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What Mob Programming is Bad At
Pairing is two people working together to write code, while mobbing is three or more. Pairing has...
9 months ago
Pairing is two people working together to write code, while mobbing is three or more. Pairing has been part of the programming milleau since at least the 90's (with extreme programming), while mobbing is more of a 10's thing. I'm going to use them interchangeably from here on out...
Ruud van Asseldonk
A type system for RCL, part 3: Related work
5 months ago
A Beautiful Site
I switched from tabs to spaces and haven't looked back
Last week I started using spaces to indent code instead of tabs. It's something I swore I would...
over a year ago
Last week I started using spaces to indent code instead of tabs. It's something I swore I would never do, but I'm glad I finally did.
Why I always preferred tabs #
Tabs are sensible. They were made to indent things, and code needs to be indented, so it was a good relationship....
Julia Evans
Some notes on NixOS
Hello! Over the holidays I decided it might be fun to run NixOS on one of my
servers, as part of my...
11 months ago
Hello! Over the holidays I decided it might be fun to run NixOS on one of my
servers, as part of my continuing experiments with Nix.
My motivation for this was that previously I was using Ansible to
provision the server, but then I’d ad hoc installed a bunch of stuff on...
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.
A Beautiful Site
Give your JPEGs alpha channels
If you need alpha transparency on the web, 24-bit PNGs are usually your best bet. The only problem...
over a year ago
If you need alpha transparency on the web, 24-bit PNGs are usually your best bet. The only problem is that PNGs are lossless and can grow in file size very quickly — much larger than your average JPEG. So what if there was a way for JPEGs to support alpha channels?
I discovered...
ntietz.com blog
Why do companies hire people to be idle a lot of the time?
The biggest tech companies employ a lot of engineers.
In 2021, Microsoft employed over 100,000...
a year ago
The biggest tech companies employ a lot of engineers.
In 2021, Microsoft employed over 100,000 software engineers.
That is just mind boggling scale to me.
It's roughly as many people as the whole county I grew up in.
They are paying a lot of engineers.
Some of them do very...
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...
Joel Gascoigne
5 things that seem essential that we launched Buffer without
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over a year ago
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It’s a long time ago now, however I still remember it very well. When I first
went about creating the Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product] for Buffer,...
Jake Zimmerman
Why don’t constructors have override checking?
11 months ago
Tinloof - Blog
How to integrate Fathom Analytics into your Remix App
When it comes to building successful websites, it's important to gain insights and data about your...
over a year ago
When it comes to building successful websites, it's important to gain insights and data about your website visitors in order to enhance their experience.
In this guide, we will go over the steps of integrating Fathom Analytics into a Remix application.
Creating a site in Fathom...
A Beautiful Site
Import/restore MySQL files from the command line
I don't use this very often, but when I do I always spend a decent amount of time trying to figure...
over a year ago
I don't use this very often, but when I do I always spend a decent amount of time trying to figure it out online. Here are the steps to import a large SQL file from the command line.
Upload the SQL file to the server that your MySQL database is on
Execute the following command...
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!
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Following Links
I loved this post from Chris Enns (via Robb Knight) where he outlines the rabbit hole of links he...
9 months ago
I loved this post from Chris Enns (via Robb Knight) where he outlines the rabbit hole of links he ventured down in writing that post.
It felt fun and familiar, as that’s how my own browsing goes, e.g.
“I saw X and I clicked it. Then I saw Y, so I clicked that. But then I went...
alexwlchan
Upward assignment in Ruby
Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it...
a year ago
Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it added rightward assignment (4 => x).
Then at RubyConf 2021, Kevin Kuchta explained how to abuse Ruby features to build a downward assignment operator (yes, this really...
Daniel Marino
Gamedev.js Jam 2021 Retrospective
Recently, I participated in the Gamedev.js Jam 2021: a 13-day competition to build a game that can...
over a year ago
Recently, I participated in the Gamedev.js Jam 2021: a 13-day competition to build a game that can run on the Web in a browser without extra plugins. This year’s theme for the competition was “mirror”, which could interpreted however participants chose. I had an itch I wanted to...
A Beautiful Site
A Beautiful Site launched
I'd like to introduce my new web design studio. After considering a list of potential names and...
over a year ago
I'd like to introduce my new web design studio. After considering a list of potential names and designs, I finally came up with a name that I thought fitting for the kind of web design business that I want to run.
After a few pencil and paper sketches, a few hours in Photoshop,...
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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!
Oxide Computer...
