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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?
Working and Communicating with Japanese Engineers If you’re an international developer working at a Japanese company, you’ve probably felt some...
3rd Mar 2026
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Working and Communicating with Japanese Engineers

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Mar 2026
If you’re an international developer working at a Japanese company, you’ve probably felt some communication-related pain. Whether your team primarily uses English, Japanese, or a mix of both, chances are there’s occasionally friction. In a field where poor communication leads to...
A Shelfish Starter Guide to Databases The absolute minimum you need to know about data storage
10th Mar 2019
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A Shelfish Starter Guide to Databases

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

10th Mar 2019
The absolute minimum you need to know about data storage
My Remote Desk, 2024 My desk as of 2024-04-30 Remote companies have to work harder at everything. The effort goes beyond...
1st May 2024
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My Remote Desk, 2024

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

1st May 2024
My desk as of 2024-04-30 Remote companies have to work harder at everything. The effort goes beyond “remote-friendly”—you need remote culture. But once you have a remote culture, it’s hard to imagine going back. After nine years of working remotely, the only thing I miss...
Formlabs Form 4 Teardown Formlabs has recently launched the fourth edition of their flagship SLA printer line, the Form 4. Of...
2nd Jun 2024
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Formlabs Form 4 Teardown

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

2nd Jun 2024
Formlabs has recently launched the fourth edition of their flagship SLA printer line, the Form 4. Of course, I jumped on the chance to do a teardown of the printer; I’m grateful that I was able to do the same for the Form 1, Form 2, and Form 3 generations. In addition to learning...
What's With All the Humanoid Robots? If you follow robotics at all you may have noticed that there has been an explosion of humanoid...
7th May 2024
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What's With All the Humanoid Robots?

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

7th May 2024
If you follow robotics at all you may have noticed that there has been an explosion of humanoid robot startups. What's with that? Why humanoids? Why now?
Mini Programs v.s. Native Apps After spending a few weeks in China, the most notable behavioural difference is the usage of...
30th Jul 2024
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Mini Programs v.s. Native Apps

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

30th Jul 2024
After spending a few weeks in China, the most notable behavioural difference is the usage of mini-programs. Every restaurant has a menu mini-program sitting on top of WeChat or Meituan. Hello Ride the bike-sharing startup is a mini program on top of Alipay. Here is a diagram...
The 2018 Mac Mini Watch the video review I hardly ever think about my Mac Mini, but it serves a vital role for my...
6th Nov 2018
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The 2018 Mac Mini

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

6th Nov 2018
Watch the video review I hardly ever think about my Mac Mini, but it serves a vital role for my family as our home-theater mixer, Plex server, ScanSnap server, Apple Photos backup, and Backblaze host for our NAS.1 Almost every port on the back is in use, and it runs 24/7,...
ahead-of-time wasm gc in wastrel Hello friends! Today, a quick note: the ahead-of-time WebAssembly compiler now supports managed...
6th Feb 2026
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ahead-of-time wasm gc in wastrel

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Feb 2026
Hello friends! Today, a quick note: the ahead-of-time WebAssembly compiler now supports managed memory via garbage collection!Wastrel The quickest demo I have is that you should check out and build wastrel itself: Then run a quick check with :hello, world Now give a check...
Why is it easier to teach girls to code than to teach ourselves to treat women well? When we ask ourselves "why aren't there more women in tech?", we're quick to discuss how the...
7th Oct 2014
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7th Oct 2014
When we ask ourselves "why aren't there more women in tech?", we're quick to discuss how the pipeline fails young women. I would be lying if I didn't think there's room for improvement here - I've written about my own negative experiences as a young programmer - and it's exciting...
Inside New Query Engine of MongoDB Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters. MongoDB has recently released a new query engine coming in...
18th Sep 2023
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Inside New Query Engine of MongoDB

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

18th Sep 2023
Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters. MongoDB has recently released a new query engine coming in version 7.0. I was one of the people working on this engine during my 2 years in MongoDB and I would like to share some technical details about it. Disclaimer: Prior to writing this...
How I Update and Deploy this Site I love a good CMS. I don't like how slow they can be to load pages. A sudden spike in traffic and...
5th Sep 2023
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How I Update and Deploy this Site

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

5th Sep 2023
I love a good CMS. I don't like how slow they can be to load pages. A sudden spike in traffic and even a rapid CMS can cause an unprepared server to grind to a halt. I used to love running my own servers, but I don't have the time to do it for my personal site - I just want it to...
Tailwind marketing and misinformation engine **Adam Wathan** explained in his [keynote speech](//youtu.be/CLkxRnRQtDE?t=109) at Tailwind Connect...
18th Feb 2024
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Tailwind marketing and misinformation engine

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

18th Feb 2024
**Adam Wathan** explained in his [keynote speech](//youtu.be/CLkxRnRQtDE?t=109) at Tailwind Connect 2023 how Tailwind CSS was born out of this sentence:
28th Dec 2020
Another observability 3.0 appears on the horizon Groan. Well, it’s not like I wasn’t warned. When I first started teasing out the differences between...
24th Mar 2025
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Another observability 3.0 appears on the horizon

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

24th Mar 2025
Groan. Well, it’s not like I wasn’t warned. When I first started teasing out the differences between the pillars model and the single unified storage model and applying “2.0” to the latter, Christine was like “so what is going to stop the next vendor from slapping 3.0, 4.0, 5.0...
What Happened to Self-Hosted Blogs? What Happened to Self-Hosted Blogs? 2018-10-18 I remember a time on the internet1 when everyone and...
18th Oct 2018
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What Happened to Self-Hosted Blogs?

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

18th Oct 2018
What Happened to Self-Hosted Blogs? 2018-10-18 I remember a time on the internet1 when everyone and their grandmother was running a personal blog. And I mean personal - not hosted on some side platform or a tacked-on addition to the rest of their website. Nowadays companies and...
20th Feb 2017
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20th Feb 2017
> Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog [https://open.buffer.com/change-at-buffer/]. We’ve always done things differently at Buffer. For me, this has always come from a natural desire to question things. Why base your company and team in a single location? Why is...
Let's Write an IPython Extension the Hard Way I love IPython. I love using it, I love writing about it, I love taking pictures with its core...
16th Jul 2020
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Let's Write an IPython Extension the Hard Way

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

16th Jul 2020
I love IPython. I love using it, I love writing about it, I love taking pictures with its core contributors (Hi Paul!). If I ever get invited to the "Talk Python To Me" podcast (not that I have anything interesting to talk about), and Michael Kennedy is going to ask me what my...
How to Add IPv6 Support to CloudFront and S3 Websites If you host your website on Amazon CloudFront or directly on Amazon S3, you may not currently have...
20th Jan 2019
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How to Add IPv6 Support to CloudFront and S3 Websites

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

20th Jan 2019
If you host your website on Amazon CloudFront or directly on Amazon S3, you may not currently have it configured to support IPv6. This means that visitors won’t be able to access your content with IPv6-only enabled which is not good. On top of that, I think its important to...
Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero 2022-11-04 Eariler this year I posted detailed instructions on...
4th Nov 2022
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Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero

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

4th Nov 2022
Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero 2022-11-04 Eariler this year I posted detailed instructions on setting up Pi-Hole with Eero and it seemed to help out a few people having troubles. With AdGuard Home recently popping up on the frontpage of HackerNews, I thought now would be a...
Making noisy SVGs Addendum Dec 7, 2023 One of my ongoing fixations with the web is how improvements in technology...
30th Nov 2023
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Making noisy SVGs

