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Profiling Rust programs the easy way Performance is one of the big reasons to use Rust. It's not a magic wand for performance, it just...
4th Dec 2023
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Profiling Rust programs the easy way

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

4th Dec 2023
Performance is one of the big reasons to use Rust. It's not a magic wand for performance, it just gives you the control to eke out whatever performance you need. So if your program is still slow, how do you fix that? Profiling your program is one of the best options for figuring...
The physicists who convinced Fermilab to send Brazil's emails Neither the first nor the fastest international connection, it was the one that lasted.
3rd Jul 2025
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The physicists who convinced Fermilab to send Brazil's emails

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

3rd Jul 2025
Neither the first nor the fastest international connection, it was the one that lasted.
Can I Speak To Someone? On the evening of Sunday 6 August 2023, my wife and I were on a flight back to Johannesburg from...
9th Aug 2023
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Can I Speak To Someone?

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

9th Aug 2023
On the evening of Sunday 6 August 2023, my wife and I were on a flight back to Johannesburg from Heathrow Airport, London. After boarding, the flight remained on the runway for over an hour without taking off. Eventually, the pilot told us that due to the coup in Niger, the...
you can never go back Total disassociation, fully out your mind That Funny Feeling I was thinking today about a disc...
31st Aug 2025
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you can never go back

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

31st Aug 2025
Total disassociation, fully out your mind That Funny Feeling I was thinking today about a disc jockey. Like one in the 80s, where you actually had to put the records on the turntables to get the music. You move the information. You were the file system. I like the Retro Game...
Has Baby Yoda been engaging in Twitter 'platform manipulation?' and the broad brush of Twitter's... Popular Twitter parody account @BabyYodaBaby is currently suspended for "platform manipulation and...
21st Jan 2020
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21st Jan 2020
Popular Twitter parody account @BabyYodaBaby is currently suspended for "platform manipulation and spam" according to their Instagram. Twitter's policy on platform manipulation and spam allows for "using Twitter pseudonymously or as a parody, commentary, or fan account," as...
The McPhee method When I first started writing professionally, for the Atlantic’s website, I taught myself “reporting”...
17th Aug 2025
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The McPhee method

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

17th Aug 2025
When I first started writing professionally, for the Atlantic’s website, I taught myself “reporting” with a simple self-made curriculum unfolding over six or seven articles. The first two pieces I wrote from my head, with reference to things I already knew or to books I’d read....
5 kubectl plugins to make your life easier I have been using Kubernetes for five years, but only very recently started using plugins to enhance...
8th Aug 2023
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5 kubectl plugins to make your life easier

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

8th Aug 2023
I have been using Kubernetes for five years, but only very recently started using plugins to enhance my kubectl commands. I will show you five plugins that help me avoid repetitive tasks, make cluster administration simpler, and incident response less stressful. All the plugins...
5 Ways of Debugging with IPython There is a great article from Tenderlove - one of the core Ruby and Rails developers - called "I am...
23rd Dec 2019
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5 Ways of Debugging with IPython

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

23rd Dec 2019
There is a great article from Tenderlove - one of the core Ruby and Rails developers - called "I am a puts debuggerer", that I enjoyed when I played with Ruby. The gist of it is to show you that, in many cases, you don't need a full-fledged debugger. Don't get me (or Tenderlove)...
What I learned from a Taipei alley I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy...
15th May 2018
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What I learned from a Taipei alley

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

15th May 2018
I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy schedule, it wasn't like my usual travels abroad for fun, it felt more like a work trip. Still, even if I'd been there purely for vacation, I would've wanted to try a different mode of...
How to get in shape with a Raspberry Pi A Raspberry Pi is a great tool for any coder to have. It is a small, cheap computer that can be used...
1st Oct 2023
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How to get in shape with a Raspberry Pi

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

1st Oct 2023
A Raspberry Pi is a great tool for any coder to have. It is a small, cheap computer that can be used for a variety of projects. This blog post will discuss some of the reasons why I think every coder should have one!
22nd Nov 2024
Ranking #1 on HN in the December Dead Zone For those who weren't aware (you would be if you were subscribed on email!), I started a separate AI...
30th Dec 2022
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Ranking #1 on HN in the December Dead Zone

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

30th Dec 2022
For those who weren't aware (you would be if you were subscribed on email!), I started a separate AI blog, L-space Diaries, this year to 1) try out Substack in anger and 2) create a focused feed on a topic rather than a person (I also started DX Tips for devtools/devrel writing,...
Dolphin 🐬 Today I am announcing Dolphin, an open-source and uncensored, and commercially licensed dataset and...
2nd Jul 2023
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Dolphin 🐬

from Cognitive Computations [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jul 2023
Today I am announcing Dolphin, an open-source and uncensored, and commercially licensed dataset and series of instruct-tuned language models based on Microsoft's Orca paper. The dataset is released here, with Apache-2.0 license. The dataset can be used for commercial or...
The Best Product Managers Have The Worst Ideas It’s hard finding good product people. That fact is really a tragedy because they are probably the...
2nd Nov 2021
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The Best Product Managers Have The Worst Ideas

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

2nd Nov 2021
It’s hard finding good product people. That fact is really a tragedy because they are probably the most important part of any product-focused organization. I think there is a misconception in the software industry that product managers have a good sense of “what users want”,...
Quietly quantum-resistant blogging Among the other fun news recently, two papers were published that suggest quantum computers capable...
9th Apr 2026
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Quietly quantum-resistant blogging

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Apr 2026
Among the other fun news recently, two papers were published that suggest quantum computers capable of breaking classical public-key cryptography algorithms are much closer than previously believed. What was thought to be years away might now be months. I found Filippo Valsorda’s...
Countercheck unit tests Test-driven development (TDD) is a good technique for making sure that our code matches the...
17th Oct 2021
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Countercheck unit tests

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

17th Oct 2021
Test-driven development (TDD) is a good technique for making sure that our code matches the requirements. With frontend unit tests, it is often necessary to countercheck our requirements. In this post I will use React and testing-library, but the underlying problem can be applied...
Article pitch for your consideration A thing you should know is that you get put on a lot of lists if you spend a decent chunk of time...
8th Apr 2025
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Article pitch for your consideration

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

8th Apr 2025
A thing you should know is that you get put on a lot of lists if you spend a decent chunk of time publishing blog posts on your website. Your website and contact information will be shared around on these lists, for the purpose of soliciting you for guest posts. If you’re not...
How to test if user access has been revoked in a Meteor application A tutorial to test if user access has been revoked in a Meteor application.
23rd Aug 2017
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How to test if user access has been revoked in a Meteor application

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

23rd Aug 2017
A tutorial to test if user access has been revoked in a Meteor application.
My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design 2021-05-19 Hey would you look at that - my personal...
19th May 2021
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My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design

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

19th May 2021
My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design 2021-05-19 Hey would you look at that - my personal blog has been redesigned again! Although I am still using good ol’ Jekyll for the backend, I have now added a more fleshed-out CSS design which also includes a set of open source...
The Inverted Reactivity Model of React A quick take on the 'inverted' reactivity model of React compared to vanilla JS, Vue, and other...
27th Jan 2025
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The Inverted Reactivity Model of React

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

27th Jan 2025
A quick take on the 'inverted' reactivity model of React compared to vanilla JS, Vue, and other frameworks.
Iinkomo “I know you’ve explained this to me before, but why do I have to leave again?” Gomolemo was packing...
30th Sep 2023
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Iinkomo

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

30th Sep 2023
“I know you’ve explained this to me before, but why do I have to leave again?” Gomolemo was packing the last bit of her belongings into her bags, rushed by her anger and irritation. “I told you; it will just be for a few days. My grandfather is here for a medical procedure, and...
WP Enqueue for Beginners WP Enqueue for Beginners 2020-05-05 Throughout my career designing, developing and auditing...
5th May 2020
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WP Enqueue for Beginners

