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Lightweight NextJS example of uploading files to Google Cloud Storage Many years ago, back in 2018, I wrote a tiny NPM package called gcloud-storage-json-upload, which...
13th Jun 2023
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13th Jun 2023
Many years ago, back in 2018, I wrote a tiny NPM package called gcloud-storage-json-upload, which lets you authenticate with Google Cloud Storage and upload a file without needing to install any huge Google SDKs. I recently needed to use it with NextJS to upload Gifs created in...
Consider Part-Time Work It has long been predicted that with more automation and more technology, we could all work less and...
26th Sep 2016
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Consider Part-Time Work

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

26th Sep 2016
It has long been predicted that with more automation and more technology, we could all work less and have more leisure time, but we continue to fall short of that promise. In many ways, we're working harder and longer, with more stress, than previous generations did. I think that...
COC: A new metric for thinking about cancellations in SaaS business models Introducing COC: The true cost of cancellations in a scaling SaaS business.
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6th Aug 2013
Introducing COC: The true cost of cancellations in a scaling SaaS business.
Celebrating 2^13 Subscribers & My Birthday I started this Substack on 23rd April, 2024 from 0 subscribers with a dream of writing deeply...
10th Sep 2024
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Celebrating 2^13 Subscribers & My Birthday

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

10th Sep 2024
I started this Substack on 23rd April, 2024 from 0 subscribers with a dream of writing deeply technical articles and making a living.
Coronet in sunflower embroidery I got an embroidery kit for a wreath of flowers by Studio Flax and Purl Soho and could not resist...
24th Feb 2023
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Coronet in sunflower embroidery

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

24th Feb 2023
I got an embroidery kit for a wreath of flowers by Studio Flax and Purl Soho and could not resist making the stitching more complicated. I ended up using additional thread in many of the colors, though I was too quick to mix the remainders into my stash to really know which ones...
Archiving Postleaf Postleaf — at least in its current form — has been discontinued. In the future, I'd like to bring it...
3rd Feb 2021
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Archiving Postleaf

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

3rd Feb 2021
Postleaf — at least in its current form — has been discontinued. In the future, I'd like to bring it back as something different. Maybe an open source project. Maybe a SaaS product. I'm not sure at this point. The world still needs a simple platform to encourage blogging and the...
French onion soup redux If I call the soup I've been making nearly weekly for the past few months French onion soup, I'm...
2nd Jan 2012
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French onion soup redux

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

2nd Jan 2012
If I call the soup I've been making nearly weekly for the past few months French onion soup, I'm probably lying a little bit. What most people call French onion soup is mostly a thing of the past for me. But this soup is very similar. I grew out of the big croutons and the...
too many birthdays I have a hard enough time remembering to take the trash out let alone the birthdays of my massive...
10th Mar 2021
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too many birthdays

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

10th Mar 2021
I have a hard enough time remembering to take the trash out let alone the birthdays of my massive family. Does this make me a bad uncle?
A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it A bold first sentence that draws you in. A steering second sentence to set you further down the...
9th Apr 2026
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9th Apr 2026
A bold first sentence that draws you in. A steering second sentence to set you further down the path. A third sentence that tantalizes and alludes to content to follow. Following is an initial explanatory paragraph. It serves to help back up the previous paragraphs, and start to...
Units in Go and Rust show philosophical differences Units are a key part of doing any calculation. A number on its own is just a scalar and doesn't...
5th Jun 2023
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Units in Go and Rust show philosophical differences

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

5th Jun 2023
Units are a key part of doing any calculation. A number on its own is just a scalar and doesn't represent anything in particular. If I tell you to go drive 5, you'd naturally ask "5 what?" Software often has to deal with quantities that represent real-world things. How we...
Adaptable Flexbox Grid Adaptable Flexbox Grid 2018-11-22 You can use flexbox for many tricky layout “hacks” and...
22nd Nov 2018
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Adaptable Flexbox Grid

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

22nd Nov 2018
Adaptable Flexbox Grid 2018-11-22 You can use flexbox for many tricky layout “hacks” and implementing a grid layout is no different. Check out the CodePen below to see how you can implement a flexbox grid system that adapts automatically based on how many items you insert per row...
Cool Facts about Cuttlefish This was just a short rant I prepared for Netlify's Allhands where we were asked to give a short...
15th Jan 2019
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Cool Facts about Cuttlefish

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

15th Jan 2019
This was just a short rant I prepared for Netlify's Allhands where we were asked to give a short lightning talk on any topic we wished. I picked cuttles. I actually saw one in real life diving in Fiji once!
L'Insurrection qui vient I can trace different periods of my life back to the music with which I decided to fill my ears and...
7th Jun 2010
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L'Insurrection qui vient

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

7th Jun 2010
I can trace different periods of my life back to the music with which I decided to fill my ears and the stories towards which I let my eyes venture. Rereading tends to bring a part of me back to previous points in times, and occasionally, I partake in this. But there are few...
What I'm up to - February 2026 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Feb 2026
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What I'm up to - February 2026

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

1st Feb 2026
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in January - Busy month at Chroma - including launching a case study with Mintlify who recently ...
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.
Source Code for Life v0.1 Compiled Insights for Infinite Learners
1st Apr 2018
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Source Code for Life v0.1

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

1st Apr 2018
Compiled Insights for Infinite Learners
Introducing Berkeley Mono Now publicly available! Berkeley Mono Typeface Download a trial:...
4th Sep 2021
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Introducing Berkeley Mono

from Neil Panchal [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Sep 2021
Now publicly available! Berkeley Mono Typeface Download a trial: https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono It will be available through Berkeley Graphics agency as a first release. Berkeley Mono Typeface Berkeley Mono is a love letter to the golden era of computing....
The hard truth about using AI in coding In a recent experience while building a website, I tried to use ChatGPT to help me out with...
7th Feb 2025
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The hard truth about using AI in coding

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

7th Feb 2025
In a recent experience while building a website, I tried to use ChatGPT to help me out with JavaScript. Something I've never needed to fully learn because my work has always been divided by JavaScript devs and HTML/CSS devs. A long time ago I used to be able to write bits in...
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...
I is for Intent Why your app turned into spaghetti "I do not like your software sir, There's a...
4th Feb 2024
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I is for Intent

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

4th Feb 2024
Why your app turned into spaghetti "I do not like your software sir, There's a certain kind of programmer. Let's call him Stanley. Stanley has been around for a while, and has his fair share of war stories. The common thread is that poorly conceived and specced...
Add captions to your images! Add captions to your images!
5th Sep 2023
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Add captions to your images!

