Founder's blog
How to Hide Tethering from Your Mobile Operator
TLDR:
Use a secure VPN to prevent DPI
On your laptop, change packet TTL to 65 (iOS...
over a year ago
TLDR:
Use a secure VPN to prevent DPI
On your laptop, change packet TTL to 65 (iOS default 64 plus one).
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On my recent mountain biking trip to France I accidentally booked an Airbnb without WiFi. Bummer. But hey, 5 minutes of googling and I found a...
Seán Barry
Using snippets in sublime text to speed up your development
How to leverage tools like snippets to speed up the development process and increase your...
over a year ago
How to leverage tools like snippets to speed up the development process and increase your efficiency.
alexwlchan
My favourite books from 2023
I read 75 books this year, which is slightly up on previous years (2022, 2021).
I’m pleased with...
a year ago
I read 75 books this year, which is slightly up on previous years (2022, 2021).
I’m pleased with that number, although overall I found it a slightly disappointing year for reading.
Although I read more books, there were less that I really loved – less of the sort of book that...
A Smart Bear
JIT selection from independent streams: An alternative to the “big backlog” of work
We’re often told that a “single-threaded, ordered list” is the correct way to prioritize the work of...
over a year ago
We’re often told that a “single-threaded, ordered list” is the correct way to prioritize the work of the future, however this confuses “prioritization” with “work-planning,” and forces the comparison of un-comparable things. Here’s how to solve those problems.
Founder's blog
SQL is the most long lasting skill in tech
In January 2020, right before COVID hit, a question has popped up at the HackerNews front...
over a year ago
In January 2020, right before COVID hit, a question has popped up at the HackerNews front page:
"Which technology is worth learning in 2020?"
And the most "upvoted" answer was:
Learn how to really use a relational database, relational data modeling, and SQL
Well,...
Maggie Appleton
The Block-Paved Path to Structured Data
How block-based interfaces can help us create more structured data on the web
over a year ago
How block-based interfaces can help us create more structured data on the web
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Logical Properties and Ease
I’ll admit, I’m late to the logical properties party.
The purist in me loves the idea because it...
a year ago
I’ll admit, I’m late to the logical properties party.
The purist in me loves the idea because it makes CSS more internally consistent with its design to be a language-agnostic framework for uni-directional layout. Chris gets at this in his recent post, “Why aren’t logical...
HTMHell
The Gift You Do NOT Want: A Div in a Button's Clothing
by Corina Murg
With the right CSS makeup and a click event, almost anything can pretend to be a...
a month ago
by Corina Murg
With the right CSS makeup and a click event, almost anything can pretend to be a button. In accessibility work, we spot these fakes and fix them, but teaching others why and how to do it is just as important. It’s not just about correcting a single mistake; it’s...
HTMHell
Control the Viewport Resize Behavior on mobile with `interactive-widget`
by Bramus
figcaption {
font-size: 0.8em;
text-align: center;
}
Viewports units on...
a month ago
by Bramus
figcaption {
font-size: 0.8em;
text-align: center;
}
Viewports units on mobile have been a problem for a long time. Using 100vh is most likely not exactly what you initially expected it to be. To fix this, the CSS Working Group came up with more units over...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Notes on 'Metaphysics and JavaScript'
_[Slides...
over a year ago
_[Slides here](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_aeM_UkwS9qaSzHDz87zC9bmtvbuLbPof7RnN96SJKE/edit?usp=sharing)_
ntietz.com blog
Are any of your features the steak on the menu?
At my first job, we were a distributed team and would get together often.
When we went out to eat,...
a year ago
At my first job, we were a distributed team and would get together often.
When we went out to eat, one of my coworkers would always order the steak if it was anywhere on the menu.
Every single time we went to some Ohio restaurant that had truly lackluster steak, he'd order it...
blag
In search of a faster SQLite
Researchers at the University of Helsinki and Cambridge attempted to build a faster SQLite using...
a month ago
Researchers at the University of Helsinki and Cambridge attempted to build a faster SQLite using modern programming paradigms like io_uring and disaggregated storage. They demonstrate up to a 100x reduction in tail latency. These are my notes.
MMapped blog
IC internals: orthogonal persistence
over a year ago
Acko.net
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...
over a year ago
"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...
TokyoDev
Grad school in Japan: my experience doing a Master of Sciences in Computer Science
My journey in Japan began with an unconventional scholarship program called Vulcanus in Japan, which...
10 months ago
My journey in Japan began with an unconventional scholarship program called Vulcanus in Japan, which allowed me to take a Japanese language course and intern at a major Japanese company. I wrote all about it in [my previous TokyoDev...
Chris Nicholas
Building an AI toolbar for text editors
I've been experimenting with a floating AI toolbar, designed for use in text editors. Here’s some...
6 months ago
I've been experimenting with a floating AI toolbar, designed for use in text editors. Here’s some details on how it was created.
David Heinemeier...
Where next for DEI?
It was a rough 2023 for DEI. After the ideology completely conquered both the corporate and cultural...
11 months ago
It was a rough 2023 for DEI. After the ideology completely conquered both the corporate and cultural world from 2020-2022, the reversal last year was astounding. The Supreme Court ruled the use of race in college admissions illegal, Ibram X. Kendi’s Antiracst Research center fell...
sancho.dev
Don't use Tailwind for your Design System
over a year ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
Supervised Learning: Bayesian Inference
Or, the unreasonable effectiveness of dumb rules
over a year ago
Or, the unreasonable effectiveness of dumb rules
Alice GG
DEFCON 30
This summer I had the opportunity to attend DEFCON 30, a cybersecurity conference gathering around...
over a year ago
This summer I had the opportunity to attend DEFCON 30, a cybersecurity conference gathering around 27000 hackers in the fabulous city of Las Vegas, Nevada.
With more than 30 villages and 3 main conference tracks, the event managed to cover pretty much every subject from malware...
ntietz.com blog
Building a demo of the Bleichenbacher RSA attack in Rust
Recently while reading Real-World Cryptography, I got nerd sniped1 by the mention of...
10 months ago
Recently while reading Real-World Cryptography, I got nerd sniped1 by the mention of Bleichenbacher's attack on RSA.
This is cool, how does it work?
I had to understand, and to understand something, I usually have to build it.
Well, friends, that is what I did.
I implemented RSA...
macwright.com
Incentives
My friend Forest has been making some good thoughts about open source and incentives....
10 months ago
My friend Forest has been making some good thoughts about open source and incentives. Coincidentally, this month saw a new wave of open source spam because of the tea.xyz project, which encouraged people to try and claim ‘ownership’ of existing open source projects, to get crypto...
Patrick Kayongo
Software Developers vs ChatGPT & Friends
The machines are coming to steal our jobs. It took the jobs of the farm labourers and the factory...
a year ago
The machines are coming to steal our jobs. It took the jobs of the farm labourers and the factory workers, and in a twist of irony, it’s now taking the jobs of those who developed its predecessors – the software developers. At least that’s what many alarmist headlines are saying...
elementary Blog
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...
10 months ago
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...
alexwlchan
*Spy for Spy*, at Riverside Studios
Last night I went to see the second preview of Spy For Spy, which I very much enjoyed.
It’s a...
a year ago
Last night I went to see the second preview of Spy For Spy, which I very much enjoyed.
It’s a romance story with a clever narrative twist – it’s being told in the wrong order.
Aside from the prologue and epilogue, the show is split into six scenes from the Molly and Sarah’s...
Irrational...
2022 in review.
Previously: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
After the past two years, it’s odd to write an annual...
over a year ago
Previously: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
After the past two years, it’s odd to write an annual reflection where my first thoughts are happy rather than bleak.
The truth is that there is a lot of bleak out there right now–just look at the layoffs and the funding environment–but...
The Changelog
Pipe Issue Likely a Kernel Bug
Saturday, I wrote in Pipes, deadlocks, and strace annoyingly fixing them about an issue where a...
over a year ago
Saturday, I wrote in Pipes, deadlocks, and strace annoyingly fixing them about an issue where a certain pipeline seems to have a deadlock. I described tracing it into kernel code. Indeed, it appears to be kernel bug 212295, which has had a patch for over a year that has never...
Marco.org
Overcast 4.2: The privacy update
Overcast 4.2 is out now. It enhances privacy in two major areas:
Anonymous sync by default
Overcast...
over a year ago
Overcast 4.2 is out now. It enhances privacy in two major areas:
Anonymous sync by default
Overcast has offered anonymous sync accounts since 2014. They’re fully functional, but they lack email addresses or passwords, so they can’t log into the website. A login token is stored in...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Open source is eating SaaS
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fatigue is real. Open source has several key advantages, which make B2B...
over a year ago
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fatigue is real. Open source has several key advantages, which make B2B SaaS companies look and feel traditional. Here's…
David Heinemeier...
Linux as the new developer default at 37signals
For over twenty years, the Mac was the default at 37signals. For designers, programmers, support,...
8 months ago
For over twenty years, the Mac was the default at 37signals. For designers, programmers, support, and everyone else. That mono culture had some clear advantages, like being able to run Kandji and macOS-specific setup scripts. But it certainly also had its disadvantages, like...
Joel Gascoigne
Why I'm going to Hawaii with my co-founder
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My co-founder...
over a year ago
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My co-founder Leo [http://leostartsup.com] and I are headed to Hawaii tomorrow
morning for a 10 day trip. I just emailed the team, and I thought in line with
one of our core...
Irrational...
ReadME contribution on reliability programs.
I was excited to contribute an article,
Move past incident response to reliability
to Github’s The...
a year ago
I was excited to contribute an article,
Move past incident response to reliability
to Github’s The ReadME project.
This topic was particularly on my mind when I wrote it towards the end of last year,
when I was focused on my Infrastructure Engineering project.
That project is a...
the jsomers.net blog
How I reverse-engineered Google Docs to play back any document’s keystrokes
If you’ve ever typed anything into a Google Doc, you can now play it back as if it were a movie —...
over a year ago
If you’ve ever typed anything into a Google Doc, you can now play it back as if it were a movie — like traveling through time to look over your own shoulder as you write. This is possible because every document written in Google Docs since about May 2010 has a revision history...
Steve Klabnik
How Dogecoin changed my perspective on cryptocurrency
over a year ago
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's...
How I stay motivated as a solo-creator
Working solo has its difficulties. For one, my income is somewhat tied to my productivity, and my...
a year ago
Working solo has its difficulties. For one, my income is somewhat tied to my productivity, and my productivity highly correlates to my state of mind. This is combined with a lack of co-workers. Comrades in the trenches, if you will. And finally there's the ability to not do...
Eric Bailey
How-to: Use the tabindex attribute
over a year ago
A Smart Bear
Legacy
Humans have always tried to live forever. Maybe you can, but not in the way you imagine.
4 months ago
Humans have always tried to live forever. Maybe you can, but not in the way you imagine.
