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Go's WaitGroup vs JavaScript's PromiseAll In applications that are i/o heavy, it can get clunky to synchronously execute high-latency...
4th Jun 2020
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Go's WaitGroup vs JavaScript's PromiseAll

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

4th Jun 2020
In applications that are i/o heavy, it can get clunky to synchronously execute high-latency functions one after the other. For example, if I have a web page that needs to request seven files from the server before it can show the page, I need to asynchronously fetch all those...
Decaf is good, actually We have made decaf a villain. We often malign decaf coffee and those who drink it. "No thanks, give...
1st Apr 2024
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Decaf is good, actually

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

1st Apr 2024
We have made decaf a villain. We often malign decaf coffee and those who drink it. "No thanks, give me the good stuff." "Death before decaf." "Decaf isn't coffee." It has this reputation that it's bad and that coffee people avoid it. And yet, if you drink decaf, you're a true...
Buffer's product journey, and our next step to hire a VP of Product Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. We've been building Buffer for coming up to ten...
28th Jul 2020
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Buffer's product journey, and our next step to hire a VP of Product

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

28th Jul 2020
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. We've been building Buffer for coming up to ten years now. We’re currently a 90-person fully remote team with over 70,000 paying customers and $20M in annual revenue. We’re proud to be a leader
Maintaining MediaWiki User Scripts via Git This week I’m at the Wikimedia Technical Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I’ve attended a bunch...
14th Nov 2019
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Maintaining MediaWiki User Scripts via Git

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

14th Nov 2019
This week I’m at the Wikimedia Technical Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I’ve attended a bunch of great sessions and I’m getting a lot out of my attendance. Today I attended a session about “user scripts” that piqued my interest. MediaWiki user scripts are powerful...
3rd Jul 2025
Corporate “DEI” is an imperfect vehicle for deeply meaningful ideals I have not thought or said much about DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) over the years. Not...
10th Feb 2025
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Corporate “DEI” is an imperfect vehicle for deeply meaningful ideals

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

10th Feb 2025
I have not thought or said much about DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) over the years. Not because I don’t care about the espoused ideals — I suppose I do, rather a lot — but because corporate DEI efforts have always struck me as ineffective and bland; bolted on at best, if...
Coaching and feedback within startups * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve written in...
14th Jul 2013
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Coaching and feedback within startups

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

14th Jul 2013
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve written in the past about the evolution of our culture at Buffer [https://joel.is/post/37639846554/the-evolution-of-culture-at-a-startup]. One of the things we started to do at around 6-7...
Free idea: design token ugly mode A lot of work goes into making every page and view of a website or webapp look consistent with every...
1st Jul 2024
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Free idea: design token ugly mode

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

1st Jul 2024
A lot of work goes into making every page and view of a website or webapp look consistent with every other page or view. It’s just good design. Smaller, newer experiences tend to be more uniform than not. This makes sense in that the bulk of the experience is created at the same...
Persisting React State in localStorage A common thing in React development is that we want to store a bit of React state in localStorage,...
24th Feb 2020
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Persisting React State in localStorage

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

24th Feb 2020
A common thing in React development is that we want to store a bit of React state in localStorage, and re-initialize from that value on the next page-load. This quick tutorial shows you how we can build a custom hook that does exactly this!
Q1 planning We're excited for what's in store for 2023!
2nd Jan 2023
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Q1 planning

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

2nd Jan 2023
We're excited for what's in store for 2023!
Self-Hosting Fathom Analytics with DigitalOcean Self-Hosting Fathom Analytics with DigitalOcean 2021-02-02 Since my previous post walked through the...
2nd Feb 2021
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Self-Hosting Fathom Analytics with DigitalOcean

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

2nd Feb 2021
Self-Hosting Fathom Analytics with DigitalOcean 2021-02-02 Since my previous post walked through the process of setting up Fathom PRO on Netlify, I figured it made sense to create a similar tutorial for the "Lite" variation, self-hosted on DigitalOcean. Please note that while I...
Getting people to tell you you're wrong One of the challenging things about being a staff+ engineer is that people trust you. They trust you...
6th Mar 2023
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Getting people to tell you you're wrong

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

6th Mar 2023
One of the challenging things about being a staff+ engineer is that people trust you. They trust you a lot, and there might be less pushback on ideas than there should be. This makes sense. To become a staff+ engineer, you usually need to be really good at this intersection of...
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...
My ZSH (and bash) prompt Junkfood theme in git directory In order to become a card-carrying Linux user, I feel like you need...
18th Dec 2012
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My ZSH (and bash) prompt

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

18th Dec 2012
Junkfood theme in git directory In order to become a card-carrying Linux user, I feel like you need to have spent a truly astounding amount of time fiddling with your dotfiles. Me? I’ve gone way beyond the point of diminishing returns. Past the point where anyone who loves me...
Set Explicit Help Timeouts A simple way to normalize asking for help.
5th Apr 2021
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Set Explicit Help Timeouts

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

5th Apr 2021
A simple way to normalize asking for help.
Video subtitles, captions, audio descriptions and transcripts As I was preparing the requirements for an accessible web video player, there was some confusion...
11th Dec 2023
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Video subtitles, captions, audio descriptions and transcripts

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

11th Dec 2023
As I was preparing the requirements for an accessible web video player, there was some confusion around subtitles, closed captions, audio descriptions and transcripts. In this post, I use interactive examples to show the difference. I also provide related success criteria from...
Explore Wallpapers for Mac Many years ago (2010 or so) I released an app called Flickr Addict for Palm WebOS phones, which...
22nd Apr 2025
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Explore Wallpapers for Mac

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Apr 2025
Many years ago (2010 or so) I released an app called Flickr Addict for Palm WebOS phones, which automatically downloaded beautiful images from the Flickr photography website and changed the phone background image on a regular basis. I wanted to see if I could rebuild that app in...
Anchoring Software to Major Versions In a SemVer world, major releases are those which contain incompatible API changes. We often see...
24th May 2024
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Anchoring Software to Major Versions

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

24th May 2024
In a SemVer world, major releases are those which contain incompatible API changes. We often see software projects anchor themselves to major versions for long periods of time, usually with the promise of stability. We all know how frustrating it is to upgrade a package and run...
Is ops a bullshit job? I recently had the pleasure of reading anthropologist David Graeber’s 2018 book, Bullshit Jobs: A...
11th Feb 2025
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Is ops a bullshit job?

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

11th Feb 2025
I recently had the pleasure of reading anthropologist David Graeber’s 2018 book, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory. Graeber defines a bullshit job as, a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence...
Turbo 8 released We’re excited to announce the release of Turbo v8, a major update to the Turbo front-end framework....
7th Feb 2024
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Turbo 8 released

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

7th Feb 2024
We’re excited to announce the release of Turbo v8, a major update to the Turbo front-end framework. This release introduces a suite of innovative features designed to enhance web development and user experiences across the board. Here are the key highlights of Turbo v8: Morphing...
OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux Upgrade your Asahi Linux systems, because your graphics drivers are getting a big...
6th Jun 2023
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OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux

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

6th Jun 2023
Upgrade your Asahi Linux systems, because your graphics drivers are getting a big boost: leapfrogging from OpenGL 2.1 over OpenGL 3.0 up to OpenGL 3.1! Similarly, the OpenGL ES 2.0 support is bumping up to OpenGL ES 3.0. That means more playable games and more functioning...
Don't hate on PHP It wasn't long after launching a major open source PHP project until I started hearing things like...
22nd Nov 2016
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Don't hate on PHP

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

22nd Nov 2016
It wasn't long after launching a major open source PHP project until I started hearing things like this: I [...] immediately drop interest in a project when I see that it is implemented in PHP. A lot of people have been hating on PHP in recent years, and frankly, they have every...
What I'm up to - September 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Sep 2024
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What I'm up to - September 2024

