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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 ...
Aesthetic Command Lines with Hyper, Spaceship, and Oh My Zsh My fairly banal, basic, but beautiful command line setup
5th Oct 2024
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Aesthetic Command Lines with Hyper, Spaceship, and Oh My Zsh

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

5th Oct 2024
My fairly banal, basic, but beautiful command line setup
Crash Safari with the Web Audio API Discovering, reproducing, and working around a bug that crashes Safari hard.
15th Aug 2017
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Crash Safari with the Web Audio API

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

15th Aug 2017
Discovering, reproducing, and working around a bug that crashes Safari hard.
2023: The Rollercoaster Job hunting Freelancing Side Projects NativePHP Spred Veliance & Laradir Streaming Personal...
29th Dec 2023
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2023: The Rollercoaster

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

29th Dec 2023
Job hunting Freelancing Side Projects NativePHP Spred Veliance & Laradir Streaming Personal Things This year has been quite a ride! 🎢 It's felt like the first real year since 2020 that things have been somewhat "normal". However, looking back, it's been anything but...
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...
Dynamic Viewports with CSS Dynamic Viewports with CSS 2023-02-08 I think it’s safe to assume most web designers and developers...
8th Feb 2023
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Dynamic Viewports with CSS

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

8th Feb 2023
Dynamic Viewports with CSS 2023-02-08 I think it’s safe to assume most web designers and developers are familiar with the standard vh and vw parameters in CSS. These parameters are used for setting an element’s height and/or width, relative to the viewport (v) height (h) or width...
2014-05-06 "No space for poem" twitter.com/rob_pike/status/463859025361125377
6th May 2014
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2014-05-06

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

6th May 2014
"No space for poem" twitter.com/rob_pike/status/463859025361125377
The Boot.dev Beat. June 2025 We’ve capitulated into the vibe coding era? Well… not really. But it’s cool to understand how AI...
10th Jun 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. June 2025

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

10th Jun 2025
We’ve capitulated into the vibe coding era? Well… not really. But it’s cool to understand how AI agents like Cursor and Claude Code work under the hood.
The Two Classes of Software Engineer “Software engineer” has become a ubiquitous term for people who write, deploy, architect, or...
5th Mar 2021
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The Two Classes of Software Engineer

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

5th Mar 2021
“Software engineer” has become a ubiquitous term for people who write, deploy, architect, or sometimes even simply test code. In reality, I think there are two classes of “software engineers”; those who understand computer science well enough to do challenging, innovative work,...
Lexxy 1.0 is here Today we are releasing the version 1.0 of Lexxy. Lexxy is a rich text editor for Rails built on...
2 weeks ago
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Lexxy 1.0 is here

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

2 weeks ago
Today we are releasing the version 1.0 of Lexxy. Lexxy is a rich text editor for Rails built on Lexical. It already powers Basecamp, Fizzy and many others, and it will become the default editor in Rails. I recently presented it in Rails World (slides, video coming soon). This is...
Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers The emerging golden age of home-cooked software, barefoot developers, and why the local-first...
30th May 2024
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Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers

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

30th May 2024
The emerging golden age of home-cooked software, barefoot developers, and why the local-first community should help build it
Low Power Mode on the Mac Laptop battery life is decreasingly relevant to me as more airplanes offer power outlets. But...
31st Jul 2018
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Low Power Mode on the Mac

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

31st Jul 2018
Laptop battery life is decreasingly relevant to me as more airplanes offer power outlets. But sometimes you lose that lottery, as I did on my latest 8-hour daytime flight. Apple’s “Up to 10 hours” claim doesn’t apply to my work,1 which is usually a mix of Xcode, web browsing, and...
A Great Bumper Sticker I’m not really a fan of bumper stickers in general, but I saw this one on the freeway a few days ago...
24th Mar 2015
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A Great Bumper Sticker

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

24th Mar 2015
I’m not really a fan of bumper stickers in general, but I saw this one on the freeway a few days ago and I couldn’t stop laughing: It’s of course making fun of the Earth Stickers that are so common everywhere (especially in Portland): If you’re curious, the original sticker was...
Live Session on CPython Virtual Machine Internals + Upcoming Posts We are long overdue for a new live session as well as some more articles.
12th Apr 2024
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Live Session on CPython Virtual Machine Internals + Upcoming Posts

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

12th Apr 2024
We are long overdue for a new live session as well as some more articles.
1st Dec 2015
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Docember

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

1st Dec 2015
My career and a thought experiment As is the case every year, 2025 is starting off relatively slowly. There’s not a lot of training...
19th Jan 2025
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My career and a thought experiment

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

19th Jan 2025
As is the case every year, 2025 is starting off relatively slowly. There’s not a lot of training courses to run yet, and since a few of the projects I worked on wrapped up in December, I find myself with a little bit of extra time and headspace on my hands. I actually enjoy these...
Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?) Changing economic markets suggests a shift in how some companies should operate, as well as what...
9th Nov 2022
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Changing times (or, why is every layoff 10-15%?)

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

9th Nov 2022
Changing economic markets suggests a shift in how some companies should operate, as well as what risks to assume for 2023
For the First Time In Years, I’m Excited By My Computer Purchase Some decades back, when I’d buy a new PC, it would unlock new capabilities. Maybe AGP video, or a...
11th Sep 2023
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For the First Time In Years, I’m Excited By My Computer Purchase

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

11th Sep 2023
Some decades back, when I’d buy a new PC, it would unlock new capabilities. Maybe AGP video, or a PCMCIA slot, or, heck, sound. Nowadays, mostly new hardware means things get a bit faster or less crashy, or I have some more space for files. It’s good and useful, but sorta… meh....
Is technical analysis just stock market astrology? Technical analysis is a part of finance that studies price moves to guide investment decisions. A...
25th Jul 2023
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Is technical analysis just stock market astrology?

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

25th Jul 2023
Technical analysis is a part of finance that studies price moves to guide investment decisions. A lot of investors seem skeptical of the use of past price data, which leads to technical analysis often being perceived as similar to astrology. In this article, I will try to see if...
Should we cool it with the historical present? On podcasts it's pretty common to hear something like this: So Alexander Hamilton has just finished...
22nd Oct 2021
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Should we cool it with the historical present?