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

30th Nov 2023
Addendum Dec 7, 2023 One of my ongoing fixations with the web is how improvements in technology inform web design. In an earlier post this…
Haunt 0.4.0 released I'm quite a bit late on this one, but Haunt version 0.4.0 was released released back in July. I...
3 weeks ago
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Haunt 0.4.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

3 weeks ago
I'm quite a bit late on this one, but Haunt version 0.4.0 was released released back in July. I haven't had much time for blogging, but I'm catching up now! This release contains a small set of improvements and bug fixes since the 0.3.0 release in 2024. About Haunt Haunt is a...
How to Not Write "Garbage Code" (by Linus Torvalds) Linus Torvalds, Creator of Git and Linux, on reducing cognitive load
12th Sep 2025
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How to Not Write "Garbage Code" (by Linus Torvalds)

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

12th Sep 2025
Linus Torvalds, Creator of Git and Linux, on reducing cognitive load
26th Mar 2019
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Learning Ada

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

26th Mar 2019
Pockets of Humanity Where do we go when the internet dies?
23rd Feb 2026
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Pockets of Humanity

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

23rd Feb 2026
Where do we go when the internet dies?
Switching Blot sync from Google Drive to Git <![CDATA[In 2023 I migrated my personal website from Squarespace to Blot. Blot is a static site...
2nd Feb 2025
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Switching Blot sync from Google Drive to Git

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

2nd Feb 2025
<![CDATA[In 2023 I migrated my personal website from Squarespace to Blot. Blot is a static site generator that publishes as a website a folder stored on Google Drive, Dropbox, or a Git repository. Back then I set up Blot to publish a Google Drive folder but I recently switched...
Why You Should (Still) Use Signal As Much As Possible As I write this in March 2025, there is a lot of confusion about Signal messenger due to the recent...
28th Mar 2025
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Why You Should (Still) Use Signal As Much As Possible

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

28th Mar 2025
As I write this in March 2025, there is a lot of confusion about Signal messenger due to the recent news of people using Signal in government, and subsequent leaks. The short version is: there was no problem with Signal here. People were using it because they understood it to be...
GitHub now has a setting to underline links A public beta was released for GitHub on Friday the 29th. It allows you to apply or remove an...
2nd Oct 2023
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GitHub now has a setting to underline links

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

2nd Oct 2023
A public beta was released for GitHub on Friday the 29th. It allows you to apply or remove an underline effect to links in body content. The link underlines are present in Issue and Pull Request comments, as well as other areas of the site. We are still identifying areas where...
Toward a More Useful X Keyboard I’m not sure when, exactly, it became clear that I was going to spend as much time as necessary...
23rd Jan 2015
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Toward a More Useful X Keyboard

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

23rd Jan 2015
I’m not sure when, exactly, it became clear that I was going to spend as much time as necessary perfecting my keyboard configuration. It’s one of those things that you know you can make absolutely perfect—given enough time and energy. On Linux, when you spend enough time bashing...
A series of tricks and techniques I learned doing tiny GLSL demos In the past two months or so, I spent some time making tiny GLSL demos. I wrote an article about the...
7th Dec 2025
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A series of tricks and techniques I learned doing tiny GLSL demos

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

7th Dec 2025
In the past two months or so, I spent some time making tiny GLSL demos. I wrote an article about the first one, Red Alp. There, I went into details about the whole process, so I recommend to check it out first if you're not familiar with the field. We will look at 4 demos:...
How I Am Maintaining Multiple Emails For Git On A Same Machine In this simple tutorial I will show how to maintain multiple git emails on a same machine. And how...
1st Aug 2015
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How I Am Maintaining Multiple Emails For Git On A Same Machine

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Aug 2015
In this simple tutorial I will show how to maintain multiple git emails on a same machine. And how to configure git emails per directory or per project.
CSS-Tricks could be a co-op I owe a lot of my professional identity and success to CSS-Tricks. CSS-Tricks repeatedly gave me the...
4 weeks ago
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CSS-Tricks could be a co-op

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

4 weeks ago
I owe a lot of my professional identity and success to CSS-Tricks. CSS-Tricks repeatedly gave me the opportunity to write for them. In doing so, they helped to both socialize and normalize accessibility as a mainstream frontend concern. I’m deeply thankful to them for this. The...
Making my own sharpening blocks When I started wood carving, the only sharpening method I remembered was from seeing my mother use...
11th Oct 2024
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Making my own sharpening blocks

from Copper • A blog about conductive layers [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Oct 2024
When I started wood carving, the only sharpening method I remembered was from seeing my mother use some kind of smooth broken stone that she passed over the length of the knife blade before sacrificing a chicken. I also remember seeing my father use a very coarse stone wheel...
Extending My Japanese Visa as a Freelancer With TokyoDev as my sponsor, I extended my Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services...
4th Aug 2025
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Extending My Japanese Visa as a Freelancer

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Aug 2025
With TokyoDev as my sponsor, I extended my Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services visa for another three years. I’m thrilled by this result, because my family and I recently moved to a small town in Kansai and have been enjoying our lives in Japan more than...
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...
Understanding TypeScript Generics TypeScript generics can be confusing for beginners. This article explains why they are useful and...
22nd Jul 2020
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Understanding TypeScript Generics

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

22nd Jul 2020
TypeScript generics can be confusing for beginners. This article explains why they are useful and when to use them.
Provenance for science papers, local-first access control In this Dispatch, we'll introduce you to two new projects at the lab: exploring writing environments...
3rd Sep 2024
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Provenance for science papers, local-first access control

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

3rd Sep 2024
In this Dispatch, we'll introduce you to two new projects at the lab: exploring writing environments for science papers and local-first access control. We also have some updates on WASM packaging for Automerge, and a new researcher-in-residence.
Class action employment suits Google has agreed to settle a gender discrimination suit brought by employees. Congratulations to...
12th Jun 2022
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Class action employment suits

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

12th Jun 2022
Google has agreed to settle a gender discrimination suit brought by employees. Congratulations to the plaintiffs, suing your employer is a difficult and stressful thing. But while the $118M headline looks big it works out to only $7600 per employee, less after the lawyers'...
Magical Fibonacci Formulae The following Python function computes the Fibonacci sequence, without loops, recursion or floating...
6th Feb 2023
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Magical Fibonacci Formulae

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

6th Feb 2023
The following Python function computes the Fibonacci sequence, without loops, recursion or floating point arithmetic: f=lambda n:(b:=2<<n)**n*b//(b*b-b-1)%b It really does: >>> [f(n) for n in range(10)] [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34] How does it work? As a teaser, look at...
Winner, Name that Ware January 2026 The Ware for January 2026 is a FNIRSI DPS-150. Tim nailed it almost immediately; congrats, email me...
27th Feb 2026
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Winner, Name that Ware January 2026

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

27th Feb 2026
The Ware for January 2026 is a FNIRSI DPS-150. Tim nailed it almost immediately; congrats, email me for your prize! The DPS-150 is a small, portable DC “benchtop” power supply that converts USB-C into a range of voltages and currents. samchin convinced me to get one of these as...
Being a good mentor – a developers guide Let’s talk about the process where the experienced welcome the inexperienced under their wing and...
8th Jul 2023
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Being a good mentor – a developers guide

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

8th Jul 2023
Let’s talk about the process where the experienced welcome the inexperienced under their wing and illuminate the path ahead. I’ve […] The post Being a good mentor – a developers guide appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Fetishism & Mechanical Keyboards Developer self-expression through coloured switches, keystroke actuation, and LED light displays
19th Feb 2021
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Fetishism & Mechanical Keyboards

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

19th Feb 2021
Developer self-expression through coloured switches, keystroke actuation, and LED light displays
Upwelling: Combining real-time collaboration with version control for writers. Collaborative writing tools don’t work well for writers or editors. With Upwelling, we demonstrate a...
8th Mar 2023
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Upwelling: Combining real-time collaboration with version control for writers.

