t needed. Removing the duplicate character...
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Captain's Log #1 In this episode of Captain's Log we cover artificial intelligence, taste companies, mom & pop tech...
11th Nov 2022
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Captain's Log #1

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

11th Nov 2022
In this episode of Captain's Log we cover artificial intelligence, taste companies, mom & pop tech businesses, and more.
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Estimating the number of your RSS subscribers Here's a quick tip to estimate the number of your RSS subscribers. All you need is access to the web...
22nd Feb 2021
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Estimating the number of your RSS subscribers

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

22nd Feb 2021
Here's a quick tip to estimate the number of your RSS subscribers. All you need is access to the web server logs. Let's filter the logs for the RSS file names (in my case it's atom.xml and feed.json): cat access.log | grep -e atom.xml -e feed.json When looking through my logs,...
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The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics h2 span {color: #a5a5a5;} table.InCell { margin-left: -0.27rem; } #blog .post_content...
8th Mar 2022
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The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics

from Stephen Wolfram Writings [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Mar 2022
h2 span {color: #a5a5a5;} table.InCell { margin-left: -0.27rem; } #blog .post_content .inline-table-of-contents { background-color: #ebf9f8; border: solid 1px #89cac7; } #blog .post_content .inline-table-of-contents div a { color: #783f19; } #blog...
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Pink, Soft, Glittering Developers A collection of observations on the rise of soft, sparkly, baby pink aesthetics among developers
13th Mar 2021
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Pink, Soft, Glittering Developers

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

13th Mar 2021
A collection of observations on the rise of soft, sparkly, baby pink aesthetics among developers
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Progress and Challenges: Reflections of a Working Mother in Japan The result of [TokyoDev's International Developers in Japan Survey...
7th Jul 2023
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Progress and Challenges: Reflections of a Working Mother in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Jul 2023
The result of [TokyoDev's International Developers in Japan Survey 2022](/insights/2022-developer-survey) revealed that the country is still struggling to close the gender gap in the workplace in the tech industry. As a Japanese woman and a mother of two children, I was very...
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Martyr Crouched behind a thicket, Mirundi tried to catch his breath. He quickly lifted his hand from the...
25th Mar 2023
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Martyr

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

25th Mar 2023
Crouched behind a thicket, Mirundi tried to catch his breath. He quickly lifted his hand from the floor to catch the sweat that had started dripping from his forehead. His hand was shaking uncontrollably, jerked back and forth by the fear of getting caught again. Mukaajanga, the...
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Explore Wallpapers for Mac Many years ago (2010 or so) I released an app called Flickr Addict for Palm WebOS phones, which...
22nd Apr 2025
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Explore Wallpapers for Mac

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Apr 2025
Many years ago (2010 or so) I released an app called Flickr Addict for Palm WebOS phones, which automatically downloaded beautiful images from the Flickr photography website and changed the phone background image on a regular basis. I wanted to see if I could rebuild that app in...
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Organizational buy-in on Responsive Design
2nd Jun 2016
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Organizational buy-in on Responsive Design

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

2nd Jun 2016
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Craigslist Alerts with Python I love Craigslist, but trying to buy certain things (like Subarus in Portland) can be ridiculously...
9th Jul 2017
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Craigslist Alerts with Python

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

9th Jul 2017
I love Craigslist, but trying to buy certain things (like Subarus in Portland) can be ridiculously competitive. I wanted a simple way to be alerted immediately when an item I was looking for was posted. Craigslist Search Alerts I tried using Craigslist’s built in Search Alert...
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Myth: ARIA Has Perfect Support
13th May 2020
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Myth: ARIA Has Perfect Support

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

13th May 2020
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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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My Git alias for shipping a feature branch A handy Git alias for merging a feature branch into master and pushing it to the server.
4th Dec 2013
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My Git alias for shipping a feature branch

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

4th Dec 2013
A handy Git alias for merging a feature branch into master and pushing it to the server.
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AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming...
2nd Jun 2026
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AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy

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

2nd Jun 2026
Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming into the void. Here's how to close the gap and get everyone pulling in the same direction.
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Fibonacci Goals A system for goalsetting.
1st Jan 2021
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Fibonacci Goals

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

1st Jan 2021
A system for goalsetting.
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The Finest Narrative Non-Fiction Essays Narrative essays that I consider ideal models of the medium
22nd Dec 2021
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The Finest Narrative Non-Fiction Essays

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

22nd Dec 2021
Narrative essays that I consider ideal models of the medium
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A review of the blog in 2024 I didn’t write much this year. The projects that I worked on (at work) used up most of my creative...
31st Dec 2024
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A review of the blog in 2024

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

31st Dec 2024
I didn’t write much this year. The projects that I worked on (at work) used up most of my creative mental capacity leaving little for writing. The backlog is brimming, however. Targets for 2024 ❌ Publish at least 40 posts 11 ❌ Reach at least 200k readers Don’t have an...
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"The Expressive C++17 Coding Challenge (in Rust)" revisited
14th Feb 2018
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"The Expressive C++17 Coding Challenge (in Rust)" revisited

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

14th Feb 2018
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Immutable Data with Immer and Personal Assistant Bots Illustrated notes on how work with immutable data in the Immer state library
10th Aug 2019
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Immutable Data with Immer and Personal Assistant Bots

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

10th Aug 2019
Illustrated notes on how work with immutable data in the Immer state library
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Verizon's I'm A Teapot Error And Other Technology Fails This is not my week for using technology. None of these problems was my fault, other than my...
6th Oct 2025
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Verizon's I'm A Teapot Error And Other Technology Fails

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

6th Oct 2025
This is not my week for using technology. None of these problems was my fault, other than my existing in the universe and the attraction that brought. Today, I wanted to review my Verizon mobile account, and I noticed that the website had changed since my last visit. I clicked
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Announcing Stack Overflow for Teams New product: Stack Overflow for Teams lets you direct questions to members of your own team,...
3rd May 2018
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Announcing Stack Overflow for Teams

from Joel on Software [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd May 2018
New product: Stack Overflow for Teams lets you direct questions to members of your own team, company, or organization. Read more "Announcing Stack Overflow for Teams"
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How to Survive and Thrive as an Engineer in Japan At [Oedo Ruby Kaigi 04](http://regional.rubykaigi.org/oedo04/), [Leonard...
6th May 2014
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How to Survive and Thrive as an Engineer in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th May 2014
At [Oedo Ruby Kaigi 04](http://regional.rubykaigi.org/oedo04/), [Leonard Chin](https://twitter.com/lchin) gave a presentation entitled "How to Survive and Thrive as an Engineer in a Foreign Land". Although the presentation is for a Japanese audience, it is based on his experience...
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Starlit sky coffee pitcher, 2024 Starlit sky on a clear night / the milky way / eternity / clarity / raindrops sticking to window...
13th Apr 2024
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Starlit sky coffee pitcher, 2024

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

13th Apr 2024
Starlit sky on a clear night / the milky way / eternity / clarity / raindrops sticking to window glass
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Sync, phone numbers, and webhooks A couple of weeks have passed since I last posted. If this were an email, it would start with "Sorry...
5th Mar 2026
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Sync, phone numbers, and webhooks

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

5th Mar 2026
A couple of weeks have passed since I last posted. If this were an email, it would start with "Sorry for the slow response." Sync A project I built just shipped at Chroma. I added Amazon S3 sync support to Chroma Cloud. This service lets people easily add
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I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
22nd Sep 2023
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I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

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

22nd Sep 2023
I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
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4 Software Design Principles I Learned the Hard Way If there’s two sources of truth, one is probably wrong. And yes, please repeat yourself.
22nd Apr 2024
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4 Software Design Principles I Learned the Hard Way