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

22nd Oct 2021
On podcasts it's pretty common to hear something like this: So Alexander Hamilton has just finished law school, and he's trying to make a name for himself. He's only been in New York a few years. So he takes on this case... The problem with the past tense ("Hamilton had just...
And Suddenly Spring And suddenly it happens one day in March. The sun beams down in a rare cloudless sky. It might be...
20th Mar 2026
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And Suddenly Spring

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

20th Mar 2026
And suddenly it happens one day in March. The sun beams down in a rare cloudless sky. It might be cold as the wind gently blows but The Sun. The Sun beams down and it promises Long nights on the horizon. It promises miserable humid days And lovely warm days. Harsh mid-day...
poached eggs A few weeks ago I was enjoying a couple of boiled eggs (in the shell, with plenty of salt and...
14th Mar 2026
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poached eggs

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

14th Mar 2026
A few weeks ago I was enjoying a couple of boiled eggs (in the shell, with plenty of salt and pepper, and buttery fingers of toast to dunk into the runny yolk) and pondering how fiddly it is to cut off one end of the shell after boiling compared to eating a poached egg. And I was...
Bright Barley Designed by ALLGOOD, Leeds.
22nd Apr 2022
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Bright Barley

from Identity Designed [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Apr 2022
Designed by ALLGOOD, Leeds.
30th Nov 2016
baffled by generational garbage collection Usually in this space I like to share interesting things that I find out; you might call it a...
9th Feb 2025
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baffled by generational garbage collection

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Feb 2025
Usually in this space I like to share interesting things that I find out; you might call it a research-epistle-publish loop. Today, though, I come not with answers, but with questions, or rather one question, but with fractal surface area: what is the value proposition...
Making AWS Amplify work with Rollup AWS Amplify assumes CommonJS, which Rollup is allergic to. I recently discovered that you can make...
2nd Jun 2020
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Making AWS Amplify work with Rollup

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

2nd Jun 2020
AWS Amplify assumes CommonJS, which Rollup is allergic to. I recently discovered that you can make it work with Rollup with a few tweaks.
Who Monitors The Monitor? Monitor The first release of Monitor as an elementary OS default app is here! Monitor is an app for...
5th Nov 2025
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Who Monitors The Monitor?

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

5th Nov 2025
Monitor The first release of Monitor as an elementary OS default app is here! Monitor is an app for monitoring your system resources and running processes, including with optional panel indicators. Since its last release, we’ve completed the port to GTK4, rewrote the settings...
Measuring an engineering organization. For the past several years, I’ve run a learning circle with engineering executives. The most...
2nd Jan 2023
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Measuring an engineering organization.

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

2nd Jan 2023
For the past several years, I’ve run a learning circle with engineering executives. The most frequent topic that comes up is career management–what should I do next? The second most frequent topic is measuring engineering teams and organizations–my CEO has asked me to report...
Lisp: Icing or Cake? The Spring Lisp Game Jam 2024 ended one week ago. 48 games were submitted, a new record for the...
1st Jun 2024
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Lisp: Icing or Cake?

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jun 2024
The Spring Lisp Game Jam 2024 ended one week ago. 48 games were submitted, a new record for the jam! This past week has been a time for participants to play and rate each other’s games. As I explored the entries, I noticed two distinct meta-patterns in how people approached...
Overcast summer update Today’s Overcast update (2019.6) brings some great new features. But first, I need to set low...
21st Jul 2019
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Overcast summer update

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

21st Jul 2019
Today’s Overcast update (2019.6) brings some great new features. But first, I need to set low expectations for iOS 13, watchOS 6, and macOS Catalina updates this fall. Halfway through the summer, I’ve made much less progress than expected, having been overwhelmed by the required...
Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships Wisdom from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Git and Linux
8th Jul 2024
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Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships

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

8th Jul 2024
Wisdom from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Git and Linux
Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods ¶Why and how to override...
6th Feb 2016
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Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods

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

6th Feb 2016
Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods ¶Why and how to override Laravel’s built-in auth controller methods Maybe like me you like to do things the ‘Laravel way’. So let’s say you’re still using the out-of-the-box Auth flow (can anyone recommend an...
Le Mans 2024 This will be my 11th attempt. The first time I showed up on the grid at Le Mans was in 2012 -- some...
3rd Apr 2024
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Le Mans 2024

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

3rd Apr 2024
This will be my 11th attempt. The first time I showed up on the grid at Le Mans was in 2012 -- some five years after I had first driven a real race car, and even less time since I made participating in the world's greatest endurance race the ultimate goal. But it almost didn't...
Electric Geek Transportation Systems I've never thought of myself as a "car person". The last new car I bought (and in fact, now that I...
20th Aug 2019
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Electric Geek Transportation Systems

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

20th Aug 2019
I've never thought of myself as a "car person". The last new car I bought (and in fact, now that I think about it, the first new car I ever bought) was the quirky 1998 Ford Contour SVT. Since then we bought a VW station wagon
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...
My Raspberry Pi Desktop My Raspberry Pi Desktop 2020-09-02 I use a Raspberry Pi 4 as my personal daily driver and it’s...
2nd Sep 2020
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My Raspberry Pi Desktop

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

2nd Sep 2020
My Raspberry Pi Desktop 2020-09-02 I use a Raspberry Pi 4 as my personal daily driver and it’s pretty great. I know these types of devices tend to be used for smaller pet-projects or fun experiments, but I thought I would share my experience using one as my main computer....
Photographic comparison: Is the Kobo Libra Colour display worse than the Kobo Libra 2? I’ve been using E Ink-based ereaders for quite a number of years now. I’ve had my Kobo Libra 2 for a...
7th May 2024
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7th May 2024
I’ve been using E Ink-based ereaders for quite a number of years now. I’ve had my Kobo Libra 2 for a few years, and was looking forward to the Kobo Libra Colour — the first color E Ink display in a mainstream ereader line. I found the display to be a mixed bag; contrast seemed …...
The Swyx.io 2022 Rewrite Discussing the 2022 migration of swyx.io to SvelteKit and GitHub Issues
27th Jan 2022
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The Swyx.io 2022 Rewrite

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

27th Jan 2022
Discussing the 2022 migration of swyx.io to SvelteKit and GitHub Issues
Kagi is a good search engine Google search is overwhelmed with spam these days. Back in January I switched to Kagi and have been...
13th May 2024
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Kagi is a good search engine

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

13th May 2024
Google search is overwhelmed with spam these days. Back in January I switched to Kagi and have been happy with it. It’s not free but there’s a limited trial to check it out. I pay $10/mo for unlimited access. Turns out I do about 50 searches a day. I’m unclear on how Kagi works...
The Elon Swing Voter I’m getting on a plane back to America tonight, been away for over 3 months. It sort of fills me...
6th Dec 2024
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The Elon Swing Voter

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

6th Dec 2024
I’m getting on a plane back to America tonight, been away for over 3 months. It sort of fills me with dread and anxiety. I remember going to the Apple store before I was leaving, the uhhhhhhh from the sales people was awful. 0 pride. Nobody cares. So different from the sales...
7 best free open source LLM observability tools right now To build LLM-powered apps, developers need to know how users are using their app. LLM observability...
10th Apr 2025
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7 best free open source LLM observability tools right now

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

10th Apr 2025
To build LLM-powered apps, developers need to know how users are using their app. LLM observability tools help them do this by capturing LLM provider…
All the bullshit I did as a kid (part 1?) My first computer, and the first computer I called a server
17th Jan 2024
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All the bullshit I did as a kid (part 1?)