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

1st Sep 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in August Hello from a train somewhere in the French countryside. I just finished spending a few d...
“Out of the Software Crisis”: Dependencies The following is an extension of my notes from Baldur’s book “Out of the Software Crisis” including...
1st Sep 2023
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“Out of the Software Crisis”: Dependencies

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

1st Sep 2023
The following is an extension of my notes from Baldur’s book “Out of the Software Crisis” including quotes from the author. Software is a lot like life — probably because it models our lives — in that it’s constantly changing. The biggest threat to the economic value of code is...
How to design an accessible carousel In this article, we provide a comprehensive guide to designing an intuitive and universally...
21st Apr 2024
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How to design an accessible carousel

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

21st Apr 2024
In this article, we provide a comprehensive guide to designing an intuitive and universally accessible carousel for any web project. Outcome Carousels in UI are practical interactive elements that efficiently display images or content pieces without taking up too much vertical...
@levelsio and survivorship bias Pieter Levels is a prolific maker of software. He’s also very successful maker of software: he’s...
20th Oct 2021
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@levelsio and survivorship bias

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

20th Oct 2021
Pieter Levels is a prolific maker of software. He’s also very successful maker of software: he’s close to making $1.5 million a year from his business, almost all of it profit. Almost all of it is his profit since for most of the time he was a sole developer / marketer / copy...
Generating art from lattice graphs A couple of weeks ago, I went to see my sister playing percussion in a brass band at the...
13th Sep 2022
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Generating art from lattice graphs

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Sep 2022
A couple of weeks ago, I went to see my sister playing percussion in a brass band at the Proms. While I was on the train home, I had an idea for a fun art project. I sketched it out on a napkin, got it working, posted a few pictures on Twitter, then put it down. On Saturday I was...
Alt-Numpad for Linux In Ubuntu the alt+numpad ACSII codes don’t work—this was a major stumbling block for me since I am...
26th Jul 2011
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Alt-Numpad for Linux

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

26th Jul 2011
In Ubuntu the alt+numpad ACSII codes don’t work—this was a major stumbling block for me since I am annoyingly picky about typography. After spending way too much time Googling I found that these steps work: Hold Ctrl+Shift+U Release the “U” key (while still holding...
Check if your performance intuition still works with CUDA An interactive quiz about microoptimizations in CUDA. 10 rounds, two pieces of code per each, you...
1st Jun 2021
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Check if your performance intuition still works with CUDA

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

1st Jun 2021
An interactive quiz about microoptimizations in CUDA. 10 rounds, two pieces of code per each, you get to guess which is the faster.
20th Mar 2013
Reflecting on 10 years of building Buffer Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Today marks ten years since I launched the...
3rd Dec 2020
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Reflecting on 10 years of building Buffer

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

3rd Dec 2020
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Today marks ten years since I launched the first version of Buffer. What started as a landing page to gauge interest, and then a very basic product that I worked on alone, has become so much more. Buffer is now a
How fast is swift? Heavy Metal Edition (feat Nardi) The challenge, confirm a friends belief that swift is real system language by simulating buckets of...
12th Jul 2025
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How fast is swift? Heavy Metal Edition (feat Nardi)

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

12th Jul 2025
The challenge, confirm a friends belief that swift is real system language by simulating buckets of particles, at least 100m on the cpu, hopefully beating out rust.
That bleeping kerfuffle After I posted that link to my latest podcast with Rene Ritchie, several folks alerted me via...
18th Jun 2017
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That bleeping kerfuffle

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

18th Jun 2017
After I posted that link to my latest podcast with Rene Ritchie, several folks alerted me via Twitter that all my colorful metaphors had been “bleeped” on the audio. I didn’t realize that because I hadn’t listened to the recording myself. And I don’t normally listen to my own...
Creating Magic Functions in IPython - Part 1 IPython magic functions # One of the cool features of IPython are magic functions - helper functions...
1st Feb 2019
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Creating Magic Functions in IPython - Part 1

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

1st Feb 2019
IPython magic functions # One of the cool features of IPython are magic functions - helper functions built into IPython. They can help you easily start an interactive debugger, create a macro, run a statement through a code profiler or measure its' execution time and do many more...
What I'm up to - November 2025 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Nov 2025
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What I'm up to - November 2025

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

1st Nov 2025
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in October - Published MCP and the future of AI, Introducing Workshop, Maintenance, Backup Plans,...
Oct 2019 Recap Hello mailing list friends!
2nd Nov 2019
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Oct 2019 Recap

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

2nd Nov 2019
Hello mailing list friends!
A Metaphorical Reading Collection A collection of my favourite books on conceptual metaphor theory
1st Jun 2020
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A Metaphorical Reading Collection

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

1st Jun 2020
A collection of my favourite books on conceptual metaphor theory
Market Ending Moves Startup CEOs should ask themselves what crazy ideas can turn into a move that just ends a market's...
8th Apr 2025
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Market Ending Moves

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

8th Apr 2025
Startup CEOs should ask themselves what crazy ideas can turn into a move that just ends a market's competitive dynamic
Status Update, and How Everyone IPO'd in the 21st Century Sorry for the long hiatus. I've been doing some formal advisory work and a bit of angel investing...
13th Nov 2019
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Status Update, and How Everyone IPO'd in the 21st Century

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

13th Nov 2019
Sorry for the long hiatus. I've been doing some formal advisory work and a bit of angel investing these past months, and so more of my writing has been private. More than that, though, the Internet, with all the status games and incentives I wrote about in my last post, began to...
Happy Pride! Have Some Updates! This month we have some surprise updates for OS 7, including new releases of GNOME apps and a big...
4th Jun 2024
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Happy Pride! Have Some Updates!

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

4th Jun 2024
This month we have some surprise updates for OS 7, including new releases of GNOME apps and a big update for Mail. Plus Wayland is here, there’s a new way to manage Drivers, and we’re shipping Flathub by default! And don’t forget Platform 8 is now ready for developers. Read ahead...
How to make and test your own React drag and drop list with 0 dependencies I know, drag and drop is a solved problem. There are several great utilities you can use to easily...
1st Dec 2018
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How to make and test your own React drag and drop list with 0 dependencies

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

1st Dec 2018
I know, drag and drop is a solved problem. There are several great utilities you can use to easily have a drag and drop list in your application (dragula, react-beautiful-dnd, and react-dnd). These libraries offer APIs that make it easy to meet your needs without worrying about...
SimpleImage 3.0 Back in 2011, I released the first version of SimpleImage for PHP — an open source project for...
10th Jan 2017
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SimpleImage 3.0

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

10th Jan 2017
Back in 2011, I released the first version of SimpleImage for PHP — an open source project for working with images. Today, version 3.0 has landed, and there's a lot to love about it. Overview # Here's how it works at a glance: try { // Create a new SimpleImage object $image =...
Recently A section of trail in Switzerland May was a big month! The highlight was a cycling trip around Lake...
4th Jun 2026
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Recently

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

4th Jun 2026
A section of trail in Switzerland May was a big month! The highlight was a cycling trip around Lake Konstanz, passing through Konstanz, Bregenz Austria, Stein am Rhein in Switzerland, and Meersburg. A farm in Bodenseeufer, Germany We passed a lot of operating agriculture,...
Setting up Github Actions for Hugo Github Actions for Hugo but with particular requirements
29th Nov 2020
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Setting up Github Actions for Hugo

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Nov 2020
Github Actions for Hugo but with particular requirements
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.
Slow Tech is Good Tech Avoid the shiny Avoid comparison Some examples Laravel Build tools Typescript and JS frameworks The...
29th May 2024
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Slow Tech is Good Tech

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

29th May 2024
Avoid the shiny Avoid comparison Some examples Laravel Build tools Typescript and JS frameworks The Web Platform What I keep up with This morning, I watched a video advertising a course aimed at developers. One of the first sentiments proclaimed is that of feeling left behind,...
Cognition: The Devin is in the Details My thesis for the future of software dev agents. This is a hastily written blogpost done on not a...
8th Sep 2025
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Cognition: The Devin is in the Details

