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West Coast Trail – The 75km/48 mile death hike Author Note: This trip was taken in 2021, but updated in 2023 with updated details. I’m not really...
1st Aug 2021
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West Coast Trail – The 75km/48 mile death hike

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

1st Aug 2021
Author Note: This trip was taken in 2021, but updated in 2023 with updated details. I’m not really sure where I get these crazy ideas, but a friend and I booked the West Coast Trail. It is this multi day thru hike in the west coast of Vancouver Island, which is accessible via...
It’s More Important To Recognize What Direction People Are Moving Than Where They Are I recently read a post on social media that went something like this (paraphrased): “If you buy an...
14th Nov 2023
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14th Nov 2023
I recently read a post on social media that went something like this (paraphrased): “If you buy an EV, you’re part of the problem. You’re advancing car culture and are actively hurting the planet. The only ethical thing to do is ditch your cars and put all your effort into...
.io considered harmful The .io top-level domain funds and legitimises Britain's exile of the Chagossian people from their...
19th Jun 2023
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.io considered harmful

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

19th Jun 2023
The .io top-level domain funds and legitimises Britain's exile of the Chagossian people from their homeland. Here's the history and the facts.
Detecting AV1-encoded videos with Python In my previous post, I wrote about how I’ve saved some AV1-encoded videos that I can’t play on my...
8th Nov 2025
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Detecting AV1-encoded videos with Python

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Nov 2025
In my previous post, I wrote about how I’ve saved some AV1-encoded videos that I can’t play on my iPhone. Eventually, I’ll upgrade to a new iPhone which supports AV1, but in the meantime, I want to convert all of those videos to an older codec. The problem is finding all the...
My racism at accents Interesting NPR segment today: A powerful eruption on the sun disrupted radio signals on...
17th Dec 2023
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My racism at accents

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

17th Dec 2023
Interesting NPR segment today: A powerful eruption on the sun disrupted radio signals on earth. What’s remarkable is it’s a PhD candidate talking to an NPR host about solar flares, completely in two Southern Black accents. Two women, at that. I am dismayed at my own involuntary...
Universality and APIs From Roman numerals to Indian digits, from hieroglyphics to Latin languages, universality has been...
7th Dec 2022
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Universality and APIs

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

7th Dec 2022
From Roman numerals to Indian digits, from hieroglyphics to Latin languages, universality has been the key to unlocking human progress.
A Quick Look at Portland Parking Ticket Data I work in downtown Portland and see a lot of people getting parking tickets every day (parking is...
5th Feb 2019
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A Quick Look at Portland Parking Ticket Data

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

5th Feb 2019
I work in downtown Portland and see a lot of people getting parking tickets every day (parking is one of the reasons I ride my bike to work). I was curious to learn more about it. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, Portland parking ticket data is available to anyone who...
Stuff to do when you’re not well Stuff to do when you’re not well Learn new stuff! ¶Stuff to do when you’re not well Last week I was...
13th Nov 2017
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Stuff to do when you’re not well

from Sometimes It Works :: simonhamp.me [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Nov 2017
Stuff to do when you’re not well Learn new stuff! ¶Stuff to do when you’re not well Last week I was sick with a cold. I was basically indoors for 5 straight days (one of those actually in bed all day). I was also unable to sleep for a couple of nights. So I had a lot of extra...
Why I don’t give investment advice When people ask for advice on personal investing, I’ve found they are either looking for...
9th Jul 2023
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Why I don’t give investment advice

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

9th Jul 2023
When people ask for advice on personal investing, I’ve found they are either looking for confirmation that what they do is great (it’s usually not) or some sort of secret sauce for outperforming the market (which doesn’t exist). So people are inevitably disappointed by the...
Recently Reading Since last time, I read a few books: Sea of Tranquility, a book club book, Doppelganger, the...
3rd Sep 2024
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Recently

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

3rd Sep 2024
Reading Since last time, I read a few books: Sea of Tranquility, a book club book, Doppelganger, the new Naomi Klein, and Manywhere, a collection of short stories. Sea of Tranquility was very digestible sci-fi. I haven’t read that much sci-fi overall, so it’s probably inaccurate...
Questionable Advice: The Trap of The Premature Senior I’ve been at my current job for three years, and I am suddenly, accidentally, the most senior...
1st Nov 2020
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Questionable Advice: The Trap of The Premature Senior

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

1st Nov 2020
I’ve been at my current job for three years, and I am suddenly, accidentally, the most senior engineer on the team. I spend my days handling things like bootcamps, mentoring, architecture, and helping other engineers carve off meaningful work. This has taken a huge toll on the...
What happened to the comment section? In 1998, Bruce and Susan Abelson launched Open Diary. Building on personal site builders like...
11th Nov 2025
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What happened to the comment section?

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

11th Nov 2025
In 1998, Bruce and Susan Abelson launched Open Diary. Building on personal site builders like Geocities, Angelfire, and Tripod, Open […] The post What happened to the comment section? appeared first on The History of the Web.
The Death of Curating, the Rise of Curation I've been trying to make an effort to more intentionally pick something to watch when the weekend...
18th Aug 2025
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The Death of Curating, the Rise of Curation

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

18th Aug 2025
I've been trying to make an effort to more intentionally pick something to watch when the weekend rolls around. While I've enjoyed the Grey's Anatomy binge I started during this pregnancy, it feels like a work week ritual -- something to put on in the background or pay half...
Let's Learn CSS Variables! CSS variables (otherwise known as CSS custom properties) give previously impossible superpowers to...
25th Feb 2018
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Let's Learn CSS Variables!

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

25th Feb 2018
CSS variables (otherwise known as CSS custom properties) give previously impossible superpowers to CSS developers. This post covers what they are, how they work, and a couple of nifty ways you can implement them on your own website.
Go's WaitGroup vs JavaScript's PromiseAll In applications that are i/o heavy, it can get clunky to synchronously execute high-latency...
4th Jun 2020
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Go's WaitGroup vs JavaScript's PromiseAll

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

4th Jun 2020
In applications that are i/o heavy, it can get clunky to synchronously execute high-latency functions one after the other. For example, if I have a web page that needs to request seven files from the server before it can show the page, I need to asynchronously fetch all those...
Expanding Access: The History of Ecommerce Part 1 The earliest work with selling things online was all about reaching a shopping public ready to log...
4th Mar 2025
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Expanding Access: The History of Ecommerce Part 1

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

4th Mar 2025
The earliest work with selling things online was all about reaching a shopping public ready to log on and start. But along the way, they found a whole new audience for shopping, which changed the way we think about commerce on the web.. The post Expanding Access: The History of...
What I'm up to - June 2022 I'm testing a monthly email about what I'm doing! ✨ Highlights of last month - I finished the...
1st Jun 2022
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What I'm up to - June 2022

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

1st Jun 2022
I'm testing a monthly email about what I'm doing! ✨ Highlights of last month - I finished the first version of Postcard, which is a personal website + mailing list tool I'm building. (If you w...
Oxide Computer Company: Initial boot sequence We have started a computer company! If you haven’t yet, read Jess’s account of us being born in a...
1st Dec 2019
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Oxide Computer Company: Initial boot sequence

