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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2025 We plan to wrap up 2025 with some important quality of life updates! League placement badges, lesson...
7th Dec 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2025

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

7th Dec 2025
We plan to wrap up 2025 with some important quality of life updates! League placement badges, lesson bookmarks, and major improvements to the Training Grounds are just a few of the highlights. Thanks for learning with us, we’re gearing up the platform for a ton of new courses in...
1st Mar 2024
Setting intentions and goals for 2020 Last year I took a mindfulness course led by a former team lead who had switched careers at...
2nd Jan 2020
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Setting intentions and goals for 2020

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

2nd Jan 2020
Last year I took a mindfulness course led by a former team lead who had switched careers at Microsoft. We had four in-person all day sessions and at the end of each session we would set intentions for the next few months between classes. Intentions are different than goals, as...
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...
1st Jul 2021
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How PostHog's new VP focused the company on nailing funnels in his first week

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

1st Jul 2021
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…
The serial TX path seems to be down The previous series of articles about UART was initially motivated by an error I was getting when...
11th Aug 2025
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The serial TX path seems to be down

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

11th Aug 2025
The previous series of articles about UART was initially motivated by an error I was getting when using the ESP-Prog. I could have jumped straight to the conclusion, but I took the time to really understand what was going on, and we are finally reaching the end of this...
Limited Editions and Ticket Demand Or alternatively "Curiosities in Vinyl, Part 4". If you’re not interested in buying music in a...
19th Apr 2025
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Limited Editions and Ticket Demand

from Lee A Johnson [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Apr 2025
Or alternatively "Curiosities in Vinyl, Part 4". If you’re not interested in buying music in a physical form you may well have missed that last Saturday (12th April 2025) was “Record Store Day” (RSD)1. A biannual event where independent record stores are supplied with releases...
43 Hours on the Amtrak Southwest Chief In September 2022, after watching many YouTube videos of other people on long-distance Amtrak trips,...
3rd Feb 2023
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43 Hours on the Amtrak Southwest Chief

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

3rd Feb 2023
In September 2022, after watching many YouTube videos of other people on long-distance Amtrak trips, I finally embarked on a journey of my own: I took the Amtrak Southwest Chief train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Continue reading to learn more about it and why I’ll do it again on...
"Rules" that terminal programs follow Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal is some combination...
12th Dec 2024
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"Rules" that terminal programs follow

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

12th Dec 2024
Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal is some combination of: Your operating system’s job Your shell’s job Your terminal emulator’s job The job of whatever program you happen to be running (like top or vim or cat) The first three (your...
nsnotifyd-2.3 released D’oh, I lost track of a bug report that should have been fixed in nsnotifyd-2.2. Thus, hot on the...
5th Dec 2024
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nsnotifyd-2.3 released

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

5th Dec 2024
D’oh, I lost track of a bug report that should have been fixed in nsnotifyd-2.2. Thus, hot on the heels of [the previous release][prev], here’s nsnotifyd-2.3. Sorry for causing extra work to my uncountably many users! The nsnotifyd daemon monitors a set of DNS zones and runs a...
Winner, Name that Ware May 2023 Last month’s ware is the Automatic AUT-450C “Connected Car Assistant” (OBD-II code scanner and GPS...
30th Jun 2023
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Winner, Name that Ware May 2023

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

30th Jun 2023
Last month’s ware is the Automatic AUT-450C “Connected Car Assistant” (OBD-II code scanner and GPS tracker with cellular, WiFi, and Bluetooth connectivity). The company went out of business shortly after the start of the pandemic. Here’s some more views of the ware — I had left...
Stuff I've been working on It’s been around 2 years that I’ve had to stop with my long-term addiction to stable jobs. Quite a...
7th Oct 2024
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Stuff I've been working on

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

7th Oct 2024
It’s been around 2 years that I’ve had to stop with my long-term addiction to stable jobs. Quite a few people who read this blog are wondering what the hell exactly I’ve been doing since then so I’m going to update all of you on the various projects I’ve been working on. Meme...
Automating Capacitive Buttons with a Modified Switchbot I’ve had a heater in my home office this winter and I’ve wished it could turn on/off automatically...
14th Mar 2023
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Automating Capacitive Buttons with a Modified Switchbot

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

14th Mar 2023
I’ve had a heater in my home office this winter and I’ve wished it could turn on/off automatically based on whether or not I was in the room. A smart outlet wouldn’t work for this because the heater has a manual switch. My next thought was to use my Switchbot smart button pusher,...
Maybe not so much with the "optimization" In the quest for optimization, A/B tests, metrics, and funnels, we're in danger of losing the fun...
22nd Mar 2026
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Maybe not so much with the "optimization"

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

22nd Mar 2026
In the quest for optimization, A/B tests, metrics, and funnels, we're in danger of losing the fun and value of creative work.
My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design 2021-05-19 Hey would you look at that - my personal...
19th May 2021
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My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design

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

19th May 2021
My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design 2021-05-19 Hey would you look at that - my personal blog has been redesigned again! Although I am still using good ol' Jekyll for the backend, I have now added a more fleshed-out CSS design which also includes a set of open source...
Yes, I will have coffee with you On meeting up in meatspace
14th Apr 2025
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Yes, I will have coffee with you

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

14th Apr 2025
On meeting up in meatspace
The JAMStack, Gatsby & Contentful Illustrated notes on the JAMstack, Gatsby & Contentful
1st Jun 2019
23

The JAMStack, Gatsby & Contentful

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

1st Jun 2019
Illustrated notes on the JAMstack, Gatsby & Contentful
Backgrounds Are Important I̸ ̸s̸t̸a̷r̶t̵e̷d̵ ̴w̵a̷t̶c̸h̶i̴n̸g̵ ̴t̵h̴e̶ ̸P̶y̴t̴h̸o̶n̴ ̵d̶o̵c̷u̵m̷e̴n̴t̷a̸r̶y̴,̶...
15th Sep 2025
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Backgrounds Are Important

from Lee A Johnson [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Sep 2025
I̸ ̸s̸t̸a̷r̶t̵e̷d̵ ̴w̵a̷t̶c̸h̶i̴n̸g̵ ̴t̵h̴e̶ ̸P̶y̴t̴h̸o̶n̴ ̵d̶o̵c̷u̵m̷e̴n̴t̷a̸r̶y̴,̶ ̸[̶r̷e̶c̶e̴n̷t̵l̷y̷ ̷a̶v̵a̸i̷l̸a̷b̷l̴e̷ ̸o̷n̸ ̵Y̴o̷u̶T̴u̴b̶e̸]̴(̵h̸t̵t̷p̴s̸:̴/̸/̴w̸w̴w̶.̵y̶o̶u̵t̵u̴b̶e̸.̴c̷o̷m̷/̵w̵a̴t̷c̴h̵?̷v̴=̵G̵f̶H̶4̵Q̷L̸4̸V̸q̴J̵0̴)̷,̴ ̴b̴u̵t̷ ̴I̴ ̸c̷o̸u̸l̶d̴n̸’̴t̷ ̷g̷e̷t̵...
Park Games As the shedding of the luck-bean tree forms coral carpets on the grass below; as the birds begin...
17th Sep 2022
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Park Games

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

17th Sep 2022
As the shedding of the luck-bean tree forms coral carpets on the grass below; as the birds begin their morning song earlier into the fourth watch of the night, calling the sun to come out to play; as new flowering greens shoot out of chronic brown branches; urban nature dances to...
Why I'm not a VC (yet) There is too much money chasing too few operators.
8th Aug 2021
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Why I'm not a VC (yet)

