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Writing AWS Lambda functions behind SQS with LambdaQ I got bored of writing the boilerplate. My team got bored of reviewing it. No more!
11th Apr 2024
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Writing AWS Lambda functions behind SQS with LambdaQ

from beep.blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Apr 2024
I got bored of writing the boilerplate. My team got bored of reviewing it. No more!
Meeting philosophy Decline meetings aggressively. Always try to resolve issues by e-mail or chat first if...
8th Sep 2023
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Meeting philosophy

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

8th Sep 2023
Decline meetings aggressively. Always try to resolve issues by e-mail or chat first if possible. Decline any meeting without an explicit agenda (I make exceptions for my immediate manager). Decline any meeting where the agenda doesn't seem relevant to your work. Decline any...
Overcast summer update Today’s Overcast update (2019.6) brings some great new features. But first, I need to set low...
21st Jul 2019
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Overcast summer update

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

21st Jul 2019
Today’s Overcast update (2019.6) brings some great new features. But first, I need to set low expectations for iOS 13, watchOS 6, and macOS Catalina updates this fall. Halfway through the summer, I’ve made much less progress than expected, having been overwhelmed by the required...
Winter update Hey, it's been a while. We missed you!
2nd Dec 2018
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Winter update

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

2nd Dec 2018
Hey, it's been a while. We missed you!
Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1....
4th Feb 2026
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Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative

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

4th Feb 2026
It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream: 1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now. 2. Within the next five years, also contribute public dedications
ViHN: Vim for Hacker News tl;dr: I made ViHN to read Hacker News without having to move my hands away from the keyboard. It’s...
24th Feb 2024
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ViHN: Vim for Hacker News

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

24th Feb 2024
tl;dr: I made ViHN to read Hacker News without having to move my hands away from the keyboard. It’s freely available on Firefox and Chrome. This is about yet another Hacker News extension. But other people with my obsession for killing the mouse might enjoy it. Most of the...
Managing Python Ecosystems You know that old quote: The wider the net you cast, the wider the variety you catch. Was it a wise...
24th May 2016
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Managing Python Ecosystems

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th May 2016
You know that old quote: The wider the net you cast, the wider the variety you catch. Was it a wise old fisherman? Or a dogged Python programmer? Either way, words don't come much truer than those. Few, if any, programming languages have embodied the description "general-purpose"...
What Are Software Developers Called In Japan? The “Dev” in TokyoDev stands for “developers.” Our founder, Paul McMahon, has always called himself...
1st Dec 2025
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What Are Software Developers Called In Japan?

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2025
The “Dev” in TokyoDev stands for “developers.” Our founder, Paul McMahon, has always called himself a developer because he’s from Canada, where only licensed professionals call themselves engineers. Yet the job title Software Developer (ソフトウェア開発者) is only rarely used in...
The Residents - Commercial Album Videos for many brilliant one minute songs
2nd Nov 2025
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The Residents - Commercial Album

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

2nd Nov 2025
Videos for many brilliant one minute songs
Clever Code Considered Harmful As engineers, it can be really satisfying for us to implement clever, terse solutions to problems,...
13th Nov 2019
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Clever Code Considered Harmful

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

13th Nov 2019
As engineers, it can be really satisfying for us to implement clever, terse solutions to problems, relying on advanced tricks and techniques. As a result, we often write code that is hostile and inaccessible to the junior folks on our team. This article makes the case that we...
27th Oct 2023
Technology optimism hour Back in 2022, I wrote Web technology optimism hour, highlighting the things I thought were cool...
14th Aug 2026
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Technology optimism hour

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

14th Aug 2026
Back in 2022, I wrote Web technology optimism hour, highlighting the things I thought were cool about the state of technology. Time flies. Let's do it again. It's still easy to be pessimistic, but it's nice to mine your feelings for the positive ones. The elephant in the room is...
Compensation as a Reflection of Values Compensation: the word alone is enough to trigger a fight-or-flight reaction in many. But we in...
3rd Mar 2021
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Compensation as a Reflection of Values

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

3rd Mar 2021
Compensation: the word alone is enough to trigger a fight-or-flight reaction in many. But we in technology have the good fortune of being in a well-compensated domain, so why does this issue induce such anxiety when our basic needs are clearly covered? If it needs to be said,...
Abstract Syntax Trees by example Babel is a very powerful code generator and parser, but the documentation doesn't have many examples...
5th Jan 2021
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Abstract Syntax Trees by example

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

5th Jan 2021
Babel is a very powerful code generator and parser, but the documentation doesn't have many examples of how to use it for parsing, generating, and manipulating abstract syntax trees, I'm collecting some here from my own usage of it.
Filtering AWS CLI output by tags using jq Recently I was writing a shell script to deal with the AWS CLI, and I wanted to filter the list of...
11th Apr 2023
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Filtering AWS CLI output by tags using jq

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Apr 2023
Recently I was writing a shell script to deal with the AWS CLI, and I wanted to filter the list of results using jq. Specifically, I wanted to filter using some of the AWS tags, which are a bit unwieldy – although the tags form a set of key/value pairs, they’re returned as a list...
Product/Market Fit: Experience & Data Companies that achieve Product/Market Fit -- both self-funded and VC-funded -- exhibit the same...
5th Nov 2023
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Product/Market Fit: Experience & Data

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

5th Nov 2023
Companies that achieve Product/Market Fit -- both self-funded and VC-funded -- exhibit the same prototypical metrics curves and subjective experiences.
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...
Top layer troubles: popover vs. dialog by Stephanie Eckles Have you ever tried to set z-index: 9999 to solve element layering issues? If...
1st Dec 2025
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Top layer troubles: popover vs. dialog

from HTMHell Advent Calendar 2025 [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2025
by Stephanie Eckles Have you ever tried to set z-index: 9999 to solve element layering issues? If so, you’ve been fighting a fundamental CSS concept of stacking contexts. The stacking context defines the order things are placed in the third dimension, or the “z” axis. Think of...
Systems and Processes that Aren't in Code are Terrifying My worst enemy is processes that a developer spun up years ago on a server everyone has forgotten...
3rd Oct 2019
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Systems and Processes that Aren't in Code are Terrifying

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

3rd Oct 2019
My worst enemy is processes that a developer spun up years ago on a server everyone has forgotten about. I don’t know how to find these systems reliably, I don’t know where they came from, what depends on them, and if they are safe to delete. For example, the dreaded 15 6 2 1 *...
What Are the Career Options in Computer Science? The future is bright for career options in computer science with remote work opening up doors that...
1st Aug 2022
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What Are the Career Options in Computer Science?