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

1st Dec 2019
We have started a computer company! If you haven’t yet, read Jess’s account of us being born in a garage and Bryan’s on the soul of our new computer company. Also, see the perspectives of some of our founding engineers: Robert Mustacchi on joining Oxide, Joshua Clulow on the need...
Dear Conference Organizer Dear Conference Organizer, First of all, thank you for all the hard work! Most Python conference...
22nd Oct 2023
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Dear Conference Organizer

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

22nd Oct 2023
Dear Conference Organizer, First of all, thank you for all the hard work! Most Python conference organizers I know don't get paid for their work. Yet, they pour countless hours into helping people spread knowledge and bringing the community together every year. And just like...
🤝 Engineering Scarcity Mindset There was a study done in 2019 which had the goal of showcasing how poverty impacts our brains and...
6th Aug 2022
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🤝 Engineering Scarcity Mindset

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

6th Aug 2022
There was a study done in 2019 which had the goal of showcasing how poverty impacts our brains and the […] The post 🤝 Engineering Scarcity Mindset appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux 2023-09-11 I’ve recently been using Arch Linux...
11th Sep 2023
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Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux

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

11th Sep 2023
Installing Older Versions of MongoDB on Arch Linux 2023-09-11 I’ve recently been using Arch Linux for my main work environment on my ThinkPad X260. It’s been great. As someone who is constantly drawn to minimalist operating systems such as Alpine or OpenBSD, it’s nice to use...
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
Learning Gears > Translations welcome! (Português)
19th Apr 2019
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Learning Gears

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

19th Apr 2019
> Translations welcome! (Português)
A Friendly Introduction to Container Queries It’s been a couple of years since container queries started landing in browsers… so why isn’t anyone...
4th Nov 2024
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A Friendly Introduction to Container Queries

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

4th Nov 2024
It’s been a couple of years since container queries started landing in browsers… so why isn’t anyone using them? It turns out that container queries are kinda tricky; they’re not as straightforward as media queries. In this tutorial, we’ll break it all down and make sense of...
Visas for Software Engineers in Japan Obtaining a working visa that lets you [work as software engineer in...
2nd Mar 2020
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Visas for Software Engineers in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Mar 2020
Obtaining a working visa that lets you [work as software engineer in Japan](/articles/first-job-programmer-japan) is relatively easy compared to other countries. It costs a company almost nothing to sponsor your visa, there aren't any quotas on the number of visas issued, and the...
SQLite Slaps why SQLite is cracked
18th Jun 2024
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SQLite Slaps

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Jun 2024
why SQLite is cracked
Markdown is easier than ever Our new toolbar makes writing your email easier than ever!
11th Mar 2018
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Markdown is easier than ever

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

11th Mar 2018
Our new toolbar makes writing your email easier than ever!
Splitting a class into balanced groups Earlier this week, my mum sent me an interesting problem. She’s got a class of 12 students, who are...
2nd Mar 2023
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Splitting a class into balanced groups

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Mar 2023
Earlier this week, my mum sent me an interesting problem. She’s got a class of 12 students, who are going to meet over 7 sessions. In each session, they’re going to split into 3 or 4 groups, and she wants to find an even distribution of groups – each person gets to work with...
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...
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.
Yeah hooks are good, but have you tried faster React Components? This article is not meant to perf-shame you. If you’re a beginner in React, don’t focus on...
1st Feb 2019
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Yeah hooks are good, but have you tried faster React Components?

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

1st Feb 2019
This article is not meant to perf-shame you. If you’re a beginner in React, don’t focus on performance issues but rather on getting comfortable and productive with it. The performance of a React application can be defined by how long the user should wait before seeing the UI...
Everything You Hate About Clubhouse Is Why It Will Win Understanding new social media is a *sociological* exercise, not a logical one.
1st Feb 2021
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Everything You Hate About Clubhouse Is Why It Will Win

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

1st Feb 2021
Understanding new social media is a *sociological* exercise, not a logical one.
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.
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.
What is Backend Web Development? The boring answer is that backend web development is the process of building the server-side of...
7th Aug 2023
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What is Backend Web Development?

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

7th Aug 2023
The boring answer is that backend web development is the process of building the server-side of websites and web applications. It primarily focuses on handling the logic, data processing, and communication between the user’s web browser and the server.
What I'm up to - September 2023 I'm Philip, and this is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social...
1st Sep 2023
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What I'm up to - September 2023

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

1st Sep 2023
I'm Philip, and this is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. ✨ What I was up to in August - Launched FRCTNL, a community of fractional tech workers. - Co...
12th Oct 2025
Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
31st Oct 2023
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Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF

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

31st Oct 2023
Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
My (hypothetical) SRECon26 keynote One year ago, Fred Hebert and I delivered the closing keynote at SRECon25. Looking back on it now, I...
3rd Mar 2026
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My (hypothetical) SRECon26 keynote

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

3rd Mar 2026
One year ago, Fred Hebert and I delivered the closing keynote at SRECon25. Looking back on it now, I can hardly connect with how I felt then. Here's what I'd say one year later.
Mission, Vision, poTAYto, poTAHto Mission, vision, purpose, BHAG. Are they useful north stars, or academic nonsense?
9th Nov 2025
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Mission, Vision, poTAYto, poTAHto

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

9th Nov 2025
Mission, vision, purpose, BHAG. Are they useful north stars, or academic nonsense?
Why we still can’t stop plagiarism in undergraduate computer science Imagine that you’re hired to work at your local public library. As an eagle-eyed checkout clerk, you...
22nd Mar 2018
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Why we still can’t stop plagiarism in undergraduate computer science

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

22nd Mar 2018
Imagine that you’re hired to work at your local public library. As an eagle-eyed checkout clerk, you soon realize that half the patrons leave without actually checking out their books! This leaves everyone else scratching their heads when the catalog doesn’t match the shelves....
Progressions Composing sound-generating tools
12th May 2026
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Progressions

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

12th May 2026
Composing sound-generating tools
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
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

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

7th Sep 2023
A personal guide to Singapore for foreign friends visiting.
Terroir Terroir Longmont Had an amazing meal tonight at Terroir in Longmont. Pictured is the most amazing...
14th Aug 2009
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Terroir

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

14th Aug 2009
Terroir Longmont Had an amazing meal tonight at Terroir in Longmont. Pictured is the most amazing thing you will never taste. Booya! I recovered this article from my old blog via the Internet Archive. If you found this article useful or entertaining (or even if you didn’t)...
Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD 2023-06-05 VSCode and its many variations are not available on...
5th Jun 2023
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Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD

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

5th Jun 2023
Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD 2023-06-05 VSCode and its many variations are not available on OpenBSD. This doesn't cause issue with many OpenBSD users, but those making the jump from Linux might miss access to such a popular editor. Lucky for us, there is a hacky...
“Just” One Line From Jeremy Keith’s piece “Responsibility”: Dropping in one line of JavaScript seems like a...
3rd Jun 2024
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“Just” One Line

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

3rd Jun 2024
From Jeremy Keith’s piece “Responsibility”: Dropping in one line of JavaScript seems like a victimless crime. It’s just one small script, right? But JavaScript can import more JavaScript. “It’s just one line of code” is a pitch you hear all the time. It might also be the biggest...
May updates This past month has been focused on bug bashing, but also some fun product updates!
5th May 2019
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May updates