MMapped blog
IC internals: Internet Identity storage
over a year ago
Julia Evans
Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering
Here’s a niche terminal problem that has bothered me for years but that I never
really understood...
a month ago
Here’s a niche terminal problem that has bothered me for years but that I never
really understood until a few weeks ago. Let’s say you’re running this command
to watch for some specific output in a log file:
tail -f /some/log/file | grep thing1 | grep thing2
If log lines are...
Eric Bailey
Tribble
Tribble, Tribs, Tribby P, little guy, little dude, bud, buddy.
You’re my best friend’s cat, but I’m...
over a year ago
Tribble, Tribs, Tribby P, little guy, little dude, bud, buddy.
You’re my best friend’s cat, but I’m the next-of-kin on the pet-sitter paperwork. You’re not mine, but I’m definitely a part of you.
You’ve been a presence and a comfort through most of my adult life. I’d like to...
bt RSS Feed
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
2019-05-29
Online news outlets are a dying breed and many users...
over a year ago
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
2019-05-29
Online news outlets are a dying breed and many users have decided to consume information elsewhere. Why? Because the news industry has become a cesspool of anti-consumer and blackhat practices that has eroded trust for the sake of...
Chris Nicholas
Quick UI: Rotating text mask
I came across an appealing text effect on the Adobe XD home page, and thought I'd recreate it here,...
over a year ago
I came across an appealing text effect on the Adobe XD home page, and thought I'd recreate it here, and give it a quick colourful retouch.
swyx's site RSS Feed
3 Tips from Kent C Dodds for People Just Getting Started
advice for beginners from a podcast
over a year ago
advice for beginners from a podcast
Making software...
Very Basic Form Styling
Very Basic Form Styling
2019-11-13
Web forms can be great - I'm borderline obsessed with them. I...
over a year ago
Very Basic Form Styling
2019-11-13
Web forms can be great - I'm borderline obsessed with them. I love tinkering with pre-existing logins / sign up pages and I've also open sourced a minimal CSS form-styling plugin: Normform. While simple CSS plugins like these can be helpful, I...
Liz Denys
Some not-so-secrets of my kitchen
I spend a lot of time sharing the secrets of my cooking and my baking, but today, I'm sharing some...
over a year ago
I spend a lot of time sharing the secrets of my cooking and my baking, but today, I'm sharing some of the secrets of my kitchen. Actually, they're not so secret to anyone who's had a peek around my kitchen.
Oven thermometer(s)
For about five dollars, you can ensure your cookies...
elementary Blog
New features and settings, improved performance, and fewer bugs
This month we have a mix of new design and feature updates, another big batch of fixed bugs, and...
a year ago
This month we have a mix of new design and feature updates, another big batch of fixed bugs, and even some performance improvements.
Mail
The headliner this month is Mail which does a better job handling newly added online accounts and includes fixes for a couple of potential...
orlp.net - Blog...
Extracting and Depositing Bits
Suppose you have a 64-bit word and wish to extract a couple bits from it.
For example you just...
a year ago
Suppose you have a 64-bit word and wish to extract a couple bits from it.
For example you just performed a SWAR
algorithm and wish to extract the least significant bit of each byte in the u64.
This is simple enough, you simply perform a binary AND with a mask of
the bits you wish...
Darek Kay
Building a photography website
Last year, I started a photography hobby. Soon after, I've created a place where I can share some of...
a year ago
Last year, I started a photography hobby. Soon after, I've created a place where I can share some of my work, without any attention-driven algorithms dictating the terms. Here's a technical write-up of my journey.
Table of...
David Heinemeier...
Apple is in its Ballmer era
During Ballmer's reign as CEO of Microsoft, the company always made plenty of money. While the stock...
10 months ago
During Ballmer's reign as CEO of Microsoft, the company always made plenty of money. While the stock traded sideways, Ballmer made sure it was still raining dividends. Yet, today, that era of Microsoft is not looked upon too fondly. It's seen as being anchored in the company's...
Eric Bailey
A conversation can be an output
over a year ago
Tinloof - Blog
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...
over a year ago
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...
HTMHell
Never underestimate HTML
by Lara Aigmüller
“HTML is easy.”, “Frontend development is easier than backend development.”,...
a year ago
by Lara Aigmüller
“HTML is easy.”, “Frontend development is easier than backend development.”, “Updating the UI should be a simple task once the backend is ready.”—these and other similar statements reached my ears time and again during my career as a web developer.
Very often,...
Computer Things
Hyperproperties
I wrote about hyperproperties on my blog four years ago, but now an intriguing client problem got me...
2 months ago
I wrote about hyperproperties on my blog four years ago, but now an intriguing client problem got me thinking about them again.1
We're using TLA+ to model a system that starts in state A, and under certain complicated conditions P, transitions to state B. They also had a flag f...
macwright.com
Val.town
Last week I joined val.town as Steve Krouse’s cofounder. Val.town is a system for programming in the...
a year ago
Last week I joined val.town as Steve Krouse’s cofounder. Val.town is a system for programming in the small, for writing short programs in TypeScript that can link together into something larger. It’s for writing that scheduled web scraper or basic API that you wanted to make but...
HTMHell
The road to HTMHell is paved with semantics
by Vadim Makeev
HTML semantics is a nice idea, but does it really make a difference? There’s a huge...
a year ago
by Vadim Makeev
HTML semantics is a nice idea, but does it really make a difference? There’s a huge gap between HTML spec’s good intentions and what browsers and screen readers are willing to implement. Writing semantic markup only because the good spec is a spec, and it is good,...
alexwlchan
Drawing a better bandwidth graph for Netlify
I currently host this site on Netlify’s Starter plan, which means I can serve 100GB of bandwidth per...
4 months ago
I currently host this site on Netlify’s Starter plan, which means I can serve 100GB of bandwidth per month.
That’s usually plenty, and I’ve only exceeded it a few times – this site is mostly text, and I only have a modest audience.
I can see how much bandwidth I’ve used in the...
Making software...
Transferring Media from macOS to a Jellyfin Server (Raspberry Pi 4)
Transferring Media from macOS to a Jellyfin Server (Raspberry Pi 4)
2022-03-12
I run a personal...
over a year ago
Transferring Media from macOS to a Jellyfin Server (Raspberry Pi 4)
2022-03-12
I run a personal media server using Jellyfin on a Raspberry Pi 4 in my home. It's pretty great and works well across most devices - Google TV, iOS and Android devices, Chromebooks, etc.
The only small...
Vadim Kravcenko
What I learned building a $1K MRR SaaS in 6 weeks
Question:
Answer:
The post What I learned building a $1K MRR SaaS in 6 weeks appeared first on...
6 months ago
Question:
Answer:
The post What I learned building a $1K MRR SaaS in 6 weeks appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware November 2022
The ware for November 2022 is a Keithley 2110-240. I’ll give Rodrigo F. the win, but I’m curious how...
over a year ago
The ware for November 2022 is a Keithley 2110-240. I’ll give Rodrigo F. the win, but I’m curious how he knew it was the -240 version; I did not expect someone to discern the line voltage rating from the photos! Also, thank you Ian Mason for the lucid explanation of the exposed...
Remains of the Day
My first podcast appearance
A few months ago David Perell emailed and asked if I'd like to be on his podcast, The North Star. He...
over a year ago
A few months ago David Perell emailed and asked if I'd like to be on his podcast, The North Star. He mentioned some of the other people he'd had on, so many of whom I admire, and I thought he had emailed the wrong person. But no, he had done his research and knew a lot about my...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Optimistic, Offline-First Apps
This is my attempt adapting an Amplify DataStore tutorial to Svelte
over a year ago
This is my attempt adapting an Amplify DataStore tutorial to Svelte
Liz Denys
The 'doing good' framework: a manifesto against saying 'good people' and 'bad people'
I remember the first time I reflected on "doing good": I was watching the final scene of a sitcom I...
over a year ago
I remember the first time I reflected on "doing good": I was watching the final scene of a sitcom I grew up with, Boy Meets World. The main characters, who've now come of age, speak with the teacher that has been with them through every phase of their educations and lives:
Mr....
Josh Comeau's blog
Animated Pride Flags
Happy Pride month! In this tutorial, I'll share a handful of my favourite animation tricks. You'll...
a year ago
Happy Pride month! In this tutorial, I'll share a handful of my favourite animation tricks. You'll learn how to build an animated wavy pride flag using CSS keyframes and linear gradients. We'll also see how to make it dynamic using React. 🏳️🌈
PostHog's RSS Feed
In-depth: ClickHouse vs BigQuery
Both BigQuery and ClickHouse are databases designed to handle lots of data (like loads of data),...
a year ago
Both BigQuery and ClickHouse are databases designed to handle lots of data (like loads of data), but they have distinct philosophies and use cases…
the jsomers.net blog
You’re probably using the wrong dictionary
The way I thought you used a dictionary was that you looked up words you've never heard of, or whose...
over a year ago
The way I thought you used a dictionary was that you looked up words you've never heard of, or whose sense you're unsure of. You would never look up an ordinary word -- like example, or sport, or magic -- because all you'll learn is what it means, and that you already know....
bt RSS Feed
Using Parent Selectors in CSS
Using Parent Selectors in CSS
2018-12-19
I recently saw a Twitter thread posted by Tommy Hodgins on...
over a year ago
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...
Darek Kay
Delaying asset requests in Eleventy
While building my photography portfolio, I've put much effort into optimizing the picture loading...
a year ago
While building my photography portfolio, I've put much effort into optimizing the picture loading behavior. One technique is to provide a visual fallback as long as the images are still loading. First, a static background color included in the markup is displayed. As soon as a...
ntietz.com blog
Rust's iterators optimize nicely—and contain a footgun
I saw a claim recently that in functional programming using "map/filter iterates over the list...
8 months ago
I saw a claim recently that in functional programming using "map/filter iterates over the list twice, while the foreach loop iterates only once."
The author continued that "Haskell can fuse maps together as an optimization but I don't think you safely fuse arbitrary map/filters?...
A Smart Bear
Binstack: Making a maximal multi-dimensional decision
Rubrics are often used to select the best option in a multi-dimensional decision space. However,...
over a year ago
Rubrics are often used to select the best option in a multi-dimensional decision space. However, they often do not clearly identify a winner, nor do they result in an explanation of the decision that is easily communicated to others, especially those whose favorite option was...
Liz Denys
Slack doesn't listen to its users.
In a rush of hubris, Slack published a full page ad taunting Microsoft Teams in the New York...
over a year ago
In a rush of hubris, Slack published a full page ad taunting Microsoft Teams in the New York Times:
That feeling when you think "we should buy a full page in the Times and publish an open letter," and then you do. 💫 pic.twitter.com/BQiEawRA6d
— Stewart Butterfield (@stewart)...