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

22nd Apr 2024
If there’s two sources of truth, one is probably wrong. And yes, please repeat yourself.
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Cool URLs Mean Something Earlier this month, MTV News abruptly pulled their site off the web without warning, eliminating a...
23rd Jul 2024
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Cool URLs Mean Something

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

23rd Jul 2024
Earlier this month, MTV News abruptly pulled their site off the web without warning, eliminating a virtual archive of pop […] The post Cool URLs Mean Something appeared first on The History of the Web.
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The Pythonic Emptiness Why the Pythonic way of doing emptiness check on sequences is not necessarily ambiguous in most...
9th Nov 2024
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The Pythonic Emptiness

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

9th Nov 2024
Why the Pythonic way of doing emptiness check on sequences is not necessarily ambiguous in most cases
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Taking a break I've been publishing at least one blog post every week on this blog for about 2.5 years. I kept it...
5th May 2025
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Taking a break

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

5th May 2025
I've been publishing at least one blog post every week on this blog for about 2.5 years. I kept it up even when I was very sick last year with Lyme disease. It's time for me to take a break and reset. This is the right time, because the world is very difficult for me to move...
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The Boot.dev Beat. November 2024 Mortrunk has fallen. The community rallied in our Halloween boss fight spectacular. Well done. The...
5th Nov 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. November 2024

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

5th Nov 2024
Mortrunk has fallen. The community rallied in our Halloween boss fight spectacular. Well done. The Boots’ aura XP boost even hit 2x for a while there.
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GodotCon Amsterdam 2026 In April, the Godot foundation organized a conference close to their home base: GodotCon...
2nd Jul 2026
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GodotCon Amsterdam 2026

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

2nd Jul 2026
In April, the Godot foundation organized a conference close to their home base: GodotCon Amsterdam. It was a good occasion for us to showcase Paradox Tower and get some beta feedback from other developers. Most importantly it was two entire days of talks about game development in...
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Why I blog The reasons why I started blogging.
23rd Sep 2023
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Why I blog

from Florian Bellmann | Be curious, explore and meditate. [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Sep 2023
The reasons why I started blogging.
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Installing Guix on a 10th gen Thinkpad X1 The last time I bought a laptop, I got a used Thinkpad X220 from eBay. I loved that laptop,...
5th Dec 2022
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Installing Guix on a 10th gen Thinkpad X1

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Dec 2022
The last time I bought a laptop, I got a used Thinkpad X220 from eBay. I loved that laptop, but time marches on and old hardware eventually becomes too slow for modern development needs. After a lot of indecision, I bought a 10th generation Thinkpad X1 with an Intel Core...
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It’s not just Radio, it’s Meshtastic! My latest interest in microcontrollers has me learning all about Meshtastic mesh radio devices.The...
20th Jan 2026
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It’s not just Radio, it’s Meshtastic!

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Jan 2026
My latest interest in microcontrollers has me learning all about Meshtastic mesh radio devices.The Meshtastic website puts it concisely – “An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices”.A lot to unpack right there but...
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Filtering AWS CLI output by tags using jq Recently I was writing a shell script to deal with the AWS CLI, and I wanted to filter the list of...
11th Apr 2023
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Filtering AWS CLI output by tags using jq

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Apr 2023
Recently I was writing a shell script to deal with the AWS CLI, and I wanted to filter the list of results using jq. Specifically, I wanted to filter using some of the AWS tags, which are a bit unwieldy – although the tags form a set of key/value pairs, they’re returned as a list...
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The choices we make when we build startups * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * We’ve recently...
20th Apr 2014
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The choices we make when we build startups

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

20th Apr 2014
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * We’ve recently reached the point with Buffer where I’ve started to think about a lot of key higher level choices. As a CEO these can be difficult decisions to make. I’ve been taking time to...
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My Hacktoberfest 2019 Hardest I've ever worked for a free t-shirt.
26th Oct 2019
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My Hacktoberfest 2019

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

26th Oct 2019
Hardest I've ever worked for a free t-shirt.
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Rohit Chess fun little board game
10th Mar 2025
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Rohit Chess

from Grant Slatton [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Mar 2025
fun little board game
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Text rendering and effects using GPU-computed distances Text rendering is cursed. Anyone who has worked on text will tell you the same; whether it's about...
1st Nov 2025
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Text rendering and effects using GPU-computed distances

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

1st Nov 2025
Text rendering is cursed. Anyone who has worked on text will tell you the same; whether it's about layout, bi-directional, shaping, Unicode, or the rendering itself, it's never a completely solved problem. In my personal case, I've been working on trying to render text in the...
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Software books I wish I could read New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.11 is now available! This is over 20% longer than v0.10, with...
6th Aug 2025
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Software books I wish I could read

from Computer Things [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Aug 2025
New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.11 is now available! This is over 20% longer than v0.10, with a new chapter on code proofs, three chapter overhauls, and more! Full release notes here. Software books I wish I could read I'm writing Logic for Programmers because it's a book...
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I ranked 5th in the Indie Dev Game Jam #4! I wrote the theme tune, sang the theme tune…
20th Jul 2024
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I ranked 5th in the Indie Dev Game Jam #4!

from beep.blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Jul 2024
I wrote the theme tune, sang the theme tune…
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Transposing tensor files
22nd Nov 2024
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Transposing tensor files

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

22nd Nov 2024
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Dresses, 'dressing up', and the software industry A few days ago, Lea Coligado, a junior at Stanford, wrote about some of the sexism she's experienced...
24th Feb 2015
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Dresses, 'dressing up', and the software industry

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

24th Feb 2015
A few days ago, Lea Coligado, a junior at Stanford, wrote about some of the sexism she's experienced in computer science. One of the things she mentioned was how wearing dresses caused her to be treated differently. I, too, prefer dresses because I find them much more comfortable...
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How To Quiet Down Your 3D Printer When I first got my 3D printer, I built an enclosure to protect it from dust, maintain a consistent...
24th Dec 2023
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How To Quiet Down Your 3D Printer

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

24th Dec 2023
When I first got my 3D printer, I built an enclosure to protect it from dust, maintain a consistent temperature, and minimize noise. I was surprised to find that the enclosure didn’t reduce noise that significantly. I then placed a patio paver under my printer, which made it...
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Roundup of Unique Data/Storage Hosting Options Recently I have been taking another look at the services at rsync.net and it got me thinking: what...
3rd Jun 2021
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Roundup of Unique Data/Storage Hosting Options

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

3rd Jun 2021
Recently I have been taking another look at the services at rsync.net and it got me thinking: what would I do with a lot of storage? What might I want to run with it, if it were fairly cheap? Backups are an obvious place to start. Borgbackup makes a pretty compelling option: very...
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Building an Arcade Stick I’ve been into playing games on my RetroPie machine lately and thought it would be cool to build an...
3rd Jun 2019
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Building an Arcade Stick

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

3rd Jun 2019
I’ve been into playing games on my RetroPie machine lately and thought it would be cool to build an arcade stick (also called a “fight stick”). Here’s the finished product: Materials and Components I had some leftover IKEA oak butcher block from a kitchen project and I thought...
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How "new type" helps avoid production outages My January links recap included the “Phantom Types” article by David Soria Parra. In it, the author...
9th Mar 2024
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How "new type" helps avoid production outages

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

9th Mar 2024
My January links recap included the “Phantom Types” article by David Soria Parra. In it, the author briefly touches upon the “new type” idiom, its typical implementation in Rust, and then proceeds to propose a better alternative. But the question arises: why should you care?
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Navigating the unpredictability of everything We dramatically, repeatedly fail predict the future. Does that mean "strategy" is senseless? No, it...
19th Mar 2023
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Navigating the unpredictability of everything