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

8th Sep 2025
My thesis for the future of software dev agents. This is a hastily written blogpost done on not a lot of sleep, so pardon poor pacing and structure and typos and mistakes but just getting it out there.
Vulkan 1.3 on the M1 in 1 month u{text-decoration-thickness:0.09em;text-decoration-color:skyblue} Finally, conformant Vulkan for the...
5th Jun 2024
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Vulkan 1.3 on the M1 in 1 month

from Alyssa Rosenzweig [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jun 2024
u{text-decoration-thickness:0.09em;text-decoration-color:skyblue} Finally, conformant Vulkan for the M1! The new “Honeykrisp” driver is the first conformant Vulkan® for Apple hardware on any operating system, implementing the full 1.3 spec without “portability”...
Burning & Playing PS2 Games without a Modded Console Burning & Playing PS2 Games without a Modded Console 2024-09-02 Important: I do not support pirating...
2nd Sep 2024
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Burning & Playing PS2 Games without a Modded Console

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

2nd Sep 2024
Burning & Playing PS2 Games without a Modded Console 2024-09-02 Important: I do not support pirating or obtaining illegal copies of video games. This process should only be used to copy your existing PS2 games for backup, in case of accidental damage to the original...
I Like Makefiles I like makefiles. I first used a makefile more than ten years ago. Even back then, it looked like...
18th Sep 2024
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I Like Makefiles

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

18th Sep 2024
I like makefiles. I first used a makefile more than ten years ago. Even back then, it looked like some ancient technology used by the graybeard Linux wizards. Years passed, and new build tools came and went, but I kept seeing makefiles still used here and there. I got used to...
Must-have Windows Apps Notepad++ - Best text-editor ever Cygwin/mintty - Awesome linux environment on windows Paint.net -...
10th Apr 2012
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Must-have Windows Apps

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

10th Apr 2012
Notepad++ - Best text-editor ever Cygwin/mintty - Awesome linux environment on windows Paint.net - Fast, lightweight image editor Foobar2000 - Fast, lightweight, music player (supports FLAC) IrfanView - Awesome, lightweight, image viewer for all formats Media Player Classic -...
Accurate Predictions In November 2020, I read the book Apollo’s Arrow after hearing Dr Christakis on NPR’s Fresh Air....
6th Jun 2023
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Accurate Predictions

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

6th Jun 2023
In November 2020, I read the book Apollo’s Arrow after hearing Dr Christakis on NPR’s Fresh Air. Somewhere midway through this book, this paragraph stood out to me: “Either way, until 2022, Americans will live in an acutely changed world—they will be wearing masks, for example,...
Implicit Assertions (article) Have a better understanding about the explicit and implicit assertions now, and perhaps even have a...
12th Mar 2024
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Implicit Assertions (article)

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

12th Mar 2024
Have a better understanding about the explicit and implicit assertions now, and perhaps even have a test or two in mind to improve.
What they don’t tell you when you translate your app Forget inverting binary trees, translating or localizing a digital experience is one of the most...
2nd Sep 2021
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What they don’t tell you when you translate your app

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

2nd Sep 2021
Forget inverting binary trees, translating or localizing a digital experience is one of the most difficult things you can do with software. There’s plenty of content out there about how to perform the basic design and development aspects of translation and localization work....
Papageno's Glockenspiel-kulele [Ukulele Ringtone] A ringtone for Chelsea based on Papageno's Glockenspiel music from Mozart's The Magic Flute.
26th May 2013
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Papageno's Glockenspiel-kulele [Ukulele Ringtone]

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

26th May 2013
A ringtone for Chelsea based on Papageno's Glockenspiel music from Mozart's The Magic Flute.
On Jakob Nielsen, AI hype, and accessibility A few years ago I made a New Year’s Eve resolution to stop overthinking assholes. I could...
5th Mar 2024
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On Jakob Nielsen, AI hype, and accessibility

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

5th Mar 2024
A few years ago I made a New Year’s Eve resolution to stop overthinking assholes. I could delicately, patiently, and painstakingly debunk the gigantic, misplaced swing of a man who is burning others' lived experience as fuel to propel his increasingly irrelevant career. I could...
My portable ergonomic setup In 2022, I developed nerve pain in my arms. It came on quickly, and it was bad: I couldn't drive, I...
3rd Jun 2024
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My portable ergonomic setup

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

3rd Jun 2024
In 2022, I developed nerve pain in my arms. It came on quickly, and it was bad: I couldn't drive, I couldn't type, and at the worst I couldn't pick up our kids. That episode spontaneously resolved after a couple of months, but flareups happen occasionally. One guaranteed trigger...
MCP is Dead; Long Live MCP! Understanding the social media zeitgeist around CLIs and the premature death of MCP
14th Mar 2026
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MCP is Dead; Long Live MCP!

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

14th Mar 2026
Understanding the social media zeitgeist around CLIs and the premature death of MCP
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...
Tech Heroin Curtis dropped this post today, and I love the analogy. Liberals sell heroin, conservatives sell...
7th Jan 2024
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Tech Heroin

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

7th Jan 2024
Curtis dropped this post today, and I love the analogy. Liberals sell heroin, conservatives sell cocaine. Techno-Optimism is cocaine. Atlas Shrugged is cocaine. Futurism is cocaine. I am a progressive. A liberal. I believe in progress. I am not a conservative. Conservatives lose....
Overkill Objects for Everyday Life I routinely make a fool of myself when I tell friends I want a Martin Baker ejection seat as a chair...
30th May 2021
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Overkill Objects for Everyday Life

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

30th May 2021
I routinely make a fool of myself when I tell friends I want a Martin Baker ejection seat as a chair in my living room. Of course, with the pyrotechnic charge removed. Seriously, I would totally buy it if it weren't $5,000 on eBay and I'
CSS Parts Inspired by BEM In a previous post, I explored valid names for CSS parts and discovered that there are very few...
10th Mar 2022
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CSS Parts Inspired by BEM

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

10th Mar 2022
In a previous post, I explored valid names for CSS parts and discovered that there are very few restrictions in what you can call them. The purpose of that deep dive was to help identify a pattern for naming parts that lets me expose states and subparts, or parts exported as a...
Speeding up code with vectorization I’ve been writing a lot of math code with latency requirements these days. When I talk to people...
17th Apr 2020
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Speeding up code with vectorization

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

17th Apr 2020
I’ve been writing a lot of math code with latency requirements these days. When I talk to people about my problems, they usually suggest multithreading and general-purpose GPU computing. These both have downsides. Multithreading might not be the best option in systems that...
Sorting with Fibonacci Numbers and a Knuth Reward Check The following incredibly small sorting algorithm has an $O(n^{4/3})$ worst-case runtime: def...
31st Dec 2025
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Sorting with Fibonacci Numbers and a Knuth Reward Check

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

31st Dec 2025
The following incredibly small sorting algorithm has an $O(n^{4/3})$ worst-case runtime: def fibonacci_sort(v): a, b = 1, 1 while a * b < len(v): a, b = b, a + b while a > 0: a, b = b - a, a g = a * b for i in range(g, len(v)): ...
In Search of Sophistication Cultural Assimilation, Theory vs Practice The other day, I read the following, shared 22,000+ times...
10th Sep 2021
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In Search of Sophistication

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

10th Sep 2021
Cultural Assimilation, Theory vs Practice The other day, I read the following, shared 22,000+ times on social media: "Broken English is a sign of courage and intelligence, and it would be nice if more people remembered that when interacting with immigrants and refugees." This...
Beware The Fallacy of Composition Many things that make sense individually don't make sense as a group.
1st Oct 2020
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Beware The Fallacy of Composition