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

17th Jan 2024
My first computer, and the first computer I called a server
Unusual basis types in programming languages TLA+ Workshop TLA+ workshop on Feb 12! Learn how to find complex bugs in software systems before you...
17th Jan 2024
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Unusual basis types in programming languages

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

17th Jan 2024
TLA+ Workshop TLA+ workshop on Feb 12! Learn how to find complex bugs in software systems before you start building them. I've been saying the code NEWSLETTERDISCOUNT gives $50 off, but that's wrong because I actually set it up for $100 off. Enjoy! Unusual basis types in...
How to Reverse Interview Investors I honestly never expected this to be a topic that was common enough to write up, however, it...
2nd Feb 2023
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How to Reverse Interview Investors

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

2nd Feb 2023
I honestly never expected this to be a topic that was common enough to write up, however, it suddenly hit me today that it is the ultra niche topics that deserve writing up since it is the stuff that is outside the usual SERP riffraff.
Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious...
4th Jan 2025
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Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks

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

4th Jan 2025
Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it
Early one morning The view shortly after waking up while camping at Marshall Beach, Point Reyes.
26th Apr 2012
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Early one morning

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

26th Apr 2012
The view shortly after waking up while camping at Marshall Beach, Point Reyes.
A Subtle Nicety of Fault Tolerance in HTML & CSS HTML and CSS are designed to be fault tolerant. Rather than failing completely when encountering...
2nd Jan 2024
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A Subtle Nicety of Fault Tolerance in HTML & CSS

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

2nd Jan 2024
HTML and CSS are designed to be fault tolerant. Rather than failing completely when encountering syntax they don’t understand — looking at you JS/SyntaxError — browsers will continue parsing HTML and CSS as best they can when you introduce incorrect syntax. For someone who is...
PostHog Joins Hacktoberfest 2020 Let the pull requests come in! We're happy to announce that PostHog has joined Hacktoberfest 2020 ....
1st Oct 2020
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PostHog Joins Hacktoberfest 2020

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

1st Oct 2020
Let the pull requests come in! We're happy to announce that PostHog has joined Hacktoberfest 2020 . For those who don't know, Hacktoberfest is an…
How to Properly Use Defer in Golang What is the “defer” keyword in Go? 🔗 In the Go programming language, defer is a keyword that allows...
1st Jun 2021
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How to Properly Use Defer in Golang

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

1st Jun 2021
What is the “defer” keyword in Go? 🔗 In the Go programming language, defer is a keyword that allows developers to delay the execution of a function until the current function returns. What throws some people off is that the deferred function’s arguments are evaluated...
Huh! as a signal We can never predict with certainty what the next system failure will be. But we can predict,...
6th Feb 2023
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Huh! as a signal

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

6th Feb 2023
We can never predict with certainty what the next system failure will be. But we can predict, because painful experience has taught us, that some or all of the causes of that failure will be surprising. We can use that!
Hacker News Clones Every once in a while, I’ll have a post gain traction over on ye ole’ orange site (Hacker News). I...
2nd Nov 2024
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Hacker News Clones

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

2nd Nov 2024
Every once in a while, I’ll have a post gain traction over on ye ole’ orange site (Hacker News). I find out about it because my analytics digest will get a yuge uptick in page views. What’s interesting is all the referral sources that show up in my analytics. The Hacker News is...
Send automations based on email addresses Send automations based on email addresses
1st Nov 2023
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Send automations based on email addresses

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

1st Nov 2023
Send automations based on email addresses
Switching to Pelican Until today, my website was fragmented across a number of static pages and two WordPress instances....
27th Mar 2017
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Switching to Pelican

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

27th Mar 2017
Until today, my website was fragmented across a number of static pages and two WordPress instances. To simplify my life, I decided to unify them into one content management system instead of keeping that somewhat unwieldly mess around. I had never really put a lot of thought into...
A color palette preview tool for Purl Soho's Library Blanket When I saw the Library Blanket Joelle Hoverson designed for Purl Soho, I immediately fell in love....
24th Apr 2020
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A color palette preview tool for Purl Soho's Library Blanket

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

24th Apr 2020
When I saw the Library Blanket Joelle Hoverson designed for Purl Soho, I immediately fell in love. The marled combinations of oranges, pinks, blues, and purples were calling to me, so I ordered a kit right away. Other knitters commented that while they loved the pattern, the...
Failure to face the truth This concept recurs in different forms throughout myriad books, frameworks, and topics, across...
9th Apr 2022
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Failure to face the truth

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

9th Apr 2022
This concept recurs in different forms throughout myriad books, frameworks, and topics, across decades of time. When something is so consistent, it must be wisdom.
How I grew The A11Y Project to 10k followers on Twitter One thing I’ve been doing for The A11Y project is managing its social media efforts. Since doing so,...
5th May 2021
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How I grew The A11Y Project to 10k followers on Twitter

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

5th May 2021
One thing I’ve been doing for The A11Y project is managing its social media efforts. Since doing so, I’ve slowly grown its Twitter followers to 10,000+. Now, before I get into it, there’s some things worth pointing out: This work was built on top of the efforts of the project...
My 2021 New Mac Setup I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
5th Jul 2021
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My 2021 New Mac Setup

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

5th Jul 2021
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
I am not your Cloud person Jack of all clouds In an episode of Screaming in the Cloud podcast, Corey Quinn, a cloud services...
26th Jul 2023
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I am not your Cloud person

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

26th Jul 2023
Jack of all clouds In an episode of Screaming in the Cloud podcast, Corey Quinn, a cloud services expert, mentioned a running prank that he sometimes pulls on Amazon engineers: Quinn inserts a fictional AWS service name into the conversation, with the AWS person not batting an...
Automating a software company with GitHub Actions When developing software, there's no shortage of work: building new features, fixing bugs,...
5th Jul 2022
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Automating a software company with GitHub Actions

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

5th Jul 2022
When developing software, there's no shortage of work: building new features, fixing bugs, maintaining infrastructure, launching new systems, phasing…
Fixing the Prusa MINTEMP Error with Custom Firmware Last week I switched to a new nozzle on my Prusa MK3S 3D Printer and made the mistake of not...
21st Feb 2022
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Fixing the Prusa MINTEMP Error with Custom Firmware

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

21st Feb 2022
Last week I switched to a new nozzle on my Prusa MK3S 3D Printer and made the mistake of not watching the first layer of the print. This led to a large blob of PLA sticking to my heat block. In my attempts to remove it, I severely damaged the thermistor wires resulting in the...
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...
Headless React Part 1: Climbing Mount Effect - Declarative Code and Effects Part 2: Reconcile All The Things -...
5th Jul 2021
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Headless React

from Acko.net [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jul 2021
Part 1: Climbing Mount Effect - Declarative Code and Effects Part 2: Reconcile All The Things - Memoization, Data Flow and reconciliation Part 3: Headless React - Live, Yeet Reduce, No-API, WebGPU Live It is actually pretty easy to build a mediocre headless React today, i.e. an...
Git Advice Git can be confusing. It’s more confusing fumbling with git under pressure. As a release engineer...
31st Jul 2018
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Git Advice

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

31st Jul 2018
Git can be confusing. It’s more confusing fumbling with git under pressure. As a release engineer fumbling with git under pressure is a appreciable chunk of my job; as such, I’ve learned a trick or two. Recently I added some general git advice to our shared wiki page for...
Google Reader was building the wrong future The app that taught us to directly follow our favorite creators.
1st Jul 2026
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Google Reader was building the wrong future

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

1st Jul 2026
The app that taught us to directly follow our favorite creators.
Software Sprawl, The Golden Path, and Scaling Teams With Agency Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The company is growing like crazy, your engineering team...
2nd Dec 2018
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Software Sprawl, The Golden Path, and Scaling Teams With Agency

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

2nd Dec 2018
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The company is growing like crazy, your engineering team keeps rising to the challenge, and you are ferociously proud of them. But some cracks are beginning to show, and frankly you’re a little worried. You have always advocated for...
The RP2350 is too fast I had a few hours of “fun” figuring out why my RP2350 could use my ILI9341 display, but not the...
15th May 2026
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The RP2350 is too fast