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

5th May 2020
WP Enqueue for Beginners 2020-05-05 Throughout my career designing, developing and auditing WordPress themes, I've come across many that include their custom styles / scripts as static HTML elements inside their respective header and footer templates. This is perfectly fine, but...
Martin Fowler told me the second edition should be shorter (it's twice as long) 90% new material, a clearer mission, and a rogues gallery of contributors. The second edition of...
18th Feb 2026
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18th Feb 2026
90% new material, a clearer mission, and a rogues gallery of contributors. The second edition of Observability Engineering is almost done.
Peppermint brownie cookies, because chocolate was made to be rich I've never understood the common obsession with chocolatey baked goods that aren't insanely rich....
28th Dec 2011
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Peppermint brownie cookies, because chocolate was made to be rich

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

28th Dec 2011
I've never understood the common obsession with chocolatey baked goods that aren't insanely rich. Don't get me wrong - I like chocolate - but that's just it, I like chocolate, not a pinch of cocoa flavor. Chocolate chip cookies always tasted better to me with the chips on the...
Stop Trying to Reach the Top Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/london-2012-olympics-heston-blumenthal-179574 Read...
9th Apr 2015
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Stop Trying to Reach the Top

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

9th Apr 2015
Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/london-2012-olympics-heston-blumenthal-179574 Read this. Were you hit by Google Panda? Will you be hit when they start penalising non-mobile sites? The lesson? Stop trying to reach the top of Google. You’ll live longer/keep more of...
On ditching hourly and productizing my services In the last couple of weeks, I’ve spent much more time commuting than normal. I mostly work remotely...
5th Dec 2024
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On ditching hourly and productizing my services

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

5th Dec 2024
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve spent much more time commuting than normal. I mostly work remotely these days, for clients both in the Netherlands and abroad. And I like it that way. Don’t get me wrong, I like to drive, but commuting takes up a lot of time, time I would rather...
Plates and states I was recently visiting Vermont for a work trip – my first time in the USA since I was a child. I...
14th Aug 2024
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Plates and states

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Aug 2024
I was recently visiting Vermont for a work trip – my first time in the USA since I was a child. I was drawn to the license plates on passing cars, and how they look different to the cars I’m used to. Whenever I visit new places, I enjoy looking for the tiny bits of infrastructure...
I'm Loyal to Nothing Except the Dream There is much I take for granted in my life, and the normal functioning of American government is...
30th Jan 2017
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I'm Loyal to Nothing Except the Dream

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

30th Jan 2017
There is much I take for granted in my life, and the normal functioning of American government is one of those things. In my 46 years, I've lived under nine different presidents. The first I remember is Carter. I've voted in every presidential election since 1992,
React End-to-End Testing with Playwright (workshop) Master Playwright end-to-end testing: setup, authentication (basic, 2FA, passkeys), mocking,...
5th May 2026
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React End-to-End Testing with Playwright (workshop)

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

5th May 2026
Master Playwright end-to-end testing: setup, authentication (basic, 2FA, passkeys), mocking, fixtures, and debugging with UI mode and Trace Viewer.
1st Jun 2023
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June 2023

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

1st Jun 2023
Type parameters in Go Now that generics have come to Go, let's take a look at the new syntax for type parameters. We’ll...
10th Mar 2024
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Type parameters in Go

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

10th Mar 2024
Now that generics have come to Go, let's take a look at the new syntax for type parameters. We’ll find out why we need type parameters, how we write them, and how we can use them to create generic functions in Go.
Book Poll 2019 I've been feeling like I've skewed too much on empty calories recently. So I ran [this...
2nd Sep 2019
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Book Poll 2019

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

2nd Sep 2019
I've been feeling like I've skewed too much on empty calories recently. So I ran [this poll](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1168182079613485056):
Managing Gigabytes of Images with git-annex Earlier this year, I hit GitLab's 10GB storage limit with one of my git repositories. I'm writing a...
13th Mar 2024
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Managing Gigabytes of Images with git-annex

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

13th Mar 2024
Earlier this year, I hit GitLab's 10GB storage limit with one of my git repositories. I'm writing a family blog where I document our various trips and activities, hoping that in 20 years, it will be a great memento (like a photo album combined with a journal in a digital form,...
Which blend mode? This guide explains the basics behind each blend mode, and offers a number of practical examples for...
22nd Oct 2021
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Which blend mode?

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

22nd Oct 2021
This guide explains the basics behind each blend mode, and offers a number of practical examples for use in the wild.
Abusing ID3 chapters to turn videos into glanceable podcasts I listen to a lot of podcasts, and I like how they fit around other tasks. I press play, lock my...
4 weeks ago
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Abusing ID3 chapters to turn videos into glanceable podcasts

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

4 weeks ago
I listen to a lot of podcasts, and I like how they fit around other tasks. I press play, lock my phone, and put it down. I’m free to wash the dishes, fold the laundry, or shop for groceries. Unfortunately, more and more information is only published as a video. Technical talks,...
AI features now run on-premise Short version: every AI feature we ship on the hosted helpdesk now runs on the self-hosted edition...
10th Feb 2026
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AI features now run on-premise

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

10th Feb 2026
Short version: every AI feature we ship on the hosted helpdesk now runs on the self-hosted edition too. It's a separately licensed Docker add-on, perpetual license, one-time payment. Customer data stays on your network. Requires Jitbit Helpdesk v11.22 or newer. Why this took a...
Boot.dev Beat. February 2023 I’m back from paternity leave! My new son is healthy, and my daughter is… busy. It’s good to be back...
1st Mar 2023
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Boot.dev Beat. February 2023

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

1st Mar 2023
I’m back from paternity leave! My new son is healthy, and my daughter is… busy. It’s good to be back writing code, writing courses and filming videos.
Progress Bars are Surprisingly Difficult We've all seen progress bars that move slowly for twenty minutes, then rapidly fill up in the last...
21st Dec 2016
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Progress Bars are Surprisingly Difficult

from Programming in the 21st Century [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Dec 2016
We've all seen progress bars that move slowly for twenty minutes, then rapidly fill up in the last 30 seconds. Or the reverse, where a once speedy bar takes 50% of the time covering the last few pixels. And bars that occasionally jump backward in time are not the rarity you'd...
Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS Tutorial on Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS
3rd Jul 2019
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Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS

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

3rd Jul 2019
Tutorial on Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS
Peritext: A CRDT for Rich-Text Collaboration Collaboration on rich text is hard to model with plain-text approaches. We review the challenges and...
23rd Nov 2021
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Peritext: A CRDT for Rich-Text Collaboration

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

23rd Nov 2021
Collaboration on rich text is hard to model with plain-text approaches. We review the challenges and how to construct a CRDT for rich text.
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...
Expanding Access: The History of Ecommerce Part 1 The earliest work with selling things online was all about reaching a shopping public ready to log...
4th Mar 2025
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Expanding Access: The History of Ecommerce Part 1

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

4th Mar 2025
The earliest work with selling things online was all about reaching a shopping public ready to log on and start. But along the way, they found a whole new audience for shopping, which changed the way we think about commerce on the web.. The post Expanding Access: The History of...
What I'm up to - September 2025 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Sep 2025
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What I'm up to - September 2025

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

1st Sep 2025
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - Launched Chroma Cloud - Had a quick trip to Colorado - Went on a first bike ride ...
6th Oct 2019
Rising sea levels, eroding beaches, melting ice caps When I was glazing this v60-style cone, I was thinking of rising sea levels, eroding beaches, and...
4th Feb 2025
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Rising sea levels, eroding beaches, melting ice caps

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

4th Feb 2025
When I was glazing this v60-style cone, I was thinking of rising sea levels, eroding beaches, and melting ice caps. Trying to tackle large challenges like climate change is overwhelming in the best of times, and these are not the best of times. There are many things we can...
How the Epic Stack Makes You Faster Streamline web choices, build top-notch apps efficiently.
1st Nov 2023
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How the Epic Stack Makes You Faster