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

1st Aug 2022
The future is bright for career options in computer science with remote work opening up doors that weren’t present before. Trying to navigate through computer science career options can be overwhelming what with all the options at your disposal. While we won’t go through every...
clamp / median / range Here are a few tangentially-related ideas vaguely near the theme of comparison operators. comparison...
2nd Jul 2025
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clamp / median / range

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

2nd Jul 2025
Here are a few tangentially-related ideas vaguely near the theme of comparison operators. comparison style clamp style clamp is median clamp in range range style style clash? comparison style Some languages such as BCPL, Icon, Python have chained comparison operators, like if...
Building Custom Elements With a Library I often get asked why I use Lit to build web components. Hands down, it's become my preference after...
28th Mar 2024
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Building Custom Elements With a Library

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

28th Mar 2024
I often get asked why I use Lit to build web components. Hands down, it's become my preference after years of working with various libraries and tools. Here's why I use it. Libraries offer a better DX # This seems like a selfish answer for a developer to lean on, but there are...
24th Jan 2016
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...
29th Sep 2024
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Printable shrinkage rulers

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

29th Sep 2024
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...
In search of lost teams As a technical leader, how do you spot when your team is lost in the weeds, and is there anything...
29th Sep 2020
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In search of lost teams

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

29th Sep 2020
As a technical leader, how do you spot when your team is lost in the weeds, and is there anything you can do about it? Leadership expert Mike Thomas explains.
Turning the Static Dynamic with Gatsby + Netlify Functions + Netlify Identity Gatsby is great for not only static sites but also traditional web applications. You can add...
26th Dec 2018
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Turning the Static Dynamic with Gatsby + Netlify Functions + Netlify Identity

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

26th Dec 2018
Gatsby is great for not only static sites but also traditional web applications. You can add authentication and serverless functionality and get up and running incredibly quickly with Netlify - here's how.
JSX is a Lovechild Illustrated notes on how JSX in React works
20th Jan 2019
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JSX is a Lovechild

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

20th Jan 2019
Illustrated notes on how JSX in React works
Intervention ≠ good Michel de Montaigne, in his ‘Essays,’ recounts the story of a friend who fell sick. Despite...
3rd Feb 2024
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Intervention ≠ good

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

3rd Feb 2024
Michel de Montaigne, in his ‘Essays,’ recounts the story of a friend who fell sick. Despite consulting doctors and trying different treatments, nothing worked. Resigned to his fate, the friend finally gave up all treatments and stopped eating. Surprisingly, this led to an...
The faded world: my experience with cataract <![CDATA[I always preferred the light theme and never figured what's the fuss with the dark theme....
22nd Dec 2024
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The faded world: my experience with cataract

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

22nd Dec 2024
<![CDATA[I always preferred the light theme and never figured what's the fuss with the dark theme. Until cataract came. In May of 2024 my ophthalmologist confirmed what I surmised: both of my eyes were affected by cataract. It came earlier than my age would suggest but that's...
My role as a founder CTO: Year Five It’s hard to believe that five years have already gone by since RevenueCat’s inception. In a matter...
6th Feb 2023
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My role as a founder CTO: Year Five

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

6th Feb 2023
It’s hard to believe that five years have already gone by since RevenueCat’s inception. In a matter of weeks, RevenueCat will become the company where I have worked the longest in my career. As Jason Lemkin says, it’s important to continuously reinvent the company and oneself...
A Developer’s Guide to Japanese Resumes Job-hunting in Japan as a developer may require you to create an English resume, a Japanese resume,...
12th Nov 2025
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A Developer’s Guide to Japanese Resumes

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Nov 2025
Job-hunting in Japan as a developer may require you to create an English resume, a Japanese resume, or both. While the companies posting on TokyoDev expect an English-language resume, companies with a mainly Japanese workforce may have different requirements. There are two types...
AI Isn’t Replacing Open Source Andrew Baker, the current Group CIO at Capitec Bank wrote an interesting piece on AI and open...
a week ago
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AI Isn’t Replacing Open Source

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

a week ago
Andrew Baker, the current Group CIO at Capitec Bank wrote an interesting piece on AI and open source, and how these tools that generate code according to one’s specification may replace the general reliance on open source implementations done by contributors around the world. I’d...
Building and launching my first iPhone app (And doing it the hard way.)
29th Jun 2019
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Building and launching my first iPhone app

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

29th Jun 2019
(And doing it the hard way.)
Q1 planning We're excited for what's in store for 2023!
2nd Jan 2023
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Q1 planning

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

2nd Jan 2023
We're excited for what's in store for 2023!
Liz rides the subway on October 4, 2016: social media, differing political views, and friendship Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway. On the 3 and B trains...
5th Oct 2016
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5th Oct 2016
Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway. On the 3 and B trains home: I came across this Good Guy Boss meme on Facebook yesterday: I will respect you regardless of who you support in this election. I don't unfriend people due to political views....
Supervised Learning: Support Vector Machines Transforming dimensions, nearest neighbors, and boosting, all in service of "drawing the best line".
1st Feb 2019
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Supervised Learning: Support Vector Machines

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

1st Feb 2019
Transforming dimensions, nearest neighbors, and boosting, all in service of "drawing the best line".
What is HiFi I grew up in a home where music was always playing. My father repaired electronics, so an endless...
10th Dec 2023
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What is HiFi

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

10th Dec 2023
I grew up in a home where music was always playing. My father repaired electronics, so an endless stream of speakers, amplifiers, turntables, and TVs passed through the household. And all of it had to be tested, of course. At max volume. Sometimes at odd hours. While that was...
Why we have a core value of transparency at our startup, and why the reasons don&#x27;t matter Since the beginning of Buffer, we've always shared all of our learnings and failures. Over time this...
21st Sep 2014
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21st Sep 2014
Since the beginning of Buffer, we've always shared all of our learnings and failures. Over time this developed into a more defined goal and principle as part of the values of the company [http://www.slideshare.net/Bufferapp/buffer-culture-04]. Since we defined our value of...
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...
10th Nov 2009
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JSNES: a Nintendo emulator built in JavaScript

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

10th Nov 2009
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,...
Should I Use JWTs For Authentication Tokens? No.Not satisfied? Fine, fine. I’ll write a longer answer.Let’s talk about what we’re talking about....
26th May 2024
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Should I Use JWTs For Authentication Tokens?

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

26th May 2024
No.Not satisfied? Fine, fine. I’ll write a longer answer.Let’s talk about what we’re talking about. JWT stands for JSON Web Tokens, a reasonably well defined standard for authenticated tokens. Specifically they have a header with format information, a payload, and a signature or...
Try the Last Internet Kermit Server $ grep kermit /etc/services kermit 1649/tcp What is this mysterious protocol? Who uses it and what...
4th Aug 2023
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Try the Last Internet Kermit Server

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

4th Aug 2023
$ grep kermit /etc/services kermit 1649/tcp What is this mysterious protocol? Who uses it and what is its story? This story is a winding one, beginning in 1981. Kermit is, to the best of my knowledge, the oldest actively-maintained software package with an original developer...
Pantone, Color, and What I Wish I Had Known Sooner as a Designer One of the most difficult things for me to learn in my transition from the classroom to a...
1st Apr 2015
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Pantone, Color, and What I Wish I Had Known Sooner as a Designer

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

1st Apr 2015
One of the most difficult things for me to learn in my transition from the classroom to a professional branding agency was how to properly handle color output. So I decided to write this post in the hope of saving you some from some of the pitfalls that I failed to avoid.
How “Engineering-Driven” Leads to “Engineering-Supremacy” Honeycomb has a reputation for being a very engineering-driven company. No surprise there, since it...
20th Jan 2022
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How “Engineering-Driven” Leads to “Engineering-Supremacy”

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

20th Jan 2022
Honeycomb has a reputation for being a very engineering-driven company. No surprise there, since it was founded by two engineers and our mission involves building an engineering product for other engineers. We are never going to stop being engineering-driven in the sense that we...
Quitting the Rat Race I'm leaving a comfortable job in a big city because there's more to life than whatever this is.
16th Jan 2023
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Quitting the Rat Race

