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Dealing with Pathological Anxiety in Japan My honest opinion is that very few things in one’s life can be as fulfilling as living abroad. The...
10th Jul 2026
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Dealing with Pathological Anxiety in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Jul 2026
My honest opinion is that very few things in one’s life can be as fulfilling as living abroad. The opportunity to break away from my comfort zone, brave new horizons, and immerse myself in new cultures has probably been the greatest joy I’ve found during my time on this Earth....
Breaking the rules: I threw away 10 months of work after 2 months on the job. When I took over the team, they were in month 8 of a 3-month project to relaunch the company's...
30th Jun 2023
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30th Jun 2023
When I took over the team, they were in month 8 of a 3-month project to relaunch the company's ecommerce website. After 2 months leading the team, I decided to scrap it and start over. This is the story of how and why, and whether it all worked out.
Here’s yet another metaphor about tech debt The city next to the town I grew up in had a shopping center that was built atop a sanitary...
4th Aug 2026
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Here’s yet another metaphor about tech debt

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

4th Aug 2026
The city next to the town I grew up in had a shopping center that was built atop a sanitary landfill. For those unfamiliar, creating a sanitary landfill involves taking landfill waste, spreading it into thin layers, compacting it, then paving over it. It enjoyed popularity as a...
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.
A quick summary one of the benefits of LLMs is the ability to summarize things one of the dangers of LLMs is the...
11th Oct 2024
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A quick summary

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

11th Oct 2024
one of the benefits of LLMs is the ability to summarize things one of the dangers of LLMs is the ability to summarize things read any AI product’s value prop and it will say a variation of “it frees you up to do higher order/ value tasks” nobody knows what these higher order...
How I learned to love feedback loops (and make better products) I recently wrote a blog post for my personal site about the lessons I'd learned from leading my...
4th Feb 2022
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How I learned to love feedback loops (and make better products)

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

4th Feb 2022
I recently wrote a blog post for my personal site about the lessons I'd learned from leading my first two projects as a Software Engineer at PostHog…
Terroir Terroir Longmont Had an amazing meal tonight at Terroir in Longmont. Pictured is the most amazing...
14th Aug 2009
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Terroir

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

14th Aug 2009
Terroir Longmont Had an amazing meal tonight at Terroir in Longmont. Pictured is the most amazing thing you will never taste. Booya! I recovered this article from my old blog via the Internet Archive. If you found this article useful or entertaining (or even if you didn’t)...
Web We Want Progress Update - November 2020 13 November 2020 We've been driving the Web We Want for over a year now, asking developers what they...
13th Nov 2020
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Web We Want Progress Update - November 2020

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

13th Nov 2020
13 November 2020 We've been driving the Web We Want for over a year now, asking developers what they think is missing from the web platform or DevTools. Before COVID-19, we had run 9 WWW sessions at events with plans to do more. Behind the scenes we’ve been working out a plan on...
Project 2: Gift cards to Pakistan I’ve completed a freelance project I was working on for a few months, and have started saying no to...
10th Nov 2024
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Project 2: Gift cards to Pakistan

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

10th Nov 2024
I’ve completed a freelance project I was working on for a few months, and have started saying no to new opportunities. It’s time to work on one of my own ideas again. This is part of my plan to start failing more. I’ve decided to build a business sending gift cards to Pakistan -...
Announcing glom: Restructured Data for Python This post introduces glom, Python's missing operator for nested objects and data. If you're an easy...
9th May 2018
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Announcing glom: Restructured Data for Python

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th May 2018
This post introduces glom, Python's missing operator for nested objects and data. If you're an easy sell, full API docs and tutorial are already available at glom.readthedocs.io. met me at PyCon, this 5-minute talk. The Spectre of Structure In the Python world, there's a...
27th Mar 2026
The 2021 International Developers in Japan results are live! In November 2021, I conducted a survey of international developers living in Japan. [The results are...
18th Jan 2022
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The 2021 International Developers in Japan results are live!

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Jan 2022
In November 2021, I conducted a survey of international developers living in Japan. [The results are now live](/insights/2021-developer-survey), please check them out! With 435 people responding, I had about 20% more responses than [2020's...
Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious...
4th Jan 2025
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Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks

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

4th Jan 2025
Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it
My spaghetti carbonara recipe In recent weeks I have been obsessed with carbonara: I have probably been eating it far too...
15th Dec 2023
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My spaghetti carbonara recipe

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

15th Dec 2023
In recent weeks I have been obsessed with carbonara: I have probably been eating it far too frequently. Here’s my recipe. It works well for 1 - 3 people but gets unweildy at larger quantities. ingredients Rough quantities per person: 100g pasta Spaghetti is traditional but I’ll...
Web Witch's Grimoire: September 2024 September was incredibly busy across work and personal life. I am out of a routine and trying to...
18th Oct 2024
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Web Witch's Grimoire: September 2024

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

18th Oct 2024
September was incredibly busy across work and personal life. I am out of a routine and trying to find my way back to writing regularly (among creating in general) while also making sure I spend time doing things I enjoy. As soon as I publish this I'm off to decide what to bake...
Non-alcoholic apéritifs I’ve been doing Dry January this year. One thing I missed was something for apéro hour, a beverage...
31st Jan 2025
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Non-alcoholic apéritifs

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

31st Jan 2025
I’ve been doing Dry January this year. One thing I missed was something for apéro hour, a beverage to mark the start of the evening. Something complex and maybe bitter, not like a drink you’d have with lunch. I found some good options. Ghia sodas are my favorite. Ghia is an NA...
Type parameters in Go Now that generics have come to Go, let's take a look at the new syntax for type parameters. We’ll...
10th Mar 2024
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Type parameters in Go

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

10th Mar 2024
Now that generics have come to Go, let's take a look at the new syntax for type parameters. We’ll find out why we need type parameters, how we write them, and how we can use them to create generic functions in Go.
Synology DS923+ vs. FreeBSD w/ZFS A comparison of a home-built FreeBSD NAS with ZFS against the DS923+ storage appliance from...
13th Dec 2024
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Synology DS923+ vs. FreeBSD w/ZFS

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

13th Dec 2024
A comparison of a home-built FreeBSD NAS with ZFS against the DS923+ storage appliance from Synology.
Kagi Search - New Features We’d like to give an update about the most important things happening at Kagi in the last three...
22nd Dec 2022
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Kagi Search - New Features

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

22nd Dec 2022
We’d like to give an update about the most important things happening at Kagi in the last three months.
Uploading CSV to DynamoDB with Node JS So I wanted to upload CSV to DynamoDB. Easy right? Not so fast. It turns out, you have to obey...
26th Mar 2017
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Uploading CSV to DynamoDB with Node JS

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

26th Mar 2017
So I wanted to upload CSV to DynamoDB. Easy right? Not so fast. It turns out, you have to obey your provisioned write capacity. Unlike S3, "Simple Storage Service" where you simply upload a file, DynamoDB isn't "Simple". There's no "upload CSV" button. You have to write a...
Naming Variables the Right Way I’ve noticed that bugs introduced into an existing code base are often due to poor variable naming...
1st Apr 2021
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Naming Variables the Right Way

