alexwlchan
“Fixing” the rules of division
Yesterday evening, Kate posted this tweet:
Kate
@thingskatedid
i don't...
over a year ago
Yesterday evening, Kate posted this tweet:
Kate
@thingskatedid
i don't *care* how maths works, half of zero should be 0.5
6:33 PM - 22 Sep 2022
This tweet promptly crawled inside my brain and sat there until I figured out how to make it work.
I...
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's...
The two kinds of writing
There are two kinds of writing. Writing for yourself, and writing for others. Both of these can,...
11 months ago
There are two kinds of writing. Writing for yourself, and writing for others. Both of these can, naturally, be broken down into various subcategories. For example:
Personal
Journaling
Note-taking
Poetry (although this can be public)
Public
Blogging
Academic papers
Letter...
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Organizing Developer Writing Retreats
One of my biggest and scariest projects of 2022 was co-organizing the first-ever **DEV | WRITERS |...
a year ago
One of my biggest and scariest projects of 2022 was co-organizing the first-ever **DEV | WRITERS | RETREAT** in Miami!
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Building openring with Jekyll Build
Building openring with Jekyll Build
2022-12-02
I think it’s great when bloggers post their own...
over a year ago
Building openring with Jekyll Build
2022-12-02
I think it’s great when bloggers post their own personal “reading list” of blogs they themselves follow. Whether this is a customized Blogroll page or footnotes in their individual articles, I find it really helpful to find more...
ntietz.com blog
[Review] "The Circle" by Dave Eggers
Surveillance has gotten a lot of media attention lately (and a bit of attention on this very blog),...
over a year ago
Surveillance has gotten a lot of media attention lately (and a bit of attention on this very blog), and for good reason. So, it should be no surprise that it's also turning up in our dystopian novels!
"The Circle" is a dystopian novel by Dave Eggers. While fiction, it is set in a...
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How to plan a killer company offsite in just 8 weeks
As a company born at the beginning of the pandemic, PostHog has been fully-remote from its...
over a year ago
As a company born at the beginning of the pandemic, PostHog has been fully-remote from its inception. Our team is 35+ people distributed across 1…
ntietz.com blog
TIL: testing in the future using the faketime command
Last week's blog post accidentally got published a few hours early1.
One of the keen-eyed among you...
5 months ago
Last week's blog post accidentally got published a few hours early1.
One of the keen-eyed among you even submitted it to the orange site before it was officially up, since it was in my RSS feed briefly and was picked up by various RSS readers.
Resolving that issue led me to...
Vadim Kravcenko
My coworker rewrote all my code, what should I do?
Dear Robert, The short answer is — stop getting attached to your code. Now lets continue to a more...
10 months ago
Dear Robert, The short answer is — stop getting attached to your code. Now lets continue to a more detailed […]
The post My coworker rewrote all my code, what should I do? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
the singularity is...
Dangerous Misinformation
When I Google myself, I get this infobox:
As you can see below, George Hotz’s height is 5’10”, not...
4 months ago
When I Google myself, I get this infobox:
As you can see below, George Hotz’s height is 5’10”, not 5’4”
Google, please take this misinformation seriously before you end up in a very large libel suit. This is not on a site you are linking to, this is first party misinformation...
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The best HIPAA-compliant A/B testing tools
What do Google Optimize, Optimizely, Convert, Webtrends Optimize and Splitbee have in common?...
over a year ago
What do Google Optimize, Optimizely, Convert, Webtrends Optimize and Splitbee have in common? They're popular A/B testing tools None of them are HIPAA…
TokyoDev
Writing Developer Job Postings
When you're advertising a developer position online, a job posting is often the first time a...
over a year ago
When you're advertising a developer position online, a job posting is often the first time a developer hears about your company. Despite the posting being the first step in the hiring flow, companies put little effort into them, often having it be little more than a list of...
ntietz.com blog
Sometimes, I can't talk
Part of being a social animal is that we communicate with each other.
We live in a society, and we...
4 months ago
Part of being a social animal is that we communicate with each other.
We live in a society, and we have to interact with other people.
A lot of that communication happens through language, especially spoken and signed language.
For many of us, this language happens so freely and...
Liz Denys
Chemistry at its finest: inverted sugar syrup for cocktails
Simple syrup finds its home in any well-stocked bar because sometimes sugar doesn't dissolve easily...
over a year ago
Simple syrup finds its home in any well-stocked bar because sometimes sugar doesn't dissolve easily enough. Simple syrup is traditionally made by dissolving white sugar into water on a stove and then cooling before use, but sometimes, in a pinch, people will shake superfine sugar...
TokyoDev
Web Accessibility in Japan: What Developers Need to Know
Many people with disabilities use assistive technology, which allows them to access websites in ways...
a year ago
Many people with disabilities use assistive technology, which allows them to access websites in ways different from most people. People who are blind, for example, use screen readers to convert website content into audio. Some use braille displays. There are also people who use...
37signals Dev
All about QA
Quality Assurance (QA) is a team of two at 37signals: Michael, who created the department 12 years...
2 months ago
Quality Assurance (QA) is a team of two at 37signals: Michael, who created the department 12 years ago, and Gabriel, who joined the team in 2022. Together, we have a hand in projects across all of our products, from kickoff to release. Our goal is to help designers and...
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Retention rate vs churn rate: An intro to churn analysis
Here's what you need to know about churn rate and retention rate: Churn rate is the percentage of...
a year ago
Here's what you need to know about churn rate and retention rate: Churn rate is the percentage of customers who stop using your product during a…
Tony Finch's blog
Safe memory reclamation for BIND
At the end of October, I finally got my multithreaded qp-trie
working! It could be built with two...
a year ago
At the end of October, I finally got my multithreaded qp-trie
working! It could be built with two different concurrency control
mechanisms:
A reader/writer lock
This has poor read-side scalability, because every thread is
hammering on the same shared location. But its write...
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#HeyForGood
Recounting my process of how I started with 2 HEY email invites and ended up raising $2575 in...
over a year ago
Recounting my process of how I started with 2 HEY email invites and ended up raising $2575 in Donations to Support Diversity in Tech!
Ralph Ammer
So… this is a job?
What is Design?
The post So… this is a job? appeared first on Ralph Ammer.
over a year ago
What is Design?
The post So… this is a job? appeared first on Ralph Ammer.
Code Of Honor
Credit where credit is due
I feel fortunate to have been part of Blizzard Entertainment when it started, now over thirty years...
2 months ago
I feel fortunate to have been part of Blizzard Entertainment when it started, now over thirty years ago. I got to work with amazing people; make games players loved; and learn a lot about design, programming, and business along the way. Some of those lessons were hard-earned, as...
bt RSS Feed
Yes, I Still Use jQuery
Yes, I Still Use jQuery
2019-04-15
I have seen a handful of condescending comments from front-end...
over a year ago
Yes, I Still Use jQuery
2019-04-15
I have seen a handful of condescending comments from front-end developers since the newest build of (jQuery 3.4.0) released a couple of days ago. While I understand not all developers share the same work-style or are using the same tech-stack,...
Daniel Immke's Blog...
So why write a blog?
I’ve never been good at maintaining a “professional” profile on the web. It’s bitten me in the ass...
over a year ago
I’ve never been good at maintaining a “professional” profile on the web. It’s bitten me in the ass when I’ve really needed to show off work…
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The Third Age of JavaScript
A bunch of things are moving in JavaScript - it is quite feasible that the JS of 10 years from now...
over a year ago
A bunch of things are moving in JavaScript - it is quite feasible that the JS of 10 years from now will look totally unrecognizable
Joel Gascoigne
How we handle team emails at our startup: Defaulting to transparency
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over a year ago
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It’s an exciting time for Buffer. Toby Osbourn [https://twitter.com/tosbourn]
just joined and we’re now 16 people. Toby joined us as a Backend Hacker
[http://jobs.bufferapp.com/backend-hacker],...
A Beautiful Site
Finding the Closest Element Through Shadow Roots
A great trick to find the closest element in the DOM that matches an arbitrary selector is...
over a year ago
A great trick to find the closest element in the DOM that matches an arbitrary selector is Element.closest().
// Starts at el and walks the DOM until it finds a parent element
// that matches the selector. In this case, it will return the
// <body>...
A Beautiful Site
Determining your app's base directory in Node.js
Determining your app's base dir (or document root if you're from a PHP background) isn't as straight...
over a year ago
Determining your app's base dir (or document root if you're from a PHP background) isn't as straight forward as you'd think in Node. Here's a little trick to get a globally available reference to your app's root directory.
Add this somewhere towards the start of your main app...
davidyat.es
Syntax highlighting with render hooks
2 months ago
Making software...
Enabling Safari Extensions with the macOS Catalina Patcher
Enabling Safari Extensions with the macOS Catalina Patcher
2021-09-23
I have an old 2011 MacBook Air...
over a year ago
Enabling Safari Extensions with the macOS Catalina Patcher
2021-09-23
I have an old 2011 MacBook Air that is running the latest version of macOS Catalina thanks to the very wonderful Catalina Patcher by dosdude1. This project has made it possible for me to run and test some of...