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

5th May 2019
This past month has been focused on bug bashing, but also some fun product updates!
Your startup is a rocket ship * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When you’re...
1st Jul 2012
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Your startup is a rocket ship

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

1st Jul 2012
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When you’re building a startup, the startup itself has a reputation and credibility around it. The startup has tremendous power. As the startup rocket ship takes off, the best thing you can do is...
My 2025 New Mac Setup I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
6th Aug 2025
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My 2025 New Mac Setup

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

6th Aug 2025
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
Bare Metal vs. Virtualization Performance I just built a new homelab server. Specs are as follows: Neil's Lab Server Specifications CPU...
7th Dec 2021
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Bare Metal vs. Virtualization Performance

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

7th Dec 2021
I just built a new homelab server. Specs are as follows: Neil's Lab Server Specifications CPU Model Intel® Xeon® Gold 6326, 16 Cores (32 Threads), 2.90 GHz (Base), 3.50 GHz (Turbo) CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12S DX-4189 Motherboard Supermicro...
Haunt 0.4.0 released I'm quite a bit late on this one, but Haunt version 0.4.0 was released released back in July. I...
a week ago
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Haunt 0.4.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

a week ago
I'm quite a bit late on this one, but Haunt version 0.4.0 was released released back in July. I haven't had much time for blogging, but I'm catching up now! This release contains a small set of improvements and bug fixes since the 0.3.0 release in 2024. About Haunt Haunt is a...
Why I retired from the tech crusades When Ruby on Rails was launched over twenty years ago, I was a twenty-some young programmer...
2nd Jun 2024
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Why I retired from the tech crusades

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

2nd Jun 2024
When Ruby on Rails was launched over twenty years ago, I was a twenty-some young programmer convinced that anyone who gave my stack a try would accept its universal superiority for solving The Web Problem. So I pursued the path of the crusade, attempting to convert the...
Japanese Language Proficiency, Job Requirements, and You Many people wanting to work in Japan find themselves stymied by language requirements that can be...
1st Aug 2024
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Japanese Language Proficiency, Job Requirements, and You

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Aug 2024
Many people wanting to work in Japan find themselves stymied by language requirements that can be vague and confusing, as there is no single, clear-cut system used in Japan to define foreigners’ language proficiencies. There are a few systems commonly used to measure language...
Guile-Websocket 0.1 released I'm happy to announce that Guile-Websocket 0.1 has been released! Guile-Websocket is an...
12th Nov 2022
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Guile-Websocket 0.1 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Nov 2022
I'm happy to announce that Guile-Websocket 0.1 has been released! Guile-Websocket is an implementation of the WebSocket protocol, both the client and server sides, for Guile Scheme. source tarball:...
The best general advice on earth These are excerpts (emphasis mine) from William James's 1890 classic, Principles of Psychology,...
26th Jul 2012
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The best general advice on earth

from the jsomers.net blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Jul 2012
These are excerpts (emphasis mine) from William James's 1890 classic, Principles of Psychology, Chapter IV, "Habit": The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy. It is to fund and capitalize our acquisitions, and live at...
6th Dec 2018
1st May 2009
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.
Why aren't the most useful Mac apps on the App Store? Let’s set the stage first. So, it’s Tuesday night and I’m Command Tab-ing my way through 10...
3rd Dec 2021
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Why aren't the most useful Mac apps on the App Store?

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

3rd Dec 2021
Let’s set the stage first. So, it’s Tuesday night and I’m Command Tab-ing my way through 10 different apps, some with 3-4 windows, while trying to patch bugs in Lunar faster than the users can submit the reports. I’m definitely failing. I feel my brain pulsing and my ring...
Which blend mode? This guide explains the basics behind each blend mode, and offers a number of practical examples for...
22nd Oct 2021
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Which blend mode?

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

22nd Oct 2021
This guide explains the basics behind each blend mode, and offers a number of practical examples for use in the wild.
1st Dec 2015
Disrupt the Government I watched this video about South Africa and it clarified the plan. You disrupt the government by...
4th Nov 2023
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Disrupt the Government

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

4th Nov 2023
I watched this video about South Africa and it clarified the plan. You disrupt the government by providing 10x better versions of all of the services that it provides. The key thing the government is supposed to be able to do is infrastructure. Most of the wealth that we give to...
The lasting influence of Netscape Time After Netscape, the speed of software sped up beyond what anyone could have imagined. Thanks to a...
12th May 2026
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The lasting influence of Netscape Time

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

12th May 2026
After Netscape, the speed of software sped up beyond what anyone could have imagined. Thanks to a documentary crew and a ghost writer, we have a full view of the whole thing. The post The lasting influence of Netscape Time appeared first on The History of the Web.
Infra-Red, In Situ (IRIS) Inspection of Silicon Cryptography tells us how to make a chain of trust rooted in special-purpose chips known as secure...
8th Mar 2023
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Infra-Red, In Situ (IRIS) Inspection of Silicon

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

8th Mar 2023
Cryptography tells us how to make a chain of trust rooted in special-purpose chips known as secure elements. But how do we come to trust our secure elements? I have been searching for solutions to this thorny supply chain problem. Ideally, one can directly inspect the...
My event-driven life I apologize for my extended absence! I once again find myself with lots of drafts that I’d love to...
8th Jul 2023
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My event-driven life

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

8th Jul 2023
I apologize for my extended absence! I once again find myself with lots of drafts that I’d love to publish, but haven’t found the words to complete any of them to my satisfaction. I thought I’d take the time to publish something that is maybe a bit rambly and less focused than...
Apologies and forgiveness The first in a series of posts about doing things the right way
5th Sep 2025
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Apologies and forgiveness

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

5th Sep 2025
The first in a series of posts about doing things the right way
Build-Measure-Learn is a Dangerous Idea Tonight I had a chance to talk with one of my personal heroes,...
6th Apr 2012
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Build-Measure-Learn is a Dangerous Idea

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Apr 2012
Tonight I had a chance to talk with one of my personal heroes, [Eric Ries](http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/). While talking to him, I realized one of the pitfalls of [the...
Developer variants Software development takes all kinds. I'm not talking about appearances or job titles. I'm talking...
9th Aug 2016
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Developer variants

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Aug 2016
Software development takes all kinds. I'm not talking about appearances or job titles. I'm talking about motivations and fulfillment. In my years of writing code and leading projects, I've come to learn a bit about how my teammates, and I, experience success, through a...
You are still valuable A frustrated Reddit post about being a condom between an AI and production made the rounds in our...
a week ago
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You are still valuable

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

a week ago
A frustrated Reddit post about being a condom between an AI and production made the rounds in our team. Here is why I think the opposite is true and what it means for how we review code, plan work and think.
25th Mar 2024
Happy Leap Day! 29 February is causing problems in software systems across the globe. It’s a good reminder on how...
29th Feb 2024
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Happy Leap Day!