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

1st Apr 2021
I’ve noticed that bugs introduced into an existing code base are often due to poor variable naming more than one might suspect. For example, a developer uses a rateLimit variable expecting it to be denominated in seconds while it represents minutes, resulting in a 6x slower...
Parsing URLs in JavaScript There's an excellent trick to parsing URLs in JavaScript, which was introduced last year by John...
24th Oct 2013
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Parsing URLs in JavaScript

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

24th Oct 2013
There's an excellent trick to parsing URLs in JavaScript, which was introduced last year by John Long over on GitHub. This technique works great, but the resulting search property will be a raw query string. This isn't very useful if you need to access certain variables in said...
Things to consider when choosing a community ceramics studio, partial list I've worked out of a handful of different community studios at this point, so I figured I'd share a...
10th Mar 2026
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10th Mar 2026
I've worked out of a handful of different community studios at this point, so I figured I'd share a (probably incomplete) list of you might want to consider when picking a community ceramics studio for your practice. Cost, location, value: I'm not going to comment too much on...
Kagi for Teams To satisfy the growing demand for our services in work environments, we are launching Kagi for Teams...
5th Dec 2024
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Kagi for Teams

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

5th Dec 2024
To satisfy the growing demand for our services in work environments, we are launching Kagi for Teams ( https://kagi.com/teams ) - bringing our unmatched quality, privacy-focused search and AI tools to businesses worldwide.
Day 17: trying to wrap my head around autoencoders Hello! Right now I’m back to working on neural networks with sketches of faces. current goal:...
1st Dec 2020
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Day 17: trying to wrap my head around autoencoders

from Rc-2020 on Julia Evans [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2020
Hello! Right now I’m back to working on neural networks with sketches of faces. current goal: cluster the faces somehow As a starting point, I thought it’d be fun to, instead of generating faces, get the neural network to do some unsupervised clustering of the faces! The idea...
What no one talks about when building a team: Letting people go * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the...
17th Sep 2013
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What no one talks about when building a team: Letting people go

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

17th Sep 2013
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * One of the things I enjoy most about building a company is to focus on culture, and to think about how we can create a team which is a joy to be part of. A large part of this is
Reversing the Parks Dept. Ban on E-Bikes is a Matter of Equity Last November, signs banning e-assist bikes were tacked onto Prospect Park's rule signs: The...
3rd Jun 2022
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Reversing the Parks Dept. Ban on E-Bikes is a Matter of Equity

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

3rd Jun 2022
Last November, signs banning e-assist bikes were tacked onto Prospect Park's rule signs: The original signs announcing this ban only stated it in English. I'm in Streetsblog today with a piece about why reversing this arbitrary ban is a matter of equity: Over Memorial Day...
What I'm up to - January 2023 ✨ Highlights of last month - Traveled to Hilton Head, Savannah, and Denver for the holidays - Had a...
1st Jan 2023
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What I'm up to - January 2023

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

1st Jan 2023
✨ Highlights of last month - Traveled to Hilton Head, Savannah, and Denver for the holidays - Had a couple of flights canceled by Southwest - Published "Why I built Postcard: A calmer alternative to s...
Low Power Mode for Mac laptops: making the case again In light of today’s rumor that a Pro Mode may be coming that seems to offer benefits in the opposite...
14th Jan 2020
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Low Power Mode for Mac laptops: making the case again

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

14th Jan 2020
In light of today’s rumor that a Pro Mode may be coming that seems to offer benefits in the opposite direction,1 I wanted to re-make the case for a Low Power Mode on macOS — and explain why now is the time. Modern hardware constantly pushes thermal and power limits, trying to...
AI: Where in the Loop Should Humans Go? This is a re-publishing of a blog post I originally wrote for work, but wanted on my own blog as...
7th Mar 2025
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AI: Where in the Loop Should Humans Go?

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

7th Mar 2025
This is a re-publishing of a blog post I originally wrote for work, but wanted on my own blog as well. AI is everywhere, and its impressive claims are leading to rapid adoption. At this stage, I’d qualify it as charismatic technology—something that under-delivers on what it...
All the user-facing states I find myself needing a reference like this more often than not lately. So, here’s a blog acting as...
29th Apr 2022
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All the user-facing states

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

29th Apr 2022
I find myself needing a reference like this more often than not lately. So, here’s a blog acting as augmented memory—I’ll update it as I encounter more user-facing states in the wild. What user-facing state is User-facing state is what someone experiences when they interact with...
Reflections at 44, Tofu, Ancient Robots, Fanny Crosby 44 I recently turned 44, and this year resonates more than others for the simple fact that there are...
24th Oct 2025
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Reflections at 44, Tofu, Ancient Robots, Fanny Crosby

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

24th Oct 2025
44 I recently turned 44, and this year resonates more than others for the simple fact that there are two repeating numbers. Other numbers that have come to mind are 22, 44, and 88. At 22,  I had just graduated from college with a computer science degree during a mild recession,...
Webhooks and the programming page Use the Buttondown API to supercharge your newsletter
6th Jan 2021
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Webhooks and the programming page

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

6th Jan 2021
Use the Buttondown API to supercharge your newsletter
Unintuitive default: who can edit access in Google Docs When you create a new Google Doc, you have the option to share it with others to view or edit....
11th Nov 2018
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Unintuitive default: who can edit access in Google Docs

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

11th Nov 2018
When you create a new Google Doc, you have the option to share it with others to view or edit. Viewing permission is straightforward, just view access, but by default, editors have the ability not just to edit the content of the document but also to edit sharing permissions. If...
2014-12-11 shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/652
11th Dec 2014
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2014-12-11

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

11th Dec 2014
shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/652
Typescript-friendly label fallbacks Here's a quick workaround that keeps Typescript happy.
2nd Mar 2023
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Typescript-friendly label fallbacks

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

2nd Mar 2023
Here's a quick workaround that keeps Typescript happy.
Hilariously Fast Volume Computation with the Divergence Theorem (No, there won’t be jokes.) The following presents a fast algorithm for volume computation of...
16th Feb 2018
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Hilariously Fast Volume Computation with the Divergence Theorem

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

16th Feb 2018
(No, there won’t be jokes.) The following presents a fast algorithm for volume computation of a simple, closed, triangulated 3D mesh. This assumption is a consequence of the divergence theorem. Further extensions may generalise to other meshes as well, although that is presently...
2017 in review 2017 has been incredible, and I can't wait to build more stuff for y'all in 2018!
26th Dec 2017
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2017 in review

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

26th Dec 2017
2017 has been incredible, and I can't wait to build more stuff for y'all in 2018!
Embed your subscribe form in the middle of your writing Use {{ subscribe_form }} to let folks subscribe faster!
8th Mar 2022
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Embed your subscribe form in the middle of your writing

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

8th Mar 2022
Use {{ subscribe_form }} to let folks subscribe faster!
Quick chicken soup recipe for sick people Thanks to ChatGPT for this recipe with no stupid SEO in it. Total time to make: 80 minutes if you’re...
17th Feb 2024
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Quick chicken soup recipe for sick people

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Feb 2024
Thanks to ChatGPT for this recipe with no stupid SEO in it. Total time to make: 80 minutes if you’re a normal slow chopper of vegetables (like me), 50 minutes if you’re super fast with a knife. For a simple chicken soup with potatoes, you’ll need the following ingredients: 500g...
How Tailscale tracked down a 16-year-old SQLite bug → I wrote a post for the Tailscale blog about a long-running series of corruption incidents, and how...
13th Aug 2026
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How Tailscale tracked down a 16-year-old SQLite bug →