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Product engineer vs software engineer: How are they different?
Software companies are changing. Where once product managers and software engineers dominated, now a...
a year ago
Software companies are changing. Where once product managers and software engineers dominated, now a new role is emerging: the product engineer…
Making software...
Simple Does Not Mean Ugly
Simple Does Not Mean Ugly
2019-03-26
I see new blog posts popping up now and again advocating for...
over a year ago
Simple Does Not Mean Ugly
2019-03-26
I see new blog posts popping up now and again advocating for designers to keep their products as simple as possible - and I couldn't agree more.
A lot of designers tend to think they need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to UI concepts that...
Nelson's Weblog
Restic
Restic is good backup software.
It’s a command line tool for backing up filesystems to various
local...
10 months ago
Restic is good backup software.
It’s a command line tool for backing up filesystems to various
local and remote options. It is well
documented, easy to set up, secure, and quite fast. It’s a very
professional product. I am now backing up all my Linux systems with it.
Note it’s a...
A Beautiful Site
What is my browser? This tool will tell you
Last week I wrote about how to get faster and better help from support. One of my suggestions was to...
over a year ago
Last week I wrote about how to get faster and better help from support. One of my suggestions was to tell them what browser, OS, etc. you're using. Here's a free tool that will make that so much easier.
As soon as you visit About My Browser, it will show you what browser and...
elementary Blog
New features and settings, improved performance, and fewer bugs
This month we have a mix of new design and feature updates, another big batch of fixed bugs, and...
a year ago
This month we have a mix of new design and feature updates, another big batch of fixed bugs, and even some performance improvements.
Mail
The headliner this month is Mail which does a better job handling newly added online accounts and includes fixes for a couple of potential...
Alice GG
Managing your Kubernetes cluster using Helm and Terraform
In a previous post, I explained how to manage a Kubernetes cluster with FluxCD.
This showed a way to...
over a year ago
In a previous post, I explained how to manage a Kubernetes cluster with FluxCD.
This showed a way to implement a GitOps workflow, which means using a Git repository as the source of truth for the state of your cluster.
Flux introduces multiple new objects in your Kubernetes...
blag
How I Am Maintaining Multiple Emails For Git On A Same Machine
In this simple tutorial I will show how to maintain multiple git emails on a same machine. And how...
over a year ago
In this simple tutorial I will show how to maintain multiple git emails on a same machine. And how to configure git emails per directory or per project.
A Smart Bear
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...
a year ago
Everyone wants change, but doesn't want to change. Though inevitable, change is uncomfortable and exhausting. Manage it with kindness.
PostHog's RSS Feed
Introducing PostHog Cloud EU
It's no secret that some popular analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, have fallen foul of GDPR...
over a year ago
It's no secret that some popular analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, have fallen foul of GDPR regulations in the EU. That's one reason why we…
the singularity is...
A Really Big Computer
GPT-4 was trained on 25k A100s in about 90 days. That’s 3e25 FLOPs.
If a person has 20 PFLOPS...
a year ago
GPT-4 was trained on 25k A100s in about 90 days. That’s 3e25 FLOPs.
If a person has 20 PFLOPS (20e15) of compute, GPT-4 used 47.5 person-years to train. Very human scale.
I want to build a computer capable of training GPT-4 in a day. I need 3e25/86400 = 347,000,000 TFLOPS, or...
Chris Nicholas
How to use Sandpack for code demos
Sandpack allows you to take interactive code demos to the next level, supporting just about every...
over a year ago
Sandpack allows you to take interactive code demos to the next level, supporting just about every JavaScript framework.
The Pragmatic...
Building an an Early Stage Startup: Lessons from Akita Software
Jean Yang sold her startup to Postman, and shares the details on what happened in the 5 years...
a year ago
Jean Yang sold her startup to Postman, and shares the details on what happened in the 5 years leading up to this sale.
The Changelog
Martha the Pilot
Martha, now 5, can’t remember a time when she didn’t fly periodically. She’s come along in our...
a year ago
Martha, now 5, can’t remember a time when she didn’t fly periodically. She’s come along in our airplane in short flights to a nearby restaurant and long ones to Michigan and South Dakota. All this time, she’s been riding in the back seat next to Laura. Martha has been talking...
A Beautiful Site
Valid Names for CSS Parts
CSS Shadow Parts, colloquially known as CSS Parts, are used to expose elements inside a web...
over a year ago
CSS Shadow Parts, colloquially known as CSS Parts, are used to expose elements inside a web component's shadow root so they can be styled by consumers with CSS. But what are we allowed to call these parts? What characters comprise a valid CSS part name? To find out, I had to dive...
bt RSS Feed
Setting Up Jekyll on Windows
Setting Up Jekyll on Windows
2022-09-02
I’ve recently been playing around with using Windows 10 as...
over a year ago
Setting Up Jekyll on Windows
2022-09-02
I’ve recently been playing around with using Windows 10 as my daily operating system. So far, it has been going fairly well. Nothing will probably ever feel as “optimized” as running a Linux-based system but it works well for my current...
Josh Comeau's blog
Dynamic Bézier Curves
A deep dive into Bézier curves in React. We'll look at how to build dynamic effects such as...
over a year ago
A deep dive into Bézier curves in React. We'll look at how to build dynamic effects such as scroll-to-flatten using SVG path instructions, and how to architect our components for maximum readability and reusability.
David Gerrells
How not to use box shadows
So you think you know box shadows huh? I bet you didn't know they could do this.
5 months ago
So you think you know box shadows huh? I bet you didn't know they could do this.
Writing - Andreas...
Care about how the work is done
High performers care deeply not just about doing the work but how it’s
done.
11 months ago
High performers care deeply not just about doing the work but how it’s
done.
Ognjen Regoje •...
Lessons in DDD from building an e-commerce platform
In a recent conversation with some colleagues, we were talking about how startups make the trade-off...
11 months ago
In a recent conversation with some colleagues, we were talking about how startups make the trade-off between design, domain-driven specifically, in favor of speed. They intentionally take on debt, technical and otherwise, to move faster.
I wasn’t in favour of employing DDD in a...
Remains of the Day
The inefficiency of large, infrequent transactions
In a conversation with Matt Levine, Tyler Cowen asks:
COWEN: Like you, I’m mostly an efficient...
over a year ago
In a conversation with Matt Levine, Tyler Cowen asks:
COWEN: Like you, I’m mostly an efficient markets guy, but when I look at initial public offerings I’m very baffled because investment banks take such a huge cut.
If you needed to argue, “Well, they need the cut because they...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
7 things you may not know about useState
Doing code reviews for our hook-based project, I often see fellow developers not aware of some...
over a year ago
Doing code reviews for our hook-based project, I often see fellow developers not aware of some awesome features (and nasty pitfalls) useState offers. Since it's one of my favourite hooks, I decided to help spread a word. Don't expect any huge revelations, but here're the 7 facts...
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Array 1.42.0: Get beta features via our roadmap!
Want to know more about what we're up to? Subscribe to our new newsletter , which we send once...
over a year ago
Want to know more about what we're up to? Subscribe to our new newsletter , which we send once every two weeks! 1.42.0 update guide for self-hosted…
Joel Gascoigne
Is making mistakes a necessity for success?
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over a year ago
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I would like to ponder whether making mistakes is actually a necessary part of
the process of achieving whatever form of “success” we are striving for. I’d
love your thoughts in the comments.
A...
Dan Slimmon
Fix tomorrow’s problems by fixing today’s problems
A bug in our deployment system causes O(N²) latency with respect to the number of deploys that have...
a year ago
A bug in our deployment system causes O(N²) latency with respect to the number of deploys that have been performed. At first, it’s too minuscule to notice. But the average deploy latency grows over time. Eventually, deploys start randomly timing out. The deploy pipeline grinds to...
HTMHell
A link on a logo in the header, what should the alt-text be?
by Rian Rietveld
It's a common pattern to use a logo in the header as a link to the homepage.
Fun...
3 weeks ago
by Rian Rietveld
It's a common pattern to use a logo in the header as a link to the homepage.
Fun fact: the alt text of the image inside a link, will be added to the link text.
The problem with linking a logo is that it serves 2 purposes:
a logo, that tells you which site you are...
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What we learned about hiring from our first five employees
Our CEO and co-founder, James Hawkins, recently joined Y Combinator to talk about the first five...
over a year ago
Our CEO and co-founder, James Hawkins, recently joined Y Combinator to talk about the first five hires PostHog ever made, how we made them, and why…
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Talk Notes: Third Age of JavaScript - Three Years In
Slides and show notes for my updated Talk at Reactathon
over a year ago
Slides and show notes for my updated Talk at Reactathon
Paolo Amoroso's...
I mothballed Free Python Books
<![CDATA[I shut down Free Python Books, the list of Python books that are free to read online or...