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

29th Feb 2024
29 February is causing problems in software systems across the globe. It’s a good reminder on how few assumptions we should make about dates – and why to use a date library when you can.
Uncensored Models I am publishing this because many people are asking me how I did it, so I will...
15th May 2023
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Uncensored Models

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

15th May 2023
I am publishing this because many people are asking me how I did it, so I will...
Eight-Part Barbershop Tag In Parallel Fifths Experimenting with recording every part in a barbershop tag a perfect fifth higher to create jazzy...
14th Nov 2009
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Eight-Part Barbershop Tag In Parallel Fifths

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

14th Nov 2009
Experimenting with recording every part in a barbershop tag a perfect fifth higher to create jazzy chords.
Is It Time To Version Observability? (Signs Point To Yes) Augh! I am so behind on so much writing, I’m even behind on writing shit that I need to reference in...
7th Aug 2024
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Is It Time To Version Observability? (Signs Point To Yes)

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

7th Aug 2024
Augh! I am so behind on so much writing, I’m even behind on writing shit that I need to reference in order to write other pieces of writing. Like this one. So we’re just gonna do this quick and dirty on the personal blog, and not bother bringing it up to the editorial standards...
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...
Website Backups with Apple iCloud Website Backups with Apple iCloud 2024-02-16 My main work machine, an M2 MacBook Air, meshes really...
16th Feb 2024
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Website Backups with Apple iCloud

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

16th Feb 2024
Website Backups with Apple iCloud 2024-02-16 My main work machine, an M2 MacBook Air, meshes really well with my iPhone SE (they are in the same ecosystem after all - duh!). Since both of these devices are Apple products, it makes sense that I pay for the optional iCloud service...
Family Photos vs 256 Kb RAM Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters. A while ago I was thinking about making something nice for my...
1st Jun 2023
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Family Photos vs 256 Kb RAM

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

1st Jun 2023
Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters. A while ago I was thinking about making something nice for my wife as a present for the Valentine’s Day. My eye caught a rather cool-looking 7-color eInk display with Raspberry Pico W on board - Pimoroni Inky Frame. From the first glance it...
12th Dec 2017
Fancier exports Fancier exports
15th Aug 2022
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Fancier exports

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

15th Aug 2022
Fancier exports
1st Sep 2023
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
Let's talk about your privates Let's talk about your privates
7th Nov 2021
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Let's talk about your privates

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

7th Nov 2021
Let's talk about your privates
Galloping Search I recently learned about Galloping Search while building a distributed log called s3-log. It’s used...
7th Dec 2024
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Galloping Search

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Dec 2024
I recently learned about Galloping Search while building a distributed log called s3-log. It’s used to search sorted items when the upper bound is unknown. In this short post, I will share my notes and other alternatives I discovered for searching over unbounded items
Debugging running server applications So you’ve written an awesome online game that works perfectly in the test environment, but when real...
2nd Aug 2012
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Debugging running server applications

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

2nd Aug 2012
So you’ve written an awesome online game that works perfectly in the test environment, but when real users are playing the game server doesn’t work properly. Now what?!? I was reading an article by Mike Perham called Debugging with Thread Dumps and wanted to share a related...
Taking web search through the last mile (This piece first appeared on the kagi.ai blog (...
1st Dec 2019
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Taking web search through the last mile

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

1st Dec 2019
(This piece first appeared on the kagi.ai blog ( https://web.archive.org/web/20200927234617/https://kagi.ai/last-mile-for-web-search.html ) a few short years ago.
Best Rust books for 2024 There are many Rust books, but these are my favourites—and I think you’ll like them too. Here are...
5th Jul 2024
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Best Rust books for 2024

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

5th Jul 2024
There are many Rust books, but these are my favourites—and I think you’ll like them too. Here are my reviews of what I think are the truly essential Rust books available today.
Distributed Logical Time Properly ordering events in time is notoriously difficult in distributed systems. This algorithm is...
23rd Feb 2019
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Distributed Logical Time

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

23rd Feb 2019
Properly ordering events in time is notoriously difficult in distributed systems. This algorithm is a simple, decentralized, scalable, constant-memory mechanism for independent replicas to record events in time, such that “happened-before” is preserved in almost all cases.
Too much of a good thing: the trade-off we make with tests I've worked places where we aspired to (but did not reach) 100% code coverage. We used tools like a...
5th Feb 2024
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Too much of a good thing: the trade-off we make with tests

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

5th Feb 2024
I've worked places where we aspired to (but did not reach) 100% code coverage. We used tools like a code coverage ratchet to ensure that the test coverage always went up and never down. This had a few effects. One of them was the intended effect: we wrote more tests. Another was...
6th Sep 2016
A Commentary on Defining Observability 2024/03/19 A Commentary on Defining Observability Recently, Hazel Weakly has published a great...
19th Mar 2024
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A Commentary on Defining Observability

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

19th Mar 2024
2024/03/19 A Commentary on Defining Observability Recently, Hazel Weakly has published a great article titled Redefining Observability. In it, she covers competing classical definitions observability, weaknesses they have, and offers a practical reframing of the concept in the...
8th Jan 2025
On working and contributing to conferences abroad This blog post is another one in the ‘writing things down to structure my thinking on where I want...
6th Feb 2025
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On working and contributing to conferences abroad

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

6th Feb 2025
This blog post is another one in the ‘writing things down to structure my thinking on where I want my career to go’ series. I will get back to writing technical and automation blog posts soon, but I need to finish my contract testing course first. One of the things I like to do...
Common Beginner Mistakes with React I used to teach React at a local coding bootcamp, and I noticed that students kept getting tripped...
6th Mar 2023
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Common Beginner Mistakes with React

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

6th Mar 2023
I used to teach React at a local coding bootcamp, and I noticed that students kept getting tripped up by the same handful of things. In this article, we're going to go through 9 of the most dastardly gotchas. I'll show you how to solve these common problems, so you can avoid a...
How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac ¶How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP...
9th Aug 2017
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How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac

from Sometimes It Works :: simonhamp.me [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Aug 2017
How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac ¶How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac Yes, I use MAMP. Sue me (please don’t sue me). It’s actually a pretty good stack for standard web dev and I’ve found that it works fine for most of my needs, even with...
Should we cool it with the historical present? On podcasts it's pretty common to hear something like this: So Alexander Hamilton has just finished...
22nd Oct 2021
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Should we cool it with the historical present?

from the jsomers.net blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Oct 2021
On podcasts it's pretty common to hear something like this: So Alexander Hamilton has just finished law school, and he's trying to make a name for himself. He's only been in New York a few years. So he takes on this case... The problem with the past tense ("Hamilton had just...
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
.title {text-wrap:balance;} #content > p:first-child {text-wrap:balance;} .gallery { display:flex; justify-content:center; } figure a:link, figure a:visited, figure a:hover, figure a:active {color:inherit; text-decoration: underline;} Netbooks are dead, but the Chuwi...
DocWriter: the typewriter that sends its keystrokes in real time to a Google Doc For years I’ve wanted a writing machine that would combine the best parts of a typewriter and a word...
18th Sep 2017
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DocWriter: the typewriter that sends its keystrokes in real time to a Google Doc

from the jsomers.net blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Sep 2017
For years I’ve wanted a writing machine that would combine the best parts of a typewriter and a word processor. After months of tinkering, a friend and I just finished building one. We call it the DocWriter. It’s a typewriter that sends its keystrokes in real time to a Google...
Yet Another Post On Scrum, But Different Everyone hates Scrum, or at least it seems so, except for management. I did as well, but a...
4th Jun 2024
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Yet Another Post On Scrum, But Different

