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exponential rate limiting Following my previous post on rate limiting with GCRA, leaky buckets without the buckets, I reviewed...
3rd Sep 2024
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exponential rate limiting

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

3rd Sep 2024
Following my previous post on rate limiting with GCRA, leaky buckets without the buckets, I reviewed my old notes on rate limiting for Exim. I thought I should do a new write-up of the ideas that I hope will be more broadly interesting. Exponential rate limiting uses an...
Crash Safari with the Web Audio API Discovering, reproducing, and working around a bug that crashes Safari hard.
15th Aug 2017
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Crash Safari with the Web Audio API

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

15th Aug 2017
Discovering, reproducing, and working around a bug that crashes Safari hard.
Context as the Moat To build a defensible, enduring business, it is essential to attract, convert, and retain users....
15th Jun 2025
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Context as the Moat

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

15th Jun 2025
To build a defensible, enduring business, it is essential to attract, convert, and retain users. Ideally, customer reliance on your product should deepen over time, making the cost of switching to a competitor prohibitively high. Consumer-facing AI companies are now grappling...
Name that Ware, October 2025 The Ware for October 2025 is shown below. Thanks to Juan C. for contributing this curious ware! I...
30th Oct 2025
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Name that Ware, October 2025

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

30th Oct 2025
The Ware for October 2025 is shown below. Thanks to Juan C. for contributing this curious ware! I really can’t get enough of how the whole device is integrated with a multi-layer stacked PCB. I imagine that inside the middle of the stack there could be some interesting circuitry...
Truths about digital accessibility Creating, maintaining, or evaluating accessible technology? Here are some things to keep in mind...
29th Jul 2019
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Truths about digital accessibility

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

29th Jul 2019
Creating, maintaining, or evaluating accessible technology? Here are some things to keep in mind (note that identity-first language is intentional): Each screen reader behaves differently This is by design. Behavior is a balancing act between a screen reader’s features, the...
Progress and Challenges: Reflections of a Working Mother in Japan The result of [TokyoDev's International Developers in Japan Survey...
7th Jul 2023
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Progress and Challenges: Reflections of a Working Mother in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Jul 2023
The result of [TokyoDev's International Developers in Japan Survey 2022](/insights/2022-developer-survey) revealed that the country is still struggling to close the gender gap in the workplace in the tech industry. As a Japanese woman and a mother of two children, I was very...
The S&P 500 is largely a historical artifact I see the S&P 500 referenced pretty frequently as an vanilla index for people investing. This isn’t...
2nd Apr 2024
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The S&P 500 is largely a historical artifact

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

2nd Apr 2024
I see the S&P 500 referenced pretty frequently as an vanilla index for people investing. This isn’t totally wrong, which is why this post is short. But, if you have the goal of just “investing in the market,” there’s a better option for doing that: a total market index. For...
GNU Autotools Links https://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-magic-behind-configure-make-make-install configure.ac Writte...
25th May 2016
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GNU Autotools

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

25th May 2016
Links https://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-magic-behind-configure-make-make-install configure.ac Written in m4sh (m4 + shell) Program initialization: AC_INIT macro—needs name, version, maintainer Initialize automake: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Make sure that C-compiler exists:...
Simple image vectorization Vectorization is when you take some minecraft-style raster image and make a crisp vector picture out...
7th Mar 2019
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Simple image vectorization

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

7th Mar 2019
Vectorization is when you take some minecraft-style raster image and make a crisp vector picture out of it. The algorithm describes shows how bilinear interpolation, polynomial approximation, differential analysis, and iterative algorithms work together to solve a practical...
The Web We Want Survey Results 14 May 2020 At the end of July 2019, we kicked off our first live Web We Want session. At the start,...
14th May 2020
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The Web We Want Survey Results

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

14th May 2020
14 May 2020 At the end of July 2019, we kicked off our first live Web We Want session. At the start, we only had a handful of submissions and one person willing to record their lightning talk for the session we ran at An Event Apart D.C. We've come quite a ways since then with...
June 12, 2009 Bulk grain banner So we’re getting a bulk grain order together - like a pallet of bulk grain. I’m...
12th Jun 2009
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June 12, 2009

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

12th Jun 2009
Bulk grain banner So we’re getting a bulk grain order together - like a pallet of bulk grain. I’m pumped. Also I designed a pretty killer banner for the webpage with the order info. It’s good to be da king. Word. I recovered this article from my old blog via the Internet...
Jazz Ukulele "Love Is a Song" from Bambi I arranged and recorded 'Love Is a Song' from Walt Disney's Bambi on my new ukulele.
6th Feb 2010
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Jazz Ukulele "Love Is a Song" from Bambi

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

6th Feb 2010
I arranged and recorded 'Love Is a Song' from Walt Disney's Bambi on my new ukulele.
Winner, Name that Ware July 2024 The ware for July 2024 is an Ingenico Axium DX8000. I hadn’t had a chance to tear down a modern POS...
15th Aug 2024
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Winner, Name that Ware July 2024

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

15th Aug 2024
The ware for July 2024 is an Ingenico Axium DX8000. I hadn’t had a chance to tear down a modern POS terminal myself, so it was pretty interesting to see all the anti-tamper traces built into the product (thank you jackw01 for sharing it!). I wonder how effective these are, and...
Winner, Name that Ware December 2025 The Ware for December 2025 is a Spectral Instruments Series 800 camera. I was pretty shocked at how...
31st Jan 2026
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Winner, Name that Ware December 2025

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

31st Jan 2026
The Ware for December 2025 is a Spectral Instruments Series 800 camera. I was pretty shocked at how quickly this was guessed given the very small portion of the instrument that was shown, but, then again – that’s how it goes sometimes. Congrats to johslarsen for nailing this one;...
We’ve been waiting 20 years for this The indie web may be back. But if is, it is likely in a way we least expect. The post We’ve been...
6th Feb 2024
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We’ve been waiting 20 years for this

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

6th Feb 2024
The indie web may be back. But if is, it is likely in a way we least expect. The post We’ve been waiting 20 years for this appeared first on The History of the Web.
RobotEra Has Two More Robot Olympic Wins! RobotEra has two more Olympic Medals. This time orange peeling (which PI accomplished but needed an...
6th Apr 2026
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RobotEra Has Two More Robot Olympic Wins!

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

6th Apr 2026
RobotEra has two more Olympic Medals. This time orange peeling (which PI accomplished but needed an external tool, which disqualified them) and unlocking a padlock 25% faster than PI’s demonstration.
Who Monitors The Monitor? Monitor The first release of Monitor as an elementary OS default app is here! Monitor is an app for...
5th Nov 2025
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Who Monitors The Monitor?

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

5th Nov 2025
Monitor The first release of Monitor as an elementary OS default app is here! Monitor is an app for monitoring your system resources and running processes, including with optional panel indicators. Since its last release, we’ve completed the port to GTK4, rewrote the settings...
Sharing a project I built - Postcard Over the last two years I've quit Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. I replaced social media with...
19th May 2022
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Sharing a project I built - Postcard

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

19th May 2022
Over the last two years I've quit Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. I replaced social media with newsletters and blogs as the ways I stay in touch. Not many people have blogs - so I built a bot to le...
Passing data from PHP to JavaScript Have you ever needed to send a PHP variable, array, or object to JavaScript? It can get complicated...
5th Mar 2015
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Passing data from PHP to JavaScript

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

5th Mar 2015
Have you ever needed to send a PHP variable, array, or object to JavaScript? It can get complicated trying to escape the output properly. Here's a way that always works—no escaping necessary. Let's say we have the following variable in PHP: $name = 'Bob Marley'; And we want to...
My career and a thought experiment As is the case every year, 2025 is starting off relatively slowly. There’s not a lot of training...
19th Jan 2025
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My career and a thought experiment

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

19th Jan 2025
As is the case every year, 2025 is starting off relatively slowly. There’s not a lot of training courses to run yet, and since a few of the projects I worked on wrapped up in December, I find myself with a little bit of extra time and headspace on my hands. I actually enjoy these...
How Many Hours Can You Code? How many hours a day can you write code, and at what point does the quality of your work go down?...
18th Dec 2024
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How Many Hours Can You Code?