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Aug 2026
I wrote a post for the Tailscale blog about a long-running series of corruption incidents, and how they eventually led us to find an SQLite bug that predates my entire programming career. I’m incredibly proud of this, both the work and the blog post. Before Tailscale, I was...
Enjoying the moment * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When I look back...
1st May 2011
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Enjoying the moment

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

1st May 2011
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * When I look back on the times I’ve done the most productive work on my startup [http://bufferapp.com], it has always been when I’ve had a great balance of work and rest...
The optics of pair programming If you are not familiar, pair programming (pairing) is the practice of collaborating directly with...
17th May 2022
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The optics of pair programming

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

17th May 2022
If you are not familiar, pair programming (pairing) is the practice of collaborating directly with another person to work on a problem. You’ll often hear it in development contexts, but I've also encountered it with design. In the Before Times, we paired by walking over to a...
I Fight For The Users If you haven't been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year (if that), I...
30th Nov 2023
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I Fight For The Users

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

30th Nov 2023
If you haven't been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year (if that), I can't blame you. There's a lot going on right now. It's a busy time. But let's pause and take
My Raspberry Pi Desktop My Raspberry Pi Desktop 2020-09-02 I use a Raspberry Pi 4 as my personal daily driver and it’s...
2nd Sep 2020
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My Raspberry Pi Desktop

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

2nd Sep 2020
My Raspberry Pi Desktop 2020-09-02 I use a Raspberry Pi 4 as my personal daily driver and it’s pretty great. I know these types of devices tend to be used for smaller pet-projects or fun experiments, but I thought I would share my experience using one as my main computer....
On my new ‘Valuable feedback, fast’ course A couple of weeks ago, I published the training page for a brand-new course that I’m looking to run...
7th Jan 2026
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On my new ‘Valuable feedback, fast’ course

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

7th Jan 2026
A couple of weeks ago, I published the training page for a brand-new course that I’m looking to run at least a couple of times in 2026. The course is called ‘Valuable feedback, fast’, and in this blog post, I’d like to share a little more about why I created this course, why it...
Interoperable Personal Libraries and Ad Hoc Reading Groups Exploring ways to build social infrastructure around books and reading on the open web
20th Feb 2022
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Interoperable Personal Libraries and Ad Hoc Reading Groups

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

20th Feb 2022
Exploring ways to build social infrastructure around books and reading on the open web
Delightful React File/Directory Structure How should we structure components and other files in our React apps? I've iterated my way to a...
15th Mar 2022
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Delightful React File/Directory Structure

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

15th Mar 2022
How should we structure components and other files in our React apps? I've iterated my way to a solution I'm really happy with. In this blog post, I'll share how it works, what the tradeoffs are, and how I mitigate them.
A Shelfish Starter Guide to Databases The absolute minimum you need to know about data storage
10th Mar 2019
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A Shelfish Starter Guide to Databases

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

10th Mar 2019
The absolute minimum you need to know about data storage
Logo: Squawkbox Squawkbox is a boiler fleet monitor.
14th Jul 2026
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Logo: Squawkbox

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

14th Jul 2026
Squawkbox is a boiler fleet monitor.
Cross-post to Bluesky Cross-post to Bluesky
1st Sep 2024
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Cross-post to Bluesky

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

1st Sep 2024
Cross-post to Bluesky
Quantum Lorem Ipsum I got tired of Lorem Ipsum text and created Quantum Lorem Ipsum, now with 100% more physics jargon!...
20th Apr 2021
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Quantum Lorem Ipsum

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

20th Apr 2021
I got tired of Lorem Ipsum text and created Quantum Lorem Ipsum, now with 100% more physics jargon! To those who are not familiar, Lorem Ipsum is a piece of latin text, comprised of multiple paragraphs, that is used as a placeholder during the design process of building a page
A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed For 3 years straight, the DevTernity conference listed non-existent Coinbase employees as featured...
2nd Dec 2023
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A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed

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

2nd Dec 2023
For 3 years straight, the DevTernity conference listed non-existent Coinbase employees as featured speakers. When were they added and what could have the motivation been?
My Commitment to Accessibility I recognize the need for all users, regardless of ability and device, to have undeterred access to...
2nd Jun 2023
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My Commitment to Accessibility

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

2nd Jun 2023
I recognize the need for all users, regardless of ability and device, to have undeterred access to the websites and applications that are created with it. This is an important goal of my projects. Oftentimes, people will ask "is it accessible?" I'm reluctant to answer because...
Gitignore Patterns: What to Ignore and Why Many devs adopt the git add . (yolo, just yeet it all into the commit) workflow. It is fast, simple,...
1st Apr 2026
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Gitignore Patterns: What to Ignore and Why

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

1st Apr 2026
Many devs adopt the git add . (yolo, just yeet it all into the commit) workflow. It is fast, simple, and usually correct. But eventually you’ll have files in your repo directory that should never be committed: secrets, generated artifacts, dependency folders, and random local...
What I have been so busy with How I built a website that lots of you will probably hate
8th Feb 2024
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What I have been so busy with

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

8th Feb 2024
How I built a website that lots of you will probably hate
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons I was reading Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines from 1992 and found this nice...
5th Jan 2026
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It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons

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

5th Jan 2026
I was reading Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines from 1992 and found this nice illustration: accompanied by explanation: Fast forward to 2025. Apple releases macOS Tahoe. Main attraction? Adding unpleasant, distracting, illegible, messy, cluttered, confusing, frustrating...
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...
OS 8 Now Available in Early Access I’m super excited to let you know that OS 8 builds are available in Early Access and they are now...
6th Feb 2024
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OS 8 Now Available in Early Access

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

6th Feb 2024
I’m super excited to let you know that OS 8 builds are available in Early Access and they are now installable! While we highly recommend you don’t run these experimental builds in production, they’re perfect for trying in a virtual machine or a spare computer. Early Access is a...
Raising Bilingual Children in Japan (Without Breaking the Bank) I first came to Japan as a software developer in 2006, and have continuously resided in the country...
9th Apr 2026
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Raising Bilingual Children in Japan (Without Breaking the Bank)

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Apr 2026
I first came to Japan as a software developer in 2006, and have continuously resided in the country since. Since settling here, I’ve had two children with my Japanese wife. Now ages four and seven, they are on track to be fully bilingual. They use Japanese almost exclusively in...
A Web App Store That Makes The Web Safer Maintaining security & privacy without the loss of convenience The Price of Security Enter OpenID &...
24th Oct 2014
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A Web App Store That Makes The Web Safer

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

24th Oct 2014
Maintaining security & privacy without the loss of convenience The Price of Security Enter OpenID & OAuth Unnecessary Access The Idea Why would they pay? Potential Stumbling Blocks Can you really sleep safe on all those passwords? Image "Sweet Dreams…" by pulpoluxA Platform to...
CSS: Indenting Text CSS: Indenting Text 2019-04-05 A lot of developers tend to do the bare minimum when it comes to...
5th Apr 2019
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CSS: Indenting Text

