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Top layer troubles: popover vs. dialog by Stephanie Eckles Have you ever tried to set z-index: 9999 to solve element layering issues? If...
1st Dec 2025
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Top layer troubles: popover vs. dialog

from HTMHell Advent Calendar 2025 [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2025
by Stephanie Eckles Have you ever tried to set z-index: 9999 to solve element layering issues? If so, you’ve been fighting a fundamental CSS concept of stacking contexts. The stacking context defines the order things are placed in the third dimension, or the “z” axis. Think of...
Hiring Employee #1 If you want another pair of hands to screw things up, how do you acquire resumes, pair them down,...
12th Dec 2011
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Hiring Employee #1

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

12th Dec 2011
If you want another pair of hands to screw things up, how do you acquire resumes, pair them down, and identify someone who is going to work well in your company?
17th Sep 2010
Replicating Database Changes to a Message Queue is Tricky Let's imagine we have an program that stores its state in a database, and we want other programs to...
13th Dec 2022
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Replicating Database Changes to a Message Queue is Tricky

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

13th Dec 2022
Let's imagine we have an program that stores its state in a database, and we want other programs to do things when changes occur. For example, we might want to send email notifications if a bank balance drops below a threshold. This is a very common reason applications use...
The “je ne sais quoi” of TikTok Note: When I originally wrote this post, TikTok oEmbeds did not auto-play. I recommend pausing them...
2nd Sep 2022
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The “je ne sais quoi” of TikTok

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

2nd Sep 2022
Note: When I originally wrote this post, TikTok oEmbeds did not auto-play. I recommend pausing them and pressing play when ready to view…
Eight more months of agents Eight more months of agents 2026-02-08 I wrote up my experiences programming with LLMs , and updated...
8th Feb 2026
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Eight more months of agents

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

8th Feb 2026
Eight more months of agents 2026-02-08 I wrote up my experiences programming with LLMs , and updated it for the world of agents . A lot has changed since then, so here is an update.a bit over a year agoeight months ago We were prototyping our first agent, Sketch, when Claude Code...
Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
31st Oct 2023
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Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF

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

31st Oct 2023
Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
Navigating the unpredictability of everything We dramatically, repeatedly fail predict the future. Does that mean "strategy" is senseless? No, it...
19th Mar 2023
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Navigating the unpredictability of everything

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

19th Mar 2023
We dramatically, repeatedly fail predict the future. Does that mean "strategy" is senseless? No, it means you need these techniques to navigate a volatile world.
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...
17th Feb 2020
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How to Check Uniqueness in an Array of Objects in JavaScript

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

17th Feb 2020
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.
How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac ¶How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP...
9th Aug 2017
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How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac

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

9th Aug 2017
How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac ¶How to install the MongoDB extension in MAMP for Mac Yes, I use MAMP. Sue me (please don’t sue me). It’s actually a pretty good stack for standard web dev and I’ve found that it works fine for most of my needs, even with...
Recently June was a big month: I went to Porto & Lisbon, and had a lot of life stuff happen. I'll get into...
1st Jul 2026
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Recently

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

1st Jul 2026
June was a big month: I went to Porto & Lisbon, and had a lot of life stuff happen. I'll get into the trip once I get my rolls of film developed. Three rolls at a new photo developing place: fingers crossed! Reading I finished reading Intermezzo (of the bag) and it was fantastic....
Rethinking reactivity **Nue JS** is a tiny, 2.1kb min-brotlied library for building user interfaces. It's an alternative...
2nd Oct 2023
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Rethinking reactivity

from Nue developer blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Oct 2023
**Nue JS** is a tiny, 2.1kb min-brotlied library for building user interfaces. It's an alternative to frameworks like *Vue*, *React*, and *Svelte* — and it's the central piece of the [Nue ecosystem](/), which is a ridiculously easier alternative to *Next.js* and *Astro*
Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 Summary The Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 submission deadline has now passed and we are now in the rating...
5th Jun 2023
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Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 Summary

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jun 2023
The Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 submission deadline has now passed and we are now in the rating period. I was a co-host of the jam alongside technomancy but he did all the real work setting everything up. There were 30 submissions this time around, which I believe is a new record...
Embed Bluesky posts in your Buttondown emails Embed Bluesky posts in your Buttondown emails
5th Dec 2024
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Embed Bluesky posts in your Buttondown emails

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

5th Dec 2024
Embed Bluesky posts in your Buttondown emails
Failure 1: Django + NextJS Boilerplate I have failed, and that is exactly what I had hoped for a few months ago in this blog post. This is...
15th Jun 2024
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Failure 1: Django + NextJS Boilerplate

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

15th Jun 2024
I have failed, and that is exactly what I had hoped for a few months ago in this blog post. This is a good failure. It has taught me things, lessons I can use in the future to avoid failing this way again. But first a bit of context. What did I fail at? In February of 2024 I...
A Lannister Always Pays His Technical Debts A tale of two rewrites Jamie Zawinski is kind of a tech legend. He came up with the name “Mozilla”,...
8th Feb 2024
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A Lannister Always Pays His Technical Debts

from Renegade Otter [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Feb 2024
A tale of two rewrites Jamie Zawinski is kind of a tech legend. He came up with the name “Mozilla”, invented that whole thing where you can send HTML in emails, and more. In his harrowing work diary of how Mosaic/Netscape came to be, Jamie described the burnout rodeo that was...
Embeds and Quotations in Writing Chris wrote “0 KB Social Media Embeds” and it got me thinking about my own approach to embeds and...
2nd Nov 2023
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Embeds and Quotations in Writing

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

2nd Nov 2023
Chris wrote “0 KB Social Media Embeds” and it got me thinking about my own approach to embeds and quotations in my writing. A lot of my blogging is quoting other people. I remember debating the use of social embeds on my blog because I quoted a lot of things on Twitter. But I...
28th Dec 2020
3rd Jan 2024
The Boot.dev Beat. May 2025 Our biggest content release ever just dropped: the complete backend learning path, but now in Python...
11th May 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. May 2025

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

11th May 2025
Our biggest content release ever just dropped: the complete backend learning path, but now in Python and TypeScript! This is a massive update that we’ve been working on for a year, I hope you enjoy it!
Martha the Pilot Martha, now 5, can’t remember a time when she didn’t fly periodically. She’s come along in our...
3rd May 2023
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Martha the Pilot

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

3rd May 2023
Martha, now 5, can’t remember a time when she didn’t fly periodically. She’s come along in our airplane in short flights to a nearby restaurant and long ones to Michigan and South Dakota. All this time, she’s been riding in the back seat next to Laura. Martha has been talking...
A quick summary one of the benefits of LLMs is the ability to summarize things one of the dangers of LLMs is the...
11th Oct 2024
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A quick summary

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

11th Oct 2024
one of the benefits of LLMs is the ability to summarize things one of the dangers of LLMs is the ability to summarize things read any AI product’s value prop and it will say a variation of “it frees you up to do higher order/ value tasks” nobody knows what these higher order...
Prescription Form UI Improvements Prescription Form UI Improvements 2019-03-13 I was browsing the Clearly website a few days ago and...
13th Mar 2019
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Prescription Form UI Improvements

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

13th Mar 2019
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...
A Quick(ish) Introduction to Tuning Postgres Learn some of the most important elements of tuning Postgres for performance and get a better...
21st Jul 2025
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A Quick(ish) Introduction to Tuning Postgres

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Jul 2025
Learn some of the most important elements of tuning Postgres for performance and get a better understanding of Postgres fundamentals along the way.
How I set up my Obsidian vaults Obsidian still feels like my “new” app for managing my notes, but according to my daily journal I’ve...
19th Sep 2023
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How I set up my Obsidian vaults