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

5th Sep 2023
Add captions to your images!
Goodbye CSS Preprocessors Goodbye CSS Preprocessors 2017-09-07 I have been using preprocessors across all my side projects...
7th Sep 2017
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Goodbye CSS Preprocessors

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

7th Sep 2017
Goodbye CSS Preprocessors 2017-09-07 I have been using preprocessors across all my side projects since they first popped onto the scene. Sass, Stylus, LESS — you name the CSS preprocessor and I've most likely used it because CSS preprocessors are awesome. But that all changes...
Asheville Asheville is in crisis right now. They're without drinking water, faucets run dry, and it's...
6th Oct 2024
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Asheville

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

6th Oct 2024
Asheville is in crisis right now. They're without drinking water, faucets run dry, and it's difficult to flush toilets. As of yesterday, the hospital has water (via tanker trucks), but 80% of the public water system is still without running water. Things are really bad. Lots of...
Berkeley Mono Font Variant Popularity Berkeley Mono Typeface Absolutely thrilled by the response after Hacker News launch of Berkeley...
5th Mar 2022
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Berkeley Mono Font Variant Popularity

from Neil Panchal [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Mar 2022
Berkeley Mono Typeface Absolutely thrilled by the response after Hacker News launch of Berkeley Mono Typeface. I am truly humbled by the feedback, interest and people that have keen interest in typography. Berkeley Mono Font Variants Quick update on people asking what's the...
The faded world: my experience with cataract <![CDATA[I always preferred the light theme and never figured what's the fuss with the dark theme....
22nd Dec 2024
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The faded world: my experience with cataract

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

22nd Dec 2024
<![CDATA[I always preferred the light theme and never figured what's the fuss with the dark theme. Until cataract came. In May of 2024 my ophthalmologist confirmed what I surmised: both of my eyes were affected by cataract. It came earlier than my age would suggest but that's...
A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
14th Jan 2024
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A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET

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

14th Jan 2024
Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
Backyard Ukulele Session: Ukulele Videos with Chelsea Chelsea and I recorded a few songs in our backyard with the help of Beau Lambert.
4th Nov 2011
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Backyard Ukulele Session: Ukulele Videos with Chelsea

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

4th Nov 2011
Chelsea and I recorded a few songs in our backyard with the help of Beau Lambert.
Using Google Analytics was deemed 'illegal' in some EU countries. We built a microsite in 48 hours... On January 14, 2022, the world learned that Austria had declared Google Analytics to be illegal (in...
9th May 2022
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9th May 2022
On January 14, 2022, the world learned that Austria had declared Google Analytics to be illegal (in its default form), since it transmits IP addresses…
The Joy of Easy Personal Radio: FRS, GMRS, and Motorola DLR/DTR Most of us carry cell phones with us almost everywhere we go. So much so that we often forget not...
15th Aug 2022
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The Joy of Easy Personal Radio: FRS, GMRS, and Motorola DLR/DTR

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

15th Aug 2022
Most of us carry cell phones with us almost everywhere we go. So much so that we often forget not just the usefulness, but even the joy, of having our own radios. For instance: When traveling to national parks or other wilderness areas, family and friends can keep in touch even...
Array 1.19.0 This new release is a great mix between old and new, with significant improvements to both our newer...
15th Dec 2020
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Array 1.19.0

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

15th Dec 2020
This new release is a great mix between old and new, with significant improvements to both our newer features, as well as our core analytics stack…
An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful...
21st Nov 2023
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An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid

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

21st Nov 2023
CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful tools, there's a significant learning curve. In this tutorial, we'll build a mental model for how CSS Grid works and how we can use it effectively. I'll share the biggest 💡 lightbulb...
What I learned from a Taipei alley I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy...
15th May 2018
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What I learned from a Taipei alley

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

15th May 2018
I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy schedule, it wasn't like my usual travels abroad for fun, it felt more like a work trip. Still, even if I'd been there purely for vacation, I would've wanted to try a different mode of...
RIP Stuey Weills Beloved Nevada City community member passed away, a nice obituary of her impact on our small town
2nd Apr 2026
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RIP Stuey Weills

from Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Apr 2026
Beloved Nevada City community member passed away, a nice obituary of her impact on our small town
Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious...
4th Jan 2025
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Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks

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

4th Jan 2025
Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it
Empty Pointers and Constellations of AI On the fuzziness of calling things “artificial intelligence” and moving the goalposts
17th Dec 2022
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Empty Pointers and Constellations of AI

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

17th Dec 2022
On the fuzziness of calling things “artificial intelligence” and moving the goalposts
Securing modern applications in the cloud Kubernetes security is in the news at the moment, not necessarily in a good way. We thought it...
8th Dec 2018
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Securing modern applications in the cloud

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

8th Dec 2018
Kubernetes security is in the news at the moment, not necessarily in a good way. We thought it might be an appropriate time to share an interesting conversation we had recently with our friends Todd and Hannah at Threat Stack about Kubernetes, container security, and much...
First Letter Pseudo Element First Letter Pseudo Element 2019-05-03 In today’s TypeTip we will be taking a look at the often...
3rd May 2019
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First Letter Pseudo Element

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

3rd May 2019
First Letter Pseudo Element 2019-05-03 In today’s TypeTip we will be taking a look at the often overlooked :first-letter CSS pseudo element. Though you might only use this for specific article-format web pages, it’s still a nice-to-have in your web dev toolset. The HTML Like most...
I'm shutting down my job tech jobs board after two-and-a-half years I started The Pragmatic Engineer Job Board in October 2021. 2.5 years later, I am shutting it down...
9th Apr 2024
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I'm shutting down my job tech jobs board after two-and-a-half years

from The Pragmatic Engineer [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Apr 2024
I started The Pragmatic Engineer Job Board in October 2021. 2.5 years later, I am shutting it down permanently, despite a reasonable success in traction. The shutdown was triggered by my vendor – Pallet – discontinuing their job board and talent collective approach. However, I ...
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.
The Middle Way Login to tech Twitter and you’ll see posts bragging about 40k LoC per day from an unnamed YC member...
2nd May 2026
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The Middle Way

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

2nd May 2026
Login to tech Twitter and you’ll see posts bragging about 40k LoC per day from an unnamed YC member 😛. There’s some hilarity to it, but the vibe shift is real. At Jenni, we’re shipping 3-5x faster than mid-2025. I perpetually have unread notifications in our #shipped channel....
What I'm up to - January 2023 ✨ Highlights of last month - Traveled to Hilton Head, Savannah, and Denver for the holidays - Had a...
1st Jan 2023
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What I'm up to - January 2023

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

1st Jan 2023
✨ Highlights of last month - Traveled to Hilton Head, Savannah, and Denver for the holidays - Had a couple of flights canceled by Southwest - Published "Why I built Postcard: A calmer alternative to s...
An Interactive Guide to CSS Transitions This comprehensive guide shows how to use CSS transitions! A back-to-basics look at the fundamental...
9th Feb 2021
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An Interactive Guide to CSS Transitions

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

9th Feb 2021
This comprehensive guide shows how to use CSS transitions! A back-to-basics look at the fundamental building blocks we need to create microinteractions and other animations.
Don't ask me to embarrass myself. Or: Please Lucy, stop asking me to kick the football.
18th Jul 2024
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Don't ask me to embarrass myself.