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

4th Jun 2024
Everyone hates Scrum, or at least it seems so, except for management. I did as well, but a difference is that I started my career in 1981, long before the hordes of Scrums took root. 1981, you say, so you must have done Waterfall, so you are old and have
TokyoDev supports the legalization of same-sex marriage in Japan Japan’s lack of recognition for same-sex marriage doesn’t affect me personally, but it does affect...
3rd Dec 2024
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TokyoDev supports the legalization of same-sex marriage in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Dec 2024
Japan’s lack of recognition for same-sex marriage doesn’t affect me personally, but it does affect people I care about. So when I saw Business for Marriage Equality, a campaign that highlights 500+ companies and organizations that support legalization of same-sex marriage, I...
Shoelace 2.0: a forward-thinking library of web components I've been having a lot of fun with Stencil and web components lately. Back in January, I decided to...
24th Jul 2020
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Shoelace 2.0: a forward-thinking library of web components

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

24th Jul 2020
I've been having a lot of fun with Stencil and web components lately. Back in January, I decided to use it to completely redesign Shoelace, an open source project I created a few years ago. I recently published Shoelace 2.0 — a collection of professionally-designed, accessible...
Finding a tricky bug in Elasticsearch 8.4.2 A few weeks ago, I helped to find a bug in Elasticsearch 8.4.2. We’d started seeing issues in our...
5th Oct 2022
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Finding a tricky bug in Elasticsearch 8.4.2

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Oct 2022
A few weeks ago, I helped to find a bug in Elasticsearch 8.4.2. We’d started seeing issues in our Elastic cluster at work, and I was able to isolate the issue in a small, reproducible test case. I shared my code with Elastic engineers, and that helped them identify and fix the...
On picking side-projects Food for thought on how to pick the right side projects and how to manage them effectively.
7th Mar 2024
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On picking side-projects

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

7th Mar 2024
Food for thought on how to pick the right side projects and how to manage them effectively.
5th Mar 2025
Drawbacks of developing in containers It seems like everyone these days is developing in containers. Specifically, I mean running your...
1st Feb 2021
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Drawbacks of developing in containers

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

1st Feb 2021
It seems like everyone these days is developing in containers. Specifically, I mean running your local development environment almost entirely in containers. There's a lot to be said for it, especially when you're bringing new developers into a project: it can be an invaluable...
Coworking Spaces and Other Places you can Work Remotely in Tokyo So you’ve finally made it to Tokyo, and you’re looking for a place to work remotely in peace. Maybe...
1st Jun 2023
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Coworking Spaces and Other Places you can Work Remotely in Tokyo

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jun 2023
So you’ve finally made it to Tokyo, and you’re looking for a place to work remotely in peace. Maybe you’re all set with a home office, but maybe you live in a one room studio apartment or you’re stuck in a tiny hotel room. Whatever your reason, what are your options for places...
Who gets to do strategy? If you talk to enough aspiring leaders, you’ll become familiar with the prevalent idea that they...
6th Mar 2025
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Who gets to do strategy?

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

6th Mar 2025
If you talk to enough aspiring leaders, you’ll become familiar with the prevalent idea that they need to be promoted before they can work on strategy. It’s a truism, but I’ve also found this idea perfectly wrong: you can work on strategy from anywhere in an organization, it just...
Swearing and automatic captions Swearing is the spice of language. Throw in a little to make that fucking point you want to make...
5th Dec 2022
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Swearing and automatic captions

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

5th Dec 2022
Swearing is the spice of language. Throw in a little to make that fucking point you want to make pop. Throw in a shitload to create a motherfucking verbal curry, layers of delicious goddamn meaning to unpack. Swearing is also present in every culture I can think of, with culture...
Porting OkLab colorspace to integer arithmetic For reasons I'll explain in a futur write-up, I needed to make use of a perceptually uniform...
11th Dec 2022
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Porting OkLab colorspace to integer arithmetic

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

11th Dec 2022
For reasons I'll explain in a futur write-up, I needed to make use of a perceptually uniform colorspace in some computer vision code. OkLab from Björn Ottosson was a great candidate given how simple the implementation is. But there is a plot twist: I needed the code to be...
Demystifying styled-components For so many React devs, styled-components seems kinda magical. It isn't at all clear how it uses...
21st Jun 2021
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Demystifying styled-components

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

21st Jun 2021
For so many React devs, styled-components seems kinda magical. It isn't at all clear how it uses traditional CSS features under-the-hood, and that lack of clarity can cause real problems when things go awry. In this post, we'll learn exactly how styled-components works by...
Going on maternity leave tl;dr summary # I'm heading out on maternity leave a little earlier than planned. I'm not sure where...
12th Dec 2025
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Going on maternity leave

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

12th Dec 2025
tl;dr summary # I'm heading out on maternity leave a little earlier than planned. I'm not sure where the last eight and a half months have gone but here we are! It's a very weird feeling to be prepping and handing off projects. All of my co-workers have been so lovely and...
Fireside SF: Clem Delangue CEO of Hugging Face Sign up now - in person space is limited
18th Mar 2023
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Fireside SF: Clem Delangue CEO of Hugging Face

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

18th Mar 2023
Sign up now - in person space is limited
Pricing determines your business model Pricing is inextricably linked to brand, product, and purchasing decisions. It cannot be "figured...
5th Nov 2014
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Pricing determines your business model

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

5th Nov 2014
Pricing is inextricably linked to brand, product, and purchasing decisions. It cannot be "figured out later," because determines your business model today.
The 2022 International Developers in Japan survey results are live! In October 2022, I conducted a survey of international developers living in Japan. [The results are...
8th Dec 2022
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The 2022 International Developers in Japan survey results are live!

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Dec 2022
In October 2022, I conducted a survey of international developers living in Japan. [The results are now live](/insights/2022-developer-survey), please check them out! This year's survey had 42 questions, up from 24 questions for [2021's...
Networking Essentials: Architecture and Principles Discussing the architecture of the Internet and its the principles that guided its original design.
4th Sep 2018
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Networking Essentials: Architecture and Principles

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

4th Sep 2018
Discussing the architecture of the Internet and its the principles that guided its original design.
Why do many web developers hate jQuery? Why do many web developers hate jQuery? ¶Why do many web developers hate jQuery? The following is an...
22nd Nov 2016
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Why do many web developers hate jQuery?

from Sometimes It Works :: simonhamp.me [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Nov 2016
Why do many web developers hate jQuery? ¶Why do many web developers hate jQuery? The following is an answer I originally posted to the above question posed over on Hashnode, the developer community. Thought it was worth sharing :) When jQuery was the new thing, people loved it....
Explain Like I'm Five: Website speed This post is part of the series Explain Like I'm Five (#eli5), which aims to make tech concepts and...
12th Jun 2021
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Explain Like I'm Five: Website speed

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

12th Jun 2021
This post is part of the series Explain Like I'm Five (#eli5), which aims to make tech concepts and terms easy to understand. In this two minutes read, we'll explain why website speed matters, how to measure it, and how to improve it. Why website speed matters
Make no assumptions. I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the concept of “soil horizons”, which is the idea that there...
11th Jul 2026
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Make no assumptions.