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

16th Jan 2023
I'm leaving a comfortable job in a big city because there's more to life than whatever this is.
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
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...
Happy New Year: a stereogram in SQL I'm spending this New Year holiday in sunny Florida. One of its most beautiful places is the...
31st Dec 2019
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Happy New Year: a stereogram in SQL

from EXPLAIN EXTENDED [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Dec 2019
I'm spending this New Year holiday in sunny Florida. One of its most beautiful places is the Everglades: the endless sea of grass, extending to the horizon, as far as the eye can see and beyond, and teeming with life. There are all kinds of animals there. Herons, egrets,...
The Demoralization is just Beginning This is a map of primary trading partners, US vs China, and how it has evolved over the last 20...
2nd Mar 2025
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The Demoralization is just Beginning

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

2nd Mar 2025
This is a map of primary trading partners, US vs China, and how it has evolved over the last 20 years. Think about it, and realize this probably reflects your experience. I know there was a similar panic about Japan in the 80s, but Japan by population has always been 3x smaller...
Peach tree I got an embroidery kit for an old Nordiska apple tree by Ingegerd Hyltén-Cavallius from Studio Flax...
27th Jul 2023
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Peach tree

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

27th Jul 2023
I got an embroidery kit for an old Nordiska apple tree by Ingegerd Hyltén-Cavallius from Studio Flax and ended up modifying it to make it a peach tree because I decided to put the finished project up in my powder room and can't resist a terrible pun:
Working with Miguel: A Practical Guide Since reading ‘High Growth Handbook’ by Elad Gil, the value of writing a ‘Working with’ document...
2nd Feb 2024
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Working with Miguel: A Practical Guide

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

2nd Feb 2024
Since reading ‘High Growth Handbook’ by Elad Gil, the value of writing a ‘Working with’ document became crystal clear to me. I am sharing mine externally to inspire other founders and leaders to reflect and write down their own working styles. These documents are incredibly...
Advice to my younger self I had the privilege of speaking to some Berkeley students last week. Below is the talk reprinted in...
31st Oct 2019
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Advice to my younger self

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

31st Oct 2019
I had the privilege of speaking to some Berkeley students last week. Below is the talk reprinted in full: If you could call yourself 10 years ago and speak for a minute, what would you say? That's the thought that was going through my mind when I got
My Stance on AI in Software Development I believe artificial intelligence is a powerful and valuable tool that can significantly improve how...
20th Apr 2026
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My Stance on AI in Software Development

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

20th Apr 2026
I believe artificial intelligence is a powerful and valuable tool that can significantly improve how we create, solve problems, and bring ideas to life. I didn't always feel this way.. But these days, I use AI regularly in my work and I expect that to continue. We may not have...
Bright Barley Designed by ALLGOOD, Leeds.
22nd Apr 2022
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Bright Barley

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

22nd Apr 2022
Designed by ALLGOOD, Leeds.
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!
Implementing a Robust Web Audio API Balance Node After more than four years, I'm finally happy with how Webamp implements balance.
16th Apr 2019
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Implementing a Robust Web Audio API Balance Node

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

16th Apr 2019
After more than four years, I'm finally happy with how Webamp implements balance.
Magical Rainbow Gradients If you've ever tried to animate a gradient, you've been met with a harsh reality—it isn't possible....
13th Jan 2020
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Magical Rainbow Gradients

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

13th Jan 2020
If you've ever tried to animate a gradient, you've been met with a harsh reality—it isn't possible. At least, it wasn't! In this tutorial, we'll leverage bleeding-edge browser features to animate ANY CSS property, including background gradients, using CSS Houdini, CSS variables,...
The siren call of wrong-way dependencies Dependencies that point in the wrong direction are one of the easiest and most costly design...
21st Sep 2024
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The siren call of wrong-way dependencies

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

21st Sep 2024
Dependencies that point in the wrong direction are one of the easiest and most costly design mistakes one can make.
Artificial Knowledge Creation How does creativity work and is it possible to bottle it up inside a computer? This is what we know...
5th Jan 2024
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Artificial Knowledge Creation

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

5th Jan 2024
How does creativity work and is it possible to bottle it up inside a computer? This is what we know so far.
Supervised Learning: Support Vector Machines Transforming dimensions, nearest neighbors, and boosting, all in service of "drawing the best line".
1st Feb 2019
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Supervised Learning: Support Vector Machines

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

1st Feb 2019
Transforming dimensions, nearest neighbors, and boosting, all in service of "drawing the best line".
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
1

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...
sudon't My opinion is not mainstream, but I think if you really examine the practices and security processes...
2nd May 2024
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sudon't

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

2nd May 2024
My opinion is not mainstream, but I think if you really examine the practices and security processes that use and recommend sudo, the reasons for using it are mostly bullshit. When I started my career in the late 1990s, I was already aware of really(8) and userv because one of my...
17th Jan 2020
KY-040 Rotary Encoder with Linux on the Raspberry Pi For a project I with a Raspberry Pi (Zero W) needed a simple and easy input device to change a...
1st May 2018
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KY-040 Rotary Encoder with Linux on the Raspberry Pi

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

1st May 2018
For a project I with a Raspberry Pi (Zero W) needed a simple and easy input device to change a numerical value. So I bought some rotary encoders off Amazon.If you search the Internet for information/tutorials on how to use a “KY-040” rotary encoder with Linux and the Raspberry...
Whistler High Note Trail Gorgeous clear day around the back of Whistler Mountain yesterday. Hiked the High Note Trail...
1st Sep 2022
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Whistler High Note Trail

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Sep 2022
Gorgeous clear day around the back of Whistler Mountain yesterday. Hiked the High Note Trail backwards from Harmony Lake Loop up to the Peak chair.
Go structs are copied on assignment (and other things about Go I'd missed) I’ve been writing Go pretty casually for years – the backends for all of my playgrounds (nginx, dns,...
6th Aug 2024
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6th Aug 2024
I’ve been writing Go pretty casually for years – the backends for all of my playgrounds (nginx, dns, memory, more DNS) are written in Go, but many of those projects are just a few hundred lines and I don’t come back to those codebases much. I thought I more or less understood the...
Changing the Tires on a Moving Codebase 2020 was a year of reckonings. And for all that was beyond one’s control, as the year went on, I...
10th Mar 2021
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Changing the Tires on a Moving Codebase

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Mar 2021
2020 was a year of reckonings. And for all that was beyond one’s control, as the year went on, I found myself pouring more and more into the one thing that felt within reach: futureproofing of the large enterprise web application I helped build, SimpleLegal. Now complete, this...
Berkeley Mono February Update Hey Gang! First of all, thank you to everyone that participated in the Beta program. Feedback is...
6th Feb 2022
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Berkeley Mono February Update

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

6th Feb 2022
Hey Gang! First of all, thank you to everyone that participated in the Beta program. Feedback is very much appreciated. Here is a quick update on the progress: Website - Berkeleygraphics.com It is already up: https://berkeleygraphics.com but does not have the Berkeley Mono pages...
The best Contentsquare alternatives & competitors, compared Contentsquare is a beast, and we mean that in a good way – it's one of the most comprehensive...
2nd Dec 2025
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The best Contentsquare alternatives & competitors, compared

