A Beautiful Site
A Web Component Story
Gather 'round, it's story time.
A number of years ago, I was hired by a company to rebuild a...
over a year ago
Gather 'round, it's story time.
A number of years ago, I was hired by a company to rebuild a component library for their design system. The one they were replacing was built with AngularJS, but AngularJS was old and rickety and nobody wanted to use it anymore. Plus, many teams...
A Beautiful Site
Superpowers
I stumbled upon a short post that intrigued me. In it, the author claims that the cure for boredom...
over a year ago
I stumbled upon a short post that intrigued me. In it, the author claims that the cure for boredom is superpowers. Not superpowers in the Superman sense, but ones that we can teach ourselves.
Learn Photoshop, and you’ll have a superpower. You’ll be able to see what your bedroom...
Irrational...
Manage your priorities and energy.
Back when I was managing at Uber, I latched onto a thinking tool that I drilled into the teams I...
a year ago
Back when I was managing at Uber, I latched onto a thinking tool that I drilled into the teams I worked with: reach the right outcomes by prioritizing the company first, your team second, and yourself third. This “company, team, self” framework proved a helpful decision-making...
macwright.com
My favorite books of 2022
This year I read 22 books, which is about the average for the last few years. The
ratio of fiction...
over a year ago
This year I read 22 books, which is about the average for the last few years. The
ratio of fiction to non-fiction was skewed toward non-fiction. I think overall
I read fewer amazing books than last year, when I finished 20, but also fewer
duds - though there certainly were some...
Maggie Appleton
Building a Second Brain: The Illustrated Notes
Illustrated notes on the Building A Second Brain course
over a year ago
Illustrated notes on the Building A Second Brain course
blag
Win: contribution to libSQL (SQLite) codebase
I got my patches accepted into SQLite fork, libSQL codebase!
11 months ago
I got my patches accepted into SQLite fork, libSQL codebase!
Ruud van Asseldonk
A perspective shift on automated market makers through MEV
over a year ago
HTMHell
Preloading fonts for web performance with link rel=”preload”
by Alistair Shepherd
Web performance is incredibly important. If you were here for the advent...
4 weeks ago
by Alistair Shepherd
Web performance is incredibly important. If you were here for the advent calendar last year you may have already read many of my thoughts on the subject. If not, read Getting started with Web Performance when you’re done here!
This year I’m back for more web...
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How we’re improving performance by combining persons and events
In a previous product update we announced a beta for a substantial change to the way we handle...
over a year ago
In a previous product update we announced a beta for a substantial change to the way we handle persons and events on PostHog. Today, after gathering…
HTMHell
#1 button disguised as a link
Bad code
<button role="link" title="Name of website" tabindex="0">
<img alt="Name of website"...
over a year ago
Bad code
<button role="link" title="Name of website" tabindex="0">
<img alt="Name of website" src="logo.jpg" title="Name of website">
</button>
Issues and how to fix them
Wrong usage of the button element. There’s an element for linking to external sites (<a>). Do not change...
Daniel Immke's Blog...
So why write a blog?
I’ve never been good at maintaining a “professional” profile on the web. It’s bitten me in the ass...
over a year ago
I’ve never been good at maintaining a “professional” profile on the web. It’s bitten me in the ass when I’ve really needed to show off work…
Making software...
Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator
Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator
2023-07-21
Often times when you save or export photos...
a year ago
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...
A Smart Bear
Ballad of The Lean Startup
An ode to validated learning.
over a year ago
An ode to validated learning.
Alex MacCaw
Lifestyle business FAQ
I love lifestyle businesses. I've started a couple (one failed, one sold), before founding a larger...
over a year ago
I love lifestyle businesses. I've started a couple (one failed, one sold), before founding a larger business. Lifestyle businesses are intriguing to people, they sound too good to be true but the reality is they are imminently doable.
Since I get quite a lot of questions...
ntietz.com blog -...
They want your ethics for $105
If you have a blog, you've probably gotten those emails that want to "collaborate" on a guest...
2 months ago
If you have a blog, you've probably gotten those emails that want to "collaborate" on a guest post—which often means "let us post sketchy links for SEO purposes."
Recently, I got one which was a little different flavor than the usual spam, so I bit and replies.
The end result was...
David Heinemeier...
The social media censorship era is over (for now)
Mark Zuckerberg just announced a stunning pivot for Meta's approach to social media censorship....
2 weeks ago
Mark Zuckerberg just announced a stunning pivot for Meta's approach to social media censorship. Here's what he's going to do:
Replace third-party fact checkers with community notes ala X.
Allow free discussion on immigration, gender, and other topics that were heavily censored...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Cool URIs Don’t Change — But Humans Do
Here are two ideas at odds with each other:
You should have human-friendly URIs
Cool URIs don’t...
6 months ago
Here are two ideas at odds with each other:
You should have human-friendly URIs
Cool URIs don’t change
If a slug is going to be human-friendly, i.e. human-readable, then it's going to contain information that is subject to change because humans make errors.
If “to err is human”...
Steve Klabnik
How to squash commits in a GitHub pull request
over a year ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
My Fave New Podcasts of 2023
As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 4 years...
a year ago
As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 4 years straight (see main 2019 list, then my 2020 and 2021 and 2022 diffs), so it's time to do year 5(!)
James Vaughan's blog
Introducing: json-space-analyzer
a year ago
HTMHell
You Don't Need ARIA For That
In web development, writing semantic HTML is important for accessibility, and also provides some...
over a year ago
In web development, writing semantic HTML is important for accessibility, and also provides some nice side effects such as supporting browser "reader" modes, SEO, graceful degradation, and exporting.
Implementing semantic HTML will also greatly reduce the need for ARIA...
A Beautiful Site
CSS drop caps
Traditionally found in printed media, drop caps are created by emphasizing the size, color, weight,...
over a year ago
Traditionally found in printed media, drop caps are created by emphasizing the size, color, weight, or style of the first letter in the first sentence of a paragraph. We can easily reproduce this effect on webpages by using the :first-letter pseudo element.
Writing the styles...
Maggie Appleton
The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
An exploration of the problems and possible futures of flooding the web with generative AI content
a year ago
An exploration of the problems and possible futures of flooding the web with generative AI content
macwright.com
What editors do things use?
Apps that use CodeMirror
Obsidian
Repl.it
Val Town
…more on the CodeMirror site
Apps that use...
a year ago
Apps that use CodeMirror
Obsidian
Repl.it
Val Town
…more on the CodeMirror site
Apps that use Monaco
StackBlitz
CodeSandbox
Deno Deploy
Cloudflare Workers
blag
Zero Disk Architecture
State is pain. The next generation of infrastructure tools will be built on diskless paradigm. In...
a month ago
State is pain. The next generation of infrastructure tools will be built on diskless paradigm. In this short post I will explain what is Diskless / Zero Disk Architecture
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Optimize for not breaking up with your co-founder
Last week we had an offsite in the beautiful Portuguese countryside, an hour's bus journey from...
over a year ago
Last week we had an offsite in the beautiful Portuguese countryside, an hour's bus journey from Porto. We uploaded a highlight reel of the retreat to…
Elad Blog
AI Platforms, Markets, & Open Source
What does the future market structure look like for AI foundation and API companies? How does OSS...
a year ago
What does the future market structure look like for AI foundation and API companies? How does OSS play a role in a world of ever scaling models?
alexwlchan
Not all blog posts are created equal
For a while now, this website has been my own personal writer’s block.
I was struggling to write,...
3 weeks ago
For a while now, this website has been my own personal writer’s block.
I was struggling to write, even when I had good ideas; if I wrote something I liked, I was often reluctant to publish it; if somebody asked to read the site, I’d wince before giving them the link.
Something...
Tony Finch's blog
The unix69 keyboard layout: nerdy and nice
A proper Unix keyboard layout must have escape next to 1 and control
next to A.
Compared to the...
a year ago
A proper Unix keyboard layout must have escape next to 1 and control
next to A.
Compared to the usual ANSI layout, backquote is displaced from its
common position next to 1. But a proper Unix keyboard should cover
the entire ASCII repertoire, 94 printing characters on 47 keys,...
The Codist
My Address Doesn't Fit, And Other Complaints
So today, I decided to renew my driver's license online, like any modern person would.
I started the...
7 months ago
So today, I decided to renew my driver's license online, like any modern person would.
I started the process by going to my state's driver's license website. The first page is to verify my home and mail addresses. Since nothing changed, I hit "
Computer Things
Unusual basis types in programming languages
TLA+ Workshop
TLA+ workshop on Feb 12! Learn how to find complex bugs in software systems before you...
a year ago
TLA+ Workshop
TLA+ workshop on Feb 12! Learn how to find complex bugs in software systems before you start building them. I've been saying the code NEWSLETTERDISCOUNT gives $50 off, but that's wrong because I actually set it up for $100 off. Enjoy!
Unusual basis types in...
Josh Collinsworth
Pantone, Color, and What I Wish I Had Known Sooner as a Designer
One of the most difficult things for me to learn in my transition from the classroom to a...
over a year ago
One of the most difficult things for me to learn in my transition from the classroom to a professional branding agency was how to properly handle color output. So I decided to write this post in the hope of saving you some from some of the pitfalls that I failed to avoid.
Joel Gascoigne's...
The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media
The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media
I'm delighted to share that we have...
5 months ago
The significance of Bluesky and decentralized social media
I'm delighted to share that we have introduced support for Bluesky in Buffer. This is an important moment for us as a company, and there are a number of reasons that adding Bluesky is personally meaningful for me. With...
Making software...
Easy Custom Radio Inputs
Easy Custom Radio Inputs
2019-01-21
Default radio inputs are notoriously horrible looking and are...
over a year ago
Easy Custom Radio Inputs
2019-01-21
Default radio inputs are notoriously horrible looking and are something designers tend to over-think when trying to customize them. Let's walk through how to create custom radio buttons with pure CSS, while still preserving performance and...
Making software...
Installing Custom Fonts on Linux from the Command Line
Installing Custom Fonts on Linux from the Command Line
2022-09-20
Installing custom fonts is a...
over a year ago
Installing Custom Fonts on Linux from the Command Line
2022-09-20
Installing custom fonts is a fairly streamlined feature on operating systems like MacOS and Windows. Linux, on the other hand, struggles to make this workflow easy for everyday users. Many newcomers tend to get...
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5 ways to improve your product analytics data
This is a guest post by Anna Debenham . Anna is a former developer and director of product at...
a year ago
This is a guest post by Anna Debenham . Anna is a former developer and director of product at cybersecurity company Snyk . She is currently an…
A Smart Bear
What a startup does to you. Or: A celebration of new life
A startup is a crucible -- a fiery place that tests your limits, not by probing them but by...
a year ago
A startup is a crucible -- a fiery place that tests your limits, not by probing them but by violently exceeding them, all of the time. It's worth it.
PostHog's RSS Feed
Enabling zero downtime data migrations for self-hosted users
In this world nothing is certain except death, taxes, and database migrations. As your product...
over a year ago
In this world nothing is certain except death, taxes, and database migrations. As your product evolves, your schemas evolve too, and you need…
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Pensieve: Mar 7 2024
Public thoughts that could be blogposts but i dont have time so have the short form.