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Sep 2023
Obsidian still feels like my “new” app for managing my notes, but according to my daily journal I’ve been using it for nearly three years. Time flies when you’re organising information! I’ve grown to really like it, and I expect to keep using it for a while to come. Its approach...
Paradigm Lost (CascadiaJS 2022 Talk Notes) Some show notes for my CascadiaJS talk for those who are looking for all the references and cut...
1st Sep 2022
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Paradigm Lost (CascadiaJS 2022 Talk Notes)

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

1st Sep 2022
Some show notes for my CascadiaJS talk for those who are looking for all the references and cut content.
2nd Oct 2025
My morning routine as a remote CEO and why it’s always changing Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Working remotely and having the opportunity to...
21st May 2018
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My morning routine as a remote CEO and why it’s always changing

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

21st May 2018
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Working remotely and having the opportunity to work from home, coffee shops, coworking spaces, or wherever else I might feel the most productive, means that I can design my own mornings because they don’t necessarily need to be...
The lasting influence of Netscape Time After Netscape, the speed of software sped up beyond what anyone could have imagined. Thanks to a...
12th May 2026
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The lasting influence of Netscape Time

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

12th May 2026
After Netscape, the speed of software sped up beyond what anyone could have imagined. Thanks to a documentary crew and a ghost writer, we have a full view of the whole thing. The post The lasting influence of Netscape Time appeared first on The History of the Web.
Has Baby Yoda been engaging in Twitter 'platform manipulation?' and the broad brush of Twitter's... Popular Twitter parody account @BabyYodaBaby is currently suspended for "platform manipulation and...
21st Jan 2020
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21st Jan 2020
Popular Twitter parody account @BabyYodaBaby is currently suspended for "platform manipulation and spam" according to their Instagram. Twitter's policy on platform manipulation and spam allows for "using Twitter pseudonymously or as a parody, commentary, or fan account," as...
7th Apr 2026
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Dozen

from davidyat.es [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Apr 2026
Jitbit Helpdesk Bot is now in the Microsoft Teams Store Our new Microsoft Teams app just passed Microsoft's certification and is live in the Teams Store:...
8th May 2026
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Jitbit Helpdesk Bot is now in the Microsoft Teams Store

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

8th May 2026
Our new Microsoft Teams app just passed Microsoft's certification and is live in the Teams Store: Jitbit Helpdesk Bot. Search "Jitbit" in the Teams app store and it's right there - no custom app uploads, no admin-center gymnastics. Unlike our old webhook integration (one-way...
Single-Use Disposable Applications As search gets worse and “working code” gets cheaper, apps get easier to make from scratch than to...
9th Jul 2025
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Single-Use Disposable Applications

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

9th Jul 2025
As search gets worse and “working code” gets cheaper, apps get easier to make from scratch than to find.
Evolved antennas, LLM-generated code, and a potential antifuture I think about evolved antennas a lot. If you’re not familiar, an evolved antenna is created when you...
11th May 2026
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Evolved antennas, LLM-generated code, and a potential antifuture

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

11th May 2026
I think about evolved antennas a lot. If you’re not familiar, an evolved antenna is created when you set an evolutionary algorithm on the task of producing a structure that is as efficient at its intended function as possible. Past that there’s no human input, the algorithm just...
A geek feminism anecdote Only a fraction of my blog is about technical or "geeky/nerdy" things. Then again, my blog isn't...
19th Dec 2013
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A geek feminism anecdote

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

19th Dec 2013
Only a fraction of my blog is about technical or "geeky/nerdy" things. Then again, my blog isn't intended to be about a specific topic - it's just full of what I feel like writing at the time. Perhaps, more technical things will follow in the future. Some friends and I randomly...
AI - SkyNet Is Not Coming to Kill You .highlight pre { background-color: #efecec; border-color:...
22nd Apr 2024
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AI - SkyNet Is Not Coming to Kill You

from Renegade Otter [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Apr 2024
.highlight pre { background-color: #efecec; border-color: var(--theme-secondary-background-color); border-radius: 10px; } The firehose of data is turned on In the beginning, the Internet was a small, cozy place. Most people weren’t online, and most businesses...
How I use the notes field in my password manager I use 1Password to store the passwords for my online accounts, and I’ve been reviewing it as a new...
4th Jan 2025
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How I use the notes field in my password manager

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Jan 2025
I use 1Password to store the passwords for my online accounts, and I’ve been reviewing it as a new year cleanup task. I’ve been deleting unused accounts, changing old passwords which were weak, and making sure I’ve enabled multi-factor authentication for key accounts. Each...
We shouldn’t have needed lockfiles Imagine you’re writing a project and need a library. Let’s call it libpupa. You look up its current...
6th Aug 2025
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We shouldn’t have needed lockfiles

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

6th Aug 2025
Imagine you’re writing a project and need a library. Let’s call it libpupa. You look up its current version, which is 1.2.3, and add it to your dependencies: "libpupa": "1.2.3" In turn, the developer of libpupa, when writing its version 1.2.3, needed another library: liblupa. So...
Kagi for Teams To satisfy the growing demand for our services in work environments, we are launching Kagi for Teams...
5th Dec 2024
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Kagi for Teams

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

5th Dec 2024
To satisfy the growing demand for our services in work environments, we are launching Kagi for Teams ( https://kagi.com/teams ) - bringing our unmatched quality, privacy-focused search and AI tools to businesses worldwide.
What I'm up to - February 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Feb 2024
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What I'm up to - February 2024

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

1st Feb 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in January - Hello from Tokyo! I'm here doing a creative residence at Almost Perfect. If you're in...
Security testing your APIs - Unrestricted Resource Consumption In this blog post series, I am going to explore the vulnerabilities in the OWASP API Security Top...
9th Oct 2024
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Security testing your APIs - Unrestricted Resource Consumption

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

9th Oct 2024
In this blog post series, I am going to explore the vulnerabilities in the OWASP API Security Top 10. For each entry, I’ll show you how to perform experiments on APIs to test for the vulnerability, and I’ll discuss my observations. I’ll use different APIs as test subjects in...
New year, new calendar We’ve spent the last year tackling the number one request for our email service HEY.com: Adding a...
2nd Jan 2024
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New year, new calendar

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

2nd Jan 2024
We’ve spent the last year tackling the number one request for our email service HEY.com: Adding a calendar! And now, in celebration of the new year, it’s finally ready, and we’re rolling it out to the first customers starting today 🎉 See, it turns out that lots of people would...
Doing versus Delegating A staff+ skill
6th Aug 2025
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Doing versus Delegating

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

6th Aug 2025
A staff+ skill
CSS Variables CSS Variables 2018-03-24 The CSS language is becoming even more awesome and powerful everyday. In...
24th Mar 2018
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CSS Variables

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

24th Mar 2018
CSS Variables 2018-03-24 The CSS language is becoming even more awesome and powerful everyday. In this quick article I’d like to focus specifically on the “new” CSS variable function that you can start using in your projects right now. Getting started is easy Let’s just jump...
How to Build the Best GitHub Profile for Your Job Search I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes, both as an engineering manager and in the monthly resume workshops...
4th Mar 2022
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How to Build the Best GitHub Profile for Your Job Search

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

4th Mar 2022
I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes, both as an engineering manager and in the monthly resume workshops we do in the Boot.dev Discord group. I’m convinced that these days a developer’s GitHub profile is just as important as their resume itself. If you haven’t started your first job...
SFSU Chamber Singers sing for ACDA A video of my choir singing at St. Boniface Church in Anaheim, California.
2nd Mar 2008
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SFSU Chamber Singers sing for ACDA

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

2nd Mar 2008
A video of my choir singing at St. Boniface Church in Anaheim, California.
How to Properly Use Defer in Golang What is the “defer” keyword in Go? 🔗 In the Go programming language, defer is a keyword that allows...
1st Jun 2021
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How to Properly Use Defer in Golang