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

8th Mar 2023
Collaborative writing tools don’t work well for writers or editors. With Upwelling, we demonstrate a design that gives writers privacy while still offering editors transparency into how a document is changing.
A review of the blog in 2024 I didn’t write much this year. The projects that I worked on (at work) used up most of my creative...
31st Dec 2024
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A review of the blog in 2024

from Ognjen Regoje • ognjen.io [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Dec 2024
I didn’t write much this year. The projects that I worked on (at work) used up most of my creative mental capacity leaving little for writing. The backlog is brimming, however. Targets for 2024 ❌ Publish at least 40 posts 11 ❌ Reach at least 200k readers Don’t have an...
Birth of a new blog What is the best programming language? Why is Vim better than Emacs? Tabs or spaces? Static or...
3rd Jan 2023
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Birth of a new blog

from Confused bit [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Jan 2023
What is the best programming language? Why is Vim better than Emacs? Tabs or spaces? Static or dynamic typing? The answer to all these questions and more on “Confused bit”. This blog is a place to host and share my thoughts on software, crafting, and my experience with various...
Integrate Twitter newsletters with API Routes Last week newsletters started popping up on Twitter profiles, using their recently purchased...
7th Sep 2021
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Integrate Twitter newsletters with API Routes

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

7th Sep 2021
Last week newsletters started popping up on Twitter profiles, using their recently purchased service, Revue.
Send your RSS digest on any day of the month Monthly RSS-to-email sends can now land on any day of the month, not just the first, last, or a...
1st Aug 2026
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Send your RSS digest on any day of the month

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

1st Aug 2026
Monthly RSS-to-email sends can now land on any day of the month, not just the first, last, or a given weekday.
The Inevitability of Change Everything is the same and yet everything is different. That's how I feel sitting on the edge of the...
8th Aug 2024
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The Inevitability of Change

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

8th Aug 2024
Everything is the same and yet everything is different. That's how I feel sitting on the edge of the water in West Seattle. I've not been living here since January 2023. I've been back 5 or 6 times in the last year and a half and suddenly the buildings that were steel bones and...
Accessibility is a requirement, not a feature Stop me if you've heard this one before: "We're putting accessibility (features) on the roadmap." Or...
6th Nov 2023
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Accessibility is a requirement, not a feature

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

6th Nov 2023
Stop me if you've heard this one before: "We're putting accessibility (features) on the roadmap." Or this one: "We don't need to make it accessible since we don't have any blind users 1 ." It belies an attitude that's all too common in the software industry: That accessibility...
I'm shutting down my job tech jobs board after two-and-a-half years I started The Pragmatic Engineer Job Board in October 2021. 2.5 years later, I am shutting it down...
9th Apr 2024
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I'm shutting down my job tech jobs board after two-and-a-half years

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

9th Apr 2024
I started The Pragmatic Engineer Job Board in October 2021. 2.5 years later, I am shutting it down permanently, despite a reasonable success in traction. The shutdown was triggered by my vendor – Pallet – discontinuing their job board and talent collective approach. However, I ...
Coronet in sunflower embroidery I got an embroidery kit for a wreath of flowers by Studio Flax and Purl Soho and could not resist...
24th Feb 2023
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Coronet in sunflower embroidery

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

24th Feb 2023
I got an embroidery kit for a wreath of flowers by Studio Flax and Purl Soho and could not resist making the stitching more complicated. I ended up using additional thread in many of the colors, though I was too quick to mix the remainders into my stash to really know which ones...
Prepping for the endgame of the open web Thinking about Anil Dash's "Endgame for the Open Web," and what we can do to prepare. The post...
7th Apr 2026
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Prepping for the endgame of the open web

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

7th Apr 2026
Thinking about Anil Dash's "Endgame for the Open Web," and what we can do to prepare. The post Prepping for the endgame of the open web appeared first on The History of the Web.
The Absolute Best Way to Run Multiple npm Scripts in Parallel in 2022 Just a quick tutorial and explanation of how best to set up concurrently with named and colored log...
11th Oct 2022
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The Absolute Best Way to Run Multiple npm Scripts in Parallel in 2022

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

11th Oct 2022
Just a quick tutorial and explanation of how best to set up concurrently with named and colored log output since I had to look it up today.
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.
A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
14th Jan 2024
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A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET

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

14th Jan 2024
Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
Accessible, Typesafe, Progressively Enhanced Modern Web Forms Learn how to use modern tools that offer the best user and developer experience for web forms.
2nd Oct 2023
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Accessible, Typesafe, Progressively Enhanced Modern Web Forms

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

2nd Oct 2023
Learn how to use modern tools that offer the best user and developer experience for web forms.
Amiga Systems Programming in 2023 Discussion on Hacker News Discussion on lobste.rs If you ever get a chance to look through the...
30th Aug 2023
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Amiga Systems Programming in 2023

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

30th Aug 2023
Discussion on Hacker News Discussion on lobste.rs If you ever get a chance to look through the classic Amiga OS source-code still floating around some murky corners of the internet, it is a thing of beauty and astonishing capabilities. It’s an inspirational piece of computing...
You are still valuable A frustrated Reddit post about being a condom between an AI and production made the rounds in our...
3 weeks ago
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You are still valuable

from Florian Bellmann | Be curious, explore and meditate. [alt+shift+b] in programming

3 weeks ago
A frustrated Reddit post about being a condom between an AI and production made the rounds in our team. Here is why I think the opposite is true and what it means for how we review code, plan work and think.
Documentation Belongs in Engineering Many product companies start out with a very heavy focus on their engineering teams. At some point,...
29th Aug 2023
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Documentation Belongs in Engineering

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

29th Aug 2023
Many product companies start out with a very heavy focus on their engineering teams. At some point, many companies move the hosting and writing of documentation out of engineering and into a separate part of the company. It could be marketing, it could be customer success. This...
Harm reduction principles for digital accessibility practitioners I debuted these principles in my axe-con 2025 talk, It is designed to break your heart: Cultivating...
6th Mar 2025
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Harm reduction principles for digital accessibility practitioners

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

6th Mar 2025
I debuted these principles in my axe-con 2025 talk, It is designed to break your heart: Cultivating a harm reduction mindset as an accessibility practitioner. They are adapted from The National Harm Reduction Coalition’s original eight principles. My adapted principles reflect...
Coastal Mountain Forest Triptych Often found growing together in the Coastal Mountain forest of British Columbia, these three species...
7th Aug 2023
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Coastal Mountain Forest Triptych

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Aug 2023
Often found growing together in the Coastal Mountain forest of British Columbia, these three species were inspiration to capture the texture and light of my local forest.The idea to frame each with their own type of wood came both as a natural idea but also because of materials...
CSS Video Backgrounds CSS Video Backgrounds 2018-04-16 With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3,...
16th Apr 2018
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CSS Video Backgrounds

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

16th Apr 2018
CSS Video Backgrounds 2018-04-16 With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3, developers now have the ability to support background videos (mp4 support only - at the time of this article) with pure CSS. Example: .video-background { background-image:...
French onion soup redux If I call the soup I've been making nearly weekly for the past few months French onion soup, I'm...
2nd Jan 2012
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French onion soup redux