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

18th Jul 2024
Or: Please Lucy, stop asking me to kick the football.
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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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.
My Favorite Web Apps and Tools I’ve found myself more often using web apps instead of dedicated desktop applications at work. It...
26th Dec 2018
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My Favorite Web Apps and Tools

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

26th Dec 2018
I’ve found myself more often using web apps instead of dedicated desktop applications at work. It seems that in general, desktop apps have been getting slower and more resource intensive lately. The trend of teams using Electron or the Chromium Embedded Framework in order to ship...
Building confidence in the face of impostor syndrome When I'm plowing away at a project, I almost always feel confident in my abilities. Sometimes, I...
27th Jun 2014
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Building confidence in the face of impostor syndrome

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

27th Jun 2014
When I'm plowing away at a project, I almost always feel confident in my abilities. Sometimes, I question if I am a good enough engineer, designer, or statistician, but once I get started, my excitement transforms those doubts into motivation. But all bets are off as soon as I...
The Downside of Thanking Security Contributors My startup is an popular event management platform within the Japan tech community. We've...
3rd Dec 2013
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The Downside of Thanking Security Contributors

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Dec 2013
My startup is an popular event management platform within the Japan tech community. We've occasionally gotten reports about security issues, and although we're a two-person company, we still take security seriously, so we decided to create security and responsible disclosure...
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
Empowering Design System Users The question of whether or not component APIs should be locked down at the code level comes up quite...
1st Nov 2021
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Empowering Design System Users

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

1st Nov 2021
The question of whether or not component APIs should be locked down at the code level comes up quite a bit. For example, if a button spec only calls for primary, secondary, and tertiary variants, should we still expose parts and custom properties so users can make further...
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,...
Vulkan 1.4 sur Asahi Linux English version follows. Aujourd’hui, Khronos Group a sorti la spécification 1.4 de l’API graphique...
2nd Dec 2024
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Vulkan 1.4 sur Asahi Linux

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

2nd Dec 2024
English version follows. Aujourd’hui, Khronos Group a sorti la spécification 1.4 de l’API graphique standard Vulkan. Le projet Asahi Linux est fier d’annoncer le premier pilote Vulkan 1.4 pour le matériel d’Apple. En effet, notre pilote graphique Honeykrisp est reconnu par...
thinking around a pen Codepen is a delightful app that I used over the years to practice my frontend skill. One thing that...
1st Sep 2020
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thinking around a pen

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

1st Sep 2020
Codepen is a delightful app that I used over the years to practice my frontend skill. One thing that has annoyed me was that over time they have limited features more and more behind a pay wall for a pro account...
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 Making software better without sacrificing user experience. [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...
22nd Nov 2024
In Memoriam, Encountering World War I, and Thinkable Horrors A delayed education on the trenches and scales of suffering
18th Jul 2026
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In Memoriam, Encountering World War I, and Thinkable Horrors

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

18th Jul 2026
A delayed education on the trenches and scales of suffering
From Cloudwashing to O11ywashing I was just watching a panel on observability, with a handful of industry executives and experts who...
24th Nov 2025
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From Cloudwashing to O11ywashing

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

24th Nov 2025
I was just watching a panel on observability, with a handful of industry executives and experts who shall remain nameless and hopefully duly obscured—their identities are not the point, the point is that this is a mainstream view among engineering executives and my head is...
What I'm up to - March 2023 ✨ What I've been up to Part of my work at The Contraption Company includes helping startups...
1st Mar 2023
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What I'm up to - March 2023

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

1st Mar 2023
✨ What I've been up to Part of my work at The Contraption Company includes helping startups develop new products. For the last six months, I've unintentionally been working almost exclusively wit...
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.
Happy New Year: a stereogram in SQL I'm spending this New Year holiday in sunny Florida. One of its most beautiful places is the...
31st Dec 2019
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Happy New Year: a stereogram in SQL

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

31st Dec 2019
I'm spending this New Year holiday in sunny Florida. One of its most beautiful places is the Everglades: the endless sea of grass, extending to the horizon, as far as the eye can see and beyond, and teeming with life. There are all kinds of animals there. Herons, egrets,...
A Million Little Secrets I spent the past few weeks packing as many easter eggs as I could into my latest project, and in...
24th Feb 2025
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A Million Little Secrets

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

24th Feb 2025
I spent the past few weeks packing as many easter eggs as I could into my latest project, and in this blog post, I want to dig into some of the more interesting details! If you’re interested in animations/interactions, you’ll want to check this one out; I share a bunch of my...
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.
Naked Emperors in Tech Some things we often repeat as truth just aren't. We should call bullshit more often.
6th Nov 2020
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Naked Emperors in Tech

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

6th Nov 2020
Some things we often repeat as truth just aren't. We should call bullshit more often.
Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison NT is often touted as a "very advanced" operating system. Why is that? What made NT better than...
9th Sep 2024
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Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison

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

9th Sep 2024
NT is often touted as a "very advanced" operating system. Why is that? What made NT better than Unix, if anything? And is that still the case?
Twenty Years of Guild Wars So many folks have reached out to me to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the launch of Guild Wars...
30th Apr 2025
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Twenty Years of Guild Wars

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

30th Apr 2025
So many folks have reached out to me to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the launch of Guild Wars on April 28, 2005, that it encouraged me to write this little bitty. I was heartened to see an article about Guild Wars in GameRant, which talked about the server infrastructure...
never give up Why do fun project ideas end up dead even when they are feature complete? The fear of unknown timed...
30th Sep 2021
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never give up

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

30th Sep 2021
Why do fun project ideas end up dead even when they are feature complete? The fear of unknown timed tasks is why I'll tell you what.
Enough with the "expert" guilt Tired of being told you need "10,000 hours" before you can call yourself an "expert," and maybe...
22nd Feb 2010
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Enough with the "expert" guilt

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

22nd Feb 2010
Tired of being told you need "10,000 hours" before you can call yourself an "expert," and maybe become a "success?" Maybe you don't.
Feature flag best practices and tips (with examples) Feature flags, aka feature toggles, are awesome. New feature for your beta test group? Use a feature...
5th Jan 2023
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Feature flag best practices and tips (with examples)

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

5th Jan 2023
Feature flags, aka feature toggles, are awesome. New feature for your beta test group? Use a feature flag. Testing multiple variants of a new UX? Use…
A quick summary one of the benefits of LLMs is the ability to summarize things one of the dangers of LLMs is the...
11th Oct 2024
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A quick summary

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

11th Oct 2024
one of the benefits of LLMs is the ability to summarize things one of the dangers of LLMs is the ability to summarize things read any AI product’s value prop and it will say a variation of “it frees you up to do higher order/ value tasks” nobody knows what these higher order...
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...
State machines - Why and how to use them in web development. What is a state machine? I think Wikipedia does a very good job of defining a state machine. A...
17th Dec 2022
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State machines - Why and how to use them in web development.

from Jibran’s Perspective [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Dec 2022
What is a state machine? I think Wikipedia does a very good job of defining a state machine. A finite-state machine (FSM) or finite-state automaton (FSA, plural: automata), finite automaton, or simply a state machine, is a mathematical model of computation. It is an abstract...
Webhooks and the programming page Use the Buttondown API to supercharge your newsletter
6th Jan 2021
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Webhooks and the programming page