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

18th Dec 2024
How many hours a day can you write code, and at what point does the quality of your work go down? Even more important is how many weeks and months of that max effort you can still be effective. In my life, there have only been three periods where I
A smooth and sharp image interpolation you probably haven't heard of An image interpolation that gives us a continuous and smooth image, where every interpolated value...
29th Apr 2024
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A smooth and sharp image interpolation you probably haven't heard of

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

29th Apr 2024
An image interpolation that gives us a continuous and smooth image, where every interpolated value only depends on the four neighboring pixel values. The image becomes smooth, but sharp features remain sharp.
5th Feb 2015
Treats from git's contrib tools🍭 .title { text-wrap: balance } The intention is to keep interesting tools around git here,...
1st Jan 2024
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Treats from git's contrib tools🍭

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

1st Jan 2024
.title { text-wrap: balance } The intention is to keep interesting tools around git here, maybe even experimental ones Junio C Hamano, git/contrib/README Git bundles handy tools along with its source repo. They live in a directory named contrib—short for contributed...
My experience with burnout as a startup founder Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. In mid-2017, I hit burnout in a really big way...
28th Oct 2019
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My experience with burnout as a startup founder

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

28th Oct 2019
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. In mid-2017, I hit burnout in a really big way and wound up taking a 6-week break to recharge. I want to fully share my story here and include some things I wish I’d done differently in the hope
Printable shrinkage rulers Clay shrinks as it dries and even more as it's fired, so it's useful to have a way to estimate the...
29th Sep 2024
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Printable shrinkage rulers

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

29th Sep 2024
Clay shrinks as it dries and even more as it's fired, so it's useful to have a way to estimate the final size of in-progress work - especially if you're making multiples or trying to fit pieces together. One way to do this is with shrinkage rulers. I figured I'd design my own...
No sacred masterpieces Or "that time I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it like a week after launch"
15th Sep 2023
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No sacred masterpieces

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

15th Sep 2023
Or "that time I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it like a week after launch"
Agents are commoditizing the complement Implementation — writing code — is a complement to specification — writing down what the code...
3rd Nov 2025
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Agents are commoditizing the complement

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

3rd Nov 2025
Implementation — writing code — is a complement to specification — writing down what the code should do. Agents are commoditizing the former, pushing up demand for the latter.
SWInE: Simplicial Weight Interpolation and Extrapolation I stole exactly three ideas from other people, made them work together, and gave that compilation a...
13th Oct 2019
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SWInE: Simplicial Weight Interpolation and Extrapolation

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

13th Oct 2019
I stole exactly three ideas from other people, made them work together, and gave that compilation a funny name. I had my fun playing with the concept but the conclusion I had to put into my thesis was: “SWInE is rather promising”. In academic language, this means “useless”....
Speeding Up Webamp's Music Visualizer with WebAssembly Writing an in-browser compiler to compile untrusted user-supplied code to fast and secure Wasm at...
1st Apr 2021
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Speeding Up Webamp's Music Visualizer with WebAssembly

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

1st Apr 2021
Writing an in-browser compiler to compile untrusted user-supplied code to fast and secure Wasm at runtime.
17th Apr 2011
OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System 2024-04-11 OpenBSD 7.5 running dwm on my X220 With the recent...
11th Apr 2024
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OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System

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

11th Apr 2024
OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System 2024-04-11 OpenBSD 7.5 running dwm on my X220 With the recent release of OpenBSD 7.5, I decided to run through my personal OpenBSD “installer” for laptop/desktop devices. The project is built off of the dwm tiling window manager and only...
Winner, Name that Ware January 2023 The Ware for January 2023 is a front-end readout board from the KASCADE muon detector. Thanks again...
27th Feb 2023
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Winner, Name that Ware January 2023

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

27th Feb 2023
The Ware for January 2023 is a front-end readout board from the KASCADE muon detector. Thanks again to cpresser for contributing the ware, and also congratulations to AZeta for nailing it! email me for your prize.
The Boot.dev Beat. July 2025 This month we were heads down building a lot of background stuff for big releases that are coming up...
9th Jul 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. July 2025

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

9th Jul 2025
This month we were heads down building a lot of background stuff for big releases that are coming up - but we still did manage to get a few new features out the door!
Deadlines Work If you had told me that I'm capable of cycling 50km non-stop, soaked to the skin in torrential rain,...
18th Mar 2024
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Deadlines Work

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

18th Mar 2024
If you had told me that I'm capable of cycling 50km non-stop, soaked to the skin in torrential rain, eyes burning with sunblock, sweat and ocean spray, in sub-10°C conditions, I would have called you a filthy liar. Then yesterday happened. It was meant to be
Charlie Chaplin's Smile: Ukulele Solo A solo ukulele arrangement of Charlie Chaplin's 'Smile'.
22nd Oct 2012
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Charlie Chaplin's Smile: Ukulele Solo

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

22nd Oct 2012
A solo ukulele arrangement of Charlie Chaplin's 'Smile'.
Installing Guix on a 10th gen Thinkpad X1 The last time I bought a laptop, I got a used Thinkpad X220 from eBay. I loved that laptop,...
5th Dec 2022
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Installing Guix on a 10th gen Thinkpad X1

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Dec 2022
The last time I bought a laptop, I got a used Thinkpad X220 from eBay. I loved that laptop, but time marches on and old hardware eventually becomes too slow for modern development needs. After a lot of indecision, I bought a 10th generation Thinkpad X1 with an Intel Core...
Why you should continue working on your bad idea * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "The brick...
1st Sep 2012
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Why you should continue working on your bad idea

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

1st Sep 2012
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * > "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are...
Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch 2022-07-06 If you're an RSS subscriber, I've probably blown...
6th Jul 2022
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Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch

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

6th Jul 2022
Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch 2022-07-06 If you're an RSS subscriber, I've probably blown up your feed reader (again). This seems to be an on-going theme with this blog. I can't help it. This website now uses my new Pandoc-based static blog generator: pblog. I won't go...
You should be using hackdays to supercharge your roadmap Internal company hack days (or hack weeks) are a common thing in tech companies, but not...
1st May 2023
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You should be using hackdays to supercharge your roadmap

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

1st May 2023
Internal company hack days (or hack weeks) are a common thing in tech companies, but not universal. They should be universal, though. Hackdays help you get great new ideas that are both impactful and feasible. They're probably the best thing you can do to improve your product and...
Styling Ordered Lists with CSS Counters Styling an ordered list can be surprisingly tricky; there's no way to get at that bullet! In this...
7th Apr 2020
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Styling Ordered Lists with CSS Counters

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

7th Apr 2020
Styling an ordered list can be surprisingly tricky; there's no way to get at that bullet! In this tutorial, we'll see a handy trick using CSS counters that lets us style ordered lists without breaking proper semantics.
How Hard Should Your Employer Work To Retain You? Recently we learned that Google spent $2.7 billion to re-hire a single AI researcher who had left to...
11th Oct 2024
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How Hard Should Your Employer Work To Retain You?