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

2nd Jan 2012
If I call the soup I've been making nearly weekly for the past few months French onion soup, I'm probably lying a little bit. What most people call French onion soup is mostly a thing of the past for me. But this soup is very similar. I grew out of the big croutons and the...
Entry Level Jobs in Japan *Since writing this article, I've written [Getting your first programming job in...
12th Mar 2012
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Entry Level Jobs in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Mar 2012
*Since writing this article, I've written [Getting your first programming job in Japan](/articles/first-job-programmer-japan), which goes into a lot more detail than this one.* When I was first looking for a job in Japan, I was surprised by the lack of entry level positions....
In defense of two-state theme toggles There's a lively debate going on over whether theme toggles should have two options (light/dark) or...
21st Aug 2026
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In defense of two-state theme toggles

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

21st Aug 2026
There's a lively debate going on over whether theme toggles should have two options (light/dark) or three, with an added "system" option. I maintain two-state toggles are better in most cases (though not all), and that the case for a third option rests mainly on problems most...
How to Get a Software Developer Job in Japan I came to Japan on a working holiday visa in 2006, and [found a job as a Ruby...
22nd Jun 2016
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How to Get a Software Developer Job in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Jun 2016
I came to Japan on a working holiday visa in 2006, and [found a job as a Ruby developer](/articles/finding-a-job-as-a-ruby-developer-in-japan) at a Japanese startup. At the time, options for English speaking developers in Japan were few and far between: I could only find two...
12th Dec 2017
How to create a digital Suica card in Apple Pay (2024 Update) Suica is a smart card used to pay at train stations and convenience stores in Japan. In 2016, Apple...
6th Nov 2017
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How to create a digital Suica card in Apple Pay (2024 Update)

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

6th Nov 2017
Suica is a smart card used to pay at train stations and convenience stores in Japan. In 2016, Apple added support for Suica to Apple Pay on iPhone 7 devices sold in Japan. In 2017, Apple added support to all iPhone 8/X and later, regardless of where they’re sold.1 Virtual Suica...
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...
What the Fork is Babel? Illustrated notes on how Babel works
1st Feb 2019
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What the Fork is Babel?

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

1st Feb 2019
Illustrated notes on how Babel works
The Deployment Fidelity Problem The most important problem that we face as software professionals is this: If somebody thinks of a...
31st Aug 2021
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The Deployment Fidelity Problem

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

31st Aug 2021
The most important problem that we face as software professionals is this: If somebody thinks of a good idea, how do we deliver it to users as quickly as possible? – Continuous Delivery Production is a low-fidelity version of your codebase. Many deployment metrics are just a...
External popup links using jQuery With the deprecation of the target attribute in XHTML Strict, opening links in new windows has...
15th Nov 2007
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External popup links using jQuery

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

15th Nov 2007
With the deprecation of the target attribute in XHTML Strict, opening links in new windows has become a bit trivial, if not annoying, to standardize. I always look for a consistent, unobtrusive approach that degrades gracefully; and since I use jQuery quite frequently, this is...
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,...
The Startup Drake Equation Why do smart, driven founders fail, despite having great ideas and execution? This model offers an...
2nd Feb 2025
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The Startup Drake Equation

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

2nd Feb 2025
Why do smart, driven founders fail, despite having great ideas and execution? This model offers an answer, and a path to increase the chance of success.
elementary OS 8.0.1 Available Now It’s been a little over 100 days since elementary OS 8 was released, and we’re proud to announce...
18th Mar 2025
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elementary OS 8.0.1 Available Now

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

18th Mar 2025
It’s been a little over 100 days since elementary OS 8 was released, and we’re proud to announce another round of updates, including a fresh new download. We’ve been hard at work this winter addressing issues that you reported and we’ve added a couple new creature comforts along...
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.
On working and contributing to conferences abroad This blog post is another one in the ‘writing things down to structure my thinking on where I want...
6th Feb 2025
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On working and contributing to conferences abroad

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

6th Feb 2025
This blog post is another one in the ‘writing things down to structure my thinking on where I want my career to go’ series. I will get back to writing technical and automation blog posts soon, but I need to finish my contract testing course first. One of the things I like to do...
The Middle Way Login to tech Twitter and you’ll see posts bragging about 40k LoC per day from an unnamed YC member...
2nd May 2026
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The Middle Way

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

2nd May 2026
Login to tech Twitter and you’ll see posts bragging about 40k LoC per day from an unnamed YC member 😛. There’s some hilarity to it, but the vibe shift is real. At Jenni, we’re shipping 3-5x faster than mid-2025. I perpetually have unread notifications in our #shipped channel....
glimpses of the future Glimpse v1.0 Glimpse can now build call graphs, showing you exactly how functions relate to each...
1st Jan 2026
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glimpses of the future

from seated.ro [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jan 2026
Glimpse v1.0 Glimpse can now build call graphs, showing you exactly how functions relate to each other in your codebase. Video # what does main call? glimpse code :main # what calls this function? (reverse call graph) glimpse code :process_request --callers # limit the...
I'm an introvert and I gave a conference talk I gave my first conference talk at Design It Build It conference in September this year. After my...
19th Oct 2019
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I'm an introvert and I gave a conference talk

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

19th Oct 2019
I gave my first conference talk at Design It Build It conference in September this year. After my talk, an attendee invited me to connect on LinkedIn and in his message to me, asked how I had overcome being an introvert to give my talk. And while I understood the sentiment, I...
Functional programming in Go Thanks to generics, there are some interesting new ways to program in Go. This article explains...
4th Aug 2024
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Functional programming in Go

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

4th Aug 2024
Thanks to generics, there are some interesting new ways to program in Go. This article explains how we can use functional programming techniques like Map, Filter, and Reduce, and what kind of problems they might help us to solve.
If you need the money, don't take the job Money: how to get people to give it to you, how much to ask for, and how to be worth what you're...
2nd May 2024
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If you need the money, don't take the job

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

2nd May 2024
Money: how to get people to give it to you, how much to ask for, and how to be worth what you're asking. Some real talk about the challenges you’ll face as a newly independent worker.
how fast is rust? Simulating 200,000,000 particles The challenge, simulate 100,000,000 particles in rust using only the cpu. Let’s go.
9th Nov 2024
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how fast is rust? Simulating 200,000,000 particles

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

9th Nov 2024
The challenge, simulate 100,000,000 particles in rust using only the cpu. Let’s go.
PreSonus Eris speakers PreSonus makes good computer speakers. They’re marketed as “reference monitors” but at $100 for a...
8th Jun 2024
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PreSonus Eris speakers

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

8th Jun 2024
PreSonus makes good computer speakers. They’re marketed as “reference monitors” but at $100 for a small set I have my doubts about their referenceness. Fortunately I have a tin ear and they sound just fine for my computer playing YouTube videos, compressed music, games. ...
Andrej Karpathy's AI Autoresearch found a 3-year-old bug in PostHog's query engine (and improved... A few weeks ago at a team offsite in Lisbon, we pointed an AI agent at our query engine, fed it slow...
1st Jun 2026
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1st Jun 2026
A few weeks ago at a team offsite in Lisbon, we pointed an AI agent at our query engine, fed it slow queries from production, and let it run overnight…
For probabilities, use Fermi numbers, not words Don't use phrases like "unlikely" or "almost certainly." Here's real-world data showing why not, and...
2nd Jul 2023
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For probabilities, use Fermi numbers, not words

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

2nd Jul 2023
Don't use phrases like "unlikely" or "almost certainly." Here's real-world data showing why not, and what to do instead.
Git squash is not nice history Today I read a brilliant article about effective use of git bisect, but I disagreed with a small...
5th Oct 2020
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Git squash is not nice history

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

5th Oct 2020
Today I read a brilliant article about effective use of git bisect, but I disagreed with a small nuance of one of its conclusions (and, by internet law, was honor bound to write a blog post about it): Had this happened in a code base with a ‘nice history’ (as the...
What the hell is a Webmention? If you're mentioned on the internet and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
1st Aug 2025
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What the hell is a Webmention?