9 months ago
<![CDATA[I shut down Free Python Books, the list of Python books that are free to read online or download I had been maintaining since 2019.
I archived the project's GitHub repo, which is now read-only and no longer accepts contributions. If you're interested you're welcome to...
Joel Gascoigne
The third option
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over a year ago
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In the recent months I’ve realized I am very much in a bubble. Everyone I know
is building a company. Amongst my circle of friends, that is the norm. This,
however, is mostly out of choice: I...
Epic Web Dev
Skip SDKs in Simple Integrations (article)
When dealing with APIs, SDKs can lead to cognitive overhead and complexity. Make sure the SDK is...
6 months ago
When dealing with APIs, SDKs can lead to cognitive overhead and complexity. Make sure the SDK is worth the trade-offs.
Joel Gascoigne
The highs and lows of startup life
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over a year ago
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I was recently back in the UK for two weeks and had the chance to speak at an
event in London about the incredible journey with my startup in the last two
years.
When I speak, I try my best
Liz Denys
Earl Grey infused white chocolate ganache latte syrup, inspired by Voltage Coffee
I'm not frequently a fan of flavored lattes. I like an occasional pumpkin spice latte near...
over a year ago
I'm not frequently a fan of flavored lattes. I like an occasional pumpkin spice latte near Halloween, an occasional vanilla latte if it's exceptionally well made, but I usually just stick with the simple unflavored latte. Furthermore, I'm definitely not a fan of mochas: I'd...
ntietz.com blog
RC Week 11: Learning is best when multiplayer
As I come up on the end of my batch at Recurse Center, I've been doing some reflecting on my time...
over a year ago
As I come up on the end of my batch at Recurse Center, I've been doing some reflecting on my time here.
One of the standout themes is how much I've learned through struggling with other people.
In particular, this learning together has make some difficult topics approachable,...
HTMHell
Design pattern for custom tooltips
by Jan Hellbusch
Should we use tooltips to convey information? Hints and descriptions are often...
a year ago
by Jan Hellbusch
Should we use tooltips to convey information? Hints and descriptions are often included on web pages through tooltips – but not everyone has access to them.
A tooltip is a short text that usually appears as a popup when a user hovers a mouse pointer over an...
Tony Finch's blog
getopt() but smaller
The other day I learned about the Rust crate
lexopt which describes itself as,
A pathologically...
a month ago
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...
samwho.dev
The dos and don'ts of large, online communities
One of the ways I spend my spare time is moderating the Programming Discussions Discord server. It's...
over a year ago
One of the ways I spend my spare time is moderating the Programming Discussions Discord server. It's an online community of almost 20,000 people, focussed around helping people with their programming problems through real-time chat.
A frequent mistake I see people make in the...
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I'm Writing A Book!
I'm writing a Dev Career Advice book... and I'm scared shitless!
over a year ago
I'm writing a Dev Career Advice book... and I'm scared shitless!
Blog - Bitfield...
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...
9 months ago
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.
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Array 1.34.0
PostHog 1.34.0 focuses on supporting collaboration. New features include a new default homepage for...
over a year ago
PostHog 1.34.0 focuses on supporting collaboration. New features include a new default homepage for projects, smart names for all insights, an entire Data Management tool as well as support for horizontal scalability!
The Pragmatic...
The Scoop: Tech Layoffs in 2022
I get a lot of scoop sent by readers (thank you!). Sadly, in 2022, a good part of the scoop is about...
over a year ago
I get a lot of scoop sent by readers (thank you!). Sadly, in 2022, a good part of the scoop is about companies laying off people. Some of this scoop has not been reported before.
I don't want to broadcast layoffs on Twitter or LinkedIn continuously, but also
A Beautiful Site
Converting a URL Object to a Plain Object in JavaScript
I needed to convert a URL object to a plain object yesterday. You might have used it before. It's...
a year ago
I needed to convert a URL object to a plain object yesterday. You might have used it before. It's pretty handy for working with URLs!
const url = new URL('https://example.com/');
console.log(url);
// URL {origin: 'https://example.com', protocol: 'https:', username: '',...
A Smart Bear
The Impossible Product Manager, a.k.a. the "Great" Product Manager
According to the Internet, being a Product Manager is impossible. Can you ever measure up? No, but...
over a year ago
According to the Internet, being a Product Manager is impossible. Can you ever measure up? No, but don’t worry, there’s a better answer.
James Vaughan's blog
Putting the Casio F-91W band on an Apple Watch
over a year ago
Epic Web Dev
Adding OpenID Connect Authentication to the Epic Stack (tip)
Learn how to integrate OpenID Connect authentication into the Epic Stack with this comprehensive...
a year ago
Learn how to integrate OpenID Connect authentication into the Epic Stack with this comprehensive tutorial.
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My Life as a Con Man
Confidence is a dual edged sword. I trafficked in confidence when I was in finance, and now I see it...
over a year ago
Confidence is a dual edged sword. I trafficked in confidence when I was in finance, and now I see it everywhere I look.
The History of the...
Beware the cloud of hype
We don't know how this AI thing will turn out, but there is much to be learned from the cycles of...
6 months ago
We don't know how this AI thing will turn out, but there is much to be learned from the cycles of hype that have already occurred on the web.
The post Beware the cloud of hype appeared first on The History of the Web.
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Bouldering
My first introduction to bouldering was in 2017, in DUMBO:
a year ago
My first introduction to bouldering was in 2017, in DUMBO:
PostHog's RSS Feed
Why we ditched ‘talk to sales’ for transparent pricing
"I wonder how much this SaaS product costs to..." "Contact sales!" 😤 Contact. Sales. Two words that...
over a year ago
"I wonder how much this SaaS product costs to..." "Contact sales!" 😤 Contact. Sales. Two words that embody everything we hate about modern SaaS…
The History of the...
The Analog Web
On reclaiming the web's lost humanity, and the people still very much trying to do it.
The post The...
8 months ago
On reclaiming the web's lost humanity, and the people still very much trying to do it.
The post The Analog Web appeared first on The History of the Web.
The Pragmatic...
The Scoop: Turmoil at Twitter
Overnight, Twitter has gone from one of the best working environments in tech, to one of the worst....
over a year ago
Overnight, Twitter has gone from one of the best working environments in tech, to one of the worst. What is happening, and why?
Maggie Appleton
Talk: The Expanding Dark Forest and Generative AI
a year ago
Nelson's Weblog
GAS
I’ve been listening to the same music every night when I go to sleep
10+ years now. Weird...
a year ago
I’ve been listening to the same music every night when I go to sleep
10+ years now. Weird endorsement; I’ve listened to it with more
attention plenty of times too. But it’s particularly good for going to
sleep; calm, interesting, and comfortably familiar.
That music is GAS,...
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Networking Essentials: Software Defined Networking
Why Software Defined Networking is taking the networking world by storm
over a year ago
Why Software Defined Networking is taking the networking world by storm
macwright.com
Competition
For the last few jobs, I’ve kept a private are.na
board of competition. Every time I saw something...
a year ago
For the last few jobs, I’ve kept a private are.na
board of competition. Every time I saw something that looked like it was
competing with Observable, or Placemark, or val.town I’d add it to the list.
Eventually I’d have a big gallery of screenshots of all the other companies
and...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
10 Design Rules for Programmers
For some reason, many developers disdain design. We are programmers, we are smart and rational, and...
over a year ago
For some reason, many developers disdain design. We are programmers, we are smart and rational, and we think technically. Designers are weird and artistic, they wear black sweaters and long scarves, they are no match to us. I never quite understood how you can ignore design if...
samwho.dev
I finally figured out how to take notes!
I’ve never been good at taking notes. I’ve tried. Oh boy, have I tried. Name a
piece of note taking...
over a year ago
I’ve never been good at taking notes. I’ve tried. Oh boy, have I tried. Name a
piece of note taking software, odds are I’ve tried it. I’ve even tried going old
school with pen and paper. Nothing sticks.
Until recently.
Some time ago, I learned about Apple’s
Shortcuts app. It’s...
Liz Denys
My love-hate relationship with typeface rendering in Ubuntu
We take good, er at least reasonable, typography for granted all the time. This is especially true...
over a year ago
We take good, er at least reasonable, typography for granted all the time. This is especially true when it comes to personal computers because with Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X - upwards of 98 percent of the market - you get characters that are easy on the eye right out of the...
elementary Blog
Let's Talk OS 8
One month ago today we released elementary OS 7.1 which provides new personalization options that...
a year ago
One month ago today we released elementary OS 7.1 which provides new personalization options that make it more inclusive and accessible, protects your privacy and ensures apps always operate with your explicit consent, and addresses your feedback with over 200 bug fixes, design...
Liz Denys
New Loose Leaf Security series: Safely surfing the web
Three more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about safely browsing the web:
The...
over a year ago
Three more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about safely browsing the web:
The history of the Web and an introduction to browser security
The web can be a scary place - but once you get to know it a little better, it doesn't feel as scary. Liz and Geoffrey go...