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

1st Jun 2021
What is the “defer” keyword in Go? 🔗 In the Go programming language, defer is a keyword that allows developers to delay the execution of a function until the current function returns. What throws some people off is that the deferred function’s arguments are evaluated...
Deciding whether an investment is worthwhile Why "expected value" doesn't work; here's a better framework for making long-term investments in...
4th Feb 2024
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Deciding whether an investment is worthwhile

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

4th Feb 2024
Why "expected value" doesn't work; here's a better framework for making long-term investments in your career, startup, and life.
4 Years In 4 Years In What lies ahead ¶4 Years In I’ve been at Elvie 4 years already! I can’t quite believe...
13th Feb 2021
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4 Years In

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

13th Feb 2021
4 Years In What lies ahead ¶4 Years In I’ve been at Elvie 4 years already! I can’t quite believe how quickly the time has gone by or the amazing things we’ve accomplished as a team. 2020 was by far the hardest year, but in many ways the most rewarding and exciting so far because...
Insulin dump My partner is a teacher. One of their students, a sixth grade girl, was recently diagnosed with Type...
12th Oct 2021
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Insulin dump

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

12th Oct 2021
My partner is a teacher. One of their students, a sixth grade girl, was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. The student is allowed to keep a small purse with her at all times, as it contains a smartphone that runs an app that talks to, and controls her insulin pump. The...
Mainlining Nostalgia: Making the Winamp Skin Museum Thoughts on what I think made the Winamp Skin Museum successful.
23rd Sep 2020
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Mainlining Nostalgia: Making the Winamp Skin Museum

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

23rd Sep 2020
Thoughts on what I think made the Winamp Skin Museum successful.
Set Explicit Help Timeouts A simple way to normalize asking for help.
5th Apr 2021
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Set Explicit Help Timeouts

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

5th Apr 2021
A simple way to normalize asking for help.
Moving to Mastodon After the recent events of Elon Musk taking over, I and many others started using Mastodon and...
13th Nov 2022
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Moving to Mastodon

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

13th Nov 2022
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.
Upward assignment in Ruby Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it...
13th Jan 2023
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Upward assignment in Ruby

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Jan 2023
Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it added rightward assignment (4 => x). Then at RubyConf 2021, Kevin Kuchta explained how to abuse Ruby features to build a downward assignment operator (yes, this really...
Speeding up code review with `small-change` Imprint’s average engineer is merging 4x more PRs than 2 years ago. Yay. Aggregated behind the...
3 weeks ago
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Speeding up code review with `small-change`

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

3 weeks ago
Imprint’s average engineer is merging 4x more PRs than 2 years ago. Yay. Aggregated behind the average is something even more interesting: we have two teams that are merging 10x their PRs over that period. One engineer is merging 25x the PRs per week of our average engineer two...
Vim Awesome: Talk at the San Francisco Vim meetup Video of a talk I gave introducing and explaining Vim Awesome.
16th Mar 2016
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Vim Awesome: Talk at the San Francisco Vim meetup

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

16th Mar 2016
Video of a talk I gave introducing and explaining Vim Awesome.
Stimela 23 June 1898. Mqanduli, Tembuland. “But who’s going to teach our sons to become men?” Gcinikhaya...
28th Jan 2023
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Stimela

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

28th Jan 2023
23 June 1898. Mqanduli, Tembuland. “But who’s going to teach our sons to become men?” Gcinikhaya asked this while squashing the newspaper within her clenched fist. Her lips were quivering, her face contorted to hold back the tears of anger and fear. “My brother went to the mines...
Sriracha Fight!! 🥊 At the birthplace of the famous rooster sauce. by Paul Narvaez (CC-By-2.0) There’s plenty...
30th Jul 2023
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Sriracha Fight!! 🥊

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

30th Jul 2023
At the birthplace of the famous rooster sauce. by Paul Narvaez (CC-By-2.0) There’s plenty of sriracha—unless you’re looking for the brand anyone wants. Huy Fong Foods, Inc’s Sriracha vanished from stores, and they have no idea when it’ll be back. So, driven by the...
The Pattern Language of Project Xanadu Project Xanadu as a pattern language, rather than a failed software project
10th Jul 2020
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The Pattern Language of Project Xanadu

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

10th Jul 2020
Project Xanadu as a pattern language, rather than a failed software project
How I learned to stop worrying and wrote my own memory-cache Here I am, writing about performance optimization again. I'm a performance junkie. Constantly...
21st Jan 2023
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How I learned to stop worrying and wrote my own memory-cache

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

21st Jan 2023
Here I am, writing about performance optimization again. I'm a performance junkie. Constantly monitoring and investigating bottlenecks for our SaaS helpdesk webapp is my favorite thing ever. And I'm proud to say that with thousands of clients, even some really big ones, our app's...
Personal Sprint Retrospectives Due to time zone differences, I'm not typically able to attend team sprint retrospectives on...
21st Oct 2022
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Personal Sprint Retrospectives

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

21st Oct 2022
Due to time zone differences, I'm not typically able to attend team sprint retrospectives on Fridays. If you've never done a sprint, a sprint is a set amount of time to complete a specific set of tasks. For example, we work in two week sprints at RapidAPI. I believe we did the...
Learning Gears > Translations welcome! (Português)
19th Apr 2019
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Learning Gears

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

19th Apr 2019
> Translations welcome! (Português)
30th Oct 2024
Wokeism There’s been much discussion about “wokeism”, and I think a definition might help to clarify things....
13th Feb 2023
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Wokeism

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

13th Feb 2023
There’s been much discussion about “wokeism”, and I think a definition might help to clarify things. My followers on Twitter helped me with this. When you Google it, the top two results contain radically different definitions. I googled “wokeism” and got: The first...
NaNoWriMo and the creative power of looming fear A cross between a marathon and a literary block party.
1st Nov 2025
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NaNoWriMo and the creative power of looming fear

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

1st Nov 2025
A cross between a marathon and a literary block party.
What you can do in a decade I turned 40 today. For my 35th I did principles, but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more...
22nd Apr 2026
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What you can do in a decade

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

22nd Apr 2026
I turned 40 today. For my 35th I did principles, but for my 40th, I wanted to offer perhaps more useful reflections.
A Reality Where CSS and JavaScript Don't Exist A Reality Where CSS and JavaScript Don’t Exist 2021-11-03 This is my personal opinion. Please leave...
3rd Nov 2021
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A Reality Where CSS and JavaScript Don't Exist

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

3rd Nov 2021
A Reality Where CSS and JavaScript Don’t Exist 2021-11-03 This is my personal opinion. Please leave your pitchforks at the door… I love CSS. I can spend hours deep diving into a website’s CSS system and never find myself getting bored. It’s pretty amazing to see the problems...
Seeing Like an Algorithm In my previous post on TikTok I discussed why its For You Page algorithm is the connective tissue...
21st Sep 2020
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Seeing Like an Algorithm

from Remains of the Day [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Sep 2020
In my previous post on TikTok I discussed why its For You Page algorithm is the connective tissue that makes TikTok work. It is the bus on its motherboard that connects and closes all its feedback loops. But in the breathless rush to understand why companies might want to acquire...
Making a Website is for Everyone Dave asked what makes people excited about building for the web and Thomas answered with this...
1st Oct 2023
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Making a Website is for Everyone

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

1st Oct 2023
Dave asked what makes people excited about building for the web and Thomas answered with this wonderful articulation: the web is the only programming platform (that I know of) that considers its builders regular people, not IT Professionals and continues to write standards with...
Golden Glide Silhouette This Golden Eagle soared past me today and I managed to capture a couple of frames. Magnificent to...
9th Jul 2022
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Golden Glide Silhouette

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Jul 2022
This Golden Eagle soared past me today and I managed to capture a couple of frames. Magnificent to watch.
how to use web workers with typescript A practical example of where web workers can improve performance and UX but there are gotchas and...
13th Mar 2022
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how to use web workers with typescript

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

13th Mar 2022
A practical example of where web workers can improve performance and UX but there are gotchas and limits
Everyone a writer "The irresistible proliferation of graphomania shows me that everyone without exception bears a...
8th Jul 2016
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Everyone a writer

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

8th Jul 2016
"The irresistible proliferation of graphomania shows me that everyone without exception bears a potential writer within him, so that the entire human species has good reason to go down into the streets and shout: we are all writers! For everyone is pained by the thought of...
pre-tenuring in v8 Hey hey happy new year, friends! Today I was going over some V8 code that touched : allocating...
5th Jan 2026
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pre-tenuring in v8

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jan 2026
Hey hey happy new year, friends! Today I was going over some V8 code that touched : allocating objects directly in the old space instead of the nursery. I knew the theory here but I had never looked into the mechanism. Today’s post is a quick overview of how...
Announcing What Can’t I Press? I made an app! What Can’t I Press? is an app that allows you to: Read, search, and filter through...
15th Jun 2026
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Announcing What Can’t I Press?