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

6th Jan 2021
Use the Buttondown API to supercharge your newsletter
Generative Fill or Degenerate Phil Generative fill in Adobe Photoshop (beta) is a pretty amazing tool to extend images. Background...
1st Jul 2023
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Generative Fill or Degenerate Phil

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jul 2023
Generative fill in Adobe Photoshop (beta) is a pretty amazing tool to extend images. Background artists, web designers, print layout artists, or anybody who deals with incorrect aspect ratios or odd image dimentions will be thrilled by the output. The image below represents a...
The journey to controlling external monitors on M1 Macs One lazy evening in November 2020, I watched how Tim Cook announced a fanless MacBook Air with a CPU...
16th Jul 2021
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The journey to controlling external monitors on M1 Macs

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

16th Jul 2021
One lazy evening in November 2020, I watched how Tim Cook announced a fanless MacBook Air with a CPU faster than the latest 16 inch MacBook, while my work-provided 15 inch 2019 MacBook Pro was slowly frying my lap and annoying my wife with its constant fan noise. I had to get my...
Philip Glass Piano Works by Víkingur Ólafsson Sharing an album I’ve been obsessed with this year
12th Jan 2025
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Philip Glass Piano Works by Víkingur Ólafsson

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

12th Jan 2025
Sharing an album I’ve been obsessed with this year
Managing your Kubernetes cluster using Helm and Terraform In a previous post, I explained how to manage a Kubernetes cluster with FluxCD. This showed a way to...
10th Oct 2022
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Managing your Kubernetes cluster using Helm and Terraform

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

10th Oct 2022
In a previous post, I explained how to manage a Kubernetes cluster with FluxCD. This showed a way to implement a GitOps workflow, which means using a Git repository as the source of truth for the state of your cluster. Flux introduces multiple new objects in your Kubernetes...
Faking 3D Elements with CSS Faking 3D Elements with CSS 2020-04-29 Although not always practical, creating the illusion that...
29th Apr 2020
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Faking 3D Elements with CSS

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

29th Apr 2020
Faking 3D Elements with CSS 2020-04-29 Although not always practical, creating the illusion that some of your web elements are 3D can be a fun experiment. I set out to see if I was able to create such an illusion with only 2 HTML elements and as little CSS as possible. This is...
My spaghetti carbonara recipe In recent weeks I have been obsessed with carbonara: I have probably been eating it far too...
15th Dec 2023
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My spaghetti carbonara recipe

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

15th Dec 2023
In recent weeks I have been obsessed with carbonara: I have probably been eating it far too frequently. Here’s my recipe. It works well for 1 - 3 people but gets unweildy at larger quantities. ingredients Rough quantities per person: 100g pasta Spaghetti is traditional but I’ll...
How to Vibe Code as a Senior Engineer Over the past few months, I’ve rediscovered my love for building software. Not in the traditional...
20th Jun 2025
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How to Vibe Code as a Senior Engineer

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

20th Jun 2025
Over the past few months, I’ve rediscovered my love for building software. Not in the traditional way—writing line after line of code, plumbing together brittle libraries, grinding through boilerplate. Instead, I’ve been vibe coding. Vibe coding is a new way of building software...
Heap of sand Interesting probing at how LLMs "think". Read their comment about running the model at temperature 0...
1st Dec 2025
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Heap of sand

from Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2025
Interesting probing at how LLMs "think". Read their comment about running the model at temperature 0 to get raw logits
Painting Roam Research with Custom CSS How to customise Roam Research with your own CSS themes
15th Dec 2020
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Painting Roam Research with Custom CSS

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

15th Dec 2020
How to customise Roam Research with your own CSS themes
Making a Website Under 1kB Making a Website Under 1kB 2022-08-02 I recently launched (another) website club called the 1kB...
2nd Aug 2022
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Making a Website Under 1kB

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

2nd Aug 2022
Making a Website Under 1kB 2022-08-02 I recently launched (another) website club called the 1kB Club. Unlike the 1MB Club, it isn’t as accessible for most modern websites to become official members. Building a website that actually serves useful content while squeezing its page...
5 kubectl plugins to make your life easier I have been using Kubernetes for five years, but only very recently started using plugins to enhance...
8th Aug 2023
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5 kubectl plugins to make your life easier

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

8th Aug 2023
I have been using Kubernetes for five years, but only very recently started using plugins to enhance my kubectl commands. I will show you five plugins that help me avoid repetitive tasks, make cluster administration simpler, and incident response less stressful. All the plugins...
Migrating Buttondown to mypy The journey of 37,000 lines of static types begins with a single annotation.
19th Jan 2022
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Migrating Buttondown to mypy

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

19th Jan 2022
The journey of 37,000 lines of static types begins with a single annotation.
12th Oct 2025
A Metaphorical Reading Collection A collection of my favourite books on conceptual metaphor theory
1st Jun 2020
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A Metaphorical Reading Collection

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

1st Jun 2020
A collection of my favourite books on conceptual metaphor theory
21st Sep 2017
DevOps vs SRE: delayed coverage of the dumbest war Last week was the West Coast Velocity conference.  I had a terrific time — I think it’s the best...
30th Jun 2016
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DevOps vs SRE: delayed coverage of the dumbest war

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

30th Jun 2016
Last week was the West Coast Velocity conference.  I had a terrific time — I think it’s the best Velocity I’ve been to yet.  I also slipped in quite late, the evening before last, to catch Gareth’s session on DevOps vs SRE. I had to catch it, because Gareth Rushgrove (of DevOps...
What I'm up to - March 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did...
1st Mar 2024
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What I'm up to - March 2024

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

1st Mar 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in February - Finished my residence at Almost Perfect in Tokyo. I gave a presentation Rethinking Wo...
The game Snake in 90 lines of JavaScript I wrote a minimal implementation of the game Snake in JavaScript.
15th Apr 2016
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The game Snake in 90 lines of JavaScript

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

15th Apr 2016
I wrote a minimal implementation of the game Snake in JavaScript.
Community Heat, or Why You Should Get Good at Events A piece of advice I heard about marketing and community that I've repeated to founders ever since -...
8th Nov 2021
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Community Heat, or Why You Should Get Good at Events

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

8th Nov 2021
A piece of advice I heard about marketing and community that I've repeated to founders ever since - Get Good at Events.
The Best Games Ever Made This is a list of the top five computer games ever made. These are games that you should most...
1st Sep 2013
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The Best Games Ever Made

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

1st Sep 2013
This is a list of the top five computer games ever made. These are games that you should most definitely play if you have any interest in playing games. Fallout 2 (1998) Fallout 2 is my favorite game of all time. It’s truly a masterpiece. It expanded on everything good about...
[Renovated] Even if you can't write assembly like a poet, you can read disassembly like a hunter This is a very concise introduction to x86 disassembly. It shows that you probably have all the...
3rd Mar 2023
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3rd Mar 2023
This is a very concise introduction to x86 disassembly. It shows that you probably have all the skills to start reading disassembly right now even if you thought it was too complicated for you. It really isn't, see it for yourself.
You can now view high-level statistics for your subscriber tags! You can now view high-level statistics for your subscriber tags!
9th Aug 2023
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You can now view high-level statistics for your subscriber tags!