The Codist
How To Know When It's Time To Go
I retired in 2021 at 63.5 after about four decades as a programmer. What made me do this was not...
5 months ago
I retired in 2021 at 63.5 after about four decades as a programmer. What made me do this was not failing ability in any way, but after a year of consideration, I realized I didn't care to do it anymore.
Everyone will eventually reach a point at
The Pragmatic...
Pollen’s enormous debt left behind: exclusive details
Two months after the startup went bankrupt, administrators have summarized the $80M+ debt the...
over a year ago
Two months after the startup went bankrupt, administrators have summarized the $80M+ debt the company has accumulated, most of which will not be paid. The highest offer to buy Pollen’s business assets - but without its liabilities - currently stands at only $250K. Details.
A Beautiful Site
Component Machines
Components are like little machines. You build them once. Use them whenever you need them.
Every now...
3 months ago
Components are like little machines. You build them once. Use them whenever you need them.
Every now and then you open them up to oil them or replace a part, then you send them back to work.
And work, they do.
Little component machines just chugging along so you never have to...
Epic Web Dev
Implicit Assertions (article)
Have a better understanding about the explicit and implicit assertions now, and perhaps even have a...
9 months ago
Have a better understanding about the explicit and implicit assertions now, and perhaps even have a test or two in mind to improve.
Copper • A blog...
Why aren't the most useful Mac apps on the App Store?
Let’s set the stage first. So, it’s Tuesday night and I’m Command Tab-ing my way through 10...
over a year ago
Let’s set the stage first. So, it’s Tuesday night and I’m Command Tab-ing my way through 10 different apps, some with 3-4 windows, while trying to patch bugs in
Lunar faster than the users can submit the reports. I’m definitely failing.
I feel my brain pulsing and my ring...
Steve Klabnik
Marx, anarchism, and web standards
over a year ago
Josh Comeau's blog
Lessons Learned Speaking at Conferences
Speaking at conferences is equal parts exciting and terrifying. This article is a behind-the-scenes...
over a year ago
Speaking at conferences is equal parts exciting and terrifying. This article is a behind-the-scenes look at what the experience is like, and shares tips for getting started as a conference speaker.
Blog System/5
BazelCon 2024 recap
Just like that, BazelCon 2024 came and went. So... it’s obviously time to summarize the two events...
2 months ago
Just like that, BazelCon 2024 came and went. So... it’s obviously time to summarize the two events of last week: BazelCon 2024 and the adjacent Build Meetup. There is A LOT to cover, but everything is here in just one article!
Letters of Note
It is only a matter of time
On September 12th of 2011, the New York Times published an article by Dr. Abigail Zuger in which she...
over a year ago
On September 12th of 2011, the New York Times published an article by Dr. Abigail Zuger in which she criticised certain supposedly unrealistic aspects of Contagion, Steven Soderbergh’s recently released and widely lauded thriller in which a deadly pandemic sweeps the globe. In...
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, March 2024
The ware for March 2024 is shown below. This fine ware is courtesy of KE5FX. Really fascinating...
9 months ago
The ware for March 2024 is shown below. This fine ware is courtesy of KE5FX. Really fascinating stuff, thanks for the contribution!
Alex Meub
Setting Up Free SSL for Static Sites on AWS
Setting up SSL is a pain. Even using free certificate authorities like Let’s Encrypt are difficult...
over a year ago
Setting up SSL is a pain. Even using free certificate authorities like Let’s Encrypt are difficult to get working. For some time now, I’ve been looking for a cheap and easy way to set up SSL for static sites.
AWS Certficate Manager
I recently discovered AWS Certificate Manager...
Stephen Wolfram...
The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics
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over a year ago
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The Changelog
The Grumpy Cricket (And Other Enormous Creatures)
This Christmas, one of my gifts to my kids was a text adventure (interactive fiction) game for them....
12 months ago
This Christmas, one of my gifts to my kids was a text adventure (interactive fiction) game for them. Now that they’ve enjoyed it, I’m releasing it under the GPL v3. As interactive fiction, it’s like an e-book, but the reader is also the player, guiding the exploration of the...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Introducing HouseWatch: An open-source toolkit for ClickHouse
We are big fans of ClickHouse. We rely on it heavily to store and retrieve the massive amount of...
a year ago
We are big fans of ClickHouse. We rely on it heavily to store and retrieve the massive amount of data we process every day. In doing this at scale for…
Joel Gascoigne
Enjoying the moment
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
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* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
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When I look back...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
*
* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
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When I look back on the times I’ve done the most productive work on my startup
[http://bufferapp.com], it has always been when I’ve had a great balance of
work
and rest...
PostHog's RSS Feed
What we've learned about multi-product pricing (so far)
PostHog started as a single product company. We just sold product analytics with a bunch of large...
a year ago
PostHog started as a single product company. We just sold product analytics with a bunch of large extra features thrown in – session replay, feature…
Daniel Immke's Blog...
Building and launching my first iPhone app
Update Late 2020: I decided to take the app down to focus more on other endeavors, so you cannot...
over a year ago
Update Late 2020: I decided to take the app down to focus more on other endeavors, so you cannot download the app any longer. I am leaving…
Josh Comeau's blog
An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid
CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful...
a year ago
CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful tools, there's a significant learning curve. In this tutorial, we'll build a mental model for how CSS Grid works and how we can use it effectively. I'll share the biggest 💡 lightbulb...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
My Guest Appearance on ShopTalk Show #605
Here’s the link: https://shoptalkshow.com/605/
I sat down (again) with Chris and Dave to talk all...
9 months ago
Here’s the link: https://shoptalkshow.com/605/
I sat down (again) with Chris and Dave to talk all things web.
The conversation was fun and casual, mostly around topics I’ve written about recently — which is good, since those are topics I should (presumably) be able to speak on at...
Computer Things
Why I prefer rST to markdown
I just published a new version of Logic for Programmers! v0.2 has epub support, content on...
4 months ago
I just published a new version of Logic for Programmers! v0.2 has epub support, content on constraint solving and formal specification, and more! Get it here.
This is my second book written with Sphinx, after the new Learn TLA+. Sphinx uses a peculiar markup called reStructured...
Irrational...
Building your executive network.
In most of my roles, I’ve learned more from my peers than from my manager. Even when you get along...
a year ago
In most of my roles, I’ve learned more from my peers than from my manager. Even when you get along well with your manager, your peers’ perspective will usually be closer to yours than your manager’s. Once you transition into an engineering executive role, you’ll still have peers,...
alexwlchan
Adding locations to my photos from my Apple Watch workouts
A week or so ago, I was hiking around Lake Bohinj, a gorgeous Alpine lake in northwest...
a year ago
A week or so ago, I was hiking around Lake Bohinj, a gorgeous Alpine lake in northwest Slovenia.
It’s a very photogenic landscape, so I was taking some pictures with my “nice” camera.
It’s an Olympus that takes better photos than my iPhone, but it’s quite old and it doesn’t have...
The Pragmatic...
Google Domains to shut down
The world’s 3rd most popular domain registrar has been sold to Squarespace – but Google didn’t...
a year ago
The world’s 3rd most popular domain registrar has been sold to Squarespace – but Google didn’t notify customers just yet. When could this happen, and why is Google silent?
Coding Horror
The Existential Terror of Battle Royale
It's been a while since I wrote a blog post, I guess in general, but also a blog post about video...
over a year ago
It's been a while since I wrote a blog post, I guess in general, but also a blog post about video games. Video games are probably the single thing most attributable to my career as a programmer, and everything else I've done professionally after that. I
Maggie Appleton
GreenSock Animations with React Hooks
over a year ago
Acko.net
I is for Intent
Why your app turned into spaghetti
There's a certain kind of programmer. Let's call him...
10 months ago
Why your app turned into spaghetti
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 solutions lead to disaster, or at least,...
The Changelog
The PC & Internet Revolution in Rural America
Inspired by several others (such as Alex Schroeder’s post and Szczeżuja’s prompt), as well as a...
over a year ago
Inspired by several others (such as Alex Schroeder’s post and Szczeżuja’s prompt), as well as a desire to get this down for my kids, I figure it’s time to write a bit about living through the PC and Internet revolution where I did: outside a tiny town in rural Kansas. And, as...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Revolutionizing Audio with Descript and Temporal
A case study I published for my work at Temporal
over a year ago
A case study I published for my work at Temporal
Josh Comeau's blog
CSS Variables for React Devs
CSS variables are *really* cool, and they're incredibly powerful when it comes to React! This...
over a year ago
CSS variables are *really* cool, and they're incredibly powerful when it comes to React! This tutorial shows how we can use them with React to create dynamic themes. We'll see how to get the most out of CSS-in-JS tools like styled-components, and how our mental frame around media...
HTMHell
#25 A link is a button is a link
Note: We've removed most classes to improve readability.
Bad code
<a tabindex="0" type="button"...
over a year ago
Note: We've removed most classes to improve readability.