Eric Bailey
The Radium Craze
Radium was discovered in 1898 by Polish chemist Marie Sklodowska Curie. To produce radium, you need...
over a year ago
Radium was discovered in 1898 by Polish chemist Marie Sklodowska Curie. To produce radium, you need to extract it from pitchblende, an ore that contains uranium.
Radium was discovered in working with the known properties of pitchblende. Curie noticed that pitchblende in its...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Just stop adding people.
“Communication is a sign of dysfunction.”
– Jeff Bezos, via Brad Stone, The
Everything Store
Slack...
a year ago
“Communication is a sign of dysfunction.”
– Jeff Bezos, via Brad Stone, The
Everything Store
Slack is a great way to destroy a workday.
You can lose whole days hammering out details with coworkers across a
few Slack threads.
But communication is the cost you pay for capacity—the...
Tinloof - Blog
How to make and test your own React drag and drop list with 0 dependencies
I know, drag and drop is a solved problem. There are several great utilities you can use to easily...
over a year ago
I know, drag and drop is a solved problem. There are several great utilities you can use to easily have a drag and drop list in your application (dragula, react-beautiful-dnd, and react-dnd). These libraries offer APIs that make it easy to meet your needs without worrying about...
Josh Collinsworth
How to Check Uniqueness in an Array of Objects in JavaScript
Working with arrays of objects in JavaScript can be difficult. This post covers how to ensure all...
over a year ago
Working with arrays of objects in JavaScript can be difficult. This post covers how to ensure all object keys (IDs) are unique, and how to find non-unique values.
macwright.com
Hiding Peloton and Zwift workouts on Strava by ()
I love Strava, and a lot of my friends do too. And some of them do most of their workouts with...
a year ago
I love Strava, and a lot of my friends do too. And some of them do most of their workouts with Peloton, Swift, and other “integrations.” It’s great for them, but the activities just look like ads for Peloton and don’t have any of the things that I like about Strava’s...
Ferd.ca
Local Optimizations Don't Lead to Global Optimums
I like to think that I write code deliberately. I’m an admittedly slow developer, and I want to...
2 months ago
I like to think that I write code deliberately. I’m an admittedly slow developer, and I want to believe I do so on purpose. I want to know as much as I can about the context of what it is that I'm automating.
I also use a limited set of tools. I used old computers for a long...
Joel Gascoigne
50 books that transformed my business and my life
As a teenager I had a period of many years where I stopped reading books
completely. I even remember...
over a year ago
As a teenager I had a period of many years where I stopped reading books
completely. I even remember a time where I couldn't imagine reading books at
all. After I graduated and started to be interested in business and startups, I
realized the immense power and knowledge contained...
Josh Collinsworth
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...
a year ago
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.
The Pragmatic...
Cruel Changes at Twitter
The speedrun for a complete culture overhaul at Twitter continues, and may conclude just two weeks...
over a year ago
The speedrun for a complete culture overhaul at Twitter continues, and may conclude just two weeks after Elon Musk bought the company. Managers will have 20+ reports and are expected to code at least 20% of the time.
Alex Meub
Upgrading the Weber Q Grill
I’ve owned a Weber Q 1000 for many years and always loved this little grill. I have mine hooked up...
over a year ago
I’ve owned a Weber Q 1000 for many years and always loved this little grill. I have mine hooked up to a 15 lb propane tank at home where it gets regular use. It is small, but it heats up quickly and cooks food better than any other grill I’ve tried.
However, I recently noticed...
Confessions of a...
Live Session on CPython Virtual Machine Internals + Upcoming Posts
We are long overdue for a new live session as well as some more articles.
9 months ago
We are long overdue for a new live session as well as some more articles.
orlp.net - Blog...
Branchless Lomuto Partitioning
A partition function accepts as input an array of elements, and a function
returning a bool (a...
a year ago
A partition function accepts as input an array of elements, and a function
returning a bool (a predicate) which indicates if an element should be in the
first, or second partition. Then it returns two arrays, the two partitions:
def partition(v, pred):
first = [x for x in v...
ntietz.com blog
Parallel assignment: a Python idiom cleverly optimized
over a year ago
Ink & Switch
03 · Fine-grained provenance
Connecting parts of source and build files as a universal primitive
4 months ago
Connecting parts of source and build files as a universal primitive
A Smart Bear
Double your productivity without more work or stress
People love to say that getting "1% better per day" makes you 37x better after a year, but this...
5 months ago
People love to say that getting "1% better per day" makes you 37x better after a year, but this obviously makes no sense. But 2x better is possible.
ntietz.com blog
PyOhio
This was my first time going to PyOhio, and it was a blast. There will be some videos being posted...
over a year ago
This was my first time going to PyOhio, and it was a blast. There will be some videos being posted soon, so I will opt to link to those as they come in, but first, here are some of the highlights:
Ed Finkler of OSMI gave a great talk on mental illness in tech, resources that are...
ntietz.com blog
TIL: 8 versions of UUID and when to use them
About a month ago1, I was onboarding a friend into one of my side project codebases and she asked me...
6 months ago
About a month ago1, I was onboarding a friend into one of my side project codebases and she asked me why I was using a particular type of UUID.
I'd heard about this type while working on that project, and it's really neat.
So instead of hogging that knowledge for just us, here it...
macwright.com
Notes on using Linear
We’ve been using Linear for a month or two at Val Town, and I think it has ‘stuck’ and we’ll keep...
9 months ago
We’ve been using Linear for a month or two at Val Town, and I think it has ‘stuck’ and we’ll keep using it. Here are some notes about it:
The keyboard shortcuts are as good as people say they are: you can do things like hover your mouse over a row in a list, hit a keyboard...
Joel Gascoigne
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...
over a year ago
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
Joel Gascoigne
Thoughts on dropping out to do a startup
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
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In the past...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
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In the past couple of years, I’ve been through a number of interesting
experiences through building Buffer [http://bufferapp.com]. One of the things
I’ve ended up thinking about a lot is the...
A Smart Bear
The Serengeti Plain: Fallacies that aren't fallacies
A contrarian look at logical "fallacies" that maybe aren't so illogical after all.
3 months ago
A contrarian look at logical "fallacies" that maybe aren't so illogical after all.
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
Analyzing browserify bundles to minimize JavaScript bundle size
When building web apps, it’s important to keep the size of JavaScript code delivered to the browser...
over a year ago
When building web apps, it’s important to keep the size of JavaScript code delivered to the browser as small as possible.
I write in ES6 or TypeScript then use browserify to combine all JavaScript code into a single bundle file. For production builds I use uglify to make the...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Benchmarking the impact of session recording on performance
The 2010s were marked by an explosion of tools focused on data. One of the biggest was session...
over a year ago
The 2010s were marked by an explosion of tools focused on data. One of the biggest was session recording – a screen-recording-like service that…
Blog - Bitfield...
Best Rust books for 2024
There are many Rust books, but these are my favourites—and I think you’ll
like them too. Here are...
6 months ago
There are many Rust books, but these are my favourites—and I think you’ll
like them too. Here are my reviews of what I think are the truly essential
Rust books available today.
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
The Nuance of “Domain”
I love visualizations like this:
That was my mental model of URLs until I indexed my blog’s links...
a year ago
I love visualizations like this:
That was my mental model of URLs until I indexed my blog’s links and realized there’s more to “domain” than initially meets the eye.
What is a “Domain”?
Let’s say you have a URL like this:
https://example.com
Put it in the URL constructor and...
Irrational...
Culture vs systems.
Recently, I had a chat with a friend who was frustrated by their company culture. They’d been...
a year ago
Recently, I had a chat with a friend who was frustrated by their company culture. They’d been pushing the company to operate with more urgency, but didn’t feel like it was landing. “How do we,” they wondered, “get the team to recognize that urgency is essential to our success?”...
Daniel Immke's Blog...
2018: A year in review
It’s the end of the year, and I’ve been reflecting on what I accomplished this year and what I...
over a year ago
It’s the end of the year, and I’ve been reflecting on what I accomplished this year and what I didn’t, as well as what I can do better next…
swyx's site RSS Feed
Clone Open Source Apps
> Author's note: This is part 3 of a series of essays I originally drafted about [Opinions for your...
over a year ago
> Author's note: This is part 3 of a series of essays I originally drafted about [Opinions for your Tech Career](https://gist.github.com/sw-yx/9720bd4a30606ca3ffb8d407113c0fe5). Part 1 is [Learn in Public](https://www.swyx.io/learn-in-public/).
elementary Blog
Spring cleaning is in full effect
March was all about bug fixes. This month don’t expect too many new features, but instead get...
a year ago
March was all about bug fixes. This month don’t expect too many new features, but instead get excited about improved stability and closed issue reports! The team has been hard at work sorting through your feedback and smoothing out all of the wrinkles.
Sideload
Since sideloading...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Eating the Cloud from Outside In
AWS is playing Chess. Cloudflare is playing Go.
over a year ago
AWS is playing Chess. Cloudflare is playing Go.
Steve Klabnik
GitHub is anarchy for programmers
over a year ago
Eric Bailey
The five types of people who produce inaccessible code
There are roughly five types of people you’ll meet doing accessibility development work. They...
a year ago
There are roughly five types of people you’ll meet doing accessibility development work. They are:
People who create inaccessible code, but do not realize they are doing so.
People who create inaccessible code and realize they are doing so, but do not know how to fix it.
People...
Jibran’s Perspective
Cookie Based Auth for Django and NextJS
If you’re just looking for implementation instructions, skip my ramblings and go straight to the...
10 months ago
If you’re just looking for implementation instructions, skip my ramblings and go straight to the code here.
I’m currently working on my first project after deciding that I needed to fail more and practice finishing projects instead of abandoning them midway once they got...
Steve Klabnik
Is WebAssembly the return of Java Applets & Flash?
over a year ago
A Beautiful Site
Convert arrays to CSV with PHP
The following snippet will convert a simple PHP array into CSV (comma-separated values)...
over a year ago
The following snippet will convert a simple PHP array into CSV (comma-separated values) format.
function csv($array) {
$csv = "";
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {
$csv .= '"' . str_replace('"', '""', $array[$i]) . '"';
if ($i < count($array) - 1) $csv .= ",";
...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Typesafe, Fullstack React & GraphQL with AWS Amplify
This is the blog version of a talk I am giving at React Summit 2020
over a year ago
This is the blog version of a talk I am giving at React Summit 2020
Josh Comeau's blog
The Front-End Developer's Guide to the Terminal
If you want to learn a modern JavaScript framework like React or Angular, you better be familiar...
over a year ago
If you want to learn a modern JavaScript framework like React or Angular, you better be familiar with the terminal! So many frameworks and tools assume that you're proficient with it, without ever explaining it. This blog post is your missing manual, covering all of the most...
Liz Denys
Leave icebreakers to strangers, or how to spin friends and introduce people
My favorite way to meet new people is through my existing set of friends. There are many benefits,...
over a year ago
My favorite way to meet new people is through my existing set of friends. There are many benefits, the obvious one being that my friends tend to have great taste in people.