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

15th Jun 2026
I made an app! What Can’t I Press? is an app that allows you to: Read, search, and filter through screen reader keyboard shortcuts. Scan open apps and add their keyboard shortcuts to the collection. Copy a keyboard shortcut to your clipboard, with modifier keys to format the...
2nd Jan 2026
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January 2026

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

2nd Jan 2026
When Random Isn't This post is an anecdote from over a decade ago, of which I lost the actual code. So please forgive...
10th Jan 2024
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When Random Isn't

from orlp.net - Blog Archive [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Jan 2024
This post is an anecdote from over a decade ago, of which I lost the actual code. So please forgive me if I do not accurately remember all the details. Some details are also simplified so that anyone that likes computer security can enjoy this article, not just those who have...
The $100b Bull Case for Temporal Why Temporal is worth >$1b now, why it will be worth >$10b, and how it *could* be worth $100b
7th Mar 2022
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The $100b Bull Case for Temporal

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

7th Mar 2022
Why Temporal is worth >$1b now, why it will be worth >$10b, and how it *could* be worth $100b
Breaking Barbarian This week in a [Svelte Radio recording](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1555596996744028160),...
7th Aug 2022
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Breaking Barbarian

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

7th Aug 2022
This week in a [Svelte Radio recording](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1555596996744028160), @rich-harris commented that something I said was "uniquely swyx": an offhand observation that "we are all professional streamers now" [^1]. I responded that I've been calling this...
Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery 2022-10-03 This article was updated on October 11, 2022 I’m a big...
3rd Oct 2022
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Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery

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

3rd Oct 2022
Simplifying the Craigslist Gallery 2022-10-03 This article was updated on October 11, 2022 I’m a big fan of craigslist.org and the overall UX used throughout their application. My own website is an ever-changing example of “brutalist” or minimalist design, so I’m always inspired...
Go and SQLite: when database/sql chafes Go and SQLite: when database/sql chafes 2018-04-02, David Crawshaw The Go standard library...
2nd Apr 2018
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Go and SQLite: when database/sql chafes

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

2nd Apr 2018
Go and SQLite: when database/sql chafes 2018-04-02, David Crawshaw The Go standard library includes , a generic SQL interface. It does a good job of doing exactly what it says it does, providing a generic interface to various SQL database servers. Sometimes that is what you want....
The origins of my computing journey <![CDATA[My journey to using and programming computers started around 1983 with a Sinclair ZX...
24th Aug 2026
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The origins of my computing journey

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

24th Aug 2026
<![CDATA[My journey to using and programming computers started around 1983 with a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K, the very first I owned. At the time I was clueless. For example, I wondered whether, once I loaded a program from tape, I needed to write it back at the end of the session...
I have not failed enough I was recently listening through the How to succeed at failing series on the Freakonomics podcast...
30th Dec 2023
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I have not failed enough

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

30th Dec 2023
I was recently listening through the How to succeed at failing series on the Freakonomics podcast and started to think about how often I had failed in the past few years. The first answer was - not too much. I couldn’t think of too many instances of where I had “failed”. This was...
The software engineering industry in 2024: what changed, why, and what is next The past 18 months have seen major change reshape the tech industry. What does it all mean for...
15th Jul 2024
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The software engineering industry in 2024: what changed, why, and what is next

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

15th Jul 2024
The past 18 months have seen major change reshape the tech industry. What does it all mean for businesses and dev teams – and what will pragmatic software engineering approaches look like in the future? I tackled these burning questions in my conference talk, “What’s Old is
The Apple GPU and the Impossible Bug In late 2020, Apple debuted the M1 with Apple’s GPU architecture, AGX, rumoured to be derived from...
13th May 2022
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The Apple GPU and the Impossible Bug

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

13th May 2022
In late 2020, Apple debuted the M1 with Apple’s GPU architecture, AGX, rumoured to be derived from Imagination’s PowerVR series. Since then, we’ve been reverse-engineering AGX and building open source graphics drivers. Last January, I rendered a triangle with my own code, but...
The Boot.dev Beat. June 2025 We’ve capitulated into the vibe coding era? Well… not really. But it’s cool to understand how AI...
10th Jun 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. June 2025

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

10th Jun 2025
We’ve capitulated into the vibe coding era? Well… not really. But it’s cool to understand how AI agents like Cursor and Claude Code work under the hood.
The magic function How do you design user-friendly APIs in Rust? The answer is simple: you use them! Let’s build a...
3rd Jan 2025
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The magic function

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

3rd Jan 2025
How do you design user-friendly APIs in Rust? The answer is simple: you use them! Let’s build a simple Rust CLI tool using what I call the “magic function” approach.
Creamsicles of a different texture: clementine panna cotta Creamsicles were one of my favorite desserts as a child. Whenever my family went to the pool, I...
5th Feb 2011
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Creamsicles of a different texture: clementine panna cotta

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

5th Feb 2011
Creamsicles were one of my favorite desserts as a child. Whenever my family went to the pool, I would absolutely dread the 15 minutes every hour that I couldn't stay in the pool known as adult swim - until I headed over to the pool's snack shop and grabbed a...
Python Functions: How to Define and Call Them Functions allow you to reuse and organize code. Instead of copying and pasting the same logic...
1st Mar 2026
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Python Functions: How to Define and Call Them

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

1st Mar 2026
Functions allow you to reuse and organize code. Instead of copying and pasting the same logic everywhere, you define it once and call it whenever you need it. They’re the most important tool for writing DRY code.
Building an Arcade Stick I’ve been into playing games on my RetroPie machine lately and thought it would be cool to build an...
3rd Jun 2019
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Building an Arcade Stick

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

3rd Jun 2019
I’ve been into playing games on my RetroPie machine lately and thought it would be cool to build an arcade stick (also called a “fight stick”). Here’s the finished product: Materials and Components I had some leftover IKEA oak butcher block from a kitchen project and I thought...
What I'm up to - May 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in...
1st May 2026
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What I'm up to - May 2026

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

1st May 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in April - Visited NYC briefly. Discovered a new cafe I like called WatchHouse - they even happened to be...
The Boot.dev Beat. October 2025 Searchable challenges in the Training Grounds, and realtime voice chats with Boots are now a thing....
1st Oct 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. October 2025

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

1st Oct 2025
Searchable challenges in the Training Grounds, and realtime voice chats with Boots are now a thing. Also, my children and those of half my employees are sick with the flu… I hope you’ve all been able to avoid it!
Gitignore Patterns: What to Ignore and Why Many devs adopt the git add . (yolo, just yeet it all into the commit) workflow. It is fast, simple,...
1st Apr 2026
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Gitignore Patterns: What to Ignore and Why