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

2nd Dec 2025
Contentsquare is a beast, and we mean that in a good way – it's one of the most comprehensive digital experience platforms out there. They've doubled…
Hello world “Start a blog” has been on my todo list for so long, it’s going to leave a gaping void in my life...
27th Dec 2015
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Hello world

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

27th Dec 2015
“Start a blog” has been on my todo list for so long, it’s going to leave a gaping void in my life when I check it off. There are some things I have been wanting to talk about for a while now, in a way that’s less ephemeral than twitter. Like how the tech industry […]
Creating order from chaos in a startup * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve been...
6th Mar 2011
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Creating order from chaos in a startup

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

6th Mar 2011
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve been pondering recently about how my latest venture has very much felt like cycling between creating order from chaos and then ending up with chaos again. I wanted to share my experiences and...
Swearing and automatic captions Swearing is the spice of language. Throw in a little to make that fucking point you want to make...
5th Dec 2022
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Swearing and automatic captions

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

5th Dec 2022
Swearing is the spice of language. Throw in a little to make that fucking point you want to make pop. Throw in a shitload to create a motherfucking verbal curry, layers of delicious goddamn meaning to unpack. Swearing is also present in every culture I can think of, with culture...
12th Oct 2025
WatchKit is a sweet solution that will only ever give us baby apps In the original 2007 iPhone introduction, Steve Jobs famously derided other smartphones at the time...
26th Feb 2018
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WatchKit is a sweet solution that will only ever give us baby apps

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

26th Feb 2018
In the original 2007 iPhone introduction, Steve Jobs famously derided other smartphones at the time for running “baby” software and the “baby” internet. He was right. Developers weren’t given access to make native apps until the iPhone’s second year. Before the native development...
Noom is exploitative I tried out Noom, the weight loss and cognitive behavioral therapy program. The app is more like CBT...
8th Apr 2023
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Noom is exploitative

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

8th Apr 2023
I tried out Noom, the weight loss and cognitive behavioral therapy program. The app is more like CBT for upselling customers than CBT for weight loss. Now I’m hoping they’ll delete my sensitive medical data and refund the $3 they tricked me out of. (They did, quickly in...
What it&#x27;s really like to grow a team when you&#x27;re focused on culture-fit * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s often...
23rd Feb 2014
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23rd Feb 2014
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s often interesting to look back and think about how much I’ve learned in the past year or two. Especially areas where I almost had no understanding at all. Company culture is one of those...
What I'm up to - March 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in...
1st Mar 2026
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What I'm up to - March 2026

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

1st Mar 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in February - Published Three-ring binder and A fresh coat of paint on Contraption Co. - Launching a proj...
Developing domain expertise: get your hands dirty. Recently, I’ve been thinking about developing domain expertise, and wanted to collect my thoughts...
17th Jul 2024
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Developing domain expertise: get your hands dirty.

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

17th Jul 2024
Recently, I’ve been thinking about developing domain expertise, and wanted to collect my thoughts here. Although I covered some parts of this in Your first 90 days as CTO (understanding product analytics, shadowing customer support, talking to customers, and talking with your...
Where books travel i I sit down in my premium economy seat, the abbreviated way of saying "economy as it was fifteen...
13th Aug 2014
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Where books travel

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

13th Aug 2014
i I sit down in my premium economy seat, the abbreviated way of saying "economy as it was fifteen years ago, but at a higher premium," and deeply internalize my physical constraints for the next six hours. A small box outlined by my seat, the side of the plane with its tiny...
Four-Course Python Data Structures and Algorithms Track Released We recently took a look at our course curriculum and felt that our current Learn Algorithms course,...
4th Oct 2021
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Four-Course Python Data Structures and Algorithms Track Released

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

4th Oct 2021
We recently took a look at our course curriculum and felt that our current Learn Algorithms course, written in Go, would be better served if it covered Python instead. After much deliberation, we decided to rewrite the course, and we’re super excited to have now released the...
The bittersweet end of a year of independence Just over a year ago, I left the startup I was working for and started my own business. My intention...
2nd Sep 2017
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The bittersweet end of a year of independence

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

2nd Sep 2017
Just over a year ago, I left the startup I was working for and started my own business. My intention was to do freelance work ("consulting", to all my clients) until I was able to launch my first product, and then shift into being a product company. My ambitions and confidence...
Full Stack Foundations (workshop) The Full Stack Foundations workshop covers modern web development best practices including Styling,...
1st Sep 2023
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Full Stack Foundations (workshop)

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

1st Sep 2023
The Full Stack Foundations workshop covers modern web development best practices including Styling, Routing, Data Loading, Forms, SEO, Error Handling, and more!
What if there was no BASIC in EndBASIC? An overview of the cool technical building blocks behind EndBASIC and what they could turn into if...
8th May 2026
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What if there was no BASIC in EndBASIC?

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

8th May 2026
An overview of the cool technical building blocks behind EndBASIC and what they could turn into if they evolved on their own
Feature detection for CSS transitions via jQuery $.support When working with CSS transitions, the need to detect whether or not the browser supports them may...
9th Dec 2012
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Feature detection for CSS transitions via jQuery $.support

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

9th Dec 2012
When working with CSS transitions, the need to detect whether or not the browser supports them may arise.  It can be of particular use when working with the transitionend event, which won't fire in unsupportive browsers. After finding a number of questionable solutions, I came...
Double your productivity without more work or stress People love to say that getting "1% better per day" makes you 37x better after a year, but this...
4th Aug 2024
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Double your productivity without more work or stress

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

4th Aug 2024
People love to say that getting "1% better per day" makes you 37x better after a year, but this obviously makes no sense. But 2x better is possible.
I did an interview for the Changelog Podcast I talked about Winamp2-js on the Changelog Podcast.
6th Apr 2018
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I did an interview for the Changelog Podcast

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

6th Apr 2018
I talked about Winamp2-js on the Changelog Podcast.
27th Nov 2013
What if Stripe is the next Google? Working out a thought exercise by Paul Graham.
14th May 2021
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What if Stripe is the next Google?

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

14th May 2021
Working out a thought exercise by Paul Graham.
"Lazy Afternoon" Barbershop Tag I wrote and recorded a barbershop tag for Chelsea.
29th Jun 2009
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"Lazy Afternoon" Barbershop Tag

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

29th Jun 2009
I wrote and recorded a barbershop tag for Chelsea.
Habits of great software engineers The role of a software developer often gets distilled down to a singular activity: coding. While...
4th Nov 2023
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Habits of great software engineers

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

4th Nov 2023
The role of a software developer often gets distilled down to a singular activity: coding. While coding is undeniably the […] The post Habits of great software engineers appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Toasts are Bad UX Read the post here.
17th Jul 2024
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Toasts are Bad UX

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

17th Jul 2024
Read the post here.
13th Mar 2026
How to create microfrontends with Web Components in React We often hear about microfrontends, this happens when your company plans to have multiple teams...
7th Jan 2021
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How to create microfrontends with Web Components in React

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

7th Jan 2021
We often hear about microfrontends, this happens when your company plans to have multiple teams build a big new web project. The company does not want teams to fight over a single monstrous SPA. It decides to break the project down into several mini-apps hosted by a parent app....
Trying to Make Sense of Casing Conventions on the Web (I present to you my stream of consciousness on the topic of casing as it applies to the web...
4th Sep 2025
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Trying to Make Sense of Casing Conventions on the Web