But I'm also at least a little bit awkward. Despite consciously thinking about asking thoughtful versions...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Using Next.js as a Static Site Generator for Netlify
How to deploy a Static Next.js Site to Netlify, and then upgrade it to use Dynamic Route Segments to...
over a year ago
How to deploy a Static Next.js Site to Netlify, and then upgrade it to use Dynamic Route Segments to become a full fledged Static Site Generator!
David Heinemeier...
You can't fix core competency with a stern conversation
When things aren't going well with a new hire, the problem usually falls into one of two categories:...
a year ago
When things aren't going well with a new hire, the problem usually falls into one of two categories: competency or engagement. If it's a problem with engagement – their style of collaboration, their communication, their approach – there's a good chance you can fix it with some...
A Beautiful Site
JavaScript functions for basename and dirname
Here are two JavaScript functions that mimic their PHP cousins.
basename() #
function basename(path)...
over a year ago
Here are two JavaScript functions that mimic their PHP cousins.
basename() #
function basename(path) {
return path.replace(/.*\//, '');
}
dirname() #
function dirname(path) {
return path.match(/.*\//);
}
Unlike their PHP cousins, these functions do not support paths...
Don Melton
Waiting four years to exhale
Today is a good day. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has been inaugurated as our 46th president. And...
over a year ago
Today is a good day. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has been inaugurated as our 46th president. And Kamala Devi Harris as our 49th vice president.
While they cannot immediately undo the American carnage inflicted upon us by the previous administration, at least the vindictive...
Alex Meub
Buying a House in Portland
After nearly 6 months of looking, my wife and I finally bought a house in Portland. We physically...
over a year ago
After nearly 6 months of looking, my wife and I finally bought a house in Portland. We physically toured more than 70 houses, put in 13 offers and looked over hundreds of listings in nearly every neighborhood in the city. I thought it might be a good time to reflect on the...
Daniel Immke's Blog...
Manifest V3’s foibles
You have probably heard rumblings about Chrome’s Manifest V3. If you haven’t, here’s what you need...
a year ago
You have probably heard rumblings about Chrome’s Manifest V3. If you haven’t, here’s what you need to know: Google has been developing a new…
Maggie Appleton
A Collection of Design Engineers
Collecting people I know who work at the intersection of design and engineering, in an attempt to...
10 months ago
Collecting people I know who work at the intersection of design and engineering, in an attempt to figure out what a design engineer is
HTMHell
What the slot?
by Egor Kloos (aka dutchcelt)
Web Components. The discussion seems to pop up more than it used...
a year ago
by Egor Kloos (aka dutchcelt)
Web Components. The discussion seems to pop up more than it used to.
Web Components Will Outlive Your JavaScript Framework
HTML Web Components: An Example
Material web components 1.0 release
HTML Web Components are Just JavaScript?
Web Components...
ntietz.com blog
Don't Disrupt Things; Fix Them
People talk about disrupting industries when those industries appear to be in a stable but...
over a year ago
People talk about disrupting industries when those industries appear to be in a stable but inefficient state. For example, the taxicab industry: there was little innovation going on in it, and it was stable, but it seemed like it was far from ideal. Along came Uber, intent to...
TokyoDev
Living with a disability in Japan
This article is informed primarily by my experiences as a deaf American living in Japan for the last...
a year ago
This article is informed primarily by my experiences as a deaf American living in Japan for the last 16 years. Even though I do not have a mobility disability, I have also included notes about mobility accessibility because I also have some awareness of those through relatives. I...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Tech’s Epithet: “Enabled By Default”
I joked on Mastodon:
If anyone endeavors to write a book about what went wrong with tech, I have a...
3 months ago
I joked on Mastodon:
If anyone endeavors to write a book about what went wrong with tech, I have a great suggestion for the title:
“Enabled by Default”
It seems there really are two hard problems in tech:
Naming things
Setting good defaults
Keeping to scope
Anyhow, a little while...
Eric Bailey
Free idea: design token ugly mode
A lot of work goes into making every page and view of a website or webapp look consistent with every...
6 months ago
A lot of work goes into making every page and view of a website or webapp look consistent with every other page or view. It’s just good design.
Smaller, newer experiences tend to be more uniform than not. This makes sense in that the bulk of the experience is created at the same...
HTMHell
#17 inaccessible cards
Context: A list of linked cards, each with heading, image, and teaser text.
Bad code
<section>
...
over a year ago
Context: A list of linked cards, each with heading, image, and teaser text.
Bad code
<section>
<section>
<h2>Overview</h2>
<figure class="card" data-url="image1.html" style="background: url(image1.jpg)">
<figcaption>
<h4>My heading</h4>
...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The introduction to TypeScript Generics you've been missing
> Note: this is an unfinished draft, but I'm sharing it anyway as an outline
over a year ago
> Note: this is an unfinished draft, but I'm sharing it anyway as an outline
Making software...
Web Development on a $200 Chromebook
Web Development on a $200 Chromebook
2020-01-07
This blog post was written, edited and tested...
over a year ago
Web Development on a $200 Chromebook
2020-01-07
This blog post was written, edited and tested locally on a cheap $200 Chromebook. The article draft was composed in Sublime Text. Jekyll (the SSG this website uses) was generated via the Linux Beta Terminal running alongside Chrome...
Maggie Appleton
How Are Compilers & Transpilers Different?
Illustrated notes on how compilers and transpilers are different
over a year ago
Illustrated notes on how compilers and transpilers are different
macwright.com
SaaS exits by
I’ve been moving things for Placemark’s shutdown as a company and noting some of the exit...
a year ago
I’ve been moving things for Placemark’s shutdown as a company and noting some of the exit experiences:
Loom is surprisingly hard to exit from. There’s no bulk export option, no way to export metadata.
Webflow doesn’t support exporting sites with CMS collections (blogs, docs,...
A Smart Bear
What a startup does to you. Or: A celebration of new life
A startup is a crucible -- a fiery place that tests your limits, not by probing them but by...
a year ago
A startup is a crucible -- a fiery place that tests your limits, not by probing them but by violently exceeding them, all of the time. It's worth it.
Daniel Immke's Blog...
Behind the syntax: let and const variables
Back in 2015, the JavaScript language got it’s first significant update in 6 years. ES2015 – more...
over a year ago
Back in 2015, the JavaScript language got it’s first significant update in 6 years. ES2015 – more colloquially known as ES6 – was released…
Engineer’s Codex
7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers
How elite software engineers maintain outperformance
a year ago
How elite software engineers maintain outperformance
Epic Web Dev
Epic Workshop Test Tab Demo (tip)
4 months ago
alexwlchan
Documenting my DNS records
I had to change some of my DNS records recently, a phrase which strikes fear into the heart of...
8 months ago
I had to change some of my DNS records recently, a phrase which strikes fear into the heart of sysadmins everywhere.
It all went fine, but I definitely felt like I was playing with fire.
My current domain registrar is Hover, and the only way I can manage my domains is through a...
Eric Bailey
Improving The Accessibility Of Your Markdown
over a year ago
Alex MacCaw
Common logical fallacies surrounding capitalism
We live in an age of extreme abundance compared to our ancestors. This fact isn’t often reflected in...
6 months ago
We live in an age of extreme abundance compared to our ancestors. This fact isn’t often reflected in Western media or online discourse. Indeed, there is a growing sentiment that ‘the system isn’t working’, ‘the system is rigged’, and that ‘
Steve Klabnik
redis-namespace 1.3.1 security release
over a year ago
Making software...
Portable Pi: Cheap Raspberry Pi Zero Hacker Terminal
Portable Pi: Cheap Raspberry Pi Zero Hacker Terminal
2020-09-16
I recently came across the...
over a year ago
Portable Pi: Cheap Raspberry Pi Zero Hacker Terminal
2020-09-16
I recently came across the incredibly cool design for an "ultimate Raspberry Pi computer" by NODE and was inspired to create my own "portable" Pi device. Although, with my concept, I decided to set a few restrictions...
Coding Horror
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...
a year ago
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
Basta’s Notes
🌈 Pride 2023 #2: Horoscopes
No June would be complete without Pride horoscopes
a year ago
No June would be complete without Pride horoscopes
Eric Bailey
Focus Management and Inert
over a year ago
37signals Dev
Mission Control — Jobs
As promised back when we introduced Solid Queue, today we’ve open-sourced Mission Control — Jobs, a...
11 months ago
As promised back when we introduced Solid Queue, today we’ve open-sourced Mission Control — Jobs, a dashboard and set of extensions to operate and observe background jobs, that we’ve been using for over a year, in the beginning with Resque only, and later with both Resque and...
Making software...
Prescription Form UI Improvements
Prescription Form UI Improvements
2019-03-13
I was browsing the Clearly website a few days ago and...
over a year ago
Prescription Form UI Improvements
2019-03-13
I was browsing the Clearly website a few days ago and ended up using their prescription form to update my worsening eyesight. The design of this form wasn't bad per se, but it could certainly be improved.
Current design of the...
tonsky.me
Logo: Squint
Squint is a light-weight dialect of ClojureScript with a compiler and standard library. “The idea is...
5 months ago
Squint is a light-weight dialect of ClojureScript with a compiler and standard library. “The idea is that when you squint, it still looks like CLJS”.
ntietz.com blog
Even bad estimates are valuable if you use them right
Estimating software projects is hard, if not impossible. This seems likely to be fundamental to the...
over a year ago
Estimating software projects is hard, if not impossible. This seems likely to be fundamental to the work, because we're inventing new things and invention doesn't happen on a fixed schedule. And yet, many teams still estimate how long their tasks will take to finish. Why should...
ntietz.com blog
RC Week 12: What's Next, and Speedrunning Crafting Interpreters
And that's it.
My batch at RC ended yesterday.
I have so many thoughts and feelings from this time,...
over a year ago
And that's it.
My batch at RC ended yesterday.
I have so many thoughts and feelings from this time, but it's going to take time to coalesce them all.
I'll write up my Return Statement1 in a week or two, but for now, here's what I was up to the last week!
Mostly, this last week...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Should open source projects track you?
Many open source projects now track their usage in some way, shape, or form. So much user tracking...
over a year ago
Many open source projects now track their usage in some way, shape, or form. So much user tracking is horrible. It's usually buried deep in the…
alexwlchan
My favourite books from 2022
I read 71 books this year, which is the most I’ve read in a single year since I started keeping...
over a year ago
I read 71 books this year, which is the most I’ve read in a single year since I started keeping detailed records.
I don’t set reading goals, but I’m pleased with that.
Nearly a third of those books came from my local library; both books I knew I already wanted to read, and books...