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

8th Aug 2021
There is too much money chasing too few operators.
Web push notifications: issues and limitations In this post, I will summarize some problems and constraints that I've encountered with the...
17th Aug 2024
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Web push notifications: issues and limitations

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

17th Aug 2024
In this post, I will summarize some problems and constraints that I've encountered with the Notifications and Push web APIs. Notification settings on macOS Someone who's definitely not me wasted half an hour wondering why triggered notifications would not appear. On macOS,...
Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison NT is often touted as a "very advanced" operating system. Why is that? What made NT better than...
9th Sep 2024
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Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison

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

9th Sep 2024
NT is often touted as a "very advanced" operating system. Why is that? What made NT better than Unix, if anything? And is that still the case?
Bringing Your Pets to Japan This is the post in forums that always makes me wince: “I’ve just been hired and am moving to Japan!...
11th Jul 2024
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Bringing Your Pets to Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Jul 2024
This is the post in forums that always makes me wince: “I’ve just been hired and am moving to Japan! Can I bring my dog with me?” The reason it causes me pain is that I know the poster is already too late. If they wanted to relocate to Japan with their dog, they needed to start...
21st Sep 2025
The vastness of the ocean The vastness of the oceancan't fit in my phone.The sand through my feetthe smell of the airthe howl...
11th Feb 2024
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The vastness of the ocean

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

11th Feb 2024
The vastness of the oceancan't fit in my phone.The sand through my feetthe smell of the airthe howl of the breezehas nowhere to go. The pages of a bookcan’t fit in my phone.The texture of the pagesthe scent of the pressthe uncontested immersionhas nowhere to go. The tapestry of...
Staging is a trap @mipsytipsy Software staging clusters only grow. As production accrues more services, staging’s...
15th Sep 2022
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Staging is a trap

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

15th Sep 2022
@mipsytipsy Software staging clusters only grow. As production accrues more services, staging’s costs ramp up. And maintaining a single, massive, production-like staging may no longer be the right answer. But several, small staging clusters—each fit for their purpose—offers a...
Put that Framework Down Before Someone Gets Hurt There is only one question that ignites my inner rage more than “How do I get a developer job in 3...
6th Nov 2023
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Put that Framework Down Before Someone Gets Hurt

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

6th Nov 2023
There is only one question that ignites my inner rage more than “How do I get a developer job in 3 months?”? That question is:
Guile-websocket 0.2.1 released I'm happy to announce that guile-websocket 0.2.1 has been released! Guile-websocket is an...
6th Aug 2025
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Guile-websocket 0.2.1 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Aug 2025
I'm happy to announce that guile-websocket 0.2.1 has been released! Guile-websocket is an implementation of the WebSocket protocol, both the client and server sides, for Guile Scheme. This small patch release contains the following changes: Greatly improved validation of initial...
Referencing subscriber tags in your newsletter Use tags with templating to customize your emails!
12th Feb 2021
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Referencing subscriber tags in your newsletter

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

12th Feb 2021
Use tags with templating to customize your emails!
My path to OpenAI I started programming seriously during a gap year after high school. I’d read Turing’s Computing...
3rd May 2016
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My path to OpenAI

from Greg Brockman [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd May 2016
I started programming seriously during a gap year after high school. I’d read Turing’s Computing Machinery and Intelligence, and was inspired by the notion of writing code that could understand something that I, as the code’s author, did not. I started writing a chatbot — how...
Supporting communities that empower women in technology Every year, TokyoDev conducts a survey of international developers living in Japan. In the last...
6th Feb 2023
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Supporting communities that empower women in technology

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Feb 2023
Every year, TokyoDev conducts a survey of international developers living in Japan. In the last survey's results, published in December 2022, I explored [the connection between gender and compensation](/insights/2022-developer-survey#salary-by-gender). The results were...
The Angels and Demons of Nondeterminism Greetings everyone! You might have noticed that it's September and I don't have the next version of...
4th Sep 2025
47

The Angels and Demons of Nondeterminism

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

4th Sep 2025
Greetings everyone! You might have noticed that it's September and I don't have the next version of Logic for Programmers ready. As penance, here's ten free copies of the book. So a few months ago I wrote a newsletter about how we use nondeterminism in formal methods. The...
Like anything else, we need to practice startups * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It is easy to...
28th Aug 2011
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Like anything else, we need to practice startups

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

28th Aug 2011
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It is easy to look at successful founders and see them as genuises, as people who were without a doubt going to be triumphant. When we look at people in that way, it is completely understandable...
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...
Hacking Amazon Dash Buttons The Amazon Dash button is about a year old and has proven to be a pretty great hackable...
1st Aug 2016
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Hacking Amazon Dash Buttons

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

1st Aug 2016
The Amazon Dash button is about a year old and has proven to be a pretty great hackable internet-of-things button. It’s got built-in wifi, an onboard battery and best of all, a $4.99 price tag. How It Works The actual “hacking” of dash buttons has really nothing to do with the...
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...
1st Nov 2024
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On life as an independent contractor right now

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

1st Nov 2024
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...
Meet the Robowaiter APIs Serving Us Data Everything you need to know about what API's are and how they work
10th Apr 2019
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Meet the Robowaiter APIs Serving Us Data

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

10th Apr 2019
Everything you need to know about what API's are and how they work
Every Man his own API A sociotechnological trend
9th Nov 2024
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Every Man his own API

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

9th Nov 2024
A sociotechnological trend
What I'm up to - June 2022 I'm testing a monthly email about what I'm doing! ✨ Highlights of last month - I finished the...
1st Jun 2022
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What I'm up to - June 2022

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

1st Jun 2022
I'm testing a monthly email about what I'm doing! ✨ Highlights of last month - I finished the first version of Postcard, which is a personal website + mailing list tool I'm building. (If you w...
Fundraising for SaaS Startups This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help...
1st Jul 2022
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Fundraising for SaaS Startups

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

1st Jul 2022
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help early-stage founders tackle the […] The post Fundraising for SaaS Startups appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Sabbatical #18: Great Ocean Road I enjoyed the busy city life in Melbourne for a few days, but soon the adventurer and nature seeker...
14th Jul 2026
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Sabbatical #18: Great Ocean Road

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

14th Jul 2026
I enjoyed the busy city life in Melbourne for a few days, but soon the adventurer and nature seeker in me took over again. It so happens that one of the best road trips in the world is around the corner: The Great Ocean Road. It is also the world's largest war memorial, dedicated...
I am building a cloud I am building a cloud 2026-04-22 Today is fundraising . As is the nature of writing for a larger...
22nd Apr 2026
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I am building a cloud

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

22nd Apr 2026
I am building a cloud 2026-04-22 Today is fundraising . As is the nature of writing for a larger audience, it is a formal, safe announcement. As it should be. Writing must necessarily become impersonal at scale. But I would like to write something personal about why I am doing...
Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD 2023-06-05 VSCode and its many variations are not available on...
5th Jun 2023
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Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD

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

5th Jun 2023
Running VSCode in Chromium on OpenBSD 2023-06-05 VSCode and its many variations are not available on OpenBSD. This doesn’t cause issue with many OpenBSD users, but those making the jump from Linux might miss access to such a popular editor. Lucky for us, there is a hacky...
What the Fork is the React Virtual DOM Illustrated notes on how the React virtual DOM works
20th Jan 2019
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What the Fork is the React Virtual DOM