Oxide Computer Company: Initial boot sequence
We have started a computer company! If you haven’t yet, read Jess’s account of
us being born in a...
over a year ago
We have started a computer company! If you haven’t yet, read Jess’s account of
us being born in a garage and
Bryan’s on the soul of our new computer
company. Also, see the perspectives of some of our founding engineers:
Robert Mustacchi on
joining Oxide,
Joshua Clulow on the need...
Tinloof - Blog
How to get a taste of ReasonML by building something useful
ReasonML, a programming language that compiles to JavaScript, was built by extending the functional...
over a year ago
ReasonML, a programming language that compiles to JavaScript, was built by extending the functional programming language OCaml, leveraging powerful and safe types smartly inferred by default. Reason’s official documentation is clear, yet covering the theory with “Hello World”...
Paolo Amoroso's...
Setting up Medley for TableBrowser development
<![CDATA[Although Medley's documentation and published material is scattered across several archives...
a year ago
<![CDATA[Although Medley's documentation and published material is scattered across several archives and sources, and doesn't cover all the system facilities, once I find the right document I get most of the information I need on a specific feature.
But sometimes the information...
The Changelog
KDE: A Nice Tiling Envieonment and a Surprisingly Awesome DE
I recently wrote that managing an external display on Linux shouldn’t be this hard. I went down a...
over a year ago
I recently wrote that managing an external display on Linux shouldn’t be this hard. I went down a path of trying out some different options before finally landing at an unexpected place: KDE. I say “unexpected” because I find tiling window managers are just about a necessity....
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Go beyond eslint limits with these 3 tricks
My current obsession with statically checking JS code got me to appreciate eslint even more....
over a year ago
My current obsession with statically checking JS code got me to appreciate eslint even more. Recently, I've shown you how to use no-restricted-syntax to lint almost anything. Still, like any tool, eslint has its limits — often a precise rule bends eslint too much, and is not...
charity.wtf
Questionable Advice: “People Used To Take Me Seriously. Then I Became A Software Vendor”
I recently got a plaintive text message from my magnificent friend Abby Bangser, asking about a...
a year ago
I recently got a plaintive text message from my magnificent friend Abby Bangser, asking about a conversation we had several years ago: “Hey, I’ve got a question for you. A long time ago I remember you talking about what an adjustment it was becoming a vendor, how all of a sudden...
Joel Gascoigne
Want to create a new habit? Get ready to break it.
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over a year ago
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> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -
Aristotle
I’ve been obsessed with thinking about, adjusting and building upon my habits
for a long time now, and...
A Smart Bear
Brittle Points: How to make companies robust
Brittleness is when the company fails because just one component breaks. Learn some strategies for...
2 weeks ago
Brittleness is when the company fails because just one component breaks. Learn some strategies for fixing Brittle Points.
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Shiny, Animated CSS Buttons
Shiny, Animated CSS Buttons
2021-04-27
Everyone can appreciate fancy, animated buttons - but often...
over a year ago
Shiny, Animated CSS Buttons
2021-04-27
Everyone can appreciate fancy, animated buttons - but often times they come with a performance cost: JavaScript. Luckily for us, we can create our very own shiny, animated buttons with pure CSS.
The Demo
Live CodePen Example
The...
The Pragmatic...
The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
The bank serving half of all VC-funded startups in the US and UK collapsed more or less overnight....
a year ago
The bank serving half of all VC-funded startups in the US and UK collapsed more or less overnight. How did it play out, and what are the next steps for startups?
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A World Without Plugins
What happens if we did away with plugins altogether? The case for Imperative Recipes
over a year ago
What happens if we did away with plugins altogether? The case for Imperative Recipes
Liz Denys
Why I left Instagram
Content warning: discussion of fatphobia in advertising
Practically overnight, my ads on Instagram...
over a year ago
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,...
blag
Staying Ahead of Amazon, in Amazon Treasure Hunt Contest
With a simple Man In The Middle (MITM) attack, I tried to cheat(?) one of Amazon India’s contest.
over a year ago
With a simple Man In The Middle (MITM) attack, I tried to cheat(?) one of Amazon India’s contest.
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...
Irrational...
Better to micromanage than be disengaged.
For a long time, I found the micromanager CEO archetype very frustrating to work with.
They would...
a year ago
For a long time, I found the micromanager CEO archetype very frustrating to work with.
They would often pop out of nowhere, jab holes in the work I had done without understanding the tradeoffs,
and then disappear when I wanted to explain my decisions.
In those moments, I wished...