A Beautiful Site
SSH failing on macOS Sierra
For me, upgrading to MacOS Sierra broke a lot of things that use SSH, including Transmit, Sequel...
over a year ago
For me, upgrading to MacOS Sierra broke a lot of things that use SSH, including Transmit, Sequel Pro, and a handful of other apps. In fact, it seems to break any app that uses an SSH key with a passphrase. 🤔
The solution I found was to tell SSH to use the MacOS keychain. Simply...
Stephen Wolfram...
Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT
ChatGPT and Wolfram|Alpha It’s always amazing when things suddenly “just work”. It happened to us...
over a year ago
ChatGPT and Wolfram|Alpha It’s always amazing when things suddenly “just work”. It happened to us with Wolfram|Alpha back in 2009. It happened with our Physics Project in 2020. And it’s happening now with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. I’ve been tracking neural net technology for a long time...
Making software...
Quick and Dirty Theme Switcher
Quick and Dirty Theme Switcher
2020-06-04
Update: This article is no longer relevant since my blog...
over a year ago
Quick and Dirty Theme Switcher
2020-06-04
Update: This article is no longer relevant since my blog design has changed. I'm keeping this post up since it will still be useful for those wanting to implement a theme switcher on their own site.
I recently added a fairly...
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware March 2023
The Ware for March 2023 is the controller board from a Hövding 3 “Airbag for Urban Cyclists”....
a year ago
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...
wingolog
needed-bits optimizations in guile
Hey all, I had a fun bug this week and want to share it with you.
First, though, some background. ...
3 months ago
Hey all, I had a fun bug this week and want to share it with you.
First, though, some background. Guile’s numeric operations are defined over the complex numbers, not
over e.g. a finite field of integers. This is generally great when
writing an algorithm, because you don’t have...
Making software...
Setup Jekyll from Scratch on a New Linux System
Setup Jekyll from Scratch on a New Linux System
2022-09-19
Special Note: Credit needs to be given to...
over a year ago
Setup Jekyll from Scratch on a New Linux System
2022-09-19
Special Note: Credit needs to be given to user Achraf JEDAY for putting these instructions together on Stack Overflow (although his comments were targeting an older version of Ruby). This post is more for my own personal...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Apollo and App Icons
As a self-proclaimed app icon-noisseur, I’ve followed Apollo from the sidelines for a while. I...
a year ago
As a self-proclaimed app icon-noisseur, I’ve followed Apollo from the sidelines for a while. I absolutely love all the great app icon variations Christian has commissioned for the app. (Photo from @BasicAppleGuy.)
It’s sad to see Apollo go. As I noted, Christian was a...
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, March 2024
The ware for March 2024 is shown below. This fine ware is courtesy of KE5FX. Really fascinating...
10 months ago
The ware for March 2024 is shown below. This fine ware is courtesy of KE5FX. Really fascinating stuff, thanks for the contribution!
Don Melton
How not to blog
First off, be sure to wait at least three-and-a-half years between posts. It’s all about keeping...
over a year ago
First off, be sure to wait at least three-and-a-half years between posts. It’s all about keeping your audience riveted in anticipation.
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.30.0
Brand new and faster user interface, automatic conversion signal detection with Correlation...
over a year ago
Brand new and faster user interface, automatic conversion signal detection with Correlation analysis, saving insights for future use and a fully revamped recordings playback experience and more than 350 improvements/fixes more.
Daniel Marino
GitHub Game Off 2021 Retrospective
Recently, I completed the GitHub Game Off. With over 500 entries, this is the largest game jam I’ve...
over a year ago
Recently, I completed the GitHub Game Off. With over 500 entries, this is the largest game jam I’ve been a part of. I had some lofty goals for this game, and I just about met them all. I’m extremely happy with how the game came out!
Like prior games I’ve made, I don’t tend to...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How to run finance at your startup without hiring a finance person
We run finance at PostHog without a dedicated finance person. This is a comprehensive, step-by-step...
over a year ago
We run finance at PostHog without a dedicated finance person. This is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to do just that. If you implement…
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Randomness, Serendipity, and an “I Wouldn’t Recommend This” Algorithm
Sean Voisen has a great post about 1) how we as humans think of randomness, 2) how computers...
3 months ago
Sean Voisen has a great post about 1) how we as humans think of randomness, 2) how computers simulate randomness, and the difference between the two.
He puts forth an intriguing thought: in a world increasingly driven by computation, how does that affect randomness in our lives?...
bt RSS Feed
Basic Gulp Build for Sass
Basic Gulp Build for Sass
2019-01-15
Some designers might shy away from build tools when first...
over a year ago
Basic Gulp Build for Sass
2019-01-15
Some designers might shy away from build tools when first starting out and I can understand the reasoning - task runners like gulp and grunt can seem daunting at first. So, I’ve decided to showcase my go-to setup for gulp and explain what the...
Daniel Marino
Trying Out Eleventy
As I started to think about blogging again, I began looking at options for hosting, CMS frameworks,...
over a year ago
As I started to think about blogging again, I began looking at options for hosting, CMS frameworks, static site generators, etc. Eleventy has been in the mainstream for sometime now, and I've heard nothing but good things about it. I figured I should give it a shot.
There are no...
Lennart Koopmann
Documentation Belongs in Engineering
Many product companies start out with a very heavy focus on their engineering teams. At some point,...
a year ago
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...
On Test Automation
On life as an independent contractor right now
Before I start: I’m writing this both to clear my head and to vent / rant a little, but also in...
2 months ago
Before I start: I’m writing this both to clear my head and to vent / rant a little, but also in response to people both from the Netherlands and from abroad who have shown interest in working as an independent contractor over here.
As Google Analytics tell me only a small portion...
Vadim Kravcenko
How to build a community around your SaaS
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help...
over a year ago
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help early-stage founders tackle the […]
The post How to build a community around your SaaS appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
HTMHell
#9 Cookie Consent from Hell
Bad code
<body>
<header>…</header>
<main>…</main>
<footer>…</footer>
<div...
over a year ago
Bad code
<body>
<header>…</header>
<main>…</main>
<footer>…</footer>
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Running GNU on DOS with DJGPP
Peeking under the covers to see how DJGPP manages to run GCC on DOS
11 months ago
Peeking under the covers to see how DJGPP manages to run GCC on DOS
Irrational...
Interviewing engineering executives.
Earlier I wrote about getting hired as an Engineering executive, and it’s perhaps even more...
a year ago
Earlier I wrote about getting hired as an Engineering executive, and it’s perhaps even more important to discuss the opposite question: how should you interview and evaluate Engineering executives? As an Engineering executive, you may not directly run one of these searches, but...
A Smart Bear
In command
Being "in control" is impossible, perhaps not even desirable. Being "in command" is ideal: honest,...
a year ago
Being "in control" is impossible, perhaps not even desirable. Being "in command" is ideal: honest, introspective, agile, aware, and proactive.
swyx's site RSS Feed
How to transcribe podcast audio (WhisperX with speaker diarization)
I do a lot of podcast transcription work and had need for it again today. The HuggingFace spaces...
a year ago
I do a lot of podcast transcription work and had need for it again today. The HuggingFace spaces (like this one https://huggingface.co/spaces/vumichien/whisper-speaker-diarization) always error out so aren't very useful.
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Even if you can't write assembly like a poet, you can read disassembly like a hunter
This is a very concise introduction to x86 disassembly. It shows that you probably have all the...
a year ago
This is a very concise introduction to x86 disassembly. It shows that you probably have all the skills to start reading disassembly right now even if you thought it was too complicated for you. It really isn't, see it for yourself.
Joel Gascoigne
Work harder on yourself than you do on your startup
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over a year ago
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> "Work harder on yourself than you do on your job." - Jim Rohn
A long time ago, I came across the amazing quote above, which was said often by
Jim Rohn. It stook in my mind, and as the years
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Using DEV.to as a CMS
Blog on DEV.to, publish on your own domain, using the DEV.to API!
over a year ago
Blog on DEV.to, publish on your own domain, using the DEV.to API!
Confessions of a...
Disillusioning the Magic of the fork System Call
How the kernels implement the fork system call
a month ago
How the kernels implement the fork system call
blag
Marshaling Struct with Special Fields to JSON in Golang
This is a short post explaining how I marshaled http.Request into json
over a year ago
This is a short post explaining how I marshaled http.Request into json
Coding Horror
The Cloud Is Just Someone Else's Computer
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high:
1GB RAM
modern, fast dual core...
over a year ago
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high:
1GB RAM
modern, fast dual core CPU
speedy solid state drive with 20+ GB
I'm not talking about a cheapo shared cpanel server, either, I mean a dedicated virtual private server with those specifications.
We were...
swyx's site RSS Feed
35 Principles for 35 Years
I turn 35 today. Here are 35 principles I have accumulated and try to live by.
over a year ago
I turn 35 today. Here are 35 principles I have accumulated and try to live by.
A Beautiful Site
Images display in Firefox and Safari, but not in Internet Explorer
I ran into a little "gotcha" today where an image was displaying properly in Firefox and Safari, but...
over a year ago
I ran into a little "gotcha" today where an image was displaying properly in Firefox and Safari, but not in Internet Explorer. The weird thing is that it wasn't showing up as a broken link (no missing image icon with the infamous red 'X'). Instead, it wasn't showing up at...
ntietz.com blog
Making it fast shouldn't be the last step
There's a common quote in the software world that you should "make it work, make it right, then make...
a year ago
There's a common quote in the software world that you should "make it work, make it right, then make it fast."1
This is a catchy aphorism, and it is often taken as a rule.
But in its short form, it misses some crucial nuance.
Let's unpack it to see what's missing, then how to do...
macwright.com
Work hard and take everything really seriously
Every few months on Twitter, there’s some dustup about work-life
balance and whether it’s a good or...
12 months ago
Every few months on Twitter, there’s some dustup about work-life
balance and whether it’s a good or bad idea to work hard when you’re
young. Like most of these recurring debates, it has generated two
opposite archetypes:
The anti-capitalist tells the young worker not to trust HR...
Kagi Blog
Kagi raises $670K
Kagi ( https://kagi.com ) has successfully raised $670K in a SAFE note investment round, marking our...
a year ago
Kagi ( https://kagi.com ) has successfully raised $670K in a SAFE note investment round, marking our first external fundraise to date.
A Smart Bear
The "Talk vs Walk" framework
This exercise we invented at WP Engine is surprisingly useful in engaging both Marketing and...
over a year ago
This exercise we invented at WP Engine is surprisingly useful in engaging both Marketing and Product, generating actions for both sides that make products more desirable and competitive.
Words and Buttons...
Trippy polynomials in arctangent scale
This shows the global properties of polynomials, their derivatives, and explains how the Maclaurine...
over a year ago
This shows the global properties of polynomials, their derivatives, and explains how the Maclaurine and Taylor series work all with animated plots in arctangent scale.