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

1st Nov 2023
Streamline web choices, build top-notch apps efficiently.
Managing your drafts through the API Now you can flesh out your newsletter, without committing to an actual send
1st Jul 2019
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Managing your drafts through the API

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

1st Jul 2019
Now you can flesh out your newsletter, without committing to an actual send
On The End of Bitcoin [This is a repost of a thread of mine from a dead social media platform. The original posting date...
24th May 2022
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On The End of Bitcoin

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

24th May 2022
[This is a repost of a thread of mine from a dead social media platform. The original posting date was May 24th, 2022. I have not added new content.]Is there some scientific literature/scenario planning on the End of Bitcoin? With the next two halvings mining income will shift...
What I'm up to - June 2022 I'm testing a monthly email about what I'm doing! ✨ Highlights of last month - I finished the...
1st Jun 2022
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What I'm up to - June 2022

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

1st Jun 2022
I'm testing a monthly email about what I'm doing! ✨ Highlights of last month - I finished the first version of Postcard, which is a personal website + mailing list tool I'm building. (If you w...
Vim Awesome: Talk at the San Francisco Vim meetup Video of a talk I gave introducing and explaining Vim Awesome.
16th Mar 2016
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Vim Awesome: Talk at the San Francisco Vim meetup

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

16th Mar 2016
Video of a talk I gave introducing and explaining Vim Awesome.
What is a DevOps Engineer's Salary? The median DevOps engineer’s salary is $103,994 in base pay, with around $28,514 in additional pay...
1st Nov 2022
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What is a DevOps Engineer's Salary?

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

1st Nov 2022
The median DevOps engineer’s salary is $103,994 in base pay, with around $28,514 in additional pay through bonuses, commissions, and profit sharing according to Glassdoor. Salary.com estimates the average is closer to $125k, while BuiltIn puts the average closer to $128k in base...
8th May 2015
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Hope

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

8th May 2015
Should I Have a Blog? Yes. Or did you expect a different answer? You came to a blog to read an article on whether you...
14th Nov 2023
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Should I Have a Blog?

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

14th Nov 2023
Yes. Or did you expect a different answer? You came to a blog to read an article on whether you should have a blog. Did you really think, even for a split second, the answer would be, "No, you shouldn't. And thinking about it, I'm closing my blog too. Sayōnara!" Blogs are great....
Crash Safari with the Web Audio API Discovering, reproducing, and working around a bug that crashes Safari hard.
15th Aug 2017
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Crash Safari with the Web Audio API

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

15th Aug 2017
Discovering, reproducing, and working around a bug that crashes Safari hard.
Engineering a culture We ran into an interesting issue recently. On the one hand, it was routine: we had a bug — a...
31st Mar 2024
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Engineering a culture

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

31st Mar 2024
We ran into an interesting issue recently. On the one hand, it was routine: we had a bug — a regression — and the team quickly jumped on it, getting it root caused and fixed. But on the other, this particular issue was something of an Oxide object lesson, representative not...
Towards a More Open Secure Element Chip “Secure Element” (SE) chips have traditionally taken a very closed-source, NDA-heavy approach. Thus,...
19th Dec 2022
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Towards a More Open Secure Element Chip

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

19th Dec 2022
“Secure Element” (SE) chips have traditionally taken a very closed-source, NDA-heavy approach. Thus, it piqued my interest when an early-stage SE chip startup, Cramium (still in stealth mode), approached me to advise on open source strategy. This blog post explains my reasoning...
Video: Barbershop tag taught with hand signs I recorded a video multitrack of a barbershop tag, showing all four parts in sol-feg hand signs.
14th Jun 2008
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Video: Barbershop tag taught with hand signs

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

14th Jun 2008
I recorded a video multitrack of a barbershop tag, showing all four parts in sol-feg hand signs.
What are you doing to feel uncomfortable? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I believe that...
5th Jun 2011
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What are you doing to feel uncomfortable?

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

5th Jun 2011
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I believe that when you’re building a startup, it is as much about developing yourself as it is about developing your startup. This week I’ve stepped up my gym routine and managed to go to the gym...
Apologies and forgiveness The first in a series of posts about doing things the right way
5th Sep 2025
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Apologies and forgiveness

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

5th Sep 2025
The first in a series of posts about doing things the right way
10 Myths of Enterprise Python (Originally posted on the PayPal Engineering blog, reproduced here with minor updates, link fixes,...
25th Aug 2015
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10 Myths of Enterprise Python

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Aug 2015
(Originally posted on the PayPal Engineering blog, reproduced here with minor updates, link fixes, etc.) PayPal enjoys a remarkable amount of linguistic pluralism in its programming culture. In addition to the long-standing popularity of C++ and Java, an increasing number of...
Coming soon This is General Robots.
31st Jan 2023
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Coming soon

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

31st Jan 2023
This is General Robots.
Infrastructure: From Zero to Enterprise Back when I was coding in 2007, my stack was straightforward. I had a shared hosting provider that...
3rd Feb 2024
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Infrastructure: From Zero to Enterprise

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

3rd Feb 2024
Back when I was coding in 2007, my stack was straightforward. I had a shared hosting provider that cost me […] The post Infrastructure: From Zero to Enterprise appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Cover letters in the era of ChatGPT At first glance, ChatGPT seems like it is a powerful tool for writing a custom cover letter for a...
12th May 2023
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Cover letters in the era of ChatGPT

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th May 2023
At first glance, ChatGPT seems like it is a powerful tool for writing a custom cover letter for a job (when I saw cover letter, these days this often refers to the body of an email or the text someone puts into a “message” field of an application form). For instance, I was able...
Optimize for not breaking up with your co-founder Last week we had an offsite in the beautiful Portuguese countryside, an hour's bus journey from...
10th Sep 2021
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Optimize for not breaking up with your co-founder

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

10th Sep 2021
Last week we had an offsite in the beautiful Portuguese countryside, an hour's bus journey from Porto. We uploaded a highlight reel of the retreat to…
Advanced Vitest Patterns (workshop) Learn advanced Vitest patterns—custom fixtures, matchers, and performance tuning—to craft faster,...
6th Aug 2025
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Advanced Vitest Patterns (workshop)

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

6th Aug 2025
Learn advanced Vitest patterns—custom fixtures, matchers, and performance tuning—to craft faster, more effective test experiences.
Create technical leverage: workflow improvements & product capabilities More than a decade ago, I typed up a few paragraphs of notes, titled it “Building Technical...
1st Dec 2023
69

Create technical leverage: workflow improvements & product capabilities

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

1st Dec 2023
More than a decade ago, I typed up a few paragraphs of notes, titled it “Building Technical Leverage,” and proceeded to forget about it. Those notes were from a meeting with Kevin Scott, then SVP Engineering at LinkedIn, while we wandered the Valley trying to convince potential...
Faking 3D Elements with CSS Faking 3D Elements with CSS 2020-04-29 Although not always practical, creating the illusion that...
29th Apr 2020
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Faking 3D Elements with CSS

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

29th Apr 2020
Faking 3D Elements with CSS 2020-04-29 Although not always practical, creating the illusion that some of your web elements are 3D can be a fun experiment. I set out to see if I was able to create such an illusion with only 2 HTML elements and as little CSS as possible. This is...
Book Review: 'The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World' Excellent book about the history of precision machining
1st Jul 2024
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1st Jul 2024
Excellent book about the history of precision machining
How to Get Started with Programming for Free in 2026 (article) Learn TypeScript for free in 2026 — no experience needed. A structured path from total beginner to...
2nd Mar 2026
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How to Get Started with Programming for Free in 2026 (article)

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

2nd Mar 2026
Learn TypeScript for free in 2026 — no experience needed. A structured path from total beginner to production-ready developer, starting with two free workshops.
I'm a Gen AI Maximalist and Why You Should Be, Too Putting things into perspective: many think that we are in the trough of disillusionment; but...
17th Oct 2024
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I'm a Gen AI Maximalist and Why You Should Be, Too