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

20th Jan 2019
Illustrated notes on how the React virtual DOM works
Experimenting with a 7 day work week * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For the first...
10th Jun 2013
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Experimenting with a 7 day work week

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

10th Jun 2013
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * For the first two weeks of last month, I religiously tried to follow a new routine I created for myself: a 7 day work week routine. The idea was quite simple: I would work 7 days a week, rest 7
How to Become a Neo-Cartesian Cyborg A lightening talk on second brains and cyborg embodiment
1st Mar 2020
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How to Become a Neo-Cartesian Cyborg

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

1st Mar 2020
A lightening talk on second brains and cyborg embodiment
“Fantasy on a Fugue” (Revisited) This has been on my to-do list for 40 years. ... more ...
2nd Aug 2024
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“Fantasy on a Fugue” (Revisited)

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

2nd Aug 2024
This has been on my to-do list for 40 years. ... more ...
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...
All about QA Quality Assurance (QA) is a team of two at 37signals: Michael, who created the department 12 years...
15th Oct 2024
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All about QA

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

15th Oct 2024
Quality Assurance (QA) is a team of two at 37signals: Michael, who created the department 12 years ago, and Gabriel, who joined the team in 2022. Together, we have a hand in projects across all of our products, from kickoff to release. Our goal is to help designers and...
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
Building personal and organizational prestige Most months I get at least one email from an engineering leader who believes they’d be a candidate...
4th Jul 2023
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Building personal and organizational prestige

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

4th Jul 2023
Most months I get at least one email from an engineering leader who believes they’d be a candidate for significantly more desirable roles if their personal brand were just better known. Similarly, when funding is readily available during periods of tech industry expansion, many...
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,...
Advice to my younger self I had the privilege of speaking to some Berkeley students last week. Below is the talk reprinted in...
31st Oct 2019
50

Advice to my younger self

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

31st Oct 2019
I had the privilege of speaking to some Berkeley students last week. Below is the talk reprinted in full: If you could call yourself 10 years ago and speak for a minute, what would you say? That's the thought that was going through my mind when I got
Knowledge Nuggets From My Tmux.conf When I switched from GNU Screen to Tmux, I was just jazzed that Tmux had a status bar. To achieve...
12th Sep 2013
1

Knowledge Nuggets From My Tmux.conf

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

12th Sep 2013
When I switched from GNU Screen to Tmux, I was just jazzed that Tmux had a status bar. To achieve that same effect in Screen I had a cryptic 115-character hardstatus string that I copy–pasted from someplace lost to the annals of the Internet Archive. It wasn’t too long after I...
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess Design decisions core to JavaScript have caused a multitude of problems for benchmarking. Is there a...
23rd Dec 2024
45

JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Dec 2024
Design decisions core to JavaScript have caused a multitude of problems for benchmarking. Is there a solution to this?
Making a Website Under 1kB Making a Website Under 1kB 2022-08-02 I recently launched (another) website club called the 1kB...
2nd Aug 2022
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Making a Website Under 1kB

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

2nd Aug 2022
Making a Website Under 1kB 2022-08-02 I recently launched (another) website club called the 1kB Club. Unlike the 1MB Club, it isn't as accessible for most modern websites to become official members. Building a website that actually serves useful content while squeezing its page...
The 8 Most Popular Coding Languages of 2026 And more importantly, how to choose the most popular coding language you should learn. 🔗 How can...
4th Jan 2021
1

The 8 Most Popular Coding Languages of 2026

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

4th Jan 2021
And more importantly, how to choose the most popular coding language you should learn. 🔗 How can you decide what the most popular coding language is? It’s like trying to pick the most popular ice cream flavor - everyone has a favorite. The truth is that different coders prefer...
Take a hard game, and make it shorter You are of course aware that attention spans are shrinking. YouTube -> Shorts, Instagram Reels,...
16th Feb 2026
1

Take a hard game, and make it shorter

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

16th Feb 2026
You are of course aware that attention spans are shrinking. YouTube -> Shorts, Instagram Reels, Tiktoks, etc have taken over the world.
Yeah hooks are good, but have you tried faster React Components? This article is not meant to perf-shame you. If you’re a beginner in React, don’t focus on...
1st Feb 2019
40

Yeah hooks are good, but have you tried faster React Components?

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

1st Feb 2019
This article is not meant to perf-shame you. If you’re a beginner in React, don’t focus on performance issues but rather on getting comfortable and productive with it. The performance of a React application can be defined by how long the user should wait before seeing the UI...
How to Communicate When Trust Is Low (Without Digging Yourself Into A Deeper Hole) This is based on an internal quip doc I wrote up about careful communication in the context of...
17th Aug 2023
43
17th Aug 2023
This is based on an internal quip doc I wrote up about careful communication in the context of rebuilding trust. I got a couple requests to turn it into a blog post for sharing purposes; here you go.🌈✨🥂 In this doc I mention Christine, my wonderful, brilliant cofounder and CEO,...
Before and after Almost Perfect At the beginning of this year, I spent a couple of weeks at the Almost Perfect creative residence in...
8th Jul 2024
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Before and after Almost Perfect

from Contraption Co. [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jul 2024
At the beginning of this year, I spent a couple of weeks at the Almost Perfect creative residence in Tokyo, run by Luis and Yuka. This week Luis and Yuka published a podcast we recorded during my residence. The first half was recorded on the first day of my stay,
The xz Issue Isn’t About Open Source You’ve probably heard of the recent backdoor in xz. There have been a lot of takes on this, most of...
4th Apr 2024
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The xz Issue Isn’t About Open Source

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

4th Apr 2024
You’ve probably heard of the recent backdoor in xz. There have been a lot of takes on this, most of them boiling down to some version of: The problem here is with Open Source Software. I want to say not only is that view so myopic that it pushes towards the incorrect, but also it...
Turning off ECS tasks overnight using an EventBridge Schedule At work, we have a bunch of ECS services that run 24/7, even though they don’t need to. For example,...
3rd Jul 2023
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Turning off ECS tasks overnight using an EventBridge Schedule

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jul 2023
At work, we have a bunch of ECS services that run 24/7, even though they don’t need to. For example, we have a staging version of our website, where we test new changes before they’re deployed to the live site. We’re only making changes during UK office hours, so running the...
My buildspace project For the next 6 weeks, I’m taking part in buildspace nights & weekends. It’s a cohort of people that...
12th Apr 2023
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My buildspace project

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

12th Apr 2023
For the next 6 weeks, I’m taking part in buildspace nights & weekends. It’s a cohort of people that participate in a 6-week long “school” where they work towards any idea they have. The goal is to launch a “product” by the end of these 6 weeks, and to gain as much traction as...
#27 <a6> Context: Visually a list of links. Bad code <h6>Popular Cities</h6> <div> <h6...
21st Nov 2021
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#27 <a6>

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Nov 2021
Context: Visually a list of links. Bad code <h6>Popular Cities</h6> <div> <h6 class="footerLinks">Amsterdam</h6> <h6 class="footerLinks">Rotterdam</h6> <h6 class="footerLinks">Utrecht</h6> <h6 class="footerLinks">Den Haag</h6> <h6...
10 · Beyond prose We experiment with bringing lightweight branching, diffs, and a chat-like history to diagramming and...
3rd Apr 2024
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10 · Beyond prose

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

3rd Apr 2024
We experiment with bringing lightweight branching, diffs, and a chat-like history to diagramming and spreadsheet tools.
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...
20th Feb 2018
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Using snippets in sublime text to speed up your development

from Seán Barry [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Feb 2018
How to leverage tools like snippets to speed up the development process and increase your efficiency.
whippet in guile hacklog: evacuation Good evening, hackfolk. A quick note this evening to record a waypoint in my efforts to improve...
11th Jun 2025
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whippet in guile hacklog: evacuation