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

1st Oct 2020
Many things that make sense individually don't make sense as a group.
Interactive Flamegraphs In my latest article, I made heavy use of flamegraphs. To makes things clearer, flamegraphs are...
8th Sep 2024
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Interactive Flamegraphs

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

8th Sep 2024
In my latest article, I made heavy use of flamegraphs. To makes things clearer, flamegraphs are visualizations of how much time is spent in each function in a program: ./write –write_with_vmsplice –huge_page –busy_loop | ./read –read_with_splice –busy_loop Profiling of ./write...
Python Community Intro The PSF just created a new mailing list, "PSF-Community", then autosubscribed a bunch of people and...
22nd Sep 2015
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Python Community Intro

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Sep 2015
The PSF just created a new mailing list, "PSF-Community", then autosubscribed a bunch of people and solicited introductions. At first I was surprised, but I was quickly charmed by the response and joined in on the action. Here's what I wrote: If Alex Martelli is doing it, then...
Finding the Closest Element Through Shadow Roots A great trick to find the closest element in the DOM that matches an arbitrary selector is...
13th Sep 2021
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Finding the Closest Element Through Shadow Roots

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

13th Sep 2021
A great trick to find the closest element in the DOM that matches an arbitrary selector is Element.closest(). // Starts at el and walks the DOM until it finds a parent element // that matches the selector. In this case, it will return the // <body>...
How to build an Auto-Playing Slideshow with React In this article we'll build an auto-playing slideshow using React. The article is divided into two...
16th Nov 2020
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How to build an Auto-Playing Slideshow with React

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

16th Nov 2020
In this article we'll build an auto-playing slideshow using React. The article is divided into two sections: The trick
Know your “One Job” and do it first Story time. Susan was hired as a database engineer. Her primary projects, which are supposed to be...
7th Mar 2021
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Know your “One Job” and do it first

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

7th Mar 2021
Story time. Susan was hired as a database engineer. Her primary projects, which are supposed to be upgrading/rolling out a major point release and running load tests against various config options and developing a schema management tool, keep slipping. But she is one of HR’s...
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.
Twitter Was An Awesome Idea But Never A Viable Business Twitter was the best communications system ever invented, providing low-barrier-to-entry...
21st Apr 2023
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Twitter Was An Awesome Idea But Never A Viable Business

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

21st Apr 2023
Twitter was the best communications system ever invented, providing low-barrier-to-entry communications in real-time to people worldwide, creating self-organizing circles of common interests, allowing for easy discovery, and supporting an instant source of information. But, there...
20th Feb 2020
What I’m Using in 2026 This is an updated list of what I’m using in 2026. I’m only sharing what’s changed since last year’s...
4th Jan 2026
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What I’m Using in 2026

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

4th Jan 2026
This is an updated list of what I’m using in 2026. I’m only sharing what’s changed since last year’s list. Applications Chrome — Chrome was on my list last year, but I’m mentioning it again because I actually used Brave for most of 2025. I like Brave, and honestly I can’t even...
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 - March 2023 ✨ What I've been up to Part of my work at The Contraption Company includes helping startups...
1st Mar 2023
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What I'm up to - March 2023

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

1st Mar 2023
✨ What I've been up to Part of my work at The Contraption Company includes helping startups develop new products. For the last six months, I've unintentionally been working almost exclusively wit...
The Yoto Mini is Perfect The Yoto Mini is one of my favorite products. The team behind it deeply understands its users and...
24th May 2024
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The Yoto Mini is Perfect

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

24th May 2024
The Yoto Mini is one of my favorite products. The team behind it deeply understands its users and put just the right set of features into a brilliantly designed package. I have no affiliation with Yoto, I’m just a happy customer with kids who love it. If you aren’t aware, Yoto...
27th Apr 2026
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AI Homelab Part 1: I keep Daddy in the basement

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

27th Apr 2026
My AI homelab named Daddy
Why I retired from the tech crusades When Ruby on Rails was launched over twenty years ago, I was a twenty-some young programmer...
2nd Jun 2024
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Why I retired from the tech crusades

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

2nd Jun 2024
When Ruby on Rails was launched over twenty years ago, I was a twenty-some young programmer convinced that anyone who gave my stack a try would accept its universal superiority for solving The Web Problem. So I pursued the path of the crusade, attempting to convert the...
The Boot.dev Beat. September 2024 The aracnum was soooooo close to defeating the Hound of Zaggoroth in this month’s boss fight....
4th Sep 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. September 2024

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

4th Sep 2024
The aracnum was soooooo close to defeating the Hound of Zaggoroth in this month’s boss fight. 88,297,514 xp was gained over the course of the event, and 90,000,000 was all that was needed to secure victory. It’s a shame, but we can’t win them all. The hound will return soon.
How to transfigure wireframes into HTML Soon enough in your career as a web developer, you encounter the situation where a designer hands...
1st Dec 2022
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How to transfigure wireframes into HTML

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2022
Soon enough in your career as a web developer, you encounter the situation where a designer hands over a wonderful web design in all its large-screen glory. Your mission now is to transform it into code to present a prototype as soon as possible, starting with nothing but an...
Celebrating 2^13 Subscribers & My Birthday I started this Substack on 23rd April, 2024 from 0 subscribers with a dream of writing deeply...
10th Sep 2024
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Celebrating 2^13 Subscribers & My Birthday

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

10th Sep 2024
I started this Substack on 23rd April, 2024 from 0 subscribers with a dream of writing deeply technical articles and making a living.
State of the Web: Atomic CSS Learn more about the past, present, and future of Atomic CSS and frameworks like Tachyons, Tailwind,...
6th Feb 2022
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State of the Web: Atomic CSS

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Feb 2022
Learn more about the past, present, and future of Atomic CSS and frameworks like Tachyons, Tailwind, and more.
From 0 to 1 MB in DOS A tour on how DOS was able to use most of the 1 MB address space of the 8086
17th Jan 2024
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From 0 to 1 MB in DOS

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

17th Jan 2024
A tour on how DOS was able to use most of the 1 MB address space of the 8086
Why I joined OpenAI The staggering and fast-growing cost of AI datacenters is a call for performance engineering like no...
6th Feb 2026
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Why I joined OpenAI

from Brendan Gregg's Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Feb 2026
The staggering and fast-growing cost of AI datacenters is a call for performance engineering like no other in history; it's not just about saving costs – it's about saving the planet. I have joined OpenAI to work on this challenge directly, with an initial focus on ChatGPT...
2nd Apr 2015
Introducing SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search ------------------------------------------------------------------- Your collective defense against...
12th Nov 2025
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Introducing SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search

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

12th Nov 2025
------------------------------------------------------------------- Your collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms ------------------------------------------------------------------- We made it our mission to prevent the web from becoming useless and a...
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...
The Boot.dev Beat. May 2023 We hit some amazing milestones in April. We now have over 40,000 registered students and over...
3rd May 2023
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The Boot.dev Beat. May 2023

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

3rd May 2023
We hit some amazing milestones in April. We now have over 40,000 registered students and over 500,000 lessons completed on the platform! I hope your learnings are going well, and that everything we’re building is helping you, even if it’s in a small way.
My Fave New Podcasts of 2023 As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 4 years...
3rd Jan 2024
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My Fave New Podcasts of 2023

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

3rd Jan 2024
As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 4 years straight (see main 2019 list, then my 2020 and 2021 and 2022 diffs), so it's time to do year 5(!)
How big is the Flutter team? I often get asked how many people contribute to Flutter. It's a hard question to answer because...
3rd Feb 2024
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How big is the Flutter team?