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

4th Sep 2025
(I present to you my stream of consciousness on the topic of casing as it applies to the web platform.) I’m reading about the new command and commandfor attributes — which I’m super excited about, declarative behavior invocation in HTML? YES PLEASE!! — and one thing that strikes...
Showing SQL Queries with Pytest and Django I have a Django based project, and am doing unit tests with py.test. To debug a test failure it’s...
20th Nov 2019
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Showing SQL Queries with Pytest and Django

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

20th Nov 2019
I have a Django based project, and am doing unit tests with py.test. To debug a test failure it’s sometimes useful to see the actual SQL queries that Django emitted, which is surprisingly hard. I assumed that that would be such an obvious and common need, that a simple switch...
The time before YC I'm James , and I work with Tim . We are the co-founders of PostHog - a current batch YC company....
1st Sep 2019
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The time before YC

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

1st Sep 2019
I'm James , and I work with Tim . We are the co-founders of PostHog - a current batch YC company. This is us (I'm on the right), just after we got…
Refactoring internal documentation in Notion In our latest developer productivity survey, our documentation was the area with the second most...
5th Feb 2026
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Refactoring internal documentation in Notion

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

5th Feb 2026
In our latest developer productivity survey, our documentation was the area with the second most comments. This is a writeup of the concrete steps I took to see how much progress one person could make on improving the organization’s documentation while holding myself to a high...
SymPy makes math fun again It's a Python library that does the boring part of math for you. Moreover, it does it fast,...
25th Jun 2019
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SymPy makes math fun again

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

25th Jun 2019
It's a Python library that does the boring part of math for you. Moreover, it does it fast, accurate, and without angst. In other words, it is everything I'm not.
Go's WaitGroup vs JavaScript's PromiseAll In applications that are i/o heavy, it can get clunky to synchronously execute high-latency...
4th Jun 2020
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Go's WaitGroup vs JavaScript's PromiseAll

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

4th Jun 2020
In applications that are i/o heavy, it can get clunky to synchronously execute high-latency functions one after the other. For example, if I have a web page that needs to request seven files from the server before it can show the page, I need to asynchronously fetch all those...
Questionable Advice: Can Engineering Productivity Be Measured? I follow you on Twitter and read your blog.  I particularly enjoy this...
7th Jul 2020
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Questionable Advice: Can Engineering Productivity Be Measured?

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

7th Jul 2020
I follow you on Twitter and read your blog.  I particularly enjoy this post: https://charity.wtf/2019/05/01/friday-deploy-freezes-are-exactly-like-murdering-puppies/ I’m reaching out looking for some guidance. I work as an engineering manager for a company whose non-technology...
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:
In Memoriam, Encountering World War I, and Thinkable Horrors A delayed education on the trenches and scales of suffering
18th Jul 2026
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In Memoriam, Encountering World War I, and Thinkable Horrors

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

18th Jul 2026
A delayed education on the trenches and scales of suffering
Behind the syntax: let and const variables There is a lot more going under the hood than simple syntax changes.
11th Jul 2018
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Behind the syntax: let and const variables

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

11th Jul 2018
There is a lot more going under the hood than simple syntax changes.
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
Array 1.0.10 Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. First our updates and new features....
1st Apr 2020
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Array 1.0.10

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

1st Apr 2020
Like what you see and self-hosting? Update your instance. First our updates and new features. Release notes Users in Trend Graphs Whilst we have…
Doom GPU Flame Graphs AI Flame Graphs are now open source and include Intel Battlemage GPU support, which means it can...
30th Apr 2025
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Doom GPU Flame Graphs

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

30th Apr 2025
AI Flame Graphs are now open source and include Intel Battlemage GPU support, which means it can also generate full-stack GPU flame graphs for providing new insights into gaming performance, especially when coupled with FlameScope (an older open source project of mine). Here's an...
Array 1.16.0 Following our largest release to date, we are now back on a more regular release schedule. And,...
4th Nov 2020
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Array 1.16.0

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

4th Nov 2020
Following our largest release to date, we are now back on a more regular release schedule. And, given that scalability was the focus of the previous…
Some things that make Rust lifetimes hard to learn After I wrote YARR (Yet Another Rust Resource, with requisite pirate mentions), one of my friends...
3rd Mar 2025
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Some things that make Rust lifetimes hard to learn

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

3rd Mar 2025
After I wrote YARR (Yet Another Rust Resource, with requisite pirate mentions), one of my friends tried it out. He gave me some really useful insights as he went through it, letting me see what was hard about learning Rust from a newcomer's perspective. Unsurprisingly, lifetimes...
Building an all-remote company from scratch Many companies are currently having to adjust to remote work, but what about the ones that started...
1st Sep 2020
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Building an all-remote company from scratch

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

1st Sep 2020
Many companies are currently having to adjust to remote work, but what about the ones that started this way from scratch? PostHog has a team of 12, 1…
What I'm up to - June 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Jun 2025
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What I'm up to - June 2025

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

1st Jun 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 - On Contraption Company, I published An app of one's own about building a personal ...
How to filter out old email from inbox Every few years I take a pass at reducing the chaos in my personal inboxes. There are simply too...
3rd May 2025
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How to filter out old email from inbox

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

3rd May 2025
Every few years I take a pass at reducing the chaos in my personal inboxes. There are simply too many emails to deal with, and that generally leads to me increasingly failing to follow up on important email. Up to this point, my strategy has largely been filtering out emails that...
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...
17th Apr 2023
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What we've learned about multi-product pricing (so far)

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

17th Apr 2023
PostHog started as a single product company. We just sold product analytics with a bunch of large extra features thrown in – session replay, feature…
What I'm up to - August 2023 I'm Philip, and this is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social...
1st Aug 2023
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What I'm up to - August 2023

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

1st Aug 2023
I'm Philip, and this is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. ✨ What I was up to in July Booklet is a product I've been building to help communi...
Winner, Name that Ware January 2023 The Ware for January 2023 is a front-end readout board from the KASCADE muon detector. Thanks again...
27th Feb 2023
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Winner, Name that Ware January 2023

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

27th Feb 2023
The Ware for January 2023 is a front-end readout board from the KASCADE muon detector. Thanks again to cpresser for contributing the ware, and also congratulations to AZeta for nailing it! email me for your prize.
Three Jobs of Containers A great nugget I learned from watching Brian Holt's Intro to Containers workshop
1st Mar 2020
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Three Jobs of Containers

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

1st Mar 2020
A great nugget I learned from watching Brian Holt's Intro to Containers workshop
There's no rebound in sight for unprofitable SaaS Anyone reviewing their S&P 500 retirement fund these days will do so with a broader smile than last...
19th Jul 2023
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There's no rebound in sight for unprofitable SaaS

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

19th Jul 2023
Anyone reviewing their S&P 500 retirement fund these days will do so with a broader smile than last year. The market as a whole is up, and if you're in the whole market, you're benefitting. But all of that upside, basically, belongs to just a handful of mega tech companies. This...
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...
One Last Bug Fix Update Before The Big One It turns out we have one more updates blog before OS 7.1 and it brings a number of fixes and a few...
6th Sep 2023
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One Last Bug Fix Update Before The Big One

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

6th Sep 2023
It turns out we have one more updates blog before OS 7.1 and it brings a number of fixes and a few small features. We’re hard at work resolving your reported issues to make this release as smooth and shiny as it possibly can be! So read ahead and find out what was new last...
FaceTime video/audio broken by Private Internet Access VPN client on Mac I recently diagnosed that the cause of FaceTime being broken on my Mac was the Private Internet...
24th Aug 2026
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FaceTime video/audio broken by Private Internet Access VPN client on Mac

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

24th Aug 2026
I recently diagnosed that the cause of FaceTime being broken on my Mac was the Private Internet Access VPN client
Jazz Ukuele Video: What's New? I arranged and recorded a jazz ukulele version of the classic song 'What's New?'
2nd Apr 2010
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Jazz Ukuele Video: What's New?