10 months ago
Public thoughts that could be blogposts but i dont have time so have the short form.
somenice
Generative Fill or Degenerate Phil
Generative fill in Adobe Photoshop (beta) is a pretty amazing tool to extend images. Background...
a year ago
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...
Writing - Andreas...
Summer reading list 2024
Books have a nice kind of survivorship bias: If something is still being
read after decades or...
5 months ago
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.
Joel Gascoigne
Are you interested?
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
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* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
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> "You can make...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
*
* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
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> "You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people
than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." -
Dale Carnegie
Earlier this week I...
macwright.com
Placemark is now open source
Placemark is now open source! In short:
MIT license
TypeScript codebase
Contributions...
a year ago
Placemark is now open source! In short:
MIT license
TypeScript codebase
Contributions welcome
Placemark is the map editor software-as-a-service that
I built for several years. It’s a website where you can import, create, edit,
export, publish, and visualize geospatial data. I’m...
Alex Meub
How to Add IPv6 Support to CloudFront and S3 Websites
If you host your website on Amazon CloudFront or directly on Amazon S3, you may not currently have...
over a year ago
If you host your website on Amazon CloudFront or directly on Amazon S3, you may not currently have it configured to support IPv6. This means that visitors won’t be able to access your content with IPv6-only enabled which is not good. On top of that, I think its important to...
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My 2021 New Mac Setup
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
over a year ago
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
Confessions of a...
Live Session: CPython and ELF Essentials for Building a Basic Remote Profiler
Learn some CPython internals, ELF file format and loading, and how remote profilers work
8 months ago
Learn some CPython internals, ELF file format and loading, and how remote profilers work
ntietz.com blog
Running an Effective Book Club at Work
Even with the wealth of information on web sites and in videos, books remain a great resource for...
over a year ago
Even with the wealth of information on web sites and in videos, books remain a great resource for learning.
And they're great for group learning, too!
We've run a book club at work a few times.
Some sessions were more successful than others.
The main way our book clubs faltered...
ntietz.com blog
I found some of my first code! Annotating and reflecting on robotics code from 2009.
In high school, one of my teachers shattered my plans for my life, in the most beautiful way.
Most...
a year ago
In high school, one of my teachers shattered my plans for my life, in the most beautiful way.
Most of my life, I'd intended to become a math professional of some sort: a math teacher, when that was all I saw math for; an actuary, when I started to learn more; and then a...
Blog System/5
Links: February 2024 edition
Interesting articles, videos and projects from this time period—with commentary
10 months ago
Interesting articles, videos and projects from this time period—with commentary
David Heinemeier...
The curing value of creation
It's hard not to see your spirits lifted when you're part of bringing something to life. Be that a...
a year ago
It's hard not to see your spirits lifted when you're part of bringing something to life. Be that a product, an organization, or a community, or all three at once. Like exercise, it's one of those rare avenues of human endeavor that almost invariably will make anyone feel better....
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What motivates me as a CEO
PostHog got pretty far (17k customers across all our products, went through Y Combinator, seed,...
over a year ago
PostHog got pretty far (17k customers across all our products, went through Y Combinator, seed, series A and B raised, $MM revenue) before I really…
Acko.net
On Progress
The known unknown knowns we lost
When people think of George Orwell's 1984, what usually comes to...
over a year ago
The known unknown knowns we lost
When people think of George Orwell's 1984, what usually comes to mind is the orwellianism: a society in the grip of a dictatorial, oppressive regime which rewrote history daily as if it was a casual matter.
Not me though. For whatever reason,...
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The Computer History Museum YouTube Channel
I have been enjoying the CHM's YouTube Channel.
over a year ago
I have been enjoying the CHM's YouTube Channel.
Eric Bailey
<code>contrast-color()</code> is a good thing, but also solving the problem at the wrong layer
Browsers are a failure of imagination.
I understand that new browser features and functionality need...
8 months ago
Browsers are a failure of imagination.
I understand that new browser features and functionality need to be rolled out with care, in that you need to accommodate a wide range of technological literacy and familiarity. This is to say nothing of built-up muscle memory and the risk...
The Pragmatic...
An educational side project
What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand...
a year ago
What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand out when looking for a new job? Analysis of an Uber simulation app, built from scratch.
A Beautiful Site
The HTML5 download attribute
Years ago I showed you how to force a file to download with PHP. Now with HTML5, you [almost] don't...
over a year ago
Years ago I showed you how to force a file to download with PHP. Now with HTML5, you [almost] don't have to do that anymore.
The HTML5 download attribute is intended to tell the browser that a certain link should force a certain file to download, optionally with a certain name...
Blog - Bitfield...
Programming is fun
I was a guest on the Cup o’ Go podcast recently, talking with Shay Nehmad
and Jonathan Hall about...
3 months ago
I was a guest on the Cup o’ Go podcast recently, talking with Shay Nehmad
and Jonathan Hall about writing and teaching Go. Here’s a transcript of our
chat.
The Changelog
A Simple, Delay-Tolerant, Offline-Capable Mesh Network with Syncthing (+ optional NNCP)
A little while back, I spent a week in a remote area. It had no Internet and no cell phone coverage....
over a year ago
A little while back, I spent a week in a remote area. It had no Internet and no cell phone coverage. Sometimes, I would drive in to town where there was a signal to get messages, upload photos, and so forth. I had to take several devices with me: my phone, my wife’s, maybe a …...
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's...
Teaching tax in school
On becoming an adult, one thing has stuck out to me as a huge oversight in the high school system is...
a year ago
On becoming an adult, one thing has stuck out to me as a huge oversight in the high school system is that we never learnt about tax.
I'm constantly shocked by the lack of tax literacy in the broader population. I'm not even talking about the logistics of filing tax returns, but...
David Heinemeier...
Apple is in its Ballmer era
During Ballmer's reign as CEO of Microsoft, the company always made plenty of money. While the stock...
10 months ago
During Ballmer's reign as CEO of Microsoft, the company always made plenty of money. While the stock traded sideways, Ballmer made sure it was still raining dividends. Yet, today, that era of Microsoft is not looked upon too fondly. It's seen as being anchored in the company's...
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Building Authenticated Serverless Jamstack Apps with Gatsby and Netlify
Gatsby is more than a simple static site generator. It uses JavaScript to rehydrate Markup into a...
over a year ago
Gatsby is more than a simple static site generator. It uses JavaScript to rehydrate Markup into a fully dynamic React app - which means you can use APIs to do all sorts of dynamic functionality!
A small freedom area...
Invert a function using Newton iterations
Newton's method is probably one of the most popular algorithm for finding the
roots of a function...
over a year ago
Newton's method is probably one of the most popular algorithm for finding the
roots of a function through successive numeric approximations. In less cryptic
words, if you have an opaque function f(x), and you need to solve f(x)=0
(finding where the function crosses the x-axis),...
Irrational...
Trying Tailscale.
Like most folks working in infrastructure engineering in 2014, I really enjoyed Google’s BeyondCorp...
over a year ago
Like most folks working in infrastructure engineering in 2014, I really enjoyed Google’s BeyondCorp whitepaper. My foremost personal interest was grounded in the fact that Uber’s contemporaneous security implementation didn’t include a VPN, so it was interesting to see a...
A Beautiful Site
TinyPNG: A better way to compress PNG images
By now, you know that optimizing images and other resources can reduce bandwidth and help your...
over a year ago
By now, you know that optimizing images and other resources can reduce bandwidth and help your website load faster. Perhaps you've even used a tool like Pngcrush before to make your images smaller. Now, there's an even better solution.
TinyPNG uses "smart lossy compression...
HTMHell
Reading the meter
The <meter> element is a little known and rarely used semantic element. It's a non-interactive form...
over a year ago
The <meter> element is a little known and rarely used semantic element. It's a non-interactive form element that renders as a partially filled horizontal bar. Browsers provide user-agent styles, but the <meter> element can also be styled.
<meter min="10" max="200"...
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's...
The two kinds of writing
There are two kinds of writing. Writing for yourself, and writing for others. Both of these can,...
a year ago
There are two kinds of writing. Writing for yourself, and writing for others. Both of these can, naturally, be broken down into various subcategories. For example:
Personal
Journaling
Note-taking
Poetry (although this can be public)
Public
Blogging
Academic papers
Letter...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Iterative Building and Decision Making
Imagine you’re driving a dirt road and you come to a fork. Which way do you go, left or right?
This...
5 months ago
Imagine you’re driving a dirt road and you come to a fork. Which way do you go, left or right?
This decision is much easier to make if you’ve been traveling that road for the last hour and you’re sitting there in your truck facing the reality of the decision. You can see the...
Daniel Immke's Blog...
On being “currently based anywhere”
Currently based anywhere. That’s what I landed on when I changed the copy on my homepage indicating...
over a year ago
Currently based anywhere. That’s what I landed on when I changed the copy on my homepage indicating that I was based out of Atlanta. I…
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HogMail #22: Why do companies over-hire?"
Welcome to HogMail, our newsletter featuring the best of the PostHog blog, tutorials, product...
a year ago
Welcome to HogMail, our newsletter featuring the best of the PostHog blog, tutorials, product guides, and curated articles on building great products…
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Another Week with Bad Software
In the midst of my September job hop I headed to Kazan for the weekend. I don't know exactly why —...
over a year ago
In the midst of my September job hop I headed to Kazan for the weekend. I don't know exactly why — probably because I could. I had a hotel booked via booking.com, but once I arrived there the receptionist told me it was the first time he's heard of my booking, and he told me that...
Liz Denys
Gogo Yubari's meteor hammer as a purse
So I made a purse shaped like the Gogo Yubari's meteor hammer for a Kill Bill themed party...
The...
over a year ago
So I made a purse shaped like the Gogo Yubari's meteor hammer for a Kill Bill themed party...
The spherical shape comes from quilt batting stuffed between the beach ball style outside and a stiff dodecahedron lining. The body is hand-painted, punched out vinyl over black...
The Pragmatic...
Weekend maintenance kicks an Italian bank offline for days
It is now day five that Italian bank Sella has its apps and internetbank down, after a weekend...
9 months ago
It is now day five that Italian bank Sella has its apps and internetbank down, after a weekend systems update went south. The problem seems to be database-related: “something, something Oracle.”
Liz Denys
To the pretty pitter, pitter, patter
I've been told that most people don't like walking through the rain and that others theoretically...
over a year ago
I've been told that most people don't like walking through the rain and that others theoretically enjoy the process but don't walk in the rain because they dislike arriving at their destinations wet. However, unless I have something of a very pressing importance at the other end...
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Using Next.js as a Static Site Generator for Netlify
How to deploy a Static Next.js Site to Netlify, and then upgrade it to use Dynamic Route Segments to...
over a year ago
How to deploy a Static Next.js Site to Netlify, and then upgrade it to use Dynamic Route Segments to become a full fledged Static Site Generator!
Julia Evans
Introducing "Implement DNS in a Weekend"
Hello! I’m excited to announce a project I’ve been working on for a long time:
a free guide to...
a year ago
Hello! I’m excited to announce a project I’ve been working on for a long time:
a free guide to implementing your own DNS resolver in a weekend.
The whole thing is about 200 lines of Python, including implementing all of the
binary DNS parsing from scratch. Here’s the...
Mahmoud Felfel's...