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

19th Mar 2023
We dramatically, repeatedly fail predict the future. Does that mean "strategy" is senseless? No, it means you need these techniques to navigate a volatile world.
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Peach tree I got an embroidery kit for an old Nordiska apple tree by Ingegerd Hyltén-Cavallius from Studio Flax...
27th Jul 2023
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Peach tree

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

27th Jul 2023
I got an embroidery kit for an old Nordiska apple tree by Ingegerd Hyltén-Cavallius from Studio Flax and ended up modifying it to make it a peach tree because I decided to put the finished project up in my powder room and can't resist a terrible pun:
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Rethinking Databases for Humans and AI Agents Databases Were Built for Engines. It’s Time to Build Them for Humans.
1st Jul 2026
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Rethinking Databases for Humans and AI Agents

from Marco Bambini [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jul 2026
Databases Were Built for Engines. It’s Time to Build Them for Humans.
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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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Leaving Stripe I originally got hooked on programming because I loved the act of creating something from nothing. I...
6th May 2015
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Leaving Stripe

from Greg Brockman [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th May 2015
I originally got hooked on programming because I loved the act of creating something from nothing. I soon discovered the deep satisfaction of having others actually use my creations. It didn’t take me long to realize I wanted to build a startup. Startups # Throughout college, I...
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A Brief Introduction to Digital Anthropology A discipline at the intersection of cultural anthropology and binary logic
3rd Oct 2020
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A Brief Introduction to Digital Anthropology

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

3rd Oct 2020
A discipline at the intersection of cultural anthropology and binary logic
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Agents as scaffolding for recurring tasks. One of my gifts/curses is an endless fixation with how processes can be optimized. For a brief...
12th Apr 2026
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Agents as scaffolding for recurring tasks.

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

12th Apr 2026
One of my gifts/curses is an endless fixation with how processes can be optimized. For a brief moment early in my career, that was focused on improving how humans collaborate, but that quickly switched to figuring out how we can minimize human involvement, and...
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Lecture: Queueing theory on a cocktail napkin Queues are everywhere, and they follow mathematical rules. Learn a few of those rules! It'll go a...
25th Jun 2025
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Lecture: Queueing theory on a cocktail napkin

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

25th Jun 2025
Queues are everywhere, and they follow mathematical rules. Learn a few of those rules! It'll go a long way to making you a stronger SRE.
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james.land, a place for me to share my scrappy fiddles
31st Oct 2024
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james.land, a place for me to share my scrappy fiddles

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

31st Oct 2024
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Swyx's Simple Guide to Singapore A personal guide to Singapore for foreign friends visiting.
7th Sep 2023
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Swyx's Simple Guide to Singapore

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7th Sep 2023
A personal guide to Singapore for foreign friends visiting.
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Games and Puzzles as Multicomputational Systems
8th Jun 2022
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Games and Puzzles as Multicomputational Systems

from Stephen Wolfram Writings [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jun 2022
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20th Jun 2019
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Easy subscriber filters

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

20th Jun 2019
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Why developers hate being interrupted I stumbled across a post today (that unfortunately no longer exists) and I was almost convinced that...
8th Jan 2015
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Why developers hate being interrupted

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

8th Jan 2015
I stumbled across a post today (that unfortunately no longer exists) and I was almost convinced that I had written it myself. Many of the points in it hit home, so I hope it helps people better understand how developers think and what they go through when interruptions arise. One...
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Python Community Intro The PSF just created a new mailing list, "PSF-Community", then autosubscribed a bunch of people and...
22nd Sep 2015
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Python Community Intro

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Sep 2015
The PSF just created a new mailing list, "PSF-Community", then autosubscribed a bunch of people and solicited introductions. At first I was surprised, but I was quickly charmed by the response and joined in on the action. Here's what I wrote: If Alex Martelli is doing it, then...
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Debug like Feynman, test like Faraday
1st Apr 2022
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Debug like Feynman, test like Faraday

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

1st Apr 2022
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What I’m Using in 2025 I’ve always been fascinated to see what other apps or workflows others are using in their day-to-day...
24th Jan 2025
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What I’m Using in 2025

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

24th Jan 2025
I’ve always been fascinated to see what other apps or workflows others are using in their day-to-day lives. Every now and then I learn about a new app or some cool trick I didn’t previously know. I doubt anyone seriously cares about what I’m using, but figured I’d list them out...
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Zone of Genius Aligning the right people with jobs to be done is an age-old problem in company building. And on a...
12th Jun 2019
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Zone of Genius

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

12th Jun 2019
Aligning the right people with jobs to be done is an age-old problem in company building. And on a micro level, aligning yourself with the right role is also challenging. What should you delegate? Where should you focus your efforts? I've found the Zone of Genius framework to
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Fast compilers for fast programs Fast compilers for fast programs Compiler author incentives Aside: languages get caught in the...
14th Apr 2019
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Fast compilers for fast programs

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

14th Apr 2019
Fast compilers for fast programs Compiler author incentives Aside: languages get caught in the middle The "medium-sized project" moment 2019-04-14 Compiler authors face a tradeoff between compiler speed and executable speed. Take longer to build a binary and you can build a...
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My Remote Desk, 2024 My desk as of 2024-04-30 Remote companies have to work harder at everything. The effort goes beyond...
1st May 2024
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My Remote Desk, 2024

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

1st May 2024
My desk as of 2024-04-30 Remote companies have to work harder at everything. The effort goes beyond “remote-friendly”—you need remote culture. But once you have a remote culture, it’s hard to imagine going back. After nine years of working remotely, the only thing I miss...
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Things I've learned about biking for transportation in NYC I've been biking for transportation for a few months now, and honestly, I've never been a happier...
2nd Dec 2021
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Things I've learned about biking for transportation in NYC

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

2nd Dec 2021
I've been biking for transportation for a few months now, and honestly, I've never been a happier person. That said, it took a while to go from very comfortable riding a bike around the car-free loop inside Prospect Park to no longer feeling extremely anxious riding on NYC...
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Code reviews And why they're probably the most important software engineering skill
5th Dec 2025
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Code reviews

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

5th Dec 2025
And why they're probably the most important software engineering skill
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Turning the Static Dynamic with Gatsby + Netlify Functions + Netlify Identity Gatsby is great for not only static sites but also traditional web applications. You can add...
26th Dec 2018
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Turning the Static Dynamic with Gatsby + Netlify Functions + Netlify Identity

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

26th Dec 2018
Gatsby is great for not only static sites but also traditional web applications. You can add authentication and serverless functionality and get up and running incredibly quickly with Netlify - here's how.
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Human service is luxury Maybe one day AI will answer every customer question flawlessly, but we're nowhere near that reality...
3rd Mar 2025
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Human service is luxury

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

3rd Mar 2025
Maybe one day AI will answer every customer question flawlessly, but we're nowhere near that reality right now. I can't tell you how often I've been stuck in some god-forsaken AI loop or phone tree WHEN ALL I WANT IS A HUMAN. So I end up either just yelling "operator",...
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Towards Inserting One Billion Rows in SQLite Under A Minute This is a chronicle of my experiment where I set out to insert 1B rows in SQLite
17th Jul 2021
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Towards Inserting One Billion Rows in SQLite Under A Minute

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Jul 2021
This is a chronicle of my experiment where I set out to insert 1B rows in SQLite
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Let's Write an IPython Extension the Hard Way I love IPython. I love using it, I love writing about it, I love taking pictures with its core...
16th Jul 2020
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Let's Write an IPython Extension the Hard Way

from Sebastian Witowski [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Jul 2020
I love IPython. I love using it, I love writing about it, I love taking pictures with its core contributors (Hi Paul!). If I ever get invited to the "Talk Python To Me" podcast (not that I have anything interesting to talk about), and Michael Kennedy is going to ask me what my...
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Program synthesis with Z3
30th Jan 2020
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Program synthesis with Z3