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

1st Aug 2025
If you're mentioned on the internet and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
End-to-end tool testing with Bazel and shtk If you use Bazel, your project is of a moderate size. And because your project is of a moderate...
4th Nov 2023
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End-to-end tool testing with Bazel and shtk

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

4th Nov 2023
If you use Bazel, your project is of a moderate size. And because your project is of a moderate size, it almost-certainly builds one or more binaries, at least one of which is a CLI tool. But let’s face it: you don’t have end-to-end testing for those tools, do you?
I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
22nd Sep 2023
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I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

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

22nd Sep 2023
I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser
journey before destination It is hard to be focused and motivated when ones eyes are not on the task at hand but rather the...
24th Feb 2021
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journey before destination

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

24th Feb 2021
It is hard to be focused and motivated when ones eyes are not on the task at hand but rather the accolades in the future.
28th Oct 2015
TCP and gRPC Failed Connection Timeouts After my last article about how gRPC is hard to configure, with a client keepalive example, I...
16th Aug 2021
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TCP and gRPC Failed Connection Timeouts

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

16th Aug 2021
After my last article about how gRPC is hard to configure, with a client keepalive example, I realized that I don't understand how TCP and gRPC handle failed connections. This article is my attempt to figure it out, and document it so I can find it again in the future. The best...
Painting Roam Research with Custom CSS How to customise Roam Research with your own CSS themes
15th Dec 2020
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Painting Roam Research with Custom CSS

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

15th Dec 2020
How to customise Roam Research with your own CSS themes
How I program with LLMs How I program with LLMs 2025-01-06 This document is a summary of my personal experiences using...
6th Jan 2025
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How I program with LLMs

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

6th Jan 2025
How I program with LLMs 2025-01-06 This document is a summary of my personal experiences using generative models while programming over the past year. It has not been a passive process. I have intentionally sought ways to use LLMs while programming to learn about them. The result...
Never say "no," but rarely say "yes." "Focus" requires saying "no" to most things, but there's a way to do it that allows you to say "yes"...
1st Oct 2023
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Never say "no," but rarely say "yes."

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

1st Oct 2023
"Focus" requires saying "no" to most things, but there's a way to do it that allows you to say "yes" exactly when it matters most.
Tech Blog of the Week? Me? That's Cool. DUNDUNDaDUHH! (that's right it's a triumphant music sound. I can use onomatopoeia, I'm the tech blog...
1st Jun 2007
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Tech Blog of the Week? Me? That's Cool.

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

1st Jun 2007
DUNDUNDaDUHH! (that's right it's a triumphant music sound. I can use onomatopoeia, I'm the tech blog of the week!) As my five or six regular readers may already know, there exists a fantastic website called Daily Cup of Tech that I have featured on this website a few times (or...
OS 7 Updates and More OS 8 News It’s a new year and that means we’re back from the holidays with new updates! We’re now shipping the...
5th Jan 2024
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OS 7 Updates and More OS 8 News

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

5th Jan 2024
It’s a new year and that means we’re back from the holidays with new updates! We’re now shipping the latest GNOME Web which includes a new Tab Overview mode. Plus we’re shipping some updated icons for things like the animated downloads icon in the Headerbar and hardware access...
Every Man a Microservice Contra Conway
8th Feb 2026
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Every Man a Microservice

from Grant Slatton's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Feb 2026
Contra Conway
Software I’m thankful for Software I’m thankful for 2021-11-25 A few of the things that come to mind, this thanksgiving. Most...
25th Nov 2021
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Software I’m thankful for

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

25th Nov 2021
Software I’m thankful for 2021-11-25 A few of the things that come to mind, this thanksgiving. Most Unix-ish APIs, from files to sockets are a bit of a mess today. Endless poorly documented sockopts, unexpected changes in write semantics across FSs and OSes, good luck trying to...
Designers Need Thicker Skin Designers Need Thicker Skin 2017-07-10 I'm not normally one to comment or even really care about...
10th Jul 2017
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Designers Need Thicker Skin

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

10th Jul 2017
Designers Need Thicker Skin 2017-07-10 I'm not normally one to comment or even really care about "drama" within our design industry. Opinions are just that and should just be consumed at face value. But this week I was moderately annoyed with a subset of designers in...
Marketing yourself as a developer As a developer, I've learned that no matter how good a product I build is, for the product to...
27th Jan 2016
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Marketing yourself as a developer

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

27th Jan 2016
As a developer, I've learned that no matter how good a product I build is, for the product to succeed, it also takes good marketing. The same is true for you as a developer in the job market: while solid technical skills are necessary to land great jobs, your ability to sell...
Profiling Rust programs the easy way Performance is one of the big reasons to use Rust. It's not a magic wand for performance, it just...
4th Dec 2023
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Profiling Rust programs the easy way

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

4th Dec 2023
Performance is one of the big reasons to use Rust. It's not a magic wand for performance, it just gives you the control to eke out whatever performance you need. So if your program is still slow, how do you fix that? Profiling your program is one of the best options for figuring...
What you know that just ain't so The fun bit about business is in all the answers you don't have. Should we be priced higher or lower...
5th Nov 2024
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What you know that just ain't so

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

5th Nov 2024
The fun bit about business is in all the answers you don't have. Should we be priced higher or lower or leave it alone? Should we chase these customers over here or those customers over there? Should we add more features or polish the ones we have? There's endless variation in...
I'm still fed up and a browser is coming along fine I'm still fed up and a browser is coming along fine
16th Dec 2023
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I'm still fed up and a browser is coming along fine

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

16th Dec 2023
I'm still fed up and a browser is coming along fine
Systems model of API deprecation In How should Stripe deprecate APIs?, the diagnosis depends on the claim that deprecating APIs is a...
1st Apr 2025
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Systems model of API deprecation

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

1st Apr 2025
In How should Stripe deprecate APIs?, the diagnosis depends on the claim that deprecating APIs is a significant cause of customer churn. While there is internal data that can be used to correlate deprecation with churn, it’s also valuable to build a model to help us decide if we...
Magical Rainbow Gradients If you've ever tried to animate a gradient, you've been met with a harsh reality—it isn't possible....
13th Jan 2020
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Magical Rainbow Gradients

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

13th Jan 2020
If you've ever tried to animate a gradient, you've been met with a harsh reality—it isn't possible. At least, it wasn't! In this tutorial, we'll leverage bleeding-edge browser features to animate ANY CSS property, including background gradients, using CSS Houdini, CSS variables,...
Questionable Advice: The Trap of The Premature Senior I’ve been at my current job for three years, and I am suddenly, accidentally, the most senior...
1st Nov 2020
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Questionable Advice: The Trap of The Premature Senior

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

1st Nov 2020
I’ve been at my current job for three years, and I am suddenly, accidentally, the most senior engineer on the team. I spend my days handling things like bootcamps, mentoring, architecture, and helping other engineers carve off meaningful work. This has taken a huge toll on the...
16th Oct 2025
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Congrats to IHMC Robotics for winning Bronze in my Humanoid Olympics: Doors Event

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

16th Oct 2025
Round Knob Push Door with a time of 18 Seconds
The Boot.dev Beat. November 2024 Mortrunk has fallen. The community rallied in our Halloween boss fight spectacular. Well done. The...
5th Nov 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. November 2024