Logical Fallacies, Biases, and Useful Heuristics
A list of logical fallacies and biases I found useful for a better understanding of human behavior...
over a year ago
A list of logical fallacies and biases I found useful for a better understanding of human behavior and decision making.
swyx's site RSS Feed
10x-ing Svelte (Svelte Summit 2022 Talk Notes)
Some show notes for my Svelte Summit talk for those who are looking for all the references and cut...
over a year ago
Some show notes for my Svelte Summit talk for those who are looking for all the references and cut content.
Irrational...
Balancing your CEO, peers, and Engineering.
There are so many stories of hiring a new executive who comes in and wreaks havoc. I’ve seen...
a year ago
There are so many stories of hiring a new executive who comes in and wreaks havoc. I’ve seen engineering leaders start with a giant, doomed migration, marketing leaders who accelerate expenses until they necessitate a round of layoffs, and a number of executives fired in their...
A Smart Bear
Rich vs. King in the Real World: Why I sold my company
Reflecting on selling Smart Bear in 2007, offering insights for entrepreneurs facing similar...
a year ago
Reflecting on selling Smart Bear in 2007, offering insights for entrepreneurs facing similar decisions.
Blog System/5
How "new type" helps avoid production outages
My January links recap included the “Phantom Types” article by David Soria Parra. In it, the author...
10 months ago
My January links recap included the “Phantom Types” article by David Soria Parra. In it, the author briefly touches upon the “new type” idiom, its typical implementation in Rust, and then proceeds to propose a better alternative. But the question arises: why should you care?
macwright.com
Web pages and video games
An evergreen topic is something like “why are websites so big and slow and hard and video games are...
10 months ago
An evergreen topic is something like “why are websites so big and slow and hard and video games are so amazing and fast?” I’ve thought about it more than I’d like. Anyway, here are some reasons:
Web pages are just-in-time delivered, with no installation required. Modern video...
David Heinemeier...
We’re so back
Under the old Twitter regime, politics seemed to seep into everything, especially tech talk. There...
a year ago
Under the old Twitter regime, politics seemed to seep into everything, especially tech talk. There was scarcely a programming or product topic that couldn’t be turned into a struggle session on account of some perceived transgression or privilege. It was, to use the trauma...
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How PostHog's new VP focused the company on nailing funnels in his first week
Ramping up fast in any senior product role requires understanding as much context as possible across...
over a year ago
Ramping up fast in any senior product role requires understanding as much context as possible across 3 axes (Market, Product and People). I’ll talk…
macwright.com
Recently
I saw Tim Hecker at Pioneer Works, and was astounded by the opener, Mizu.
Bought the album as soon...
a year ago
I saw Tim Hecker at Pioneer Works, and was astounded by the opener, Mizu.
Bought the album as soon as I got home. It is, crudely explained, like if
Zoë Keating dialed up the synths and pedals and rhythm, and it was also a
remarkable live show.
Distant Intervals by MIZU
Reading
I...
Maggie Appleton
Visually Workshopping the AWS Cloud
Some insights into how I collaborative with experts to create illustrated notes on technical topics
over a year ago
Some insights into how I collaborative with experts to create illustrated notes on technical topics
Elad Blog
Clubhouse: Most Interesting Consumer Startups of 2021 (Part 1)
This post is the first in a small series on the new wave of hyperinteresting consumer tech products...
over a year ago
This post is the first in a small series on the new wave of hyperinteresting consumer tech products that are most likely to have had society-level impact in 5 years. My first two posts are on Clubhouse and Substack [1]. Both are social network and media platforms of different...
Eric Bailey
Saying no to Diez (for now)
over a year ago
Daniel Miessler
News & Analysis | NO. 348
over a year ago
Acko.net
I is for Intent
Why your app turned into spaghetti
There's a certain kind of programmer. Let's call him...
11 months ago
Why your app turned into spaghetti
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 solutions lead to disaster, or at least,...
the singularity is...
Dangerous Misinformation
When I Google myself, I get this infobox:
As you can see below, George Hotz’s height is 5’10”, not...
5 months ago
When I Google myself, I get this infobox:
As you can see below, George Hotz’s height is 5’10”, not 5’4”
Google, please take this misinformation seriously before you end up in a very large libel suit. This is not on a site you are linking to, this is first party misinformation...
Liz Denys
Revised icebreakers for nicer New Yorkers
You go to a friend's party, attend a work event, or just find yourself out and about. You meet...
over a year ago
You go to a friend's party, attend a work event, or just find yourself out and about. You meet someone new, and you're inevitably asking and being asked three questions:
Where do you work?
Where do you live?
How much is your rent?
Okay, you don't always encounter that last one,...
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Minimal CSS: Dropdown Menu
Minimal CSS: Dropdown Menu
2019-04-26
I love the idea of stripping away as much CSS as possible,...
over a year ago
Minimal CSS: Dropdown Menu
2019-04-26
I love the idea of stripping away as much CSS as possible, while still maintaining the original UI concept. Let’s build out a demo example with a simple menu dropdown element.
Interesting facts about our final CSS menu:
Total weight 121 bytes...
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Slack is Fumbling Developers
Reflecting on the sudden switch away from Slack for Developer communities
over a year ago
Reflecting on the sudden switch away from Slack for Developer communities
Josh Collinsworth
Adding page transitions in SvelteKit
Transitions, easing, and routing are all baked into SvelteKit. This makes utilizing page transition...
a year ago
Transitions, easing, and routing are all baked into SvelteKit. This makes utilizing page transition effects in SvelteKit sites and apps as easy as adding just a few lines of code.
Steve Klabnik
How can I contribute to Ruby on Rails?
over a year ago
Making software...
My Static Blog Publishing Setup and an Apology to RSS Subscribers
My Static Blog Publishing Setup and an Apology to RSS Subscribers
2022-03-21
In case you missed it,...
over a year ago
My Static Blog Publishing Setup and an Apology to RSS Subscribers
2022-03-21
In case you missed it, this website is now generated with pure HTML & CSS. Although, generated isn't the proper way to describe it anymore. Written is a better description.
No more Markdown files. No...
Charles Chen
Thoughts on React vs Vue vs Everything Else in 2023
My personal thoughts on front-end in 2023
over a year ago
My personal thoughts on front-end in 2023
Charles Chen
A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET
Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
a year ago
Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
Joel Gascoigne
What online gaming taught me about startups
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over a year ago
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Whilst researching for the Achieving overnight success: Kevin Systrom
[https://joel.is/post/22436341176/achieving-overnight-success-kevin-systrom] piece
I published two weeks ago, I was excited to...
Making software...
Create a Mac App Icon with Pure HTML and CSS
Create a Mac App Icon with Pure HTML and CSS
2021-04-13
I have always been a huge fan of Bogdan's...
over a year ago
Create a Mac App Icon with Pure HTML and CSS
2021-04-13
I have always been a huge fan of Bogdan's work on Dribbble and was recently inspired to see if I could replicate one of his awesome icon designs with only HTML & CSS. What was the outcome? I think it's a half-way decent copy...
Making software...
What Happened to Self-Hosted Blogs?
What Happened to Self-Hosted Blogs?
2018-10-18
I remember a time on the internet1 when everyone and...
over a year ago
What Happened to Self-Hosted Blogs?
2018-10-18
I remember a time on the internet1 when everyone and their grandmother was running a personal blog. And I mean personal - not hosted on some side platform or a tacked-on addition to the rest of their website.
Nowadays companies and...
The Pragmatic...
Twitter vs Instagram Threads: two different approaches to throttling
Twitter throttled access to its platform while Meta launched Threads, a rival to Twitter with no...
a year ago
Twitter throttled access to its platform while Meta launched Threads, a rival to Twitter with no signup or other throttling in place. Two approaches: but there will likely be only one winner.
Acko.net
Frickin' Shaders With Frickin' Laser Beams
Hassle free GLSL
I've been working on a new library to compose GLSL shaders. This is part of a side...
over a year ago
Hassle free GLSL
I've been working on a new library to compose GLSL shaders. This is part of a side project to come up with a composable and incremental way of driving WebGPU and GPUs in general.
#pragma import { getColor } from 'path/to/color'
void main() {
gl_FragColor =...
Quentin Santos
AMD CPUs, CCDs and CCXs
When researching for my article about Linux pipes and for other upcoming articles, I had to get more...
3 months ago
When researching for my article about Linux pipes and for other upcoming articles, I had to get more familiar with how my CPU works. I thought I knew quite a bit, with L1/L2/L3 caches, ISA extensions, branch predictors, register renaming and so much more. But, it turns out, even...
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Simple Accessibility
Simple Accessibility
2018-09-07
Implementing proper accessibility practices can seem a little...
over a year ago
Simple Accessibility
2018-09-07
Implementing proper accessibility practices can seem a little daunting at first, but there are a few basic standards you can introduce into your project work-flow that are fairly straightforward:
Basic design
Test that your project has the proper...
markround.com
Amiga Systems Programming in 2023
Discussion on Hacker News Discussion on lobste.rs
If you ever get a chance to look through the...
a year ago
Discussion on Hacker News Discussion on lobste.rs
If you ever get a chance to look through the classic Amiga OS source-code still floating around some murky corners of the internet, it is a thing of beauty and astonishing capabilities. It’s an inspirational piece of computing...
orlp.net - Blog...
Bitwise Binary Search: Elegant and Fast
I recently read the article Beautiful Branchless Binary Search
by Malte Skarupke. In it they discuss...
a year ago
I recently read the article Beautiful Branchless Binary Search
by Malte Skarupke. In it they discuss the merits of the following snippet of
C++ code implementing a binary search:
template<typename It, typename T, typename Cmp>
It lower_bound_skarupke(It begin, It end, const T&...
Confessions of a...
Celebrating 2^13 Subscribers & My Birthday
I started this Substack on 23rd April, 2024 from 0 subscribers with a dream of writing deeply...
4 months ago
I started this Substack on 23rd April, 2024 from 0 subscribers with a dream of writing deeply technical articles and making a living.
Vadim Kravcenko
🙀 Startup founder fears by funding round
Startup founders have a lot of fears. Some are afraid they won’t find a technical co-founder or...
over a year ago
Startup founders have a lot of fears. Some are afraid they won’t find a technical co-founder or attract angel investment. […]
The post 🙀 Startup founder fears by funding round appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
TokyoDev
Getting a job at a Japanese startup
At the last [Hacker News Tokyo Meetup](http://hntokyo.doorkeeper.jp/), I met Paulo, who is the lead...
over a year ago
At the last [Hacker News Tokyo Meetup](http://hntokyo.doorkeeper.jp/), I met Paulo, who is the lead software developer at [Crowdcast](http://crowdcast.jp/), a Japanese startup with a product, [bizNote](https://secure.biznote.jp/) that makes small business accounting easier. As it...
Confessions of a...
CPython Memory Management Internals
A high-level but detailed explanation of how CPython implements memory management
8 months ago
A high-level but detailed explanation of how CPython implements memory management
Seán Barry
Using the Switch(true) Pattern in JavaScript
The switch true pattern isn't well known but it is incredibly useful. It's not a JavaScript specific...
over a year ago
The switch true pattern isn't well known but it is incredibly useful. It's not a JavaScript specific pattern, but I use it in almost every single project.
Making software...