Alex Meub
A Pretty Good Entertainment Setup
My entertainment setup is relatively simple but I’m happy with it. All my content is stored on a...
over a year ago
My entertainment setup is relatively simple but I’m happy with it. All my content is stored on a Synology DiskStation DS213 NAS with 2x2TB RAID 0 configured drives. This is hands down the best NAS I’ve ever used. It’s super easy to set up and the interface is awesome (all...
Steve Klabnik
Structure literals vs. constructors in Rust
over a year ago
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Stop Being Fancy
This is a note to self:
Except where absolutely necessary, stop being fancy.
When confronted with,...
a year ago
This is a note to self:
Except where absolutely necessary, stop being fancy.
When confronted with, “Can this be done?”
If the answer is an immediate "Yes", go ahead, do that.
But if the answer is, “Well, you could, but you’d have to…"
Just stop right there. Don’t go do...
blag
Setting up Github Actions for Hugo
Github Actions for Hugo but with particular requirements
over a year ago
Github Actions for Hugo but with particular requirements
Blog System/5
Hard disk LEDs and noisy machines
The little annoyances that alerted us developers of performance problems
a year ago
The little annoyances that alerted us developers of performance problems
Steve Klabnik
How Dogecoin changed my perspective on cryptocurrency
over a year ago
Ruud van Asseldonk
A type system for RCL, part 1: Introduction
5 months ago
A Beautiful Site
A Beautiful Site becomes "A Beautiful Site, LLC"
Today has been an exciting day. I received documentation from the State of Florida stating that A...
over a year ago
Today has been an exciting day. I received documentation from the State of Florida stating that A Beautiful Site, LLC. is officially a limited liability company. This marks the new beginning of a period of growth for ABS, which has been, until now, a sole proprietorship.
In the...
Acko.net
The Case for Use.GPU
Reinventing rendering one shader at a time
The other day I ran into a perfect example of...
over a year ago
Reinventing rendering one shader at a time
The other day I ran into a perfect example of exactly why GPU programming is so foreign and weird. In this post I will explain why, because it's a microcosm of the issues that lead me to build Use.GPU, a WebGPU rendering...
David Heinemeier...
Our cloud-exit savings will now top ten million over five years
We finished pulling seven cloud apps, including HEY, out of AWS and onto our own hardware last...
2 months ago
We finished pulling seven cloud apps, including HEY, out of AWS and onto our own hardware last summer. But it took until the end of that year for all the long-term contract commitments to end, so 2024 has been the first clean year of savings, and we've been pleasantly surprised...
Vadim Kravcenko
How much a CTO makes and where can I find CTO Jobs?
Question:
Here's the thing, I’m kind of stuck trying to figure out what a CTO actually makes in...
7 months ago
Question:
Here's the thing, I’m kind of stuck trying to figure out what a CTO actually makes in terms of $$$, most of the people in the field are secretive about how much they're getting. It's not just about the money (okay, it's a bit about the money), but also understanding if...
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In-depth: ClickHouse vs PostgreSQL
Honestly, it is a bit ridiculous to compare Postgres and ClickHouse. The two database solutions are...
over a year ago
Honestly, it is a bit ridiculous to compare Postgres and ClickHouse. The two database solutions are as similar as grapes and grapefruit. ClickHouse…
bt RSS Feed
Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout
Poor Man’s CSS Full-Bleed Layout
2020-10-07
I recently came across the very well written and...
over a year ago
Poor Man’s CSS Full-Bleed Layout
2020-10-07
I recently came across the very well written and interesting article, Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid, while browsing my daily designer feeds. I won’t go into the post’s specifics here (I recommend you read the article for yourself)...
TokyoDev
Rakuten and Globalization
Hiroshi Mikitani started [Rakuten's Technology Conference] in English,
but quickly switched to...
over a year ago
Hiroshi Mikitani started [Rakuten's Technology Conference] in English,
but quickly switched to Japanese. He claimed there was a strong demand
from the Japanese participants for him to present in Japanese. This
shows how much work ahead of him he has if Rakuten is going to meet...
The Codist
My Wikipedia Entry For Trapeze
Maury Markowitz wrote up the story of Trapeze (covered earlier in this blog) on Wikipedia.
It sure...
a year ago
Maury Markowitz wrote up the story of Trapeze (covered earlier in this blog) on Wikipedia.
It sure seems like a long time ago.
TokyoDev
My experience with Vulcanus in Japan, a training programme for EU engineering students
My journey in Japan started in a slightly unconventional way. While there are several paths to enter...
a year ago
My journey in Japan started in a slightly unconventional way. While there are several paths to enter the country, such as a working holiday visa, English teaching, or getting hired by one of the [many wonderful companies](http://www.tokyodev.com/companies), posting jobs on...