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

17th Oct 2024
Putting things into perspective: many think that we are in the trough of disillusionment; but really, gen AI is just getting started.
how to make a game engine Let's write a game engine from scratch in javascript no threejs. How hard can it be?
20th Dec 2025
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how to make a game engine

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

20th Dec 2025
Let's write a game engine from scratch in javascript no threejs. How hard can it be?
How I made banditypes, the smallest TS validation library I open-sourced banditypes — the smallest runtime validation library for TS / JS. It manages to fit...
2nd Mar 2023
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How I made banditypes, the smallest TS validation library

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

2nd Mar 2023
I open-sourced banditypes — the smallest runtime validation library for TS / JS. It manages to fit all the basic functionality into an astounding 400 bytes. For reference, the popular zod and yup libraries are around 11KB, superstruct measures 1.8KB for the same set of...
The Perfect Moscow Mule The Moscow mule is one of my favorite cocktails because it’s simple, easy to make and delicious....
12th Jan 2015
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The Perfect Moscow Mule

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

12th Jan 2015
The Moscow mule is one of my favorite cocktails because it’s simple, easy to make and delicious. This is a guide to making the perfect Mule. The Perfect Copper Mug The copper mug is essential for a real Moscow Mule. Copper immediately takes on the temperature of the drink keeping...
AI Homelab Part 2: what I learned building my own chatbot When I first started playing around with LLMs, I used Ollama on my M1 Mac Studio.
8th Jul 2026
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AI Homelab Part 2: what I learned building my own chatbot

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

8th Jul 2026
When I first started playing around with LLMs, I used Ollama on my M1 Mac Studio.
Whatever happened to sandboxfs? Back in 2017–2020, while I was on the Blaze team at Google, I took on a 20% project that turned into...
11th Jun 2025
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Whatever happened to sandboxfs?

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

11th Jun 2025
Back in 2017–2020, while I was on the Blaze team at Google, I took on a 20% project that turned into a bit of an obsession: sandboxfs. Born out of my work supporting iOS development, it was my attempt to solve a persistent pain point that frustrated both internal teams and...
My Fave New Podcasts of 2022 As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 3 years...
1st Jan 2023
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My Fave New Podcasts of 2022

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

1st Jan 2023
As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 3 years straight (see main [2019 list](https://www.swyx.io/fave-podcasts), then my [2020](https://www.swyx.io/fave-podcasts-2020) and [2021](https://www.swyx.io/fave-podcasts-2021) diffs),...
How to Thought Lead (2026) I first started compiling "How To Thought Lead" in my notes 5 years ago, at first as an ironic...
14th Mar 2026
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How to Thought Lead (2026)

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

14th Mar 2026
I first started compiling "How To Thought Lead" in my notes 5 years ago, at first as an ironic parody and then slowly becoming sincere, and never published it, 1) because I don't know if I ever really nailed it / have a complete picture, 2) I was somewhat worried if I published...
Managing an External Display on Linux Shouldn’t Be This Hard I first started using Linux and FreeBSD on laptops in the late 1990s. Back then, there were all...
13th Nov 2021
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Managing an External Display on Linux Shouldn’t Be This Hard

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

13th Nov 2021
I first started using Linux and FreeBSD on laptops in the late 1990s. Back then, there were all sorts of hassles and problems, from hangs on suspend to pure failure to boot. I still worry a bit about suspend on unknown hardware, but by and large, the picture of Linux on laptops...
Using Pytester to test my Playwright fixtures A month ago, I wrote about my Playwright fixture for testing static websites in a browser. I’ve been...
5th Jun 2026
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Using Pytester to test my Playwright fixtures

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jun 2026
A month ago, I wrote about my Playwright fixture for testing static websites in a browser. I’ve been copying that fixture from project-to-project, but recently I decided to add it to chives, the utility library I use for all my static websites (or tiny archives). One of my rules...
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...
6 Undeniable Reasons to Learn Computer Science Is it a bit dramatic, perhaps, to say that the fate of the world rests on computer science and...
10th May 2022
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6 Undeniable Reasons to Learn Computer Science

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

10th May 2022
Is it a bit dramatic, perhaps, to say that the fate of the world rests on computer science and that’s why you should learn computer science?
A Web Component Story Gather 'round, it's story time. A number of years ago, I was hired by a company to rebuild a...
30th Sep 2022
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A Web Component Story

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

30th Sep 2022
Gather 'round, it's story time. A number of years ago, I was hired by a company to rebuild a component library for their design system. The one they were replacing was built with AngularJS, but AngularJS was old and rickety and nobody wanted to use it anymore. Plus, many teams...
RIPE DNS Hackathon This weekend I was in Rotterdam for the RIPE DNS Hackathon. About 50 people gathered with several...
22nd May 2023
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RIPE DNS Hackathon

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

22nd May 2023
This weekend I was in Rotterdam for the RIPE DNS Hackathon. About 50 people gathered with several ideas for potential projects: things like easier DNSSEC provisioning, monitoring DNS activity in the network, what is the environmental cost of the DNS, … At the start of the weekend...
AMD CPUs, CCDs and CCXs When researching for my article about Linux pipes and for other upcoming articles, I had to get more...
3rd Oct 2024
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AMD CPUs, CCDs and CCXs

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

3rd Oct 2024
When researching for my article about Linux pipes and for other upcoming articles, I had to get more familiar with how my CPU works. I thought I knew quite a bit, with L1/L2/L3 caches, ISA extensions, branch predictors, register renaming and so much more. But, it turns out, even...
Substack vs Africa The writing site, Substack, has taken the world by storm. At a time when everyone thought blogging...
30th Jul 2024
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Substack vs Africa

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

30th Jul 2024
The writing site, Substack, has taken the world by storm. At a time when everyone thought blogging and online writing was dead, superseded by YouTube, Substack came along and solved the problems of discovery and monetisation. Their feed and recommendations have allowed many to...
2014-01-17 "pogo oscillation occurs when a surge in engine pressure increases back pressure against the fuel...
17th Jan 2014
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2014-01-17

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

17th Jan 2014
"pogo oscillation occurs when a surge in engine pressure increases back pressure against the fuel coming into the engine, reducing engine pressure, causing more fuel to come in and increasing engine pressure again." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_oscillation
Firing myself, again I've written in the past about how I see the role of a...
26th Jan 2014
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Firing myself, again

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

26th Jan 2014
I've written in the past about how I see the role of a CEO [https://joel.is/post/42713179646/expert-of-nothing] to be one where you are repeatedly firing yourself. Joe Kraus [http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/28/first-fire-thyself/] brought my attention to thinking about the role in...
My event-driven life I apologize for my extended absence! I once again find myself with lots of drafts that I’d love to...
8th Jul 2023
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My event-driven life

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

8th Jul 2023
I apologize for my extended absence! I once again find myself with lots of drafts that I’d love to publish, but haven’t found the words to complete any of them to my satisfaction. I thought I’d take the time to publish something that is maybe a bit rambly and less focused than...
Japan Needs International Developers No one should be surprised that Japan, with its declining and aging population, is facing a severe...
11th Oct 2024
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Japan Needs International Developers

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Oct 2024
No one should be surprised that Japan, with its declining and aging population, is facing a severe labor shortage. A report by the Teikoku Databank states that across all industries, 52.6% of Japanese companies say they don’t have the workers they need. 260 bankruptcies in 2023...
Performance & Compensation (for Eng Execs). Uber’s original performance process was called “T3B3” and was remarkably simple: write the...
3rd Sep 2023
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Performance & Compensation (for Eng Execs).