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

9th Aug 2023
You can now view high-level statistics for your subscriber tags!
Creating and Remembering a Strong Passphrase We all have hundreds of online accounts. Ideally, as many of those accounts as possible have unique...
3rd Aug 2019
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Creating and Remembering a Strong Passphrase

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

3rd Aug 2019
We all have hundreds of online accounts. Ideally, as many of those accounts as possible have unique passwords. Unique passwords however present a difficult problem.
Code Reviews Let me tell you a story. I worked with a client in the early days of my career. It was […] The post...
14th Jan 2024
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Code Reviews

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

14th Jan 2024
Let me tell you a story. I worked with a client in the early days of my career. It was […] The post Code Reviews appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Cognition: The Devin is in the Details My thesis for the future of software dev agents. This is a hastily written blogpost done on not a...
8th Sep 2025
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Cognition: The Devin is in the Details

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

8th Sep 2025
My thesis for the future of software dev agents. This is a hastily written blogpost done on not a lot of sleep, so pardon poor pacing and structure and typos and mistakes but just getting it out there.
January updates Howdy and Happy New Year! We had a quiet but productive start to 2018; I'm pumped to share what...
1st Feb 2018
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January updates

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

1st Feb 2018
Howdy and Happy New Year! We had a quiet but productive start to 2018; I'm pumped to share what we've been up to.
From Zero to Fineturning with Axolotl on ROCm Gratitude to https://tensorwave.com/ for giving me access to their excellent servers! Few have tried...
11th Mar 2024
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From Zero to Fineturning with Axolotl on ROCm

from Cognitive Computations [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Mar 2024
Gratitude to https://tensorwave.com/ for giving me access to their excellent servers! Few have tried this and fewer have succeeded. I've been marginally successful after a significant amount of effort, so it deserves a blog post. Know that you are in for rough waters. And even...
Why Do Japanese Companies Hire International Developers? TokyoDev has already reported that Japan really needs international developers. But the more...
12th Feb 2025
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Why Do Japanese Companies Hire International Developers?

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Feb 2025
TokyoDev has already reported that Japan really needs international developers. But the more Japanese companies we’ve interviewed, the more we’ve realized that a talent shortage is not the only reason for Japanese companies to hire from overseas. There are a host of other...
Humanity's Last Exam Humanity's Last Exam by Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI
20th Feb 2025
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Humanity's Last Exam

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

20th Feb 2025
Humanity's Last Exam by Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI
Concatenating with strings.Builder Quickly in Golang The Go standard library makes concatenating strings easy. Concatenation is just a fancy word for...
4th May 2021
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Concatenating with strings.Builder Quickly in Golang

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

4th May 2021
The Go standard library makes concatenating strings easy. Concatenation is just a fancy word for adding strings together to make a larger string. For example, if we concatenate "hello", " " and "world" we’d get "hello world".
Happy New Year: GIF decoder in SQL An implementation of GIF decoder and ASCII renderer in PostreSQL. The post Happy New Year: GIF...
31st Dec 2018
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Happy New Year: GIF decoder in SQL

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

31st Dec 2018
An implementation of GIF decoder and ASCII renderer in PostreSQL. The post Happy New Year: GIF decoder in SQL appeared first on EXPLAIN EXTENDED.
The Pull Request A brief and biased history. Oh yeah, there’s pull requests now – GitHub blog, Sat, 23 Feb 2008 When...
31st Aug 2024
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The Pull Request

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

31st Aug 2024
A brief and biased history. Oh yeah, there’s pull requests now – GitHub blog, Sat, 23 Feb 2008 When GitHub launched, it had no code review. Three years after launch, in 2011, GitHub user rtomayko became the first person to make a real code comment, which read, in full:...
Running Go in the Browser With Web Assembly (WASM) If you are familiar with the Go Playground, then you know how convenient it is to be able to have a...
1st Jul 2020
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Running Go in the Browser With Web Assembly (WASM)

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

1st Jul 2020
If you are familiar with the Go Playground, then you know how convenient it is to be able to have a Go scratchpad in the browser. Want to show someone a code snippet? Want to quickly test some syntax? Browser-based code pads are helpful. On that note, I created a new playground....
March updates There have been a bunch of great Buttondown updates.
4th Apr 2018
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March updates

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

4th Apr 2018
There have been a bunch of great Buttondown updates.
Some good English word datasets I'm working on a silly word game right now, which means I need a list of words for it. I can't rely...
2nd Feb 2026
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Some good English word datasets

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

2nd Feb 2026
I'm working on a silly word game right now, which means I need a list of words for it. I can't rely on the system word list, since this is for a web project. I'd also like, ideally, multiple lists of words with different criteria: most common words, all words, some subsets. It's...
A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed 2023/01/01 A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed When I first started my forever project, a peer to...
1st Jan 2023
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A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed

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

1st Jan 2023
2023/01/01 A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed When I first started my forever project, a peer to peer file sync software using Interval Tree Clocks, I wanted to build it right. That meant property-based testing everything, specifying the protocol fully, dealing with error...
Understanding the Difference Between Image and Vector File Types If you’re like me, you’ve probably spent some time wondering (and Googling) about the differences...
11th Jun 2015
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Understanding the Difference Between Image and Vector File Types

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

11th Jun 2015
If you’re like me, you’ve probably spent some time wondering (and Googling) about the differences between various popular format types commonly used for graphic design applications. So I decided I’d create a resource that’s hopefully a handy reference on the matter of discerning...
IPython Startup Files In one of the companies where I worked, I was a part of a pretty small team of five developers. We...
4th Jan 2019
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IPython Startup Files

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

4th Jan 2019
In one of the companies where I worked, I was a part of a pretty small team of five developers. We had a support rota, so each week, one of us was responsible for handling tickets from users. Apart from requesting new features, users often asked for changes in the system that...
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
What I'm up to - July 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Jul 2025
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What I'm up to - July 2025

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

1st Jul 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - I wrote a post about open-sourcing Postcard. The post got picked up by Hacker News...
How NOT to apply to Y Combinator Getting into Y Combinator in 2018 was a defining event in the history of RevenueCat. It was also...
2nd Aug 2020
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How NOT to apply to Y Combinator

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

2nd Aug 2020
Getting into Y Combinator in 2018 was a defining event in the history of RevenueCat. It was also quite impactful for Jacob and me as founders. I want to believe we would still be around even if we had not gotten into YC, but I am sure the company would not be where it is today....
Plain Text Emails, Please Plain Text Emails, Please 2019-09-09 When it comes to website / product design and development most...
9th Sep 2019
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Plain Text Emails, Please

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

9th Sep 2019
Plain Text Emails, Please 2019-09-09 When it comes to website / product design and development most devs should try to keep things simple. By only using as much code as absolutely necessary, projects avoid growing out of scope or becoming bloated. So, why isn't this same approach...
Functional programming in Go Thanks to generics, there are some interesting new ways to program in Go. This article explains...
4th Aug 2024
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Functional programming in Go