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

15th May 2026
I had a few hours of “fun” figuring out why my RP2350 could use my ILI9341 display, but not the ST7796 one. To be more specific, displaying stuff with the first display worked flawlessly, while the ST7796 would display a single frame correctly, and then glitch. Depending on the...
CSS Variables CSS Variables 2018-03-24 The CSS language is becoming even more awesome and powerful everyday. In...
24th Mar 2018
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CSS Variables

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

24th Mar 2018
CSS Variables 2018-03-24 The CSS language is becoming even more awesome and powerful everyday. In this quick article I’d like to focus specifically on the “new” CSS variable function that you can start using in your projects right now. Getting started is easy Let’s just jump...
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. ...
You Don’t Need a UI Framework As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap....
3rd May 2022
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You Don’t Need a UI Framework

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

3rd May 2022
As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap. Seems like a great way to outsource design and save a bunch of time, right? In my experience, this is an unrealistic expectation, and things don’t quite work out that way.
Infinite javascript array using AJAX A simple way to asynchronously load suggestions into an array in JavaScript.
10th Feb 2014
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Infinite javascript array using AJAX

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

10th Feb 2014
A simple way to asynchronously load suggestions into an array in JavaScript.
Understanding the Difference Between Image and Vector File Types If you’re like me, you’ve probably spent some time wondering (and Googling) about the differences...
11th Jun 2015
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Understanding the Difference Between Image and Vector File Types

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

11th Jun 2015
If you’re like me, you’ve probably spent some time wondering (and Googling) about the differences between various popular format types commonly used for graphic design applications. So I decided I’d create a resource that’s hopefully a handy reference on the matter of discerning...
How Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases Apple uses Cassandra and FoundationDB for CloudKit, their cloud backend service. We take a look into...
14th Jan 2024
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How Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases

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

14th Jan 2024
Apple uses Cassandra and FoundationDB for CloudKit, their cloud backend service. We take a look into how exactly each is used within their cloud and the problems they've solved.
17th Aug 2023
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Contentful: How to Find Unused Types

from Max Schmitt [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Aug 2023
Read the post here.
Using Yggdrasil As an Automatic Mesh Fabric to Connect All Your Docker Containers, VMs, and Servers Update 2023-04: The version of this page on my public website has some important updates, including...
2nd Feb 2023
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2nd Feb 2023
Update 2023-04: The version of this page on my public website has some important updates, including how to use broadcast detection in Docker, Yggdrasil zero-config for ephemeral containers, and more. See it for the most current information. Sometimes you might want to run Docker...
Dynamic Slots Web Component authors already know how powerful slots are, but what if you could do even more with...
19th Jul 2023
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Dynamic Slots

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

19th Jul 2023
Web Component authors already know how powerful slots are, but what if you could do even more with them? Here's an interesting technique to use (or abuse) slots in your custom elements. I've been calling the pattern dynamic slots. Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at how...
Full-Stack Ops: Back-end and DevOps Roles are Merging It’s time for some speculation on my part 🔗 I believe that the job duties of “back-end” and...
10th Oct 2022
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Full-Stack Ops: Back-end and DevOps Roles are Merging

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

10th Oct 2022
It’s time for some speculation on my part 🔗 I believe that the job duties of “back-end” and “DevOps” engineers will coalesce to include almost everything that “the user doesn’t see”. There will still be room for specialization, but these roles will become less distinguishable...
High Trust Society I just want you to see, I just want you to see Regardless of who wins on Tuesday, does anyone think...
2nd Nov 2024
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High Trust Society

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

2nd Nov 2024
I just want you to see, I just want you to see Regardless of who wins on Tuesday, does anyone think this gets fixed? Is Kamala going to restore trust in government? Is Trump going to restore trust in government? Despite what Western media might have you believe about how the...
What is Backend Web Development? The boring answer is that backend web development is the process of building the server-side of...
7th Aug 2023
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What is Backend Web Development?

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

7th Aug 2023
The boring answer is that backend web development is the process of building the server-side of websites and web applications. It primarily focuses on handling the logic, data processing, and communication between the user’s web browser and the server.
1st Nov 2022
Networking Essentials: Congestion Control Bottlenecks inevitably arise in networks. How do we deal with them in TCP? How about in practical...
7th Oct 2018
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Networking Essentials: Congestion Control

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

7th Oct 2018
Bottlenecks inevitably arise in networks. How do we deal with them in TCP? How about in practical streaming applications like Youtube and Skype?
Boot.dev's Lead Engineer Interviewed on "Running in Production" The podcast is available here. Before I begin, I must give thanks to Nick for having me on the show!...
9th Dec 2019
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Boot.dev's Lead Engineer Interviewed on "Running in Production"

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

9th Dec 2019
The podcast is available here. Before I begin, I must give thanks to Nick for having me on the show! In this episode of Running in Production, I talk with Nick about how we built boot.dev, an open-source password manager that specializes in cryptocurrency. Boot.dev uses Electron...
Upgrading the SwarmTurret A few years ago, I built a Wi-Fi-controlled Nerf turret, but I never got around to creating a proper...
23rd May 2025
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Upgrading the SwarmTurret

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

23rd May 2025
A few years ago, I built a Wi-Fi-controlled Nerf turret, but I never got around to creating a proper build guide for it. When I finally sat down to write one, I realized just how many things I would do differently. That realization quickly snowballed into a full redesign—and the...
Date Me! if you like me, and you're interested but never thought to ask, just ask!
2nd Jan 2025
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Date Me!

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

2nd Jan 2025
if you like me, and you're interested but never thought to ask, just ask!
Add Netlify Identity Authentication to any React App in 5 minutes with React Context, Hooks and... Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to...
21st Jun 2019
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21st Jun 2019
Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to add Netlify Identity onto any React app, including create-react-app, Gatsby, Next.js, or any other setup you may have, by wrapping it all into one simple React Hook! However, this...
clamp / median / range Here are a few tangentially-related ideas vaguely near the theme of comparison operators. comparison...
2nd Jul 2025
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clamp / median / range

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

2nd Jul 2025
Here are a few tangentially-related ideas vaguely near the theme of comparison operators. comparison style clamp style clamp is median clamp in range range style style clash? comparison style Some languages such as BCPL, Icon, Python have chained comparison operators, like if...
How Microsoft does Quality Assurance (QA) The Redmond Big Tech giant pioneered the SDET role in the 90s. It then retired it in 2014. What...
19th Sep 2023
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How Microsoft does Quality Assurance (QA)

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

19th Sep 2023
The Redmond Big Tech giant pioneered the SDET role in the 90s. It then retired it in 2014. What happened and why?
How and Why fork() Uses Copy-on-Write In this video, we look at why fork() needs copy-on-write, how it works inside the kernel, and a...
a week ago
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How and Why fork() Uses Copy-on-Write

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

a week ago
In this video, we look at why fork() needs copy-on-write, how it works inside the kernel, and a memory usage problem that Instagram encountered with Python.
On picking side-projects Food for thought on how to pick the right side projects and how to manage them effectively.
7th Mar 2024
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On picking side-projects