Simple Navigation Setup in Jekyll 3.9.0
Simple Navigation Setup in Jekyll 3.9.0
2020-09-29
I have found that there is a lot of information...
over a year ago
Simple Navigation Setup in Jekyll 3.9.0
2020-09-29
I have found that there is a lot of information on the internet in regards to setting up "dynamic" navigation in Jekyll. The problem I've noticed is that a good amount of these implementations are overly complex. Here is the...
Hixie's Natural Log
Reflecting on 18 years at Google
I joined Google in October 2005, and handed in my resignation 18 years later. Last week was my last...
a year ago
I joined Google in October 2005, and handed in my resignation 18 years later. Last week was my last week at Google.
I feel very lucky to have experienced the early post-IPO Google; unlike most companies, and contrary to the popular narrative, Googlers, from the junior...
A Beautiful Site
Design Systems Are An Investment
It's hard to put a value on a design system. It's a lot easier to add up the costs of said design...
a year ago
It's hard to put a value on a design system. It's a lot easier to add up the costs of said design system, especially in terms of salaries and development time. It's even easier to target a design system as the thing that's holding up a product from getting delivered.
The truth...
Liz Denys
Shirred eggs
Ramekins aren't just for advanced culinary creations like soufflés and crème brûlées. But as with...
over a year ago
Ramekins aren't just for advanced culinary creations like soufflés and crème brûlées. But as with mathematical proofs, some of the most elegant foods you can prepare in a ramekin are the simplest.
Enter the shirred egg. Don't be intimidated by the word "shirred"; it's just the...
David Heinemeier...
System tests have failed
When we introduced a default setup for system tests in Rails 5.1 back in 2016, I had high hopes. In...
8 months ago
When we introduced a default setup for system tests in Rails 5.1 back in 2016, I had high hopes. In theory, system tests, which drive a headless browser through your actual interface, offer greater confidence that the entire machine is working as it ought. And because it runs in...
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(incomplete) Organizing AI Engineer World's Fair 2024
We have just come off a very intense production period of the first AI Engineer World's Fair, the...
6 months ago
We have just come off a very intense production period of the first AI Engineer World's Fair, the large, multi-track format of the AI Engineer series of conferences that my biz partner Ben and I are building. I am historically bad at writing down lessons and thoughts, so I am...
Eric Bailey
A year at GitHub
I took a job at GitHub a year ago today.
On good days, I help to improve the accessibility of its...
a year ago
I took a job at GitHub a year ago today.
On good days, I help to improve the accessibility of its design system. The hope here is that the work done there eventually makes its way to the site itself.
It still feels surreal to have this job. I still vividly remember learning that...
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Sunsetting Kubernetes support for PostHog
We're sunsetting support for our Kubernetes deployment for PostHog. Because we're an open source...
a year ago
We're sunsetting support for our Kubernetes deployment for PostHog. Because we're an open source company, I want to be transparent about what this…
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Array 1.0.9
We’re in the thick of our release schedule this week! Like what you see and self-hosting? Update ...
over a year ago
We’re in the thick of our release schedule this week! Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. First our updates and new features…
swyx's site RSS Feed
The Many Jobs of JS Build Tools
A discussion of why JS developers use build tools like Webpack and what we do with them, for new JS...
over a year ago
A discussion of why JS developers use build tools like Webpack and what we do with them, for new JS developers.
the singularity is...
Cruise
NOTE: this is not about the similarly named self driving car company, it’s a movie idea
Set 5 years...
11 months ago
NOTE: this is not about the similarly named self driving car company, it’s a movie idea
Set 5 years in the future.
Scene 1 (the party):
Our opening scene is a New Jersey houseparty, late college. Four kids lamenting the loss of their childhood. And it’s not just their childhood,...
macwright.com
Year in Review
The last time I wrote a “year in review” post was 2017, and before that in 2012. Reading my old...
a year ago
The last time I wrote a “year in review” post was 2017, and before that in 2012. Reading my old writing is nostalgic and horrific.
By the numbers, 2023 was pretty normal: I read around 20 books, ran around 400 miles. It’s funny how the statistics even out to the same numbers...
Steve Klabnik
Fire Mario not fire flowers
over a year ago
Tinloof - Blog
How to build cron jobs with Netlify functions
We leveraged Netlify Scheduled Functions to automate the task of fetching jobs from Heavybit's...
over a year ago
We leveraged Netlify Scheduled Functions to automate the task of fetching jobs from Heavybit's portfolio companies into their Jobs page.
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
My Guest Appearance on ShopTalk Show #605
Here’s the link: https://shoptalkshow.com/605/
I sat down (again) with Chris and Dave to talk all...
10 months ago
Here’s the link: https://shoptalkshow.com/605/
I sat down (again) with Chris and Dave to talk all things web.
The conversation was fun and casual, mostly around topics I’ve written about recently — which is good, since those are topics I should (presumably) be able to speak on at...
Making software...
Designers Need Thicker Skin
Designers Need Thicker Skin
2017-07-10
I'm not normally one to comment or even really care about...
over a year ago
Designers Need Thicker Skin
2017-07-10
I'm not normally one to comment or even really care about "drama" within our design industry. Opinions are just that and should just be consumed at face value. But this week I was moderately annoyed with a subset of designers in...
Irrational...
Thesis on value accumulation in AI.
Recently, I’ve thinking about where I want to focus my angel investing in 2024,
and decided to...
11 months ago
Recently, I’ve thinking about where I want to focus my angel investing in 2024,
and decided to document my thinking about value accumulation in artificial intelligence
because it explains the shape of my interest–or lack thereof–in investing in artificial
intelligence tooling....
Vadim Kravcenko
📈 The Toxic Grind
There are several things that I’ve learned this past year regarding work-life balance. The first...
over a year ago
There are several things that I’ve learned this past year regarding work-life balance. The first thing is that the Chinese […]
The post 📈 The Toxic Grind appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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Compilers Copout
Today I dropped out of the Compilers course I accidentally registered myself for. I'm not proud of...
over a year ago
Today I dropped out of the Compilers course I accidentally registered myself for. I'm not proud of it but there's too much I want to do and I know I'm just going to do a shit job at everything by spreading my self thin and also putting an intense gun to my head.
37signals Dev
Solid Queue 1.0 released
We’ve just released Solid Queue v1.0.0, right before speaking about it at Rails World. This version...
3 months ago
We’ve just released Solid Queue v1.0.0, right before speaking about it at Rails World. This version has come a long way since we published the first version, 0.1.1, back in December 2023, with 132 merged pull requests and 126 closed issues, and the help of multiple...
Patrick Kayongo
Use Local Technology Services
On 18 September 2022, the Competition Tribunal of South Africa ordered that bank accounts of the...
over a year ago
On 18 September 2022, the Competition Tribunal of South Africa ordered that bank accounts of the Sekunjalo Group of Companies should remain open after closure by some banks, and imminent closure by others. The reason the various banks were closing the accounts of Sekunjalo was...
davidyat.es
Review: The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
a year ago
Irrational...
More (self-)publishing thoughts.
I recently got an email asking about self-publishing books,
and wanted to summarize my thinking...
11 months ago
I recently got an email asking about self-publishing books,
and wanted to summarize my thinking there.
Recapping my relevant experience, I’ve written three books:
An Elegant Puzzle was published in 2019 as a manuscript by Stripe Press (e.g. I wrote it and then it was released as...
Oxide Computer...
RFD 1 Requests for Discussion
One of the first things we did in setting up the company was create a repo named “rfd.” This repo...
over a year ago
One of the first things we did in setting up the company was create a repo named “rfd.” This repo houses our requests for discussion. Bryan teased this to the internet…
…and folks asked for our process, so we are going to share it!
The best way to describe RFDs is with “RFD 1...
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My Favorite Podcasts
250 Podcasts I enjoy listening to
over a year ago
250 Podcasts I enjoy listening to
Making software...
CSS Video Backgrounds
CSS Video Backgrounds
2018-04-16
With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3,...
over a year ago
CSS Video Backgrounds
2018-04-16
With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3, developers now have the ability to support background videos (mp4 support only - at the time of this article) with pure CSS.
Example:
.video-background {
background-image:...
Elad Blog
AI: Startup Vs Incumbent Value
In each technology wave the value, revenue, market cap, profits and great people captured by...
over a year ago
In each technology wave the value, revenue, market cap, profits and great people captured by startups versus incumbents differs. In some waves it all goes to startups, while in others it goes to incumbents or is split between them. Unexpectedly, the prior wave of
Oxide Computer...
Compensation as a Reflection of Values
Compensation: the word alone is enough to trigger a fight-or-flight reaction in
many. But we in...
over a year ago
Compensation: the word alone is enough to trigger a fight-or-flight reaction in
many. But we in technology have the good fortune of being in a well-compensated
domain, so why does this issue induce such anxiety when our basic needs are
clearly covered? If it needs to be said,...
the singularity is...
High Trust Society
I just want you to see, I just want you to see
Regardless of who wins on Tuesday, does anyone think...
2 months ago
I just want you to see, I just want you to see
Regardless of who wins on Tuesday, does anyone think this gets fixed? Is Kamala going to restore trust in government? Is Trump going to restore trust in government?
Despite what Western media might have you believe about how the...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
“That’s Another Podcast”
I’ve long been a fan of the Rich Ziade / Paul Ford podcast duo. They did Track Changes then The...
a year ago
I’ve long been a fan of the Rich Ziade / Paul Ford podcast duo. They did Track Changes then The Postlight Podcast then The Aboard Podcast then Ziade+Ford, and now (again?) The Aboard Podcast.
Through all my listening, one thing I’ve noticed is that they often make comedic...
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In-depth: PostHog vs Amplitude
Contents: How is PostHog different to Amplitude? PostHog vs Amplitude feature comparison...
over a year ago
Contents: How is PostHog different to Amplitude? PostHog vs Amplitude feature comparison Integrations and data sources Strengths of PostHog Strengths…
Eric Bailey
The case for adding validation state to your design tokens
.verbal-token {
border-width: 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-radius: 0.5rem;
...
over a year ago
.verbal-token {
border-width: 1px;
border-style: solid;
border-radius: 0.5rem;
padding: 0.15rem 0.5rem;
}
Naming things is hard.
One way to go about naming things is via topology, the practice of classifying things by way of their visual characteristics. It is...
Vadim Kravcenko
I’m finishing university, scared about future career prospects
Question:
Hey, my name's Kalesh, I'm 22 and about to finish my bachelor's in August. Planning to be...
9 months ago
Question:
Hey, my name's Kalesh, I'm 22 and about to finish my bachelor's in August. Planning to be a software engineer. But, I keep hearing the job market's tough. Been reading online that lots of devs are struggling to find steady gigs. Is your company looking for any devs?...
Seán Barry
Understanding TypeScript Generics
TypeScript generics can be confusing for beginners. This article explains why they are useful and...
over a year ago
TypeScript generics can be confusing for beginners. This article explains why they are useful and when to use them.
Basta’s Notes
🌈 Pride 2023 #1: Miles
As a gay man, I am uniquely qualified to provide these details
a year ago
As a gay man, I am uniquely qualified to provide these details
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Single Line Comments in CSS
Brad Frost noted on Twitter how he recently made a website with plain HTML, CSS, JS, etc., and found...
a year ago
Brad Frost noted on Twitter how he recently made a website with plain HTML, CSS, JS, etc., and found himself missing some of the ergonomics from Sass.