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

30th Jan 2020
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Making my own sharpening blocks When I started wood carving, the only sharpening method I remembered was from seeing my mother use...
11th Oct 2024
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Making my own sharpening blocks

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

11th Oct 2024
When I started wood carving, the only sharpening method I remembered was from seeing my mother use some kind of smooth broken stone that she passed over the length of the knife blade before sacrificing a chicken. I also remember seeing my father use a very coarse stone wheel...
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The 2018 Mac Mini Watch the video review I hardly ever think about my Mac Mini, but it serves a vital role for my...
6th Nov 2018
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The 2018 Mac Mini

from Marco.org [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Nov 2018
Watch the video review I hardly ever think about my Mac Mini, but it serves a vital role for my family as our home-theater mixer, Plex server, ScanSnap server, Apple Photos backup, and Backblaze host for our NAS.1 Almost every port on the back is in use, and it runs 24/7,...
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How I obtained a J-FIND visa in Japan The J-Find Visa enables recent graduates to engage in activities such as job hunting, business...
13th Feb 2024
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How I obtained a J-FIND visa in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Feb 2024
The J-Find Visa enables recent graduates to engage in activities such as job hunting, business startup, and other income-generating endeavors within Japan — opportunities that were previously inaccessible to do so. I was one of the first recipients of this visa, which provided me...
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"The Rust Programming Language" will be published by No Starch Press
8th Sep 2015
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"The Rust Programming Language" will be published by No Starch Press

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

8th Sep 2015
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Where do you put spacing on design system components? I work on design systems now. It scratches a lot of itches I have, most importantly organizing and...
7th Dec 2021
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Where do you put spacing on design system components?

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

7th Dec 2021
I work on design systems now. It scratches a lot of itches I have, most importantly organizing and standardizing things, as well as baking accessibility in at both the design and development layers. My very cool boss is working on updating our grid system, and with that comes...
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Impressions of the ZSA Moonlander at one month My thoughts, experience, and advice after using the Moonlander as my main keyboard for both personal...
24th Jan 2023
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Impressions of the ZSA Moonlander at one month

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

24th Jan 2023
My thoughts, experience, and advice after using the Moonlander as my main keyboard for both personal and work projects for a full month
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5 Frames with Nikon FM and Fomapan 100 On a few photowalks around Kitsilano in Vancouver BC with my first roll of Fomapan Classic 100. All...
8th Feb 2025
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5 Frames with Nikon FM and Fomapan 100

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Feb 2025
On a few photowalks around Kitsilano in Vancouver BC with my first roll of Fomapan Classic 100. All pictures shot with older, non-AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens. Developed in Ilford Ilfosol3 for 5 minutes at 20°C and scanned with a cheap film scanner. Color has been removed and some...
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Learn In Public The fastest way to build your expertise, network, and second brain.
19th Jun 2018
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Learn In Public

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

19th Jun 2018
The fastest way to build your expertise, network, and second brain.
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The Apple GPU and the Impossible Bug In late 2020, Apple debuted the M1 with Apple’s GPU architecture, AGX, rumoured to be derived from...
13th May 2022
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The Apple GPU and the Impossible Bug

from On Life and Lisp [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th May 2022
In late 2020, Apple debuted the M1 with Apple’s GPU architecture, AGX, rumoured to be derived from Imagination’s PowerVR series. Since then, we’ve been reverse-engineering AGX and building open source graphics drivers. Last January, I rendered a triangle with my own code, but...
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Legal aid charities for immigrants (2024) The Trump administration has made aggressive threats against immigrants in the US. It’s not clear...
27th Nov 2024
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Legal aid charities for immigrants (2024)

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

27th Nov 2024
The Trump administration has made aggressive threats against immigrants in the US. It’s not clear what’s coming, my biggest fear is a violent display of fascism. (Don’t call them camps!) But even if it’s a polite legal process it will be chaotic and disruptive to many...
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Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201 Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201 2023-04-02 I recently received a ThinkPad X201...
2nd Apr 2023
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Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201

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

2nd Apr 2023
Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201 2023-04-02 I recently received a ThinkPad X201 to start using as my daily driver. I purchased the X201 to replace my existing X260. Although some might look at this as a “downgrade” in terms of specs and hardware, I would have...
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Recently We saw this Monarch butterfly caterpillar at the pretty unusual Naval Cemetery Landscape. The...
1st Oct 2023
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Recently

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

1st Oct 2023
We saw this Monarch butterfly caterpillar at the pretty unusual Naval Cemetery Landscape. The landscape is just native pollinators and native plants growing wild, with a wood platform above the field so you can walk around and see the bugs and plants. It’s also built on a...
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#17 inaccessible cards Context: A list of linked cards, each with heading, image, and teaser text. Bad code <section> ...
14th Mar 2020
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#17 inaccessible cards

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Mar 2020
Context: A list of linked cards, each with heading, image, and teaser text. Bad code <section> <section> <h2>Overview</h2> <figure class="card" data-url="image1.html" style="background: url(image1.jpg)"> <figcaption> <h4>My heading</h4> ...
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Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers The emerging golden age of home-cooked software, barefoot developers, and why the local-first...
30th May 2024
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Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers

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

30th May 2024
The emerging golden age of home-cooked software, barefoot developers, and why the local-first community should help build it
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In defense of two-state theme toggles There's a lively debate going on over whether theme toggles should have two options (light/dark) or...
21st Aug 2026
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In defense of two-state theme toggles

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

21st Aug 2026
There's a lively debate going on over whether theme toggles should have two options (light/dark) or three, with an added "system" option. I maintain two-state toggles are better in most cases (though not all), and that the case for a third option rests mainly on problems most...
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Why I'm not a VC (yet) There is too much money chasing too few operators.
8th Aug 2021
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Why I'm not a VC (yet)

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

8th Aug 2021
There is too much money chasing too few operators.
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AI Startup Moats: The Difference Between Bakers and Ovens Are new AI startups "just another wrapper for a 3rd party model"? Does having an oven make you a...
9th Nov 2024
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AI Startup Moats: The Difference Between Bakers and Ovens

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

9th Nov 2024
Are new AI startups "just another wrapper for a 3rd party model"? Does having an oven make you a baker?
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The five types of people who produce inaccessible code There are roughly five types of people you’ll meet doing accessibility development work. They...
16th Jun 2023
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The five types of people who produce inaccessible code

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

16th Jun 2023
There are roughly five types of people you’ll meet doing accessibility development work. They are: People who create inaccessible code, but do not realize they are doing so. People who create inaccessible code and realize they are doing so, but do not know how to fix it. People...
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Command Line HDR Image Processing Expensive cameras don’t take better photos. Folks tend to learn this when they do the first...
29th Jun 2021
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Command Line HDR Image Processing

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

29th Jun 2021
Expensive cameras don’t take better photos. Folks tend to learn this when they do the first side-by-side between their gorgeous iPhoneograhy and the objectively worse shots taken with their fancy new $2,000 DSLR. Cell phones have itty-bitty sensors and equally lilliputian optics...
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Tags now get auto-grouped Tags now get auto-grouped
5th Feb 2024
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Tags now get auto-grouped

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

5th Feb 2024
Tags now get auto-grouped
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Lessons learned porting 50k loc from Java to Go I was contracted to port a large Java code base to Go. The code in question is a Java client for...
5th Apr 2019
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Lessons learned porting 50k loc from Java to Go

from Krzysztof Kowalczyk blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Apr 2019
I was contracted to port a large Java code base to Go. The code in question is a Java client for RavenDB, a NoSQL JSON document database. Code with tests was around 50 thousand lines. The result of the port is a Go client. This article describes what I’ve learn in the...
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How to Throw A Company Offsite In A “Post-COVID” World Earlier this month we had our first Honeycomb all-hands offsite in three years … our first one since...
28th Feb 2023
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How to Throw A Company Offsite In A “Post-COVID” World