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

2nd Apr 2010
I arranged and recorded a jazz ukulele version of the classic song 'What's New?'
Plain Text Emails, Please Plain Text Emails, Please 2019-09-09 When it comes to website / product design and development most...
9th Sep 2019
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Plain Text Emails, Please

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

9th Sep 2019
Plain Text Emails, Please 2019-09-09 When it comes to website / product design and development most devs should try to keep things simple. By only using as much code as absolutely necessary, projects avoid growing out of scope or becoming bloated. So, why isn’t this same approach...
Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue useDeferredValue is one of the most underrated React hooks. It allows us to dramatically improve the...
13th May 2024
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Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue

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

13th May 2024
useDeferredValue is one of the most underrated React hooks. It allows us to dramatically improve the performance of our applications in certain contexts. I recently used it to solve a gnarly performance problem on this blog, and in this tutorial, I'll show you how! ⚡
The best web analytics tools for developers, compared Welcome. Grab a chair. There's coffee in the back. No one's judging you for ignoring your analytics...
15th Jan 2025
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The best web analytics tools for developers, compared

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

15th Jan 2025
Welcome. Grab a chair. There's coffee in the back. No one's judging you for ignoring your analytics for six months. We've all been there. This is a…
Angkor Wat resources I took an amazing trip to SE Asia last month, including Angkor Wat. I had a hard time finding good...
27th Mar 2025
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Angkor Wat resources

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

27th Mar 2025
I took an amazing trip to SE Asia last month, including Angkor Wat. I had a hard time finding good reading or other resources to learn from before I went, in part because Amazon is awash in AI garbage. Here’s some books and podcasts I found useful about the Khmer empire in...
A better way to write config files in PHP How many times have you seen something like this in a config file? $db_host = 'localhost'; $db_name...
2nd May 2016
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A better way to write config files in PHP

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

2nd May 2016
How many times have you seen something like this in a config file? $db_host = 'localhost'; $db_name = 'somedb'; $db_user = 'someuser'; $db_pass = 'somepass'; Then, of course, it gets included and the variables are referenced as globals: include('config.php'); echo $db_host; //...
Programming Portals Small, scoped areas within a graphical interface that allow users to read and write simple...
23rd Oct 2022
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Programming Portals

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

23rd Oct 2022
Small, scoped areas within a graphical interface that allow users to read and write simple programmes
How to Create a PWA Game using Preact in 5 steps (Tutorial) In this article, we will create a Progressive Web Application! Don’t worry, we won’t make another...
30th Sep 2018
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How to Create a PWA Game using Preact in 5 steps (Tutorial)

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

30th Sep 2018
In this article, we will create a Progressive Web Application! Don’t worry, we won’t make another todo list. Instead, we will build a fun game that satisfies Google’s checklist for building a PWA. Final result You can play it here and check the final source code on Github.
Why I left Instagram Content warning: discussion of fatphobia in advertising Practically overnight, my ads on Instagram...
18th Apr 2022
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Why I left Instagram

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

18th Apr 2022
Content warning: discussion of fatphobia in advertising Practically overnight, my ads on Instagram went from annoying but benign reminders of capitalism to an utterly dehumanizing nightmare. Suddenly, every third or fourth photo of my friends' latest adventures with their kids,...
If WordPress is to survive, Matt Mullenweg must be removed I believe Matt Mullenweg's abuses of his unilateral, unchecked powers prove that it is in the best...
27th Sep 2024
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If WordPress is to survive, Matt Mullenweg must be removed

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

27th Sep 2024
I believe Matt Mullenweg's abuses of his unilateral, unchecked powers prove that it is in the best interest of the entire WordPress community that he be removed from power immediately.
Claude Code Everything I know about how to use it, so far
11th May 2025
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Claude Code

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

11th May 2025
Everything I know about how to use it, so far
One page of async Rust I’m writing a simulation, or rather, I’m procrastinating, and this blog post is the result of me...
17th Feb 2026
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One page of async Rust

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

17th Feb 2026
I’m writing a simulation, or rather, I’m procrastinating, and this blog post is the result of me going off on a side-track from the main quest. The simulation involves a bunch of tasks that go through a series of steps with delays in between, and each step can affect some...
Using Google Analytics was deemed 'illegal' in some EU countries. We built a microsite in 48 hours... On January 14, 2022, the world learned that Austria had declared Google Analytics to be illegal (in...
9th May 2022
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9th May 2022
On January 14, 2022, the world learned that Austria had declared Google Analytics to be illegal (in its default form), since it transmits IP addresses…
“Fantasy on a Fugue” (Revisited) This has been on my to-do list for 40 years. ... more ...
2nd Aug 2024
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“Fantasy on a Fugue” (Revisited)

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

2nd Aug 2024
This has been on my to-do list for 40 years. ... more ...
29th Apr 2018
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Introduction

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

29th Apr 2018
9th Mar 2009
Questionable Advice: Is there a path back from CTO to engineer? I received this question in the comments section of my piece on The Twin Anxieties of the...
29th Jul 2022
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Questionable Advice: Is there a path back from CTO to engineer?

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

29th Jul 2022
I received this question in the comments section of my piece on The Twin Anxieties of the Engineer/Manager Pendulum, and figured I might as well answer it. It definitely isn’t a question I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about or anything. 🥰 As a former CTO coming off a...
pre-tenuring in v8 Hey hey happy new year, friends! Today I was going over some V8 code that touched : allocating...
5th Jan 2026
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pre-tenuring in v8

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jan 2026
Hey hey happy new year, friends! Today I was going over some V8 code that touched : allocating objects directly in the old space instead of the nursery. I knew the theory here but I had never looked into the mechanism. Today’s post is a quick overview of how...
Video subtitles, captions, audio descriptions and transcripts As I was preparing the requirements for an accessible web video player, there was some confusion...
11th Dec 2023
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Video subtitles, captions, audio descriptions and transcripts

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

11th Dec 2023
As I was preparing the requirements for an accessible web video player, there was some confusion around subtitles, closed captions, audio descriptions and transcripts. In this post, I use interactive examples to show the difference. I also provide related success criteria from...
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...
DuckDB vs ClickHouse: Why we use both at PostHog ClickHouse and DuckDB are two heavyweights in the OLAP category. This makes them appear as direct...
1st May 2026
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DuckDB vs ClickHouse: Why we use both at PostHog