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

5th Apr 2019
CSS: Indenting Text 2019-04-05 A lot of developers tend to do the bare minimum when it comes to implementing proper website typography. This isn’t an insult - I’m happy that typography is given any thought at all during development, I just believe more can always be done to...
22nd Aug 2018
CipherSmith: a browser-based crypto toolkit CipherSmith: a browser-based crypto toolkit
6th May 2026
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CipherSmith: a browser-based crypto toolkit

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

6th May 2026
CipherSmith: a browser-based crypto toolkit
A Twisty Maze of Ill-Behaved Bots Like many, bot traffic has been causing significant issues for my hosted server recently. I’ve been...
2nd Oct 2025
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A Twisty Maze of Ill-Behaved Bots

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

2nd Oct 2025
Like many, bot traffic has been causing significant issues for my hosted server recently. I’ve been noticing a dramatic increase in bots that do not respect robots.txt, especially the crawl-delay I have set there. Not only that, but many of them are sending user-agent strings...
Color Shifting in CSS A little while ago, I was trying to animate an element’s background color, so that it cycled through...
8th Sep 2025
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Color Shifting in CSS

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

8th Sep 2025
A little while ago, I was trying to animate an element’s background color, so that it cycled through the rainbow. Seems easy, but it turns out, browsers have a surprisingly big limitation when it comes to color processing! In this tutorial, we’ll dig into the issue, and I’ll...
Disrupt the Government I watched this video about South Africa and it clarified the plan. You disrupt the government by...
4th Nov 2023
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Disrupt the Government

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

4th Nov 2023
I watched this video about South Africa and it clarified the plan. You disrupt the government by providing 10x better versions of all of the services that it provides. The key thing the government is supposed to be able to do is infrastructure. Most of the wealth that we give to...
how not to run a saas company Founder mode, somewhere someone said something and a meme was born. Join me as we explore what it...
13th Oct 2024
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how not to run a saas company

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

13th Oct 2024
Founder mode, somewhere someone said something and a meme was born. Join me as we explore what it means to founder mode.
Improving my productivity in 2018 2017 was a really good year for me. I did a lot of freelance work, improved my financial situation,...
13th Jan 2018
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Improving my productivity in 2018

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

13th Jan 2018
2017 was a really good year for me. I did a lot of freelance work, improved my financial situation, built this site and started blogging…
Mission Control — Web You might have noticed that Mission Control — Jobs, isn’t simply titled “Mission Control”. That’s...
9th May 2024
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Mission Control — Web

from 37signals Dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th May 2024
You might have noticed that Mission Control — Jobs, isn’t simply titled “Mission Control”. That’s because it was developed alongside another useful tool, Mission Control — Web. Today I’m pleased to announce that we are open sourcing Mission Control — Web and you can find it on...
Debugging running server applications So you’ve written an awesome online game that works perfectly in the test environment, but when real...
2nd Aug 2012
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Debugging running server applications

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

2nd Aug 2012
So you’ve written an awesome online game that works perfectly in the test environment, but when real users are playing the game server doesn’t work properly. Now what?!? I was reading an article by Mike Perham called Debugging with Thread Dumps and wanted to share a related...
Upward assignment in Ruby Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it...
13th Jan 2023
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Upward assignment in Ruby

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Jan 2023
Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it added rightward assignment (4 => x). Then at RubyConf 2021, Kevin Kuchta explained how to abuse Ruby features to build a downward assignment operator (yes, this really...
22nd Oct 2025
The Illusion of Free Will One of the most difficult concepts to grasp is the idea that free will, the cornerstone of our human...
19th Mar 2023
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The Illusion of Free Will

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

19th Mar 2023
One of the most difficult concepts to grasp is the idea that free will, the cornerstone of our human experience, might be nothing more than an illusion.
Pensieve: Mar 7 2024 - on Agency A collection of public thoughts that could be blogposts but i dont have time, so here, have the...
8th Mar 2024
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Pensieve: Mar 7 2024 - on Agency

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

8th Mar 2024
A collection of public thoughts that could be blogposts but i dont have time, so here, have the short form. I may upgrade these to full posts in future.
What I'm up to - August 2023 I'm Philip, and this is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social...
1st Aug 2023
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What I'm up to - August 2023

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

1st Aug 2023
I'm Philip, and this is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. ✨ What I was up to in July Booklet is a product I've been building to help communi...
Using HTML Validator Badges Again Using HTML Validator Badges Again 2019-07-05 There was a time on the Internet when websites wore...
5th Jul 2019
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Using HTML Validator Badges Again

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

5th Jul 2019
Using HTML Validator Badges Again 2019-07-05 There was a time on the Internet when websites wore badges of honor, declaring that their code was semantic and followed the W3C guidelines. The validators we used weren't great (and still aren't perfect) but they represented a...
5 Q&A's on Writing and Selling My First Book I answered some questions from someone planning to write their first book
10th Aug 2020
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5 Q&A's on Writing and Selling My First Book

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

10th Aug 2020
I answered some questions from someone planning to write their first book
Post-Twitter Every so often I’m motivated to move my online content in-house. With todays purchase of Twitter my...
25th Apr 2022
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Post-Twitter

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Apr 2022
Every so often I’m motivated to move my online content in-house. With todays purchase of Twitter my intent to “own” my content has been renewed. I’m going to clean up my old Feedly RSS subscriptions and try posting here a bit more frequently.You can subscribe if you like –...
Array 1.20.0 We're back! 2020 was a hectic year for us and our team put in a whole lot of effort to get PostHog...
19th Jan 2021
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Array 1.20.0

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

19th Jan 2021
We're back! 2020 was a hectic year for us and our team put in a whole lot of effort to get PostHog to where it is now. As such, we shut down PostHog…
The rough edges of Terraform that I awkwardly stumble over First and foremost, thanks to everyone who has subscribed recently. I know I’ve been quieter than...
7th Mar 2023
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The rough edges of Terraform that I awkwardly stumble over

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

7th Mar 2023
First and foremost, thanks to everyone who has subscribed recently. I know I’ve been quieter than usual. I actually have a number of nearly-complete drafts ready to go, but each is waiting on something. Two of them are posts that I think y’all will hopefully enjoy very much!
The Height Enigma One of the most perplexing and befuddling things in CSS for me, for many years, was the behaviour of...
12th May 2025
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The Height Enigma

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

12th May 2025
One of the most perplexing and befuddling things in CSS for me, for many years, was the behaviour of percentage-based heights. Sometimes, seemingly at random, setting “height: 100%” would have no effect at all. When I finally figured out what was going on, it was like a puzzle...
5 Ways of Debugging with IPython There is a great article from Tenderlove - one of the core Ruby and Rails developers - called "I am...
23rd Dec 2019
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5 Ways of Debugging with IPython

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

23rd Dec 2019
There is a great article from Tenderlove - one of the core Ruby and Rails developers - called "I am a puts debuggerer", that I enjoyed when I played with Ruby. The gist of it is to show you that, in many cases, you don't need a full-fledged debugger. Don't get me (or Tenderlove)...
Surprise! Big Updates for OS 7 Are Here! This month we have a bunch of surprise updates for OS 7 and as always a progress update on OS 8....
7th Aug 2024
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Surprise! Big Updates for OS 7 Are Here!