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

28th Feb 2023
Earlier this month we had our first Honeycomb all-hands offsite in three years … our first one since February of 2020, before the plague. It was wonderful and glorious and silly and energizing and so, so SO much fun. It was a potent reminder of the reality that no virtual...
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The Elephant in the room: The myth of exponential hypergrowth Fast-growing startups are frequently described as “exponential,” especially when the product is...
5th Mar 2022
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The Elephant in the room: The myth of exponential hypergrowth

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

5th Mar 2022
Fast-growing startups are frequently described as “exponential,” especially when the product is “viral.” Turns out, this is incorrect, even for Facebook and Slack. If you have an incorrect model, you don’t understand growth, which means you can’t control it, nor predict it. Here...
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Stopwatch ASIC
19th Apr 2010
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Stopwatch ASIC

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

19th Apr 2010
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Alt-Numpad for Linux In Ubuntu the alt+numpad ACSII codes don’t work—this was a major stumbling block for me since I am...
26th Jul 2011
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Alt-Numpad for Linux

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

26th Jul 2011
In Ubuntu the alt+numpad ACSII codes don’t work—this was a major stumbling block for me since I am annoyingly picky about typography. After spending way too much time Googling I found that these steps work: Hold Ctrl+Shift+U Release the “U” key (while still holding...
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One way "curl pipe sh" install scripts can be dangerous [proof of concept] One way in which 'curl pipe sh' install scripts can be dangerous.
8th Nov 2012
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One way "curl pipe sh" install scripts can be dangerous [proof of concept]

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

8th Nov 2012
One way in which 'curl pipe sh' install scripts can be dangerous.
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2D Contouring
28th Sep 2015
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2D Contouring

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

28th Sep 2015
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Questionable Advice: “How do I feel worthwhile as a manager when my people are doing all the... “How do I feel worthwhile as a manager when my people are doing all the implementing?” — An...
23rd Jan 2021
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Questionable Advice: “How do I feel worthwhile as a manager when my people are doing all the implementing?”

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

23rd Jan 2021
“How do I feel worthwhile as a manager when my people are doing all the implementing?” — An Engineering Manager Hey, real quick: how long have you been managing? If it’s less than two years, honey, the answer is “you don’t.” Your feelings about your performance don’t mean much in...
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Life Check №1 The speed at which the pace of life changes around here is a little bit like whiplash. I had been...
7th Jul 2024
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Life Check №1

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

7th Jul 2024
The speed at which the pace of life changes around here is a little bit like whiplash. I had been mapping out summer a few months ago, and suddenly it's July. I've been to Spain for a week, and then to London and Bristol, I went with Jhey for a week, where he spoke at Config in...
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Are you an experienced software buyer? I could use some help. If it seems like I’ve been relatively quiet lately on social media and my blog, that’s because I...
19th Sep 2025
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Are you an experienced software buyer? I could use some help.

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

19th Sep 2025
If it seems like I’ve been relatively quiet lately on social media and my blog, that’s because I have. Liz, Austin, George and I have been busy toiling away on the second edition of “Observability Engineering” ever since April or May. I personally have been trying to spend 75-80%...
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Being the CTO and on the Board of Directors July 1, 2026 marked my seventh year in Japan. Relocating to the other side of the world was not my...
3rd Sep 2026
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Being the CTO and on the Board of Directors

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Sep 2026
July 1, 2026 marked my seventh year in Japan. Relocating to the other side of the world was not my original plan, but somehow I ended up here. I came to fill in a high management role at an AI startup, and within a few years was appointed CTO, and then a member of the Board of...
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Meta fined $102 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission
12th Nov 2024
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Meta fined $102 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission

from Blog of Simple Analytics [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Nov 2024
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Covers as a way of learning music and code When you're just getting started with music, you have so many skills to learn. You have to be able...
21st Jul 2025
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Covers as a way of learning music and code

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

21st Jul 2025
When you're just getting started with music, you have so many skills to learn. You have to be able to play your instrument and express yourself through it. You need to know the style you're playing, and its idioms and conventions. You may want to record your music, and need all...
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BERA Designed by How&How, London & Lisbon.
22nd Feb 2022
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BERA

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

22nd Feb 2022
Designed by How&How, London & Lisbon.
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Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog 2021-09-08 With my recent switch back to WordPress, and...
8th Sep 2021
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Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog

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

8th Sep 2021
Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog 2021-09-08 With my recent switch back to WordPress, and having read Kev Quirk’s latest post about Core Web Vitals, I wanted to make sure my blog still prioritized speed and performance above all else. I’m happy to say that I have...
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The Alphabet as Technology Robin has an interesting post about the technology of words: Thinking of a language as a technology...
16th Mar 2023
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The Alphabet as Technology

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

16th Mar 2023
Robin has an interesting post about the technology of words: Thinking of a language as a technology or a product is strange at first but the more you look at them the more they resemble microwaves or dishwashers; incredibly complicated under the hood but also sort of boring on...
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Escaping the local maxima when i was a student, everything was simpler. grind leetcode. build projects. get an offer. i knew...
5th Apr 2025
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Escaping the local maxima

from Eliran Turgeman [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Apr 2025
when i was a student, everything was simpler. grind leetcode. build projects. get an offer. i knew the salaries. i knew what “winning” looked like. it was a somewhat straight line from broke student to backend engineer at a top company. and i did it, i 10x my life in the span of...
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Using Pytester to test my Playwright fixtures A month ago, I wrote about my Playwright fixture for testing static websites in a browser. I’ve been...
5th Jun 2026
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Using Pytester to test my Playwright fixtures

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jun 2026
A month ago, I wrote about my Playwright fixture for testing static websites in a browser. I’ve been copying that fixture from project-to-project, but recently I decided to add it to chives, the utility library I use for all my static websites (or tiny archives). One of my rules...
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Reverse Twins
2nd Oct 2025
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Reverse Twins

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

2nd Oct 2025
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Disqus - An Apology Earlier today, I got an email alerting me to an angrier than usual comment on this website. It was a...
12th Jun 2024
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Disqus - An Apology

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

12th Jun 2024
Earlier today, I got an email alerting me to an angrier than usual comment on this website. It was a proper keyboard warrior rant accusing me of all sorts of misdeads revolving around “forcing ads down people’s throats”. I replied saying that there had never been any ads on this...
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All the user-facing states I find myself needing a reference like this more often than not lately. So, here’s a blog acting as...
29th Apr 2022
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All the user-facing states

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

29th Apr 2022
I find myself needing a reference like this more often than not lately. So, here’s a blog acting as augmented memory—I’ll update it as I encounter more user-facing states in the wild. What user-facing state is User-facing state is what someone experiences when they interact with...
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Repeat the obvious Bad things happen when we don't repeat the obvious. --> It's 9pm and I'm writing a post for the...
9th Nov 2015
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Repeat the obvious

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Nov 2015
Bad things happen when we don't repeat the obvious. --> It's 9pm and I'm writing a post for the company engineering blog. Every sentence is a slog. Not because I'm exacting and conciseness isn't my strong suit. My writing is slow because every word is obvious, almost...
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New microblog with TILs I added a new section to this site a couple weeks ago called TIL (“today I learned”). the goal: save...
9th Nov 2024
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New microblog with TILs

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

9th Nov 2024
I added a new section to this site a couple weeks ago called TIL (“today I learned”). the goal: save interesting tools & facts I posted on social media One kind of thing I like to post on Mastodon/Bluesky is “hey, here’s a cool thing”, like the great SQLite repl litecli, or the...
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Add Netlify Identity Authentication to any React App in 5 minutes with React Context, Hooks and... Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to...
21st Jun 2019
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Add Netlify Identity Authentication to any React App in 5 minutes with React Context, Hooks and Suspense