MMapped blog
Rust at scale: packages, crates, and modules
over a year ago
Joel Gascoigne
Why we have a core value of transparency at our startup, and why the reasons don't matter
Since the beginning of Buffer, we've always shared all of our learnings and
failures. Over time this...
over a year ago
Since the beginning of Buffer, we've always shared all of our learnings and
failures. Over time this developed into a more defined goal and principle as
part of the values of the company
[http://www.slideshare.net/Bufferapp/buffer-culture-04].
Since we defined our value of...
Epic Web Dev
Fully Typed Web Apps
The main thing that makes end-to-end type safety difficult is simple: boundaries. The secret to...
over a year ago
The main thing that makes end-to-end type safety difficult is simple: boundaries. The secret to fully typed web apps is typing the boundaries.
Joel Gascoigne
Healthy naivety
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over a year ago
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I often like to look back on when I was just getting into startups. I think
there is a myth in entrepreneurship which not only do many newcomers believe,
but could also be a key reason why many...
Steve Klabnik
Returning to Free Software, a guide
over a year ago
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Ditch google analytics now: 7 open-source alternatives
I love writing, and I also love data. When starting my blog, I integrated Google Analytics — it's...
a year ago
I love writing, and I also love data. When starting my blog, I integrated Google Analytics — it's free, easy to set up (just drop a few tags on the page), and that's what I knew back then. I did not enjoy it being run by a big corporation, but I was too lazy to research the...
Josh Comeau's blog
Animating the Unanimatable
An in-depth look at the surprisingly complicated problem of animating the transition when two items...
over a year ago
An in-depth look at the surprisingly complicated problem of animating the transition when two items in a list swap positions.
TokyoDev
How I Obtained a Business Manager Visa in Japan
Back in August of 2017, I was facing a tough situation. Newly divorced, I had lost my spousal visa...
a year ago
Back in August of 2017, I was facing a tough situation. Newly divorced, I had lost my spousal visa and thus my permission to stay in Japan as well. I was in my late 40s and, although I had significant work experience, I had no university degree. I wanted to remain in Japan but I...
TokyoDev
Skyrocketing software developer salaries in Japan a portent of a seismic shift
Traditionally in Japan, salaried employees work for a single company their entire life, with their...
over a year ago
Traditionally in Japan, salaried employees work for a single company their entire life, with their pay rising as their seniority increases. So uniform is compensation that common wisdom even gives [a formula](https://news.nicovideo.jp/watch/nw1745758) for what your monthly...
TokyoDev
Tips for Interviewing at Japanese Tech Companies
I've already talked about some [tips on how to land a job in...
a year ago
I've already talked about some [tips on how to land a job in Japan](https://medium.com/japonica-publication/tips-for-landing-a-job-in-japan-b1b94315f177), as well as some [job sites](https://todorokis.medium.com/job-hunting-websites-to-get-an-it-job-in-japan-c7516846ce5) that...
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How we raised $3M for an open source project
Open source projects have long battled with how to finance themselves. PostHog is lucky to have...
over a year ago
Open source projects have long battled with how to finance themselves. PostHog is lucky to have significant funding and wanted to share what we did…
Maggie Appleton
The Best Illustration Books and Courses
My favourite resources for learning to draw and developing your visual thinking skills
over a year ago
My favourite resources for learning to draw and developing your visual thinking skills
swyx's site RSS Feed
$120k in Infoproduct Sales - How to Extend the Long Tail
*This post originated as [an AMA on...
over a year ago
*This post originated as [an AMA on IndieHackers](https://www.indiehackers.com/post/made-121-326-since-launching-my-book-last-july-63-of-it-after-launch-month-ama-about-long-tail-infoproducts-41b55f5670)*
A Beautiful Site
Redirecting to and from the www subdomain with .htaccess
Here are a few snippets that will come in handy if you ever need to redirect www.example.com to...
over a year ago
Here are a few snippets that will come in handy if you ever need to redirect www.example.com to example.com or vice versa. There are a number of similar methods out there, but I prefer these as you don't need to modify anything between development and production.
#...
Eric Bailey
A perceived contradiction to internalize when working on design systems
Components are simultaneously both too restrictive and also not constrained enough.
10 months ago
Components are simultaneously both too restrictive and also not constrained enough.
Ink & Switch
Provenance for science papers, local-first access control
In this Dispatch, we'll introduce you to two new projects at the lab: exploring writing environments...
4 months ago
In this Dispatch, we'll introduce you to two new projects at the lab: exploring writing environments for science papers and local-first access control. We also have some updates on WASM packaging for Automerge, and a new researcher-in-residence.
David Heinemeier...
Patek levels of finishing
We’re in the final phase of getting the first ONCE product out the door. As with any new...
a year ago
We’re in the final phase of getting the first ONCE product out the door. As with any new development, there are a million little details we need to nail for a successful launch that’s up to our standards. That’s usually where the temptation to cut corners on internal quality...
A Smart Bear
The Code is your Enemy
A short pep talk I delivered to kick off a Three-Day Startup challenge event. And overwhelming...
4 months ago
A short pep talk I delivered to kick off a Three-Day Startup challenge event. And overwhelming confirmation that the lesson is correct.
Liz Denys
Cancel Like Everything
Tracy Jenkins's For Like Ever poster is an iconic piece of "the millenial aesthetic." I've made a...
over a year ago
Tracy Jenkins's For Like Ever poster is an iconic piece of "the millenial aesthetic." I've made a new poster inspired by For Like Ever and the current need for social distance:
The texture in the clouds below the text is made up of no symbols and small x's:
I've made an A4...
ntietz.com blog
Getting people to tell you you're wrong
One of the challenging things about being a staff+ engineer is that people trust you.
They trust you...
a year ago
One of the challenging things about being a staff+ engineer is that people trust you.
They trust you a lot, and there might be less pushback on ideas than there should be.
This makes sense.
To become a staff+ engineer, you usually need to be really good at this intersection of...
Oxide Computer...
Benefits as a Reflection of Values
“We offer the best health insurance we could find” is what we promise in our job postings. On paper,...
over a year ago
“We offer the best health insurance we could find” is what we promise in our job postings. On paper, this is accurate: the health insurance Oxide offers is the best plan we can find that is offered to small businesses.
What we left unsaid until now is that the best health...
Miguel Carranza
Full Circle
I’m back in Spain for my brother’s wedding. I rarely visit during the summer. The heat in my...
4 months ago
I’m back in Spain for my brother’s wedding. I rarely visit during the summer. The heat in my hometown is brutal, around 40 degrees Celsius (over 100 Fahrenheit for my imperial friends). Most people escape to the coast, just like my family did when I was a kid. I haven’t been here...
Computer Things
GitHub Search for research and learning
Hi everyone!
I have a new blog post out: An RNG that runs in your brain. It's a mix of cool tricks...
12 months ago
Hi everyone!
I have a new blog post out: An RNG that runs in your brain. It's a mix of cool tricks and math analysis done with an exotic gremlin language. Patreon is here. Also TLA+ workshop on Feb 12 etc etc use the code NEWSLETTERDISCOUNT for $100 off etc
Anyway I've been all...
the singularity is...
Where the Bitter Lesson ends
Humanity only has one engineering project, building better engineers than humans. After that, the...
10 months ago
Humanity only has one engineering project, building better engineers than humans. After that, the thing we built can do the engineering.
Clips have been making the rounds on Twitter from my second Lex about the “bishop guy” in a chess engine, or a “cone guy” in a self driving...
Tony Finch's blog
Unix version control lore: what, ident
There are a couple of version control commands that deserve wider
appreciation: SCCS what and RCS...
8 months ago
There are a couple of version control commands that deserve wider
appreciation: SCCS what and RCS ident.
They allow you to find out what source a binary was built from,
without having to run it – handy if it is a library!
keyword expansion
SCCS, RCS, cvs, and svn all have a way...
The Pragmatic...
Is Critical Thinking the Most Important Skill for Knowledge Workers?
Critical thinking will only become more important as AI tools spread more. How can you get better at...
a year ago
Critical thinking will only become more important as AI tools spread more. How can you get better at this, and why should you reject jargon and "thought leaders?"
Remains of the Day
Smoke and Mirrors
“When a judge walks into the room, and everybody stands up, you’re not standing up to that guy,...
over a year ago
“When a judge walks into the room, and everybody stands up, you’re not standing up to that guy, you’re standing up to the robe that he’s wearing and the role that he’s going to play. What makes him worthy of that role is his integrity, as a representative of the principles of...
37signals Dev
Solid Queue 1.0 released
We’ve just released Solid Queue v1.0.0, right before speaking about it at Rails World. This version...
3 months ago
We’ve just released Solid Queue v1.0.0, right before speaking about it at Rails World. This version has come a long way since we published the first version, 0.1.1, back in December 2023, with 132 merged pull requests and 126 closed issues, and the help of multiple...
Vadim Kravcenko
Contracts you should never sign
When it comes to software engineering and the IT industry in general, contracts are a necessary part...
a year ago
When it comes to software engineering and the IT industry in general, contracts are a necessary part of doing business. […]
The post Contracts you should never sign appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Tony Finch's blog
GCRA: leaky buckets without the buckets
Yesterday I read an article describing the GCRA rate limiting
algorithm. I thought it was really...
4 months ago
Yesterday I read an article describing the GCRA rate limiting
algorithm. I thought it was really interesting, but I wasn’t
entirely satisfied with Brandur’s explanation, and the Wikipedia
articles on leaky buckets and GCRA are terrible, so here’s
my version.
what is GCRA?
GCRA is...
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How PostHog's new VP focused the company on nailing funnels in his first week
Ramping up fast in any senior product role requires understanding as much context as possible across...
over a year ago
Ramping up fast in any senior product role requires understanding as much context as possible across 3 axes (Market, Product and People). I’ll talk…
David Heinemeier...
We’re so back
Under the old Twitter regime, politics seemed to seep into everything, especially tech talk. There...
a year ago
Under the old Twitter regime, politics seemed to seep into everything, especially tech talk. There was scarcely a programming or product topic that couldn’t be turned into a struggle session on account of some perceived transgression or privilege. It was, to use the trauma...
Stephen Wolfram...
The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics
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ntietz.com blog
Approximating the Sierpinski Triangle on my CNC
One of my big hobbies outside of tech is chess.
I like to play it, and I also help run our town's...
6 months ago
One of my big hobbies outside of tech is chess.
I like to play it, and I also help run our town's chess club.
As part of that, we like to run rated tournaments to get our members some experience in a low-pressure tournament environment.
These are my responsibility to organize and...
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Why use feature flags? Benefits, types and use cases, explained
What is a feature flag? Feature flags (aka feature toggles) are a powerful tool to help improve your...
over a year ago
What is a feature flag? Feature flags (aka feature toggles) are a powerful tool to help improve your product. They enable engineering teams to…
PostHog's RSS Feed
Frontend filters & backend SQL - A chat with Eric Duong, Sam Winslow, James Greenhill, and Buddy...