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

4th Aug 2024
Thanks to generics, there are some interesting new ways to program in Go. This article explains how we can use functional programming techniques like Map, Filter, and Reduce, and what kind of problems they might help us to solve.
4 short stories of our attempts to be lean at our startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s no secret...
2nd Mar 2014
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4 short stories of our attempts to be lean at our startup

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

2nd Mar 2014
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s no secret that I’ve personally been hugely impacted by Eric Ries’ [https://twitter.com/ericries] work and the Lean Startup [http://theleanstartup.com/] movement. Buffer [http://bufferapp.com]...
Daily Notes Pages Daily notes as a frictionless default input for personal knowledge management systems
4th May 2022
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Daily Notes Pages

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

4th May 2022
Daily notes as a frictionless default input for personal knowledge management systems
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...
Beyond the 1 MB barrier in DOS Continuing the tour on how DOS apps used memory above the first MB
7th Feb 2024
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Beyond the 1 MB barrier in DOS

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

7th Feb 2024
Continuing the tour on how DOS apps used memory above the first MB
The Transcantábrico Train We recently took the Transcantábrico, a week long luxury train trip across Northern Spain. It was...
22nd Oct 2023
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The Transcantábrico Train

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

22nd Oct 2023
We recently took the Transcantábrico, a week long luxury train trip across Northern Spain. It was great! Like a cruise but on a train. We did something similar in India in 2015 and it’s an interesting way to travel. Some photos here. The Transcantábrico goes across a part of...
Joining ellipses with matching tangents In my previous entry I wrote about constructing a four-point egg, using curcular arcs that join...
5th Feb 2024
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Joining ellipses with matching tangents

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

5th Feb 2024
In my previous entry I wrote about constructing a four-point egg, using curcular arcs that join where their tangents are at 45°. I wondered if I could do something similar with ellipses. As before, I made an interactive ellipse workbench to experiment with the problem. I got...
Speed up Laravel tests with database transactions How I used transactions to make my tests run eight times faster.
30th May 2014
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Speed up Laravel tests with database transactions

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

30th May 2014
How I used transactions to make my tests run eight times faster.
How I program with LLMs How I program with LLMs 2025-01-06 This document is a summary of my personal experiences using...
6th Jan 2025
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How I program with LLMs

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

6th Jan 2025
How I program with LLMs 2025-01-06 This document is a summary of my personal experiences using generative models while programming over the past year. It has not been a passive process. I have intentionally sought ways to use LLMs while programming to learn about them. The result...
"The Surprise Slide" Ukulele Micro Song A micro song for Chelsea, written and recorded while she was in San Diego.
22nd May 2011
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"The Surprise Slide" Ukulele Micro Song

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

22nd May 2011
A micro song for Chelsea, written and recorded while she was in San Diego.
Telling the 800-lb Gorilla to Shove it up his Ass You worry about competition from the big, brand-name, deep-pocketed company. But there are better...
31st May 2010
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Telling the 800-lb Gorilla to Shove it up his Ass

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

31st May 2010
You worry about competition from the big, brand-name, deep-pocketed company. But there are better things to worry about and ways to avoid running into gorillas in the first place.
Returning To Rails in 2026 I love a good side-project. Like most geeks, I have a tendency to go down rabbit holes when faced...
5th Mar 2026
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Returning To Rails in 2026

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

5th Mar 2026
I love a good side-project. Like most geeks, I have a tendency to go down rabbit holes when faced with problems - give me a minor inconvenience and I’ll happily spend weeks building something far more elaborate than the situation warrants. There’s joy in having a playground to...
Why software projects fail Question: Answer: The post Why software projects fail appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
14th Mar 2024
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Why software projects fail

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

14th Mar 2024
Question: Answer: The post Why software projects fail appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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...
Developing domain expertise: get your hands dirty. Recently, I’ve been thinking about developing domain expertise, and wanted to collect my thoughts...
17th Jul 2024
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Developing domain expertise: get your hands dirty.

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

17th Jul 2024
Recently, I’ve been thinking about developing domain expertise, and wanted to collect my thoughts here. Although I covered some parts of this in Your first 90 days as CTO (understanding product analytics, shadowing customer support, talking to customers, and talking with your...
What I'm up to - February 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Feb 2024
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What I'm up to - February 2024

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

1st Feb 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in January - Hello from Tokyo! I'm here doing a creative residence at Almost Perfect. If you're in...
What I'm up to - May 2023 ✨ What I've been up to April was a blur - I was in the Bay Area, NYC, and Cleveland. I'm looking...
1st May 2023
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What I'm up to - May 2023

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

1st May 2023
✨ What I've been up to April was a blur - I was in the Bay Area, NYC, and Cleveland. I'm looking forward to spending the next three weeks without travel. I am currently immersed in the developme...
Benefits as a Reflection of Values “We offer the best health insurance we could find” is what we promise in our job postings. On paper,...
20th Apr 2022
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Benefits as a Reflection of Values

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

20th Apr 2022
“We offer the best health insurance we could find” is what we promise in our job postings. On paper, this is accurate: the health insurance Oxide offers is the best plan we can find that is offered to small businesses. What we left unsaid until now is that the best health...
Engineering Manager Archetypes and Career Paths Cross-posted from leaddev.com Exploring seven common leadership scenarios. If you’re looking for a...
3rd Aug 2021
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Engineering Manager Archetypes and Career Paths

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

3rd Aug 2021
Cross-posted from leaddev.com Exploring seven common leadership scenarios. If you’re looking for a very traditional breakdown of engineering manager archetypes – tech lead manager, team manager, director, and so forth – you can’t do better than Will Larson’s post, and I won’t...
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...
Password Math A friend from my PC Magazine days recently posted on Facebook a little mathematics anomaly that he...
8th Feb 2025
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Password Math

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

8th Feb 2025
A friend from my PC Magazine days recently posted on Facebook a little mathematics anomaly that he encountered while trying to figure out the number of possible passwords under certain conditions. He began with the stipulation that a four-character password had to be constructed...
Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS Tutorial on Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS
3rd Jul 2019
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Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS

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

3rd Jul 2019
Tutorial on Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS
Blue spiral V60-style coffee cone, 2023 Tan stoneware clay with black speckles and light grog, slab-built, satin bright blue glaze
9th Oct 2023
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Blue spiral V60-style coffee cone, 2023

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

9th Oct 2023
Tan stoneware clay with black speckles and light grog, slab-built, satin bright blue glaze
The Pattern Language of Project Xanadu Project Xanadu as a pattern language, rather than a failed software project
10th Jul 2020
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The Pattern Language of Project Xanadu

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

10th Jul 2020
Project Xanadu as a pattern language, rather than a failed software project
Chuwi Minibook X: the netbook we deserve .title {text-wrap:balance;} #content > p:first-child {text-wrap:balance;} .gallery { ...
28th May 2026
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Chuwi Minibook X: the netbook we deserve