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Jun 2025
Good evening, hackfolk. A quick note this evening to record a waypoint in my efforts to improve Guile’s memory manager. So, I got Guile running on top of the API. This API can be implemented by a number of concrete garbage collector implementations. The implementation backed...
Dark mode by local sunlight Dark mode is increasingly appearing as an option on websites, but why not have it enable...
16th Jun 2021
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Dark mode by local sunlight

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

16th Jun 2021
Dark mode is increasingly appearing as an option on websites, but why not have it enable automatically?
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...
5th Jul 2024
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Best Rust books for 2024

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

5th Jul 2024
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.
Clip sharing with Overcast Sharing podcasts has never been easy, but I’ve always tried to lead the way with Overcast, with...
27th Apr 2019
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Clip sharing with Overcast

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

27th Apr 2019
Sharing podcasts has never been easy, but I’ve always tried to lead the way with Overcast, with publicly shareable episode links and optional recommendations from your Twitter friends since version 1.0 in 2014. Podcast sharing has been limited to audio and links, but today’s...
Setting Up Jekyll on Windows Setting Up Jekyll on Windows 2022-09-02 I’ve recently been playing around with using Windows 10 as...
2nd Sep 2022
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Setting Up Jekyll on Windows

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

2nd Sep 2022
Setting Up Jekyll on Windows 2022-09-02 I’ve recently been playing around with using Windows 10 as my daily operating system. So far, it has been going fairly well. Nothing will probably ever feel as “optimized” as running a Linux-based system but it works well for my current...
Rare words in common phrases, and how to avoid getting them wrong A running list of uncommon, strange, and/or archaic words embedded in common idioms, to help you...
24th Jan 2025
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Rare words in common phrases, and how to avoid getting them wrong

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

24th Jan 2025
A running list of uncommon, strange, and/or archaic words embedded in common idioms, to help you type them correctly next time you use them.
Feature flag best practices and tips (with examples) Feature flags, aka feature toggles, are awesome. New feature for your beta test group? Use a feature...
5th Jan 2023
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Feature flag best practices and tips (with examples)

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

5th Jan 2023
Feature flags, aka feature toggles, are awesome. New feature for your beta test group? Use a feature flag. Testing multiple variants of a new UX? Use…
Enough with the "expert" guilt Tired of being told you need "10,000 hours" before you can call yourself an "expert," and maybe...
22nd Feb 2010
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Enough with the "expert" guilt

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

22nd Feb 2010
Tired of being told you need "10,000 hours" before you can call yourself an "expert," and maybe become a "success?" Maybe you don't.
What I'm up to - April 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. I'm a...
1st Apr 2024
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What I'm up to - April 2024

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

1st Apr 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. I'm a little late on the April edition, but better late than never. What I did in March - Spent some time...
One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment Why we need collaborative AI engineering
13th Apr 2026
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One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment

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

13th Apr 2026
Why we need collaborative AI engineering
21st Jul 2020
A guide to bookmarklets I'm a frequent user of bookmarklets. As I'm sharing some of them on my blog, I wrote this post to...
4th Nov 2024
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A guide to bookmarklets

from Dariusz Winkler | Software development [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Nov 2024
I'm a frequent user of bookmarklets. As I'm sharing some of them on my blog, I wrote this post to explain what bookmarklets are and how to use them. In short, a bookmarklet is a browser bookmark containing JavaScript code. Clicking the bookmark executes the script in the context...
Tag your infrastructure-as-code resources with a link to their definitions The aspiration of infrastructure-as-code tools is that you use them to manage everything. You create...
18th Aug 2023
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Tag your infrastructure-as-code resources with a link to their definitions

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Aug 2023
The aspiration of infrastructure-as-code tools is that you use them to manage everything. You create all your resources by writing a file that defines them, and any time you change something, you update the definition in that file. It’s a nice idea, but easier said than...
Building an all-remote company from scratch Many companies are currently having to adjust to remote work, but what about the ones that started...
1st Sep 2020
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Building an all-remote company from scratch

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

1st Sep 2020
Many companies are currently having to adjust to remote work, but what about the ones that started this way from scratch? PostHog has a team of 12, 1…
Wait, IPython Can Do That?! Here are the slides for my talk called "Wait, IPython can do that?!". Since I update the slides...
7th Jul 2019
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Wait, IPython Can Do That?!

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

7th Jul 2019
Here are the slides for my talk called "Wait, IPython can do that?!". Since I update the slides before each conference to incorporate any new ideas that come to my mind and make sure they are up to date, if you are interested in a particular version of the slides, just send me an...
Most Software Was Already Slop As software engineers, we take pride in hand-written code and knowing how everything we build works...
4th Sep 2026
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Most Software Was Already Slop

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

4th Sep 2026
As software engineers, we take pride in hand-written code and knowing how everything we build works in detail. While there are many developers out there who build good software, there are many, many more who don’t. Yet we balk at the idea of vibe coding, even when it yields...
Some notes on for loops New Blogpost Don't let Alloy facts make your specs a fiction, about formal methods practices (and a...
10th Apr 2024
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Some notes on for loops

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

10th Apr 2024
New Blogpost Don't let Alloy facts make your specs a fiction, about formal methods practices (and a lot of Alloy). Patreon link here. Some notes on for loops I sometimes like to sharpen the axe by looking at a basic programming concept and seeing what I can pull out. In this...
Sometimes never compete on price The difference between "low prices" as a race to the bottom or as a success story (like Amazon,...
6th Apr 2025
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Sometimes never compete on price

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

6th Apr 2025
The difference between "low prices" as a race to the bottom or as a success story (like Amazon, Costco, IKEA, Vanguard) is in leveraging intentional weaknesses.
Dear JetBrains. Don't mess with your UI. So we have yet a new UI overhaul. This time, bringing consumer-grade UI practices to the world of...
3rd Jun 2022
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Dear JetBrains. Don't mess with your UI.

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

3rd Jun 2022
So we have yet a new UI overhaul. This time, bringing consumer-grade UI practices to the world of professionals. Announcement: https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2022/05/take-part-in-the-new-ui-preview-for-your-jetbrains-ide/ New Jet Brains interface We're professionals. We can...
Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" on Eleuke electric ukulele I arranged and recorded Irving Berlin's 'Blue Skies' on my new Eleuke electric ukulele.
21st Sep 2010
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Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" on Eleuke electric ukulele

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

21st Sep 2010
I arranged and recorded Irving Berlin's 'Blue Skies' on my new Eleuke electric ukulele.
No wait, of course THAT is the single most important SaaS metric Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
3rd Nov 2024
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No wait, of course THAT is the single most important SaaS metric

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

3rd Nov 2024
Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
What I'm up to - October 2023 This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. ✨ What I...
1st Oct 2023
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What I'm up to - October 2023

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

1st Oct 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. ✨ What I was up to in September I launched Booklet, a forum as an alternative to chat. It's my attempt to ma...
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...
Git Super-Power: The Three-Way Merge tl;dr: git config --global merge.conflictstyle diff3 In my previous post, I preached about the one...
1st May 2024
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Git Super-Power: The Three-Way Merge

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

1st May 2024
tl;dr: git config --global merge.conflictstyle diff3 In my previous post, I preached about the one true way to merge MRs in a git workflow. The answer is obviously to rebase for conflicts, and a merge commit for posterity of the MR. What I did not talk about is that there is a...
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...
22nd Dec 2018
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2018: A year in review