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

11th Jul 2026
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the concept of “soil horizons”, which is the idea that there are many distinct layers of soil, from topsoil all the way down to bedrock, which all combine into a soil horizon. Translating this idea into software, the ideal codebase would...
Gif to MP4 encoding in the browser, the terminal & everywhere else TLDR: I’ve shipped a new NPM module called gif2vid that enabled video encoding of GIF files in the...
6th Nov 2025
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6th Nov 2025
TLDR: I’ve shipped a new NPM module called gif2vid that enabled video encoding of GIF files in the browser, in your terminal and in a web app backend. I’ve also created an uber simple website at https://gif2vid.com where you can use it. My kids enjoy building cute (and...
Who Monitors The Monitor? Monitor The first release of Monitor as an elementary OS default app is here! Monitor is an app for...
5th Nov 2025
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Who Monitors The Monitor?

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

5th Nov 2025
Monitor The first release of Monitor as an elementary OS default app is here! Monitor is an app for monitoring your system resources and running processes, including with optional panel indicators. Since its last release, we’ve completed the port to GTK4, rewrote the settings...
Autumnal equinox 2023 Happy Autumnal Equinox northern hemisphere!This animation was posted 9 years ago to Vimeo using...
24th Sep 2023
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Autumnal equinox 2023

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Sep 2023
Happy Autumnal Equinox northern hemisphere!This animation was posted 9 years ago to Vimeo using Trapcode Particular.
How Binary JSON Works in YDB Feel free to join the discussion on HackerNews. In the early 2020 I was working in the Distributed...
8th Jun 2022
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How Binary JSON Works in YDB

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

8th Jun 2022
Feel free to join the discussion on HackerNews. In the early 2020 I was working in the Distributed Queries team of YDB. YDB is a Distributed SQL Database that combines high availability and scalability with strong consistency and ACID transactions. One of my key tasks there was...
Good advice on JSX conditionals Conditional rendering is a cornerstone of any templating language. React / JSX bravely chose not to...
17th Jan 2022
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Good advice on JSX conditionals

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

17th Jan 2022
Conditional rendering is a cornerstone of any templating language. React / JSX bravely chose not to have a dedicated conditional syntax, like ng-if="condition", relying on JS boolean operators instead: condition && <JSX /> renders <JSX /> iff condition is truthy, condition ?...
Win: contribution to libSQL (SQLite) codebase I got my patches accepted into SQLite fork, libSQL codebase!
16th Feb 2024
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Win: contribution to libSQL (SQLite) codebase

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Feb 2024
I got my patches accepted into SQLite fork, libSQL codebase!
GIF, JPEG or PNG? Using images on the web This article aims to describe the difference between the three most popular types of images used on...
29th Apr 2007
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GIF, JPEG or PNG? Using images on the web

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

29th Apr 2007
This article aims to describe the difference between the three most popular types of images used on the Web, and how to use them effectively in your websites. JPEG # JPEG files are compressed images that maintain a balance of size versus quality. For example: More compression =...
#26 HTMHell special: tasty buttons The second HTMHell special focuses on another highly controversial pattern in front-end...
25th Oct 2021
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#26 HTMHell special: tasty buttons

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Oct 2021
The second HTMHell special focuses on another highly controversial pattern in front-end development: 🔥 the burger button. 🔥 The burger button and his tasty friends (kebab, meatball and bento) usually reveal a list of links when activated. According to our studies, these buttons...
Create technical leverage: workflow improvements & product capabilities More than a decade ago, I typed up a few paragraphs of notes, titled it “Building Technical...
1st Dec 2023
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Create technical leverage: workflow improvements & product capabilities

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

1st Dec 2023
More than a decade ago, I typed up a few paragraphs of notes, titled it “Building Technical Leverage,” and proceeded to forget about it. Those notes were from a meeting with Kevin Scott, then SVP Engineering at LinkedIn, while we wandered the Valley trying to convince potential...
Bureaulogy The study of bureaucracy
21st Dec 2024
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Bureaulogy

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

21st Dec 2024
The study of bureaucracy
Wireheading City I spent the last 2 weeks travelling around India, and I came up with this line: There’s a fine line...
11th Apr 2023
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Wireheading City

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

11th Apr 2023
I spent the last 2 weeks travelling around India, and I came up with this line: There’s a fine line that defines civilization. Several beggars approached me on the street, and I didn’t give them anything. I suspect they would be surprised to learn that we have worse beggars in...
Incident SEV scales are a waste of time Ask an engineering leader about their incident response protocol and they’ll tell you about their...
29th Jan 2025
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Incident SEV scales are a waste of time

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

29th Jan 2025
Ask an engineering leader about their incident response protocol and they’ll tell you about their severity scale. “The first thing we do is we assign a severity to the incident,” they’ll say, “so the right people will get notified.” And this is sensible. In order to figure out...
Real Unfair Advantages It's not a question of if someone copies your business idea, it's when.
19th Jul 2010
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Real Unfair Advantages

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

19th Jul 2010
It's not a question of if someone copies your business idea, it's when.
Supporting communities that empower women in technology Every year, TokyoDev conducts a survey of international developers living in Japan. In the last...
6th Feb 2023
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Supporting communities that empower women in technology

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Feb 2023
Every year, TokyoDev conducts a survey of international developers living in Japan. In the last survey's results, published in December 2022, I explored [the connection between gender and compensation](/insights/2022-developer-survey#salary-by-gender). The results were...
HTML is Dead, Long Live HTML Rethinking DOM from first principles Browsers are in a very weird place. While WebAssembly has...
5th Aug 2025
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HTML is Dead, Long Live HTML

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

5th Aug 2025
Rethinking DOM from first principles Browsers are in a very weird place. While WebAssembly has succeeded, even on the server, the client still feels largely the same as it did 10 years ago. Enthusiasts will tell you that accessing native web APIs via WASM is a solved...
Maybe not so much with the "optimization" In the quest for optimization, A/B tests, metrics, and funnels, we're in danger of losing the fun...
22nd Mar 2026
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Maybe not so much with the "optimization"

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

22nd Mar 2026
In the quest for optimization, A/B tests, metrics, and funnels, we're in danger of losing the fun and value of creative work.
It’s the future — you can stop using JPEGs An overview of some compelling alternatives.
18th Jan 2023
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It’s the future — you can stop using JPEGs

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

18th Jan 2023
An overview of some compelling alternatives.
Should I buy or should I build? Pop quiz, hotshot. How much does it cost to build a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster? Quick, no...
14th Aug 2022
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Should I buy or should I build?