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

3rd Sep 2023
Uber’s original performance process was called “T3B3” and was remarkably simple: write the individuals top 3 strengths, and top 3 weaknesses, and share the feedback with them directly in person. There was a prolonged fight against even documenting the feedback, which was viewed...
The Design Process There’s a recurring take doing the rounds on socials. Thought leaders declaring that AI has killed...
4th Mar 2026
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The Design Process

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

4th Mar 2026
There’s a recurring take doing the rounds on socials. Thought leaders declaring that AI has killed the design process (e.g. Lenny’s podcast). I personally think they’re wrong. But more importantly, I think most people (including designers) don’t know what they mean when they say...
A Look at Portland Car2Go Data Recently I became a Car2Go member and I can’t say enough good things about the service. It’s fast,...
21st Apr 2014
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A Look at Portland Car2Go Data

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

21st Apr 2014
Recently I became a Car2Go member and I can’t say enough good things about the service. It’s fast, cheap and ridiculously convenient; it’s a pretty incredible transportation option. Part of what makes it so great are the apps that give you up-to-date car location and availability...
Gathering Structures How to gather people and create communities in ways that are low-stress and high-payoff
20th Feb 2024
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Gathering Structures

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

20th Feb 2024
How to gather people and create communities in ways that are low-stress and high-payoff
I'm pulling ColorCopy from the macOS App Store I launched ColorCopy on May 18. It was my second macOS app, but the first one I launched on the Mac...
7th Aug 2026
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I'm pulling ColorCopy from the macOS App Store

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

7th Aug 2026
I launched ColorCopy on May 18. It was my second macOS app, but the first one I launched on the Mac App Store. Today, I decided to pull it. The app isn't a new idea, but it bakes four color tools into a single menu bar app: an eyedropper, a color picker, a palette manager, and a...
Supporting macOS Mojave’s Dark Mode on the web macOS Mojave adds a Dark Mode for native apps that makes you look approximately 78 percent cooler...
26th Oct 2018
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Supporting macOS Mojave’s Dark Mode on the web

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

26th Oct 2018
macOS Mojave adds a Dark Mode for native apps that makes you look approximately 78 percent cooler when using the computer. In Safari Technology Preview 68, it’s now available on webpages too! Here’s how I added support to this website. Download video Using the...
Defend Your Cookies with Essential Web Security Tactics Illustrated notes on the essentials of web security
8th Feb 2020
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Defend Your Cookies with Essential Web Security Tactics

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

8th Feb 2020
Illustrated notes on the essentials of web security
14th Apr 2026
“Alexa, add half & half” The funniest Alexa interaction I’ve ever had
22nd Jul 2024
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“Alexa, add half & half”

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

22nd Jul 2024
The funniest Alexa interaction I’ve ever had
Notes on switching to Helix from vim Hello! Earlier this summer I was talking to a friend about how much I love using fish, and how I...
10th Oct 2025
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Notes on switching to Helix from vim

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

10th Oct 2025
Hello! Earlier this summer I was talking to a friend about how much I love using fish, and how I love that I don’t have to configure it. They said that they feel the same way about the helix text editor, and so I decided to give it a try. I’ve been using it for 3 months now and...
Tech Blog of the Week? Me? That's Cool. DUNDUNDaDUHH! (that's right it's a triumphant music sound. I can use onomatopoeia, I'm the tech blog...
1st Jun 2007
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Tech Blog of the Week? Me? That's Cool.

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

1st Jun 2007
DUNDUNDaDUHH! (that's right it's a triumphant music sound. I can use onomatopoeia, I'm the tech blog of the week!) As my five or six regular readers may already know, there exists a fantastic website called Daily Cup of Tech that I have featured on this website a few times (or...
A Friendly Introduction to Spring Physics Of all the little tips and techniques I've picked up over the years about animation, spring physics...
21st Sep 2020
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A Friendly Introduction to Spring Physics

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

21st Sep 2020
Of all the little tips and techniques I've picked up over the years about animation, spring physics remains one of the most powerful and flexible. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to harness their power to build fluid, organic transitions.
A case for stacked patches 📚 I’m wondering why you talk about “branches” at all. No such thing should exist. – Linus Torvalds,...
24th Sep 2023
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A case for stacked patches 📚

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

24th Sep 2023
I’m wondering why you talk about “branches” at all. No such thing should exist. – Linus Torvalds, 2005, [email protected] Git branches are hard to think about. But “GitHub” forces you to think about branches. A lot. Instead of futzing with GitHub’s feature branches, many...
Command Line HDR Image Processing Expensive cameras don’t take better photos. Folks tend to learn this when they do the first...
29th Jun 2021
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Command Line HDR Image Processing

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

29th Jun 2021
Expensive cameras don’t take better photos. Folks tend to learn this when they do the first side-by-side between their gorgeous iPhoneograhy and the objectively worse shots taken with their fancy new $2,000 DSLR. Cell phones have itty-bitty sensors and equally lilliputian optics...
The Boot.dev Beat. January 2024 Hope you had a wonderful holiday! I know you might not have been able to take time off, but I hope...
3rd Jan 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. January 2024

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

3rd Jan 2024
Hope you had a wonderful holiday! I know you might not have been able to take time off, but I hope you were able to spend some time with family and friends. I spent the whole week driving up and down the state of Utah. It was fun, but I’m happy to be back in my office. Kids can...
Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Singletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming....
4th Nov 2019
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Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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

4th Nov 2019
Singletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming. Let’s take a look at what they are, when to (maybe) use them, and when not to.
The Cloud Is Just Someone Else's Computer When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high: 1GB RAM modern, fast dual core...
17th Feb 2019
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The Cloud Is Just Someone Else's Computer

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

17th Feb 2019
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high: 1GB RAM modern, fast dual core CPU speedy solid state drive with 20+ GB I'm not talking about a cheapo shared cpanel server, either, I mean a dedicated virtual private server with those specifications. We were...
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...
No more talking to politicians I am no longer talking to politicians. I have been aggressively filtering my email, a constant...
1st Nov 2023
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No more talking to politicians

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

1st Nov 2023
I am no longer talking to politicians. I have been aggressively filtering my email, a constant battle. Now I will no longer accept their calls. Unfortunately my home phone number is ruined. Between scams and politicians I never answer my phone unless I recognize the caller...
6th Aug 2023
Meet the Robowaiter APIs Serving Us Data Everything you need to know about what API's are and how they work
10th Apr 2019
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Meet the Robowaiter APIs Serving Us Data

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

10th Apr 2019
Everything you need to know about what API's are and how they work
Recently This was a big month of change for me – I announced that I was joining Val.town and wrote a big...
1st Feb 2023
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Recently

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

1st Feb 2023
This was a big month of change for me – I announced that I was joining Val.town and wrote a big update about Placemark. Plenty more to write, but at least here I’ll take a little breather and just do the usual: what’s new! Reading I only finished one book this month - Meet Us By...
The gift of constraints One of the hardest things about shipping products is balancing this contradiction: you want to do...
9th Sep 2024
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The gift of constraints

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

9th Sep 2024
One of the hardest things about shipping products is balancing this contradiction: you want to do the best possible work everywhere, but optimizing every piece takes time, and time is finite. I’ve done a poor job here countless times in my career. And I have seen many others...
26th Feb 2024
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...
Radioactive film lenses and Geiger counter Kit Last week marked the ten year anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and resulting tsunami that...
17th Mar 2021
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Radioactive film lenses and Geiger counter Kit

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Mar 2021
Last week marked the ten year anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and resulting tsunami that caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. In the years following that tragic event, flotsam began arriving on the Pacific West Coast. Volunteers making great effort to return...
Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT ChatGPT and Wolfram|Alpha It’s always amazing when things suddenly “just work”. It happened to us...
9th Jan 2023
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Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT

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

9th Jan 2023
ChatGPT and Wolfram|Alpha It’s always amazing when things suddenly “just work”. It happened to us with Wolfram|Alpha back in 2009. It happened with our Physics Project in 2020. And it’s happening now with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. I’ve been tracking neural net technology for a long time...
Two simple changes that helped increase my happiness and improve my sleep * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Three of our key...
10th Oct 2013
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Two simple changes that helped increase my happiness and improve my sleep

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

10th Oct 2013
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Three of our key values at Buffer [http://www.slideshare.net/bufferapp/buffer-culture-03] are “Always choose positivity and happiness”, “Have a focus on self-improvement” and “Live smarter, not...
Running Dolphin Locally with Ollama Wanna chat with Dolphin locally? (no internet connection needed) Here is the easy way -...
3rd Dec 2023
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Running Dolphin Locally with Ollama

from Cognitive Computations [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Dec 2023
Wanna chat with Dolphin locally? (no internet connection needed) Here is the easy way - Ollama. install ollama. after you finsh you should be able to run ollama from the command line. Also you will see the ollama icon up top like this: Iff you are curious - anytime you see that...
The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts A bit of a rant about Apple
25th Jan 2023
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The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts

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

25th Jan 2023
A bit of a rant about Apple
You Don’t Need a UI Framework As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap....
3rd May 2022
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You Don’t Need a UI Framework

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

3rd May 2022
As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap. Seems like a great way to outsource design and save a bunch of time, right? In my experience, this is an unrealistic expectation, and things don’t quite work out that way.
Refining strategy with Wardley Mapping. The first time I heard about Wardley Mapping was from Charity Majors discussing it on Twitter. Of...
2nd Jan 2025
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Refining strategy with Wardley Mapping.