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

1st Apr 2026
Many devs adopt the git add . (yolo, just yeet it all into the commit) workflow. It is fast, simple, and usually correct. But eventually you’ll have files in your repo directory that should never be committed: secrets, generated artifacts, dependency folders, and random local...
SIGCSE 2018 notes SIGCSE attendees from Columbia’s Computer Science department. Over the weekend, I attended SIGCSE...
22nd Feb 2018
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SIGCSE 2018 notes

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

22nd Feb 2018
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...
Empowering Design System Users The question of whether or not component APIs should be locked down at the code level comes up quite...
1st Nov 2021
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Empowering Design System Users

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

1st Nov 2021
The question of whether or not component APIs should be locked down at the code level comes up quite a bit. For example, if a button spec only calls for primary, secondary, and tertiary variants, should we still expose parts and custom properties so users can make further...
One Law to Rule All Code Optimizations A systems-level reasoning model for understanding why optimizations succeed or fail.
8th Jun 2025
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One Law to Rule All Code Optimizations

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

8th Jun 2025
A systems-level reasoning model for understanding why optimizations succeed or fail.
Verizon's I'm A Teapot Error And Other Technology Fails This is not my week for using technology. None of these problems was my fault, other than my...
6th Oct 2025
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Verizon's I'm A Teapot Error And Other Technology Fails

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

6th Oct 2025
This is not my week for using technology. None of these problems was my fault, other than my existing in the universe and the attraction that brought. Today, I wanted to review my Verizon mobile account, and I noticed that the website had changed since my last visit. I clicked
Go: Functional options are slow The Go "functional options" pattern is a way of passing options to a function. The function takes a...
23rd May 2022
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Go: Functional options are slow

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

23rd May 2022
The Go "functional options" pattern is a way of passing options to a function. The function takes a variable number of arguments, which are themselves functions (a type like ...func(*config). I think it was first introduced by Rob Pike in a 2014 blog post. It is now used by many...
On over-engineering; Architecture Edition I recently wrote about over-engineering and striking a good balance between making your code “too”...
10th Dec 2024
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On over-engineering; Architecture Edition

from Eliran Turgeman [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Dec 2024
I recently wrote about over-engineering and striking a good balance between making your code “too” future-proof and not making it future-proof at all. Some time later, I realized it was missing a critical perspective. I hadn’t addressed over-engineering from an architectural...
Basic keyboard shortcut support for focused links This is one of those cases where circumstances at my job led to needing to document expected...
21st Aug 2024
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Basic keyboard shortcut support for focused links

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

21st Aug 2024
This is one of those cases where circumstances at my job led to needing to document expected behavior in order to create “synthetic” links via JavaScript. Sometimes this sort of thing is regrettably unavoidable. A large part of the effort was capturing all the different actions...
<code>aria-label</code> is a code smell The aria-label property is made available to us by the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)...
31st Oct 2022
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<code>aria-label</code> is a code smell

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

31st Oct 2022
The aria-label property is made available to us by the Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) standard. It allows a property/value declaration in HTML as a way of providing an accessible name for an interactive element. Accessible names Accessible names use text to identify...
1st Jun 2023
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June 2023

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

1st Jun 2023
Explaining git diff to myself But try to understand Try to understand Try try try to understand Git’s a magic command. –...
14th May 2022
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Explaining git diff to myself

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

14th May 2022
But try to understand Try to understand Try try try to understand Git’s a magic command. – Heart  💕 Once upon a time, I believed git was storing diffs somewhere. But then I learned I was wrong. It’s challenging to wield git’s clunky interface when you have a broken mental...
x86 Addressing Modes, Part 1 — Immediate and Direct Access The foundations of memory access: static allocation, addressing modes, and the first steps toward...
12th Nov 2025
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x86 Addressing Modes, Part 1 — Immediate and Direct Access

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

12th Nov 2025
The foundations of memory access: static allocation, addressing modes, and the first steps toward low-level thinking.
Quarantine Reading Queue on the “Tiger King” Phenomenon Last Wednesday I walked into my living room and saw three gay rednecks in hot pink shirts being...
12th Apr 2020
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Quarantine Reading Queue on the “Tiger King” Phenomenon

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

12th Apr 2020
Last Wednesday I walked into my living room and saw three gay rednecks in hot pink shirts being married as a “throuple” on a TV screen at close range, followed by one of the grooms singing a country song about a woman feeding her husband’s remains to her tigers. I could not look...
21st Sep 2025
Intentional Creation Reliably tap into your creativity with the 4 Cs: Consume, critique, curate, create. This is one of...
4th Jan 2023
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Intentional Creation

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Jan 2023
Reliably tap into your creativity with the 4 Cs: Consume, critique, curate, create. This is one of my oldest ideas, finally published on the GitHub ReadME Project blog, along with a profile, in June 2022. For more like this, follow me on Twitter or Mastodon. (You can also read it...
5th Mar 2025
Mounting git commits as folders with NFS Hello! The other day, I started wondering – has anyone ever made a FUSE filesystem for a git...
4th Dec 2023
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Mounting git commits as folders with NFS

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

4th Dec 2023
Hello! The other day, I started wondering – has anyone ever made a FUSE filesystem for a git repository where all every commit is a folder? It turns out the answer is yes! There’s giblefs, GitMounter, and git9 for Plan 9. But FUSE is pretty annoying to use on Mac – you need to...
A disgusting playbook So I started another company. I have even less tolerance for fake bullshit than when I started...
20th Jul 2023
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A disgusting playbook

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

20th Jul 2023
So I started another company. I have even less tolerance for fake bullshit than when I started comma, and I probably will fail because of this. Cruise Automation is a good example here. If they told the truth, they would be out of business. In 2016, they were bought by GM for...
Sorry, we’re closed For reasons that will soon become obvious, I’m shutting the doors on this website. Everything will...
19th Jun 2023
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Sorry, we’re closed

from Don Melton [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Jun 2023
For reasons that will soon become obvious, I’m shutting the doors on this website. Everything will remain online for now, but I don’t plan on returning to write anything new here. Not that I’ve added any content in almost two years anyway. I still have a passion for making...
Adding page transitions in SvelteKit Transitions, easing, and routing are all baked into SvelteKit. This makes utilizing page transition...
1st Mar 2023
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Adding page transitions in SvelteKit

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

1st Mar 2023
Transitions, easing, and routing are all baked into SvelteKit. This makes utilizing page transition effects in SvelteKit sites and apps as easy as adding just a few lines of code.
How to Thought Lead (2026) I first started compiling "How To Thought Lead" in my notes 5 years ago, at first as an ironic...
14th Mar 2026
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How to Thought Lead (2026)

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

14th Mar 2026
I first started compiling "How To Thought Lead" in my notes 5 years ago, at first as an ironic parody and then slowly becoming sincere, and never published it, 1) because I don't know if I ever really nailed it / have a complete picture, 2) I was somewhat worried if I published...
Until the end of the internet It's hard to know what'll stick around when shopping for software online. Popular services and...
20th Jun 2023
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Until the end of the internet

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

20th Jun 2023
It's hard to know what'll stick around when shopping for software online. Popular services and crucial products get shut down all the time. You can't even trust that major conglomerates like Google to provide something you can count on two-five-ten years from now. And if you're...
Living with Linux and Android after two decades of Apple It now seems laughable that only a few months ago, I was questioning whether I'd actually be able to...
12th Jul 2024
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Living with Linux and Android after two decades of Apple

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

12th Jul 2024
It now seems laughable that only a few months ago, I was questioning whether I'd actually be able to switch off the Apple stack and stick to my choice. That's what two decades worth of entrenched habits will do to your belief in change! But not only was it possible, it's been...
Gif to MP4 encoding in the browser, the terminal &#038; everywhere else TLDR: I’ve shipped a new NPM module called gif2vid that enabled video encoding of GIF files in the...
6th Nov 2025
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6th Nov 2025
TLDR: I’ve shipped a new NPM module called gif2vid that enabled video encoding of GIF files in the browser, in your terminal and in a web app backend. I’ve also created an uber simple website at https://gif2vid.com where you can use it. My kids enjoy building cute (and...
Attention is all you have The Tetris effect is one of psychology’s most easy to reproduce experiments. Simply spend a bit of...
21st Sep 2026
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Attention is all you have