Bad code
<a tabindex="0" type="button" href="/signup" role="link">
<span class="focus" tabindex="-1"></span>
<span>
<span>
<span>Sign up</span>
<i class="icon icon-external-link" aria-hidden="true"...
Liz Denys
Black & white cookie jars, 2024
The classic New York City treat reimagined as a pill jar
11 months ago
The classic New York City treat reimagined as a pill jar
Kagi Blog
Kagi Translate - We speak your language
Your browser does not support the video tag.
a month ago
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Josh Collinsworth
Impressions of the ZSA Moonlander at one month
My thoughts, experience, and advice after using the Moonlander as my main keyboard for both personal...
a year ago
My thoughts, experience, and advice after using the Moonlander as my main keyboard for both personal and work projects for a full month
Making software...
My Raspberry Pi Desktop
My Raspberry Pi Desktop
2020-09-02
I use a Raspberry Pi 4 as my personal daily driver and it's...
over a year ago
My Raspberry Pi Desktop
2020-09-02
I use a Raspberry Pi 4 as my personal daily driver and it's pretty great. I know these types of devices tend to be used for smaller pet-projects or fun experiments, but I thought I would share my experience using one as my main computer....
swyx's site RSS Feed
Working The Reverse 9 to 5
Having weird sleeping hours is working out... very well for me.
over a year ago
Having weird sleeping hours is working out... very well for me.
Marco.org
The 16-inch MacBook Pro
After my first day with the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, I’m very optimistic about it.
🎧 Hear more on...
over a year ago
After my first day with the new 16-inch MacBook Pro, I’m very optimistic about it.
🎧 Hear more on today’s Accidental Tech Podcast!
Two years ago, I wrote a wishlist to fix the MacBook Pro, and the 16-inch doesn’t actually deliver most of it. But time and technological progress...
Neil Panchal
Berkeley Mono Font Variant Popularity
Berkeley Mono Typeface
Absolutely thrilled by the response after Hacker News launch of Berkeley...
over a year ago
Berkeley Mono Typeface
Absolutely thrilled by the response after Hacker News launch of Berkeley Mono Typeface. I am truly humbled by the feedback, interest and people that have keen interest in typography.
Berkeley Mono Font Variants
Quick update on people asking what's the...
Neil Panchal
Isomatic Typeface Rev 6 WIP
This is a ton of work. But not many things in the world could be more satisfying.
Isomatic Type Rev...
over a year ago
This is a ton of work. But not many things in the world could be more satisfying.
Isomatic Type Rev 6 WIP
Also added Western and Central European language support.
Stay tuned. This concept has been brewing for a few years now. I'll post some lower case specimens
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.2.0
Big new integration - PostHog now has a library for iOS! Like what you see and self-hosting? Update...
over a year ago
Big new integration - PostHog now has a library for iOS! Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. Release notes PostHog iOS Library…
PostHog's RSS Feed
Setting up super fast Cypress tests on GitHub Actions
Moving fast is easy. Moving fast with confidence is hard. If you've been keeping track of The Array...
over a year ago
Moving fast is easy. Moving fast with confidence is hard. If you've been keeping track of The Array release posts you know that we prioritize…
Oxide Computer...
Exploiting Undocumented Hardware Blocks in the LPC55S69
At Oxide Computer, we are designing a new computer system from the ground up. Along the way we...
over a year ago
At Oxide Computer, we are designing a new computer system from the ground up. Along the way we carefully review all hardware selected to ensure it meets not only functional needs but our security needs as well. This work includes reverse engineering where necessary to get a full...
ntietz.com blog
Distractions Cause Bad Code
We are barraged by constant distractions, and they are degrading the quality of our work. Our...
over a year ago
We are barraged by constant distractions, and they are degrading the quality of our work. Our digital society now is set up to allow us to focus for mere minutes at a time, since we are in an attention economy and the sole objective of companies is to capture more of our time....
ntietz.com blog
I'm moving my projects off GitHub
It's time for me to leave GitHub behind and move to another forge.
I'm not necessarily advocating...
over a year ago
It's time for me to leave GitHub behind and move to another forge.
I'm not necessarily advocating for anyone else to do the same, but if my reasons resonate with you then you may want to consider it.
I also don't expect this post to... matter, if that makes sense1.
I'm not a...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How to measure product engagement
Product engagement is the most important factor when it comes to driving retention and revenue for...
over a year ago
Product engagement is the most important factor when it comes to driving retention and revenue for your business. Though it seems easy to view success…
ntietz.com blog
Working with Rust in (neo)vim
I've been using vim for nearly as long as I've been writing code.
My first introduction to it was...
over a year ago
I've been using vim for nearly as long as I've been writing code.
My first introduction to it was being thrown in the deep end in 2009 by my Intro to CS lab assistant, who told us to write our programs using vi1 on the department servers.
Why he told us that, I have no idea.
But...
Steve Klabnik
A word about _why, Whyday, and Hackety Hack
over a year ago
the singularity is...
Wokeism
There’s been much discussion about “wokeism”, and I think a definition might help to clarify things....
a year ago
There’s been much discussion about “wokeism”, and I think a definition might help to clarify things. My followers on Twitter helped me with this.
When you Google it, the top two results contain radically different definitions. I googled “wokeism” and got:
The first...
Computer Things
An idea for teaching formal methods better
I was recently commissioned by a company to make a bespoke TLA+ workshop with a strong emphasis on...
4 months ago
I was recently commissioned by a company to make a bespoke TLA+ workshop with a strong emphasis on reading specifications. I normally emphasize writing specs, so this one will need a different approach.
While working on it, I had an idea that might make teaching TLA+— and other...
Epic Web Dev
Support Responsive Favicons for a Professional Look (tip)
Create a responsive favicon that adapts to the user's system preference for light or dark mode.
a year ago
Create a responsive favicon that adapts to the user's system preference for light or dark mode.
Remains of the Day
The Uncanny Valley of Interactivity
I believe mass entertainment suffers from a bit of format rigidity due to the natural inertia from...
over a year ago
I believe mass entertainment suffers from a bit of format rigidity due to the natural inertia from structural ossification in the music, film, and publishing businesses, to name the most prominent.
One of the ways this manifests is in the one-way broadcast nature of much of our...
somenice
Autumnal equinox 2023
Happy Autumnal Equinox northern hemisphere!This animation was posted 9 years ago to Vimeo using...
a year ago
Happy Autumnal Equinox northern hemisphere!This animation was posted 9 years ago to Vimeo using Trapcode Particular.
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
User Feedback
I was listening to ShopTalkShow #544 where Dave mentions his craving for frank, almost brutal, user...
a year ago
I was listening to ShopTalkShow #544 where Dave mentions his craving for frank, almost brutal, user feedback on the app they’re building (Luro) and it reminded me of something I wanted to write down.
At a previous gig, we hired a head of user research who helped formalize and...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Open source is eating SaaS
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fatigue is real. Open source has several key advantages, which make B2B...
over a year ago
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fatigue is real. Open source has several key advantages, which make B2B SaaS companies look and feel traditional. Here's…
Steve Klabnik
Hypermedia API reading list
over a year ago
The Pragmatic...
Paying down tech debt: further learnings
In a counter-intuitive observation: by making small, non-functional improvements, you gain more...
3 months ago
In a counter-intuitive observation: by making small, non-functional improvements, you gain more confidence in a new codebase, and can start to move faster.
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, May 2024
The Ware for May 2024 is shown below. This is a guest ware, but I’ll reveal the contributor when I...
6 months ago
The Ware for May 2024 is shown below. This is a guest ware, but I’ll reveal the contributor when I reveal the ware next month, as the name and link would also lead to the solution.
Tony Finch's blog
A qp-trie for BIND
In 2021, I came up with a design for a new memory layout for a
qp-trie, and I implemented a...
a year ago
In 2021, I came up with a design for a new memory layout for a
qp-trie, and I implemented a prototype of the design in
NLnet Labs NSD (see my git repo or github).
Since I started work at ISC my main project has been to adapt the
NSD prototype into a qp-trie for use in BIND. The...
PostHog's RSS Feed
The most popular PostHog alternatives, compared
As an all-in-one platform, PostHog replaces a lot of legacy tools. PostHog is great if you: Need...
a year ago
As an all-in-one platform, PostHog replaces a lot of legacy tools. PostHog is great if you: Need quantitative and qualitative insights into user…
Hixie's Natural Log
Extracts from a private Q&A retrospective about the WHATWG
Several years ago, a group involved in standardisation in an industrial field reached out to me to...
a year ago
Several years ago, a group involved in standardisation in an industrial field reached out to me to learn more about our experience with the WHATWG. I thought some of my responses might have broader interest, and saved them for publication at some later date, and then promptly...
TokyoDev
Oh, that's not your job
My first job was as [a Ruby developer at a Japanese...
over a year ago
My first job was as [a Ruby developer at a Japanese startup](/articles/finding-a-job-as-a-ruby-developer-in-japan). The company had a stellar development team, and in a couple of months of working there I learned more about developing software than I did in my entire computer...