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

5th Nov 2024
Mortrunk has fallen. The community rallied in our Halloween boss fight spectacular. Well done. The Boots’ aura XP boost even hit 2x for a while there.
The Death of Curating, the Rise of Curation I've been trying to make an effort to more intentionally pick something to watch when the weekend...
18th Aug 2025
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The Death of Curating, the Rise of Curation

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

18th Aug 2025
I've been trying to make an effort to more intentionally pick something to watch when the weekend rolls around. While I've enjoyed the Grey's Anatomy binge I started during this pregnancy, it feels like a work week ritual -- something to put on in the background or pay half...
Caldera Music A new music playing server from the guy who founded Plex and wrote Plexamp
1st Aug 2026
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Caldera Music

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

1st Aug 2026
A new music playing server from the guy who founded Plex and wrote Plexamp
1st Aug 2021
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August 2021

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

1st Aug 2021
Introducing CaskDB – a project to teach you writing a key-value store CaskDB is an educational project which aims to guide you in writing a persistent, embeddable...
10th May 2022
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10th May 2022
CaskDB is an educational project which aims to guide you in writing a persistent, embeddable database from scratch.
What's "good" code and does it matter? I take pride in my work and in writing good code, and it's important sometimes to take a step back...
14th Oct 2020
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What's "good" code and does it matter?

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

14th Oct 2020
I take pride in my work and in writing good code, and it's important sometimes to take a step back and ask: what does that even mean? And does it matter? At a high level, "good code" is code that is suitable for its purpose and achieves its goals. That definition is pretty...
React’s useTransition and state update reordering Clarifying how React will sometimes apply state updates out of order when using concurrent features,...
16th Aug 2025
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React’s useTransition and state update reordering

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

16th Aug 2025
Clarifying how React will sometimes apply state updates out of order when using concurrent features, and a best practice which can help you avoid it.
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
ChatGPT Atlas isn't competing against other browsers “Tabs were great, but we haven’t seen a lot of browser innovation since then.” These are brave words...
22nd Oct 2025
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ChatGPT Atlas isn't competing against other browsers

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

22nd Oct 2025
“Tabs were great, but we haven’t seen a lot of browser innovation since then.” These are brave words spoken by the CEO of a company that's using Chromium to power their new browser, which, at the time of writing this, they even failed to attribute correctly. I wish I could say...
Starlit sky coffee pitcher, 2024 Starlit sky on a clear night / the milky way / eternity / clarity / raindrops sticking to window...
13th Apr 2024
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Starlit sky coffee pitcher, 2024

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

13th Apr 2024
Starlit sky on a clear night / the milky way / eternity / clarity / raindrops sticking to window glass
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...
Recently I spent a lot of time outside in April. The first two weekends I did long bike rides: from Brooklyn...
4th May 2026
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Recently

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

4th May 2026
I spent a lot of time outside in April. The first two weekends I did long bike rides: from Brooklyn to Tarrytown along the Old Croton Aqueduct trail, and out to Rockaway Beach via the Marine Parkway Bridge & Cross Bay Memorial Bridge. Then, I ran the Brooklyn Experience Half...
Programming Portals Small, scoped areas within a graphical interface that allow users to read and write simple...
23rd Oct 2022
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Programming Portals

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

23rd Oct 2022
Small, scoped areas within a graphical interface that allow users to read and write simple programmes
One happy Rails World Celebrating twenty years of Ruby on Rails with more than 700 happy developers packed into the...
7th Oct 2023
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One happy Rails World

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

7th Oct 2023
Celebrating twenty years of Ruby on Rails with more than 700 happy developers packed into the coolest conference venue possible in Amsterdam was epic. Safe to say, Rails World was a roaring success. Which is deeply satisfying to conclude, because it really wasn't a given outcome...
Boot.dev Beat. January 2023 If you can’t tell from my absurd profile photo below, I’ve been having too much fun with AI art this...
1st Feb 2023
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Boot.dev Beat. January 2023

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

1st Feb 2023
If you can’t tell from my absurd profile photo below, I’ve been having too much fun with AI art this month.
A C program who’s source code is a Magic Eye A 2001 International Obfuscated C Code Contest winner who’s code forms a magic eye and which can...
8th Mar 2025
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A C program who’s source code is a Magic Eye

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

8th Mar 2025
A 2001 International Obfuscated C Code Contest winner who’s code forms a magic eye and which can produce a magic eye for any input
The physicists who convinced Fermilab to send Brazil's emails Neither the first nor the fastest international connection, it was the one that lasted.
3rd Jul 2025
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The physicists who convinced Fermilab to send Brazil's emails

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

3rd Jul 2025
Neither the first nor the fastest international connection, it was the one that lasted.
I'm taking a sabbatical and attending Recurse Center! It's been almost a decade since I graduated from college. In that time, I've worked at three...
11th Sep 2022
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I'm taking a sabbatical and attending Recurse Center!

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

11th Sep 2022
It's been almost a decade since I graduated from college. In that time, I've worked at three startups, co-founded a non-profit immigration tech company, consulted for the United Nations, and noped out of grad school after one semester (twice!). I've also struggled with depression...
Smoothly scroll to an element without a jQuery plugin You know that special effect where you click on a link and your browser smoothly scrolls down to the...
22nd Jan 2010
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Smoothly scroll to an element without a jQuery plugin

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

22nd Jan 2010
You know that special effect where you click on a link and your browser smoothly scrolls down to the appropriate section of the page? Pretty slick, right? Here are a couple snippets so you can do the same thing on your own website. Scroll to a specific element # Here's how to...
[Review] "Data and Goliath" by Bruce Schneier I just finished reading Bruce Schneier's latest book, "Data and Goliath." I was apprehensive at...
13th Jul 2015
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[Review] "Data and Goliath" by Bruce Schneier

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

13th Jul 2015
I just finished reading Bruce Schneier's latest book, "Data and Goliath." I was apprehensive at first -- I'm a big fan of Schneier's posts online, but I found this randomly at the library and I was hoping not to be disappointed. In the end, it was well worth the read. The book...
A History of Cyborgs Notes on the history of cyborgs and why the idea still holds historical weight in Western narratives
1st Nov 2020
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A History of Cyborgs

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

1st Nov 2020
Notes on the history of cyborgs and why the idea still holds historical weight in Western narratives
Name that Ware, January 2024 The Ware for January 2024 is shown below. I picked up this little gizmo at a junk shop in Akihabara....
31st Jan 2024
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Name that Ware, January 2024

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

31st Jan 2024
The Ware for January 2024 is shown below. I picked up this little gizmo at a junk shop in Akihabara. I actually have no idea what the original purpose was, so I’m curious to see if anyone can convince me as to what this thing did, presumably for many years and millions of times....
Getting Closure on React Hooks Learn React Hooks by building a clone of React - in 30 minutes!
11th Mar 2019
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Getting Closure on React Hooks

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

11th Mar 2019
Learn React Hooks by building a clone of React - in 30 minutes!
Plugin Systems "What are plugins?" and other proceedings of the inaugural PyCon Comparative Plugin Systems...
11th Jul 2017
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Plugin Systems

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Jul 2017
"What are plugins?" and other proceedings of the inaugural PyCon Comparative Plugin Systems BoF. Update: This BoF and post inspired [a talk I gave at PyGotham 2017][pygotham2017]. Within the programming world, and the Python ecosystem in particular, there are a lot of...
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
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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.
LLMs and performative productivity It's worth asking whether LLMs are actually making us more productive at all—and if so, what we...
5th Jun 2026
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LLMs and performative productivity