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

7th Mar 2024
Food for thought on how to pick the right side projects and how to manage them effectively.
On Opening Essays, Conference Talks, and Jam Jars How to open pieces of narrative non-fiction writing, conference talks, and sticky jars
13th Apr 2024
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On Opening Essays, Conference Talks, and Jam Jars

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

13th Apr 2024
How to open pieces of narrative non-fiction writing, conference talks, and sticky jars
Automating updates to a digital vigil November 20th each year is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). It is a day when we memorialize...
24th Nov 2025
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Automating updates to a digital vigil

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

24th Nov 2025
November 20th each year is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). It is a day when we memorialize those who've been lost to transphobia, through violence or suicide. And each year, I make the most difficult git commit of the year, updating the list of names in the digital vigil...
Writing Skills for Engineering Managers Managers at every level are prisoners of the notion that a simple style reflects a simple mind....
31st Oct 2021
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Writing Skills for Engineering Managers

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

31st Oct 2021
Managers at every level are prisoners of the notion that a simple style reflects a simple mind. Actually a simple style is the result of hard work and hard thinking – William Zinsser, On Writing Well Every software engineering manager’s most precious resource is time. But you...
Custom for designing, off-the-shelf for shipping As software engineers, we're paid to write really cool type annotations solve problems. Usually we...
15th Sep 2025
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Custom for designing, off-the-shelf for shipping

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

15th Sep 2025
As software engineers, we're paid to write really cool type annotations solve problems. Usually we do this by taking a bunch of different pieces and putting them together to solve the problem. Maybe you mix together a database, a queue, a web framework, and some business...
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
Creating and Remembering a Strong Passphrase We all have hundreds of online accounts. Ideally, as many of those accounts as possible have unique...
3rd Aug 2019
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Creating and Remembering a Strong Passphrase

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

3rd Aug 2019
We all have hundreds of online accounts. Ideally, as many of those accounts as possible have unique passwords. Unique passwords however present a difficult problem.
Intentional Creation Reliably tap into your creativity with the 4 Cs: Consume, critique, curate, create. This is one of...
4th Jan 2023
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Intentional Creation

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Jan 2023
Reliably tap into your creativity with the 4 Cs: Consume, critique, curate, create. This is one of my oldest ideas, finally published on the GitHub ReadME Project blog, along with a profile, in June 2022. For more like this, follow me on Twitter or Mastodon. (You can also read it...
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…
Turning Everyday Gadgets into Bombs is a Bad Idea I think turning everyday gadgets into bombs is a bad idea. However, recent news coverage has been...
19th Sep 2024
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Turning Everyday Gadgets into Bombs is a Bad Idea

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

19th Sep 2024
I think turning everyday gadgets into bombs is a bad idea. However, recent news coverage has been framing the weaponization of pagers and radios in the Middle East as something we do not need to concern ourselves with because “we” are safe. I respectfully disagree. Our militaries...
New Site, New Theme for 2018 Building a WordPress theme (and a new brand) from scratch.
2nd Jan 2018
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New Site, New Theme for 2018

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

2nd Jan 2018
Building a WordPress theme (and a new brand) from scratch.
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.
Telling mechanize how to find local issuer certificates I was doing some work on my library lookup tool recently, and I ran into an issue with mechanize,...
7th Dec 2023
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Telling mechanize how to find local issuer certificates

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Dec 2023
I was doing some work on my library lookup tool recently, and I ran into an issue with mechanize, the Python library I use to simulate a web browser. I’d upgraded my version of Python and mechanize, and now I wasn’t able to connect to HTTPS sites. If I tried a simple...
Vibe Code is Legacy Code Vibe code is legacy code by Steve Krouse
2nd Aug 2025
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Vibe Code is Legacy Code

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

2nd Aug 2025
Vibe code is legacy code by Steve Krouse
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...
The Linear Oppression of Note-taking Apps What we lose when our digital notes remove the freedom to move
7th May 2021
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The Linear Oppression of Note-taking Apps

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

7th May 2021
What we lose when our digital notes remove the freedom to move
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...
2022 in review. Previously: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 After the past two years, it’s odd to write an annual...
13th Dec 2022
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2022 in review.

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

13th Dec 2022
Previously: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 After the past two years, it’s odd to write an annual reflection where my first thoughts are happy rather than bleak. The truth is that there is a lot of bleak out there right now–just look at the layoffs and the funding environment–but...
Rust and Go vs everything else Alex Pliutau and I discuss what Go programmers should know about Rust, and why the two languages...
19th Nov 2024
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Rust and Go vs everything else

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

19th Nov 2024
Alex Pliutau and I discuss what Go programmers should know about Rust, and why the two languages make perfect partners.
Announcing Quina (My First App)! The story of building Quina, a word game Progressive Web App built with Nuxt, and launched on the...
10th Dec 2020
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Announcing Quina (My First App)!

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

10th Dec 2020
The story of building Quina, a word game Progressive Web App built with Nuxt, and launched on the Google Play Store.
AI Dev Tools Panel - Stripe AI day I will be moderating a panel on 7/13 at Stripe with founders of Baseten, LlamaIndex, Zapier
7th Jul 2023
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AI Dev Tools Panel - Stripe AI day

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

7th Jul 2023
I will be moderating a panel on 7/13 at Stripe with founders of Baseten, LlamaIndex, Zapier
Functional reactive user interfaces with propagators I’ve been interested in functional reactive programming (FRP) for about a decade now. I even wrote...
8th Jul 2024
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Functional reactive user interfaces with propagators

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jul 2024
I’ve been interested in functional reactive programming (FRP) for about a decade now. I even wrote a couple of blog posts back in 2014 describing my experiments. My initial source of inspiration was Elm, the Haskell-like language for the web that once had FRP as a core part of...
You can't always fix it I have some weird hobbies, and one of those is opening up the network tab on just about anything I'm...
2nd Mar 2026
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You can't always fix it

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

2nd Mar 2026
I have some weird hobbies, and one of those is opening up the network tab on just about anything I'm using. Sometimes, I find egregious problems. Usually, this is something that can be fixed, when responsibly reported. But over time, I learned a bitter lesson: sometimes, you...
Barbershop Happy Birthday For Amanda I multitracked 'Happy Birthday' for my friend Amanda Ortmayer's birthday.
14th Mar 2009
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Barbershop Happy Birthday For Amanda

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

14th Mar 2009
I multitracked 'Happy Birthday' for my friend Amanda Ortmayer's birthday.
Add Netlify Identity Authentication to any React App in 5 minutes with React Context, Hooks and... Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to...
21st Jun 2019
1
21st Jun 2019
Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to add Netlify Identity onto any React app, including create-react-app, Gatsby, Next.js, or any other setup you may have, by wrapping it all into one simple React Hook! However, this...
You should be using hackdays to supercharge your roadmap Internal company hack days (or hack weeks) are a common thing in tech companies, but not...
1st May 2023
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You should be using hackdays to supercharge your roadmap

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

1st May 2023
Internal company hack days (or hack weeks) are a common thing in tech companies, but not universal. They should be universal, though. Hackdays help you get great new ideas that are both impactful and feasible. They're probably the best thing you can do to improve your product and...
You Don’t Need a Website You Don’t Need a Website ¶You Don’t Need a Website I came across this Reddit post the other day. The...
29th Jan 2018
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You Don’t Need a Website