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

11th Oct 2024
Recently we learned that Google spent $2.7 billion to re-hire a single AI researcher who had left to start his own company. As Charlie Brown would say: “Good grief.” 🙄 This is an (incredibly!) extreme example. But back in the halcyon days of the zero interest rate phenomenon...
What I learned in 2017 At the end of 2017, I wrote down a few important things I’d learned that year. And now that we’re...
8th Jun 2018
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What I learned in 2017

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

8th Jun 2018
At the end of 2017, I wrote down a few important things I’d learned that year. And now that we’re more than halfway through 2018, I decided to stop procrastinating and flesh out the details. Some of these things are probably obvious to you, but they were new to me! Being right is...
How to Properly Use Defer in Golang What is the “defer” keyword in Go? 🔗 In the Go programming language, defer is a keyword that allows...
1st Jun 2021
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How to Properly Use Defer in Golang

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

1st Jun 2021
What is the “defer” keyword in Go? 🔗 In the Go programming language, defer is a keyword that allows developers to delay the execution of a function until the current function returns. What throws some people off is that the deferred function’s arguments are evaluated...
Big Feature Updates for Accessibility, Privacy, Security, and More As promised, this month brings a bunch of new features including a big new accessibility feature and...
5th Jul 2023
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Big Feature Updates for Accessibility, Privacy, Security, and More

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

5th Jul 2023
As promised, this month brings a bunch of new features including a big new accessibility feature and a major platform improvement. Enjoy this month’s contributions to the upcoming OS 7.1! AppCenter As we work towards our continual goal of better supporting alternative app stores,...
Firing myself, again I've written in the past about how I see the role of a...
26th Jan 2014
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Firing myself, again

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

26th Jan 2014
I've written in the past about how I see the role of a CEO [https://joel.is/post/42713179646/expert-of-nothing] to be one where you are repeatedly firing yourself. Joe Kraus [http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/28/first-fire-thyself/] brought my attention to thinking about the role in...
Software Acceleration and Desynchronization A bit more than a month ago, I posted the following on social media: Seeing more reports and...
5th Jan 2026
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Software Acceleration and Desynchronization

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

5th Jan 2026
A bit more than a month ago, I posted the following on social media: Seeing more reports and industry players blaming code reviews for slowing down the quick development done with AI. It's unclear whether anyone's asking if this is just moving the cognitive bottleneck of...
CSS vs. JavaScript There are a bunch of JavaScript animation libraries out there, and you might have wondered whether...
26th May 2026
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CSS vs. JavaScript

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

26th May 2026
There are a bunch of JavaScript animation libraries out there, and you might have wondered whether there’s a performance cost compared to traditional CSS transitions and keyframe animations. In this blog post, we’ll compare the same animation across several different strategies...
Detecting AV1-encoded videos with Python In my previous post, I wrote about how I’ve saved some AV1-encoded videos that I can’t play on my...
8th Nov 2025
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Detecting AV1-encoded videos with Python

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Nov 2025
In my previous post, I wrote about how I’ve saved some AV1-encoded videos that I can’t play on my iPhone. Eventually, I’ll upgrade to a new iPhone which supports AV1, but in the meantime, I want to convert all of those videos to an older codec. The problem is finding all the...
Recently This’ll be the last Recently in 2025. It’s been a decent year for me, a pretty rough year for the...
1st Dec 2025
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Recently

from Tom MacWright [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2025
This’ll be the last Recently in 2025. It’s been a decent year for me, a pretty rough year for the rest of the world. I hope, for everyone, that 2026 sees the reversal of some of the current trends. Watching This video from Daniel Yang, who makes spectacular bikes of his...
Book Poll 2019 I've been feeling like I've skewed too much on empty calories recently. So I ran this poll:
2nd Sep 2019
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Book Poll 2019

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

2nd Sep 2019
I've been feeling like I've skewed too much on empty calories recently. So I ran this poll:
ASAP ASAP ¶ASAP When asking for something, it’s really pointless to attach the typical “as soon as...
2nd Nov 2015
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ASAP

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

2nd Nov 2015
ASAP ¶ASAP When asking for something, it’s really pointless to attach the typical “as soon as possible” to the end. Here’s why: What I think you mean when you use the phrase “as soon as possible” or, even worse, “ASAP”: I really want this now or sooner. I don’t care what you’re...
Handling Enzyme in React 18 React Testing Library (RTL) is arguably superior to Enzyme, due to a shift from testing...
26th Mar 2022
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Handling Enzyme in React 18

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

26th Mar 2022
React Testing Library (RTL) is arguably superior to Enzyme, due to a shift from testing implementation details to more user-centric unit tests. However, many projects still contain lots of Enzyme tests from the early days, making migration difficult and time-consuming. At my...
Build Week at Buffer: What it is and how we’re approaching it Build Week at Buffer: What it is and how we’re approaching it Note: this was originally posted on...
21st Aug 2022
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Build Week at Buffer: What it is and how we’re approaching it

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

21st Aug 2022
Build Week at Buffer: What it is and how we’re approaching it Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. We’ve dedicated the week of August 22nd to a brand new internal initiative called Build Week. We’ll all be putting aside our regular work for a single week to come...
Squash and Stretch Have you ever heard of Disney’s 12 Basic Principles of Animation? In this tutorial, we’ll explore...
13th Apr 2026
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Squash and Stretch

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

13th Apr 2026
Have you ever heard of Disney’s 12 Basic Principles of Animation? In this tutorial, we’ll explore how we can use the very first principle to create SVG micro-interactions that feel way more natural and believable. It’s one of those small things that has a big impact.
Rethinking Databases for Humans and AI Agents Databases Were Built for Engines. It’s Time to Build Them for Humans.
1st Jul 2026
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Rethinking Databases for Humans and AI Agents

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

1st Jul 2026
Databases Were Built for Engines. It’s Time to Build Them for Humans.
Code golfing a tiny demo using maths and a pinch of insanity A few weeks ago, I made a tiny demo that fits into 448 characters: Red Alp GLSL demo in 448...
29th Sep 2025
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Code golfing a tiny demo using maths and a pinch of insanity

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

29th Sep 2025
A few weeks ago, I made a tiny demo that fits into 448 characters: Red Alp GLSL demo in 448 characters void main(){vec3 c,p,K=vec3(3,1,0);for(float...
The "Convergent" theory of finding truth in darkness How to tell the difference between a truly great startup idea, and people saying "Sure, sounds good"...
7th Apr 2024
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The "Convergent" theory of finding truth in darkness

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

7th Apr 2024
How to tell the difference between a truly great startup idea, and people saying "Sure, sounds good" when they really mean "No, I'm not buying."
The Boot.dev Beat. January 2026 We’re off to an incredible start to 2026. December of 2025 broke a new record with 3,075,904 lessons...
13th Jan 2026
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The Boot.dev Beat. January 2026

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

13th Jan 2026
We’re off to an incredible start to 2026. December of 2025 broke a new record with 3,075,904 lessons completed and 82,578 training grounds challenges completed during the month! In January, I’m writing this on the 13th, and we’re already at 1,657,581 lessons and 47,795 challenges...
Using User-Select Using User-Select 2019-06-04 Highlighting text in order to copy, cut or paste content is a staple...
4th Jun 2019
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Using User-Select

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

4th Jun 2019
Using User-Select 2019-06-04 Highlighting text in order to copy, cut or paste content is a staple action across the web. Now, what if I told you the ability to control what a user can select is configurable with a single CSS property? Introducing the CSS property Simply put, the...
DevOps for the Sinclair Spectrum - Part 2 In Part 1, I explored the hardware and development environment. In this article, I’ll cover the...
5th Jan 2022
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DevOps for the Sinclair Spectrum - Part 2

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

5th Jan 2022
In Part 1, I explored the hardware and development environment. In this article, I’ll cover the server-side components as well as coding and launching the first iteration of the site along with some of the limitations I encountered when programming on such an old system. Server...
Full-Stack Ops: Back-end and DevOps Roles are Merging It’s time for some speculation on my part 🔗 I believe that the job duties of “back-end” and...
10th Oct 2022
1

Full-Stack Ops: Back-end and DevOps Roles are Merging

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

10th Oct 2022
It’s time for some speculation on my part 🔗 I believe that the job duties of “back-end” and “DevOps” engineers will coalesce to include almost everything that “the user doesn’t see”. There will still be room for specialization, but these roles will become less distinguishable...
Solving my fun, frustrating docker-machine error Last Saturday, I ran into a problem doing a routine backup of a web app I maintain. In fact, this...
8th Dec 2020
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Solving my fun, frustrating docker-machine error

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

8th Dec 2020
Last Saturday, I ran into a problem doing a routine backup of a web app I maintain. In fact, this was the second time I ran into the exact same issue, so it's time to write it down. (Hopefully, the third time I run into this, I have the presence of mind to look up my own...
Ink Note Q2 2025: Scribble on your Google Calendar How would it feel if you could scribble on top of your Google Calendar events?
22nd May 2025
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Ink Note Q2 2025: Scribble on your Google Calendar