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

7th Aug 2024
This month we have a bunch of surprise updates for OS 7 and as always a progress update on OS 8. We’re getting very close to releasing the latest version of our operating system and that means releasing new versions of all of the projects we maintain! That means big new versions...
The Yoto Mini is Perfect The Yoto Mini is one of my favorite products. The team behind it deeply understands its users and...
24th May 2024
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The Yoto Mini is Perfect

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

24th May 2024
The Yoto Mini is one of my favorite products. The team behind it deeply understands its users and put just the right set of features into a brilliantly designed package. I have no affiliation with Yoto, I’m just a happy customer with kids who love it. If you aren’t aware, Yoto...
Punctuated Excitement Punctuated Excitement Sunsets always lead to sunrises ¶Punctuated Excitement When I try to tell new...
27th May 2016
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Punctuated Excitement

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

27th May 2016
Punctuated Excitement Sunsets always lead to sunrises ¶Punctuated Excitement When I try to tell new acquaintances about what I do, the conversation usually finishes in 30 seconds with them saying something like “oh yeah, IT, I thought so” or “so you’re a web designer?” So I...
GTK 4 Porting And A Bit Of Whimsy I want to start off this post by saying, “Thank you!” to our now over 250 sponsors on GitHub for...
4th Mar 2024
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GTK 4 Porting And A Bit Of Whimsy

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

4th Mar 2024
I want to start off this post by saying, “Thank you!” to our now over 250 sponsors on GitHub for helping us reach 20% of our monthly funding goal! I’ve been seeing a ton of demand for Early Access which is super exciting. If you’re not already in Early Access, you can be among...
Painting Roam Research with Custom CSS How to customise Roam Research with your own CSS themes
15th Dec 2020
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Painting Roam Research with Custom CSS

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

15th Dec 2020
How to customise Roam Research with your own CSS themes
Sneaky Header Blocker Trick There is a lil’ UI detail on this blog. Most people don’t even notice it, but the ones who do often...
23rd Mar 2026
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Sneaky Header Blocker Trick

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

23rd Mar 2026
There is a lil’ UI detail on this blog. Most people don’t even notice it, but the ones who do often reach out, asking how on earth it works. It feels like it defies the rules of CSS! In this blog post, I’ll break down the surprisingly-straightforward implementation so you can...
How to clean up after your NextJS dev server Sometimes you need to modify files when building a web application that must be reverted before...
10th Nov 2023
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How to clean up after your NextJS dev server

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Nov 2023
Sometimes you need to modify files when building a web application that must be reverted before committing. In my case I’m building a Chrome extension that reads from a NextJS based web service, and when I’m working on the browser extension it reads from http://localhost:3005, so...
What can agents actually do? There’s a lot of excitement about what AI (specifically the latest wave of LLM-anchored AI) can...
6th Jul 2025
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What can agents actually do?

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

6th Jul 2025
There’s a lot of excitement about what AI (specifically the latest wave of LLM-anchored AI) can do, and how AI-first companies are different from the prior generations of companies. There are a lot of important and real opportunities at hand, but I find that many of these...
Overkill Objects for Everyday Life I routinely make a fool of myself when I tell friends I want a Martin Baker ejection seat as a chair...
30th May 2021
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Overkill Objects for Everyday Life

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

30th May 2021
I routinely make a fool of myself when I tell friends I want a Martin Baker ejection seat as a chair in my living room. Of course, with the pyrotechnic charge removed. Seriously, I would totally buy it if it weren't $5,000 on eBay and I'
Book Poll 2019 I've been feeling like I've skewed too much on empty calories recently. So I ran [this...
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](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1168182079613485056):
Functional Programming and Big Data Update: I wrote this while preparing a talk for the Columbus Functional Programmers meetup. You can...
12th Nov 2016
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Functional Programming and Big Data

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

12th Nov 2016
Update: I wrote this while preparing a talk for the Columbus Functional Programmers meetup. You can find the talk on YouTube. It has more humor than these words, but then you'd have to listen to my voice. This post is a long one, so here’s a brief roadmap. We’ll start with a...
New microblog with TILs I added a new section to this site a couple weeks ago called TIL (“today I learned”). the goal: save...
9th Nov 2024
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New microblog with TILs

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

9th Nov 2024
I added a new section to this site a couple weeks ago called TIL (“today I learned”). the goal: save interesting tools & facts I posted on social media One kind of thing I like to post on Mastodon/Bluesky is “hey, here’s a cool thing”, like the great SQLite repl litecli, or the...
wastrel, a profligate implementation of webassembly Hey hey hey good evening! Tonight a quick note on , a new...
30th Oct 2025
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wastrel, a profligate implementation of webassembly

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Oct 2025
Hey hey hey good evening! Tonight a quick note on , a new WebAssembly implementation.wastrel Wastrel compiles Wasm modules to standalone binaries. It does so by emitting C and then compiling that C. Compiling Wasm to C isn’t new: wrote back in the day and these days most...
CSS: Indenting Text CSS: Indenting Text 2019-04-05 A lot of developers tend to do the bare minimum when it comes to...
5th Apr 2019
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CSS: Indenting Text

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

5th Apr 2019
CSS: Indenting Text 2019-04-05 A lot of developers tend to do the bare minimum when it comes to implementing proper website typography. This isn't an insult - I'm happy that typography is given any thought at all during development, I just believe more can always be done to...
From Cloudwashing to O11ywashing I was just watching a panel on observability, with a handful of industry executives and experts who...
24th Nov 2025
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From Cloudwashing to O11ywashing

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

24th Nov 2025
I was just watching a panel on observability, with a handful of industry executives and experts who shall remain nameless and hopefully duly obscured—their identities are not the point, the point is that this is a mainstream view among engineering executives and my head is...
Chelsea's Text Tone [Ukulele] A tiny ukulele track for Chelsea's iPhone text tone.
26th Aug 2012
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Chelsea's Text Tone [Ukulele]

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

26th Aug 2012
A tiny ukulele track for Chelsea's iPhone text tone.
"Rules" that terminal programs follow Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal is some combination...
12th Dec 2024
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"Rules" that terminal programs follow

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

12th Dec 2024
Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal is some combination of: Your operating system’s job Your shell’s job Your terminal emulator’s job The job of whatever program you happen to be running (like top or vim or cat) The first three (your...
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...
Select all, select none, and invert selection with jQuery A demonstration of selecting checkboxes using jQuery.We start off with a bunch of...
9th Dec 2007
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Select all, select none, and invert selection with jQuery

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

9th Dec 2007
A demonstration of selecting checkboxes using jQuery.We start off with a bunch of checkboxes: <fieldset id="group_1"> <input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="0" /> <input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="1" /> <input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="2"...
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?
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...
2nd Oct 2023
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GitHub now has a setting to underline links

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

2nd Oct 2023
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...
Naked Emperors in Tech Some things we often repeat as truth just aren't. We should call bullshit more often.
6th Nov 2020
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Naked Emperors in Tech

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

6th Nov 2020
Some things we often repeat as truth just aren't. We should call bullshit more often.
Implementation-First GraphQL Defining a meaningful distinction within code-first GraphQL server libraries.
17th Apr 2023
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Implementation-First GraphQL