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

29th Jan 2018
You Don’t Need a Website ¶You Don’t Need a Website I came across this Reddit post the other day. The gist of it is: Websites are an expensive necessity that companies hate paying for And you can understand why sometimes. Some organisations just have a completely absurd view of...
Negotiable Abstractions 2023/12/21 Negotiable Abstractions When I used to write more software and do more architecture...
21st Dec 2023
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Negotiable Abstractions

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

21st Dec 2023
2023/12/21 Negotiable Abstractions When I used to write more software and do more architecture professionally (I still do, but less intensively so with the SRE title), one of the most important questions I'd seek answers to was "how do I cut this up?" Or more accurately, "how do...
Buying a House in Portland After nearly 6 months of looking, my wife and I finally bought a house in Portland. We physically...
13th Oct 2016
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Buying a House in Portland

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

13th Oct 2016
After nearly 6 months of looking, my wife and I finally bought a house in Portland. We physically toured more than 70 houses, put in 13 offers and looked over hundreds of listings in nearly every neighborhood in the city. I thought it might be a good time to reflect on the...
19th Apr 2010
Netscape support ending in February 2008 On December 28th, 2007, the Netscape Blog announced that AOL is ending support for Netscape web...
3rd Jan 2008
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Netscape support ending in February 2008

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

3rd Jan 2008
On December 28th, 2007, the Netscape Blog announced that AOL is ending support for Netscape web browsers effective February 1, 2008. This doesn't come as much of a surprise, considering the significant decline in Netscape's marketshare over the past decade to more competative...
#31 additional “assistance” Bad code <a href="/contact" aria-label="If you find that you need additional assistance in...
12th Apr 2022
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#31 additional “assistance”

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Apr 2022
Bad code <a href="/contact" aria-label="If you find that you need additional assistance in navigating or accessing the content of this website, please call our customer service toll free number 1-800-666-8654309" title="If you find that you need additional assistance in...
Installing WordPress on NearlyFreeSpeech Installing WordPress on NearlyFreeSpeech 2024-05-27 I recently went through the process of porting...
27th May 2024
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Installing WordPress on NearlyFreeSpeech

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

27th May 2024
Installing WordPress on NearlyFreeSpeech 2024-05-27 I recently went through the process of porting over my wife’s small business website (built off of WordPress + Woocommerce) from EasyWP to NearlyFreeSpeech. Although the process was fairly easy-going, I thought I would post my...
Base64 All The Things! (Sometimes) Base64 All The Things! (Sometimes) 2020-03-18 An extremely overlooked process for displaying fonts,...
18th Mar 2020
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Base64 All The Things! (Sometimes)

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

18th Mar 2020
Base64 All The Things! (Sometimes) 2020-03-18 An extremely overlooked process for displaying fonts, images, documents, spreadsheets, etc. on the web is the use of base64 encoding. Although it may not be the most efficient (or easy) way to display and include these elements it can...
SFSU Chamber Singers sing for ACDA A video of my choir singing at St. Boniface Church in Anaheim, California.
2nd Mar 2008
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SFSU Chamber Singers sing for ACDA

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

2nd Mar 2008
A video of my choir singing at St. Boniface Church in Anaheim, California.
How Cursor Indexes Codebases Fast Merkle Trees in the real world
10th May 2025
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How Cursor Indexes Codebases Fast

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

10th May 2025
Merkle Trees in the real world
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
Web Witch's Grimoire: June 2025 April was precisely what I was expecting it to be: exhausting. I'm still recovering from our trip to...
4th Jul 2025
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Web Witch's Grimoire: June 2025

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

4th Jul 2025
April was precisely what I was expecting it to be: exhausting. I'm still recovering from our trip to Seattle at the end of April. It turns out I never posted my draft covering the month of March and April, so I will attempt to cover the highlights. The excerpt above is from my...
Winner, Name that Ware August 2026 The Ware for August 2026 is the “IC unit” from a Lafayette 150-in-1 “IC Electronic Project Kit”,...
2 weeks ago
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Winner, Name that Ware August 2026

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

2 weeks ago
The Ware for August 2026 is the “IC unit” from a Lafayette 150-in-1 “IC Electronic Project Kit”, part number 99-35107. Above is a contextual photo of how the unit looked mounted in the kit. And above are a couple examples of projects you can build with the “IC” as part of the...
Kagi Translate - We speak your language Your browser does not support the video tag.
7th Nov 2024
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Kagi Translate - We speak your language

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

7th Nov 2024
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Code Reviews Let me tell you a story. I worked with a client in the early days of my career. It was […] The post...
14th Jan 2024
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Code Reviews

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

14th Jan 2024
Let me tell you a story. I worked with a client in the early days of my career. It was […] The post Code Reviews appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
I gave a talk: Finding Creativity Through Constraints In which I discuss how constraints have inspired my creative process as a musician and programmer.
25th Sep 2015
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I gave a talk: Finding Creativity Through Constraints

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

25th Sep 2015
In which I discuss how constraints have inspired my creative process as a musician and programmer.
Using useMemo and useCallback to Save the Past from React Langoliers If you're confused about useMemo and useCallback and you have 10 minutes and nostalgia for 90’s...
3rd Feb 2023
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Using useMemo and useCallback to Save the Past from React Langoliers

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

3rd Feb 2023
If you're confused about useMemo and useCallback and you have 10 minutes and nostalgia for 90’s sci-fi? You came to the right place!
It’s More Important To Recognize What Direction People Are Moving Than Where They Are I recently read a post on social media that went something like this (paraphrased): “If you buy an...
14th Nov 2023
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14th Nov 2023
I recently read a post on social media that went something like this (paraphrased): “If you buy an EV, you’re part of the problem. You’re advancing car culture and are actively hurting the planet. The only ethical thing to do is ditch your cars and put all your effort into...
26th Jul 2023
The (Real) 11 Reasons I Don’t Hire You (With 🙏 to Joe Beda, whose brilliant idea for a blog post this was.  Thanks for letting me borrow...
18th Oct 2019
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The (Real) 11 Reasons I Don’t Hire You

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

18th Oct 2019
(With 🙏 to Joe Beda, whose brilliant idea for a blog post this was.  Thanks for letting me borrow it!) Interviewing is hard and it sucks. In theory, it really shouldn’t be.  You’re a highly paid professional and your skills are in high demand.  This ought to be a meeting between...
Saved draft recipients We're making it easier to keep track of who you're collaborating with on your newsletters
30th Jun 2020
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Saved draft recipients

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

30th Jun 2020
We're making it easier to keep track of who you're collaborating with on your newsletters
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...
Who is WHOIS: a brief biography of Internet user privacy If you look up the registration details for my personal (and currently non-commercial) website,...
7th Jul 2015
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Who is WHOIS: a brief biography of Internet user privacy

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

7th Jul 2015
If you look up the registration details for my personal (and currently non-commercial) website, you'll see Registrant Name: WHOISGUARD PROTECTED Registrant Organization: WHOISGUARD, INC. Registrant Street: P.O. BOX 0823-03411 Registrant City: PANAMA Registrant State/Province:...
International Developer in Japan Salary Survey 2014 *This survey has become a yearly thing. Browse [all our survey results](/insights).* One of the...
13th Feb 2014
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International Developer in Japan Salary Survey 2014