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

21st Jun 2019
Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to add Netlify Identity onto any React app, including create-react-app, Gatsby, Next.js, or any other setup you may have, by wrapping it all into one simple React Hook! However, this...
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Repos that always pass their tests Losing faith in your build hobbles a software project. Continual test failures create alarm...
17th Feb 2022
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Repos that always pass their tests

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

17th Feb 2022
Losing faith in your build hobbles a software project. Continual test failures create alarm fatigue—people habituate to ignoring test results. Ignoring your tests creates an apathy spiral: more breakage, more failure, more apathy, resulting in decreased velocity. Fortunately,...
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Folders are dead, long live folders Folders, in the digital sense, began life as an ingenious skeuomorphic metaphor. A digital stand-in...
3rd Nov 2025
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Folders are dead, long live folders

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

3rd Nov 2025
Folders, in the digital sense, began life as an ingenious skeuomorphic metaphor. A digital stand-in for physical folders and filing cabinets pioneered by Xerox and first seen in their Alto machine. The metaphor helped early computer users map the new digital world onto something...
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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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(incomplete) Getting your O1 Visa as Fast as Possible (2024) I have just received my O1A Visa and like for the H1B1, I figured I should write down my experience,...
11th May 2023
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(incomplete) Getting your O1 Visa as Fast as Possible (2024)

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

11th May 2023
I have just received my O1A Visa and like for the H1B1, I figured I should write down my experience, thoughts, and tips for those who may wish to make the same journey. Note that I am not a professional at this, I'm just a guy who recently went through it so dont rely on me for...
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What I'm up to - December 2025 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Dec 2025
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What I'm up to - December 2025

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

1st Dec 2025
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in November - Just got back from a holiday in Tokyo and Hakone. I explored Ametora, noodles (tsuk...
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Array 1.8.0 What's box-fresh in PostHog? Cumulative graphs, better paths, and an upgrade to our actions. If...
3rd Jun 2020
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Array 1.8.0

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

3rd Jun 2020
What's box-fresh in PostHog? Cumulative graphs, better paths, and an upgrade to our actions. If you're self hosting and want these features - update…
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Epic Workshop: Major Updates for 2026 (article) Epic Workshop update adds tutorial-first onboarding, interleaved practice, offline videos, improved...
22nd Jan 2026
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Epic Workshop: Major Updates for 2026 (article)

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

22nd Jan 2026
Epic Workshop update adds tutorial-first onboarding, interleaved practice, offline videos, improved playgrounds, a revamped epicshop CLI, and MCP upgrades.
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you can never go back Total disassociation, fully out your mind That Funny Feeling I was thinking today about a disc...
31st Aug 2025
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you can never go back

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

31st Aug 2025
Total disassociation, fully out your mind That Funny Feeling I was thinking today about a disc jockey. Like one in the 80s, where you actually had to put the records on the turntables to get the music. You move the information. You were the file system. I like the Retro Game...
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Deadlines Work If you had told me that I'm capable of cycling 50km non-stop, soaked to the skin in torrential rain,...
18th Mar 2024
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Deadlines Work

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

18th Mar 2024
If you had told me that I'm capable of cycling 50km non-stop, soaked to the skin in torrential rain, eyes burning with sunblock, sweat and ocean spray, in sub-10°C conditions, I would have called you a filthy liar. Then yesterday happened. It was meant to be
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The 8 Most Popular Coding Languages of 2026 And more importantly, how to choose the most popular coding language you should learn. 🔗 How can...
4th Jan 2021
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The 8 Most Popular Coding Languages of 2026

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

4th Jan 2021
And more importantly, how to choose the most popular coding language you should learn. 🔗 How can you decide what the most popular coding language is? It’s like trying to pick the most popular ice cream flavor - everyone has a favorite. The truth is that different coders prefer...
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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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Custom for designing, off-the-shelf for shipping As software engineers, we're paid to write really cool type annotations solve problems. Usually we...
15th Sep 2025
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Custom for designing, off-the-shelf for shipping

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

15th Sep 2025
As software engineers, we're paid to write really cool type annotations solve problems. Usually we do this by taking a bunch of different pieces and putting them together to solve the problem. Maybe you mix together a database, a queue, a web framework, and some business...
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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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My friend, JT I’ve had a cat for almost a third of my life.
22nd Feb 2025
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My friend, JT

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

22nd Feb 2025
I’ve had a cat for almost a third of my life.
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What I'm up to - November 2025 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Nov 2025
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What I'm up to - November 2025

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

1st Nov 2025
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in October - Published MCP and the future of AI, Introducing Workshop, Maintenance, Backup Plans,...
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AAA gaming on Asahi Linux Gaming on Linux on M1 is here! We’re thrilled to release our Asahi game playing toolkit, which...
10th Oct 2024
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AAA gaming on Asahi Linux

from On Life and Lisp [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Oct 2024
Gaming on Linux on M1 is here! We’re thrilled to release our Asahi game playing toolkit, which integrates our Vulkan 1.3 drivers with x86 emulation and Windows compatibility. Plus a bonus: conformant OpenCL 3.0. Asahi Linux now ships the only conformant OpenGL®, OpenCL™, and...
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Colophon Most blogs, like this one, are reverse-chronological, causing the first post to appear last in the...
1st May 2015
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Colophon

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2015
Most blogs, like this one, are reverse-chronological, causing the first post to appear last in the archive. This convention makes a colophon the King's Pawn Game of web authorship; there's no better place to showcase certain implementation details than the first post of a...
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A new introduction to Rust
27th Feb 2015
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A new introduction to Rust

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

27th Feb 2015
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My Stance on AI-generated Code I recently added this to Shoelace's contribution guidelines, which sums up my position on...
8th Jul 2022
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My Stance on AI-generated Code

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

8th Jul 2022
I recently added this to Shoelace's contribution guidelines, which sums up my position on AI-generated code. As an open source maintainer, I respectfully ask that you refrain from using AI-generated code when contributing to this project. This includes code generated by tools...
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Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator 2023-07-21 Often times when you save or export photos...
21st Jul 2023
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Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator

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

21st Jul 2023
Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator 2023-07-21 Often times when you save or export photos from iOS to iCloud they often render themselves into heif or heic formats. Both macOS and iOS have no problem working with these formats, but a lot of software programs will not even...
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Sock🧦 nerdery🤓 Being a nerd is not about what you love; it’s about how you love it. – Wil Wheaton My running last...
1st Jul 2022
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Sock🧦 nerdery🤓

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

1st Jul 2022
Being a nerd is not about what you love; it’s about how you love it. – Wil Wheaton My running last week I’m a runner and a sock nerd, and in four days, I’m running a half-marathon (eek!). Here are some reflections on socks because if there’s one thing every runner knows it’s:...
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What's in, what's out, how it tells your story, and failing to parallel Hamilton's subversive... Content warning: rape, anti-abortion rhetoric On June 26, I left Richard Rodgers Theatre with an...
11th Aug 2016
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What's in, what's out, how it tells your story, and failing to parallel Hamilton's subversive structure

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

11th Aug 2016
Content warning: rape, anti-abortion rhetoric On June 26, I left Richard Rodgers Theatre with an embarrassingly big grin - after all, I had just experienced Hamilton. Like many others, I'd listened to the soundtrack many times before even acquiring tickets to the musical, and I'd...
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Table cells and max-widths in Internet Explorer 8 I recently came across a little issue with Internet Explorer 8 and max-width. I had an image inside...
30th Sep 2009
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Table cells and max-widths in Internet Explorer 8