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

22nd Dec 2018
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…
2014-12-11 shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/652
11th Dec 2014
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2014-12-11

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

11th Dec 2014
shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/652
5th Feb 2015
Progressions Composing sound-generating tools
12th May 2026
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Progressions

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

12th May 2026
Composing sound-generating tools
C# Discriminated Unions and .NET Channels For parallel processing of records, C# discriminated unions and .NET System.Threading.Channels make...
6th Jul 2024
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C# Discriminated Unions and .NET Channels

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

6th Jul 2024
For parallel processing of records, C# discriminated unions and .NET System.Threading.Channels make it easy.
Pink, Soft, Glittering Developers A collection of observations on the rise of soft, sparkly, baby pink aesthetics among developers
13th Mar 2021
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Pink, Soft, Glittering Developers

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

13th Mar 2021
A collection of observations on the rise of soft, sparkly, baby pink aesthetics among developers
The top reason we haven’t sold our startup We’ve been lucky at Buffer [http://bufferapp.com] to receive a number of acquisition offers along...
13th Jan 2015
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The top reason we haven’t sold our startup

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

13th Jan 2015
We’ve been lucky at Buffer [http://bufferapp.com] to receive a number of acquisition offers along our journey so far. When I mention this to people, a key question that often comes up is “how did you decide not to sell?”. The earliest offer we had for Buffer was
A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed 2023/01/01 A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed When I first started my forever project, a peer to...
1st Jan 2023
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A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed

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

1st Jan 2023
2023/01/01 A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed When I first started my forever project, a peer to peer file sync software using Interval Tree Clocks, I wanted to build it right. That meant property-based testing everything, specifying the protocol fully, dealing with error...
.io considered harmful The .io top-level domain funds and legitimises Britain's exile of the Chagossian people from their...
19th Jun 2023
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.io considered harmful

from beep.blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Jun 2023
The .io top-level domain funds and legitimises Britain's exile of the Chagossian people from their homeland. Here's the history and the facts.
Power dynamics in web specifications My involvement in web standards started with the CSS working group. One of the things that we...
19th Apr 2024
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Power dynamics in web specifications

from Hixie's Natural Log [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Apr 2024
My involvement in web standards started with the CSS working group. One of the things that we struggled with as a working group was that we would specify how the technology should work, but the browser vendors' implementations weren't exactly what we intended, and web authors...
Adding auto-generated cover images to EPUBs downloaded from AO3 I was chatting with a friend recently, and she mentioned an annoyance when reading fanfiction on her...
1st Feb 2025
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Adding auto-generated cover images to EPUBs downloaded from AO3

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Feb 2025
I was chatting with a friend recently, and she mentioned an annoyance when reading fanfiction on her iPad. She downloads fic from AO3 as EPUB files, and reads it in the Kindle app – but the files don’t have a cover image, and so the preview thumbnails aren’t very readable: ...
Aqua UI CSS Buttons Aqua UI CSS Buttons 2016-06-28 Though it may feel like nostalgia, the old OS design for Mac was...
28th Jun 2016
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Aqua UI CSS Buttons

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

28th Jun 2016
Aqua UI CSS Buttons 2016-06-28 Though it may feel like nostalgia, the old OS design for Mac was arguably better than the current iteration (as of this writing - High Sierra). I recently designed a quick Dribbble shot showcasing how the older operating system used to have so much...
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.
agents, ai, and software engineering People are limited in the number of decisions they can make in a day. Most people do not experience...
24th Feb 2026
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agents, ai, and software engineering

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

24th Feb 2026
People are limited in the number of decisions they can make in a day. Most people do not experience this limit as day to day, the decision volume is pretty low. The day to day of an executive? It is generally a non-stop firewall of decisions.
What if there isn't another 10x? What if your tech company has peaked? Is relentless growth the only path, or is it time to redefine...
18th Oct 2016
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What if there isn't another 10x?

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

18th Oct 2016
What if your tech company has peaked? Is relentless growth the only path, or is it time to redefine your true impact on the world?
Slides for Measuring an engineering organization. Last week, I gave a 30 minute talk to a group of CTOs and VP Engineerings in San Francisco about...
20th May 2023
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Slides for Measuring an engineering organization.

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

20th May 2023
Last week, I gave a 30 minute talk to a group of CTOs and VP Engineerings in San Francisco about measuring engineering organizations. This talk was essentially this blog post, and here are the slides. A few topics worth highlighting: Measurement educates you, and your audience,...
PIRACYKILLS How to use piracy to your advantage.
3rd Oct 2025
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PIRACYKILLS

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

3rd Oct 2025
How to use piracy to your advantage.
A Local-First Task Framework sharing the load
3rd Apr 2026
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A Local-First Task Framework

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

3rd Apr 2026
sharing the load
Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout 2020-10-07 I recently came across the very well written and...
7th Oct 2020
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Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout

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

7th Oct 2020
Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout 2020-10-07 I recently came across the very well written and interesting article, Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid, while browsing my daily designer feeds. I won't go into the post's specifics here (I recommend you read the article for yourself)...
Posting on the internet freightens me Posting on the internet freightens me
16th Apr 2026
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Posting on the internet freightens me

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

16th Apr 2026
Posting on the internet freightens me
What I'm up to - March 2023 ✨ What I've been up to Part of my work at The Contraption Company includes helping startups...
1st Mar 2023
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What I'm up to - March 2023

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

1st Mar 2023
✨ What I've been up to Part of my work at The Contraption Company includes helping startups develop new products. For the last six months, I've unintentionally been working almost exclusively wit...
OpenAI fixed their unsafe policy around names Update October 2, 2023: This is now fixed: you can update your name in your user settings. This...
4th Sep 2023
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OpenAI fixed their unsafe policy around names

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

4th Sep 2023
Update October 2, 2023: This is now fixed: you can update your name in your user settings. This works for the OpenAI Platform accounts, and they say the same for ChatGPT (etc.) is coming soon. Thank you to those who reached out to OpenAI employees about this, and thank you so...
Networking Essentials: Switching Discussing why we need Switches in a network and how they work
4th Sep 2018
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Networking Essentials: Switching

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

4th Sep 2018
Discussing why we need Switches in a network and how they work
Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Dnsmasq Valet ¶Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel...
9th Sep 2019
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Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet

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

9th Sep 2019
Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Dnsmasq Valet ¶Supporting multiple TLDs in Laravel Valet Valet is great. Occasionally though I need an app to respond on a different TLD to the default one. And there are even times when it makes sense to have an app respond on multiple...
Developer relations Apple’s leaders continue to deny developers of two obvious truths: That our apps provide substantial...
3rd Jun 2021
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Developer relations

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

3rd Jun 2021
Apple’s leaders continue to deny developers of two obvious truths: That our apps provide substantial value to iOS beyond the purchase commissions collected by Apple. That any portion of our customers came to our apps from our own marketing or reputation, rather than the App...
A Friendly Introduction to Container Queries It’s been a couple of years since container queries started landing in browsers… so why isn’t anyone...
4th Nov 2024
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A Friendly Introduction to Container Queries

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

4th Nov 2024
It’s been a couple of years since container queries started landing in browsers… so why isn’t anyone using them? It turns out that container queries are kinda tricky; they’re not as straightforward as media queries. In this tutorial, we’ll break it all down and make sense of...
Browser makers: where’s the new tab + homepage option? Ever since tabbed browsing hit the mainstream I've been hooked. It's rare to see less than a handful...
7th Aug 2009
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Browser makers: where’s the new tab + homepage option?