Having mostly abandoned Sass on personal projects, I was curious what he felt was missing.
He mentioned nesting media queries,...
alexwlchan
Changing the bulb in a Meridian Lighting CIR100B ceiling light
I moved into my house a couple of years ago, and for all that time I’ve had a porch light which...
over a year ago
I moved into my house a couple of years ago, and for all that time I’ve had a porch light which doesn’t work.
I’ve tried taking it apart a couple of times to replace the bulb, but to no avail.
Although it’s a simple cylinder with only a black base and a clear cover, I couldn’t...
The Pragmatic...
Is the “AI developer”a threat to jobs – or a marketing stunt?
One startup released “the first AI software engineer,” while another aims to build a “superhuman...
10 months ago
One startup released “the first AI software engineer,” while another aims to build a “superhuman software engineer.” As intimidating as these sound: what if it’s more marketing than reality?
Patrick Kayongo
When You Die
the doctors will tell your spouse and they’ll break down in grief they’ll message someone they trust...
a year ago
the doctors will tell your spouse and they’ll break down in grief they’ll message someone they trust who’ll rush to see them, as soon the time allows. your workplace will send an email and all your colleagues will be saddened whatsapp broadcasts will flood phones of those time...
Making software...
Setting Up a Free SSL
Setting Up a Free SSL
2018-08-07
I never had to worry about SSL certificates when I originally...
over a year ago
Setting Up a Free SSL
2018-08-07
I never had to worry about SSL certificates when I originally hosted my blog through Github Pages, but since switching over to Surge.sh I lost my ability to utilize https protocol.
Luckily, Cloudflare offers a very simple way to implement SSL on...
alexwlchan
Agile and iterative project management
Earlier today, I gave a talk for the the Open Life Science Program about agile and iterative project...
over a year ago
Earlier today, I gave a talk for the the Open Life Science Program about agile and iterative project management.
I was talking about how READMEs serve as the first point of contact for a project; how they get new users interested in and excited about the project.
The cohort calls...
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Array 1.10.0
This is our most exciting release to date. Here we go: 🎉 You have to try the new toolbar out -...
over a year ago
This is our most exciting release to date. Here we go: 🎉 You have to try the new toolbar out - you can walk through your own website or app and see…
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A Developer's Guide to Startup Fundraising
A Brief Guide to Startup Fundraising Terminology for Beginners
over a year ago
A Brief Guide to Startup Fundraising Terminology for Beginners
PostHog's RSS Feed
How to get the first 10 paying customers for your devtool company (and other customer acquisition...
Creating a product that people need and are willing to pay for is hard. At PostHog, it took us...
over a year ago
Creating a product that people need and are willing to pay for is hard. At PostHog, it took us months to get to 10 paying customers — this after…
Liz Denys
Nefasta's Box, a low entropy song
Seeded from low entropy to become roughly 8 minutes long. "For possibilities."
Apologies for the...
over a year ago
Seeded from low entropy to become roughly 8 minutes long. "For possibilities."
Apologies for the clefs, but it was the least nasty way to span the piano.
You can grab a full copy of the score.
Ink & Switch
End-user Programming
A vision for empowered computing that reaches back forty years. Our research lab examines why it has...
over a year ago
A vision for empowered computing that reaches back forty years. Our research lab examines why it has been so hard to achieve.
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Networking Essentials: Traffic Engineering
What is Traffic Engineering?
over a year ago
What is Traffic Engineering?
Joel Gascoigne
Why I'm going to Hawaii with my co-founder
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over a year ago
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My co-founder Leo [http://leostartsup.com] and I are headed to Hawaii tomorrow
morning for a 10 day trip. I just emailed the team, and I thought in line with
one of our core...
The Pragmatic...
Handling a Regional Outage: Comparing the Response From AWS, Azure and GCP
This year, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud have all suffered comparable regional outages. How did they...
a year ago
This year, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud have all suffered comparable regional outages. How did they respond, and why do Azure’s processes stand out compared to its rivals?
The Changelog
Pipe Issue Likely a Kernel Bug
Saturday, I wrote in Pipes, deadlocks, and strace annoyingly fixing them about an issue where a...
over a year ago
Saturday, I wrote in Pipes, deadlocks, and strace annoyingly fixing them about an issue where a certain pipeline seems to have a deadlock. I described tracing it into kernel code. Indeed, it appears to be kernel bug 212295, which has had a patch for over a year that has never...
Basta’s Notes
Gumby Coin: a story about a 1958 claymation character, cryptocurrency, and pizza
A grift, a failure, or a mistake?
a year ago
A grift, a failure, or a mistake?
alexwlchan
Setting up Fish to make virtualenv easier
Since I started my new job, I’ve been doing a lot more work in Python.
As I was starting with a...
a year ago
Since I started my new job, I’ve been doing a lot more work in Python.
As I was starting with a completely clean slate, I wanted to try setting up Python the “right” way – or if not “right”, at least better way than my previous pile of hacks and kludges.
(I don’t remember much of...
David Heinemeier...
For what it'll make of you
I've always had an ambivalent relationship with goals. I don't like goals that feel like checkpoints...
4 months ago
I've always had an ambivalent relationship with goals. I don't like goals that feel like checkpoints on a treadmill. They make you reach for a million dollars in revenue, celebrate for a second, and then turn the chase to five million the minute after. No thanks. But specific,...
Irrational...
Better to micromanage than be disengaged.
For a long time, I found the micromanager CEO archetype very frustrating to work with.
They would...
a year ago
For a long time, I found the micromanager CEO archetype very frustrating to work with.
They would often pop out of nowhere, jab holes in the work I had done without understanding the tradeoffs,
and then disappear when I wanted to explain my decisions.
In those moments, I wished...
Ognjen Regoje •...
Working on legacy code
Take your time
If you rush, you might miss some implications of your changes and cause more work in...
a year ago
Take your time
If you rush, you might miss some implications of your changes and cause more work in the long run. So, do it right the first time.
Secondly, since you’ll be in the code anyway, take some time to ensure that it will survive unchanged for another stretch of...
Marco.org
Developer relations
Apple’s leaders
continue
to
deny
developers
of two obvious truths:
That our apps provide substantial...
over a year ago
Apple’s leaders
continue
to
deny
developers
of two obvious truths:
That our apps provide substantial value to iOS beyond the purchase commissions collected by Apple.
That any portion of our customers came to our apps from our own marketing or reputation, rather than the App...
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HogMail #14
Welcome to HogMail, our newsletter featuring the best of the PostHog blog, tutorials, product...
over a year ago
Welcome to HogMail, our newsletter featuring the best of the PostHog blog, tutorials, product guides, and curated articles on building great products…
samwho.dev
A Commitment to Art and Dogs
.dog-line {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: nowrap;
flex-direction: row;
width: 100%;
height:...
7 months ago
.dog-line {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: nowrap;
flex-direction: row;
width: 100%;
height: 10rem;
margin-top: 2rem;
margin-bottom: 2rem;
}
.dog-line img {
flex-grow: 1;
height: auto;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
object-fit: contain;
}
.dog-grid {
display:...
David Heinemeier...
Workfeed goes to America
During my three years in Denmark, I invested in five local startups. All on the premise that we'd...
a year ago
During my three years in Denmark, I invested in five local startups. All on the premise that we'd work towards becoming profitable, remaining in the country, and avoiding the VC timebomb. The one that has already fulfilled all the objectives is Workfeed, and now they're ready to...
Tony Finch's blog
nsnotifyd-2.1 released
I have made
a new release of nsnotifyd,
a tiny DNS server that just listens for NOTIFY messages
and...
7 months ago
I have made
a new release of nsnotifyd,
a tiny DNS server that just listens for NOTIFY messages
and runs a script when one of your zones changes.
This nsnotifyd-2.1 release includes a few bugfixes:
more lenient handling of trailing . in domain names on the command line
avoid...
alexwlchan
CSS formatting in the console
I was poking around in Google Lens recently (which is Google’s magical reverse image lookup service)...
a year ago
I was poking around in Google Lens recently (which is Google’s magical reverse image lookup service) and I was mildly surprised by what I saw in the developer tools console:
Code that runs in the dev console can be very powerful, so I can understand why they want to...
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Why TurboRepo Will Be The First Big Trend of 2022
TurboRepo is a big deal for the JS community because it addresses the monorepo problem head on,...
over a year ago
TurboRepo is a big deal for the JS community because it addresses the monorepo problem head on, bringing 85% faster build speeds and great architecture/docs/marketing.
Patrick Kayongo
Play
“I’ve got an idea!” Musa now had the attention of all the other kids. They started lifting their...
a year ago
“I’ve got an idea!” Musa now had the attention of all the other kids. They started lifting their backs from the lazy sloth on the paved ground outside of his garage. All the kids in the conformant townhouse complex regularly gravitated towards his house during the school...
Vadim Kravcenko
What questions to ask a startup before joining them?
Recently, I was talking to a friend of mine who had recently joined a small startup. He and I shared...
over a year ago
Recently, I was talking to a friend of mine who had recently joined a small startup. He and I shared […]
The post What questions to ask a startup before joining them? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
PostHog's RSS Feed
How we do meetings at PostHog
Best practices for productive meetings at your startup Ever had one of those days where you do...
over a year ago
Best practices for productive meetings at your startup Ever had one of those days where you do nothing but hop into one meeting after another? Even…
Coding Horror
The Cloud Is Just Someone Else's Computer
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high:
1GB RAM
modern, fast dual core...
over a year ago
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high:
1GB RAM
modern, fast dual core CPU
speedy solid state drive with 20+ GB
I'm not talking about a cheapo shared cpanel server, either, I mean a dedicated virtual private server with those specifications.
We were...
Liz Denys
Leave icebreakers to strangers, or how to spin friends and introduce people
My favorite way to meet new people is through my existing set of friends. There are many benefits,...
over a year ago
My favorite way to meet new people is through my existing set of friends. There are many benefits, the obvious one being that my friends tend to have great taste in people.
But I'm also at least a little bit awkward. Despite consciously thinking about asking thoughtful versions...
Ink & Switch
Ink & Switch Unconference [2022 / Berlin]
Ink & Switch invited a few folks out for a day of conversations in Berlin. Here are some notes and...
over a year ago
Ink & Switch invited a few folks out for a day of conversations in Berlin. Here are some notes and pictures from that event.
elementary Blog
The System Settings Redesign Has Landed
This month the biggest story is System Settings, but we also have some great progress on the new...
9 months ago
This month the biggest story is System Settings, but we also have some great progress on the new Dock and Wayland. Plus a small change to default keyboard shortcuts that you might appreciate. Read ahead to find out the new developments you have to look forward to in the upcoming...
Liz Denys
A geek feminism anecdote
Only a fraction of my blog is about technical or "geeky/nerdy" things. Then again, my blog isn't...
over a year ago
Only a fraction of my blog is about technical or "geeky/nerdy" things. Then again, my blog isn't intended to be about a specific topic - it's just full of what I feel like writing at the time. Perhaps, more technical things will follow in the future.
Some friends and I randomly...
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Starting Svelte Society
Thoughts on how I am doing with 4 months of Svelte Society in the bag.
over a year ago
Thoughts on how I am doing with 4 months of Svelte Society in the bag.
ntietz.com blog -...