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Feb 2014
*This survey has become a yearly thing. Browse [all our survey results](/insights).* One of the questions I've been asked several times by readers of this blog are [what are salaries of developers in Japan](/articles/software-developer-salaries-in-japan). There is a fair...
How to destroy your app performance using React contexts useContext hook has made React Context API so pleasant to work with that many people are even...
4th Oct 2021
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How to destroy your app performance using React contexts

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

4th Oct 2021
useContext hook has made React Context API so pleasant to work with that many people are even suggesting that we drop external state management solutions and rely on the built-in alternative instead. This is dangerous thinking that can easily push your app's performance down the...
Fireside SF: Clem Delangue CEO of Hugging Face Sign up now - in person space is limited
18th Mar 2023
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Fireside SF: Clem Delangue CEO of Hugging Face

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

18th Mar 2023
Sign up now - in person space is limited
28th Jul 2014
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2014-07-28

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

28th Jul 2014
On Engineers and Influence (Based on yesterday’s tweetstorm and the ensuing...
17th Aug 2018
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On Engineers and Influence

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

17th Aug 2018
(Based on yesterday’s tweetstorm and the ensuing conversation, https://twitter.com/mipsytipsy/status/1029608573217587201) Let’s talk about influence. As an engineer, how do you get influence? What does influence look like, what is it rooted in, how do you wield it or lose it? How...
Narrative debt HBO’s Watchmen is fantastic, as many have noted. It may be one of the most polished first drafts of...
13th Dec 2019
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Narrative debt

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

13th Dec 2019
HBO’s Watchmen is fantastic, as many have noted. It may be one of the most polished first drafts of fan fiction to ever appear on the silver, errr, OLED screen. DC may lag behind the Marvel Universe in box office and audience acclaim, but it feels like DC is starting to find its...
The Best Illustration Books and Courses My favourite resources for learning to draw and developing your visual thinking skills
6th Jul 2019
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The Best Illustration Books and Courses

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

6th Jul 2019
My favourite resources for learning to draw and developing your visual thinking skills
Finding active GitHub forks from the command line I maintain SumatraPDF on GitHub. People fork it and make their own changes. I want to know which...
18th Jun 2026
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Finding active GitHub forks from the command line

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

18th Jun 2026
I maintain SumatraPDF on GitHub. People fork it and make their own changes. I want to know which forks are active and what they’re working on. GitHub has a Network tab for this. I find it lousy. It’s hard to see active forks at a glance. Panning and zooming the UI is slow and...
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 argue for something without any scientific evidence Last week I got this interesting question: I want to write a book about automated testing. Much of...
6th Mar 2024
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How to argue for something without any scientific evidence

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

6th Mar 2024
Last week I got this interesting question: I want to write a book about automated testing. Much of the book would be me explaining the best practices I’ve learned. I know these are good practices; I’ve seen them work over and over again. But have no [scientific] data at all to...
18th Aug 2020
The state of modern Front End Let's talk about front-end. There'll be a lot of swearing, I'm sorry. About once every six...
14th May 2023
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The state of modern Front End

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

14th May 2023
Let's talk about front-end. There'll be a lot of swearing, I'm sorry. About once every six months another blogger bursts into HackerNews/Twitter trends, saying - hey, enough of that JavaScript bloat, let's all use modern HTML controls! There's <dialog> for modal dialogs,...
Will AI destroy B2B SaaS? TL;DR The "build vs. buy" equation has flipped. Businesses used to buy...
7th Dec 2024
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Will AI destroy B2B SaaS?

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

7th Dec 2024
TL;DR The "build vs. buy" equation has flipped. Businesses used to buy SaaS because it was cheaper than building their own. AI has changed that—building your own is now more affordable than ever. The discovery problem. ...
New Loose Leaf Security episode: Security stories! Plus, a 2FA zine! The previous Loose Leaf Security series on safely surfing the web was pretty dense, so Geoffrey and...
5th Sep 2018
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New Loose Leaf Security episode: Security stories! Plus, a 2FA zine!

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

5th Sep 2018
The previous Loose Leaf Security series on safely surfing the web was pretty dense, so Geoffrey and I filled the latest episode of Loose Leaf Security with a bunch of our own personal security mishaps: Security stories: lost phones, a compromised computer, and an unexpected...
How to Prepare for the CAPM Certification Exam "Wait, aren't you a software developer?" If it's not your first time on my blog, you might be...
14th Nov 2019
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How to Prepare for the CAPM Certification Exam

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

14th Nov 2019
"Wait, aren't you a software developer?" If it's not your first time on my blog, you might be thinking: "Aren't you a prominent software developer, not a project manager?" Ok, maybe without the prominent part. But yes, you are right. I started working as a developer a few years...
#30 Bullet “list” Bad code <p> • HTML <br> • CSS <br> • JavaScript </p> Issues and how to fix them Use <p>...
13th Jan 2022
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#30 Bullet “list”

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Jan 2022
Bad code <p> • HTML <br> • CSS <br> • JavaScript </p> Issues and how to fix them Use <p> for paragraphs, not lists. The standard way for creating basic lists is <ul> (when the order doesn't matter) or <ol> (when the order matters), and <li> for each item. The “list”...
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,...
30th Apr 2012
Rohit Chess fun little board game
10th Mar 2025
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Rohit Chess

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

10th Mar 2025
fun little board game
Goodbye CSS Preprocessors Goodbye CSS Preprocessors 2017-09-07 I have been using preprocessors across all my side projects...
7th Sep 2017
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Goodbye CSS Preprocessors

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

7th Sep 2017
Goodbye CSS Preprocessors 2017-09-07 I have been using preprocessors across all my side projects since they first popped onto the scene. Sass, Stylus, LESS — you name the CSS preprocessor and I've most likely used it because CSS preprocessors are awesome. But that all changes...
Yearly Reading: Done and To Do Reading fiction is not that dissimilar from watching a movie in your brain. The ways in which...
26th Jan 2017
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Yearly Reading: Done and To Do

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

26th Jan 2017
Reading fiction is not that dissimilar from watching a movie in your brain. The ways in which audio-visual consumption of fiction and reading fiction diverge is in their demand on engagement – when reading I must learn new words, I struggle to find meaning, I use my imagination,...
2015-06-01 "Two URL objects are equal if they have the same protocol, reference equivalent hosts, have the same...
1st Jun 2015
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2015-06-01

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

1st Jun 2015
"Two URL objects are equal if they have the same protocol, reference equivalent hosts, have the same port number on the host, and the same file and fragment of the file. Two hosts are considered equivalent if both host names can be resolved into the same IP...
Finally! I said "no"! 😱 The only offer on the table I'm no beggar I haven't been super vocal about this very...
17th Apr 2023
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Finally!