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

2nd Jan 2025
The first time I heard about Wardley Mapping was from Charity Majors discussing it on Twitter. Of the three core strategy refinement techniques, this is the technique that I’ve personally used the least. Despite that, I decided to include it in this book because it highlights how...
Is It JavaScript? OH: It’s just JavaScript, right? I know JavaScript. My coworker who will inevitably spend the rest...
2nd Jun 2025
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Is It JavaScript?

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

2nd Jun 2025
OH: It’s just JavaScript, right? I know JavaScript. My coworker who will inevitably spend the rest of the day debugging an electron issue — @jonkuperman.com on BlueSky “It’s Just JavaScript!” is probably a phrase you’ve heard before. I’ve used it myself a number of times. It...
From Cloudwashing to O11ywashing I was just watching a panel on observability, with a handful of industry executives and experts who...
24th Nov 2025
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From Cloudwashing to O11ywashing

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

24th Nov 2025
I was just watching a panel on observability, with a handful of industry executives and experts who shall remain nameless and hopefully duly obscured—their identities are not the point, the point is that this is a mainstream view among engineering executives and my head is...
Autoconf’s revenge: ad-hoc shell templates How to leverage an old dirty trick in your Bazel wrapper for great effect
8th Jul 2026
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Autoconf’s revenge: ad-hoc shell templates

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

8th Jul 2026
How to leverage an old dirty trick in your Bazel wrapper for great effect
2015-04-02 "- Picture two conversations sharing a congested gateway as two separate train tracks with one...
2nd Apr 2015
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2015-04-02

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

2nd Apr 2015
"- Picture two conversations sharing a congested gateway as two separate train tracks with one common section.- When a blue train waits for red trains to go through the shared section, the blue trains behind it catch up (get more clumped)- If the merge rules are efficient...
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...
17th Nov 2011
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Burnout

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

17th Nov 2011
Writing a custom Codeception module How to write a custom Codeception module and distribute it as a Composer package.
19th Mar 2014
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Writing a custom Codeception module

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

19th Mar 2014
How to write a custom Codeception module and distribute it as a Composer package.
26th Mar 2019
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Learning Ada

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

26th Mar 2019
The Overcast Redesign: Part One Overcast’s latest update (2022.2) brings the largest redesign in its nearly-eight-year history, plus...
25th Mar 2022
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The Overcast Redesign: Part One

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

25th Mar 2022
Overcast’s latest update (2022.2) brings the largest redesign in its nearly-eight-year history, plus many of the most frequently requested features and lots of under-the-hood improvements. I’m pretty proud of this one. For this first and largest phase of the redesign, I focused...
We’ve been waiting 20 years for this The indie web may be back. But if is, it is likely in a way we least expect. The post We’ve been...
6th Feb 2024
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We’ve been waiting 20 years for this

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

6th Feb 2024
The indie web may be back. But if is, it is likely in a way we least expect. The post We’ve been waiting 20 years for this appeared first on The History of the Web.
Using the Switch(true) Pattern in JavaScript The switch true pattern isn't well known but it is incredibly useful. It's not a JavaScript specific...
11th Apr 2021
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Using the Switch(true) Pattern in JavaScript

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

11th Apr 2021
The switch true pattern isn't well known but it is incredibly useful. It's not a JavaScript specific pattern, but I use it in almost every single project.
Upwelling: Combining real-time collaboration with version control for writers. Collaborative writing tools don’t work well for writers or editors. With Upwelling, we demonstrate a...
8th Mar 2023
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Upwelling: Combining real-time collaboration with version control for writers.

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

8th Mar 2023
Collaborative writing tools don’t work well for writers or editors. With Upwelling, we demonstrate a design that gives writers privacy while still offering editors transparency into how a document is changing.
The Boot.dev Beat. February 2025 It’s official: TJ’s C course walkthrough was released before GTA6! This is a great month for...
4th Feb 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. February 2025

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

4th Feb 2025
It’s official: TJ’s C course walkthrough was released before GTA6! This is a great month for Boot.dev, and for humanity as a whole.
How to create a digital Suica card in Apple Pay (2024 Update) Suica is a smart card used to pay at train stations and convenience stores in Japan. In 2016, Apple...
6th Nov 2017
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How to create a digital Suica card in Apple Pay (2024 Update)

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

6th Nov 2017
Suica is a smart card used to pay at train stations and convenience stores in Japan. In 2016, Apple added support for Suica to Apple Pay on iPhone 7 devices sold in Japan. In 2017, Apple added support to all iPhone 8/X and later, regardless of where they’re sold.1 Virtual Suica...
The five types of people who produce inaccessible code There are roughly five types of people you’ll meet doing accessibility development work. They...
16th Jun 2023
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The five types of people who produce inaccessible code

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

16th Jun 2023
There are roughly five types of people you’ll meet doing accessibility development work. They are: People who create inaccessible code, but do not realize they are doing so. People who create inaccessible code and realize they are doing so, but do not know how to fix it. People...
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...
So, how’s that retirement thing going, anyway? For the last couple of months, Prashanth Chandrasekar has been getting settled in as the new CEO of...
5th Dec 2019
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So, how’s that retirement thing going, anyway?

from Joel on Software [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Dec 2019
For the last couple of months, Prashanth Chandrasekar has been getting settled in as the new CEO of Stack Overflow. I’m still going on some customer calls… Read more "So, how’s that retirement thing going, anyway?"
A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed 2023/01/01 A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed When I first started my forever project, a peer to...
1st Jan 2023
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A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed

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

1st Jan 2023
2023/01/01 A Bridge Over a River Never Crossed When I first started my forever project, a peer to peer file sync software using Interval Tree Clocks, I wanted to build it right. That meant property-based testing everything, specifying the protocol fully, dealing with error...
Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
31st Oct 2023
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Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF

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

31st Oct 2023
Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
I is for Intent Why your app turned into spaghetti "I do not like your software sir, There's a...
4th Feb 2024
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I is for Intent

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

4th Feb 2024
Why your app turned into spaghetti "I do not like your software sir, There's a certain kind of programmer. Let's call him Stanley. Stanley has been around for a while, and has his fair share of war stories. The common thread is that poorly conceived and specced...
How to run msvc cl.exe from command-line (powershell) So you’ve installed Visual Studio and you want to run the compiler cl.exe from command-line....
16th Jan 2026
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How to run msvc cl.exe from command-line (powershell)

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

16th Jan 2026
So you’ve installed Visual Studio and you want to run the compiler cl.exe from command-line. Microsoft makes it surprisingly hard. They give you a shortcut which opens a terminal window with cmd.exe setup for compilation. But I don’t want a separate window, I want to use the...
🎯 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.
What I'm up to - April 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Apr 2025
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What I'm up to - April 2025