My writing process, and how I keep it sustainable
Recently, a reader wrote to me and asked about my writing process and burnout.
They had an image in...
2 days ago
Recently, a reader wrote to me and asked about my writing process and burnout.
They had an image in their head that I could sit down at a computer and type up a full post on a given topic, but were unsure if that's the right approach when they start blogging.
And they were...
bunnie's blog
A Kinematically Coupled, Nanometer-Resolution Piezo Focus Stage
This post is part of a series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their hardware through...
9 months ago
This post is part of a series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their hardware through my IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) technique for the non-destructive inspection of chips. Previously, I discussed the process of designing the IRIS light source in some detail, as well as...
Julia Evans
Confusing git terminology
Hello! I’m slowly working on explaining git. One of my biggest problems is that
after almost 15...
a year ago
Hello! I’m slowly working on explaining git. One of my biggest problems is that
after almost 15 years of using git, I’ve become very used to git’s
idiosyncracies and it’s easy for me to forget what’s confusing about it.
So I asked people on Mastodon:
what git jargon do you find...
The Pragmatic...
What is a Senior Software Engineer at Wise and Amazon?
Common expectations for the senior level at the two companies, and compensation packages at Wise.
a year ago
Common expectations for the senior level at the two companies, and compensation packages at Wise.
Fathy Boundjadj
Forking Chrome to turn HTML into SVG
I've been working on a program called html2svg, it converts web pages to SVG. It's based on a fork...
over a year ago
I've been working on a program called html2svg, it converts web pages to SVG. It's based on a fork of Chromium to support modern web standards. This post explains most patches.
Take a picture
Chromium is built on top of Blink: an HTML engine forked from WebKit, and Skia: a 2D...
Ink & Switch
Ink & Switch Unconference [2023 / Lisboa, PT]
over a year ago
Computer Things
What makes concurrency so hard?
A lot of my formal specification projects involve concurrent or distributed system. That's in the...
9 months ago
A lot of my formal specification projects involve concurrent or distributed system. That's in the sweet spot of "difficult to get right" and "severe costs to getting it wrong" that leads to people spending time and money on writing specifications. Given its relevance to my job, I...
A Beautiful Site
Styling Custom Elements Without Reflecting Attributes
I've been struggling with the idea of reflecting attributes in custom elements and when it's...
7 months ago
I've been struggling with the idea of reflecting attributes in custom elements and when it's appropriate. I think I've identified a gap in the platform, but I'm not sure exactly how we should fill it.
I'll explain with an example. Let's say I want to make a simple badge component...
Josh Collinsworth
If WordPress is to survive, Matt Mullenweg must be removed
I believe Matt Mullenweg's abuses of his unilateral, unchecked powers prove that it is in the best...
3 months ago
I believe Matt Mullenweg's abuses of his unilateral, unchecked powers prove that it is in the best interest of the entire WordPress community that he be removed from power immediately.
Paolo Amoroso's...
My ChromeOS to Linux migration: requirements and setup
<![CDATA[I'm going back to Linux after nine years of ChromeOS.
In 2015 I had been using Linux for a...
6 months ago
<![CDATA[I'm going back to Linux after nine years of ChromeOS.
In 2015 I had been using Linux for a couple of decades. Exasperated by the frequent maintenance issues, that year I migrated to ChromeOS. I was living in the browser anyway and ChromeOS seemed like a stable...
Nelson's Weblog
Toto C5 Washlet power usage
I got a fancy bidet toilet seat. It works fairly well and having
water for washing is great. But I...
a year ago
I got a fancy bidet toilet seat. It works fairly well and having
water for washing is great. But I don’t love some details, see notes
below. Mostly I wanted to share how much power the thing uses.
About 80 Watt-hours a day, or an average of 3 watts. Note this is
without the seat...
TokyoDev
How to create your own company in Japan
Since coming to Japan, I've incorporated three companies. Although creating a company isn't a walk...
over a year ago
Since coming to Japan, I've incorporated three companies. Although creating a company isn't a walk in the park, I think it is easier than the general perception is. Part of the problem is the lack of English-language information about it. I hope by sharing my experiences I can...
alexwlchan
Moving my YouTube Likes from one account to another
I used to have two YouTube accounts, and I wanted to consolidate them into one.
I had two accounts...
11 months ago
I used to have two YouTube accounts, and I wanted to consolidate them into one.
I had two accounts as a way to keep two separate watch histories.
I was watching videos about gender and trans stuff before I came out, and I didn’t want them appearing in my main account – say, when...
Confessions of a...
What Happens When Python Starts Up? CPython Runtime Internals
CPython JIT Internals, Part 1: What is the Runtime and How is it initialized?
9 months ago
CPython JIT Internals, Part 1: What is the Runtime and How is it initialized?
blag
Recurse Center Day 7: Basics of ncurses
I learnt some basics of ncurses
over a year ago
I learnt some basics of ncurses
Tinloof - Blog
Figma for developers: all you need to know
If you're a frontend developer, you are probably spending as much time on VS Code as on Figma.
This...
a year ago
If you're a frontend developer, you are probably spending as much time on VS Code as on Figma.
This quick read highlights some of the goodies that I personally use to speed up my workflow.
A word of caution
bt RSS Feed
89 Blog Posts in a Single HTML File
89 Blog Posts in a Single HTML File
2021-04-22
This is no longer the current setup of my blog. I...
over a year ago
89 Blog Posts in a Single HTML File
2021-04-22
This is no longer the current setup of my blog. I have switched back to Jekyll for performance reasons. I’ll be leaving this post up as a point of reference though :)
This is my personal blog (if that wasn’t already obvious). I...
Hixie's Natural Log
Ask for forgiveness, not permission
A colleague of mine asked me to explicitly put an LGTM on their design doc so that they could go...
a year ago
A colleague of mine asked me to explicitly put an LGTM on their design doc so that they could go ahead and implement it. The design doc was one I had previously reviewed and commented on, and had indicated that it seemed like a good idea, but I hadn't filled in the box saying...
Epic Web Dev
Improve UX and Security with Time-based One Time Passwords (TOTPs) (tip)
Watch Kent show you the improved user experience, security, and the implementation of Time-based One...
a year ago
Watch Kent show you the improved user experience, security, and the implementation of Time-based One Time Passwords in the Epic Stack.
macwright.com
Recently
Writing in from Washington, DC, my once-hometown and
the birthplace of Mapbox.
This one will be...
a year ago
Writing in from Washington, DC, my once-hometown and
the birthplace of Mapbox.
This one will be quick because I’m between one thing
and another!
Listening
Dry Daniel by Buke and Gase
Buke and Gase released some music they recorded a while ago,
and there are some hits in it. I...
macwright.com
Playing with ActivityPub
ActivityPub, WebFinger,
and Mastodon
are getting some attention because of chaos at Twitter.
It’s...
over a year ago
ActivityPub, WebFinger,
and Mastodon
are getting some attention because of chaos at Twitter.
It’s anyone’s guess how this all shakes out. As an
active user of Twitter, it’ll be sad if it goes away.
But in the meantime, let’s have some fun with ActivityPub.
ActivityPub
Under the...
Joel Gascoigne
Steady yourself, those world-changing thoughts are not productive
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Whilst building...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
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Whilst building my latest startup, which I’m glad to say is picking up nicely,
there have been times when things have started to go a little crazy. It might be
being featured in a big blog, lots...
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Dwell and the Tools for Thought Hackathon
I worked on a little hackathon project at AGI House with Sasha. We won!
a year ago
I worked on a little hackathon project at AGI House with Sasha. We won!
Darek Kay
Separate Firefox Dark UI theme from website dark mode
I like the default dark color theme in Firefox, but I prefer to view websites in light mode. This...
over a year ago
I like the default dark color theme in Firefox, but I prefer to view websites in light mode. This distinction has been working until recently, but with Firefox 95, the browser dark theme will enforce dark mode on websites as well. This sounds like a good default, but I want to...
ntietz.com blog
PyOhio
This was my first time going to PyOhio, and it was a blast. There will be some videos being posted...
over a year ago
This was my first time going to PyOhio, and it was a blast. There will be some videos being posted soon, so I will opt to link to those as they come in, but first, here are some of the highlights:
Ed Finkler of OSMI gave a great talk on mental illness in tech, resources that are...
Remains of the Day
Catch up
It has been some time since I posted here. Outside of lots of meetings around the country and some...
over a year ago
It has been some time since I posted here. Outside of lots of meetings around the country and some trips with family and friends, a few creative projects have stolen the lion's share of my free time.
While I won't publish some Medium screed on how spending less time on social...
bt RSS Feed
Embracing Slow Tech
Embracing Slow Tech
2022-11-22
I’m writing this post on my “new” X260 ThinkPad running Garuda Linux...
over a year ago
Embracing Slow Tech
2022-11-22
I’m writing this post on my “new” X260 ThinkPad running Garuda Linux through Wayland/Sway and it is going well so far. Setting things up was much easier than I initially expected. There were only a few minor tweaks I had to make, such as setting vim...
Josh Collinsworth
Announcing Quina (My First App)!
The story of building Quina, a word game Progressive Web App built with Nuxt, and launched on the...
over a year ago
The story of building Quina, a word game Progressive Web App built with Nuxt, and launched on the Google Play Store.
Vadim Kravcenko
How to hire first rockstar employee
You want someone who can hit the ground running, who’s passionate about your mission, and who can...
over a year ago
You want someone who can hit the ground running, who’s passionate about your mission, and who can survive being locked […]
The post How to hire first rockstar employee appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Computer Things
What if the spec doesn't match the code?
Whenever I talk about formal methods, I get the same question:
Can I use the spec to generate my...
10 months ago
Whenever I talk about formal methods, I get the same question:
Can I use the spec to generate my code?
People are worried about two things. One, that they'll make a mistake implementing the specification and have bugs. Two, that over time the implementation will "drift" and...
Daniel Miessler
Welcome to Unsupervised Learning
Thank you for subscribing! If you have a moment, feel free to dive into some content. And feel free...
over a year ago
Thank you for subscribing! If you have a moment, feel free to dive into some content. And feel free to reach out if you find something you love. Best, Daniel InfoSec When to Use Vulnerability Assessment, Pentest, Red Team, vs Bug Bounty How to Build a Successful Information...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Introducing Data Management for PostHog
PostHog is growing fast. In just the last year we've measured ~36.5B total events ingested in...
over a year ago
PostHog is growing fast. In just the last year we've measured ~36.5B total events ingested in PostHog Cloud, and hundreds of self-hosted users reached…
Alex MacCaw
Unshackling Artificial Minds
Humans, by nature, seem to be drawn to pessimism. It's a tendency rooted deep within us, a product...
a year ago
Humans, by nature, seem to be drawn to pessimism. It's a tendency rooted deep within us, a product of Entropy, the law of nature that dictates it is easier to destroy than to create.
And here we are, on the cusp of creating not just something new, but
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.0.0
This is the first of (what we hope are many) PostHog weekly roundup posts. We want to let the...
over a year ago
This is the first of (what we hope are many) PostHog weekly roundup posts. We want to let the community know what we have been up to, a few of our…
ntietz.com blog
OpenAI fixed their unsafe policy around names
Update October 2, 2023: This is now fixed: you can update your name in your user settings.