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

22nd May 2025
How would it feel if you could scribble on top of your Google Calendar events?
February updates We started the year with lots of new updates
4th Feb 2019
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February updates

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

4th Feb 2019
We started the year with lots of new updates
The Many Layers of Packaging The packaging gradient, and why PyPI isn't an app store. Update: I turned this post into a talk. The...
9th May 2017
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The Many Layers of Packaging

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th May 2017
The packaging gradient, and why PyPI isn't an app store. Update: I turned this post into a talk. The video from PyBay is here, the slides are available here. The long-cut video from BayPiggies is coming, but the "Extended Edition" slides are here. One lesson threaded...
notes from Naval (2025) someone I resonate a lot with is Naval Ravikant - his classic "How to Get Rich Without Getting...
6th Jul 2025
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notes from Naval (2025)

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

6th Jul 2025
someone I resonate a lot with is Naval Ravikant - his classic "How to Get Rich Without Getting Lucky" (henceforth HTGR) is formative to a lot of my thinking, including How to Market Yourself Without Being A Celebrity and "Play Long Term Games with Long Term People". HTGR also...
Digital decluttering I spent a lot of my formative Internet years in online fandom. I read novel-length stories about...
13th Sep 2024
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Digital decluttering

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Sep 2024
I spent a lot of my formative Internet years in online fandom. I read novel-length stories about Doctor Who characters; I swooned over fan art of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries; I pored over in-depth analyses of each episode of Carmilla. Most of that is gone now. Links rot quickly,...
What I'm up to - July 2022 This is a monthly email about what I'm up to! ✨ Highlights of last month - Launched Made in...
1st Jul 2022
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What I'm up to - July 2022

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

1st Jul 2022
This is a monthly email about what I'm up to! ✨ Highlights of last month - Launched Made in Webflow, a project I've lead to redesign and rebuild a popular social site for Webflow creators - Seein...
57 MicroConf videos for self-funded software businesses MicroConf is a conference for small/indie/self-funded software businesses. Many of their talks are...
24th Dec 2017
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57 MicroConf videos for self-funded software businesses

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

24th Dec 2017
MicroConf is a conference for small/indie/self-funded software businesses. Many of their talks are available on Vimeo but not well indexed. They have a better index (and another here) on their website, but also not great. This is a list of videos and a bit of info about each...
Compensation at Publicly Traded Tech Companies Insights from 50 publicly traded tech companies, and a list of those paying the most and the least...
9th May 2023
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Compensation at Publicly Traded Tech Companies

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

9th May 2023
Insights from 50 publicly traded tech companies, and a list of those paying the most and the least in median total compensation.
How we built our onboarding email flow (with actual performance data) Marketers believe onboarding emails are a powerful tool for driving engagement. Everyone else thinks...
19th Feb 2024
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How we built our onboarding email flow (with actual performance data)

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

19th Feb 2024
Marketers believe onboarding emails are a powerful tool for driving engagement. Everyone else thinks they're annoying and ineffective. The truth, as…
The Existential Terror of Battle Royale It's been a while since I wrote a blog post, I guess in general, but also a blog post about video...
5th Nov 2017
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The Existential Terror of Battle Royale

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

5th Nov 2017
It's been a while since I wrote a blog post, I guess in general, but also a blog post about video games. Video games are probably the single thing most attributable to my career as a programmer, and everything else I've done professionally after that. I
A simple gallery plugin for Obsidian → I’ve been using Obsidian for my note-taking recently, and I really like it. It’s already absorbed...
4th Nov 2022
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A simple gallery plugin for Obsidian →

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Nov 2022
I’ve been using Obsidian for my note-taking recently, and I really like it. It’s already absorbed all of my text notes, and I’m gradually using it for images too. To help me find my images, I’ve written a small Obsidian plugin. When I click the little picture icon in the sidebar,...
Live Session on CPython Virtual Machine Internals + Upcoming Posts We are long overdue for a new live session as well as some more articles.
12th Apr 2024
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Live Session on CPython Virtual Machine Internals + Upcoming Posts

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

12th Apr 2024
We are long overdue for a new live session as well as some more articles.
Committing to creativity The fine line between commitment and motivation
5th Aug 2026
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Committing to creativity

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

5th Aug 2026
The fine line between commitment and motivation
Strategic choices: When both options are good Real strategy means choosing between two good options and accepting all the consequences--even the...
22nd Feb 2026
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Strategic choices: When both options are good

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

22nd Feb 2026
Real strategy means choosing between two good options and accepting all the consequences--even the painful ones you don't like.
🎯 What does a Product Owner do all day? You might think that the job of a PO is to please the internal stakeholders and be responsible for...
16th May 2022
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🎯 What does a Product Owner do all day?

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

16th May 2022
You might think that the job of a PO is to please the internal stakeholders and be responsible for the […] The post 🎯 What does a Product Owner do all day? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Fighting uphill As someone with a good deal of interest in the digital accessibility space, I follow WebAIM’s work...
3rd May 2019
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Fighting uphill

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

3rd May 2019
As someone with a good deal of interest in the digital accessibility space, I follow WebAIM’s work closely. Their survey results are priceless insights into how disabled people actually use the web, so when the organization speaks with authority on a subject, I listen. WebAIM’s...
KY-040 Rotary Encoder with Linux on the Raspberry Pi For a project I with a Raspberry Pi (Zero W) needed a simple and easy input device to change a...
1st May 2018
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KY-040 Rotary Encoder with Linux on the Raspberry Pi

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

1st May 2018
For a project I with a Raspberry Pi (Zero W) needed a simple and easy input device to change a numerical value. So I bought some rotary encoders off Amazon.If you search the Internet for information/tutorials on how to use a “KY-040” rotary encoder with Linux and the Raspberry...
fibre broadband anticlimax How can something that “just works” be so annoying? situation We live in Cambridge off a little road...
3 weeks ago
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fibre broadband anticlimax

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

3 weeks ago
How can something that “just works” be so annoying? situation We live in Cambridge off a little road down a drive in shared ownership between us and our neighbouring houses. All the utilities are buried under this drive, including the phone line. anticipation Over the last few...
Send automations based on email addresses Send automations based on email addresses
1st Nov 2023
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Send automations based on email addresses

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

1st Nov 2023
Send automations based on email addresses
Kagi is a good search engine Google search is overwhelmed with spam these days. Back in January I switched to Kagi and have been...
13th May 2024
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Kagi is a good search engine

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

13th May 2024
Google search is overwhelmed with spam these days. Back in January I switched to Kagi and have been happy with it. It’s not free but there’s a limited trial to check it out. I pay $10/mo for unlimited access. Turns out I do about 50 searches a day. I’m unclear on how Kagi works...
Learning Gears > Translations welcome! (Português)
19th Apr 2019
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Learning Gears

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

19th Apr 2019
> Translations welcome! (Português)
Animating the Unanimatable An in-depth look at the surprisingly complicated problem of animating the transition when two items...
15th Feb 2016
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Animating the Unanimatable

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

15th Feb 2016
An in-depth look at the surprisingly complicated problem of animating the transition when two items in a list swap positions.
Rust Macros: Zero to Hero A comprehensive guide on Rust macros
1st Sep 2024
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Rust Macros: Zero to Hero

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

1st Sep 2024
A comprehensive guide on Rust macros
AI Revolution - Transformers and Large Language Models (LLMs) NLP & AI Revolution - Transformers and Large Language Models (LLMs) Part of the challenge of “AI” is...
30th Aug 2022
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AI Revolution - Transformers and Large Language Models (LLMs)

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

30th Aug 2022
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...
Some blogging myths A few years ago I gave a short talk (slides) about myths that discourage people from blogging. I was...
5th Jun 2023
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Some blogging myths

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

5th Jun 2023
A few years ago I gave a short talk (slides) about myths that discourage people from blogging. I was chatting with a friend about blogging the other day and it made me want to write up that talk as a blog post. here are the myths: myth: you need to be original myth: you need to...
The Best Decade in Music Like many people who turned 11 years old in 1964, the first record album I bought “on my own” — in...
14th Dec 2024
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The Best Decade in Music

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

14th Dec 2024
Like many people who turned 11 years old in 1964, the first record album I bought “on my own” — in other words by pleading “Mom, can you get this album for me?” — was Meet the Beatles!, their first release in the United States. But so what? I have about as much inclination to...
Recently Summer screeched to a halt a few days ago and I’m still reeling from it. The dehumidifiers turned...
3rd Oct 2022
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Recently

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

3rd Oct 2022
Summer screeched to a halt a few days ago and I’m still reeling from it. The dehumidifiers turned off, the humidifiers on. The A/C off, the heat on. I’m still, more than a year after leaving the west coast, grateful for the presence of seasons to keep me aware of time...
Networking Essentials: Congestion Control Bottlenecks inevitably arise in networks. How do we deal with them in TCP? How about in practical...
7th Oct 2018
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Networking Essentials: Congestion Control

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

7th Oct 2018
Bottlenecks inevitably arise in networks. How do we deal with them in TCP? How about in practical streaming applications like Youtube and Skype?
Yeah hooks are good, but have you tried faster React Components? This article is not meant to perf-shame you. If you’re a beginner in React, don’t focus on...
1st Feb 2019
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Yeah hooks are good, but have you tried faster React Components?