By: Engineering @ PostHog Eric: I'll just do it on my computer, upload it, and then toss it later....
over a year ago
By: Engineering @ PostHog Eric: I'll just do it on my computer, upload it, and then toss it later. Cool. I guess actually, a good way to start would…
Letters of Note
I’m amputating you
It was when she joined the Mexican Communist Party in 1927 that Frida Kahlo first met Diego Rivera,...
over a year ago
It was when she joined the Mexican Communist Party in 1927 that Frida Kahlo first met Diego Rivera, a fellow artist 21 years Kahlo’s senior who soon became her mentor and husband. Kahlo’s life up until then had been a struggle due to polio as a child and a serious traffic...
Neil Panchal
Favorite Perfumes
A quick condensed list based on over 15 years of exploration in the world of perfumery. I didn't...
a year ago
A quick condensed list based on over 15 years of exploration in the world of perfumery. I didn't include obvious classics such as Polo Green and Aramis. If I were to pick 3 perfumes to wear for life, it would be: Hermes Bel Ami, Chanel Antaeus and Serge
ntietz.com blog
The origin and virtues of semicolons in programming languages
While working on the grammar for my programming language, Lilac, I was exploring different choices...
9 months ago
While working on the grammar for my programming language, Lilac, I was exploring different choices for statement terminators.
. is very appealing, or !.
Ultimately, I might make the "boring" choice of using either ; or significant whitespace.
But that had me asking: why is it...
The Changelog
It’s More Important To Recognize What Direction People Are Moving Than Where They Are
I recently read a post on social media that went something like this (paraphrased): “If you buy an...
a year ago
I recently read a post on social media that went something like this (paraphrased): “If you buy an EV, you’re part of the problem. You’re advancing car culture and are actively hurting the planet. The only ethical thing to do is ditch your cars and put all your effort into...
A Beautiful Site
A clean fade-in effect for webpages
Here's a nice way to fade your pages in using CSS and a bit of JavaScript. The solution is clean and...
over a year ago
Here's a nice way to fade your pages in using CSS and a bit of JavaScript. The solution is clean and smooth, with no flickering on load. If JavaScript is disabled, the page will still load but the fade effect will not occur.
How it works #
This trick works by adding the fade-out...
Steve Klabnik
Rust's documentation is about to drastically improve
over a year ago
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
Implementing Notion-like table of contents in JavaScript
Notion-like table of contents in JavaScript
Long web pages benefit from having a table...
5 months ago
Notion-like table of contents in JavaScript
Long web pages benefit from having a table of contents.
Especially technical, reference documentation. As a reader you want a way to quickly navigate to a specific part of the documentation.
This article describes how I...
Elad Blog
Back to the office
Prior to COVID, there were only 3 companies in tech that reached any real scale as remote first...
over a year ago
Prior to COVID, there were only 3 companies in tech that reached any real scale as remote first companies - Automattic, Gitlab, and Zapier [1]. During COVID companies were forced to work remote. Many companies are now going back into the office and companies are navigating this...
Steve Klabnik
Hypermedia API reading list
over a year ago
Making software...
Convert Files to HTML with macOS Automator Quick Actions
Convert Files to HTML with macOS Automator Quick Actions
2022-01-28
Since a few people have reached...
over a year ago
Convert Files to HTML with macOS Automator Quick Actions
2022-01-28
Since a few people have reached out and thanked me for my previous post Batch Converting Images to webp with macOS Automator, I thought I would continue to share more of my own custom Automator Quick Actions....
A Beautiful Site
Find and replace hyperlinks and email addresses in PHP
These two PHP functions use regular expressions to add the appropriate HTML anchor tags around...
over a year ago
These two PHP functions use regular expressions to add the appropriate HTML anchor tags around hyperlinks and email addresses in $string.
PHP code #
function parseHyperlinks($string) {
// Add tags around all hyperlinks in $string
return...
Making software...
Improving Github's New Design
Improving Github's New Design
2020-07-07
Like many other Github users, I am not a big fan of their...
over a year ago
Improving Github's New Design
2020-07-07
Like many other Github users, I am not a big fan of their recent repository page redesign. In my mind it seems like a change just for the sake of change - the original UI worked perfectly fine.
Sigh.
I was planning on recreating the...
bt RSS Feed
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...
over a year ago
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....
David Heinemeier...
The price of managed cloud services
One of the common objections to our cloud exit has been that we shouldn't have expected good...
a year ago
One of the common objections to our cloud exit has been that we shouldn't have expected good outcomes from a lift'n'shift operation. That the real value of the cloud is in managed services and new architectures, not just running the same software on rented cloud instances. It's...
Joel Gascoigne
Fear of not shipping
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over a year ago
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or created, the organisations I built fail, but the reason I’ve managed a
modicum of success is because I just...
Alice GG
Why diversification matters for long-term investors? Meet Shannon's Demon
Any introduction to finance will mention that diversification is extremely important.
Intuitively,...
a year ago
Any introduction to finance will mention that diversification is extremely important.
Intuitively, it is easy to understand that diversification reduces risks.
If I own stocks in two companies, and one of them goes bankrupt, I lose less than if I had invested all my money in...
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Starting Svelte Society
Thoughts on how I am doing with 4 months of Svelte Society in the bag.
over a year ago
Thoughts on how I am doing with 4 months of Svelte Society in the bag.
macwright.com
Recently
Reading
Since last time, I read a few books: Sea of Tranquility, a book club book, Doppelganger, the...
4 months ago
Reading
Since last time, I read a few books: Sea of Tranquility, a book club book, Doppelganger, the new Naomi Klein, and Manywhere, a collection of short stories.
Sea of Tranquility was very digestible sci-fi. I haven’t read that much sci-fi overall, so it’s probably inaccurate...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Quality Means The Flexibility to Change
Here’s Ben Nadal quoting Dave Farley:
I've come to the belief that the only definition of quality in...
2 months ago
Here’s Ben Nadal quoting Dave Farley:
I've come to the belief that the only definition of quality in code that makes any sense is our ability to change the code. If it's easy to change, it's high quality; if it's hard to change, it's not.
Then Ben comments:
I'm sure that some...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Implementing Netlify’s Image CDNz
tl;dr I implemented Netlify’s new image transformation service on my icon gallery sites and saw a...
9 months ago
tl;dr I implemented Netlify’s new image transformation service on my icon gallery sites and saw a pretty drastic decrease in overall bandwidth. Here are the numbers:
Page
Requests
Old
New
Difference
Home
60
1.3MB
293kB
▼ 78% (1.01MB)
Colors
84
1.4MB
371kB
▼ 74%...
Irrational...
Writing an engineering strategy.
Once you become an engineering executive, an invisible timer starts ticking in the background.
Tick...
a year ago
Once you become an engineering executive, an invisible timer starts ticking in the background.
Tick tick tick. At some point that timer will go off,
at which point someone will rush up to you demanding an engineering strategy.
It won’t be clear what they mean, but they will want...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
“We’re All Just Temporarily Abled”
That’s a quote from Cindy Li — “We're all just temporarily abled”. I first heard it in Sarah’s...
a year ago
That’s a quote from Cindy Li — “We're all just temporarily abled”. I first heard it in Sarah’s course and it’s been on repeat in my mind ever since June 6th.
June 6th I was on vacation at the beach with my family and tried something that, looking back now, maybe I’m too old for....
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Best Practice Open Source Repo Setup
Quick and simple ways to set up Open Source Repos with Best Practices
over a year ago
Quick and simple ways to set up Open Source Repos with Best Practices
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, December 2022
The Ware for December 2022 is shown below. Turning this into a suitable Name that Ware-style entry...
over a year ago
The Ware for December 2022 is shown below. Turning this into a suitable Name that Ware-style entry was a bit tough, but I think maybe I hit a balance between leaving enough clues, and giving it away. We’ll see shortly! I have a lot more to say about this ware: I will give proper...
David Gerrells
thinking around a pen
Codepen is a delightful app that I used over the years to practice my frontend skill. One thing that...
over a year ago
Codepen is a delightful app that I used over the years to practice my frontend skill. One thing that has annoyed me was that over time they have limited features more and more behind a pay wall for a pro account...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Blogging & Listening
When you read a great blog post, the feeling you often get is: “I already knew this, I just hadn’t...
4 months ago
When you read a great blog post, the feeling you often get is: “I already knew this, I just hadn’t been able to express it!”
In this sense, writing a great blog post is about listening.
If you’re listening — to others, your coworkers, the people you follow, your own experiences,...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Futuristic Progressive Enhancement
Imagine someone came to you in a time machine and said, “In the future we will write software that...
8 months ago
Imagine someone came to you in a time machine and said, “In the future we will write software that becomes more capable as time passes without any effort on our part.”
Wouldn’t that be amazing? Surely you’d want to know what sorcery makes this possible, right?
Well the future is...
Remains of the Day
Why Information Grows
It is hard for us humans to separate information from meaning because we cannot help interpreting...
over a year ago
It is hard for us humans to separate information from meaning because we cannot help interpreting messages. We infuse messages with meaning automatically, fooling ourselves to believe that the meaning of a message is carried in the message. But it is not. This is only an...
The Codist
Looks Good To Me: When Code Reviews Go Awry
Code reviews can effectively improve code quality in large or mixed teams with experience...
a year ago
Code reviews can effectively improve code quality in large or mixed teams with experience differences. They can also be useless if not done correctly or if management does not support the time to do them.
A code review is a modern invention, as the technology to do them easily...
The Changelog
Recovering Our Lost Free Will Online: Tools and Techniques That Are Available Now
Note: This post is also available on my webiste, where it will be periodically updated. As I’ve been...
over a year ago
Note: This post is also available on my webiste, where it will be periodically updated. As I’ve been thinking and writing about privacy and decentralization lately, I had a conversation with a colleague this week, and he commented about how loss of privacy is related to loss of...
A Smart Bear
Worse, but unique
An objectively "worse" strategy can win, if it leverages something unique or unexpected. Startups...
a year ago
An objectively "worse" strategy can win, if it leverages something unique or unexpected. Startups can use this concept to beat incumbents.
David Gerrells
love is work and so is css
I love css. And well, to love something, it is not always rainbows :rainbow: and sunshine :sunny:
over a year ago
I love css. And well, to love something, it is not always rainbows :rainbow: and sunshine :sunny:
ntietz.com blog
Paper review: The Gamma Database Project
Last week, I read "The Gamma Database Project" for a Red Book reading group. Unlike the last paper...
over a year ago
Last week, I read "The Gamma Database Project" for a Red Book reading group. Unlike the last paper for this group, this one was a lot more approachable in length: 19 pages.
I'm putting up some of my notes here from reading the paper.
If you read through to the end, there's...
somenice
Merlin Bird Sound ID
I’ve been really impressed with the Merlin App for Android Sound ID.There have been a few birds that...
over a year ago
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...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
“Just” One Line
From Jeremy Keith’s piece “Responsibility”:
Dropping in one line of JavaScript seems like a...