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

1st May 2026
ClickHouse and DuckDB are two heavyweights in the OLAP category. This makes them appear as direct competitors. In a few respects they are, but they…
Beyond the 1 MB barrier in DOS Continuing the tour on how DOS apps used memory above the first MB
7th Feb 2024
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Beyond the 1 MB barrier in DOS

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

7th Feb 2024
Continuing the tour on how DOS apps used memory above the first MB
Distributed, Asynchronous Git Syncing with NNCP I have a problem. I have a directory that I use with org-mode and org-roam. I want it to be synced...
18th Aug 2021
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Distributed, Asynchronous Git Syncing with NNCP

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

18th Aug 2021
I have a problem. I have a directory that I use with org-mode and org-roam. I want it to be synced across multiple machines. I also want to keep the history with git. And, I want to use end-to-end encryption (no storing a plain git repo on a remote server), have a serverless...
“Why are my tests so slow?” A list of likely suspects, anti-patterns, and unresolved personal... Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been tweeting a LOT about lead time to deploy: the interval...
31st Dec 2020
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31st Dec 2020
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been tweeting a LOT about lead time to deploy: the interval encompassing the time from when the code gets written and when it’s been deployed to production. Also described as “how long it takes you to run CI/CD.” How important is this? Fucking...
What I'm up to - October 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Oct 2024
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What I'm up to - October 2024

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

1st Oct 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in September - I've started publishing on Contraption Company every Friday. My posts last month: I...
Accurate Predictions In November 2020, I read the book Apollo’s Arrow after hearing Dr Christakis on NPR’s Fresh Air....
6th Jun 2023
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Accurate Predictions

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

6th Jun 2023
In November 2020, I read the book Apollo’s Arrow after hearing Dr Christakis on NPR’s Fresh Air. Somewhere midway through this book, this paragraph stood out to me: “Either way, until 2022, Americans will live in an acutely changed world—they will be wearing masks, for example,...
Command-Timing-Bash-Prompt A few years ago I was using ZSH with Sindre Sorhus’s Pure prompt and generally enjoying the...
19th Jan 2016
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Command-Timing-Bash-Prompt

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

19th Jan 2016
A few years ago I was using ZSH with Sindre Sorhus’s Pure prompt and generally enjoying the experience. The big, dumb, obvious caveat of using ZSH is that it’s not Bash. As a result, when you SSH into production machines that only have bash installed, you feel a...
Prepping for the endgame of the open web Thinking about Anil Dash's "Endgame for the Open Web," and what we can do to prepare. The post...
7th Apr 2026
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Prepping for the endgame of the open web

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

7th Apr 2026
Thinking about Anil Dash's "Endgame for the Open Web," and what we can do to prepare. The post Prepping for the endgame of the open web appeared first on The History of the Web.
1st May 2024
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Privacy Monthly May

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

1st May 2024
Incident SEV scales are a waste of time Ask an engineering leader about their incident response protocol and they’ll tell you about their...
29th Jan 2025
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Incident SEV scales are a waste of time

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

29th Jan 2025
Ask an engineering leader about their incident response protocol and they’ll tell you about their severity scale. “The first thing we do is we assign a severity to the incident,” they’ll say, “so the right people will get notified.” And this is sensible. In order to figure out...
The Boot.dev Beat. September 2024 The arcanum was soooooo close to defeating the Hound of Zaggoroth in this month’s boss fight....
4th Sep 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. September 2024

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

4th Sep 2024
The arcanum was soooooo close to defeating the Hound of Zaggoroth in this month’s boss fight. 88,297,514 xp was gained over the course of the event, and 90,000,000 was all that was needed to secure victory. It’s a shame, but we can’t win them all. The hound will return soon.
Refresh Cannon I turned my forum avatar image into an interactive projectile aiming game.
5th May 2009
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Refresh Cannon

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

5th May 2009
I turned my forum avatar image into an interactive projectile aiming game.
Handling State & User Interactions In UI Applications An early thinking about handling your app or component state can help you to avoid many bugs even...
5th Feb 2021
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Handling State & User Interactions In UI Applications

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

5th Feb 2021
An early thinking about handling your app or component state can help you to avoid many bugs even before starting to write code.
Martyr Crouched behind a thicket, Mirundi tried to catch his breath. He quickly lifted his hand from the...
25th Mar 2023
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Martyr

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

25th Mar 2023
Crouched behind a thicket, Mirundi tried to catch his breath. He quickly lifted his hand from the floor to catch the sweat that had started dripping from his forehead. His hand was shaking uncontrollably, jerked back and forth by the fear of getting caught again. Mukaajanga, the...
I've been programming since I was 10, but I don't feel like a 'hacker' When I was 10, I was programming in Logo after being introduced to it in my school's required...
3rd Jan 2014
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3rd Jan 2014
When I was 10, I was programming in Logo after being introduced to it in my school's required computer class. Our teacher did not once call this programming; it was just another project among ones that usually weren't programming. I generalized almost every exercise - something...
No Observability Without Theory: The Talk Last month, I had the unadulterated pleasure of presenting “No Observability Without Theory” at...
3rd Jul 2024
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No Observability Without Theory: The Talk

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

3rd Jul 2024
Last month, I had the unadulterated pleasure of presenting “No Observability Without Theory” at Monitorama 2024. If you’ve never been to Monitorama, I can’t recommend it enough. I think it’s the best tech conference, period. This talk was adapted from an old blog post of mine,...
Offline spellcheck In which I futilely attempt to use aspell to stop using Google as spellcheck. I am embarrassingly...
14th Aug 2017
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Offline spellcheck

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

14th Aug 2017
In which I futilely attempt to use aspell to stop using Google as spellcheck. I am embarrassingly atrocious at spelling. In Vim, which I use for email via Mutt, I can use :set spell. In Emacs I can use flyspell-mode. Browsers all have spellcheck now, seemingly. Still… sometimes I...
Happy Pride! Have Some Updates! This month we have some surprise updates for OS 7, including new releases of GNOME apps and a big...
4th Jun 2024
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Happy Pride! Have Some Updates!

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

4th Jun 2024
This month we have some surprise updates for OS 7, including new releases of GNOME apps and a big update for Mail. Plus Wayland is here, there’s a new way to manage Drivers, and we’re shipping Flathub by default! And don’t forget Platform 8 is now ready for developers. Read ahead...
Forbidden noodles My obsession with food-based taxonomy continues. Here are all the forbidden noodles I am aware...
24th Aug 2021
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Forbidden noodles

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

24th Aug 2021
My obsession with food-based taxonomy continues. Here are all the forbidden noodles I am aware of: Bucatini The FDA banning the import of this beloved pasta was one of the many tragedies 2020 visited on us. If there is any consolation, know that the De Cecco pasta factories have...
Big Tech job-switching stats Which companies grew their software engineering headcount, which ones shrank, and how has the...
3rd Mar 2023
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Big Tech job-switching stats

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

3rd Mar 2023
Which companies grew their software engineering headcount, which ones shrank, and how has the “open-to-new-opportunities” ratio shifted across Big Tech? I collaborated with a recruiter to find out, and the data is in.
How to Build the Best GitHub Profile for Your Job Search I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes, both as an engineering manager and in the monthly resume workshops...
4th Mar 2022
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How to Build the Best GitHub Profile for Your Job Search