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

17th Apr 2023
Defining a meaningful distinction within code-first GraphQL server libraries.
Winner, Name that Ware March 2023 The Ware for March 2023 is the controller board from a Hövding 3 “Airbag for Urban Cyclists”....
30th Apr 2023
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Winner, Name that Ware March 2023

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

30th Apr 2023
The Ware for March 2023 is the controller board from a Hövding 3 “Airbag for Urban Cyclists”. Congrats to jackw01 for arriving at the correct answer! congrats, email me for your prize. This one was surprisingly difficult to guess from just the PCB alone, but once the associated...
3rd Jan 2024
A color palette preview tool for Purl Soho's Side Street Blanket Joelle Hoverson designed another blanket that follows a similar construction as the Library Blanket,...
11th Feb 2022
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A color palette preview tool for Purl Soho's Side Street Blanket

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

11th Feb 2022
Joelle Hoverson designed another blanket that follows a similar construction as the Library Blanket, so I figured I'd make another color picking tool for the new Side Street Blanket. The varied blocks in this blanket are also made by holding different pairs of yarns together, so...
New talk: Learning DNS in 10 years Here’s a keynote I gave at RubyConf Mini last year: Learning DNS in 10 years. It’s about strategies...
8th May 2023
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New talk: Learning DNS in 10 years

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

8th May 2023
Here’s a keynote I gave at RubyConf Mini last year: Learning DNS in 10 years. It’s about strategies I use to learn hard things. I just noticed that they’d released the video the other day, so I’m just posting it now even though I gave the talk 6 months ago. Here’s the video, as...
On Engineers and Influence (Based on yesterday’s tweetstorm and the ensuing...
17th Aug 2018
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On Engineers and Influence

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

17th Aug 2018
(Based on yesterday’s tweetstorm and the ensuing conversation, https://twitter.com/mipsytipsy/status/1029608573217587201) Let’s talk about influence. As an engineer, how do you get influence? What does influence look like, what is it rooted in, how do you wield it or lose it? How...
My Own AI Server Cluster When a16z generously sponsored Dolphin, I had some compute budget, and because the original...
6th Nov 2023
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My Own AI Server Cluster

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

6th Nov 2023
When a16z generously sponsored Dolphin, I had some compute budget, and because the original dolphin-13b was a flop, I had some time to go back to the drawing board. When I was ready to train the next iteration, I reconsidered whether to rent or buy the compute for the build. I...
Measuring an engineering organization. For the past several years, I’ve run a learning circle with engineering executives. The most...
2nd Jan 2023
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Measuring an engineering organization.

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

2nd Jan 2023
For the past several years, I’ve run a learning circle with engineering executives. The most frequent topic that comes up is career management–what should I do next? The second most frequent topic is measuring engineering teams and organizations–my CEO has asked me to report...
Middle management roles are also a trap. Six years ago, I wrote Tech Lead Management roles are a trap. My argument then was that TLM roles...
8th Aug 2026
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Middle management roles are also a trap.

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

8th Aug 2026
Six years ago, I wrote Tech Lead Management roles are a trap. My argument then was that TLM roles present themselves as easier than moving into a full management role, but the tension between doing the software engineering and engineering management aspects of the role made being...
Implementing a Robust Web Audio API Balance Node After more than four years, I'm finally happy with how Webamp implements balance.
16th Apr 2019
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Implementing a Robust Web Audio API Balance Node

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

16th Apr 2019
After more than four years, I'm finally happy with how Webamp implements balance.
How to Build the Best GitHub Profile for Your Job Search I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes, both as an engineering manager and in the monthly resume workshops...
4th Mar 2022
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How to Build the Best GitHub Profile for Your Job Search

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

4th Mar 2022
I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes, both as an engineering manager and in the monthly resume workshops we do in the Boot.dev Discord group. I’m convinced that these days a developer’s GitHub profile is just as important as their resume itself. If you haven’t started your first job...
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...
6th Mar 2013
Moving to San Francisco YC (a startup accelerator we are taking part in) ask you to move to the Bay Area for the whole...
24th Feb 2020
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Moving to San Francisco

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

24th Feb 2020
YC (a startup accelerator we are taking part in) ask you to move to the Bay Area for the whole program. This gives you “a socially acceptable excuse…
25th May 2025
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May 2025

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

25th May 2025
Happy Leap Day! 29 February is causing problems in software systems across the globe. It’s a good reminder on how...
29th Feb 2024
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Happy Leap Day!

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

29th Feb 2024
29 February is causing problems in software systems across the globe. It’s a good reminder on how few assumptions we should make about dates – and why to use a date library when you can.
1st Jun 2025
Boot.dev's Lead Engineer Interviewed on "Running in Production" The podcast is available here. Before I begin, I must give thanks to Nick for having me on the show!...
9th Dec 2019
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Boot.dev's Lead Engineer Interviewed on "Running in Production"

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

9th Dec 2019
The podcast is available here. Before I begin, I must give thanks to Nick for having me on the show! In this episode of Running in Production, I talk with Nick about how we built boot.dev, an open-source password manager that specializes in cryptocurrency. Boot.dev uses Electron...
The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business) My friend Molly has had an impressive career. She got a job as a software engineer after graduating...
23rd Sep 2022
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The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business)

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

23rd Sep 2022
My friend Molly has had an impressive career. She got a job as a software engineer after graduating from college, and after kicking ass for a year or so she was offered a promotion to management, which she accepted with relish. Molly was smart, driven, and fiercely ambitious, so...
9th Oct 2024
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How Fireship became YouTube's favorite programmer

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

9th Oct 2024
How Fireship wins YouTube
Daily Notes Pages Daily notes as a frictionless default input for personal knowledge management systems
4th May 2022
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Daily Notes Pages

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

4th May 2022
Daily notes as a frictionless default input for personal knowledge management systems
Embeddable subscription widget We're making it even easier to build up your subscriber base.
1st Sep 2017
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Embeddable subscription widget

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

1st Sep 2017
We're making it even easier to build up your subscriber base.
Accessible Animations in React I really love animation, but not everybody does. In fact, it can make some people literally sick! In...
4th May 2020
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Accessible Animations in React

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

4th May 2020
I really love animation, but not everybody does. In fact, it can make some people literally sick! In this tutorial, we'll see how to ensure that we respect user preferences, and create animations that can be disabled.
Book Review: The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K Le Guin "Ahra", the Eaten One, the high priestess of the Tombs of Atuan belongs to the Nameless Ones. She...
8th Oct 2016
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Book Review: The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K Le Guin

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

8th Oct 2016
"Ahra", the Eaten One, the high priestess of the Tombs of Atuan belongs to the Nameless Ones. She is, herself, nameless. Her name along with her family and future were taken from her in a ceremony on which the novel opens. At the beginning of the novel, her 6-year-old life...
1995 Was the Most Important Year for the Web The world changed a lot in 1995. And for the web, it was a transformational year. The post 1995 Was...
8th Apr 2025
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1995 Was the Most Important Year for the Web

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

8th Apr 2025
The world changed a lot in 1995. And for the web, it was a transformational year. The post 1995 Was the Most Important Year for the Web appeared first on The History of the Web.
2015-11-16 "Where the jury actually comes out on Go may take years to determine. There are no clear formal...
16th Nov 2015
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2015-11-16