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

14th Aug 2022
Pop quiz, hotshot. How much does it cost to build a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster? Quick, no conferring. If you thought the answer was “nothing”, go to the back of the class.
What I'm up to - November 2023 This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Nov 2023
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What I'm up to - November 2023

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

1st Nov 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in October - Switched my daily driver Aeropress coffee recipe to this one by Jonathan Gagné. It p...
My Wild Security Head-Fiction My Wild Security Head-Fiction ¶My Wild Security Head-Fiction I’m not a security expert. I...
15th Mar 2019
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My Wild Security Head-Fiction

from Sometimes It Works :: simonhamp.me [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Mar 2019
My Wild Security Head-Fiction ¶My Wild Security Head-Fiction I’m not a security expert. I confidently believe I don’t have the kind of mind it takes to ‘always expect the worst’. I couldn’t be a threat analyst, defence strategist or CIA agent because I think you need a drastic...
Aesthetic Command Lines with Hyper, Spaceship, and Oh My Zsh My fairly banal, basic, but beautiful command line setup
5th Oct 2024
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Aesthetic Command Lines with Hyper, Spaceship, and Oh My Zsh

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

5th Oct 2024
My fairly banal, basic, but beautiful command line setup
A demo notefile for WebCard <![CDATA[To complete WebCard for my RetroChallenge 2024 project I created a demo notefile, a file...
27th Oct 2024
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A demo notefile for WebCard

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

27th Oct 2024
<![CDATA[To complete WebCard for my RetroChallenge 2024 project I created a demo notefile, a file that stores the data of a NoteCards hypertext. The notefile WCDEMO.NOTEFILE contains exmples of Web cards filed into various types of containers and cards such as fileboxes and Text...
I Am Happy Not To Be A Web Developer Anymore I wrote my first single-page web app in Javascript in 2005, right after learning about...
15th Sep 2023
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I Am Happy Not To Be A Web Developer Anymore

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

15th Sep 2023
I wrote my first single-page web app in Javascript in 2005, right after learning about XMLHttpRequest and before any serious frameworks existed. I left professional web development behind around 2009 (I started in 1997 with WebObjects) and spent the final decade of my career...
A Cavalcade of the Olfactory Dimension We have all been there, at least once in life. The door opens and a special kind of odor slinks its...
2nd Sep 2026
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A Cavalcade of the Olfactory Dimension

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

2nd Sep 2026
We have all been there, at least once in life. The door opens and a special kind of odor slinks its way up your nose. The gym.
Free idea: design token ugly mode A lot of work goes into making every page and view of a website or webapp look consistent with every...
1st Jul 2024
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Free idea: design token ugly mode

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

1st Jul 2024
A lot of work goes into making every page and view of a website or webapp look consistent with every other page or view. It’s just good design. Smaller, newer experiences tend to be more uniform than not. This makes sense in that the bulk of the experience is created at the same...
The Wonders of Text Ellipsis The Wonders of Text Ellipsis 2016-11-15 A common issue when working with constrained UI elements is...
15th Nov 2016
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The Wonders of Text Ellipsis

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

15th Nov 2016
The Wonders of Text Ellipsis 2016-11-15 A common issue when working with constrained UI elements is text overflowing outside of it’s parent or breaking into addition lines (thus breaking the layout). This is most commonly seen with the direct and placeholder values for input...
Dusting off my blog, and Machine Learning It's been a while. And I'm digging into Machine Learning. I was watching the excellent video by...
20th Mar 2023
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Dusting off my blog, and Machine Learning

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

20th Mar 2023
It's been a while. And I'm digging into Machine Learning. I was watching the excellent video by Andrej Karpathy about how to write a GPT (of which GPT-3 is an example) from scratch, using the paper "Attention is all you need" I implemented it from scratch while watching the...
Better Buttons with color-mix() and Custom Properties Let's build a button that accepts one color and calculates its hover and focus states automatically....
23rd Aug 2023
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Better Buttons with color-mix() and Custom Properties

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

23rd Aug 2023
Let's build a button that accepts one color and calculates its hover and focus states automatically. For this experiment, we'll use CSS Custom Properties, color-mix(), and OKLCH to ensure that tints and shades are perceptually uniform. To keep things simple, we'll follow today's...
Master of my domain Let’s talk business—independent business, that is. What’s the cost of being the boss? Some more...
28th Feb 2024
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Master of my domain

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

28th Feb 2024
Let’s talk business—independent business, that is. What’s the cost of being the boss? Some more hard-learned lessons from my own horrible career.
Letting Claude Teach Me Now that I use AI regularly to help write code and complete tasks, I find myself in a position where...
4th May 2026
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Letting Claude Teach Me

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

4th May 2026
Now that I use AI regularly to help write code and complete tasks, I find myself in a position where I’m not learning as much as I used to. That feels a bit crummy. Fairly often, Claude writes code I don’t fully understand. For example: I know enough TypeScript to be dangerous,...
Golang vs C++: Which is Best For Your Next Project Needing to be a math genius to learn to code is a thing of the past. High-level programming...
12th Jul 2021
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Golang vs C++: Which is Best For Your Next Project

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

12th Jul 2021
Needing to be a math genius to learn to code is a thing of the past. High-level programming languages offer an alternative to low-level machine code, which makes coding more accessible than ever. Let’s dive into how Golang, a modern higher-level language, matches up to C++, a...
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...
Supporting Disability Is Our Social Responsibility July is Disability Pride Month, an opportunity for us to consider how we’re serving our disabled...
2nd Jul 2025
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Supporting Disability Is Our Social Responsibility

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

2nd Jul 2025
July is Disability Pride Month, an opportunity for us to consider how we’re serving our disabled community and work on breaking down barriers to access. Last year we had the pleasure of being introduced to Florian—a fully blind cybersecurity enthusiast—and thanks to his feedback...
Profit is Not a Value Any executive or business owner will say their company values integrity, and virtually every company...
5th Aug 2015
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Profit is Not a Value

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

5th Aug 2015
Any executive or business owner will say their company values integrity, and virtually every company claims that they reward and value their employees exhibiting their brand values. But is that really accurate?
Learn Go Fast - Top Courses and Resources Want to learn Go fast? The good news is that Go is one of the simplest programming languages out...
2nd Nov 2020
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Learn Go Fast - Top Courses and Resources

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

2nd Nov 2020
Want to learn Go fast? The good news is that Go is one of the simplest programming languages out there. It was designed to have a compact feature set, which means you can learn it much faster than most other languages.
22nd Aug 2018
PCG64 DXSM random number generator Last week I was interested to read about the proposed math/rand/v2 for Golang’s standard library. It...
21st Jun 2023
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PCG64 DXSM random number generator

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

21st Jun 2023
Last week I was interested to read about the proposed math/rand/v2 for Golang’s standard library. It mentioned a new-ish flavour of PCG random number generator which I had not previously encountered, called PCG64 DXSM. This blog post collects what I have learned about it. (I have...
LambdaQ v2; now with optional task tokens! Want to use SQS without Step Functions? Now LambdaQ supports SQS without Step Functions.
9th May 2024
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LambdaQ v2; now with optional task tokens!