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

21st Sep 2026
The Tetris effect is one of psychology’s most easy to reproduce experiments. Simply spend a bit of time playing the eponymous game every day for a few weeks. After a little while, you’ll start recognizing familiar Tetromino shapes in clouds, buildings, and everyday objects. You...
The World’s Computer This was the tagline of Ethereum, and it’s really smart. Sadly, I feel they have lost their way with...
25th Feb 2024
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The World’s Computer

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

25th Feb 2024
This was the tagline of Ethereum, and it’s really smart. Sadly, I feel they have lost their way with Proof of Stake, and wish they would go back to focusing on building a reasonable world computer. In 2024, it’s still painfully annoying to stand up a database. This is the only...
What I’m Using in 2025 I’ve always been fascinated to see what other apps or workflows others are using in their day-to-day...
24th Jan 2025
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What I’m Using in 2025

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

24th Jan 2025
I’ve always been fascinated to see what other apps or workflows others are using in their day-to-day lives. Every now and then I learn about a new app or some cool trick I didn’t previously know. I doubt anyone seriously cares about what I’m using, but figured I’d list them out...
How to not make a résumé in React I’ve seen a fair share of tutorial links floating around in newsletters and Twitter and the like...
7th Apr 2020
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How to not make a résumé in React

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

7th Apr 2020
I’ve seen a fair share of tutorial links floating around in newsletters and Twitter and the like recently. They all promise the same thing, namely how to use React to create a résumé. I mean, I get it. It’s important to have something to build towards when learning a new skill,...
Tokenmaxxing, Promomaxxing, and Misaligned Incentives in Tech When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
7th May 2026
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Tokenmaxxing, Promomaxxing, and Misaligned Incentives in Tech

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

7th May 2026
When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
Organizing a design system via folksonomy Design systems are organized in an imperative, top-down, hierarchical way. By this, I mean its...
15th May 2025
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Organizing a design system via folksonomy

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

15th May 2025
Design systems are organized in an imperative, top-down, hierarchical way. By this, I mean its maintainers decide on categories of content, and then how that content is ordered. This is done as a calculated bet to best serve the known and unknown audiences who consume the design...
Connecting CPython's GC Internals to Real-World Performance Learn how the knowledge of CPython internals translate into performance insights for your code
2nd Oct 2024
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Connecting CPython's GC Internals to Real-World Performance

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

2nd Oct 2024
Learn how the knowledge of CPython internals translate into performance insights for your code
25 IPython Tips for Your Next Advent of Code I've decided to skip last year's Advent of Code edition. Mostly because I didn't have time, but I...
27th Jan 2021
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25 IPython Tips for Your Next Advent of Code

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

27th Jan 2021
I've decided to skip last year's Advent of Code edition. Mostly because I didn't have time, but I also knew that I probably wouldn't finish it. I've never finished any edition. I'm not very good at code katas, and I usually try to brute force them. With AoC, that works for the...
I made a keyboard! Another keyboard! HHKbeeb A couple of years ago I made a BBC Micro tribute keyboard in the runup to...
4th Aug 2023
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I made a keyboard!

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

4th Aug 2023
Another keyboard! HHKbeeb A couple of years ago I made a BBC Micro tribute keyboard in the runup to the beeb’s 40th anniversary. I called it HHKBeeb: The HHKBeeb is made from: keycaps designed by me and printed by WASD Yiancar HS60 PCB generic HHKB aluminium / acrylic sandwich...
So, what happened to my Claude Code series? I started off this year writing a lot, and wanted to keep up the pace. I did good at first! And...
2nd Sep 2026
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So, what happened to my Claude Code series?

from Steve Klabnik [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Sep 2026
I started off this year writing a lot, and wanted to keep up the pace. I did good at first! And then… I didn’t manage to. In some ways, this is because I have just been super busy! I’ve never had less free time, and I’m okay with that. There’s a tremendous amount of good things…
Abusing ID3 chapters to turn videos into glanceable podcasts I listen to a lot of podcasts, and I like how they fit around other tasks. I press play, lock my...
15th Sep 2026
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Abusing ID3 chapters to turn videos into glanceable podcasts

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Sep 2026
I listen to a lot of podcasts, and I like how they fit around other tasks. I press play, lock my phone, and put it down. I’m free to wash the dishes, fold the laundry, or shop for groceries. Unfortunately, more and more information is only published as a video. Technical talks,...
Hello world “Start a blog” has been on my todo list for so long, it’s going to leave a gaping void in my life...
27th Dec 2015
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Hello world

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

27th Dec 2015
“Start a blog” has been on my todo list for so long, it’s going to leave a gaping void in my life when I check it off. There are some things I have been wanting to talk about for a while now, in a way that’s less ephemeral than twitter. Like how the tech industry […]
"You didn't do it right" Four sincere attempts at OKRs, four failures, and every time: "you didn't do it right." Maybe the...
11th Oct 2026
1

"You didn't do it right"

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

11th Oct 2026
Four sincere attempts at OKRs, four failures, and every time: "you didn't do it right." Maybe the framework doesn't fit you -- so how do you find one that does?
Enterprise Software with Python When I first published 10 Myths of Enterprise Python on the PayPal Engineering blog, there were a...
22nd Mar 2016
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Enterprise Software with Python

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Mar 2016
When I first published 10 Myths of Enterprise Python on the PayPal Engineering blog, there were a lot of reactions. Some I expected: Surprise at Python in the enterprise space. Relief at more attestation of Python's use in the enterprise. And, as with all the best, a few...
Safe memory reclamation for BIND At the end of October, I finally got my multithreaded qp-trie working! It could be built with two...
10th Jan 2023
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Safe memory reclamation for BIND

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

10th Jan 2023
At the end of October, I finally got my multithreaded qp-trie working! It could be built with two different concurrency control mechanisms: A reader/writer lock This has poor read-side scalability, because every thread is hammering on the same shared location. But its write...
5th Aug 2022
Compiler Bomb main[-1u]={1}; codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/69189/build-a-compiler-bomb/69193#69193
14th Oct 2016
26

Compiler Bomb

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

14th Oct 2016
main[-1u]={1}; codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/69189/build-a-compiler-bomb/69193#69193
1st Oct 2021
 🎭 Owning up to your mistakes Some self reflection on owning up to your mistakes. A few weeks ago my business partner Jakob...
19th Apr 2022
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 🎭 Owning up to your mistakes

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

19th Apr 2022
Some self reflection on owning up to your mistakes. A few weeks ago my business partner Jakob mentioned that I […] The post  🎭 Owning up to your mistakes appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Rendering Animated .ani Cursors in the Browser Technical breakdown of how the NPM module ani-cursor converts .ani files into CSS animations in the...
9th Dec 2020
1

Rendering Animated .ani Cursors in the Browser

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

9th Dec 2020
Technical breakdown of how the NPM module ani-cursor converts .ani files into CSS animations in the browser.
How to Build Fly Locally With Docker for Mac In my recent side projet, I’ve been deploying to fly.io and really enjoying it. It’s fairly easy to...
2nd Oct 2023
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How to Build Fly Locally With Docker for Mac

from These Yaks Ain't Gonna Shave Themselves [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Oct 2023
In my recent side projet, I’ve been deploying to fly.io and really enjoying it. It’s fairly easy to get setup. And it supports my preferred workflow of deploying my changes early and often. I have run into a few snags though. Fly.io builds your project into a docker image and...
The Best Games Ever Made This is a list of the top five computer games ever made. These are games that you should most...
1st Sep 2013
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The Best Games Ever Made