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

16th Nov 2015
"Where the jury actually comes out on Go may take years to determine. There are no clear formal methods of measurement for how 'good' a language is, so it mostly happens by default as popular systems thrive and unpopular ones wither and...
Stanislav Petrov A lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defense Forces prevented the end of human civilization on...
4th Feb 2025
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Stanislav Petrov

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

4th Feb 2025
A lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defense Forces prevented the end of human civilization on September 26th, 1983. His name was Stanislav Petrov. Protocol dictated that the Soviet Union would retaliate against any nuclear strikes sent by the United States. This was a policy...
I Mostly Stopped Typing I built the dictation app I wanted. It's called TongueType, and my daughter did the voice over for...
25th Jun 2026
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I Mostly Stopped Typing

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

25th Jun 2026
I built the dictation app I wanted. It's called TongueType, and my daughter did the voice over for the video. (Family business.) It hasn't gotten much traction yet, and I think I know why: dictation has been bad for so long that most people stopped paying attention. I don't blame...
Got opinions on observability? I could use your help (once more, with feeling) Last month I dropped a desperate little plea for help in this space, asking people to email me any...
13th Oct 2025
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13th Oct 2025
Last month I dropped a desperate little plea for help in this space, asking people to email me any good advice and/or strong opinions they happened to have on the topic of buying software. I wasn’t really sure what to expect — desperate times, desperate measures — but holy crap,...
The Boot.dev Beat. October 2024 The “learn computer science basics” section of the backend developer learning path is now complete!...
7th Oct 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. October 2024

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

7th Oct 2024
The “learn computer science basics” section of the backend developer learning path is now complete! We have no big plans to make serious modifications (tbh I always say this though, so idk). To be clear, that’s the first half of the track complete - the first 13 courses up to the...
The Swipe Files Strategy for Part Time Creators Swipe Files are underrated, passively compounding sources of personal leverage for your creator...
3rd Sep 2021
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The Swipe Files Strategy for Part Time Creators

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

3rd Sep 2021
Swipe Files are underrated, passively compounding sources of personal leverage for your creator journey.
2015-01-10 what-if.xkcd.com/124/
10th Jan 2015
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2015-01-10

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

10th Jan 2015
what-if.xkcd.com/124/
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20th Jun 2019
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Easy subscriber filters

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

20th Jun 2019
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Which blend mode? This guide explains the basics behind each blend mode, and offers a number of practical examples for...
22nd Oct 2021
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Which blend mode?

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

22nd Oct 2021
This guide explains the basics behind each blend mode, and offers a number of practical examples for use in the wild.
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...
a perfect blog editor What is the perfect blog editor? Nextjs with mdx is one way of doing it...kinda.
11th May 2020
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a perfect blog editor

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

11th May 2020
What is the perfect blog editor? Nextjs with mdx is one way of doing it...kinda.
guile lab notebook: on the move! Hey, a quick update, then a little story. The big news is that I got wired to a !Guilemoving...
8th Jul 2025
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guile lab notebook: on the move!

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jul 2025
Hey, a quick update, then a little story. The big news is that I got wired to a !Guilemoving garbage collector Specifically, this is the mostly-moving collector with conservative stack scanning. Most collections will be marked in place. When the collector wants to compact, it...
TCP and gRPC Failed Connection Timeouts After my last article about how gRPC is hard to configure, with a client keepalive example, I...
16th Aug 2021
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TCP and gRPC Failed Connection Timeouts

from Evan Jones - Software Engineer | Computer Scientist [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Aug 2021
After my last article about how gRPC is hard to configure, with a client keepalive example, I realized that I don't understand how TCP and gRPC handle failed connections. This article is my attempt to figure it out, and document it so I can find it again in the future. The best...
Mastodon support Mastodon support
1st Dec 2022
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Mastodon support

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

1st Dec 2022
Mastodon support
Using Parent Selectors in CSS Using Parent Selectors in CSS 2018-12-19 I recently saw a Twitter thread posted by Tommy Hodgins on...
19th Dec 2018
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Using Parent Selectors in CSS

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

19th Dec 2018
Using Parent Selectors in CSS 2018-12-19 I recently saw a Twitter thread posted by Tommy Hodgins on implementing highly requested styling features in CSS with only a minimal amount of JavaScript. Many of his examples are great, but the parent selector instantly peaked my...
Array 1.4.0 Session times are here! They're a great way to help understand how engaged users are. The Array...
7th May 2020
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Array 1.4.0

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

7th May 2020
Session times are here! They're a great way to help understand how engaged users are. The Array 1.4.0 brings plenty of improvements to our core…
Gamedev.js Jam 2021 Retrospective Recently, I participated in the Gamedev.js Jam 2021: a 13-day competition to build a game that can...
30th Apr 2021
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Gamedev.js Jam 2021 Retrospective

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

30th Apr 2021
Recently, I participated in the Gamedev.js Jam 2021: a 13-day competition to build a game that can run on the Web in a browser without extra plugins. This year’s theme for the competition was “mirror”, which could interpreted however participants chose. I had an itch I wanted to...
The “const” Deception The “const” keyword in JavaScript is used to create constants, variables that can't change....
24th Apr 2023
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The “const” Deception

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

24th Apr 2023
The “const” keyword in JavaScript is used to create constants, variables that can't change. Curiously, though, we do seem to be able to edit objects and arrays that are created using “const”. In this tutorial, we're going to dig into the incredibly-important distinction between...
Most book clubs are doing it wrong The standard way to run a book club is to have everybody finish the book before meeting to talk...
15th Jul 2017
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Most book clubs are doing it wrong

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

15th Jul 2017
The standard way to run a book club is to have everybody finish the book before meeting to talk about it. You have one meeting per book. The discussion goes on for one or two hours before it runs out of gas, and then the group picks the next book, and you agree to meet […]
20th May 2024
SumatraPDF 3.0 released We, the SumatraPDF developers have released a version 3.0 of Sumatra, a multi-format reader (PDF,...
29th Oct 2014
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SumatraPDF 3.0 released

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

29th Oct 2014
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...
Another vulnerability in the LPC55S69 ROM Here at Oxide, we continue to work on building servers as they should be. Last year, we discovered...
23rd Mar 2022
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Another vulnerability in the LPC55S69 ROM

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

23rd Mar 2022
Here at Oxide, we continue to work on building servers as they should be. Last year, we discovered an undocumented hardware block in the LPC55S69 (our chosen part for our product’s Root of Trust implementation) that could be used to violate security boundaries. This issue...
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
Building openring with Jekyll Build Building openring with Jekyll Build 2022-12-02 I think it’s great when bloggers post their own...
2nd Dec 2022
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Building openring with Jekyll Build

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

2nd Dec 2022
Building openring with Jekyll Build 2022-12-02 I think it’s great when bloggers post their own personal “reading list” of blogs they themselves follow. Whether this is a customized Blogroll page or footnotes in their individual articles, I find it really helpful to find more...
The Boot.dev Beat. December 2025 We plan to wrap up 2025 with some important quality of life updates! League placement badges, lesson...
7th Dec 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2025

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

7th Dec 2025
We plan to wrap up 2025 with some important quality of life updates! League placement badges, lesson bookmarks, and major improvements to the Training Grounds are just a few of the highlights. Thanks for learning with us, we’re gearing up the platform for a ton of new courses in...
May updates This past month has been focused on bug bashing, but also some fun product updates!
5th May 2019
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May updates

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

5th May 2019
This past month has been focused on bug bashing, but also some fun product updates!
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
Did you want that link to be permanent? Permalinks are commonplace on the web. But it took the rise of blogging to codify them, and bring...
11th Feb 2026
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Did you want that link to be permanent?