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

1st Feb 2019
This article is not meant to perf-shame you. If you’re a beginner in React, don’t focus on performance issues but rather on getting comfortable and productive with it. The performance of a React application can be defined by how long the user should wait before seeing the UI...
3rd Oct 2023
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HIPAA violations

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

3rd Oct 2023
My Remote Desk Remote Culture A rant It doesn’t make sense to mandate that I sit in the same building as you to...
7th Nov 2016
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My Remote Desk

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

7th Nov 2016
Remote Culture A rant It doesn’t make sense to mandate that I sit in the same building as you to work on things somewhat related to the things you work on. By recognizing this fact, both employers and employees now have a great deal of freedom (for some value of the word...
Another observability 3.0 appears on the horizon Groan. Well, it’s not like I wasn’t warned. When I first started teasing out the differences between...
24th Mar 2025
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Another observability 3.0 appears on the horizon

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

24th Mar 2025
Groan. Well, it’s not like I wasn’t warned. When I first started teasing out the differences between the pillars model and the single unified storage model and applying “2.0” to the latter, Christine was like “so what is going to stop the next vendor from slapping 3.0, 4.0, 5.0...
Puffed millet and qui'nola I've never been to Sqirl, but ever since I ordered their puffed millet 'nola on a whim, I've been...
11th Mar 2020
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Puffed millet and qui'nola

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

11th Mar 2020
I've never been to Sqirl, but ever since I ordered their puffed millet 'nola on a whim, I've been obsessed. All I want for breakfast these days is a bowl of this granola with some plain yogurt. UPDATE: I no longer order from Sqirl after hearing about their jam mold and the deeper...
What if there isn't another 10x? What if your tech company has peaked? Is relentless growth the only path, or is it time to redefine...
18th Oct 2016
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What if there isn't another 10x?

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

18th Oct 2016
What if your tech company has peaked? Is relentless growth the only path, or is it time to redefine your true impact on the world?
Censorship Is Complicated: What Internet History Says about Meta/Facebook In light of this week’s announcement by Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, etc), I have been...
8th Jan 2025
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Censorship Is Complicated: What Internet History Says about Meta/Facebook

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

8th Jan 2025
In light of this week’s announcement by Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, etc), I have been pondering this question: Why am I, a person that has long been a staunch advocate of free speech and encryption, leery of sites that talk about being free speech-oriented? And, more to...
ReasonML for production React Apps? 🤔 (Part 4) This is the last article of the series. We've built a few things with ReasonReact and now it's time...
1st Jun 2019
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ReasonML for production React Apps? 🤔 (Part 4)

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

1st Jun 2019
This is the last article of the series. We've built a few things with ReasonReact and now it's time to share my opinion about using Reason to create React applications. Access Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here. Though, my opinion shouldn't really matter if you're also...
Install JSDOM On Windows JSDOM is an awesome node package for simulating a browser environment. It’s a NodeJS implementation...
6th Feb 2014
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Install JSDOM On Windows

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

6th Feb 2014
JSDOM is an awesome node package for simulating a browser environment. It’s a NodeJS implementation of the DOM that makes it super easy to work with pages retrieved from the Internet. Unfortunately, JSDOM relies on a node package called Contextify that is difficult to get working...
Assumed Audiences Naming your invisible audiences to free yourself from unspoken obligations
8th Jan 2022
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Assumed Audiences

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

8th Jan 2022
Naming your invisible audiences to free yourself from unspoken obligations
Toasts are Bad UX Read the post here.
17th Jul 2024
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Toasts are Bad UX

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

17th Jul 2024
Read the post here.
The Coddling of the Professional Mind "The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The...
1st Oct 2021
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The Coddling of the Professional Mind

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

1st Oct 2021
"The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling." – Thomas Sowell I'm not one to miss an important milestone, so let me draw your attention...
Counting Forest Fires 2024/01/26 Counting Forest Fires Today I'm hitting my 3 years mark at Honeycomb, and so I thought...
26th Jan 2024
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Counting Forest Fires

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

26th Jan 2024
2024/01/26 Counting Forest Fires Today I'm hitting my 3 years mark at Honeycomb, and so I thought I'd re-publish one of my favorite short blog posts written over there, Counting Forest Fires, which has become my go-to argument when discussing incident metrics when asked to count...
1st Oct 2021
Thoughts on uploads Uploads management is a concept I've always struggled with in Postleaf, but it's a necessary evil....
21st Mar 2017
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Thoughts on uploads

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

21st Mar 2017
Uploads management is a concept I've always struggled with in Postleaf, but it's a necessary evil. Users have to be able to view and delete files they upload; but at the same time, I've never felt that it should be an integral part of the app. Last night I had to face the fact...
25th May 2025
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May 2025

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

25th May 2025
2014-01-17 "pogo oscillation occurs when a surge in engine pressure increases back pressure against the fuel...
17th Jan 2014
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2014-01-17

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

17th Jan 2014
"pogo oscillation occurs when a surge in engine pressure increases back pressure against the fuel coming into the engine, reducing engine pressure, causing more fuel to come in and increasing engine pressure again." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_oscillation
Self-avoiding Walk I’m a bit late to this, but back in summer 2024 I participated in the OST Composing Jam. The goal of...
23rd Mar 2025
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Self-avoiding Walk

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

23rd Mar 2025
I’m a bit late to this, but back in summer 2024 I participated in the OST Composing Jam. The goal of this jam is to compose an original soundtrack (minimum of 3 minutes) of any style for an imaginary game. While I’ve composed a lot of video game music, I’ve never created an...
Asked to do something illegal at work? Here’s what these software engineers did At FTX, Frank, and Pollen, software engineers were asked to do something potentially illegal, or to...
9th Nov 2023
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Asked to do something illegal at work? Here’s what these software engineers did

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

9th Nov 2023
At FTX, Frank, and Pollen, software engineers were asked to do something potentially illegal, or to go along with what looked like fraud. They obliged in two out of three cases, landed in hot water, and now face jail time. A reminder why it’s never a good idea to go along with...
I ended up adding duplicate records on a unique index in MongoDB how my curiosity lead me to discover a weird inconsistency with MongoDB where I was able to insert...
31st Mar 2021
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31st Mar 2021
how my curiosity lead me to discover a weird inconsistency with MongoDB where I was able to insert records that conflicted the index constraints
Dinosaur pie! I wanted to make a special pie for my amazing boyfriend, Matt, on his birthday a month ago....
30th Mar 2015
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Dinosaur pie!

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

30th Mar 2015
I wanted to make a special pie for my amazing boyfriend, Matt, on his birthday a month ago. Naturally, I decided to make an apple pie because he likes apple pie and because I can make a mean apple pie with fresh ground cinnamon and a small amount of pre-cooking the apples on the...
Merlin Bird Sound ID I’ve been really impressed with the Merlin App for Android Sound ID.There have been a few birds that...
8th May 2022
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Merlin Bird Sound ID

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th May 2022
I’ve been really impressed with the Merlin App for Android Sound ID.There have been a few birds that I have not been able to spot or identify visually but using Sound ID I can quickly pull up and confirm which bird I’m hearing. The Pacific Wren has an amazing song and I noticed...
What would a web app canary look like? Recently, I listened to an interview with Haroon Meer, the founder of a company focused on...
2nd Oct 2023
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What would a web app canary look like?