The Pragmatic...
The Pulse: VanMoof files for bankruptcy protection
The electric bike company raised close to $200M, but now closed all its service points. For bike...
a year ago
The electric bike company raised close to $200M, but now closed all its service points. For bike owners, they could face the risk of their bikes being bricked if they don't take prompt action.
Remains of the Day
Smoke and Mirrors
“When a judge walks into the room, and everybody stands up, you’re not standing up to that guy,...
over a year ago
“When a judge walks into the room, and everybody stands up, you’re not standing up to that guy, you’re standing up to the robe that he’s wearing and the role that he’s going to play. What makes him worthy of that role is his integrity, as a representative of the principles of...
MMapped blog
Rust at scale: packages, crates, and modules
over a year ago
A Smart Bear
Failure to face the truth
This concept recurs in different forms throughout myriad books, frameworks, and topics, across...
over a year ago
This concept recurs in different forms throughout myriad books, frameworks, and topics, across decades of time. When something is so consistent, it must be wisdom.
alexwlchan
Finding books in nearby library branches
I’m trying to make better use of my local public library.
I want to read more books, and borrowing...
over a year ago
I’m trying to make better use of my local public library.
I want to read more books, and borrowing from the library keeps the habit sustainable.
It also saves a fair bit of money, and I don’t have to decide what to do with books when I’m done.
Recently, I built a tool to help me...
ntietz.com blog
What would a web app canary look like?
Recently, I listened to an interview with Haroon Meer, the founder of a company focused on...
a year ago
Recently, I listened to an interview with Haroon Meer, the founder of a company focused on honeypots.
Honeypots (also known as canaries or tripwires) are used to detect network intrusions and people nosing around at things they're not supposed to.
They are an essential component...
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Programmer's guide to linear equations
This is an introduction to linear equation systems. It explains linear dependency, under- and...
over a year ago
This is an introduction to linear equation systems. It explains linear dependency, under- and over-specification, direct and iterative solvers. The guide should give you enough knowledge to find a proper solution for your task but not enough to implement one efficiently yourself.
Irrational...
The Engineering Executive's Primer.
See on O’Reilly’s website for The Engineering Executive’s Primer.
In 2019, I worked with Stripe...
a year ago
See on O’Reilly’s website for The Engineering Executive’s Primer.
In 2019, I worked with Stripe Press to publish my first book, An Elegant Puzzle,
which captured many of the lessons I’d learned as an engineering manager in fast growing Silicon Valley companies.
In 2021, I decided...
Daniel Marino
Making Generative Art
I saw Joshua Davis give a talk over 10 years ago, and I was mesmorized. Not just by how engaging he...
11 months ago
I saw Joshua Davis give a talk over 10 years ago, and I was mesmorized. Not just by how engaging he was, but more so with the work he was doing with generative art.
I had never heard of generative art before, but I immediately fell in love with the concept of it. I like to draw,...
David Heinemeier...
Campfire is ONCE #1
With the successful launch of HEY Calendar a week in the rearview mirror, we’re ready for our second...
11 months ago
With the successful launch of HEY Calendar a week in the rearview mirror, we’re ready for our second big launch of the new year: ONCE #1. And... drumroll... it’s a rebirth of Campfire! The original web-based chat system we built back in 2006. Brought back to the future as...
alexwlchan
Finding the biggest items in my Photos Library
I’m approaching the limit of my current iCloud storage tier, and most of that is my Photos...
a year ago
I’m approaching the limit of my current iCloud storage tier, and most of that is my Photos Library.
I don’t really want to pay for the next iCloud storage tier – I’d be tripling my bill, but I’d barely use the extra space.
(My library grows pretty slowly – I’ve only added ~6GB of...
bt RSS Feed
Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201
Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201
2023-04-02
I recently received a ThinkPad X201...
a year ago
Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201
2023-04-02
I recently received a ThinkPad X201 to start using as my daily driver. I purchased the X201 to replace my existing X260. Although some might look at this as a “downgrade” in terms of specs and hardware, I would have...
bt RSS Feed
CSS Slope Graphs
CSS Slope Graphs
2021-06-07
I am a huge sucker for simplistic and beautifully designed visual data...
over a year ago
CSS Slope Graphs
2021-06-07
I am a huge sucker for simplistic and beautifully designed visual data on the web. Most data tends to be graphed via line or bar systems - which is fine - but I think slope graphs are highly underrated. Let’s change that, shall we?
The Demo
I’m basing...
Making software...
Billing for One CSS Change
Billing for One CSS Change
2019-11-29
Every second you spend working as a designer should be billed...
over a year ago
Billing for One CSS Change
2019-11-29
Every second you spend working as a designer should be billed back to the client. A simple button color change? Bill them. Additional links added to an existing menu? Send that invoice over. Some basic typeface changes? Don't do it for...
Vadim Kravcenko
Is 150K USD a reasonable rate to build a mobile app?
So, you’ve been quoted a cool 50K for designs and 150K for your mobile app development. That’s a...
a year ago
So, you’ve been quoted a cool 50K for designs and 150K for your mobile app development. That’s a hefty sum, […]
The post Is 150K USD a reasonable rate to build a mobile app? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Julia Evans
Some tactics for writing in public
Someone recently asked me – “how do you deal with writing in public? People on
the internet are such...
a year ago
Someone recently asked me – “how do you deal with writing in public? People on
the internet are such assholes!”
I’ve often heard the advice “don’t read the comments”, but actually I’ve
learned a huge amount from reading internet comments on my posts from strangers
over the years,...
Founder's blog
Clearing Nginx Proxy Cache for Wildcard URLs: A DIY Guide
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need to clear the Nginx proxy cache for a...
a year ago
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need to clear the Nginx proxy cache for a specific set of URLs, particularly those following a wildcard pattern like www.website.com/folder/*. Surprisingly, Nginx, in its standard offering, doesn't provide a straightforward way...
Making software...
Animated Radio Tab Toggles
Animated Radio Tab Toggles
2021-01-05
In this demo tutorial, we are making the assumption that we...
over a year ago
Animated Radio Tab Toggles
2021-01-05
In this demo tutorial, we are making the assumption that we need to create a radio slide toggle for our made-up payment options. For this we want to display 3 simple payment choices to the user:
One-time payment
Recurring payment
Free tier...
samwho.dev
Adventures in Homelab: Part 1
If you work in tech, and you use the cloud in any way, you've probably heard of
Kubernetes. It's...
over a year ago
If you work in tech, and you use the cloud in any way, you've probably heard of
Kubernetes. It's inescapable now, and there's no shortage of takes on it.
I've worked in a few companies that have used Kubernetes, but never been close
to it. I've used in-house tools that...
Irrational...
Advancing the industry.
Early in my career, I navigated most decisions by simple hill climbing: if it was a more prestigious...
a year ago
Early in my career, I navigated most decisions by simple hill climbing: if it was a more prestigious opportunity and paid more, I took it. As I got further, and my personal obligations grew, I started to think about navigating a 40-year career, where a given job might value pace...
alexwlchan
A Python function to iterate through an S3 Bucket Inventory
For a couple of our S3 buckets at work, we use S3 Bucket Inventory to track their contents.
Once a...
a year ago
For a couple of our S3 buckets at work, we use S3 Bucket Inventory to track their contents.
Once a week, it creates an inventory; a collection of compressed CSV files that describe every object in the bucket.
If we want to analyse everything in the bucket, reading this inventory...
HTMHell
Template for accessibility guidelines
by Steve Frenzel
Foreword
This template is opinionated and intended as a starting point for those...
a year ago
by Steve Frenzel
Foreword
This template is opinionated and intended as a starting point for those who want to define how accessibility is dealt with in their company. It does not matter whether your title is developer, designer, project manager or something else.
I created it...
ntietz.com blog
Are any of your features the steak on the menu?
At my first job, we were a distributed team and would get together often.
When we went out to eat,...
11 months ago
At my first job, we were a distributed team and would get together often.
When we went out to eat, one of my coworkers would always order the steak if it was anywhere on the menu.
Every single time we went to some Ohio restaurant that had truly lackluster steak, he'd order it...
Joel Gascoigne
Thoughts on dropping out to do a startup
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In the past...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
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In the past couple of years, I’ve been through a number of interesting
experiences through building Buffer [http://bufferapp.com]. One of the things
I’ve ended up thinking about a lot is the...
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware June 2023
The Ware for June 2023 is a Sony TR-733 “7-transistor radio” from the mid 1960’s. I’ll give the...
a year ago
The Ware for June 2023 is a Sony TR-733 “7-transistor radio” from the mid 1960’s. I’ll give the prize to Pedro Rodrigues, because even though the model number isn’t correct, as far as I can tell the portion of the electronics shown is identical between the TR-729 and the TR-733....
Paolo Amoroso's...