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

5th Jun 2026
It's worth asking whether LLMs are actually making us more productive at all—and if so, what we might be sacrificing in return.
Stuffing an SSD Inside the Raspberry Pi 400 Stuffing an SSD Inside the Raspberry Pi 400 2021-08-13 I have successfully jammed an mSATA SSD into...
13th Aug 2021
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Stuffing an SSD Inside the Raspberry Pi 400

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

13th Aug 2021
Stuffing an SSD Inside the Raspberry Pi 400 2021-08-13 I have successfully jammed an mSATA SSD into the main shell of my Raspberry Pi 400. It wasn't as straightforward as I thought it would be - in fact, most real hardware tinkerers will probably vomit in their mouths once they...
I'm glad I factored out jQuery I refactored Winamp2-js to not depend on jQuery, and learned native JavaScript is not so bad.
13th Dec 2014
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I'm glad I factored out jQuery

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

13th Dec 2014
I refactored Winamp2-js to not depend on jQuery, and learned native JavaScript is not so bad.
COVID-19 and IT Jobs in Japan The COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of uncertainty among prospective job seekers, especially...
15th May 2020
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COVID-19 and IT Jobs in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th May 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of uncertainty among prospective job seekers, especially those looking to relocate to Japan from overseas. To help people understand the current situation with regards to IT jobs in Japan, I contacted [every company using...
Bulletproof Method to Solving Problems Step 1: Write down the problem in a message you plan to send to a co-worker. Most of the time you’ll...
1st May 2024
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Bulletproof Method to Solving Problems

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

1st May 2024
Step 1: Write down the problem in a message you plan to send to a co-worker. Most of the time you’ll solve the problem before you’re done with Step 1. However, if you complete Step 1 and still have the problem, continue to Step 2. Step 2: Hit the “Send” button. Shortly after...
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,...
Career Retrospective: Being Interviewed I'm starting a series on what I learned during my four decades as a working programmer. First, I...
4th Apr 2024
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Career Retrospective: Being Interviewed

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

4th Apr 2024
I'm starting a series on what I learned during my four decades as a working programmer. First, I will describe my experience of being interviewed. Interviews are part of being a programmer; every time you find a new job, you will go through interviews, which allow a prospective
Interpinkie, a Finger client in Interlisp <![CDATA[I wrote Interpinkie, a basic Finger client in Interlisp that runs on the Medley...
9th Jan 2025
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Interpinkie, a Finger client in Interlisp

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

9th Jan 2025
<![CDATA[I wrote Interpinkie, a basic Finger client in Interlisp that runs on the Medley environment. This is the main window of the program: Main window of the Interpinkie Interlisp Finger client. It was a fun challenge considering I couldn't use Medley's TCP/IP stack. I...
Swyx's Simple Guide to Singapore A personal guide to Singapore for foreign friends visiting.
7th Sep 2023
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Swyx's Simple Guide to Singapore

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

7th Sep 2023
A personal guide to Singapore for foreign friends visiting.
Handmade Seattle 2023 A couple of months ago I gave a talk “SQL’s Inner Workings” at Handmade Seattle 2023 conference with...
11th Jan 2024
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Handmade Seattle 2023

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

11th Jan 2024
A couple of months ago I gave a talk “SQL’s Inner Workings” at Handmade Seattle 2023 conference with the following abstract: An exposé by a whistleblower investigating the marketing claims of “It’s just the same old SQL you know.” Most databases nowadays provide an SQL interface...
The Caretakers If you haven’t been paying attention, which is likely given the small corner of the web I’m going to...
8th Aug 2026
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The Caretakers

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

8th Aug 2026
If you haven’t been paying attention, which is likely given the small corner of the web I’m going to cover, you may have missed that BINGOS just hit 247 consecutive monthly uploads to CPAN1. This is noteworthy as it surpasses DROLSKY’s record set a while back. That’s an upload to...
The World's Smallest Hash Table This December I once again did the Advent of Code, in Rust. If you are interested, my solutions are...
4th Mar 2023
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The World's Smallest Hash Table

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

4th Mar 2023
This December I once again did the Advent of Code, in Rust. If you are interested, my solutions are on Github. I wanted to highlight one particular solution to the day 2 problem as it is both optimized completely beyond the point of reason yet contains a useful technique. For...
A Beginner's Guide to Continuous Integration in Python Imagine this: you're working on a Python project, and you're annoyed that each time you create a new...
23rd Dec 2023
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A Beginner's Guide to Continuous Integration in Python

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

23rd Dec 2023
Imagine this: you're working on a Python project, and you're annoyed that each time you create a new merge (or pull) request, you must remember to run tests. Or maybe you configured your code editor to run black each time you save a file, but your colleagues didn't. Every time...
Animated Radio Tab Toggles Animated Radio Tab Toggles 2021-01-05 In this demo tutorial, we are making the assumption that we...
5th Jan 2021
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Animated Radio Tab Toggles

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

5th Jan 2021
Animated Radio Tab Toggles 2021-01-05 In this demo tutorial, we are making the assumption that we need to create a radio slide toggle for our made-up payment options. For this we want to display 3 simple payment choices to the user: One-time payment Recurring payment Free tier...
11th Nov 2018
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from Civic Hax [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Nov 2018
Questionable Advice: “How do I feel worthwhile as a manager when my people are doing all the... “How do I feel worthwhile as a manager when my people are doing all the implementing?” — An...
23rd Jan 2021
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23rd Jan 2021
“How do I feel worthwhile as a manager when my people are doing all the implementing?” — An Engineering Manager Hey, real quick: how long have you been managing? If it’s less than two years, honey, the answer is “you don’t.” Your feelings about your performance don’t mean much in...
Installing Guix on a 10th gen Thinkpad X1 The last time I bought a laptop, I got a used Thinkpad X220 from eBay. I loved that laptop,...
5th Dec 2022
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Installing Guix on a 10th gen Thinkpad X1

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Dec 2022
The last time I bought a laptop, I got a used Thinkpad X220 from eBay. I loved that laptop, but time marches on and old hardware eventually becomes too slow for modern development needs. After a lot of indecision, I bought a 10th generation Thinkpad X1 with an Intel Core...
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...
How to build a PostHog integration with the provisioning API I live on a little farm and recently built a website to sell shares of hogs. My fellow farmers are...
6th Jul 2026
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How to build a PostHog integration with the provisioning API

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

6th Jul 2026
I live on a little farm and recently built a website to sell shares of hogs. My fellow farmers are better versed in the subtle arts of soil, plants…
Jason Cohen: About the author Thanks for visiting. As a four-time entrepreneur, both bootstrapped and fundraised, resulting in two...
6th Feb 2023
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Jason Cohen: About the author

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

6th Feb 2023
Thanks for visiting. As a four-time entrepreneur, both bootstrapped and fundraised, resulting in two exits and two unicorns, I’ve been writing about startups for 16 years. I hope you’ll find it useful! As founder # Currently I’m the Chief Innovation Officer of WP Engine, which I...
PCG64 DXSM random number generator Last week I was interested to read about the proposed math/rand/v2 for Golang’s standard library. It...
21st Jun 2023
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PCG64 DXSM random number generator

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

21st Jun 2023
Last week I was interested to read about the proposed math/rand/v2 for Golang’s standard library. It mentioned a new-ish flavour of PCG random number generator which I had not previously encountered, called PCG64 DXSM. This blog post collects what I have learned about it. (I have...
KDE: A Nice Tiling Envieonment and a Surprisingly Awesome DE I recently wrote that managing an external display on Linux shouldn’t be this hard. I went down a...
7th Feb 2022
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KDE: A Nice Tiling Envieonment and a Surprisingly Awesome DE