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

2nd Oct 2023
Recently, I listened to an interview with Haroon Meer, the founder of a company focused on honeypots. Honeypots (also known as canaries or tripwires) are used to detect network intrusions and people nosing around at things they're not supposed to. They are an essential component...
How to Reverse Interview Investors I honestly never expected this to be a topic that was common enough to write up, however, it...
2nd Feb 2023
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How to Reverse Interview Investors

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

2nd Feb 2023
I honestly never expected this to be a topic that was common enough to write up, however, it suddenly hit me today that it is the ultra niche topics that deserve writing up since it is the stuff that is outside the usual SERP riffraff.
The Unexpected $30,000 Benefit of the Pandemic: Haircuts During the early pandemic, a topic came up I never thought I would need to worry about. Who would...
29th Feb 2024
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The Unexpected $30,000 Benefit of the Pandemic: Haircuts

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

29th Feb 2024
During the early pandemic, a topic came up I never thought I would need to worry about. Who would cut my hair? My Asian hair is a bit funky where it is similar to Wolverine in X-men. After a couple weeks the sides get really pointy and uncomfortable so I would go to the barber...
18 Plugins for Writing Python in VS Code VS Code is a great text editor. But when you install it, its functionality is limited. You can edit...
27th Apr 2020
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18 Plugins for Writing Python in VS Code

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

27th Apr 2020
VS Code is a great text editor. But when you install it, its functionality is limited. You can edit JavaScript and TypeScript, but for other programming languages, it will be just a text editor. You will need to add some plugins to turn it into a proper IDE. Luckily, when you...
Making a Website Under 1kB Making a Website Under 1kB 2022-08-02 I recently launched (another) website club called the 1kB...
2nd Aug 2022
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Making a Website Under 1kB

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

2nd Aug 2022
Making a Website Under 1kB 2022-08-02 I recently launched (another) website club called the 1kB Club. Unlike the 1MB Club, it isn’t as accessible for most modern websites to become official members. Building a website that actually serves useful content while squeezing its page...
Less cgo overhead in Go 1.8 name old time/op new time/op delta CgoNoop-8 146ns ± 1% 56ns ± 6% -61.57% (p=0.000...
15th Feb 2017
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Less cgo overhead in Go 1.8

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

15th Feb 2017
name old time/op new time/op delta CgoNoop-8 146ns ± 1% 56ns ± 6% -61.57% (p=0.000 n=25+30) golang.org/cl/30080
Python Versions Management With pyenv Using the latest version of Python is always a good idea. First of all - you get the new features...
3rd Feb 2021
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Python Versions Management With pyenv

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

3rd Feb 2021
Using the latest version of Python is always a good idea. First of all - you get the new features like the f-strings (Python 3.6), ordered dictionaries (officially guaranteed from Python 3.7, but already present in Python 3.6), or the union operator (Python 3.9). But even if you...
It's a piece of cake to bake a SIPB cake Given four batches of a dark chocolate cake for two circular layer cakes and two small loaf cakes,...
5th Sep 2010
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It's a piece of cake to bake a SIPB cake

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

5th Sep 2010
Given four batches of a dark chocolate cake for two circular layer cakes and two small loaf cakes, vanilla buttercream frosting, chocolate buttercream frosting with black food coloring, homemade white vanilla fondant, homemade black chocolate fondant, a bread knife to carve shoes...
Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods ¶Why and how to override...
6th Feb 2016
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Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods

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

6th Feb 2016
Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods ¶Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods Maybe like me you like to do things the ‘Laravel way’. So let’s say you’re still using the out-of-the-box Auth flow (can anyone recommend an...
Curried pumpkin soup Despite growing up in Chicago where winter is defined as "more traffic" and "delayed flights," the...
2nd Feb 2010
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Curried pumpkin soup

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

2nd Feb 2010
Despite growing up in Chicago where winter is defined as "more traffic" and "delayed flights," the first thing that comes to mind in winter is creamy squash soups. In the haze of moving, Mystery Hunt, and working on writing 6.042 problems this IAP, I somehow neglected making soup...
Mazers – a WebOS app rises again on iOS & iPad Way, waaayyy back in 2010, I built a fun little game for the Palm WebOS series of phones called...
8th Apr 2026
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Mazers – a WebOS app rises again on iOS & iPad

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Apr 2026
Way, waaayyy back in 2010, I built a fun little game for the Palm WebOS series of phones called Mazer. I was happy with it, loads of people downloaded and played it, and then WebOS died. I recently found the source code again, and with the help of Claude AI I rewrote it to run...
WWII watch cap crown shaping Like so many other hat knitters, I've knitted the classic WWII watch cap, which is also known as...
15th Dec 2025
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WWII watch cap crown shaping

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

15th Dec 2025
Like so many other hat knitters, I've knitted the classic WWII watch cap, which is also known as Beanie no. 212, more than a handful of times. (You can find it on Ravelry here and here, respectively.) It's a charming, quick knit that's easy to resize, but I've never really liked...
Electric Geek Transportation Systems I've never thought of myself as a "car person". The last new car I bought (and in fact, now that I...
20th Aug 2019
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Electric Geek Transportation Systems

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

20th Aug 2019
I've never thought of myself as a "car person". The last new car I bought (and in fact, now that I think about it, the first new car I ever bought) was the quirky 1998 Ford Contour SVT. Since then we bought a VW station wagon
Putting the “Person” in “Personal Website” The other day I saw a meme that went something like this: Isn’t it crappy how basic human activities...
2nd Oct 2024
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Putting the “Person” in “Personal Website”

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

2nd Oct 2024
The other day I saw a meme that went something like this: Isn’t it crappy how basic human activities like singing, dancing, and making art have been turned into skills instead of being recognized as behaviors? The point of doing these things has become to get good at them. But...
Sandcastles Getting old as a person who makes digital experiences feels a lot like having really strong opinions...
17th Apr 2023
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Sandcastles

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

17th Apr 2023
Getting old as a person who makes digital experiences feels a lot like having really strong opinions about how sandcastles should be built.
Discord considered harmful In the past few years, social media use has gained a bad reputation. More or less everyone is now...
16th Jun 2025
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Discord considered harmful

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

16th Jun 2025
In the past few years, social media use has gained a bad reputation. More or less everyone is now aware that TikTok is ruining your attention span, and Twitter is radicalizing you into extreme ideologies. But, despite its enormous popularity amongst technology enthusiasts,...
How to get a taste of ReasonML by building something useful ReasonML, a programming language that compiles to JavaScript, was built by extending the functional...
8th Jan 2019
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How to get a taste of ReasonML by building something useful

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

8th Jan 2019
ReasonML, a programming language that compiles to JavaScript, was built by extending the functional programming language OCaml, leveraging powerful and safe types smartly inferred by default. Reason’s official documentation is clear, yet covering the theory with “Hello World”...
Classic rock, Mario Kart, and why we can't agree on Tailwind It's popular to say we can’t agree on Tailwind, but I posit we actually already do. I think what we...
26th Sep 2023
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Classic rock, Mario Kart, and why we can't agree on Tailwind

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

26th Sep 2023
It's popular to say we can’t agree on Tailwind, but I posit we actually already do. I think what we actually disagree on isn’t the details of this (or any) specific software; it's in what we value, and how we each define assets and liabilities.
Conformant OpenGL 4.6 on the M1 For years, the M1 has only supported OpenGL 4.1. That changes today – with our release of full...
14th Feb 2024
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Conformant OpenGL 4.6 on the M1

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

14th Feb 2024
For years, the M1 has only supported OpenGL 4.1. That changes today – with our release of full OpenGL® 4.6 and OpenGL® ES 3.2! Install Fedora for the latest M1/M2-series drivers. Already installed? Just dnf upgrade --refresh. Unlike the vendor’s non-conformant 4.1 drivers, our...
One idle dreary day many years ago Every time I come across this photograph on my computer, I am impressed by how simultaneously dull...
4th Oct 2010
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One idle dreary day many years ago