This...
a year ago
Update October 2, 2023: This is now fixed: you can update your name in your user settings.
This works for the OpenAI Platform accounts, and they say the same for ChatGPT (etc.) is coming soon.
Thank you to those who reached out to OpenAI employees about this, and thank you so...
bt RSS Feed
Tabbed Content Without JavaScript
Tabbed Content Without JavaScript
2019-01-28
Creating tabs is a fairly trivial and common practice...
over a year ago
Tabbed Content Without JavaScript
2019-01-28
Creating tabs is a fairly trivial and common practice in web design, but many times it requires JavaScript to properly implement. Fortunately it is possible to create tabbed content with only using CSS.
Live CodePen...
Liz Denys
New Loose Leaf Security episode: Covering your webcams! Plus, our new newsletter and articles!
A new episode of Loose Leaf Security is out to remind you to cover your webcams when you aren't...
over a year ago
A new episode of Loose Leaf Security is out to remind you to cover your webcams when you aren't using them, and it features my favorite episode art yet:
Covering your webcams
Liz and Geoffrey take a look at how attackers compromise webcams and discuss why it's worth physically...
blag
Building a distributed log using S3 (under 150 lines of Go)
In this third part of the series, I will show how we can implement a durable, distributed, and...
a month ago
In this third part of the series, I will show how we can implement a durable, distributed, and highly available log using S3
TokyoDev
Software Developer Salaries in Japan
Understanding what software salaries developer in Japan are be tricky. As a whole, software...
a year ago
Understanding what software salaries developer in Japan are be tricky. As a whole, software development doesn’t pay exceptionally well: according to [a 2022...
Liz Denys
The shape is everything: sun-dried tomato and pesto pane bianco
I've been getting into baking bread a lot lately instead of focusing more on the sweet and pastry...
over a year ago
I've been getting into baking bread a lot lately instead of focusing more on the sweet and pastry side of things. While I've been enjoying making fresh sourdough from fresh sourdough starter and love the end results, I sometimes find that basic breads are a lot of kneading (read:...
Cognitive...
From Zero to Fineturning with Axolotl on ROCm
Gratitude to https://tensorwave.com/ for giving me access to their excellent servers!
Few have tried...
10 months ago
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...
Maggie Appleton
Positioning Elements & Scrollytelling in CSS
Notes on how to use the position property in CSS to make scrollytelling stories
over a year ago
Notes on how to use the position property in CSS to make scrollytelling stories
Daniel Immke's Blog...
Handling advanced product imports in WooCommerce
I recently wrapped up a big WooCommerce project that required quite a bit of customization. I’ve...
over a year ago
I recently wrapped up a big WooCommerce project that required quite a bit of customization. I’ve decided to write about a few of those…
Posts on Nikita...
EuroRust 2024
I had the pleasure to speak at EuroRust this year! This was my third and final talk about elfo, an...
a month ago
I had the pleasure to speak at EuroRust this year! This was my third and final talk about elfo, an actor system written in Rust. As I’m no longer an active contributor to elfo, it feels a bit bittersweet to finish last thing related to the project. I wish maintainers of elfo well...
Daniel Marino
Trying Out Eleventy
As I started to think about blogging again, I began looking at options for hosting, CMS frameworks,...
over a year ago
As I started to think about blogging again, I began looking at options for hosting, CMS frameworks, static site generators, etc. Eleventy has been in the mainstream for sometime now, and I've heard nothing but good things about it. I figured I should give it a shot.
There are no...
alexwlchan
Getting faster Jekyll builds with caching in plugins
This website is a static site built with Jekyll, and recently I overhauled the process for...
9 months ago
This website is a static site built with Jekyll, and recently I overhauled the process for generating the site.
This should be invisible if you’re just a reader, but it makes a big difference to me – like any software project, I’d accumulated cruft and complexity, and it was time...
Steve Klabnik
Nobody understands REST or HTTP
over a year ago
Liz Denys
Dan dan mian, the clearly Not Chinese way
Once upon a time, I stumbled across a reasonably accurate Szechuan recipe for dan dan mian. This...
over a year ago
Once upon a time, I stumbled across a reasonably accurate Szechuan recipe for dan dan mian. This isn't it.
In fact, I've never actually made it because I couldn't acquire all of the ingredients without going out of my way. Also, I don't really like committing to making a certain...
Eric Bailey
Quick Tip: Use the “lang” Attribute for Better Accessibility
over a year ago
bt RSS Feed
Two Weeks with the DuckDuckGo Browser
Two Weeks with the DuckDuckGo Browser
2022-05-17
After using the beta apps for the new DuckDuckGo...
over a year ago
Two Weeks with the DuckDuckGo Browser
2022-05-17
After using the beta apps for the new DuckDuckGo browser for both macOS and iOS, I have returned to Safari.
This switch back doesn’t mean that these browsers are bad by any means. Both browsers are decently fine for casual users....
Vadim Kravcenko
Going live with your SaaS: The Launch day
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help...
over a year ago
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help early-stage founders tackle the […]
The post Going live with your SaaS: The Launch day appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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Cancer and revenue - the latest board meeting
It has been a dramatic month. Four weeks ago, our 16 month old daughter was diagnosed with ...
over a year ago
It has been a dramatic month. Four weeks ago, our 16 month old daughter was diagnosed with retinoblastoma - a fairly rare form of cancer that…
swyx's site RSS Feed
Lessons and Regrets from My $25000 Book Launch
Reflections on the Coding Career book launch
over a year ago
Reflections on the Coding Career book launch
Coding Horror
Hacker, Hack Thyself
We've read so many sad stories about communities that were fatally compromised or destroyed due to...
over a year ago
We've read so many sad stories about communities that were fatally compromised or destroyed due to security exploits. We took that lesson to heart when we founded the Discourse project; we endeavor to build open source software that is secure and safe for communities by default,...
Kevin Chen
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...
4 months ago
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...
Joel on Software
Announcing Stack Overflow for Teams
New product: Stack Overflow for Teams lets you direct questions to members of your own team,...
over a year ago
New product: Stack Overflow for Teams lets you direct questions to members of your own team, company, or organization. Read more "Announcing Stack Overflow for Teams"
TokyoDev
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...
a month ago
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...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.18.0
Our primary goals for this release were to iron out bugs and improve the user experience of our Beta...
over a year ago
Our primary goals for this release were to iron out bugs and improve the user experience of our Beta features. As a result, we fixed a whole lot of…
swyx's site RSS Feed
Scraping my Twitter Social Graph with Python and Selenium
Using python and selenium to find better follows on Twitter
over a year ago
Using python and selenium to find better follows on Twitter
swyx's site RSS Feed
Bouldering
My first introduction to bouldering was in 2017, in DUMBO:
a year ago
My first introduction to bouldering was in 2017, in DUMBO:
On Test Automation
Contract testing - what (not) to test for - part 1
Recently, I started working with a new client who have been working on their contract testing...
a month ago
Recently, I started working with a new client who have been working on their contract testing implementation for a while and figured out they could use some outside help. I’ve paid them a visit recently, and to make the most out of our time together (there was some travel...
Steve Klabnik
Ruby on Rails maintenance policy
over a year ago
Joel Gascoigne
6 suggestions for an aspiring founder
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over a year ago
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This article is inspired by Startup Edition [http://startupedition.com] in
response to “What advice would you give young entrepreneurs?”
I feel incredibly lucky that I managed to jump on board...
Founder's blog
Cross-Post: Migrating a 1TB database from Win to Linux with no downtime
For those of you who don't follow our company blog, we've just published another "tech porn" story...
over a year ago
For those of you who don't follow our company blog, we've just published another "tech porn" story on migrating a huge database from Linux to Windows with no downtime. Check it out.
TL;DR: we spawned a Linux version of SQL Server and moved the database using "log-shipping"....
Tinker, Tamper,...
Understanding Common Table Expressions in SQL
One of the lesser known features of modern SQL are so-called “Common Table Expressions” (CTE) or...
over a year ago
One of the lesser known features of modern SQL are so-called “Common Table Expressions” (CTE) or “WITH queries”. I’ll explain the mental model that helped me make sense of them, and how to use them to execute recursive queries. Afterwards I’ll show how to apply these techniques...
Steve Klabnik
Resque 1.25.0.pre has been released
over a year ago
bunnie's blog
A 2-Axis, Multihead Light Positioner
This post is part of a longer-running series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their...
9 months ago
This post is part of a longer-running series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their hardware through my IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) technique for the non-destructive inspection of chips. Previously, I discussed the focus stage, light source, and methodology used to...
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In-depth: ClickHouse vs PostgreSQL
Honestly, it is a bit ridiculous to compare Postgres and ClickHouse. The two database solutions are...
over a year ago
Honestly, it is a bit ridiculous to compare Postgres and ClickHouse. The two database solutions are as similar as grapes and grapefruit. ClickHouse…
Tinker, Tamper,...
An Efficient Multi-Stage Build for Python Django in Docker
We’ve recently begun dockerizing our applications in an effort to make development and deployment...
over a year ago
We’ve recently begun dockerizing our applications in an effort to make development and deployment easier. One of the challenges was establishing a good baseline Dockerfile which can maximize the benefits of Dockers caching mechanism and at the same time provide minimal...
A Smart Bear
Learn by Copy
In America we're trained that all copying is bad; of course plagiarism is, but perhaps we're...
9 months ago
In America we're trained that all copying is bad; of course plagiarism is, but perhaps we're throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Confessions of a...
Substack has Failed Indian Creators
Dear subscribers, This is not my usual deep technical post, it’s going to be a rant about the...
6 months ago
Dear subscribers, This is not my usual deep technical post, it’s going to be a rant about the problems I (and many other Indian writers) have faced in monetizing their writing on Substack, even after being here for years, bringing in thousands of new readers and producing...
Don Melton
That bleeping kerfuffle
After I posted that link to my latest podcast with Rene Ritchie, several folks alerted me via...
over a year ago
After I posted that link to my latest podcast with Rene Ritchie, several folks alerted me via Twitter that all my colorful metaphors had been “bleeped” on the audio.
I didn’t realize that because I hadn’t listened to the recording myself. And I don’t normally listen to my own...
David Heinemeier...
What you know that just ain't so
The fun bit about business is in all the answers you don't have. Should we be priced higher or lower...
2 months ago
The fun bit about business is in all the answers you don't have. Should we be priced higher or lower or leave it alone? Should we chase these customers over here or those customers over there? Should we add more features or polish the ones we have? There's endless variation in...
Steve Klabnik
You're probably learning a technology in its seventh season, not its pilot
a year ago
Vladimir Klepov as a...
The most useful programming language
Aspiring developers often ask me what's the best programming language to learn. Personally, I mostly...
a year ago
Aspiring developers often ask me what's the best programming language to learn. Personally, I mostly work with JS — solid choice, but everyone and their dog learns JS these days, so it might be time to add some diversity. I'm curious — which single programming language covers the...
markround.com
DevOps for the Sinclair Spectrum - Part 4
In Part 3 I covered the backend server processes and protocols, CI/CD pipelines and unit tests I...
over a year ago
In Part 3 I covered the backend server processes and protocols, CI/CD pipelines and unit tests I used to build the TNFS site. In this (much shorter) part, I’d like to take a step back from the hardcore geekery, and wrap up with my thoughts on the whole thing.