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

3rd Feb 2024
I often get asked how many people contribute to Flutter. It's a hard question to answer because "contribute" is a very vague concept. There's tens of thousands of packages on pub.dev, all of which are written by contributors to the community. There's over 100,000 of issues...
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
Load-bearing / Career-minded / Act Two rationales One of the common conceits in leadership is that nobody is truly essential for a company’s...
2nd May 2024
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Load-bearing / Career-minded / Act Two rationales

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

2nd May 2024
One of the common conceits in leadership is that nobody is truly essential for a company’s continuity. I call it a conceit, but I do mostly agree with it: I’ve felt literally sick after hearing about some peer’s unexpected departure, but I’m continually amazed at how resilient...
Recently I have a bunch that I want to write about this month, but that'll all be in different posts. Just...
1st Apr 2026
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Recently

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

1st Apr 2026
I have a bunch that I want to write about this month, but that'll all be in different posts. Just got back from Atmosphere Conf in Vancouver and settling into a false Brooklyn summer. Reading I read so much this month but have little to share here. Despite trying to keep a rich,...
Web Witch's Grimoire: Summer 2026 The year flies by when you're postpartum, sleep-deprived and your little bubba is suddenly on the...
25th Aug 2026
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Web Witch's Grimoire: Summer 2026

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

25th Aug 2026
The year flies by when you're postpartum, sleep-deprived and your little bubba is suddenly on the move and making developmental leaps. Time is this sort of weird compressed experience, not dissimilar to the way I felt about COVID and 2020 (wasn't that just yestersday? No indeed...
Colophon Most blogs, like this one, are reverse-chronological, causing the first post to appear last in the...
1st May 2015
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Colophon

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2015
Most blogs, like this one, are reverse-chronological, causing the first post to appear last in the archive. This convention makes a colophon the King's Pawn Game of web authorship; there's no better place to showcase certain implementation details than the first post of a...
Protests Then and Now When a government engages in deviant behavior, it is the responsibility of the people to express...
24th Mar 2026
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Protests Then and Now

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

24th Mar 2026
When a government engages in deviant behavior, it is the responsibility of the people to express their opposition. That’s why I’ll be participating in the No Kings protest in New York City on Saturday. ... more ...
RIP Khaled Bichara, 1971-2020 We were deeply saddened to learn that Khaled Bichara, one of Oxide’s angel investors, died in a...
3rd Feb 2020
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RIP Khaled Bichara, 1971-2020

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

3rd Feb 2020
We were deeply saddened to learn that Khaled Bichara, one of Oxide’s angel investors, died in a car accident in Cairo on Friday night. Those of us who have known Khaled for years have known him to be a bold investor who appreciated hard technical problems – and also a profoundly...
Dyson CameraJet So when I saw Dyson had a $500 toothbrush, I was excited. Finally, advertising that targets me! I...
3 weeks ago
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Dyson CameraJet

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

3 weeks ago
So when I saw Dyson had a $500 toothbrush, I was excited. Finally, advertising that targets me! I love brushing my teeth, and I have more money than I know how to spend. Not because I’m particularly rich, but because most stuff doesn’t really appeal to me. Like if I owned a...
Film in the Fridge I’ve got a bunch of old film I need to get through. Stored properly – I shouldn’t need to add too...
7th May 2026
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Film in the Fridge

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th May 2026
I’ve got a bunch of old film I need to get through. Stored properly – I shouldn’t need to add too many additional stops.I think this may be the golden age. Enjoy while you can.
2nd Dec 2009
25th Mar 2024
Go structs are copied on assignment (and other things about Go I'd missed) I’ve been writing Go pretty casually for years – the backends for all of my playgrounds (nginx, dns,...
6th Aug 2024
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Go structs are copied on assignment (and other things about Go I'd missed)

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

6th Aug 2024
I’ve been writing Go pretty casually for years – the backends for all of my playgrounds (nginx, dns, memory, more DNS) are written in Go, but many of those projects are just a few hundred lines and I don’t come back to those codebases much. I thought I more or less understood the...
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 Making software better without sacrificing user experience. [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...
Zone of Genius Aligning the right people with jobs to be done is an age-old problem in company building. And on a...
12th Jun 2019
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Zone of Genius

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

12th Jun 2019
Aligning the right people with jobs to be done is an age-old problem in company building. And on a micro level, aligning yourself with the right role is also challenging. What should you delegate? Where should you focus your efforts? I've found the Zone of Genius framework to
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
Array 1.4.0 Session times are here! They're a great way to help understand how engaged users are. The Array...
7th May 2020
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Array 1.4.0

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

7th May 2020
Session times are here! They're a great way to help understand how engaged users are. The Array 1.4.0 brings plenty of improvements to our core…
A random man walks into my office and asks if I'm single... It's almost a joke now, how I expect comments from men on my videos for work. When I go to check the...
14th Nov 2021
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A random man walks into my office and asks if I'm single...

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

14th Nov 2021
It's almost a joke now, how I expect comments from men on my videos for work. When I go to check the comments, because I genuinely care about feedback or asks from developers, my heart sinks and my stomach drops when I see comments about my appearance or inquiries about my...
Interoperable Personal Libraries and Ad Hoc Reading Groups Exploring ways to build social infrastructure around books and reading on the open web
20th Feb 2022
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Interoperable Personal Libraries and Ad Hoc Reading Groups

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

20th Feb 2022
Exploring ways to build social infrastructure around books and reading on the open web
The SEO scam: $62,000 later Context Like many businesses operating online, we at Tinloof decided to explore SEO to attract more...
6th Aug 2023
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The SEO scam: $62,000 later

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

6th Aug 2023
Context Like many businesses operating online, we at Tinloof decided to explore SEO to attract more leads. Seeing the numerous SEO gurus on LinkedIn and Twitter, one might think it's worth a shot to try this approach, hoping to strike gold when search engines place your website...
How HEAD works in git Hello! The other day I ran a Mastodon poll asking people how confident they were that they...
8th Mar 2024
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How HEAD works in git

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

8th Mar 2024
Hello! The other day I ran a Mastodon poll asking people how confident they were that they understood how HEAD works in Git. The results (out of 1700 votes) were a little surprising to me: 10% “100%” 36% “pretty confident” 39% “somewhat confident?” 15% “literally no idea” I was...
5th Feb 2015
Titles matter Is a person who prompts an LLM to generate a website a web developer? And if not, what is the...
26th Aug 2025
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Titles matter

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

26th Aug 2025
Is a person who prompts an LLM to generate a website a web developer? And if not, what is the difference, and why does that matter so much?
4th Sep 2026
Every product needs an architecture vision Software projects often stop working on architecture after the first phase is done. An architecture...
5th Feb 2024
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Every product needs an architecture vision

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

5th Feb 2024
Software projects often stop working on architecture after the first phase is done. An architecture vision can prevent that from happening.
GNU Autotools Links https://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-magic-behind-configure-make-make-install configure.ac Writte...
25th May 2016
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GNU Autotools

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

25th May 2016
Links https://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-magic-behind-configure-make-make-install configure.ac Written in m4sh (m4 + shell) Program initialization: AC_INIT macro—needs name, version, maintainer Initialize automake: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Make sure that C-compiler exists:...
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...
The paper computer Now that we have actually good AI, I have this vision of a form of computing that doesn’t involve me...
9th Apr 2026
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The paper computer

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

9th Apr 2026
Now that we have actually good AI, I have this vision of a form of computing that doesn’t involve me using a computer so much. Imagine you had the day’s emails to go through. It would be nice if the ones that required a simple decision could be dispatched with a few pen-strokes:...
Technology & The Hollowing Middle Class IT systems within large enterprises have done wonders to improve the efficiencies, resulting in...
18th Sep 2024
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Technology & The Hollowing Middle Class

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

18th Sep 2024
IT systems within large enterprises have done wonders to improve the efficiencies, resulting in great cost-savings, yet with unquestioned social effects. In his book Rhodes & His Banker, Richard Steyn narrates the founding and the early years of the bank we now know as Standard...
The blissful zen of a good side project One of life's greatest simple pleasures is creating something just for yourself.
4th Apr 2025
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The blissful zen of a good side project