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

1st Apr 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - I published How to host web apps on a Mac Mini, a follow-up to my piece A mini dat...
Change: Damned if you do, damned more if you don't Everyone wants change, but doesn't want to change. Though inevitable, change is uncomfortable and...
3rd Dec 2023
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Change: Damned if you do, damned more if you don't

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

3rd Dec 2023
Everyone wants change, but doesn't want to change. Though inevitable, change is uncomfortable and exhausting. Manage it with kindness.
What I'm up to - August 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I am up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in...
1st Aug 2026
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What I'm up to - August 2026

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

1st Aug 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I am up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in July Concluded my trip to Japan and posted more photos to the Tsundoku pop-up newsletter. I am having a lot of fun exploring photography as a hobby.
Recently Reading It is very easy to get ChatGPT to emit a series of words such as “I am happy to see you.”...
1st Oct 2024
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from macwright.com [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Oct 2024
Reading It is very easy to get ChatGPT to emit a series of words such as “I am happy to see you.” There are many things we don’t understand about how large language models work, but one thing we can be sure of is that ChatGPT is not happy to see you. Ted Chiang’s article about AI...
Merlin Bird Sound ID I’ve been really impressed with the Merlin App for Android Sound ID.There have been a few birds that...
8th May 2022
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Merlin Bird Sound ID

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th May 2022
I’ve been really impressed with the Merlin App for Android Sound ID.There have been a few birds that I have not been able to spot or identify visually but using Sound ID I can quickly pull up and confirm which bird I’m hearing. The Pacific Wren has an amazing song and I noticed...
Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero 2022-11-04 Eariler this year I posted detailed instructions on...
4th Nov 2022
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Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero

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

4th Nov 2022
Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero 2022-11-04 Eariler this year I posted detailed instructions on setting up Pi-Hole with Eero and it seemed to help out a few people having troubles. With AdGuard Home recently popping up on the frontpage of HackerNews, I thought now would be a...
Unusual basis types in programming languages TLA+ Workshop TLA+ workshop on Feb 12! Learn how to find complex bugs in software systems before you...
17th Jan 2024
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Unusual basis types in programming languages

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

17th Jan 2024
TLA+ Workshop TLA+ workshop on Feb 12! Learn how to find complex bugs in software systems before you start building them. I've been saying the code NEWSLETTERDISCOUNT gives $50 off, but that's wrong because I actually set it up for $100 off. Enjoy! Unusual basis types in...
How I Manage Projects As a Product Designer at Harvest, part of my role is running projects. While I don’t believe there...
12th Feb 2020
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How I Manage Projects

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

12th Feb 2020
As a Product Designer at Harvest, part of my role is running projects. While I don’t believe there is a right or wrong way to manage projects, I do think there are some methods that can yield better results. I’m hardly an expert in this area, but I’d like to share some of the...
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...
We Won’t Save the Planet by Shrinking At first, it sounds obvious: if we want to save the planet, we should do less. Fewer people, less...
25th Mar 2025
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We Won’t Save the Planet by Shrinking

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

25th Mar 2025
At first, it sounds obvious: if we want to save the planet, we should do less. Fewer people, less consumption, smaller footprints. I believed this too—so much so that I once thought having kids was irresponsible. But the more I looked into it, the less sense it made.
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Privacy Monthly July 2024

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

16th Jul 2024
you will blame the wrong people Billionaires, am I right? Immigrants, am I right? It’s going to be so painful to...
1st Sep 2025
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you will blame the wrong people

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

1st Sep 2025
Billionaires, am I right? Immigrants, am I right? It’s going to be so painful to watch. Billionaires will go away. Immigrants will go away. The problems will continue to get worse. The problem is the unproductive. The rich unproductive and the poor unproductive. The finance...
March updates We have lots of great new updates in store!
2nd Mar 2019
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March updates

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

2nd Mar 2019
We have lots of great new updates in store!
Breaking Into Tech on Hard Mode: A Supply/Demand Analysis of Career Options Markets are efficient, right? I understand that every ~10 years we find ourselves in some sort of...
23rd Nov 2025
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Breaking Into Tech on Hard Mode: A Supply/Demand Analysis of Career Options

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

23rd Nov 2025
Markets are efficient, right? I understand that every ~10 years we find ourselves in some sort of stock market bubble, but I do believe that most markets are mostly efficient. Everyone out there is looking for a good deal, and despite the well-known irrationalities of human...
Photographic comparison: Is the Kobo Libra Colour display worse than the Kobo Libra 2? I’ve been using E Ink-based ereaders for quite a number of years now. I’ve had my Kobo Libra 2 for a...
7th May 2024
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7th May 2024
I’ve been using E Ink-based ereaders for quite a number of years now. I’ve had my Kobo Libra 2 for a few years, and was looking forward to the Kobo Libra Colour — the first color E Ink display in a mainstream ereader line. I found the display to be a mixed bag; contrast seemed …...
No sacred masterpieces Or "that time I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it like a week after launch"
15th Sep 2023
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No sacred masterpieces

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

15th Sep 2023
Or "that time I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it like a week after launch"
Japanese Glory Hole Funny Onion gag
2nd Mar 2026
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Japanese Glory Hole

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

2nd Mar 2026
Funny Onion gag
How To Learn Stuff Quickly As software developers, we're always learning new things; it's practically the whole gig! If we can...
19th Jul 2021
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How To Learn Stuff Quickly

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

19th Jul 2021
As software developers, we're always learning new things; it's practically the whole gig! If we can learn to quickly pick up new languages/frameworks/tools, we'll become so much more effective at our job. It's sort of a superpower.
Making html_of_jsx ~10x faster A story of how static analysis helped improve performance in html_of_jsx
3rd Dec 2025
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Making html_of_jsx ~10x faster

from sancho.dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Dec 2025
A story of how static analysis helped improve performance in html_of_jsx
Project Cambria: Translate your data with lenses Changing schemas in distributed software is hard. Could adopting bidirectional lenses help?
6th Oct 2020
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Project Cambria: Translate your data with lenses

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

6th Oct 2020
Changing schemas in distributed software is hard. Could adopting bidirectional lenses help?
How to remove box shadows from input controls on iOS Those default box shadows that appear inside of your input elements on iOS can be pretty annoying,...
16th Sep 2015
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How to remove box shadows from input controls on iOS

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

16th Sep 2015
Those default box shadows that appear inside of your input elements on iOS can be pretty annoying, especially if you're going for a flat or subtle look. Here's how to remove them. Unfortunately, it's not as simple as setting the box-shadow property to none. Instead, you have to...
West Coast Trail – The 75km/48 mile death hike Author Note: This trip was taken in 2021, but updated in 2023 with updated details. I’m not really...
1st Aug 2021
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West Coast Trail – The 75km/48 mile death hike

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

1st Aug 2021
Author Note: This trip was taken in 2021, but updated in 2023 with updated details. I’m not really sure where I get these crazy ideas, but a friend and I booked the West Coast Trail. It is this multi day thru hike in the west coast of Vancouver Island, which is accessible via...
How to Properly Use Defer in Golang What is the “defer” keyword in Go? 🔗 In the Go programming language, defer is a keyword that allows...
1st Jun 2021
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How to Properly Use Defer in Golang

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

1st Jun 2021
What is the “defer” keyword in Go? 🔗 In the Go programming language, defer is a keyword that allows developers to delay the execution of a function until the current function returns. What throws some people off is that the deferred function’s arguments are evaluated...
5 coding interview questions I hate I’ve taken part in well over a hundred tech interviews now, on both sides. Some were fun, and some...
21st Mar 2022
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5 coding interview questions I hate

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

21st Mar 2022
I’ve taken part in well over a hundred tech interviews now, on both sides. Some were fun, and some were pure cringe. I’ve been asked if I have kids (supposedly, people with children won’t have time to job hop), and if “I bet my ass I cost that much”. Fun times. But today I’d like...
Sharing The Things We Use Sharing The Things We Use 2021-07-24 I always love stumbling across personal websites that include...
24th Jul 2021
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Sharing The Things We Use