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

9th May 2024
Want to use SQS without Step Functions? Now LambdaQ supports SQS without Step Functions.
Building openring with Jekyll Build Building openring with Jekyll Build 2022-12-02 I think it's great when bloggers post their own...
2nd Dec 2022
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Building openring with Jekyll Build

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

2nd Dec 2022
Building openring with Jekyll Build 2022-12-02 I think it's great when bloggers post their own personal "reading list" of blogs they themselves follow. Whether this is a customized Blogroll page or footnotes in their individual articles, I find it really helpful to find more...
Announcing the 2022 International Developers in Japan Survey The 2022 International Developers in Japan Survey is now live! By taking this survey, you'll be...
12th Oct 2022
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Announcing the 2022 International Developers in Japan Survey

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Oct 2022
The 2022 International Developers in Japan Survey is now live! By taking this survey, you'll be helping other developers living here better understand the experience of their peers, and also help people considering making the move here understand what working here is actually...
The New World of LLM Functions: Integrating LLM Technology into the Wolfram Language This is part of a series about our LLM technology.Other parts of this series: ChatGPT Gets Its...
23rd May 2023
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The New World of LLM Functions: Integrating LLM Technology into the Wolfram Language

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

23rd May 2023
This is part of a series about our LLM technology.Other parts of this series: ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram Superpowers”!Instant Plugins for ChatGPT: Introducing the Wolfram ChatGPT Plugin Kit Turning LLM Capabilities into Functions So far, we mostly think of LLMs as things we...
17th Feb 2025
Email tips from the drowning I have never seen an email message too short. – Roman and Raphaelson, Writing That Works Email is a...
13th Jun 2023
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Email tips from the drowning

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

13th Jun 2023
I have never seen an email message too short. – Roman and Raphaelson, Writing That Works Email is a cornerstone of remote work and a colossal waste of time. People say: “That meeting could have been an email.” But I’d add: “That email could have been a few bullet points.” Writing...
Dinosaur pie! I wanted to make a special pie for my amazing boyfriend, Matt, on his birthday a month ago....
30th Mar 2015
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Dinosaur pie!

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

30th Mar 2015
I wanted to make a special pie for my amazing boyfriend, Matt, on his birthday a month ago. Naturally, I decided to make an apple pie because he likes apple pie and because I can make a mean apple pie with fresh ground cinnamon and a small amount of pre-cooking the apples on the...
The Gift Economy Illustrated notes on the idea of Gift Economies and cultural historys of economic exchange
3rd Aug 2020
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The Gift Economy

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

3rd Aug 2020
Illustrated notes on the idea of Gift Economies and cultural historys of economic exchange
People-First Leadership Investment in people is absolutely essential to building a business that's not just getting by but...
7th Apr 2023
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People-First Leadership

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

7th Apr 2023
Investment in people is absolutely essential to building a business that's not just getting by but actively thriving. People-first leadership offers an approach which consistently cultivates an environment where folks can show up and do their best work, propelling the business...
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
Hacking Amazon Dash Buttons The Amazon Dash button is about a year old and has proven to be a pretty great hackable...
1st Aug 2016
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Hacking Amazon Dash Buttons

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

1st Aug 2016
The Amazon Dash button is about a year old and has proven to be a pretty great hackable internet-of-things button. It’s got built-in wifi, an onboard battery and best of all, a $4.99 price tag. How It Works The actual “hacking” of dash buttons has really nothing to do with the...
Using Machine Learning to Generate Winamp Skins I used thousands of screenshots of Winamp skins and StyleGAN2 to train an ML model generate more...
7th Jul 2021
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Using Machine Learning to Generate Winamp Skins

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

7th Jul 2021
I used thousands of screenshots of Winamp skins and StyleGAN2 to train an ML model generate more Winamp skins.
Hummingbird at the feeder With a recent blast of winter I noticed a few hummingbirds already here so I put up the feeder.Not...
10th Apr 2024
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Hummingbird at the feeder

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Apr 2024
With a recent blast of winter I noticed a few hummingbirds already here so I put up the feeder.Not 30 seconds later, this fella showed up.
What I'm up to - April 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. I'm a...
1st Apr 2024
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What I'm up to - April 2024

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

1st Apr 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. I'm a little late on the April edition, but better late than never. What I did in March - Spent some time...
Fixing long start-up times of the Eleventy dev server Recently, I've encountered a peculiar issue with Eleventy. The development server stopped...
22nd Dec 2022
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Fixing long start-up times of the Eleventy dev server

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

22nd Dec 2022
Recently, I've encountered a peculiar issue with Eleventy. The development server stopped working: eleventy --serve [11ty] Wrote 92 files in 0.48 seconds (5.2ms each, v1.0.2) [11ty] Watching… There were no errors. Everything seemed fine, except for the dev server not being...
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 I. 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...
No wait, of course THAT is the single most important SaaS metric Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
3rd Nov 2024
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No wait, of course THAT is the single most important SaaS metric

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

3rd Nov 2024
Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
Buying a House in Portland After nearly 6 months of looking, my wife and I finally bought a house in Portland. We physically...
13th Oct 2016
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Buying a House in Portland

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

13th Oct 2016
After nearly 6 months of looking, my wife and I finally bought a house in Portland. We physically toured more than 70 houses, put in 13 offers and looked over hundreds of listings in nearly every neighborhood in the city. I thought it might be a good time to reflect on the...
Kubernetes at Work Kubernetes is about solving real problems. We talk to 100% real software engineer Torie Joy-Warren...
20th Jun 2020
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Kubernetes at Work

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

20th Jun 2020
Kubernetes is about solving real problems. We talk to 100% real software engineer Torie Joy-Warren about her experiences with k8s and cloud.
The State of Vector Search in SQLite Making vector search fast, memory-efficient, and natural in SQLite.
1st Sep 2025
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The State of Vector Search in SQLite

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

1st Sep 2025
Making vector search fast, memory-efficient, and natural in SQLite.
The Fruitfulness of Grunt Work I had an interesting software development problem the other day. I was working on a NodeJS...
30th Apr 2024
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The Fruitfulness of Grunt Work

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

30th Apr 2024
I had an interesting software development problem the other day. I was working on a NodeJS application, doing general maintenance work, which led me down an interesting rabbit hole. I could’ve used an online knowledge tool such as the various LLM-based tools available now. But...
Stellar board I’ve been advising Stellar since Stripe helped it launch about a year ago. Today I’m joining their...
30th Jul 2015
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Stellar board

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

30th Jul 2015
I’ve been advising Stellar since Stripe helped it launch about a year ago. Today I’m joining their board. Digital currencies are still nascent, and my hopes for them remain unchanged. Particularly, we need digital currency protocols like Stellar that work with the existing...
1st Nov 2022
Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app I released first version of SumatraPDF in 2006. That’s 15 years ago which seems like a good time for...
25th Jul 2021
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Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app

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

25th Jul 2021
I released first version of SumatraPDF in 2006. That’s 15 years ago which seems like a good time for a retrospective. The app SumatraPDF is a multi-format (PDF, ePub, Mobi, comic book, DjVu, XPS, CHM) viewer for Windows and currently looks like this: The...
A color palette preview tool for Purl Soho's Library Blanket When I saw the Library Blanket Joelle Hoverson designed for Purl Soho, I immediately fell in love....
24th Apr 2020
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A color palette preview tool for Purl Soho's Library Blanket

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

24th Apr 2020
When I saw the Library Blanket Joelle Hoverson designed for Purl Soho, I immediately fell in love. The marled combinations of oranges, pinks, blues, and purples were calling to me, so I ordered a kit right away. Other knitters commented that while they loved the pattern, the...
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