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

4th Apr 2025
One of life's greatest simple pleasures is creating something just for yourself.
First Letter Pseudo Element First Letter Pseudo Element 2019-05-03 In today’s TypeTip we will be taking a look at the often...
3rd May 2019
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First Letter Pseudo Element

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

3rd May 2019
First Letter Pseudo Element 2019-05-03 In today’s TypeTip we will be taking a look at the often overlooked :first-letter CSS pseudo element. Though you might only use this for specific article-format web pages, it’s still a nice-to-have in your web dev toolset. The HTML Like most...
SEO best practices on Sanity When we build a website with Sanity, we configure SEO best practices to rank higher on search engine...
5th Sep 2022
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SEO best practices on Sanity

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

5th Sep 2022
When we build a website with Sanity, we configure SEO best practices to rank higher on search engine result pages.
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Privacy Monthly April 2024

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

8th Apr 2024
No more boring drawings! Many drawing tutorials show us how to draw things. They teach us how to make photo-like drawings....
28th Jan 2026
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No more boring drawings!

from Ralph Ammer [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Jan 2026
Many drawing tutorials show us how to draw things. They teach us how to make photo-like drawings. Such renderings look decent but also generic, conventional—like something an AI tool might produce. And they are also…  boring. Why is that? Because they don’t mean anything. Meaning...
An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful...
21st Nov 2023
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An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid

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

21st Nov 2023
CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful tools, there's a significant learning curve. In this tutorial, we'll build a mental model for how CSS Grid works and how we can use it effectively. I'll share the biggest 💡 lightbulb...
A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it A bold first sentence that draws you in. A steering second sentence to set you further down the...
9th Apr 2026
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A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it

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

9th Apr 2026
A bold first sentence that draws you in. A steering second sentence to set you further down the path. A third sentence that tantalizes and alludes to content to follow. Following is an initial explanatory paragraph. It serves to help back up the previous paragraphs, and start to...
What I'm up to - November 2023 This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Nov 2023
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What I'm up to - November 2023

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

1st Nov 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in October - Switched my daily driver Aeropress coffee recipe to this one by Jonathan Gagné. It p...
The `<details>` and `<summary>` elements are getting an upgrade Form controls are notoriously difficult to style, something the web community has been talking about...
1st Nov 2024
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The `<details>` and `<summary>` elements are getting an upgrade

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

1st Nov 2024
Form controls are notoriously difficult to style, something the web community has been talking about for years. In 2019, when I was still at Microsoft, I had been working with Greg Whitworth to start evangelizing the work that was being planned for <select>, as well as the Open...
Breaking the Chain Breaking the Chain Querying Eloquent Models consistently across your...
3rd May 2018
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Breaking the Chain

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

3rd May 2018
Breaking the Chain Querying Eloquent Models consistently across your application Requirements Problems Solutions Explicitly store the current Builder in the model Results ¶Breaking the Chain ¶Querying Eloquent Models consistently across your application I’ve got to admit I’ve...
My Blog Engine is the Erlang Build Tool From time to time, people ask me what I use to power my blog, maybe because they like the minimalist...
2nd Sep 2024
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My Blog Engine is the Erlang Build Tool

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

2nd Sep 2024
From time to time, people ask me what I use to power my blog, maybe because they like the minimalist form it has. I tell them it’s a bad idea and that I use the Erlang compiler infrastructure for it, and they agree to look elsewhere. After launching my notes section, I had to...
Service Introduction: Forkwell One area I'm interested in is how people find jobs. The "traditional" way to find a job of sending...
2nd May 2012
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Service Introduction: Forkwell

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd May 2012
One area I'm interested in is how people find jobs. The "traditional" way to find a job of sending out your resume to lots of companies and hoping for the best is clearly broken. Despite this, people all around the world, but especially in Japan, cling to it. So I got excited...
Using the ':not()' pseudo-class to remove styles from ':last-child' I was re-designing the footer for my blog when I added a list of social icon links. I needed to add...
1st Dec 2024
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Using the ':not()' pseudo-class to remove styles from ':last-child'

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

1st Dec 2024
I was re-designing the footer for my blog when I added a list of social icon links. I needed to add some padding between them, as one does, and was preparing to apply padding to the left of each icon so the final icon on the right remained aligned right. On smaller screens, when...
Go fix your bugs An exploration of some bugs you might not have known that you had
4th May 2023
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Go fix your bugs

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

4th May 2023
An exploration of some bugs you might not have known that you had
Creamsicles of a different texture: clementine panna cotta Creamsicles were one of my favorite desserts as a child. Whenever my family went to the pool, I...
5th Feb 2011
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Creamsicles of a different texture: clementine panna cotta

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

5th Feb 2011
Creamsicles were one of my favorite desserts as a child. Whenever my family went to the pool, I would absolutely dread the 15 minutes every hour that I couldn't stay in the pool known as adult swim - until I headed over to the pool's snack shop and grabbed a...
How much can you really get out of a 4$ VPS? When starting a new project, evaluating the budget needed for cloud hosting can be a tricky...
6th Feb 2023
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How much can you really get out of a 4$ VPS?

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

6th Feb 2023
When starting a new project, evaluating the budget needed for cloud hosting can be a tricky question. On one side, you will hear horror stories of people waking up to an unexpected 100k$ bill from their provider. But on the other hand, you will see providers advertising costs...
Announcing the 2025 TokyoDev Developers Survey The 2025 edition of the TokyoDev Developer Survey is now live! If you’re a software developer living...
4th Sep 2025
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Announcing the 2025 TokyoDev Developers Survey

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Sep 2025
The 2025 edition of the TokyoDev Developer Survey is now live! If you’re a software developer living in Japan, please take a few minutes to participate. All questions are optional, and it should take less than 10 minutes to complete. The survey will remain open until September...
Support for Stripe Payment Links It's even easier to get paid subscribers with Stripe's new Payment Links
9th Sep 2021
1

Support for Stripe Payment Links

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

9th Sep 2021
It's even easier to get paid subscribers with Stripe's new Payment Links
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...
How good is Claude, really? At the beginning of 2026, I didn’t even know what vibe coding meant. So much has happened in the...
4th Mar 2026
1

How good is Claude, really?

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

4th Mar 2026
At the beginning of 2026, I didn’t even know what vibe coding meant. So much has happened in the time I was busy carving wooden spoons, that I felt it simpler to just ignore the hype. One morning, in this seemingly never ending winter, a friend told me excitedly how his employer...
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.
Winner, Name that Ware July 2026 The structure in question for last month’s ware are a pair of NPN transistors that form the core of...
30th Aug 2026
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Winner, Name that Ware July 2026

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

30th Aug 2026
The structure in question for last month’s ware are a pair of NPN transistors that form the core of a bandgap voltage reference circuit. As its name implies, a bandgap voltage reference generates a near-constant voltage for use inside chips. The voltage is intended to be fairly...
🎯 What does a Product Owner do all day? You might think that the job of a PO is to please the internal stakeholders and be responsible for...
16th May 2022
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🎯 What does a Product Owner do all day?