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

7th Aug 2009
Ever since tabbed browsing hit the mainstream I've been hooked. It's rare to see less than a handful of tabs open in my web browser at any time. Whether I'm developing, checking email, or just surfing around, I can never seem to have enough tabs! But there's one thing about this...
7th Oct 2011
Real estate is one of the hardest open problems in scaled self driving I’ve had a minor obsession with Waymo’s autonomous vehicle depots recently. Over the past few...
3rd Sep 2024
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Real estate is one of the hardest open problems in scaled self driving

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

3rd Sep 2024
I’ve had a minor obsession with Waymo’s autonomous vehicle depots recently. Over the past few months, I’ve flown a drone as part of a stakeout to understand how they work. And I’ve taken a deep dive into an apparent Waymo outage to find the company charging its electric vehicles...
Are you an experienced software buyer? I could use some help. If it seems like I’ve been relatively quiet lately on social media and my blog, that’s because I...
19th Sep 2025
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Are you an experienced software buyer? I could use some help.

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

19th Sep 2025
If it seems like I’ve been relatively quiet lately on social media and my blog, that’s because I have. Liz, Austin, George and I have been busy toiling away on the second edition of “Observability Engineering” ever since April or May. I personally have been trying to spend 75-80%...
How to upgrade or downgrade Node.js using npm Need to update your version of Node.js? Here's how you can upgrade or downgrade from the command...
5th Apr 2016
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How to upgrade or downgrade Node.js using npm

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

5th Apr 2016
Need to update your version of Node.js? Here's how you can upgrade or downgrade from the command line using npm. Upgrading to the latest stable version # This will update you to the latest available stable version: sudo npm cache clean -f sudo npm install -g n sudo n...
Naked Emperors in Tech Some things we often repeat as truth just aren't. We should call bullshit more often.
6th Nov 2020
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Naked Emperors in Tech

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

6th Nov 2020
Some things we often repeat as truth just aren't. We should call bullshit more often.
Backchannel: A relationship-based digital identity system In this article, we propose an alternative approach to digital identity that replaces user profiles...
1st Sep 2021
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Backchannel: A relationship-based digital identity system

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

1st Sep 2021
In this article, we propose an alternative approach to digital identity that replaces user profiles with trusted digital relationships.
Ten Platform Commandments On Monday I gave a talk at DOES18 called “All the World’s a Platform”, where I talked about a bunch...
24th Oct 2018
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Ten Platform Commandments

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

24th Oct 2018
On Monday I gave a talk at DOES18 called “All the World’s a Platform”, where I talked about a bunch of the lessons learned by using and abusing and running and building platforms at scale. I promised to do a blog post with the takeaways, so here they are. Platform Commandment #1:...
Working with Miguel: A Practical Guide Since reading ‘High Growth Handbook’ by Elad Gil, the value of writing a ‘Working with’ document...
2nd Feb 2024
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Working with Miguel: A Practical Guide

from Miguel Carranza [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Feb 2024
Since reading ‘High Growth Handbook’ by Elad Gil, the value of writing a ‘Working with’ document became crystal clear to me. I am sharing mine externally to inspire other founders and leaders to reflect and write down their own working styles. These documents are incredibly...
Trivet adds Google sign-in to Ghost A free, open-source project for blogs
3rd Jan 2026
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Trivet adds Google sign-in to Ghost

from Contraption Co. [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jan 2026
A free, open-source project for blogs
The Boot.dev Beat. March 2025 Our new JavaScript course is live! ThePrimeagen’s course on building your own HTTP server from...
7th Mar 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. March 2025

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

7th Mar 2025
Our new JavaScript course is live! ThePrimeagen’s course on building your own HTTP server from scratch is just around the corner, and the TypeScript track couldn’t be closer.
how fast is go? simulating millions of particles on a smart tv The challenge, simulate millions of particles in golang, multi-player enabled, cpu only, smart tv...
13th Sep 2025
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how fast is go? simulating millions of particles on a smart tv

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

13th Sep 2025
The challenge, simulate millions of particles in golang, multi-player enabled, cpu only, smart tv compatible.
A Walkthrough of *that* React Suspense Demo Annotated commentary on the code behind the Movie search demo featuring React Suspense
2nd Mar 2018
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A Walkthrough of *that* React Suspense Demo

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

2nd Mar 2018
Annotated commentary on the code behind the Movie search demo featuring React Suspense
Lost confidence RICE and other confidence-based frameworks are mostly noise. Here's how to make decisions without...
21st Jun 2026
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Lost confidence

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

21st Jun 2026
RICE and other confidence-based frameworks are mostly noise. Here's how to make decisions without pretending to know the unknowable.
How to build remote teams properly This article is part of the Technical Manager Guide that I’m writing for technical leads to scale...
26th Jun 2021
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How to build remote teams properly

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

26th Jun 2021
This article is part of the Technical Manager Guide that I’m writing for technical leads to scale their development and […] The post How to build remote teams properly appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Handling advanced product imports in WooCommerce Learn how to handle advanced things like core fees when importing products into WooCommerce.
9th Dec 2017
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Handling advanced product imports in WooCommerce

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

9th Dec 2017
Learn how to handle advanced things like core fees when importing products into WooCommerce.
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...
Winner, Name that Ware August 2023 The Ware for August 2023 is a viewfinder from a JVC Super VHS Camcorder, model number GR-SXM915U....
30th Sep 2023
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Winner, Name that Ware August 2023

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

30th Sep 2023
The Ware for August 2023 is a viewfinder from a JVC Super VHS Camcorder, model number GR-SXM915U. I’ll give the prize to Jin because of the correct identification of the SOIC as the BA7149F. Congrats, email me for your prize! The exact model number of the originating camera...
Four-Course Python Data Structures and Algorithms Track Released We recently took a look at our course curriculum and felt that our current Learn Algorithms course,...
4th Oct 2021
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Four-Course Python Data Structures and Algorithms Track Released

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

4th Oct 2021
We recently took a look at our course curriculum and felt that our current Learn Algorithms course, written in Go, would be better served if it covered Python instead. After much deliberation, we decided to rewrite the course, and we’re super excited to have now released the...
DevOps vs SRE: delayed coverage of the dumbest war Last week was the West Coast Velocity conference.  I had a terrific time — I think it’s the best...
30th Jun 2016
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DevOps vs SRE: delayed coverage of the dumbest war

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

30th Jun 2016
Last week was the West Coast Velocity conference.  I had a terrific time — I think it’s the best Velocity I’ve been to yet.  I also slipped in quite late, the evening before last, to catch Gareth’s session on DevOps vs SRE. I had to catch it, because Gareth Rushgrove (of DevOps...
CSS in React Server Components You can’t make an omelette without cracking a few eggs, and when the core React team unveiled their...
15th Apr 2024
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CSS in React Server Components

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

15th Apr 2024
You can’t make an omelette without cracking a few eggs, and when the core React team unveiled their vision for the future of React, some of my favourite libraries got scrambled 😅. In this blog post, we’re going to explore the compatibility issues between React Server Components...
Why do many web developers hate jQuery? Why do many web developers hate jQuery? ¶Why do many web developers hate jQuery? The following is an...
22nd Nov 2016
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Why do many web developers hate jQuery?