Other Sites
But...
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Set Explicit Help Timeouts
A simple way to normalize asking for help.
over a year ago
A simple way to normalize asking for help.
Maggie Appleton
Joining Ought
A new role at an AI research lab working on tools for open-ended reasoning
over a year ago
A new role at an AI research lab working on tools for open-ended reasoning
A Beautiful Site
The SimpleImage library for PHP
If you love working with PHP but hate the GD library, you'll love the Simple Image PHP class I'm...
over a year ago
If you love working with PHP but hate the GD library, you'll love the Simple Image PHP class I'm releasing today. This class takes the headache out of dealing with images and features over 25 useful methods.
The class is incredibly simple to use. The following two lines will...
Steve Klabnik
Deleuze for Developers: will smooth space/open source suffice to save us?
over a year ago
Eric Bailey
GitHub now has a setting to underline links
A public beta was released for GitHub on Friday the 29th. It allows you to apply or remove an...
a year ago
A public beta was released for GitHub on Friday the 29th. It allows you to apply or remove an underline effect to links in body content.
The link underlines are present in Issue and Pull Request comments, as well as other areas of the site. We are still identifying areas where...
Elad Blog
AI Revolution - Transformers and Large Language Models (LLMs)
NLP & AI Revolution - Transformers and Large Language Models (LLMs) Part of the challenge of “AI” is...
over a year ago
NLP & AI Revolution - Transformers and Large Language Models (LLMs) Part of the challenge of “AI” is we keep raising the bar on what it means for something to be a machine intelligence. Early machine learning models have been quite successful in terms of real world impact. Large...
Tinloof - Blog
ReasonML for production React Apps? 🤔 (Part 2)
I like to go to the Roadmap of ReasonML from time to time to get excited about what's getting...
over a year ago
I like to go to the Roadmap of ReasonML from time to time to get excited about what's getting cooked. Whenever I visit the page, I can't help but notice these 2 points:
So the official documentation itself admits that the async story and JSON handling are not that great.
This...
Steve Klabnik
Beware subclassing Ruby core classes
over a year ago
the singularity is...
Tech Heroin
Curtis dropped this post today, and I love the analogy. Liberals sell heroin, conservatives sell...
a year ago
Curtis dropped this post today, and I love the analogy. Liberals sell heroin, conservatives sell cocaine.
Techno-Optimism is cocaine. Atlas Shrugged is cocaine. Futurism is cocaine.
I am a progressive. A liberal. I believe in progress.
I am not a conservative. Conservatives lose....
A Smart Bear
Adjacency Matrix: How to expand after PMF
A simple workshop that evaluates new business ideas relative to your existing strengths -- the key...
8 months ago
A simple workshop that evaluates new business ideas relative to your existing strengths -- the key to expanding without overreaching.
A Smart Bear
Pivot Points
Not "enabling constraints", not "weaknesses", not even "strengths". The concept of a "Pivot Point"...
3 months ago
Not "enabling constraints", not "weaknesses", not even "strengths". The concept of a "Pivot Point" grapples with the same reality, but more constructive and useful.
Patrick Kayongo
Substack vs Africa
The writing site, Substack, has taken the world by storm. At a time when everyone thought blogging...
5 months ago
The writing site, Substack, has taken the world by storm. At a time when everyone thought blogging and online writing was dead, superseded by YouTube, Substack came along and solved the problems of discovery and monetisation. Their feed and recommendations have allowed many to...
The Pragmatic...
Big Tech job-switching stats
Which companies grew their software engineering headcount, which ones shrank, and how has the...
a year ago
Which companies grew their software engineering headcount, which ones shrank, and how has the “open-to-new-opportunities” ratio shifted across Big Tech? I collaborated with a recruiter to find out, and the data is in.
swyx's site RSS Feed
My 2022 New Mac Setup
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
over a year ago
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
dthompson
Functional reactive user interfaces with propagators
I’ve been interested in functional reactive programming (FRP) for
about a decade now. I even wrote...
6 months ago
I’ve been interested in functional reactive programming (FRP) for
about a decade now. I even wrote a couple of
blog
posts back in 2014
describing my experiments. My initial source of inspiration was
Elm, the Haskell-like language for the web
that once had FRP as a
core part of...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Why use feature flags? Benefits, types and use cases, explained
What is a feature flag? Feature flags (aka feature toggles) are a powerful tool to help improve your...
over a year ago
What is a feature flag? Feature flags (aka feature toggles) are a powerful tool to help improve your product. They enable engineering teams to…
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
SumatraPDF 3.0 released
We, the SumatraPDF developers have released a version 3.0 of Sumatra, a multi-format reader (PDF,...
over a year ago
We, the SumatraPDF developers have released a version 3.0 of Sumatra, a multi-format reader (PDF, epub and mobi ebooks, comic books, etc.) for Windows.
You can download it from official SumatraPDF website
The biggest change in this version is addition of tabs, contributed by...
Miguel Carranza
Effective code review
Fortunately, I don’t think the necessity of code review is a controversial topic these days for most...
over a year ago
Fortunately, I don’t think the necessity of code review is a controversial topic these days for most tech companies1. However, it is not always implemented as well as it should. In this post, I will describe some practices that I try to follow when opening pull requests, and that...
swyx's site RSS Feed
How To Add Monaco Editor to a Next.js app
## Bottom Line Up Front
over a year ago
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Blogging and Composting
Here’s a thought: blogging is like compositing.
The banana is what you’re after.
But as a byproduct...
a year ago
Here’s a thought: blogging is like compositing.
The banana is what you’re after.
But as a byproduct of the banana you get the peel.
And if you compost, you can make good use of the peel.
Similarly, whatever you’re building is what you’re after.
But as a byproduct of whatever...
bt RSS Feed
Proper UI Hierarchy
Proper UI Hierarchy
2019-02-05
I often feel like an old man when I complain about flat design and...
over a year ago
Proper UI Hierarchy
2019-02-05
I often feel like an old man when I complain about flat design and how designers these days have lost (or willfully forgotten) the skill to create accessible UIs with proper visual hierarchy. A skill which at it’s core seems so simple - yet is...
Tony Finch's blog
GCRA: leaky buckets without the buckets
Yesterday I read an article describing the GCRA rate limiting
algorithm. I thought it was really...
4 months ago
Yesterday I read an article describing the GCRA rate limiting
algorithm. I thought it was really interesting, but I wasn’t
entirely satisfied with Brandur’s explanation, and the Wikipedia
articles on leaky buckets and GCRA are terrible, so here’s
my version.
what is GCRA?
GCRA is...
Eric Bailey
An Introduction to the Reduced Motion Media Query
over a year ago
Tinloof - Blog
Images and videos on Sanity
This article is outdated. You can read the Managing Tinloof-powered websites article...
over a year ago
This article is outdated. You can read the Managing Tinloof-powered websites article instead.
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Images and videos have to be properly configured to rank in search engine result pages and not impact negatively page speed.
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware May 2023
Last month’s ware is the Automatic AUT-450C “Connected Car Assistant” (OBD-II code scanner and GPS...
a year ago
Last month’s ware is the Automatic AUT-450C “Connected Car Assistant” (OBD-II code scanner and GPS tracker with cellular, WiFi, and Bluetooth connectivity). The company went out of business shortly after the start of the pandemic. Here’s some more views of the ware — I had left...
A Beautiful Site
Stop trying to build the next unicorn
So, you're building the next big thing? You say you're going to make millions and have a fancy...
over a year ago
So, you're building the next big thing? You say you're going to make millions and have a fancy office building out in the valley? That's cool. By the same odds we'll both be rich, because I'm holding tonight's winning lotto ticket.
Your idea probably won't be the next big thing...
Elad Blog
Video & transcript: Apoorva Metha, founder & former CEO, Instacart
Full video & transcript from Fireside chat with Apoorva Metha
a year ago
Full video & transcript from Fireside chat with Apoorva Metha
alexwlchan
A day out at the Bure Valley Railway
Last October, I had a day trip to the Bure Valley Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway in north...
over a year ago
Last October, I had a day trip to the Bure Valley Railway, a narrow-gauge heritage railway in north Norfolk.
I came across it quite by chance – I was driving through Aylsham to get to a B&B, and I spotted a sign pointing to the railway.
I checked the website for a timetable,...
macwright.com
Replay.web is cool
I’ve been trying to preserve as much of Placemark now that it’s open-source. This has been a mixed...
12 months ago
I’ve been trying to preserve as much of Placemark now that it’s open-source. This has been a mixed experience: some products were really easy to move away from, like Northwest and Earth Class Mail. Webflow was harder to quit. But replay.web came to the rescue, thanks to Henry...
Kevin Chen
Tearing down the Rewind app
Rewind is a Mac app that records your computer’s screen and audio, allowing the user to scroll...
over a year ago
Rewind is a Mac app that records your computer’s screen and audio, allowing the user to scroll through a timeline of past screen recordings. Rewind also recognizes text, including text in videos and Zoom calls, allowing the user to perform full-text search on anything that has...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Networking Essentials: Routing
How the Internet cobbles together thousands of Autonomous Systems with the Border Gateway Protocol
over a year ago
How the Internet cobbles together thousands of Autonomous Systems with the Border Gateway Protocol
Jibran’s Perspective
Failure 1: Django + NextJS Boilerplate
I have failed, and that is exactly what I had hoped for a few months ago in this blog post.
This is...
7 months ago
I have failed, and that is exactly what I had hoped for a few months ago in this blog post.
This is a good failure. It has taught me things, lessons I can use in the future to avoid failing this way again.
But first a bit of context. What did I fail at?
In February of 2024 I...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Implementing Netlify’s Image CDNz
tl;dr I implemented Netlify’s new image transformation service on my icon gallery sites and saw a...
9 months ago
tl;dr I implemented Netlify’s new image transformation service on my icon gallery sites and saw a pretty drastic decrease in overall bandwidth. Here are the numbers:
Page
Requests
Old
New
Difference
Home
60
1.3MB
293kB
▼ 78% (1.01MB)
Colors
84
1.4MB
371kB
▼ 74%...
ntietz.com blog
Starting a New Chapter
At the end of this week, I am starting a new chapter of my life: entrepreneurship. This is my last...
over a year ago
At the end of this week, I am starting a new chapter of my life: entrepreneurship. This is my last week at CrossChx, and then I begin splitting my time between contract work and developing some of my own ideas.
I only spent about three quarters of a year at CrossChx, but in that...
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Interactive guide to homogeneous coordinates
Why would you care about homogeneous coordinates, whatever they are? Well, if you work with...
over a year ago
Why would you care about homogeneous coordinates, whatever they are? Well, if you work with geometry: 3D-graphics, image processing, physical simulation, — the answer is obvious. Knowing the mathematics behind your framework enables you to write more efficient code.
But even if...
ntietz.com blog
TIL: testing in the future using the faketime command
Last week's blog post accidentally got published a few hours early1.
One of the keen-eyed among you...
6 months ago
Last week's blog post accidentally got published a few hours early1.
One of the keen-eyed among you even submitted it to the orange site before it was officially up, since it was in my RSS feed briefly and was picked up by various RSS readers.
Resolving that issue led me to...
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