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

28th May 2026
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17th Feb 2025
12th Oct 2025
Summer reading list 2024 Books have a nice kind of survivorship bias: If something is still being read after decades or...
25th Aug 2024
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Summer reading list 2024

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

25th Aug 2024
Books have a nice kind of survivorship bias: If something is still being read after decades or centuries, it must contain some universal truths or be useful at a fundamental level.
Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback Obvious Javascript ‘Injection’ Fallback 2020-12-04 Sometimes websites and web apps might require...
4th Dec 2020
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Obvious Javascript 'Injection' Fallback

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

4th Dec 2020
Obvious Javascript ‘Injection’ Fallback 2020-12-04 Sometimes websites and web apps might require content to be “injected” via Javascript. I should mention that I am strongly against this practice - but often this kind of thing is out of one’s hands. So, the least I can do is...
Computational Notebooks Shareable, browser-based documents that can compile and run code
18th Apr 2023
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Computational Notebooks

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

18th Apr 2023
Shareable, browser-based documents that can compile and run code
Braces Growing up I had the same dentist from childhood to adulthood. My dentist’s office was run by...
24th Jun 2024
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Braces

from Dan Quach Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Jun 2024
Growing up I had the same dentist from childhood to adulthood. My dentist’s office was run by Dentist Chung (in Vietnamese I called him Bác Sĩ Chung – which means Dr Chung translated directly) and his sister running the office. The office was in Garden Grove, in between the...
The serial TX path seems to be down The previous series of articles about UART was initially motivated by an error I was getting when...
11th Aug 2025
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The serial TX path seems to be down

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

11th Aug 2025
The previous series of articles about UART was initially motivated by an error I was getting when using the ESP-Prog. I could have jumped straight to the conclusion, but I took the time to really understand what was going on, and we are finally reaching the end of this...
5 Non-LLM Software Trends To Be Excited About Innovations outside the AI spotlight
12th Nov 2024
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5 Non-LLM Software Trends To Be Excited About

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

12th Nov 2024
Innovations outside the AI spotlight
Solution, Name that Ware May 2026 The Ware for May 2026 is, in FETguy’s words: “one of many large pc boards of a Rodgers Instrument Co...
30th Jun 2026
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Solution, Name that Ware May 2026

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

30th Jun 2026
The Ware for May 2026 is, in FETguy’s words: “one of many large pc boards of a Rodgers Instrument Co church organ. The core memory was used to store and recall settings of the organ’s “stops”. There were 5 core memory boards in this instrument which differ in how many words were...
10 Shopify SEO best practices with Sanity and Remix Ecommerce competition keeps increasing - for each product you now have dozens of alternatives. As a...
1st Feb 2023
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10 Shopify SEO best practices with Sanity and Remix

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

1st Feb 2023
Ecommerce competition keeps increasing - for each product you now have dozens of alternatives. As a result, CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) increases, pushing ecommerce business owners to look for more affordable lead generation strategies. SEO is one of them. Online store...
<code>aria-label</code> is a code smell The aria-label property is made available to us by the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)...
31st Oct 2022
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<code>aria-label</code> is a code smell

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

31st Oct 2022
The aria-label property is made available to us by the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) standard. It allows a property/value declaration in HTML as a way of providing an accessible name for an interactive element. Accessible names Accessible names use text to identify...
the last couple years in v8's garbage collector Let’s talk about memory management! Following up on my article about , today I’d like to bring that...
13th Nov 2025
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the last couple years in v8's garbage collector

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Nov 2025
Let’s talk about memory management! Following up on my article about , today I’d like to bring that up to date with what went down in V8’s GC over the last couple years.5 years of developments in V8’s garbage collector I selected all of the commits to since my previous...
Why Bad AI Is Here to Stay It seems that in 2025 a lot of people fall into one of two camps when it comes to AI: skeptic or...
2nd Feb 2025
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Why Bad AI Is Here to Stay

from orlp.net - Blog Archive [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Feb 2025
It seems that in 2025 a lot of people fall into one of two camps when it comes to AI: skeptic or fanatic. The skeptic thinks AI sucks, that it’s overhyped, it only ever parrots nonsense and it will all blow over soon. The fanatic thinks general human-level intelligence is just...
What I'm up to - November 2022 ✨ Highlights of last month - Enjoyed my time in NYC catching up with many people - Released some new...
1st Nov 2022
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What I'm up to - November 2022

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

1st Nov 2022
✨ Highlights of last month - Enjoyed my time in NYC catching up with many people - Released some new features for Postcard - Got a new photo 🤔 Things worth sharing - Reading How to make great coffee ...
Real estate is one of the hardest open problems in scaled self driving I’ve had a minor obsession with Waymo’s autonomous vehicle depots recently. Over the past few...
3rd Sep 2024
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Real estate is one of the hardest open problems in scaled self driving

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

3rd Sep 2024
I’ve had a minor obsession with Waymo’s autonomous vehicle depots recently. Over the past few months, I’ve flown a drone as part of a stakeout to understand how they work. And I’ve taken a deep dive into an apparent Waymo outage to find the company charging its electric vehicles...
Put that Framework Down Before Someone Gets Hurt There is only one question that ignites my inner rage more than “How do I get a developer job in 3...
6th Nov 2023
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Put that Framework Down Before Someone Gets Hurt

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

6th Nov 2023
There is only one question that ignites my inner rage more than “How do I get a developer job in 3 months?”? That question is:
The Fidelity Trap If you hang out on Twitter, you’ll realize that every designer, PM, and their dog are now...
3rd Jul 2025
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The Fidelity Trap

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

3rd Jul 2025
If you hang out on Twitter, you’ll realize that every designer, PM, and their dog are now engineers.  LLMs have dramatically reduced the barrier to building something and designers who’ve never been able to go beyond a spaghetti Figma prototype suddenly feel like Superman. But...
GPG Things Get your fingerprint: gpg --list-secret-keys --fingerprint Get someone elses key Using email gpg2...
3rd Dec 2015
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GPG Things

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

3rd Dec 2015
Get your fingerprint: gpg --list-secret-keys --fingerprint Get someone elses key Using email gpg2 --search-keys EMAIL Using keyid gpg2 --recv-key KEYID Sign keys gpg2 --recv-key KEYID gpg2 --sign-key KEYID gpg2 --send-key KEYID Photos View someone's photo gpg...
5 Ways of Debugging with IPython There is a great article from Tenderlove - one of the core Ruby and Rails developers - called "I am...
23rd Dec 2019
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5 Ways of Debugging with IPython

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

23rd Dec 2019
There is a great article from Tenderlove - one of the core Ruby and Rails developers - called "I am a puts debuggerer", that I enjoyed when I played with Ruby. The gist of it is to show you that, in many cases, you don't need a full-fledged debugger. Don't get me (or Tenderlove)...
Ordering Numbers, How Hard Can It Be? This article is not about deciding whether two floating point numbers are ‘close enough’. There are...
27th Jan 2023
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Ordering Numbers, How Hard Can It Be?