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

30th Sep 2009
I recently came across a little issue with Internet Explorer 8 and max-width. I had an image inside of a table cell and, for some reason, IE8 completely neglected the corresponding CSS max-width property. The result was the image rendering at full size rather than scaled down to...
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Golang vs Java: 6 Key Comparisons Golang (or Go) and Java offer an interesting comparison because despite their wide differences,...
4th Aug 2021
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Golang vs Java: 6 Key Comparisons

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

4th Aug 2021
Golang (or Go) and Java offer an interesting comparison because despite their wide differences, there are also key similarities in how and where they’re used by programmers.
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Notes on Deng Xiaoping When reading history it’s tempting to hold the question “is this person good or evil?” in mind. With...
22nd Feb 2026
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Notes on Deng Xiaoping

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

22nd Feb 2026
When reading history it’s tempting to hold the question “is this person good or evil?” in mind. With Franco, Mussolini, and Hitler the answer is clear. More often it is not. World leaders must make decisions where there are severe costs regardless of which path they choose....
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How to create a digital Suica card in Apple Pay (2024 Update) Suica is a smart card used to pay at train stations and convenience stores in Japan. In 2016, Apple...
6th Nov 2017
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How to create a digital Suica card in Apple Pay (2024 Update)

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

6th Nov 2017
Suica is a smart card used to pay at train stations and convenience stores in Japan. In 2016, Apple added support for Suica to Apple Pay on iPhone 7 devices sold in Japan. In 2017, Apple added support to all iPhone 8/X and later, regardless of where they’re sold.1 Virtual Suica...
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Over-Nesting Over-Nesting 2019-01-06 I think since our design industry moves so quickly and exciting new...
6th Jan 2019
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Over-Nesting

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

6th Jan 2019
Over-Nesting 2019-01-06 I think since our design industry moves so quickly and exciting new technologies get released almost daily, that we often forget some of the basics when writing CSS. I bring this up because I've recently worked on a few projects that show a slight...
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The Angels and Demons of Nondeterminism Greetings everyone! You might have noticed that it's September and I don't have the next version of...
4th Sep 2025
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The Angels and Demons of Nondeterminism

from Computer Things [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Sep 2025
Greetings everyone! You might have noticed that it's September and I don't have the next version of Logic for Programmers ready. As penance, here's ten free copies of the book. So a few months ago I wrote a newsletter about how we use nondeterminism in formal methods. The...
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Effective code review Fortunately, I don’t think the necessity of code review is a controversial topic these days for most...
25th Jul 2020
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Effective code review

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

25th Jul 2020
Fortunately, I don’t think the necessity of code review is a controversial topic these days for most tech companies1. However, it is not always implemented as well as it should. In this post, I will describe some practices that I try to follow when opening pull requests, and that...
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Scars Our emotional baggage and experience make us unique, but also serve as blinders.
1st Dec 2024
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Scars

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

1st Dec 2024
Our emotional baggage and experience make us unique, but also serve as blinders.
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Organizing a design system via folksonomy Design systems are organized in an imperative, top-down, hierarchical way. By this, I mean its...
15th May 2025
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Organizing a design system via folksonomy

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

15th May 2025
Design systems are organized in an imperative, top-down, hierarchical way. By this, I mean its maintainers decide on categories of content, and then how that content is ordered. This is done as a calculated bet to best serve the known and unknown audiences who consume the design...
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What Are the Career Options in Computer Science? The future is bright for career options in computer science with remote work opening up doors that...
1st Aug 2022
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What Are the Career Options in Computer Science?

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

1st Aug 2022
The future is bright for career options in computer science with remote work opening up doors that weren’t present before. Trying to navigate through computer science career options can be overwhelming what with all the options at your disposal. While we won’t go through every...
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4 Years at ahrefs, can’t ask for a better job
9th May 2024
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4 Years at ahrefs, can’t ask for a better job

from sancho.dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th May 2024
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Moon Jar
22nd Sep 2018
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Moon Jar

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

22nd Sep 2018
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Sept 2019 Recap Hello mailing list friends!
1st Oct 2019
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Sept 2019 Recap

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

1st Oct 2019
Hello mailing list friends!
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Workplace discrimination: another terrible thing Windows Recall might enable Much has been written about the terrifying privacy implications of Microsoft’s new Windows Recall...
6th Jun 2024
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Workplace discrimination: another terrible thing Windows Recall might enable

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

6th Jun 2024
Much has been written about the terrifying privacy implications of Microsoft’s new Windows Recall “feature”. Talking to even one person who works in cybersecurity, political advocacy, domestic abuse prevention, LGBTQ+ support, etc. would reveal the full, naked horror this sort of...
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kokopelli
1st May 2013
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kokopelli

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

1st May 2013
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Sometimes, the outside is inside Just a few pages off the bustling infinite corridor, there's another hallway, but unlike the...
24th May 2010
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Sometimes, the outside is inside

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

24th May 2010
Just a few pages off the bustling infinite corridor, there's another hallway, but unlike the infinite, it has four-story-high glass ceilings, my favorite piece favorite piece from the Percent-for-Art Program, and no traffic. The exterior of building 6C fascinates me. The...
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Thoughts on Framework Churn I often worry about framework churn. A lot. But using a framework isn't a bad thing. After all, they...
16th Nov 2023
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Thoughts on Framework Churn

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

16th Nov 2023
I often worry about framework churn. A lot. But using a framework isn't a bad thing. After all, they save time. They help you build things faster. Yes, there are costs associated with frameworks later on, especially as new versions come out and your app instantly feels like...
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The Manager's Handbook I've been writing a book on management for the last two years. Today it's getting released! The...
9th Sep 2021
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The Manager's Handbook

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

9th Sep 2021
I've been writing a book on management for the last two years. Today it's getting released! The paperback and Kindle versions are now available on Amazon (along with the free web version). If you've read and enjoyed it, please Tweet about how it'
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Persisting React State in localStorage A common thing in React development is that we want to store a bit of React state in localStorage,...
24th Feb 2020
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Persisting React State in localStorage

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

24th Feb 2020
A common thing in React development is that we want to store a bit of React state in localStorage, and re-initialize from that value on the next page-load. This quick tutorial shows you how we can build a custom hook that does exactly this!
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Protological Control: an introduction
13th Aug 2012
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Protological Control: an introduction

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

13th Aug 2012
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Thoughts on AMP Some time ago, a user asked about Google AMP support. At the time, I didn't know much about AMP...
23rd May 2017
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Thoughts on AMP

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

23rd May 2017
Some time ago, a user asked about Google AMP support. At the time, I didn't know much about AMP aside from it made pages load faster on mobile devices. It sounded neat. A couple weeks ago, I decided to dive in and integrate AMP with Postleaf. But the deeper I got, the more I...
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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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Negotiable Abstractions 2023/12/21 Negotiable Abstractions When I used to write more software and do more architecture...
21st Dec 2023
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Negotiable Abstractions

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

21st Dec 2023
2023/12/21 Negotiable Abstractions When I used to write more software and do more architecture professionally (I still do, but less intensively so with the SRE title), one of the most important questions I'd seek answers to was "how do I cut this up?" Or more accurately, "how do...
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Rails has two default stacks
14th Jan 2013
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Rails has two default stacks

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

14th Jan 2013
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Universal version control and rich text on Automerge In this dispatch we're sharing some updates about our ongoing research on universal version control.
8th May 2024
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Universal version control and rich text on Automerge

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

8th May 2024
In this dispatch we're sharing some updates about our ongoing research on universal version control.
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Announcing the Hatnote Top 100 Originally published on the Hatnote blog. Moreso than any other major site, Wikipedia is centered...
14th Dec 2015
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Announcing the Hatnote Top 100

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Dec 2015
Originally published on the Hatnote blog. Moreso than any other major site, Wikipedia is centered around knowledge, always growing, and brimming with information. It's important to remember that the insight of our favorite community-run encyclopedia often follows the focus of its...
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Secure Random Numbers in Node.js Quick answer: use crypto.randomBytes() for cryptographically secure randomness in Node.js. const {...
3rd Jul 2019
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Secure Random Numbers in Node.js