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

4th Oct 2010
Every time I come across this photograph on my computer, I am impressed by how simultaneously dull and sharp the sky was that day in San Francisco. When editing this photograph I took now about three and a half years ago, I only flattened the sky slightly and didn't touch up the...
Documentation Belongs in Engineering Many product companies start out with a very heavy focus on their engineering teams. At some point,...
29th Aug 2023
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Documentation Belongs in Engineering

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

29th Aug 2023
Many product companies start out with a very heavy focus on their engineering teams. At some point, many companies move the hosting and writing of documentation out of engineering and into a separate part of the company. It could be marketing, it could be customer success. This...
What I'm up to - May 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st May 2025
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What I'm up to - May 2025

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

1st May 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - "I created a chatbot with my dog" was a presentation I gave at a meetup. (Here's t...
The Wonders of Text Ellipsis The Wonders of Text Ellipsis 2016-11-15 A common issue when working with constrained UI elements is...
15th Nov 2016
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The Wonders of Text Ellipsis

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

15th Nov 2016
The Wonders of Text Ellipsis 2016-11-15 A common issue when working with constrained UI elements is text overflowing outside of it’s parent or breaking into addition lines (thus breaking the layout). This is most commonly seen with the direct and placeholder values for input...
A new blog Introducing Buttondown's new blog.
4th Nov 2017
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A new blog

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

4th Nov 2017
Introducing Buttondown's new blog.
Taking time to reflect * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s been a...
15th Oct 2011
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Taking time to reflect

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

15th Oct 2011
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s been a while since my last blog post, and I’ve recently been pondering why that may be. It’s not that I’ve been doing less than when I was regularly blogging, it’s in fact quite
The Case for Use.GPU Reinventing rendering one shader at a time The other day I ran into a perfect example of...
13th Jun 2022
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The Case for Use.GPU

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

13th Jun 2022
Reinventing rendering one shader at a time The other day I ran into a perfect example of exactly why GPU programming is so foreign and weird. In this post I will explain why, because it's a microcosm of the issues that lead me to build Use.GPU, a WebGPU rendering...
IndexedDB is Weird Why? Well: The IndexedDB API is callback-based. With JavaScript being single-threaded, a blocking...
3rd Mar 2025
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IndexedDB is Weird

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

3rd Mar 2025
Why? Well: The IndexedDB API is callback-based. With JavaScript being single-threaded, a blocking API would mean fully blocking the page, render and basic user interaction included, while the request is being processed. Although this is apparently good-enough for JSON.parse(),...
Early Stage Company Offsites this post was mostly dictated off the top of my head with Wispr AI
6th Oct 2024
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Early Stage Company Offsites

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

6th Oct 2024
this post was mostly dictated off the top of my head with Wispr AI
When You Get to Be Smart Writing a Macro Day-to-day programming isn’t always exciting. Most of the code we write is pretty straightforward:...
1st May 2025
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When You Get to Be Smart Writing a Macro

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

1st May 2025
Day-to-day programming isn’t always exciting. Most of the code we write is pretty straightforward: open a file, apply a function, commit a transaction, send JSON. Finding a problem that can be solved not the hard way, but smart way, is quite rare. I’m really happy I found this...
PWA: What it is and why you should try it The percentage of global web traffic on mobile phones has surged over the past decade. As of...
20th Jan 2023
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PWA: What it is and why you should try it

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

20th Jan 2023
The percentage of global web traffic on mobile phones has surged over the past decade. As of November 2022, 60.28 percent of all web traffic came through mobile phones. Providing a good mobile user experience is therefore crucial to attract and retain users. Mobile applications...
gitionary: the graphical game of git guessing I apparently have a knack for coming up with nerdy party games. Three Fridays ago, my 6.033 TA...
8th Mar 2010
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gitionary: the graphical game of git guessing

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

8th Mar 2010
I apparently have a knack for coming up with nerdy party games. Three Fridays ago, my 6.033 TA encouraged us to practice creating diagrams for our design project proposals by trying to identify UNIX commands or filesystem structures from our partner's drawings. He claims that...
From Paperclip to Active Storage: An incremental, zero-downtime approach I recently switched [Doorkeeper](https://www.doorkeeper.jp) from using...
23rd Mar 2021
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23rd Mar 2021
I recently switched [Doorkeeper](https://www.doorkeeper.jp) from using [Paperclip](https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip) to [Active Storage](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html) for storing and processing uploaded files. The approach we took was a bit...
Dead USB Drives Are Fine: Building a Reliable Sneakernet “OK,” you’re probably thinking. “John, you talk a lot about things like Gopher and personal radios,...
2nd Sep 2022
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Dead USB Drives Are Fine: Building a Reliable Sneakernet

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

2nd Sep 2022
“OK,” you’re probably thinking. “John, you talk a lot about things like Gopher and personal radios, and now you want to talk about building a reliable network out of… USB drives?” Well, yes. In fact, I’ve already done it. What is sneakernet? Normally, “sneakernet” is a sort of...
Perfecting the design handover process At Tinloof, we aim for seamless and efficient design handoffs, drawing from our experience...
2nd Oct 2023
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Perfecting the design handover process

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

2nd Oct 2023
At Tinloof, we aim for seamless and efficient design handoffs, drawing from our experience completing dozens of projects. Our ultimate goal is a "0 questions asked" handoff, akin to an improved IKEA assembly experience. In this article, we'll explore the three core sections...
Git/Github fork-pull request-update cycle When contributing to Open Source Projects, new contributors often run into problems of having...
19th Feb 2016
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Git/Github fork-pull request-update cycle

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Feb 2016
When contributing to Open Source Projects, new contributors often run into problems of having multiple merge commits and issues with keeping the forked repo in sync. This post addresses solutions for some of the problems.
This Site is Now a Shinobi Website This Site is Now a Shinobi Website 2022-05-13 Update 2024: this website is now built with wruby My...
13th May 2022
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This Site is Now a Shinobi Website

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

13th May 2022
This Site is Now a Shinobi Website 2022-05-13 Update 2024: this website is now built with wruby My personal website is now an RSS-focused blog, generated from a collection of plain text files. But before we get into greater details about the switch, let me first introduce the...
4th Jan 2026
What I'm up to - January 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Jan 2025
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What I'm up to - January 2025

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

1st Jan 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in December - I'm amid some big life changes. I'm joining an AI startup in San Francisco, and movi...
Read every error. You can't read every error. System stability is a steady state, not a goal
18th Aug 2023
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Read every error. You can't read every error.

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

18th Aug 2023
System stability is a steady state, not a goal
27th Dec 2025
What I’m Using in 2025 I’ve always been fascinated to see what other apps or workflows others are using in their day-to-day...
24th Jan 2025
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What I’m Using in 2025

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

24th Jan 2025
I’ve always been fascinated to see what other apps or workflows others are using in their day-to-day lives. Every now and then I learn about a new app or some cool trick I didn’t previously know. I doubt anyone seriously cares about what I’m using, but figured I’d list them out...
How Jeremy Singer-Vine uses Buttondown Jeremy publishes Data Is Plural, a "weekly journal of useful/curious datasets" that uses Buttondown...
2nd Dec 2023
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How Jeremy Singer-Vine uses Buttondown

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

2nd Dec 2023
Jeremy publishes Data Is Plural, a "weekly journal of useful/curious datasets" that uses Buttondown to manage subscribers and send emails
5 coding interview questions I hate I’ve taken part in well over a hundred tech interviews now, on both sides. Some were fun, and some...
21st Mar 2022
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5 coding interview questions I hate

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

21st Mar 2022
I’ve taken part in well over a hundred tech interviews now, on both sides. Some were fun, and some were pure cringe. I’ve been asked if I have kids (supposedly, people with children won’t have time to job hop), and if “I bet my ass I cost that much”. Fun times. But today I’d like...
I switched from GMail and nobody died Whether we like it or not, email is widely used to identify a person. Code sent to email is used as...
8th May 2025
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I switched from GMail and nobody died