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

22nd Nov 2016
Why do many web developers hate jQuery? ¶Why do many web developers hate jQuery? The following is an answer I originally posted to the above question posed over on Hashnode, the developer community. Thought it was worth sharing :) When jQuery was the new thing, people loved it....
Sabbatical #09: Dunedin “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― The Lord of the...
7th Apr 2026
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Sabbatical #09: Dunedin

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

7th Apr 2026
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― The Lord of the Rings Dunedin is a former Scottish settlement, which becomes apparent after a quick walk through the city. The name is an anglicization of the Gaelic name for Edinburgh. It is...
Web We Want Progress Update - November 2020 13 November 2020 We've been driving the Web We Want for over a year now, asking developers what they...
13th Nov 2020
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Web We Want Progress Update - November 2020

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

13th Nov 2020
13 November 2020 We've been driving the Web We Want for over a year now, asking developers what they think is missing from the web platform or DevTools. Before COVID-19, we had run 9 WWW sessions at events with plans to do more. Behind the scenes we’ve been working out a plan on...
Live cursors with Liveblocks & Next.js Displaying other users' cursors live on-screen has always been tricky to implement... but no longer!...
2nd Aug 2021
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Live cursors with Liveblocks & Next.js

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

2nd Aug 2021
Displaying other users' cursors live on-screen has always been tricky to implement... but no longer! Using Liveblocks and Next.js we can get it working in a matter of minutes.
The Boot.dev Beat. February 2025 It’s official: TJ’s C course walkthrough was released before GTA6! This is a great month for...
4th Feb 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. February 2025

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

4th Feb 2025
It’s official: TJ’s C course walkthrough was released before GTA6! This is a great month for Boot.dev, and for humanity as a whole.
Changing text style for DandeGUI window output <![CDATA[Printing rich text to windows is one of the planned features of DandeGUI, the GUI library...
12th May 2025
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Changing text style for DandeGUI window output

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

12th May 2025
<![CDATA[Printing rich text to windows is one of the planned features of DandeGUI, the GUI library for Medley Interlisp I'm developing in Common Lisp. I finally got around to this and implemented the GUI:WITH-TEXT-STYLE macro which controls the attributes of text printed to a...
How to add Tailwind 3 to Docusaurus 2 in 2022 We use Docusaurus at work, and while it shipped v2 this year it still has (as of v2.3) not shipped...
1st Nov 2022
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How to add Tailwind 3 to Docusaurus 2 in 2022

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

1st Nov 2022
We use Docusaurus at work, and while it shipped v2 this year it still has (as of v2.3) not shipped with any Tailwind support at all. Googled and found this post which was almost everything I needed, but required some stuff in the comments for it to work.
In-depth: PostHog vs Matomo PostHog and Matomo are both open-source analytics platforms you can self-host on your own...
1st Jun 2022
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In-depth: PostHog vs Matomo

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

1st Jun 2022
PostHog and Matomo are both open-source analytics platforms you can self-host on your own infrastructure, giving you complete control over your data…
CircleCI’s unnoticed holiday security breach CircleCI customers returned from the holiday break to be told to urgently rotate their secrets,...
5th Jan 2023
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CircleCI’s unnoticed holiday security breach

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

5th Jan 2023
CircleCI customers returned from the holiday break to be told to urgently rotate their secrets, which were probably leaked. What does this leak mean for companies using a CI provider and how can you prepare for a CI vendor being compromised?
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 I. 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. January 2025 Fastest boss defeat in the history of Boot.dev, a new AWS course, embers are live, and my children...
2nd Jan 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. January 2025

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

2nd Jan 2025
Fastest boss defeat in the history of Boot.dev, a new AWS course, embers are live, and my children just won’t stop being sick for more than 4 days at a time. Win some, lose some.
Type parameters in Go Now that generics have come to Go, let's take a look at the new syntax for type parameters. We’ll...
10th Mar 2024
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Type parameters in Go

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

10th Mar 2024
Now that generics have come to Go, let's take a look at the new syntax for type parameters. We’ll find out why we need type parameters, how we write them, and how we can use them to create generic functions in Go.
ET-Jekyll Theme ET-Jekyll Theme 2018-01-14 ET-Jekyll theme is based off of Dave Liepmann’s awesome Tufte CSS - which...
14th Jan 2018
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ET-Jekyll Theme

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

14th Jan 2018
ET-Jekyll Theme 2018-01-14 ET-Jekyll theme is based off of Dave Liepmann’s awesome Tufte CSS - which takes it’s style and inspiration from the wonderful book and handout designs of Edward Tufte. The differences are subtle when comparing my variation to Tufte CSS, but these...
Email tracking is now off by default Buttondown is turning off analytics by default for all new users
1st Mar 2021
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Email tracking is now off by default

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

1st Mar 2021
Buttondown is turning off analytics by default for all new users
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
Solo founders with profitable businesses, collected stories People sometimes wonder: can I have a successful business as a single founder? The answer is:...
23rd Jun 2017
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Solo founders with profitable businesses, collected stories

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

23rd Jun 2017
People sometimes wonder: can I have a successful business as a single founder? The answer is: yes. This is a collection of solo-preneur success stories (with occasional 2 people bands). I only include businesses generating significant revenues. In this context it’s around $5k/mo...
January updates Howdy and Happy New Year! We had a quiet but productive start to 2018; I'm pumped to share what...
1st Feb 2018
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January updates

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

1st Feb 2018
Howdy and Happy New Year! We had a quiet but productive start to 2018; I'm pumped to share what we've been up to.
27th Dec 2025
Digital decluttering I spent a lot of my formative Internet years in online fandom. I read novel-length stories about...
13th Sep 2024
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Digital decluttering

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Sep 2024
I spent a lot of my formative Internet years in online fandom. I read novel-length stories about Doctor Who characters; I swooned over fan art of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries; I pored over in-depth analyses of each episode of Carmilla. Most of that is gone now. Links rot quickly,...
Let's Talk About The American Dream A few months ago I wrote about what it means to stay gold — to hold on to the best parts of...
6th Mar 2025
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Let's Talk About The American Dream

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

6th Mar 2025
A few months ago I wrote about what it means to stay gold — to hold on to the best parts of ourselves, our communities, and the American Dream itself. But staying gold isn’t passive. It takes work. It takes action. It takes hard conversations that ask
The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 18 October 2021 22 October 2021 We're going to pretend like it's not been 10 months since I blogged. Pandemic life,...
22nd Oct 2021
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The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 18 October 2021

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

22nd Oct 2021
22 October 2021 We're going to pretend like it's not been 10 months since I blogged. Pandemic life, writing a book on design for developers, and everything else that comes with existing right now has me worn out. When I've got free time, it's usually running off to go bike, get...
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...
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...
Lecture: Queueing theory on a cocktail napkin Queues are everywhere, and they follow mathematical rules. Learn a few of those rules! It'll go a...
25th Jun 2025
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Lecture: Queueing theory on a cocktail napkin

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

25th Jun 2025
Queues are everywhere, and they follow mathematical rules. Learn a few of those rules! It'll go a long way to making you a stronger SRE.
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...
Winner, Name that Ware July 2024 The ware for July 2024 is an Ingenico Axium DX8000. I hadn’t had a chance to tear down a modern POS...
15th Aug 2024
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Winner, Name that Ware July 2024

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

15th Aug 2024
The ware for July 2024 is an Ingenico Axium DX8000. I hadn’t had a chance to tear down a modern POS terminal myself, so it was pretty interesting to see all the anti-tamper traces built into the product (thank you jackw01 for sharing it!). I wonder how effective these are, and...
Reflection and Custom States in Web Components In the Web Component world, attribute reflection is commonly used to style custom elements both...
5th Jun 2024
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Reflection and Custom States in Web Components