from orlp.net - Blog Archive [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Jan 2023
This article is not about deciding whether two floating point numbers are ‘close enough’. There are plenty of resources on this (often subjective) problem. We simply want to know if ${x \leq y.}$ Suppose that you are a programmer, and that you have two numbers. You want to know...
Chemistry at its finest: inverted sugar syrup for cocktails Simple syrup finds its home in any well-stocked bar because sometimes sugar doesn't dissolve easily...
23rd Aug 2010
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Chemistry at its finest: inverted sugar syrup for cocktails

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

23rd Aug 2010
Simple syrup finds its home in any well-stocked bar because sometimes sugar doesn't dissolve easily enough. Simple syrup is traditionally made by dissolving white sugar into water on a stove and then cooling before use, but sometimes, in a pinch, people will shake superfine sugar...
The Cloud Computer Today we are announcing the general availability of the world’s first commercial cloud computer —...
26th Oct 2023
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The Cloud Computer

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

26th Oct 2023
Today we are announcing the general availability of the world’s first commercial cloud computer — along with our $44M Series A financing. From the outset at Oxide, and as I outlined in my 2020 Stanford talk, we have had three core beliefs as a company: Cloud computing is the...
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:
21st Sep 2025
Array 1.22.0 PostHog 1.22 is out with awesome new features, usability and performance improvements, and the usual...
3rd Mar 2021
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Array 1.22.0

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

3rd Mar 2021
PostHog 1.22 is out with awesome new features, usability and performance improvements, and the usual bug squashing. Community MVP The community MVP…
How we turned ClickHouse into our event mansion Recently, PostHog was invited to speak at OSA Con 2021 , an open source analytics conference...
6th Nov 2021
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How we turned ClickHouse into our event mansion

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

6th Nov 2021
Recently, PostHog was invited to speak at OSA Con 2021 , an open source analytics conference organised by Altinity. It was a fantastic opportunity to…
16th Feb 2024
Stop Fascism: Vote Blue It might seem silly for a retired technical writer and obscure blogger to endorse a Presidential...
20th Oct 2024
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Stop Fascism: Vote Blue

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

20th Oct 2024
It might seem silly for a retired technical writer and obscure blogger to endorse a Presidential candidate. I am not vain enough to believe that my prestige (such as it is) has the power to influence people’s electoral choices. But I believe this election to be too important for...
We spend $45,000 on doing more weird every month "Do more weird" is an actual PostHog company value , and we have a discretionary $45k/mo budget...
5th Aug 2026
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We spend $45,000 on doing more weird every month

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

5th Aug 2026
"Do more weird" is an actual PostHog company value , and we have a discretionary $45k/mo budget that anyone can use to bring weird ideas to life…
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...
Thanks, 201X! Thought I'd take a Sunday afternoon to reflect on, oh I don't know, a decade. Been a long ten...
2nd Dec 2019
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Thanks, 201X!

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Dec 2019
Thought I'd take a Sunday afternoon to reflect on, oh I don't know, a decade. Been a long ten years, but it's flown past. This particular decade happens to coincide with my first years of full-time professional software engineering. The Quantity I can't possibly summarize it...
Searching the Creative Internet Searching the Creative Internet I had of late been lamenting the loss of the internet of the...
18th May 2018
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Searching the Creative Internet

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

18th May 2018
Searching the Creative Internet I had of late been lamenting the loss of the internet of the 1990s. A place where everything was obscure or new. If you saw something mainstream like a Disney princess, it was because someone had taken the time to handcraft an ASCII art...
2nd Mar 2023
Coming soon This is General Robots.
31st Jan 2023
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Coming soon

from General Robots [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Jan 2023
This is General Robots.
Documentation Belongs in Engineering Many product companies start out with a very heavy focus on their engineering teams. At some point,...
29th Aug 2023
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Documentation Belongs in Engineering

from Lennart Koopmann (KJ5KRF) [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Aug 2023
Many product companies start out with a very heavy focus on their engineering teams. At some point, many companies move the hosting and writing of documentation out of engineering and into a separate part of the company. It could be marketing, it could be customer success. This...
First impressions of Gleam: lots of joys and some rough edges My friend Erika is a big fan of Gleam, and her enthusiasm (and explicit encouragement) finally got...
5th Aug 2024
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First impressions of Gleam: lots of joys and some rough edges

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

5th Aug 2024
My friend Erika is a big fan of Gleam, and her enthusiasm (and explicit encouragement) finally got me to learn the language. It's a functional programming language which targets both the BEAM (Erlang's VM) and JavaScript. This makes it appealing as a language that can target both...
elementary OS 8.0.1 Available Now It’s been a little over 100 days since elementary OS 8 was released, and we’re proud to announce...
18th Mar 2025
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elementary OS 8.0.1 Available Now

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

18th Mar 2025
It’s been a little over 100 days since elementary OS 8 was released, and we’re proud to announce another round of updates, including a fresh new download. We’ve been hard at work this winter addressing issues that you reported and we’ve added a couple new creature comforts along...
Grad school in Japan: my experience doing a Master of Sciences in Computer Science My journey in Japan began with an unconventional scholarship program called Vulcanus in Japan, which...
5th Mar 2024
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5th Mar 2024
My journey in Japan began with an unconventional scholarship program called Vulcanus in Japan, which allowed me to take a Japanese language course and intern at a major Japanese company. I wrote all about it in [my previous TokyoDev...
Announcing The Assistant Yes, the rumours are true! Kagi has been thoughtfully integrating AI into our search experience,...
4th Sep 2024
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Announcing The Assistant

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

4th Sep 2024
Yes, the rumours are true! Kagi has been thoughtfully integrating AI into our search experience, creating a smarter, faster, and more intuitive search.
Mainlining Nostalgia: Making the Winamp Skin Museum Thoughts on what I think made the Winamp Skin Museum successful.
23rd Sep 2020
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Mainlining Nostalgia: Making the Winamp Skin Museum

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

23rd Sep 2020
Thoughts on what I think made the Winamp Skin Museum successful.
Screen Power Saving in the Linux Console I just made up a Debian trixie setup that has no need for a GUI. In fact, I rarely use the text...
24th Feb 2026
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Screen Power Saving in the Linux Console

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

24th Feb 2026
I just made up a Debian trixie setup that has no need for a GUI. In fact, I rarely use the text console either. However, because the machine is dual boot and also serves another purpose, it’s connected to my main monitor and KVM switch. The monitor has three inputs, and when...
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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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...
.NET Task Parallel Library vs System.Threading.Channels Wondering which concurrency library is right for you? Let's dive in!
4th Oct 2023
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.NET Task Parallel Library vs System.Threading.Channels

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

4th Oct 2023
Wondering which concurrency library is right for you? Let's dive in!
Why Has Israel Succeeded At COVID Vaccination? Israel has pulled ahead of much in the world in its rate of vaccinating its citizens - with roughly...
14th Jan 2021
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Why Has Israel Succeeded At COVID Vaccination?

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

14th Jan 2021
Israel has pulled ahead of much in the world in its rate of vaccinating its citizens - with roughly 1% of the entire population vaccinated per day and over 23% of the country vaccinated in the first few weeks. The country hopes to have the entire population over age 16
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