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

24th Jul 2021
Sharing The Things We Use 2021-07-24 I always love stumbling across personal websites that include some form of a "uses" page. A place where the author lists out all the tools they use on a regular basis - whether it be hardware, software or something else entirely. It allows...
Growing up Alyssa When I was 10, I came out as transgender. I was a girl and I knew it. I was one of the lucky...
21st May 2023
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Growing up Alyssa

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

21st May 2023
When I was 10, I came out as transgender. I was a girl and I knew it. I was one of the lucky ones. After four painful years, I was fortunate enough to access gender-affirming health care. First testosterone blockers. Later estrogen, the stuff my peers soaked in for years while I...
Kagi status update: First three months Kagi search and Orion browser officially entered public beta exactly three months ago (...
1st Sep 2022
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Kagi status update: First three months

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

1st Sep 2022
Kagi search and Orion browser officially entered public beta exactly three months ago ( https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-orion-public-beta ).
The Phoenix project — Book Notes Book Notes From "The Phoenix project".
19th Jan 2019
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The Phoenix project — Book Notes

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

19th Jan 2019
Book Notes From "The Phoenix project".
IE 6,7,8 Warning with removeChild On a removeChild function call, Internet Explorer complains: “Do you want to view only the webpage...
14th Nov 2012
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IE 6,7,8 Warning with removeChild

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

14th Nov 2012
On a removeChild function call, Internet Explorer complains: “Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely?”. This is a particularly obscure bug with IE that has caused me lots of grief. First of all, it is indeed a bug with IE. This behavior can be...
Winner, Name that Ware April 2023 The ware for April 2023 is an X-rite DTP22 spectrophotometer. This one almost made it through the...
31st May 2023
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Winner, Name that Ware April 2023

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

31st May 2023
The ware for April 2023 is an X-rite DTP22 spectrophotometer. This one almost made it through the month without being guessed, but congrats to cpresser for figuring it out in the last week! email me for your prize. Here’s some more context images of the ware. The colored filter...
A Brief Introduction to Digital Anthropology A discipline at the intersection of cultural anthropology and binary logic
3rd Oct 2020
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A Brief Introduction to Digital Anthropology

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

3rd Oct 2020
A discipline at the intersection of cultural anthropology and binary logic
CSS reset with box-sizing fix For ultra lightweight projects where a framework is overkill, I tend to use Eric Meyers' CSS reset....
14th Oct 2014
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CSS reset with box-sizing fix

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

14th Oct 2014
For ultra lightweight projects where a framework is overkill, I tend to use Eric Meyers' CSS reset. And since I'm not a glutton for punishment, I also throw in the tried and tested box-sizing fix popularized by Paul Irish. Instead of searching for and combining these...
Gratitude For a Web That Tries Not to Break Chris wrote a response to my wondering-out-loud remarks about whether logical properties make CSS...
3rd May 2023
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Gratitude For a Web That Tries Not to Break

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

3rd May 2023
Chris wrote a response to my wondering-out-loud remarks about whether logical properties make CSS easier to learn. His response is great. And his tabular comparison of properties is short and concise and punchy in the way only Chris Coyier can reason about CSS. His post actually...
What I'm up to - August 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Aug 2024
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What I'm up to - August 2024

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

1st Aug 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in late June + July - Been working hard on Find AI - rolling out lots of feature and updates, st...
Winner, Name that Ware April 2024 Last month’s ware was a “Z16 AI Voice Translator”. The name doesn’t really tell you much, so here’s...
31st May 2024
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Winner, Name that Ware April 2024

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

31st May 2024
Last month’s ware was a “Z16 AI Voice Translator”. The name doesn’t really tell you much, so here’s some photos that give a better idea of what the device is about. Above are the main parts of the device. The construction is simple and straightforward: big battery, screen with...
My Compensation Over Four Decades As A Programmer It's a lie, as I don't remember exactly what I made in every job, and it changed during each job....
5th Jul 2023
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My Compensation Over Four Decades As A Programmer

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

5th Jul 2023
It's a lie, as I don't remember exactly what I made in every job, and it changed during each job. Also, I never worked for a big tech company (other than Apple briefly, but that was when they were going out of business) and only a
Why Designers Shouldn't "Fix" Other Designers' Logos No matter how simple the end product, design is hard work. To come up with something that looks...
4th Sep 2015
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Why Designers Shouldn't "Fix" Other Designers' Logos

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

4th Sep 2015
No matter how simple the end product, design is hard work. To come up with something that looks good, something people like, is at best tangential to the main point. The question is: does it succeed at meeting the project goals? And you don’t know how to answer that question.
Podcasts I like A summary of the podcasts to which I subscribe.
14th Jul 2016
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Podcasts I like

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

14th Jul 2016
A summary of the podcasts to which I subscribe.
Where I've been, and the future of this blog Recently, I got an email from a reader who noted that I hadn't published anything in a little while,...
17th Jun 2026
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Where I've been, and the future of this blog

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

17th Jun 2026
Recently, I got an email from a reader who noted that I hadn't published anything in a little while, and he said he hopes I'm doing well. The truth is, some days I am and some days I'm not. I want to share a little bit about what's been going on, and what the future looks...
Write on the Boot.dev Blog We’ve just opened up the Boot.dev Blog to public contributions! We’re really excited to see all the...
2nd Sep 2022
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Write on the Boot.dev Blog

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

2nd Sep 2022
We’ve just opened up the Boot.dev Blog to public contributions! We’re really excited to see all the great stories that our readers and students will create.
getopt() but smaller The other day I learned about the Rust crate lexopt which describes itself as, A pathologically...
7th Nov 2024
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getopt() but smaller

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

7th Nov 2024
The other day I learned about the Rust crate lexopt which describes itself as, A pathologically simple command line argument parser. Most argument parsers are declarative: you tell them what to parse, and they do it. This one provides you with a stream of options and values and...
Snapshot Testing A smoll intro to snapshot testing
1st Mar 2024
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Snapshot Testing

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Mar 2024
A smoll intro to snapshot testing
My role as a founder CTO: Year Four It has been one year since I wrote the blog post where I shared the learnings from the first three...
29th Dec 2021
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My role as a founder CTO: Year Four

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

29th Dec 2021
It has been one year since I wrote the blog post where I shared the learnings from the first three years of my journey as a first-time technical founder. 2021 was not an exception, and my role as RevenueCat’s CTO kept evolving quite a lot. As expected, my job did not get any...
Book Poll 2019 I've been feeling like I've skewed too much on empty calories recently. So I ran this poll:
2nd Sep 2019
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Book Poll 2019

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

2nd Sep 2019
I've been feeling like I've skewed too much on empty calories recently. So I ran this poll:
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.
Human service is luxury Maybe one day AI will answer every customer question flawlessly, but we're nowhere near that reality...
3rd Mar 2025
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Human service is luxury

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

3rd Mar 2025
Maybe one day AI will answer every customer question flawlessly, but we're nowhere near that reality right now. I can't tell you how often I've been stuck in some god-forsaken AI loop or phone tree WHEN ALL I WANT IS A HUMAN. So I end up either just yelling "operator",...
Our $100M Series B We don’t want to bury the lede: we have raised a $100M Series B, led by a new strategic partner in...
30th Jul 2025
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Our $100M Series B

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

30th Jul 2025
We don’t want to bury the lede: we have raised a $100M Series B, led by a new strategic partner in USIT with participation from all existing Oxide investors. To put that number in perspective: over the nearly six year lifetime of the company, we have raised $89M; our $100M...
Power dynamics in web specifications My involvement in web standards started with the CSS working group. One of the things that we...
19th Apr 2024
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Power dynamics in web specifications

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

19th Apr 2024
My involvement in web standards started with the CSS working group. One of the things that we struggled with as a working group was that we would specify how the technology should work, but the browser vendors' implementations weren't exactly what we intended, and web authors...
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