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

3rd Jul 2019
Quick answer: use crypto.randomBytes() for cryptographically secure randomness in Node.js. const { randomBytes } = await import("node:crypto"); const buf = randomBytes(256); console.log(`${buf.length} bytes of random data: ${buf.toString("hex")}`); crypto.randomBytes() is a...
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New Loose Leaf Security series: More on authentication and password managers Three more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about authentication and password...
30th Jun 2019
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New Loose Leaf Security series: More on authentication and password managers

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

30th Jun 2019
Three more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about authentication and password managers: Using a password manager effectively In a deeper exploration of password manager browser extensions and features for sharing as well as a survey of alternatives to password...
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Ten Years of Ru...ewriting my website
21st Dec 2022
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Ten Years of Ru...ewriting my website

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

21st Dec 2022
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How to create & manage a Postgres database in NodeJS from scratch Notice: Before you jump in and start reading, it's important to understand that this is not a...
1st Sep 2019
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How to create & manage a Postgres database in NodeJS from scratch

from Tinloof - Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Sep 2019
Notice: Before you jump in and start reading, it's important to understand that this is not a tutorial you'd read while sitting in public transportation or on your toilet seat. You might want to find a nice place to sit for an hour and follow the tutorial. We have 1 goal: set up...
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The imminent risk of vibe coding Negative feedback loops caused by vibe coded change sets
30th Jan 2026
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The imminent risk of vibe coding

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

30th Jan 2026
Negative feedback loops caused by vibe coded change sets
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Two examples of hover styles on images I enjoy adding :hover styles to my websites. A good hover style reminds me of how fast and...
6th Oct 2024
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Two examples of hover styles on images

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Oct 2024
I enjoy adding :hover styles to my websites. A good hover style reminds me of how fast and responsive our computers can be, if we let them. For example, I add a thicker underline when you hover over a link on this site, and it appears/disappears almost instantly as I move my...
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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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March 2025
5th Mar 2025
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March 2025

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

5th Mar 2025
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Best Thing(s) of All Time Ever. 3♠25♠2007 Steve Kerr during the 1997 NBA Championships. Cinema Insomnia with...
25th Mar 2007
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Best Thing(s) of All Time Ever.

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

25th Mar 2007
3♠25♠2007 Steve Kerr during the 1997 NBA Championships. Cinema Insomnia with Mr. Lobo Firefox’s custom keyword searches. SuckUK’s Villain Chair. The Music video for This is Hardcore by Pulp I recovered this article from my old blog via the Internet Archive. If you found...
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Community I’ve been taking a break from Mastodon as my social home on the web for about six weeks. It has been...
4 days ago
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Community

from Marco.org [alt+shift+b] in programming

4 days ago
I’ve been taking a break from Mastodon as my social home on the web for about six weeks. It has been more difficult than I’d usually admit. I have an amazing local community in my town that I love and am deeply involved in. But nobody here is a programmer, or even a computer...
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Understanding CSS Position This post is a summary of the different values of the CSS position property. It assumes you have...
10th Mar 2014
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Understanding CSS Position

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

10th Mar 2014
This post is a summary of the different values of the CSS position property. It assumes you have knowledge of basic document flow. Absolute Position position: absolute elements are removed from the normal document flow and will be positioned relative to their next parent with...
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Fourteen years Fourteen years It's a little hard to believe. Fourteen years ago today, I launched Buffer from my...
30th Nov 2024
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Fourteen years

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

30th Nov 2024
Fourteen years It's a little hard to believe. Fourteen years ago today, I launched Buffer from my apartment in Birmingham, in the UK. The launch came seven weeks after I started working on the project on the side as a contract web developer. For a few weeks, I called it bfffr...
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Model facts, not your problem domain
7th Jun 2020
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Model facts, not your problem domain

from Ruud van Asseldonk [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Jun 2020
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Whatever happened to sandboxfs? Back in 2017–2020, while I was on the Blaze team at Google, I took on a 20% project that turned into...
11th Jun 2025
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Whatever happened to sandboxfs?

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

11th Jun 2025
Back in 2017–2020, while I was on the Blaze team at Google, I took on a 20% project that turned into a bit of an obsession: sandboxfs. Born out of my work supporting iOS development, it was my attempt to solve a persistent pain point that frustrated both internal teams and...
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Uh-oh: was the company site hacked? Anyone who runs a web site knows that they’re constantly under attack. You only have to look at your...
9th May 2013
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Uh-oh: was the company site hacked?

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

9th May 2013
Anyone who runs a web site knows that they’re constantly under attack. You only have to look at your log files to know that hackers running site-scanners are constantly hitting your servers looking for unpatched vulnerabilities to exploit. One of the servers I wrote for Guild...
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Kagi is a good search engine Google search is overwhelmed with spam these days. Back in January I switched to Kagi and have been...
13th May 2024
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Kagi is a good search engine

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

13th May 2024
Google search is overwhelmed with spam these days. Back in January I switched to Kagi and have been happy with it. It’s not free but there’s a limited trial to check it out. I pay $10/mo for unlimited access. Turns out I do about 50 searches a day. I’m unclear on how Kagi works...
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Job Interviews By Zombies The golden rule of interviewing is: make yourself easy to hire. Like many organizations at the...
18th Jan 2022
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Job Interviews By Zombies

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

18th Jan 2022
The golden rule of interviewing is: make yourself easy to hire. Like many organizations at the moment, we’re hiring. As I’m interviewing people, I’m struck by how hard some folks make it for me to give them a “yes.” Candidates tend to murmur things like, “we decided to move...
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How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer How to “FLOSS” as a Web Designer 2020-02-07 I have a profound respect for the open source community....
7th Feb 2020
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How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer

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

7th Feb 2020
How to “FLOSS” as a Web Designer 2020-02-07 I have a profound respect for the open source community. I most likely wouldn’t have the skills or knowledge I do today with it. Unfortunately, when I was just starting out in “web dev” some 10 years ago, proprietary software was the...
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A decade of code A personal (read: meandering) post inspired by the realization that I first began to learn HTML and...
10th May 2024
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A decade of code

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

10th May 2024
A personal (read: meandering) post inspired by the realization that I first began to learn HTML and CSS exactly ten years ago, reflecting on the lucky turning points that brought me to where I am today.
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My 2021 New Mac Setup I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
5th Jul 2021
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My 2021 New Mac Setup

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

5th Jul 2021
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
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Towards better 1-on-1s: an awkward manifesto It is unimaginably hard to […] stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and day out. –...
22nd Apr 2023
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Towards better 1-on-1s: an awkward manifesto

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

22nd Apr 2023
It is unimaginably hard to […] stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and day out. – David Foster Wallace, This is Water At the heart of my management philosophy lies a simple belief: people are working as hard as they can. It’s a lazy assumption to assume people are...
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Using User-Select Using User-Select 2019-06-04 Highlighting text in order to copy, cut or paste content is a staple...
4th Jun 2019
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Using User-Select

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

4th Jun 2019
Using User-Select 2019-06-04 Highlighting text in order to copy, cut or paste content is a staple action across the web. Now, what if I told you the ability to control what a user can select is configurable with a single CSS property? Introducing the CSS property Simply put, the...
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Using git mailmap when names change (or you mess up your email) People change their names for all sorts of reasons. They get married, they transition, or they just...
3rd Jul 2023
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Using git mailmap when names change (or you mess up your email)

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

3rd Jul 2023
People change their names for all sorts of reasons. They get married, they transition, or they just decide a different name better suits them. When this happens, things break. Recently I talked about how email address changes break things. Today it's how to fix this issue with...
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