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

16th May 2022
You might think that the job of a PO is to please the internal stakeholders and be responsible for the […] The post 🎯 What does a Product Owner do all day? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Vulkan 1.4 sur Asahi Linux English version follows. Aujourd’hui, Khronos Group a sorti la spécification 1.4 de l’API graphique...
2nd Dec 2024
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Vulkan 1.4 sur Asahi Linux

from Alyssa Rosenzweig [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Dec 2024
English version follows. Aujourd’hui, Khronos Group a sorti la spécification 1.4 de l’API graphique standard Vulkan. Le projet Asahi Linux est fier d’annoncer le premier pilote Vulkan 1.4 pour le matériel d’Apple. En effet, notre pilote graphique Honeykrisp est reconnu par...
Array 1.38.0: Exports, subscriptions and session analysis PostHog 1.38.0 introduces exports and subscriptions for dashboards and insights, plus improved...
1st Aug 2022
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Array 1.38.0: Exports, subscriptions and session analysis

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

1st Aug 2022
PostHog 1.38.0 introduces exports and subscriptions for dashboards and insights, plus improved feature flag persistence and much more!
5 production surprises worth investigating As an SRE, I’m a vocal believer in following one’s nose: seeking out surprising phenomena and...
6th Mar 2023
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5 production surprises worth investigating

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

6th Mar 2023
As an SRE, I’m a vocal believer in following one’s nose: seeking out surprising phenomena and getting to the bottom of them. By adopting this habit, we can find and fix many classes of problems before they turn into incidents. Over time, this makes things run much smoother. But...
Zen Browser review and benchmark vs Chrome, Brave, Firefox and Safari I'm looking for a new daily driver browser on my Mac. Chrome is a non-starter for me due to privacy...
2nd Nov 2024
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Zen Browser review and benchmark vs Chrome, Brave, Firefox and Safari

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

2nd Nov 2024
I'm looking for a new daily driver browser on my Mac. Chrome is a non-starter for me due to privacy concerns (Google's tracking empire is alive and well), and Edge is just... too much. Every update shoves another set of “features” down my throat — Copilot, discount coupons, Bing...
When is my Cake Day? Using praw and prawoauth2 to find when is my cake day on Reddit.
20th Nov 2015
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When is my Cake Day?

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Nov 2015
Using praw and prawoauth2 to find when is my cake day on Reddit.
The Object Model in Livelymerge A look under the hood of Livelymerge.
7th Aug 2026
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The Object Model in Livelymerge

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

7th Aug 2026
A look under the hood of Livelymerge.
Hiring as an incomplete information game Hiring is an incomplete information game and to succeed you have to treat it as such.
18th Oct 2025
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Hiring as an incomplete information game

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

18th Oct 2025
Hiring is an incomplete information game and to succeed you have to treat it as such.
Prefers Reduced Motion By now, most devs are familiar with the prefers-reduced-motion media query that tells whether or not...
19th May 2021
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Prefers Reduced Motion

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

19th May 2021
By now, most devs are familiar with the prefers-reduced-motion media query that tells whether or not a user prefers, well, reduced motion. You can use this to tone down (or turn off) transitions and animations in your stylesheet to accommodate users with vestibular motion...
epanet-js epanet-js is a new web application that combines modern web maps with the industry-standard...
3rd Jul 2025
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epanet-js

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

3rd Jul 2025
epanet-js is a new web application that combines modern web maps with the industry-standard EPANET hydraulic simulation algorithm. It’s for people planning and updating water utility systems: connecting pipes and pressures and figuring out what will happen. It’s a problem area...
Converting My X201 ThinkPad into a Slabtop Converting My X201 ThinkPad into a Slabtop 2023-05-01 I recently wrote about physically disabling...
1st May 2023
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Converting My X201 ThinkPad into a Slabtop

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

1st May 2023
Converting My X201 ThinkPad into a Slabtop 2023-05-01 I recently wrote about physically disabling the WiFi toggle switch on my X201 which was a fun "hack" to an annoying issue I was running into. Since then, the laptop has been running flawlessly. The only other minor issue I had...
Compare to None How do we check if something is None? With the beauty of the Python language - the code that you...
23rd Feb 2023
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Compare to None

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

23rd Feb 2023
How do we check if something is None? With the beauty of the Python language - the code that you would write is literally the same as the above question: if something is None: It reminds me of this joke: - How do you turn pseudocode into Python? - You add .py at the end of the...
How I write blog posts every month What I've learned after writing regularly for half a year.
17th Feb 2018
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How I write blog posts every month

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

17th Feb 2018
What I've learned after writing regularly for half a year.
We spent $3.3M buying out investors: Why and how we did it Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Last month, Buffer spent $3.3 million – about...
10th Sep 2018
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We spent $3.3M buying out investors: Why and how we did it

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

10th Sep 2018
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Last month, Buffer spent $3.3 million – about half of all the cash we had in the bank – to buy out our main venture capital (VC) investors. Starting the conversations, negotiations, and process of this buy out was one
Tip for per-test verbose logging in Go One way to narrow down a problem when debugging a test is to add logging with e.g. fmt.Printf(). The...
3rd Dec 2014
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Tip for per-test verbose logging in Go

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

3rd Dec 2014
One way to narrow down a problem when debugging a test is to add logging with e.g. fmt.Printf(). The problem with this approach is lack of selectivity: imagine you have 100 tests and only 1 test fails. For debugging the issue you only need to see logs when executing that 1 test...
Array 1.20.0 We're back! 2020 was a hectic year for us and our team put in a whole lot of effort to get PostHog...
19th Jan 2021
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Array 1.20.0

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

19th Jan 2021
We're back! 2020 was a hectic year for us and our team put in a whole lot of effort to get PostHog to where it is now. As such, we shut down PostHog…
Pixelpusher: Real-time peer-to-peer collaboration with React Documenting the Pixelpusher project for real-time peer-to-peer collaboration
1st Feb 2018
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Pixelpusher: Real-time peer-to-peer collaboration with React

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

1st Feb 2018
Documenting the Pixelpusher project for real-time peer-to-peer collaboration
What I'm up to - August 2023 I'm Philip, and this is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social...
1st Aug 2023
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What I'm up to - August 2023

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

1st Aug 2023
I'm Philip, and this is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. ✨ What I was up to in July Booklet is a product I've been building to help communi...
Community Heat, or Why You Should Get Good at Events A piece of advice I heard about marketing and community that I've repeated to founders ever since -...
8th Nov 2021
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Community Heat, or Why You Should Get Good at Events

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

8th Nov 2021
A piece of advice I heard about marketing and community that I've repeated to founders ever since - Get Good at Events.
The Many Layers of Packaging The packaging gradient, and why PyPI isn't an app store. Update: I turned this post into a talk. The...
9th May 2017
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The Many Layers of Packaging

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th May 2017
The packaging gradient, and why PyPI isn't an app store. Update: I turned this post into a talk. The video from PyBay is here, the slides are available here. The long-cut video from BayPiggies is coming, but the "Extended Edition" slides are here. One lesson threaded...
Everyone is a Staff Engineer Now Engineer’s Codex is a newsletter about real-world engineering.
22nd Dec 2025
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Everyone is a Staff Engineer Now

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

22nd Dec 2025
Engineer’s Codex is a newsletter about real-world engineering.
On Buttons and Links I posted a tweet yesterday that was met with some controversy, so I thought it would be a good idea...
6th Oct 2021
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On Buttons and Links

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

6th Oct 2021
I posted a tweet yesterday that was met with some controversy, so I thought it would be a good idea to unravel it. Unpopular opinion: in a design system, a "link" and a "button" should be one component. — Cory LaViska (@claviska) October 5, 2021 At face value, I understand why...
The "Opposite Test" Elevate your product marketing: Use the Opposite Test to avoid generic bullet points and craft...
6th Apr 2008
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The "Opposite Test"

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

6th Apr 2008
Elevate your product marketing: Use the Opposite Test to avoid generic bullet points and craft compelling, unique features.
A Tour of Winamp2-js Features Demo videos of Winamp2-js' more interesting features with notes on how they are implemented.
8th Mar 2018
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A Tour of Winamp2-js Features

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

8th Mar 2018
Demo videos of Winamp2-js' more interesting features with notes on how they are implemented.
Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible...
3rd Nov 2023
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Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes

from Stephen Wolfram Writings [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Nov 2023
The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible paths of history. In a typical standard computational system like a cellular automaton, there’s always just one path, defined by evolution from one state to the next. But in a...
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.
Bitwise Binary Search: Elegant and Fast I recently read the article Beautiful Branchless Binary Search by Malte Skarupke. In it they discuss...
16th May 2023
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Bitwise Binary Search: Elegant and Fast