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

1st Sep 2013
This is a list of the top five computer games ever made. These are games that you should most definitely play if you have any interest in playing games. Fallout 2 (1998) Fallout 2 is my favorite game of all time. It’s truly a masterpiece. It expanded on everything good about...
elementary OS 8 Available Today We’re proud to announce that elementary OS 8 is available to download later today and shipping on...
26th Nov 2024
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elementary OS 8 Available Today

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

26th Nov 2024
We’re proud to announce that elementary OS 8 is available to download later today and shipping on several high-quality computers! With OS 8, we’ve focused in on: Creating a new Secure Session that ensures applications respect your privacy and require your consent A brand new...
Announcing Hondo Updating Quina to version 2.0 filled my head with new ideas that I just couldn't walk away from....
14th Jul 2022
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Announcing Hondo

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

14th Jul 2022
Updating Quina to version 2.0 filled my head with new ideas that I just couldn't walk away from. Eventually, those ideas took the shape of a whole new word game, named Hondo.
Boot.dev Beat. December 2022 I hope you’ve been able to enjoy some time with family! I took (almost) an entire week off from...
6th Jan 2023
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Boot.dev Beat. December 2022

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

6th Jan 2023
I hope you’ve been able to enjoy some time with family! I took (almost) an entire week off from writing code, which I haven’t done in a long time. It’s good to be back though, and I can’t wait to see you around the Discord community.
A Horrifying User Experience After years of living in a cramped Tokyo apartment, I'm going to move to a slightly more spacious...
8th Oct 2012
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A Horrifying User Experience

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Oct 2012
After years of living in a cramped Tokyo apartment, I'm going to move to a slightly more spacious one. Finding an apartment went smoother than I could have imagined, and in half-a-day, I had found a new apartment. The following day I set out to take care of the tasks surrounding...
RIP Stuey Weills Beloved Nevada City community member passed away, a nice obituary of her impact on our small town
2nd Apr 2026
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RIP Stuey Weills

from Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Apr 2026
Beloved Nevada City community member passed away, a nice obituary of her impact on our small town
Send teasers of premium emails Send teasers of premium emails
3rd Jun 2022
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Send teasers of premium emails

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

3rd Jun 2022
Send teasers of premium emails
Fighting subscription fatigue with vibe-coding Most people solve their subscription fatigue by canceling Netflix. I solved it by vibe-coding my own...
16th Aug 2025
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Fighting subscription fatigue with vibe-coding

from Eliran Turgeman [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Aug 2025
Most people solve their subscription fatigue by canceling Netflix. I solved it by vibe-coding my own workout app instead of paying another SaaS. Two weeks ago, I decided to get serious about my workouts again and start logging them. I looked for an existing solution that has the...
An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths SVG gives us many different primitives to work with, but by far the most powerful is the element....
18th Aug 2025
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An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths

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

18th Aug 2025
SVG gives us many different primitives to work with, but by far the most powerful is the element. Unfortunately, it’s also the most inscrutable, with its compact Regex-style syntax. In this tutorial, we’ll demystify this infamous element and see some of the cool things we can...
5th Jun 2022
To Serve Man, with Software I didn't choose to be a programmer. Somehow, it seemed, the computers chose me. For a long time,...
31st Dec 2017
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To Serve Man, with Software

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

31st Dec 2017
I didn't choose to be a programmer. Somehow, it seemed, the computers chose me. For a long time, that was fine, that was enough; that was all I needed. But along the way I never felt that being a programmer was this unambiguously great-for-everyone career field with zero
A picture is worth a thousand tags This shows how a picture can be turned into an HTML table. With this, you can not only have nicer...
8th May 2021
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A picture is worth a thousand tags

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

8th May 2021
This shows how a picture can be turned into an HTML table. With this, you can not only have nicer tables or uglier pictures, but you can have something that is both at the same time.
Simple Accessibility Simple Accessibility 2018-09-07 Implementing proper accessibility practices can seem a little...
7th Sep 2018
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Simple Accessibility

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

7th Sep 2018
Simple Accessibility 2018-09-07 Implementing proper accessibility practices can seem a little daunting at first, but there are a few basic standards you can introduce into your project work-flow that are fairly straightforward: Basic design Test that your project has the proper...
Recently I have a non-recently post ready to write, any day now… Reading This was a strong month for reading:...
1st Mar 2025
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Recently

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

1st Mar 2025
I have a non-recently post ready to write, any day now… Reading This was a strong month for reading: I finished The Hidden Wealth of Nations, Useful Not True, and Cyberlibertarianism. I had a book club that read Cyberlibertarianism so we discussed it last week. I have a lot of...
A 2-Axis, Multihead Light Positioner This post is part of a longer-running series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their...
8th Apr 2024
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A 2-Axis, Multihead Light Positioner

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

8th Apr 2024
This post is part of a longer-running series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their hardware through my IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) technique for the non-destructive inspection of chips. Previously, I discussed the focus stage, light source, and methodology used to...
Faking 3D Elements with CSS Faking 3D Elements with CSS 2020-04-29 Although not always practical, creating the illusion that...
29th Apr 2020
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Faking 3D Elements with CSS

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

29th Apr 2020
Faking 3D Elements with CSS 2020-04-29 Although not always practical, creating the illusion that some of your web elements are 3D can be a fun experiment. I set out to see if I was able to create such an illusion with only 2 HTML elements and as little CSS as possible. This is...
10x engineers talk to users I believe the best way to become a 10x engineer is to zoom out and solve for user impact. Engineers...
6th Mar 2023
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10x engineers talk to users

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

6th Mar 2023
I believe the best way to become a 10x engineer is to zoom out and solve for user impact. Engineers and founders need to deeply understand and care…
Understanding CSS Position This post is a summary of the different values of the CSS position property. It assumes you have...
10th Mar 2014
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Understanding CSS Position

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

10th Mar 2014
This post is a summary of the different values of the CSS position property. It assumes you have knowledge of basic document flow. Absolute Position position: absolute elements are removed from the normal document flow and will be positioned relative to their next parent with...
Foundations of Agent Friendly Codebases A look at 10 foundational pillars that enable agents to operate more competently and more...
13th Sep 2026
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Foundations of Agent Friendly Codebases

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

13th Sep 2026
A look at 10 foundational pillars that enable agents to operate more competently and more efficiently in any codebase.
The Boot.dev Beat. May 2023 We hit some amazing milestones in April. We now have over 40,000 registered students and over...
3rd May 2023
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The Boot.dev Beat. May 2023

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

3rd May 2023
We hit some amazing milestones in April. We now have over 40,000 registered students and over 500,000 lessons completed on the platform! I hope your learnings are going well, and that everything we’re building is helping you, even if it’s in a small way.
Fast calculation of the distance to cubic Bezier curves on the GPU Bézier curves are a core building block of text and 2D shapes rendering. There are several...
18th Oct 2025
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Fast calculation of the distance to cubic Bezier curves on the GPU

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

18th Oct 2025
Bézier curves are a core building block of text and 2D shapes rendering. There are several approaches to rendering them, but one especially challenging problem, both mathematically and technically, is computing the distance to a Bézier curve. For quadratic curves (one control...
Swearing and automatic captions Swearing is the spice of language. Throw in a little to make that fucking point you want to make...
5th Dec 2022
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Swearing and automatic captions

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

5th Dec 2022
Swearing is the spice of language. Throw in a little to make that fucking point you want to make pop. Throw in a shitload to create a motherfucking verbal curry, layers of delicious goddamn meaning to unpack. Swearing is also present in every culture I can think of, with culture...
Recently I have a bunch that I want to write about this month, but that'll all be in different posts. Just...
1st Apr 2026
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Recently

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

1st Apr 2026
I have a bunch that I want to write about this month, but that'll all be in different posts. Just got back from Atmosphere Conf in Vancouver and settling into a false Brooklyn summer. Reading I read so much this month but have little to share here. Despite trying to keep a rich,...
Radioactive film lenses and Geiger counter Kit Last week marked the ten year anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and resulting tsunami that...
17th Mar 2021
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Radioactive film lenses and Geiger counter Kit