Documenting WebCard
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A Beautiful Site
JSNES: a Nintendo emulator built in JavaScript
I remember, not too long ago, arguing with people who said that JavaScript would never be as good as...
over a year ago
I remember, not too long ago, arguing with people who said that JavaScript would never be as good as Flash. Granted, at the time many people were afraid of JavaScript and, thus, it wasn't used as widely as it is today. With the introduction of popular libraries such as jQuery,...
Josh Comeau's blog
The World of CSS Transforms
The “transform” property is such a powerful part of the CSS language! In this blog post, we'll take...
over a year ago
The “transform” property is such a powerful part of the CSS language! In this blog post, we'll take a deep look at this property and see some of the nifty things it can do.
A Smart Bear
AI startups require new strategies: This time it's actually different
The typical dynamics between startups and incumbents do not apply in AI as they did in previous...
9 months ago
The typical dynamics between startups and incumbents do not apply in AI as they did in previous technology revolutions like mobile and the Internet. Ignore this at your peril.
Liz Denys
Printable shrinkage rulers
Clay shrinks as it dries and even more as it's fired, so it's useful to have a way to estimate the...
2 months ago
Clay shrinks as it dries and even more as it's fired, so it's useful to have a way to estimate the final size of in-progress work - especially if you're making multiples or trying to fit pieces together. One way to do this is with shrinkage rulers. I figured I'd design my own...
Patrick Kayongo
Disenchantment
Three days had now passed since there was electricity. Refiloe had 10% battery life left on her...
a year ago
Three days had now passed since there was electricity. Refiloe had 10% battery life left on her phone after recharging at her parents’ home earlier in the day. In addition to that, there had been no water since the morning. Joburg Water had promised restoration by 2pm, but 48...
A Smart Bear
The practical application of "Rocks, Pebbles, Sand"
You’ve probably seen this analogy before, but many real-world complications get in the way of...
over a year ago
You’ve probably seen this analogy before, but many real-world complications get in the way of actually doing it. It’s not just about how big tasks are, but about using different frameworks to prioritize each, and following certain guidelines about how to construct sprints.
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Bad Ways to Get Data
In working on my [Sapper export library](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ssg), I ran into a very...
over a year ago
In working on my [Sapper export library](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ssg), I ran into a very peculiar problem: my pages were being generated a lot more slowly than expected:
macwright.com
Recently
This will be three Recently monthly blog posts in a row, without a regular post in the middle. I’ll...
a year ago
This will be three Recently monthly blog posts in a row, without a regular post in the middle. I’ll write a standalone post again, soon enough.
It’s been another busy year and I’m as aware as ever of the challenge of keeping all of my habits and outputs going. Some, like...
A Smart Bear
The roadmap to Product/Market Fit… maybe
This eight-step process brought WP Engine from an idea to a Unicorn. While there are other roads to...
12 months ago
This eight-step process brought WP Engine from an idea to a Unicorn. While there are other roads to Product/Market Fit, consider copying some of these ideas.
Ognjen Regoje •...
Don't write
Content farms and AI are doing a great job at producing content that is good enough for most...
a year ago
Content farms and AI are doing a great job at producing content that is good enough for most people.
We don’t need more good quality, niche, carefully crafted content.
So, if you are thinking about starting a blog, a Substack, a Twitter account or something similar, please know...
somenice
Environmental Sensing using an eInk Display and CircuitPython
Measure CO2, temperature, humidity and send that data to the cloud, while displaying results on an...
a year ago
Measure CO2, temperature, humidity and send that data to the cloud, while displaying results on an 2.9″ e-ink display. My first choice was to use the display vertically. It feels a bit less like a price tag in this orientation. This past August 18th marked CircuitPython day, a...
Paolo Amoroso's...
NoteCards visited a website for the first time
<![CDATA[Success!
My WebCard prototype made NoteCards visit a site on the World-Wide Web for the...
2 months ago
<![CDATA[Success!
My WebCard prototype made NoteCards visit a site on the World-Wide Web for the first time. Think of it as a wormhole that connects the old world of hypertext with the new world of the modern web. WebCard, a NoteCards extension for visiting websites, is my...
alexwlchan
My favourite books from 2022
I read 71 books this year, which is the most I’ve read in a single year since I started keeping...
a year ago
I read 71 books this year, which is the most I’ve read in a single year since I started keeping detailed records.
I don’t set reading goals, but I’m pleased with that.
Nearly a third of those books came from my local library; both books I knew I already wanted to read, and books...
Elad Blog
Unicorn Market Cap, June 2021 (Almost Post-Pandemic Edition)
I have previously written about Unicorn Market Cap and Industry towns in 2019 and 2020. Over the...
over a year ago
I have previously written about Unicorn Market Cap and Industry towns in 2019 and 2020. Over the last 8 months the number of tech startups worth $1B or more ("unicorns") has grown by 43% from 487 Unicorns to 701. This is almost double the 361 unicorns in June 2019
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We built an internal tool to generate changelog images for social media
PostHog's marketing team recently created a plan to improve our social media presence. One of the ...
3 months ago
PostHog's marketing team recently created a plan to improve our social media presence. One of the ideas was to share our changelog updates in a…
HTMHell
#21 Legendary legend!
Context: A button that expands and collapses a section of text.
Bad code
<button...
over a year ago
Context: A button that expands and collapses a section of text.
Bad code
<button class="panel-heading" tabindex="0" href="#collapse0" aria-expanded="true">
<legend> Industries Served </legend>
</button>
Issues and how to fix them
legend is not allowed as a child of any other...
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Why 'Product Engineer' is the most fun role I've had in tech
In my career so far (admittedly not that long, though no one mistakes me for a college kid any...
a year ago
In my career so far (admittedly not that long, though no one mistakes me for a college kid any longer, womp womp) I've done a little bit of a lot…
alexwlchan
Some experiments with circle-based art
The header of this site is made of tiling squares in slightly varying shades of red.
It’s meant to...
over a year ago
The header of this site is made of tiling squares in slightly varying shades of red.
It’s meant to be subtle, but I think it still gives the site a unique look:
I think of this as the “new” header, even though my screenshot library tells me I added it in 2016 (!), as does the...
Kagi Blog
Update to Kagi Search pricing
It has been a while since our last update ( https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-search-dec22-update ) , and...
a year ago
It has been a while since our last update ( https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-search-dec22-update ) , and we have been busy with three main large-scale initiatives: a new pricing model that ensures Kagi’s sustainability, new plans including Family plans, and enhancing search experience...
Maggie Appleton
A Chat with Henry Zhu on OSS & Gift Economies
over a year ago
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Well-crafted grocery lists
Inspired by the simple unassuming beauty of a well-crafted grocery
list
– Field Notes back inside...
a year ago
Inspired by the simple unassuming beauty of a well-crafted grocery
list
– Field Notes back inside cover
The list.
Lists are powerful technology.
In his book Moonwalking
with Einstein, Joshua Foer likens early writing to sheet music for
story-telling.
Scripto
continua had zero...
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How To Google Your Errors
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over a year ago
bt RSS Feed
Click to Load Website Images
Click to Load Website Images
2021-03-25
In my previous post about switching my Jekyll blog over to...
over a year ago
Click to Load Website Images
2021-03-25
In my previous post about switching my Jekyll blog over to PHPetite, I briefly mentioned how I only loaded in article images if the user clicked or tapped the empty file element.
In this post, I’m going to quickly breakdown the update I’ve...
Epic Web Dev
Tips and Techniques for 'Pixel Perfect' Figma to Tailwind CSS Conversions (article)
Master converting Figma designs to Tailwind CSS with near "pixel perfection". Learn HTML structure,...
5 months ago
Master converting Figma designs to Tailwind CSS with near "pixel perfection". Learn HTML structure, design tokens, layouts, responsive design, and animations.
Josh Collinsworth
Profit is Not a Value
Any executive or business owner will say their company values integrity, and virtually every company...
over a year ago
Any executive or business owner will say their company values integrity, and virtually every company claims that they reward and value their employees exhibiting their brand values. But is that really accurate?
Ognjen Regoje •...
When am I "allowed" to quit and not be labeled a quitter?
There’s a type of startup that stays alive but doesn’t achieve meaningful growth. One that keeps...
11 months ago
There’s a type of startup that stays alive but doesn’t achieve meaningful growth. One that keeps raising bridge rounds but whose valuation stagnates.
Anecdotally, their founders belong to two groups:
They’re still convinced that the business will work and are unflappable in their...
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Building the future of game analytics - An interview with PureSkill.gg CTO, Evan Sosenko
Welcome to another episode of PostHog's Community Conversations, where we chat to our contributors...
over a year ago
Welcome to another episode of PostHog's Community Conversations, where we chat to our contributors and users. This time, we speak to Evan Sosenko, Co…
Alex Meub
Windows 98 Icons are Great
In my opinion, the UI design of Windows peaked in the late 1990s. The classic, utilitarian icons...
over a year ago
In my opinion, the UI design of Windows peaked in the late 1990s. The classic, utilitarian icons from Windows 98 just look amazing.
Why are they so good?
Rather than some designer’s flashy vision of the future, Windows 98 icons made the operating system feel like a place to get...