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

8th May 2025
Whether we like it or not, email is widely used to identify a person. Code sent to email is used as authentication and sometimes as authorisation for certain actions. I’m not comfortable with Google having such power over me, especially given the fact that they practically don’t...
New Loose Leaf Security series: Securing your phone Two more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about phone security: Securing your...
21st Jul 2018
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New Loose Leaf Security series: Securing your phone

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

21st Jul 2018
Two more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about phone security: Securing your phone We take our phones everywhere and trust them with a lot of sensitive information, but have we put enough thought into how to secure them? Liz and Geoffrey discuss different...
Estimating the number of your RSS subscribers Here's a quick tip to estimate the number of your RSS subscribers. All you need is access to the web...
22nd Feb 2021
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Estimating the number of your RSS subscribers

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

22nd Feb 2021
Here's a quick tip to estimate the number of your RSS subscribers. All you need is access to the web server logs. Let's filter the logs for the RSS file names (in my case it's atom.xml and feed.json): cat access.log | grep -e atom.xml -e feed.json When looking through my logs,...
The Early Days of GitLab - A Chat with Sid Sijbrandij It gets pretty easy to idolize the superstars of tech. One of the coolest things we've learned is...
3rd Aug 2020
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The Early Days of GitLab - A Chat with Sid Sijbrandij

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

3rd Aug 2020
It gets pretty easy to idolize the superstars of tech. One of the coolest things we've learned is that many of the most successful founders will find…
Boots, a Wizard Bear that Codes Boots is the heart and soul of Boot.dev. Not only is he capable of helping you through any lesson on...
8th Jun 2023
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Boots, a Wizard Bear that Codes

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

8th Jun 2023
Boots is the heart and soul of Boot.dev. Not only is he capable of helping you through any lesson on Boot.dev, but he’s a friendly wizard bear with a charming personality. Some things you should know about Boots:
Big O vs Hardware: Better Complexity ≠ Better Performance Why Your O(log n) Algorithm Might Lose to O(n)
3rd Aug 2025
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Big O vs Hardware: Better Complexity ≠ Better Performance

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

3rd Aug 2025
Why Your O(log n) Algorithm Might Lose to O(n)
Unusual basis types in programming languages TLA+ Workshop TLA+ workshop on Feb 12! Learn how to find complex bugs in software systems before you...
17th Jan 2024
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Unusual basis types in programming languages

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

17th Jan 2024
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...
Ways to bootstrap a startup: "working in waves" * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve spent the...
5th Dec 2010
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Ways to bootstrap a startup: "working in waves"

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

5th Dec 2010
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve spent the last year and a half after graduating from the University of Warwick juggling working on startups and working as a contract web developer. I’d like to share some of my reflections...
Is It Time To Version Observability? (Signs Point To Yes) Augh! I am so behind on so much writing, I’m even behind on writing shit that I need to reference in...
7th Aug 2024
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Is It Time To Version Observability? (Signs Point To Yes)

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

7th Aug 2024
Augh! I am so behind on so much writing, I’m even behind on writing shit that I need to reference in order to write other pieces of writing. Like this one. So we’re just gonna do this quick and dirty on the personal blog, and not bother bringing it up to the editorial standards...
Job Interviews By Zombies The golden rule of interviewing is: make yourself easy to hire. Like many organizations at the...
18th Jan 2022
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Job Interviews By Zombies

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

18th Jan 2022
The golden rule of interviewing is: make yourself easy to hire. Like many organizations at the moment, we’re hiring. As I’m interviewing people, I’m struck by how hard some folks make it for me to give them a “yes.” Candidates tend to murmur things like, “we decided to move...
Who is WHOIS: a brief biography of Internet user privacy If you look up the registration details for my personal (and currently non-commercial) website,...
7th Jul 2015
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Who is WHOIS: a brief biography of Internet user privacy

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

7th Jul 2015
If you look up the registration details for my personal (and currently non-commercial) website, you'll see Registrant Name: WHOISGUARD PROTECTED Registrant Organization: WHOISGUARD, INC. Registrant Street: P.O. BOX 0823-03411 Registrant City: PANAMA Registrant State/Province:...
1st Jan 2025
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How to write complex software

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

1st Jan 2025
A general method
Rational interpolation Rational interpolation is a step forward from polynomial interpolation towards rational splines....
5th Mar 2024
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Rational interpolation

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

5th Mar 2024
Rational interpolation is a step forward from polynomial interpolation towards rational splines. With rational interpolation, you can build functions that run through a set of points and also have vertical asymptotes whenever you want. With this capability, you can now model...
Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app I released first version of SumatraPDF in 2006. That’s 15 years ago which seems like a good time for...
25th Jul 2021
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Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app

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

25th Jul 2021
I released first version of SumatraPDF in 2006. That’s 15 years ago which seems like a good time for a retrospective. The app SumatraPDF is a multi-format (PDF, ePub, Mobi, comic book, DjVu, XPS, CHM) viewer for Windows and currently looks like this: The...
the value of a performance oracle Over on his excellent blog, from having ported a bytecode virtual machine to . He finds that his...
7th Apr 2026
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the value of a performance oracle

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Apr 2026
Over on his excellent blog, from having ported a bytecode virtual machine to . He finds that his tail-calling interpreter written in Rust beats his switch-based interpreter, and even beats hand-coded assembly on some platforms.Matt Keeter posts some resultstail-calling style He...
Use.GPU Goes Trad Old is new again I've released a new version of Use.GPU, my experimental reactive/declarative...
13th Jan 2023
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Use.GPU Goes Trad

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

13th Jan 2023
Old is new again I've released a new version of Use.GPU, my experimental reactive/declarative WebGPU framework, now at version 0.8. My goal is to make GPU rendering easier and more sane. I do this by applying the lessons and patterns learned from the React world, and...
An educational side project What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand...
1st Jun 2023
118

An educational side project

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

1st Jun 2023
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.
Use TypeScript Record Types for Better Code TypeScript Record types have super powers that can help any team write better code.
29th Oct 2022
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Use TypeScript Record Types for Better Code

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

29th Oct 2022
TypeScript Record types have super powers that can help any team write better code.
25th Dec 2010
Code Review is Work Software companies have tried to measure productivity with time tracking, counting closed bugs, and,...
25th Jul 2021
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Code Review is Work

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

25th Jul 2021
Software companies have tried to measure productivity with time tracking, counting closed bugs, and, infamously, by counting lines of code. But what are organizations doing about the time developers lose waiting for code review? As an industry, we obsess over the 10x developer...
The paper computer Now that we have actually good AI, I have this vision of a form of computing that doesn’t involve me...
9th Apr 2026
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The paper computer

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

9th Apr 2026
Now that we have actually good AI, I have this vision of a form of computing that doesn’t involve me using a computer so much. Imagine you had the day’s emails to go through. It would be nice if the ones that required a simple decision could be dispatched with a few pen-strokes:...
baffled by generational garbage collection Usually in this space I like to share interesting things that I find out; you might call it a...
9th Feb 2025
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baffled by generational garbage collection

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Feb 2025
Usually in this space I like to share interesting things that I find out; you might call it a research-epistle-publish loop. Today, though, I come not with answers, but with questions, or rather one question, but with fractal surface area: what is the value proposition...
offer up is the tinder of marketplaces OfferUp is like a terrible version of Tinder but for selling on a marketplace. Boosts, promotions,...
24th Oct 2023
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offer up is the tinder of marketplaces

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

24th Oct 2023
OfferUp is like a terrible version of Tinder but for selling on a marketplace. Boosts, promotions, and other "gameification" make it trashier than the perception most have of the venerable Craigslist.
How fast is swift? Heavy Metal Edition (feat Nardi) The challenge, confirm a friends belief that swift is real system language by simulating buckets of...
12th Jul 2025
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How fast is swift? Heavy Metal Edition (feat Nardi)

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

12th Jul 2025
The challenge, confirm a friends belief that swift is real system language by simulating buckets of particles, at least 100m on the cpu, hopefully beating out rust.
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