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

17th Apr 2023
I said "no"! 😱 The only offer on the table I'm no beggar I haven't been super vocal about this very much over the past few months (I maybe need to be better at that?), but you may know that I left Elvie back at the end of October 2022. I was there for almost 6 years, the...
On Designing For Children I’ve been building Kidz Fun Art (web, iPad & Windows) since 2021, so 4 years at time of writing....
28th Jul 2025
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On Designing For Children

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Jul 2025
I’ve been building Kidz Fun Art (web, iPad & Windows) since 2021, so 4 years at time of writing. It’s a tablet optimized application intended to be used by children of all ages – my daughters were 3 and 5 when I started, and are 7 and 9 now, so I’ve seen how they use it almost...
02 · Group Key Agreement with BeeKEM How Beehive groups can agree on keys over time
21st Jan 2025
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02 · Group Key Agreement with BeeKEM

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

21st Jan 2025
How Beehive groups can agree on keys over time
Creating static map images with OpenStreetMap, Web Mercator, and Pillow I’ve been working on a project where I need to plot points on a map. I don’t need an interactive or...
7th Mar 2025
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Creating static map images with OpenStreetMap, Web Mercator, and Pillow

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Mar 2025
I’ve been working on a project where I need to plot points on a map. I don’t need an interactive or dynamic visualisation – just a static map with coloured dots for each coordinate. I’ve created maps on the web using Leaflet.js, which load map data from OpenStreetMap (OSM) and...
Imposter Syndrome Driven Design and a Bedfordshire Clanger The past few days have been incredibly stressful for me with more bureaucratic processes and...
4th Oct 2023
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Imposter Syndrome Driven Design and a Bedfordshire Clanger

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

4th Oct 2023
The past few days have been incredibly stressful for me with more bureaucratic processes and paperwork. I can feel the stress sitting in my body despite my morning routine of yoga. It's a necessary bureaucratic process that is now nearly complete (hooray!) but the stress is...
Handling State & User Interactions In UI Applications An early thinking about handling your app or component state can help you to avoid many bugs even...
5th Feb 2021
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Handling State & User Interactions In UI Applications

from Mahmoud Felfel's Blog RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Feb 2021
An early thinking about handling your app or component state can help you to avoid many bugs even before starting to write code.
Data for Decisions Data is a powerful tool that can have an outsize impact on how we develop products and operate our...
1st Feb 2023
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Data for Decisions

from Max Countryman [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Feb 2023
Data is a powerful tool that can have an outsize impact on how we develop products and operate our businesses. That said, the value of data is rarely the data itself but instead the insights we derive from it. In order to ensure these insights are meaningful and impactful it's...
Setting up a helpdesk team Here's a situation we hear about from customers all the time. Someone gets hired as an IT support...
16th Jul 2026
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Setting up a helpdesk team

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

16th Jul 2026
Here's a situation we hear about from customers all the time. Someone gets hired as an IT support manager. They inherit two techs, a shared inbox (or a ticketing system nobody likes), and a mandate that sounds something like "build us a proper tiered support team." They have six...
How to solve it (with raycasting) In 1945, mathematician George Pólya released the book “How to solve it”. It aims at helping math...
1st May 2024
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How to solve it (with raycasting)

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

1st May 2024
In 1945, mathematician George Pólya released the book “How to solve it”. It aims at helping math teachers guide their students into solving abstract problems by asking the right questions. It has since had a large influence on math education and computer science, to the point of...
Breaking the rules: I threw away 10 months of work after 2 months on the job. When I took over the team, they were in month 8 of a 3-month project to relaunch the company's...
30th Jun 2023
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30th Jun 2023
When I took over the team, they were in month 8 of a 3-month project to relaunch the company's ecommerce website. After 2 months leading the team, I decided to scrap it and start over. This is the story of how and why, and whether it all worked out.
How I program with Agents How I program with Agents 2025-06-08 This is the second part of my ongoing self-education in how to...
8th Jun 2025
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How I program with Agents

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

8th Jun 2025
How I program with Agents 2025-06-08 This is the second part of my ongoing self-education in how to adapt my programming experience to a world with computers that talk. The first part, , covered ways LLMs can be adapted into our existing tools (basically, autocomplete) and how...
How the Epic Stack Makes You Faster Streamline web choices, build top-notch apps efficiently.
1st Nov 2023
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How the Epic Stack Makes You Faster

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

1st Nov 2023
Streamline web choices, build top-notch apps efficiently.
Reflections on vibecoding ticket.el It has now been a month since I started playing with Claude Code “for real” and by now I’ve mostly...
6th Mar 2026
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Reflections on vibecoding ticket.el

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

6th Mar 2026
It has now been a month since I started playing with Claude Code “for real” and by now I’ve mostly switched to Codex CLI: it is much snappier—who would imagine that a “Rewrite in Rust” would make things tangibly faster—and the answers feel more to-the-point than Claude’s to me.
x86 Addressing Modes, Part 2: Indirect, Indexed, and Offset-based Modes In this final part on addressing modes, we learn about indirect, indexed and offset-based addressing...
9th Aug 2026
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x86 Addressing Modes, Part 2: Indirect, Indexed, and Offset-based Modes

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

9th Aug 2026
In this final part on addressing modes, we learn about indirect, indexed and offset-based addressing modes along with some interesting examples and exercises.
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.
Custom Gradients in Kidz Fun Art For a long time in Kidz Fun Art, the tablet app I built, you could draw with a rainbow brush, which...
17th Jan 2025
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Custom Gradients in Kidz Fun Art

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Jan 2025
For a long time in Kidz Fun Art, the tablet app I built, you could draw with a rainbow brush, which is the favourite feature of many people. I noticed my eldest daughter trying to use it in such a way so to only use a subset of the colors and it was really awkward, so I added...
23rd Dec 2018
Everyone a writer "The irresistible proliferation of graphomania shows me that everyone without exception bears a...
8th Jul 2016
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Everyone a writer

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

8th Jul 2016
"The irresistible proliferation of graphomania shows me that everyone without exception bears a potential writer within him, so that the entire human species has good reason to go down into the streets and shout: we are all writers! For everyone is pained by the thought of...
Python Versions Management With pyenv Using the latest version of Python is always a good idea. First of all - you get the new features...
3rd Feb 2021
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Python Versions Management With pyenv

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

3rd Feb 2021
Using the latest version of Python is always a good idea. First of all - you get the new features like the f-strings (Python 3.6), ordered dictionaries (officially guaranteed from Python 3.7, but already present in Python 3.6), or the union operator (Python 3.9). But even if you...
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Data Processing Agreements

from Blog of Simple Analytics [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jun 2023
Supporting macOS Mojave’s Dark Mode on the web macOS Mojave adds a Dark Mode for native apps that makes you look approximately 78 percent cooler...
26th Oct 2018
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Supporting macOS Mojave’s Dark Mode on the web

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

26th Oct 2018
macOS Mojave adds a Dark Mode for native apps that makes you look approximately 78 percent cooler when using the computer. In Safari Technology Preview 68, it’s now available on webpages too! Here’s how I added support to this website. Download video Using the...
The Analog Web On reclaiming the web's lost humanity, and the people still very much trying to do it. The post The...
16th Apr 2024
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The Analog Web

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

16th Apr 2024
On reclaiming the web's lost humanity, and the people still very much trying to do it. The post The Analog Web appeared first on The History of the Web.
Agents are commoditizing the complement Implementation — writing code — is a complement to specification — writing down what the code...
3rd Nov 2025
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Agents are commoditizing the complement

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

3rd Nov 2025
Implementation — writing code — is a complement to specification — writing down what the code should do. Agents are commoditizing the former, pushing up demand for the latter.
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