7 months ago
From Jeremy Keith’s piece “Responsibility”:
Dropping in one line of JavaScript seems like a victimless crime. It’s just one small script, right? But JavaScript can import more JavaScript.
“It’s just one line of code” is a pitch you hear all the time. It might also be the biggest...
the singularity is...
Cruise
NOTE: this is not about the similarly named self driving car company, it’s a movie idea
Set 5 years...
11 months ago
NOTE: this is not about the similarly named self driving car company, it’s a movie idea
Set 5 years in the future.
Scene 1 (the party):
Our opening scene is a New Jersey houseparty, late college. Four kids lamenting the loss of their childhood. And it’s not just their childhood,...
Hixie's Natural Log
Indexing into a string
I propose the following aphorism:
Indexing into a string type makes as much sense as indexing into...
a year ago
I propose the following aphorism:
Indexing into a string type makes as much sense as indexing into an integer type.
Kevin Chen
SIGCSE 2018 notes
SIGCSE attendees from Columbia’s Computer Science department.
Over the weekend, I attended SIGCSE...
over a year ago
SIGCSE attendees from Columbia’s Computer Science department.
Over the weekend, I attended SIGCSE — the ACM’s conference on
computer science education — with the teaching staff of Columbia’s
Advanced Programming course. We learned about everything from rubric
design to...
PostHog's RSS Feed
The importance of dogfooding - Why product managers should use their product as much as their users
Product testing is essential, but your testing won’t always pick up the small sources of friction...
over a year ago
Product testing is essential, but your testing won’t always pick up the small sources of friction which build up over time and frustrate your users…
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Notes From “You Are Not A Gadget”
Jaron Lanier’s book You Are Not a Gadget was written in 2010, but its preface is a prescient banger...
7 months ago
Jaron Lanier’s book You Are Not a Gadget was written in 2010, but its preface is a prescient banger for 2024, the year of our AI overlord:
It's early in the 21st century, and that means that these words will mostly be read by nonpersons...[they] will be minced...within industrial...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.28.0
Understand your conversion rates better, PostHog 1.28.0 has launched! Significantly revamped...
over a year ago
Understand your conversion rates better, PostHog 1.28.0 has launched! Significantly revamped performance for slower queries, advanced engagement cohorts, SAML support, and many more improvements and fixes.
Irrational...
Developing domain expertise: get your hands dirty.
Recently, I’ve been thinking about developing domain expertise, and wanted to collect my thoughts...
6 months ago
Recently, I’ve been thinking about developing domain expertise, and wanted to collect my thoughts here. Although I covered some parts of this in Your first 90 days as CTO (understanding product analytics, shadowing customer support, talking to customers, and talking with your...
Basta’s Notes
No hassle detected!
The importance of tools
5 months ago
Neil Panchal
Bell Labs Org Chart
I've always been curious about the story of Bell Labs – how it was formed, why it was successful,...
over a year ago
I've always been curious about the story of Bell Labs – how it was formed, why it was successful, its challenges and struggles, innovation engine, people, its organizational structure, operations, and its legacy. The Idea Factory by Jon Gertner is an excellent albeit slightly...
markround.com
Haiku Package Management
Discussion on Hacker News Discussion on lobste.rs
I’ve long since been a die-hard BeOS fan and have...
a year ago
Discussion on Hacker News Discussion on lobste.rs
I’ve long since been a die-hard BeOS fan and have been running the open-source recreation Haiku for many years. I think it’s interesting to explore the “alternative OS” world and consider some great ideas that for whatever reason...
Tony Finch's blog
Where does "where does my computer get the time from?" come from?
I am pleased that so many people enjoyed
my talk about time at RIPE86.
I thought I would write a few...
a year ago
I am pleased that so many people enjoyed
my talk about time at RIPE86.
I thought I would write a few notes on some of the things I left out.
genesis
Essen & Markowitz
Galileo
zones
BIH
irony
genesis
There were a couple of things that I thought would make a fun talk:
Just how many...
Nelson's Weblog
Austria 2022
Ken and I just got back from a 23 day trip exploring most of Austria. We
had a lovely time although...
over a year ago
Ken and I just got back from a 23 day trip exploring most of Austria. We
had a lovely time although we did get a little worn out and ready for home
after a couple of weeks. Along the way we stayed in Vienna, Graz, the
Wörthersee, Zell am See, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Hallstatt,...
HTMHell
How to transfigure wireframes into HTML
Soon enough in your career as a web developer, you encounter the situation where a designer hands...
over a year ago
Soon enough in your career as a web developer, you encounter the situation where a designer hands over a wonderful web design in all its large-screen glory. Your mission now is to transform it into code to present a prototype as soon as possible, starting with nothing but an...
Lennart Koopmann
Moving to Mastodon
After the recent events of Elon Musk taking over, I and many others started using Mastodon and...
over a year ago
After the recent events of Elon Musk taking over, I and many others started using Mastodon and reduced Twitter activity. I avoid calling this a "switch" because I do not plan to remove my account on Twitter.
swyx's site RSS Feed
The Roaring 2020's
Five themes I am optimistic about for the next decade - and more open questions I have no idea...
over a year ago
Five themes I am optimistic about for the next decade - and more open questions I have no idea about.
TokyoDev
My experience with Vulcanus in Japan, a training programme for EU engineering students
My journey in Japan started in a slightly unconventional way. While there are several paths to enter...
a year ago
My journey in Japan started in a slightly unconventional way. While there are several paths to enter the country, such as a working holiday visa, English teaching, or getting hired by one of the [many wonderful companies](http://www.tokyodev.com/companies), posting jobs on...
ntietz.com blog
RC Week 11: Learning is best when multiplayer
As I come up on the end of my batch at Recurse Center, I've been doing some reflecting on my time...
over a year ago
As I come up on the end of my batch at Recurse Center, I've been doing some reflecting on my time here.
One of the standout themes is how much I've learned through struggling with other people.
In particular, this learning together has make some difficult topics approachable,...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Revolutionizing Audio with Descript and Temporal
A case study I published for my work at Temporal
over a year ago
A case study I published for my work at Temporal
Vadim Kravcenko
Is development the right career for me?
Hello dear reader, first off all, I want to acknowledge the weight of the question you’re grappling...
a year ago
Hello dear reader, first off all, I want to acknowledge the weight of the question you’re grappling with. It’s one […]
The post Is development the right career for me? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
swyx's site RSS Feed
JAMstack for Indie Hackers
_This article was [published on Indie...
over a year ago
_This article was [published on Indie Hackers](https://www.indiehackers.com/article/jamstack-for-indie-hackers-b07f7a943d)!_
HTMHell
#19 heading in the wrong direction
Context: A simple page that displays the availability of a product.
Bad code
<h1>Product...
over a year ago
Context: A simple page that displays the availability of a product.
Bad code
<h1>Product Status</h1>
<h2>Is the product available?</h2>
<div>
<h3>
<div>
<div>
<i>
<h3 class="message is-success">
It‘s <a>available</a>.
</h3>
...
Liz Denys
New Loose Leaf Security episode: Security stories! Plus, a 2FA zine!
The previous Loose Leaf Security series on safely surfing the web was pretty dense, so Geoffrey and...
over a year ago
The previous Loose Leaf Security series on safely surfing the web was pretty dense, so Geoffrey and I filled the latest episode of Loose Leaf Security with a bunch of our own personal security mishaps:
Security stories: lost phones, a compromised computer, and an unexpected...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Supervised Learning: Support Vector Machines
Transforming dimensions, nearest neighbors, and boosting, all in service of "drawing the best line".
over a year ago
Transforming dimensions, nearest neighbors, and boosting, all in service of "drawing the best line".
elementary Blog
It's Disability Pride Month! Let's Get Accessible
This month we have several community updates, a couple of Flatpak releases available on OS 7, and...
6 months ago
This month we have several community updates, a couple of Flatpak releases available on OS 7, and plenty of OS 8 news.
Disability Pride Month
It’s disability pride month, which means making space to talk about how we can build communities and systems that better accommodate...
Chris Nicholas
Integrate Twitter newsletters with API Routes
Last week newsletters started popping up on Twitter profiles, using their recently purchased...
over a year ago
Last week newsletters started popping up on Twitter profiles, using their recently purchased service, Revue.
PostHog's RSS Feed
PostHog's recommended reading for startup teams
The PostHog team includes a number of voracious readers — we even have our own book club ! — so...
a year ago
The PostHog team includes a number of voracious readers — we even have our own book club ! — so here’s a collection of the books our teams recommend…
Acko.net
On Headaches and Aspirin
"A computer is an educational device. It is in fact a direct reflection of your own imagination,...
over a year ago
"A computer is an educational device. It is in fact a direct reflection of your own imagination, your own intelligence. Once you're given the freedom in which to create things and see the immediate response on the screen, then it becomes a very enjoyable experience. You go on to...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How to brand your startup so it isn't boring
The world would be more fun if most startups hadn't undergone a personality vasectomy. Be it the...
4 months ago
The world would be more fun if most startups hadn't undergone a personality vasectomy. Be it the human instinct for conformity, or the inevitable…
Joel Gascoigne
Crafting a support network
Sometime in late 2018, the concept of having a support network clicked for me.
over a year ago
Sometime in late 2018, the concept of having a support network clicked for me.
Irrational...
Good hypergrowth/curator manager.
In 2016, I wrote Productivity in the age of hypergrowth to discuss the challenges of engineering...
a year ago
In 2016, I wrote Productivity in the age of hypergrowth to discuss the challenges of engineering management during periods of hypergrowth. Managers in such periods spend much of their time on hiring and onboarding, with the remainder devoted to organizational structure and...
HTMHell
ARIA Live Regions
by Andrea de Souza
ARIA stands for Accessible Rich Internet Applications. It is a set of roles and...
a year ago
by Andrea de Souza
ARIA stands for Accessible Rich Internet Applications. It is a set of roles and attributes that makes web page elements accessible to users who require assistive technology, like screen readers, when native HTML alone is not enough. One of these sets of roles...
Neil Panchal
ZFS RAIDZ2 - Achieving 157 GB/s
Update: See Note 5 below . 157 GB/s is a misleading bandwidth due to the way fio lib handles the...
over a year ago
Update: See Note 5 below . 157 GB/s is a misleading bandwidth due to the way fio lib handles the --filename option. Actual bandwidth is approximately 22 GB/s, which is still mighty impressive.
I built a new server that's also going to serve as a NAS. It
swyx's site RSS Feed
Searching for The Solo Founder Cadence
I've been quite inspired by David Sacks' The Cadence ever since I read it. It prescribes an...
a year ago
I've been quite inspired by David Sacks' The Cadence ever since I read it. It prescribes an operational process and ideal team structure for a 50-500 person startup - running sales, finance, product, and marketing in sync in quarterly cycles with effective communication between...
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