Acko.net
Frickin' Shaders With Frickin' Laser Beams
Hassle free GLSL
I've been working on a new library to compose GLSL shaders. This is part of a side...
over a year ago
Hassle free GLSL
I've been working on a new library to compose GLSL shaders. This is part of a side project to come up with a composable and incremental way of driving WebGPU and GPUs in general.
#pragma import { getColor } from 'path/to/color'
void main() {
gl_FragColor =...
ntietz.com blog
Reasons to write design docs
Sometimes I joke that as a principal engineer, my main programming language is English.
It's half...
3 months ago
Sometimes I joke that as a principal engineer, my main programming language is English.
It's half true, though, since my job is as much about people and communciation as it is about technology.
Probably more, actually.
Writing is useful at all levels of software engineering.
It's...
Maggie Appleton
Transclusion and Transcopyright Dreams
over a year ago
ntietz.com blog
Reflecting on 2022, Looking Ahead to 2023
This is one of those cliched posts:
Reflection on the year that's ending, and talking about goals...
a year ago
This is one of those cliched posts:
Reflection on the year that's ending, and talking about goals and whatnot for next year.
They're cliche, but they're also useful.
The planning and reflecting process is a useful one, and sharing openly means other people can come along and...
Tony Finch's blog
Introducing BIND9 dnssec-policy
Here are some notes about using BIND’s new-ish dnssec-policy feature
to sign a DNS zone that is...
7 months ago
Here are some notes about using BIND’s new-ish dnssec-policy feature
to sign a DNS zone that is currently unsigned.
I am in the process of migrating my DNS zones from BIND’s old
auto-dnssec to its new dnssec-policy, and writing a blog post
about it. These introductory sections...
A Beautiful Site
Social sharing buttons are ineffective
Back in 2012, I wrote an article called Down with the "Share" Widget. In it, I talked about why...
over a year ago
Back in 2012, I wrote an article called Down with the "Share" Widget. In it, I talked about why plastering social sharing buttons all over your website is completely ineffective. This morning, Smashing Magazine all but confirmed my theory.
In today's Smashing Newsletter, they...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Extravagantly fast rendering with React benders
The other day I was working on a React-based library of huge, reusable SVG images, and I ran into...
over a year ago
The other day I was working on a React-based library of huge, reusable SVG images, and I ran into performance problems. Just kidding, I've never had a problem I'm solving here, but I've had great fun working around it. I wanted to make components producing mostly static DOM as...
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How (and why) to track your website with PostHog
PostHog may have been built for product analytics, but that doesn’t mean you can only deploy it on...
over a year ago
PostHog may have been built for product analytics, but that doesn’t mean you can only deploy it on your core product — you can also use it to gather…
A Beautiful Site
Shoelace 2.0: a forward-thinking library of web components
I've been having a lot of fun with Stencil and web components lately. Back in January, I decided to...
over a year ago
I've been having a lot of fun with Stencil and web components lately. Back in January, I decided to use it to completely redesign Shoelace, an open source project I created a few years ago.
I recently published Shoelace 2.0 — a collection of professionally-designed, accessible...
Tinloof - Blog
A basic introduction to functional programming principles in ReasonML
Functional programming is a programming paradigm based on several principles such as immutability...
over a year ago
Functional programming is a programming paradigm based on several principles such as immutability and purity.
ReasonML extends the functional language OCaml and compiles to JavaScript.
This article aims to introduce you to some very basic functional principles present in...
Steve Klabnik
Most things I do are interconnected
over a year ago
Jibran’s Perspective
Bootstrap with Ruby on Rails 7
If you have a brand new RoR 7 project that you created with the defaults by running rails new...
over a year ago
If you have a brand new RoR 7 project that you created with the defaults by running rails new <PROJECT> then you can safely follow the following steps to get Bootstrap 5 installed in your project.
Install gems
Add the following to your Gemfile and run bundle install.
gem...
bt RSS Feed
ET-Jekyll Theme
ET-Jekyll Theme
2018-01-14
ET-Jekyll theme is based off of Dave Liepmann’s awesome Tufte CSS - which...
over a year ago
ET-Jekyll Theme
2018-01-14
ET-Jekyll theme is based off of Dave Liepmann’s awesome Tufte CSS - which takes it’s style and inspiration from the wonderful book and handout designs of Edward Tufte.
The differences are subtle when comparing my variation to Tufte CSS, but these...
Steve Klabnik
Why is Clojure so stable?
over a year ago
samwho.dev
Practical Problems with Auto-Increment
In this post I'm going to demonstrate 2 reasons I will be avoiding
auto-increment fields in Postgres...
a year ago
In this post I'm going to demonstrate 2 reasons I will be avoiding
auto-increment fields in Postgres and MySQL in future. I'm going to prefer using
UUID fields unless I have a very good reason not to.
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MySQL <8.0 auto-increment ID re-use
If you're running an older version of...
Ferd.ca
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...
a year ago
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...
Steve Klabnik
Deleuze for developers: deterritorialization
over a year ago
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Two practical uses for capture event listeners
Normally, JS event are handled while bubbling up the DOM tree, and we've all had the pleasure to...
over a year ago
Normally, JS event are handled while bubbling up the DOM tree, and we've all had the pleasure to catch an event from a child node on its parent. You'd even be excused for thinking that's the only way DOM events move. Many also know there's something else — events start at the...
Ink & Switch
Fine-grained provenance, Automerge updates
Some explorations of new editor interactions for writing science papers, and a trio of projects...
2 months ago
Some explorations of new editor interactions for writing science papers, and a trio of projects advancing the future of Automerge.
Joel Gascoigne
Zero notifications
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
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* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
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A couple of...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
*
* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
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A couple of months ago, my co-founder Leo [http://twitter.com/leowid] gave me an
interesting suggestion: he said I should try disabling all notifications on my
iPhone. I find this suggestion...
A Smart Bear
JIT selection from independent streams: An alternative to the “big backlog” of work
We’re often told that a “single-threaded, ordered list” is the correct way to prioritize the work of...
over a year ago
We’re often told that a “single-threaded, ordered list” is the correct way to prioritize the work of the future, however this confuses “prioritization” with “work-planning,” and forces the comparison of un-comparable things. Here’s how to solve those problems.
HTMHell
#5 button-like-link
Bad code
<a href="#form" role="button" aria-haspopup="true"> Register ...
over a year ago
Bad code
<a href="#form" role="button" aria-haspopup="true"> Register </a>
Issues and how to fix them
It’s a link to a form at the same page that looks like a button.
By adding role="button" to a link, you’re telling that it’s a button, though it acts like...
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Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS
Tutorial on Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS
over a year ago
Tutorial on Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS
Irrational...
Safe defaults.
Back in 2018, when I first wrote about sizing engineering teams, I was surprised how much my advice...
a year ago
Back in 2018, when I first wrote about sizing engineering teams, I was surprised how much my advice rankled a colleague. He wanted to spin up a new engineering team of two people, which I thought was a bad idea. It would be a fragile team that would fall apart quickly if it...
Patrick Kayongo
River Flows
Crouched on the side of his bed, Tambu sat sobbing. He had slammed the door to his bedroom and...
a year ago
Crouched on the side of his bed, Tambu sat sobbing. He had slammed the door to his bedroom and needed time out after yet another fight with his parents. I really don’t belong here. They’ll never understand me. They’re so toxic and oppressive. I don’t know how much longer I can...
Blog System/5
Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison
NT is often touted as a "very advanced" operating system. Why is that? What made NT better than...
3 months ago
NT is often touted as a "very advanced" operating system. Why is that? What made NT better than Unix, if anything? And is that still the case?
Vadim Kravcenko
Asking questions the right way
In the software development realm, asking questions isn’t just a right—it’s a downright necessity....
a year ago
In the software development realm, asking questions isn’t just a right—it’s a downright necessity. Let’s cut the crap and dive […]
The post Asking questions the right way appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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Making your first startup ops hire – what founders should look for
Most founders I talk to approach their first ops hire in a totally sensible but wrong way. Their...
a year ago
Most founders I talk to approach their first ops hire in a totally sensible but wrong way. Their typical approach is to look at the long list of admin…
HTMHell
Common nesting issues in HTML
HTML is such a lovely language. Browsers will almost always display something for you, no matter...
over a year ago
HTML is such a lovely language. Browsers will almost always display something for you, no matter what you put in the HTML document. Heck, you could omit all tags, and it will still work.
That’s all nice, but as web professionals, we should aim to write valid code. But even...
Seldo.com
You Will Never Be A Full Stack Developer
over a year ago
Liz Denys
The baked apple pancake
I don't have a lot of complete memories from my childhood. Somehow, my photographic memory didn't...
over a year ago
I don't have a lot of complete memories from my childhood. Somehow, my photographic memory didn't kick in until the middle of seventh grade, when all of a sudden I started to remember everything. Sadly, everything from before that time is either a blurry film played a fifteen...
Paolo Amoroso's...
Stumped with URL validation in WebCard
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