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

7th Feb 2022
I recently wrote that managing an external display on Linux shouldn’t be this hard. I went down a path of trying out some different options before finally landing at an unexpected place: KDE. I say “unexpected” because I find tiling window managers are just about a necessity....
Iinkomo “I know you’ve explained this to me before, but why do I have to leave again?” Gomolemo was packing...
30th Sep 2023
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Iinkomo

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

30th Sep 2023
“I know you’ve explained this to me before, but why do I have to leave again?” Gomolemo was packing the last bit of her belongings into her bags, rushed by her anger and irritation. “I told you; it will just be for a few days. My grandfather is here for a medical procedure, and...
Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob A framework for thinking about when AI involvement is additive or a violation
14th Sep 2026
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Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob

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

14th Sep 2026
A framework for thinking about when AI involvement is additive or a violation
Guile-Websocket 0.1 released I'm happy to announce that Guile-Websocket 0.1 has been released! Guile-Websocket is an...
12th Nov 2022
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Guile-Websocket 0.1 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Nov 2022
I'm happy to announce that Guile-Websocket 0.1 has been released! Guile-Websocket is an implementation of the WebSocket protocol, both the client and server sides, for Guile Scheme. source tarball: https://files.dthompson.us/guile-websocket/guile-websocket-0.1.tar.gz signature:...
Recently I skipped August's Recently because this summer has been relentless, mostly in the positive sense....
1st Sep 2026
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Recently

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

1st Sep 2026
I skipped August's Recently because this summer has been relentless, mostly in the positive sense. July and August were filled with bike rides, 5K races, friends in town, life changes and logistics. For a friend's birthday, we rode the rickety Coney Island Cyclone, which was...
Chartjunk: What I've learned about data visualization For many people the first word that comes to mind when they think about statistical charts is...
18th May 2023
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Chartjunk: What I've learned about data visualization

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

18th May 2023
For many people the first word that comes to mind when they think about statistical charts is “lie.” – Edward R. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information I wish we could all agree: pie charts should die. I know this is unreasonable. And pie charts are only part of...
Everything You Hate About Clubhouse Is Why It Will Win Understanding new social media is a *sociological* exercise, not a logical one.
1st Feb 2021
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Everything You Hate About Clubhouse Is Why It Will Win

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

1st Feb 2021
Understanding new social media is a *sociological* exercise, not a logical one.
A case for stacked patches 📚 I’m wondering why you talk about “branches” at all. No such thing should exist. – Linus Torvalds,...
24th Sep 2023
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A case for stacked patches 📚

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

24th Sep 2023
I’m wondering why you talk about “branches” at all. No such thing should exist. – Linus Torvalds, 2005, [email protected] Git branches are hard to think about. But “GitHub” forces you to think about branches. A lot. Instead of futzing with GitHub’s feature branches, many...
Merging Responsibly tl;dr: I do not like merging the main branch into feature branches, and I do not like squashing...
28th Apr 2024
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Merging Responsibly

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

28th Apr 2024
tl;dr: I do not like merging the main branch into feature branches, and I do not like squashing MR/PRs git commit git has emerged as the obvious choice for SCCS (Source Code Control System). The consensus is that it is unambiguously better than the previous standard, SVN. There...
Learn Go Fast - Top Courses and Resources Want to learn Go fast? The good news is that Go is one of the simplest programming languages out...
2nd Nov 2020
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Learn Go Fast - Top Courses and Resources

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

2nd Nov 2020
Want to learn Go fast? The good news is that Go is one of the simplest programming languages out there. It was designed to have a compact feature set, which means you can learn it much faster than most other languages.
Mommy bloggers react After a write-up in the New York Times, Mommy Bloggers had two options. Either lean in, or step...
3 weeks ago
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Mommy bloggers react

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

3 weeks ago
After a write-up in the New York Times, Mommy Bloggers had two options. Either lean in, or step back. Given how popular it became after that, it's not hard to guess which option they chose. The post Mommy bloggers react appeared first on The History of the Web.
Array 1.0.10 Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. First our updates and new features....
1st Apr 2020
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Array 1.0.10

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

1st Apr 2020
Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. First our updates and new features. Release notes Users in Trend Graphs Whilst we have…
Talk Notes: Third Age of JavaScript - Three Years In Slides and show notes for my updated Talk at Reactathon
7th May 2022
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Talk Notes: Third Age of JavaScript - Three Years In

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

7th May 2022
Slides and show notes for my updated Talk at Reactathon
Learn In Public The fastest way to build your expertise, network, and second brain.
19th Jun 2018
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Learn In Public

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

19th Jun 2018
The fastest way to build your expertise, network, and second brain.
Supply and Demand Are Broken in Programming Education Markets are efficient, right? I understand that every ~10 years we find ourselves in some sort of...
24th Nov 2025
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Supply and Demand Are Broken in Programming Education

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

24th Nov 2025
Markets are efficient, right? I understand that every ~10 years we find ourselves in some sort of stock market bubble, but I do believe that most markets are mostly efficient. Everyone out there is looking for a good deal, and despite the well-known irrationalities of human...
17th Nov 2011
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Burnout

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

17th Nov 2011
The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents 2022/11/01 The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine was running...
1st Nov 2022
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The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents

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

1st Nov 2022
2022/11/01 The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine was running an incident analysis in Jeli, and pointed out that the overall process was a big drag on their energy level, that it was hard to do, even if the final result was useful. They were...
21st Jul 2020
13th Mar 2026
I Love You Truly [Ukulele Mp3] I arranged and recorded 'I Love You Truly' on electric ukulele for Chelsea.
10th Feb 2012
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I Love You Truly [Ukulele Mp3]

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

10th Feb 2012
I arranged and recorded 'I Love You Truly' on electric ukulele for Chelsea.
Covers as a way of learning music and code When you're just getting started with music, you have so many skills to learn. You have to be able...
21st Jul 2025
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Covers as a way of learning music and code

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

21st Jul 2025
When you're just getting started with music, you have so many skills to learn. You have to be able to play your instrument and express yourself through it. You need to know the style you're playing, and its idioms and conventions. You may want to record your music, and need all...
The systemic decay of tech hiring Complaining about tech interviews is the favorite pastime of software engineers. We know they're...
22nd Jun 2026
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The systemic decay of tech hiring

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

22nd Jun 2026
Complaining about tech interviews is the favorite pastime of software engineers. We know they're broken, we've seen exactly how they're broken, but, despite a decade of collective hand-waving, we haven't fixed them. In fact, we haven't even understood why they're broken:...
18th Aug 2026
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August 2026

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

18th Aug 2026
How Oxide Cuts Data Center Power Consumption in Half Here’s a sobering thought: today, data centers already consume 1-2% of the world’s power, and that...
8th Nov 2024
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How Oxide Cuts Data Center Power Consumption in Half

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

8th Nov 2024
Here’s a sobering thought: today, data centers already consume 1-2% of the world’s power, and that percentage will likely rise to 3-4% by the end of the decade. According to Goldman Sachs research, that rise will include a doubling in data center carbon dioxide emissions. As the...
Changing the Tires on a Moving Codebase 2020 was a year of reckonings. And for all that was beyond one’s control, as the year went on, I...
10th Mar 2021
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Changing the Tires on a Moving Codebase

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Mar 2021
2020 was a year of reckonings. And for all that was beyond one’s control, as the year went on, I found myself pouring more and more into the one thing that felt within reach: futureproofing of the large enterprise web application I helped build, SimpleLegal. Now complete, this...
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