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

11th Feb 2026
Permalinks are commonplace on the web. But it took the rise of blogging to codify them, and bring them out into the world. And it all started with a single exchange of blogs. The post Did you want that link to be permanent? appeared first on The History of the Web.
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.
21st Sep 2017
30th Apr 2012
Terminology matters: let's stop calling it a "sprint" If you're in the software industry, it's hard to not be aware of agile development at this point. It...
29th Apr 2020
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Terminology matters: let's stop calling it a "sprint"

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

29th Apr 2020
If you're in the software industry, it's hard to not be aware of agile development at this point. It seems like every team practices it differently, but there are certain commonalities that run through all teams I've seen. One of those is the term used for each time-delimited...
Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular...
18th Oct 2017
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Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Oct 2017
Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular software, run as a prelude to the GitHub Universe conference. After being brought up to speed on this year's secret handshake of the software elite, I had a great time in the...
BBR queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3022184
7th Jan 2017
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BBR

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

7th Jan 2017
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3022184
The 8 Most Popular Coding Languages of 2022 And more importantly, how to choose the most popular coding language you should learn. 🔗 How can...
4th Jan 2021
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The 8 Most Popular Coding Languages of 2022

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

4th Jan 2021
And more importantly, how to choose the most popular coding language you should learn. 🔗 How can you decide what the most popular coding language is? It’s like trying to pick the most popular ice cream flavor - everyone has a favorite. The truth is that different coders prefer...
How can you tell if you’re a good developer? Question: Hey Vadim, So, I've been coding for money for about 5 years now. I've jumped around a lot...
6th Apr 2024
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How can you tell if you’re a good developer?

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

6th Apr 2024
Question: Hey Vadim, So, I've been coding for money for about 5 years now. I've jumped around a lot — Java, Javascript, Python, NodeJS — you name it. The job market's been great, making it super easy for me to switch between gigs. I've done both full-time and contract work across...
Bandcamp wrapped I still use Bandcamp almost exclusively to buy music, and keep a big library of MP3s. The downside...
6th Dec 2024
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Bandcamp wrapped

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

6th Dec 2024
I still use Bandcamp almost exclusively to buy music, and keep a big library of MP3s. The downside is that this marks me as a weirdo, but otherwise it’s great and has been working well for me. Since I last wrote about it, Bandcamp was acquired by Epic games (?) and then acquired...
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...
2nd Sep 2015
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Revised icebreakers for nicer New Yorkers

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

2nd Sep 2015
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,...
Doing It Manually I have a standing desk that goes up and down via a manual crank. I’ve had it for probably ten...
2nd Oct 2025
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Doing It Manually

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

2nd Oct 2025
I have a standing desk that goes up and down via a manual crank. I’ve had it for probably ten years. Every time I raise or lower that thing, it gets my blood pumping. I often think: “I should upgrade to one of those standing desks that goes up and down with the push of a...
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.
Winner, Name that Ware July 2026 The structure in question for last month’s ware are a pair of NPN transistors that form the core of...
3 weeks ago
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Winner, Name that Ware July 2026

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

3 weeks ago
The structure in question for last month’s ware are a pair of NPN transistors that form the core of a bandgap voltage reference circuit. As its name implies, a bandgap voltage reference generates a near-constant voltage for use inside chips. The voltage is intended to be fairly...
Announcing CalVer It's about time. Technologists expect things to get better with time. Your current laptop has more...
22nd Jun 2016
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Announcing CalVer

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Jun 2016
It's about time. Technologists expect things to get better with time. Your current laptop has more RAM than the last, your current car is safer than its predecessor, and the latest version of your code is certainly the best ever. What if the same be said of versioning...
Early-stage engineering Early on you need to be fast. And to do that you have to have the confidence to break with best...
1st Oct 2023
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Early-stage engineering

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

1st Oct 2023
Early on you need to be fast. And to do that you have to have the confidence to break with best practices.
The Boot.dev Beat. February 2025 It’s official: TJ’s C course walkthrough was released before GTA6! This is a great month for...
4th Feb 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. February 2025

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

4th Feb 2025
It’s official: TJ’s C course walkthrough was released before GTA6! This is a great month for Boot.dev, and for humanity as a whole.
How we boosted the performance of a Gatsby website by 80% Sbaï Dentaire is the number 1 user-rated dental practice in Casablanca (Morocco) by Google...
19th Jul 2020
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How we boosted the performance of a Gatsby website by 80%

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

19th Jul 2020
Sbaï Dentaire is the number 1 user-rated dental practice in Casablanca (Morocco) by Google users: Many patients book appointments through the website on the go from their mobile, therefore page speed is critical to avoid a high bounce rate. This article explains how we improved...
The Boot.dev Beat. October 2024 The “learn computer science basics” section of the backend developer learning path is now complete!...
7th Oct 2024
1

The Boot.dev Beat. October 2024

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

7th Oct 2024
The “learn computer science basics” section of the backend developer learning path is now complete! We have no big plans to make serious modifications (tbh I always say this though, so idk). To be clear, that’s the first half of the track complete - the first 13 courses up to the...
Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious...
4th Jan 2025
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Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks

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

4th Jan 2025
Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it
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
112

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
Specificity: A weapon of mass effectiveness Want to write better? Swap generic words for specifics to make your text clear, powerful, engaging,...
13th Jul 2025
1

Specificity: A weapon of mass effectiveness

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

13th Jul 2025
Want to write better? Swap generic words for specifics to make your text clear, powerful, engaging, and even funny.
Golang vs Java: 6 Key Comparisons Golang (or Go) and Java offer an interesting comparison because despite their wide differences,...
4th Aug 2021
1

Golang vs Java: 6 Key Comparisons

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

4th Aug 2021
Golang (or Go) and Java offer an interesting comparison because despite their wide differences, there are also key similarities in how and where they’re used by programmers.
Things I Don't Know About AI The more I learn about AI markets, the less I think I know. I list questions and some thoughts.
21st Feb 2024
79

Things I Don't Know About AI

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

21st Feb 2024
The more I learn about AI markets, the less I think I know. I list questions and some thoughts.
Pixel Perfect Figma to Tailwind (workshop) Learn to implement 'pixel-perfect' designs from Figma with responsive layouts, advanced CSS...
9th Jul 2024
73

Pixel Perfect Figma to Tailwind (workshop)

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

9th Jul 2024
Learn to implement 'pixel-perfect' designs from Figma with responsive layouts, advanced CSS techniques, and Tailwind v4 migration in this workshop.
Personal Newsletter 2023 Q1 Loss and Distance For the past couple of months, my Facebook usage has started to diminish. In the...
5th Apr 2023
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Personal Newsletter 2023 Q1

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

5th Apr 2023
Loss and Distance For the past couple of months, my Facebook usage has started to diminish. In the past, I used to post quite a bit, and I dare say probably 10 years ago to the point of oversharing. It seems to me that the popularity of Facebook has been dropping in my network to...
20th Jun 2024
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