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

5th Jun 2024
In the Web Component world, attribute reflection is commonly used to style custom elements both internally and as public APIs for consumers. If you're not familiar, attribute reflection occurs when an attribute in the DOM is updated due to changes in a corresponding property. A...
Philip Glass Piano Works by Víkingur Ólafsson Sharing an album I’ve been obsessed with this year
12th Jan 2025
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Philip Glass Piano Works by Víkingur Ólafsson

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

12th Jan 2025
Sharing an album I’ve been obsessed with this year
#1 button disguised as a link Bad code <button role="link" title="Name of website" tabindex="0"> <img alt="Name of website"...
17th Oct 2019
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#1 button disguised as a link

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Oct 2019
Bad code <button role="link" title="Name of website" tabindex="0"> <img alt="Name of website" src="logo.jpg" title="Name of website"> </button> Issues and how to fix them Wrong usage of the button element. There’s an element for linking to external sites (<a>). Do not change...
So why write a blog? I’ve never been good at maintaining a “professional” profile on the web. It’s bitten me in the ass...
1st Sep 2017
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So why write a blog?

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

1st Sep 2017
I’ve never been good at maintaining a “professional” profile on the web. It’s bitten me in the ass when I’ve really needed to show off work…
Terminal colours are tricky Yesterday I was thinking about how long it took me to get a colorscheme in my terminal that I was...
1st Oct 2024
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Terminal colours are tricky

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

1st Oct 2024
Yesterday I was thinking about how long it took me to get a colorscheme in my terminal that I was mostly happy with (SO MANY YEARS), and it made me wonder what about terminal colours made it so hard. So I asked people on Mastodon what problems they’ve run into with colours in the...
The macOS Apps I'm Using For a long time, the two most popular articles on my blog were lists of macOS apps and CLI tools,...
16th Nov 2024
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The macOS Apps I'm Using

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

16th Nov 2024
For a long time, the two most popular articles on my blog were lists of macOS apps and CLI tools, which I've been using. Coincidentally, these kinds of lists are something I love to read myself. I can always find some cool, new tool in such articles. It doesn't matter that I will...
18th Dec 2011
What I'm up to - August 2025 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Aug 2025
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What I'm up to - August 2025

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

1st Aug 2025
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - Back to eating solid foods after my jaw surgery. - Playing with gpt-oss on my com...
Where the Bitter Lesson ends Humanity only has one engineering project, building better engineers than humans. After that, the...
27th Mar 2024
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Where the Bitter Lesson ends

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

27th Mar 2024
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...
What I'm up to - January 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Jan 2025
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What I'm up to - January 2025

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

1st Jan 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in December - I'm amid some big life changes. I'm joining an AI startup in San Francisco, and movi...
Software books I wish I could read New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.11 is now available! This is over 20% longer than v0.10, with...
6th Aug 2025
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Software books I wish I could read

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

6th Aug 2025
New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.11 is now available! This is over 20% longer than v0.10, with a new chapter on code proofs, three chapter overhauls, and more! Full release notes here. Software books I wish I could read I'm writing Logic for Programmers because it's a book...
Rudimentary 3D on the 2D HTML Canvas I’ve been working on a graphical web project that requires an interactive roll of a pair of dice....
29th Sep 2024
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Rudimentary 3D on the 2D HTML Canvas

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

29th Sep 2024
I’ve been working on a graphical web project that requires an interactive roll of a pair of dice. Dice are cubes and would be most convincingly rendered with 3D graphics. But because these dice are only a tiny part of this project, I was reluctant to call out the big guns. I...
The imminent risk of vibe coding Negative feedback loops caused by vibe coded change sets
30th Jan 2026
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The imminent risk of vibe coding

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

30th Jan 2026
Negative feedback loops caused by vibe coded change sets
Evolution of my role as a founder CTO There is a lot written about the importance of scaling as a founder in a fast-growing startup. Most...
6th Dec 2020
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Evolution of my role as a founder CTO

from Miguel Carranza [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Dec 2020
There is a lot written about the importance of scaling as a founder in a fast-growing startup. Most of it focused on the CEO role. The generic advice on leadership also applies to other non-CEO roles, but I could not find a lot of content targeted to technical founders. In fact,...
How Hard Should Your Employer Work To Retain You? Recently we learned that Google spent $2.7 billion to re-hire a single AI researcher who had left to...
11th Oct 2024
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How Hard Should Your Employer Work To Retain You?

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

11th Oct 2024
Recently we learned that Google spent $2.7 billion to re-hire a single AI researcher who had left to start his own company. As Charlie Brown would say: “Good grief.” 🙄 This is an (incredibly!) extreme example. But back in the halcyon days of the zero interest rate phenomenon...
AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming...
2nd Jun 2026
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2nd Jun 2026
Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming into the void. Here's how to close the gap and get everyone pulling in the same direction.
Designing a version In modern software development, a project isn't a project without a proper versioning scheme. Weak...
23rd Feb 2016
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Designing a version

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Feb 2016
In modern software development, a project isn't a project without a proper versioning scheme. Weak version management neglects clients like lack of source control neglects collaborators. Dependency management and migration rely on versions. Beyond the technical, a project's...
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...
Improving Tufte CSS for Jekyll Improving Tufte CSS for Jekyll 2019-11-01 After creating the ET-Jekyll theme almost two years ago, I...
1st Nov 2019
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Improving Tufte CSS for Jekyll

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

1st Nov 2019
Improving Tufte CSS for Jekyll 2019-11-01 After creating the ET-Jekyll theme almost two years ago, I finally got around to revamping the structure and improving a lot of minor performance issues. Items that have been surely needing of updates for the last couple of...
Vietnam Grandma and the Vietnam WarWhen I was young, friends would visit, and there was one photo on the...
13th Apr 2024
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Vietnam

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

13th Apr 2024
Grandma and the Vietnam WarWhen I was young, friends would visit, and there was one photo on the shelf that caught their attention in my room.  It was a photo of an elderly Caucasian lady and their first question to me was, “How come you didn’t take the stock photo out of the...
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons I was reading Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines from 1992 and found this nice...
5th Jan 2026
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It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons

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

5th Jan 2026
I was reading Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines from 1992 and found this nice illustration: accompanied by explanation: Fast forward to 2025. Apple releases macOS Tahoe. Main attraction? Adding unpleasant, distracting, illegible, messy, cluttered, confusing, frustrating...
useLayoutEffect is a bad place for deriving state Today we'll talk about updating state inside useLayoutEffect in reaction to prop changes. Will it...
21st Sep 2021
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useLayoutEffect is a bad place for deriving state

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

21st Sep 2021
Today we'll talk about updating state inside useLayoutEffect in reaction to prop changes. Will it work? Is it safe? Are there better ways to implement such state changes? TLDR: it works, but leaves you with an extra DOM update that may break stuff. As we all know, useLayoutEffect...
Handling JSON objects with duplicate names in Python Consider the following JSON object: { "sides": 4, "colour": "red", "sides": 5, "colour":...
4th May 2025
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Handling JSON objects with duplicate names in Python

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th May 2025
Consider the following JSON object: { "sides": 4, "colour": "red", "sides": 5, "colour": "blue" } Notice that sides and colour both appear twice. This looks invalid, but I learnt recently that this is actually legal JSON syntax! It’s unusual and discouraged, but it’s...
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