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

4th Mar 2022
I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes, both as an engineering manager and in the monthly resume workshops we do in the Boot.dev Discord group. I’m convinced that these days a developer’s GitHub profile is just as important as their resume itself. If you haven’t started your first job...
6th Nov 2012
What I have been so busy with How I built a website that lots of you will probably hate
8th Feb 2024
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What I have been so busy with

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

8th Feb 2024
How I built a website that lots of you will probably hate
20th Jul 2024
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Tote bag

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

20th Jul 2024
Familiar Spirits The eerie cold breeze from Fourways Memorial Park cemetery slips into Daudi’s open window during the...
14th Dec 2022
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Familiar Spirits

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

14th Dec 2022
The eerie cold breeze from Fourways Memorial Park cemetery slips into Daudi’s open window during the fourth watch of the night. The blue radiance of the moon and the stars fill in for the lights darkened by stage 5 loadshedding. As the nighttime creatures prepare for their...
[Renovated] Programmer's guide to linear equations This is an introduction to linear equation systems. It explains linear dependency, under- and...
12th Feb 2021
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[Renovated] Programmer's guide to linear equations

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

12th Feb 2021
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.
Master of my domain Let’s talk business—independent business, that is. What’s the cost of being the boss? Some more...
28th Feb 2024
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Master of my domain

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

28th Feb 2024
Let’s talk business—independent business, that is. What’s the cost of being the boss? Some more hard-learned lessons from my own horrible career.
21st Sep 2025
I am not your Cloud person Jack of all clouds In an episode of Screaming in the Cloud podcast, Corey Quinn, a cloud services...
26th Jul 2023
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I am not your Cloud person

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

26th Jul 2023
Jack of all clouds In an episode of Screaming in the Cloud podcast, Corey Quinn, a cloud services expert, mentioned a running prank that he sometimes pulls on Amazon engineers: Quinn inserts a fictional AWS service name into the conversation, with the AWS person not batting an...
15th Mar 2019
Dear Apple, Please Fix Safari's Default Dark Mode Link Color Dear Apple, Please Fix Safari’s Default Dark Mode Link Color 2022-04-18 Supporting dark mode on the...
18th Apr 2022
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Dear Apple, Please Fix Safari's Default Dark Mode Link Color

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

18th Apr 2022
Dear Apple, Please Fix Safari’s Default Dark Mode Link Color 2022-04-18 Supporting dark mode on the modern web falls under the realm of accessibility and should not be ignored. It is important and helps keep the visual flow of your content to match that of your users’ operating...
Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built...
5th Jun 2025
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Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps

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

5th Jun 2025
The original promise of personal computing was a new kind of clay. Instead, we got appliances: built far away, sealed, unchangeable. In this essay, we envision malleable software: tools that users can reshape with minimal friction to suit their unique needs.
The best data warehouses for developers, compared With most warehouses, answering a data question involves an ingestion pipeline, a dbt model, a...
2 weeks ago
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The best data warehouses for developers, compared

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

2 weeks ago
With most warehouses, answering a data question involves an ingestion pipeline, a dbt model, a permissions grant, and a BI dashboard. And they're all…
GNU Autotools Links https://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-magic-behind-configure-make-make-install configure.ac Writte...
25th May 2016
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GNU Autotools

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

25th May 2016
Links https://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-magic-behind-configure-make-make-install configure.ac Written in m4sh (m4 + shell) Program initialization: AC_INIT macro—needs name, version, maintainer Initialize automake: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE Make sure that C-compiler exists:...
More Everything With AI From the announcement blog post for Microsoft 365 Copilot: You can give it natural language prompts...
2nd Apr 2023
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More Everything With AI

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

2nd Apr 2023
From the announcement blog post for Microsoft 365 Copilot: You can give it natural language prompts like “Tell my team how we updated the product strategy,” and it will generate a status update based on the morning’s meetings, emails and chat threads. With Copilot, you’re always...
Rohit Chess fun little board game
10th Mar 2025
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Rohit Chess

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

10th Mar 2025
fun little board game
Introducing HogQL: Direct SQL access for PostHog Today, we're releasing a major new feature as a public beta: the ability to directly query your...
8th Jun 2023
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Introducing HogQL: Direct SQL access for PostHog

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

8th Jun 2023
Today, we're releasing a major new feature as a public beta: the ability to directly query your PostHog data using SQL . We call this HogQL because…
Ideas for fooling Amazon Go Amazon Go is a grocery store that does away with checkout lines by using computer vision to figure...
24th Jan 2018
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Ideas for fooling Amazon Go

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

24th Jan 2018
Amazon Go is a grocery store that does away with checkout lines by using computer vision to figure out what you purchased. What happens if you… Take an item off the shelf and give it to someone else. Go shopping with your identical twin. Use the restroom to put on a face...
Mental health resets in nature I love a bougie experience. A nice hotel, a nice restaurant. But I also love a grueling hike that...
6th Nov 2023
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Mental health resets in nature

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

6th Nov 2023
I love a bougie experience. A nice hotel, a nice restaurant. But I also love a grueling hike that leads to some truly stunning nature that isn't accessible to many people. Growing up in Washington and spending the last 16 years in Bellingham and Seattle placed me in the midst of...
My portable ergonomic setup In 2022, I developed nerve pain in my arms. It came on quickly, and it was bad: I couldn't drive, I...
3rd Jun 2024
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My portable ergonomic setup

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

3rd Jun 2024
In 2022, I developed nerve pain in my arms. It came on quickly, and it was bad: I couldn't drive, I couldn't type, and at the worst I couldn't pick up our kids. That episode spontaneously resolved after a couple of months, but flareups happen occasionally. One guaranteed trigger...
Branchless Lomuto Partitioning A partition function accepts as input an array of elements, and a function returning a bool (a...
4th Dec 2023
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Branchless Lomuto Partitioning

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

4th Dec 2023
A partition function accepts as input an array of elements, and a function returning a bool (a predicate) which indicates if an element should be in the first, or second partition. Then it returns two arrays, the two partitions: def partition(v, pred): first = [x for x in v...
Cory's amazing dot paper In a world where designers use Sketch, Photoshop, and other apps to create wireframes, I'm here in...
3rd Jun 2019
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Cory's amazing dot paper

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

3rd Jun 2019
In a world where designers use Sketch, Photoshop, and other apps to create wireframes, I'm here in my corner holding this old fashioned pencil and a stack of dot paper. Sorry, but for me, these primitive tools do the same thing and I find them easier to use. I don't know. I guess...
Tablet Platform Showdown Comparison of Android, iPad, Surface, and Chrome OS for research prototypes
1st Nov 2018
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Tablet Platform Showdown

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

1st Nov 2018
Comparison of Android, iPad, Surface, and Chrome OS for research prototypes
The System-Level Foundation of Assembly Tracing how the CPU, OS, and ELF format shape the structure of your assembly code
5th May 2025
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The System-Level Foundation of Assembly

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

5th May 2025
Tracing how the CPU, OS, and ELF format shape the structure of your assembly code
My LinkedIn break - six weeks in About six weeks ago, I decided to take some time away from LinkedIn. I won’t go into the reasons...
1st Feb 2026
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My LinkedIn break - six weeks in

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

1st Feb 2026
About six weeks ago, I decided to take some time away from LinkedIn. I won’t go into the reasons behind this decision again, you can read all about that in the post I just linked to, but I do want to take some time and look back on the past six weeks and the things that not...
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