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Mar 2021
Last week marked the ten year anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and resulting tsunami that caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. In the years following that tragic event, flotsam began arriving on the Pacific West Coast. Volunteers making great effort to return...
Network Latencies in the Data Center Jeff Dean used to do a talk that included "Numbers Everyone Should Know" (2007 at Stanford, 2009 at...
25th Sep 2021
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Network Latencies in the Data Center

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

25th Sep 2021
Jeff Dean used to do a talk that included "Numbers Everyone Should Know" (2007 at Stanford, 2009 at LADIS), which included "round trip within same data center" as 500 us. I was recently wondering if that is still true, and more importantly what does the distribution of latencies...
Name that Ware, October 2025 The Ware for October 2025 is shown below. Thanks to Juan C. for contributing this curious ware! I...
30th Oct 2025
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Name that Ware, October 2025

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

30th Oct 2025
The Ware for October 2025 is shown below. Thanks to Juan C. for contributing this curious ware! I really can’t get enough of how the whole device is integrated with a multi-layer stacked PCB. I imagine that inside the middle of the stack there could be some interesting circuitry...
Rising sea levels, eroding beaches, melting ice caps When I was glazing this v60-style cone, I was thinking of rising sea levels, eroding beaches, and...
4th Feb 2025
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Rising sea levels, eroding beaches, melting ice caps

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

4th Feb 2025
When I was glazing this v60-style cone, I was thinking of rising sea levels, eroding beaches, and melting ice caps. Trying to tackle large challenges like climate change is overwhelming in the best of times, and these are not the best of times. There are many things we can...
What I'm up to - September 2026 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I am up to. What I did in August I moved back to New York....
1st Sep 2026
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What I'm up to - September 2026

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

1st Sep 2026
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I am up to. What I did in August I moved back to New York. I have been busy bouncing between hotels and touring potential homes. I visited Copenhagen for an event at noma.
Preserving Winamp skins for posterity at the Internet Archive The story of how the Internet Archive came to preserve over 100k Winamp skins and include Webamp as...
5th Apr 2025
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Preserving Winamp skins for posterity at the Internet Archive

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

5th Apr 2025
The story of how the Internet Archive came to preserve over 100k Winamp skins and include Webamp as one of their embedded media players
Thoughts on writing and publishing Primer. I’m materially finished writing my 3rd book, The Engineering Executive’s Primer. There’s one last...
3rd Nov 2023
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Thoughts on writing and publishing Primer.

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

3rd Nov 2023
I’m materially finished writing my 3rd book, The Engineering Executive’s Primer. There’s one last chapter to go through tech review, and a fine line editing pass, but the hard stuff is largely done. Of course, that’s an author’s perspective, there is other hard stuff still to be...
How I Built My Blog An in-depth look at the technical stack behind this very blog! We'll see how I use Next's API routes...
20th Apr 2021
78

How I Built My Blog

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

20th Apr 2021
An in-depth look at the technical stack behind this very blog! We'll see how I use Next's API routes to implement my hit and like counters, how I use MDX to add interaction and customization, and how I organize my codebase, among others.
polymorphism Polymorphism is when two types implement the same interface.
16th May 2020
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polymorphism

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

16th May 2020
Polymorphism is when two types implement the same interface.
Announcing FinFam In my last post, I mentioned founding a startup. It's called FinFam, and we're building...
19th Sep 2025
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Announcing FinFam

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Sep 2025
In my last post, I mentioned founding a startup. It's called FinFam, and we're building collaborative financial planning. The GitHub of money, if you will. Enough with the telling, time for the show! Here's a 3-minute demo: We launched beta this week and I couldn't be more...
29th Mar 2018
9th May 2020
Kagi Small Web As a part of our ongoing pursuit to humanize the web, we are pleased to announce the launch of the...
7th Sep 2023
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Kagi Small Web

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

7th Sep 2023
As a part of our ongoing pursuit to humanize the web, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Kagi Small Web initiative. ----------------------- What is Kagi Small Web? ----------------------- To begin with, while there is no single definition, “small web” typically refers...
Logs vs Structured Events I got an interesting tweet the other day from @evntdrvn in response to this thread of mine....
5th Feb 2019
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Logs vs Structured Events

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

5th Feb 2019
I got an interesting tweet the other day from @evntdrvn in response to this thread of mine. Paraphrasing, “So I’ve almost got our group at work up to Step 1 in your observability maturity model, but some of the devs that I work with want to turn OFF our lovely structured logging...
CSS Variables CSS Variables 2018-03-24 The CSS language is becoming even more awesome and powerful everyday. In...
24th Mar 2018
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CSS Variables

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

24th Mar 2018
CSS Variables 2018-03-24 The CSS language is becoming even more awesome and powerful everyday. In this quick article I'd like to focus specifically on the "new" CSS variable function that you can start using in your projects right now. Getting started is easy Let's just jump...
What I'm up to - June 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Jun 2025
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What I'm up to - June 2025

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

1st Jun 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - On Contraption Company, I published An app of one's own about building a personal ...
Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Singletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming....
4th Nov 2019
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Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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

4th Nov 2019
Singletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming. Let’s take a look at what they are, when to (maybe) use them, and when not to.
Separate Firefox Dark UI theme from website dark mode I like the default dark color theme in Firefox, but I prefer to view websites in light mode. This...
7th Dec 2021
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Separate Firefox Dark UI theme from website dark mode

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

7th Dec 2021
I like the default dark color theme in Firefox, but I prefer to view websites in light mode. This distinction has been working until recently, but with Firefox 95, the browser dark theme will enforce dark mode on websites as well. This sounds like a good default, but I want to...
2014-04-18 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOvQCPLkPt4
18th Apr 2014
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2014-04-18

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

18th Apr 2014
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOvQCPLkPt4
What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? I sometimes get asked by regular people in the actual real world what it is that I do for a living,...
22nd Oct 2018
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What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up?

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

22nd Oct 2018
I sometimes get asked by regular people in the actual real world what it is that I do for a living, and here's my 15 second answer: We built a sort of Wikipedia website for computer programmers to post questions and answers. It's called Stack Overflow
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...
5th May 2023
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New features and settings, improved performance, and fewer bugs

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

5th May 2023
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...
How to design an accessible carousel In this article, we provide a comprehensive guide to designing an intuitive and universally...
21st Apr 2024
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How to design an accessible carousel

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

21st Apr 2024
In this article, we provide a comprehensive guide to designing an intuitive and universally accessible carousel for any web project. Outcome Carousels in UI are practical interactive elements that efficiently display images or content pieces without taking up too much vertical...
Teaching how to code is broken Typically: Chapter 1: Types Chapter 2: Variables Chapter 3: Operators/Math Chapter 4: Control...
12th Jan 2022
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Teaching how to code is broken

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

12th Jan 2022
Typically: Chapter 1: Types Chapter 2: Variables Chapter 3: Operators/Math Chapter 4: Control structures Chapter 5: Arrays Chapter 6: Functions Chapter 7: Structs Chapter 8: Classes and Objects Chapter 9: Methods Chapter 10: Inheritance and Polymorphism Chapter 11: Some advanced...
AI Revolution - Transformers and Large Language Models (LLMs) NLP & AI Revolution - Transformers and Large Language Models (LLMs) Part of the challenge of “AI” is...
30th Aug 2022
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AI Revolution - Transformers and Large Language Models (LLMs)

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

30th Aug 2022
NLP & AI Revolution - Transformers and Large Language Models (LLMs) Part of the challenge of “AI” is we keep raising the bar on what it means for something to be a machine intelligence. Early machine learning models have been quite successful in terms of real world impact. Large...
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