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

16th May 2023
I recently read the article Beautiful Branchless Binary Search by Malte Skarupke. In it they discuss the merits of the following snippet of C++ code implementing a binary search: template<typename It, typename T, typename Cmp> It lower_bound_skarupke(It begin, It end, const T&...
Singapore H1B1 Tips > Aug 2019 edit: I don't know the exact date I wrote this but it was [originally on...
1st Aug 2018
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Singapore H1B1 Tips

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

1st Aug 2018
> Aug 2019 edit: I don't know the exact date I wrote this but it was [originally on /r/sg](https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/7nflav/h1b1_visa_ama/) about 1yr ago. Please also read this blogpost from /u/omakaselife!...
Tech Debt When people start working on General Purpose Robots there is a tendency to try to make sure that...
2nd May 2023
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Tech Debt

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

2nd May 2023
When people start working on General Purpose Robots there is a tendency to try to make sure that everything they do is Fully General Purpose And Future Proof. They have grand visions and world changing ambitions. Those make it seem like they should be building grand software, to...
Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular...
18th Oct 2017
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Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Oct 2017
Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular software, run as a prelude to the GitHub Universe conference. After being brought up to speed on this year's secret handshake of the software elite, I had a great time in the...
Tough times on the road to Starcraft I’ve been writing about the early development of Warcraft, but a recent blog post I read prompted me...
7th Sep 2012
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Tough times on the road to Starcraft

from Code Of Honor [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Sep 2012
I’ve been writing about the early development of Warcraft, but a recent blog post I read prompted me to start scribbling furiously, and the result is this three-part, twenty-plus page article about the development of StarCraft, along with my thoughts about writing more reliable...
Web Witch's Grimoire: April 2025 I really haven't done a review of my months since November. I've been deep in hibernation mode,...
3rd May 2025
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Web Witch's Grimoire: April 2025

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

3rd May 2025
I really haven't done a review of my months since November. I've been deep in hibernation mode, conserving energy for what will be a busy few months. I started to write a log about what happened in March, the first March that did not drag on this year, at least for me, but now...
Announcing CalVer It's about time. Technologists expect things to get better with time. Your current laptop has more...
22nd Jun 2016
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Announcing CalVer

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Jun 2016
It's about time. Technologists expect things to get better with time. Your current laptop has more RAM than the last, your current car is safer than its predecessor, and the latest version of your code is certainly the best ever. What if the same be said of versioning...
Announcing the Hatnote Top 100 Originally published on the Hatnote blog. Moreso than any other major site, Wikipedia is centered...
14th Dec 2015
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Announcing the Hatnote Top 100

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Dec 2015
Originally published on the Hatnote blog. Moreso than any other major site, Wikipedia is centered around knowledge, always growing, and brimming with information. It's important to remember that the insight of our favorite community-run encyclopedia often follows the focus of its...
I did a Q/A with the Reactiflux community Read the transcript of a live Q/A I did about Webamp and Nuclide.
18th May 2018
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I did a Q/A with the Reactiflux community

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

18th May 2018
Read the transcript of a live Q/A I did about Webamp and Nuclide.
Understanding easing and cubic-bezier curves in CSS The easing curve can make or break any animation on the web. Let's look at the science of CSS...
22nd Feb 2023
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Understanding easing and cubic-bezier curves in CSS

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

22nd Feb 2023
The easing curve can make or break any animation on the web. Let's look at the science of CSS cubic-bezier curves, and the art of using them to make the best web animations possible.
The L in "LLM" Stands for Lying On Evitability in Use of AI If the hype is to be believed, software development as we know it...
3rd Mar 2026
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The L in "LLM" Stands for Lying

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

3rd Mar 2026
On Evitability in Use of AI If the hype is to be believed, software development as we know it is over. Strangely though, despite now years of LLM-powered tooling, the results look, feel and function mostly the same as they ever did: barely. It's undeniable there's a metric...
Developer variants Software development takes all kinds. I'm not talking about appearances or job titles. I'm talking...
9th Aug 2016
1

Developer variants

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Aug 2016
Software development takes all kinds. I'm not talking about appearances or job titles. I'm talking about motivations and fulfillment. In my years of writing code and leading projects, I've come to learn a bit about how my teammates, and I, experience success, through a...
Escaping the local maxima when i was a student, everything was simpler. grind leetcode. build projects. get an offer. i knew...
5th Apr 2025
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Escaping the local maxima

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

5th Apr 2025
when i was a student, everything was simpler. grind leetcode. build projects. get an offer. i knew the salaries. i knew what “winning” looked like. it was a somewhat straight line from broke student to backend engineer at a top company. and i did it, i 10x my life in the span of...
Moving in Big Cities: Lugg vs Clutter > 2026 update: used Lugg to move a sectional sofabed couch and ended up regretting it - it cost...
1st Nov 2024
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Moving in Big Cities: Lugg vs Clutter

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

1st Nov 2024
> 2026 update: used Lugg to move a sectional sofabed couch and ended up regretting it - it cost $222.51 one way (44min labor pickup 55min labor dropoff, which i think was fraud, no way dropoff cost more than pickup) and total base fare 38 + 14.5 fee. for the two way move price i...
Should I Use JWTs For Authentication Tokens? No.Not satisfied? Fine, fine. I’ll write a longer answer.Let’s talk about what we’re talking about....
26th May 2024
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Should I Use JWTs For Authentication Tokens?

from home automation - Tinker, Tamper, Alter, Fry [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th May 2024
No.Not satisfied? Fine, fine. I’ll write a longer answer.Let’s talk about what we’re talking about. JWT stands for JSON Web Tokens, a reasonably well defined standard for authenticated tokens. Specifically they have a header with format information, a payload, and a signature or...
Sometimes never compete on price The difference between "low prices" as a race to the bottom or as a success story (like Amazon,...
6th Apr 2025
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Sometimes never compete on price

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

6th Apr 2025
The difference between "low prices" as a race to the bottom or as a success story (like Amazon, Costco, IKEA, Vanguard) is in leveraging intentional weaknesses.
The 2022 International Developers in Japan survey results are live! In October 2022, I conducted a survey of international developers living in Japan. [The results are...
8th Dec 2022
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The 2022 International Developers in Japan survey results are live!

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Dec 2022
In October 2022, I conducted a survey of international developers living in Japan. [The results are now live](/insights/2022-developer-survey), please check them out! This year's survey had 42 questions, up from 24 questions for [2021's...
Of Git Commits, GitHub, and Gerrit Impassioned ranting about the format of commit messages1 often feels like cringe-inducing...
11th Mar 2019
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Of Git Commits, GitHub, and Gerrit

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

11th Mar 2019
Impassioned ranting about the format of commit messages1 often feels like cringe-inducing gatekeeping. Many times such rants seem to be written using language both bombastic and bellicose – the message is: fuck off if you don’t agree. The fact that the authors of many of these...
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...
programming, i hate it There is a stereotypical programmer. We all know the one. The Marky Marks, stripy bois, Steve and...
1st Aug 2024
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programming, i hate it

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

1st Aug 2024
There is a stereotypical programmer. We all know the one. The Marky Marks, stripy bois, Steve and Steves. The wiz kids.
What I Miss And Don't From Working As A Programmer I retired almost four years ago after nearly 40 years as a programmer. While I still write code...
25th Jan 2025
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What I Miss And Don't From Working As A Programmer

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

25th Jan 2025
I retired almost four years ago after nearly 40 years as a programmer. While I still write code daily, I do so to support my generative art rather than get paid for it. Most of my career was spent building new applications, and no matter what my title was, I
RSS-to-email just got even more powerful. RSS-to-email just got even more powerful.
4th Apr 2023
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RSS-to-email just got even more powerful.

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

4th Apr 2023
RSS-to-email just got even more powerful.
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