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware April 2024
Last month’s ware was a “Z16 AI Voice Translator”. The name doesn’t really tell you much, so here’s...
6 months ago
Last month’s ware was a “Z16 AI Voice Translator”. The name doesn’t really tell you much, so here’s some photos that give a better idea of what the device is about. Above are the main parts of the device. The construction is simple and straightforward: big battery, screen with...
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
SumatraPDF 2.5.2 released
We, the SumatraPDF developers have released a version 2.5.2 of Sumatra, a PDF and ebook reader for...
over a year ago
We, the SumatraPDF developers have released a version 2.5.2 of Sumatra, a PDF and ebook reader for Windows.
Changes in this release:
2 page view for ebooks
new keybindings:
Ctrl+PgDn, Ctrl+Right : go to next page
Ctrl+PgUp, Ctrl+Left : go to previous page
10x faster ebook...
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How to write a Python Twitter Unfollow Script in 2022
The Twitter API has changed (from v1 to v2), and Python has gone from 2 to 3, and Google is still...
over a year ago
The Twitter API has changed (from v1 to v2), and Python has gone from 2 to 3, and Google is still serving up loads of outdated results.
Steve Klabnik
The hardest decision I've ever made
over a year ago
Making software...
Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero
Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero
2022-11-04
Eariler this year I posted detailed instructions on...
over a year ago
Setting Up AdGuard Home with Eero
2022-11-04
Eariler this year I posted detailed instructions on setting up Pi-Hole with Eero and it seemed to help out a few people having troubles. With AdGuard Home recently popping up on the frontpage of HackerNews, I thought now would be a...
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Make your own Dev.to CMS livestream - Part 1
Livecoding my own Dev.to CMS with Next.js + Preact + TypeScript + Tailwind UI
over a year ago
Livecoding my own Dev.to CMS with Next.js + Preact + TypeScript + Tailwind UI
MMapped blog
Rust at scale: packages, crates, and modules
over a year ago
Josh Comeau's blog
You Don’t Need a UI Framework
As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap....
over a year ago
As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap. Seems like a great way to outsource design and save a bunch of time, right? In my experience, this is an unrealistic expectation, and things don’t quite work out that way.
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The most useful B2B SaaS product metrics
So, you're building a B2B SaaS product. Everyone knows you've got to measure stuff to succeed. This...
over a year ago
So, you're building a B2B SaaS product. Everyone knows you've got to measure stuff to succeed. This is not news. What, why, and how? These are the…
Joel Gascoigne
How my co-founder and I structure ourselves as CEO and COO
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over a year ago
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For the first two years of Buffer we didn’t use C-level titles
[https://soundcloud.com/joelgascoigne/thoughts-on-cxo-titles-in]. In February
last year it started to make much more sense for me to...
charity.wtf
Generative AI is not going to build your engineering team for you
Originally posted on the Stack Overflow blog on June 10th, 2024 When I was 19 years old, I dropped...
6 months ago
Originally posted on the Stack Overflow blog on June 10th, 2024 When I was 19 years old, I dropped out of college and moved to San Francisco. I had a job offer in hand to be a Unix sysadmin for Taos Consulting. However, before my first day of work I was lured away to a […]
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How PostHog's new VP focused the company on nailing funnels in his first week
Ramping up fast in any senior product role requires understanding as much context as possible across...
over a year ago
Ramping up fast in any senior product role requires understanding as much context as possible across 3 axes (Market, Product and People). I’ll talk…
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Unsupervised Learning: Information Theory Recap
A small detour to catch up on the basics of Information Theory we'll need
over a year ago
A small detour to catch up on the basics of Information Theory we'll need
Steve Klabnik
Porting steveklabnik.com to Workers Sites and Zola
over a year ago
Maggie Appleton
A Brief Introduction to Digital Anthropology
over a year ago
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Array 1.16.0
Following our largest release to date, we are now back on a more regular release schedule. And,...
over a year ago
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…
Joel Gascoigne
The evolution of culture at a startup
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over a year ago
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It’s now 2 years since I launched Buffer [http://bufferapp.com], and the company
has grown from just myself (working from my bedroom) to a team of 7. In the last
few months, I’ve been thinking a...
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...
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...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
5 coding interview questions I hate
I’ve taken part in well over a hundred tech interviews now, on both sides. Some were fun, and some...
over a year ago
I’ve taken part in well over a hundred tech interviews now, on both sides. Some were fun, and some were pure cringe. I’ve been asked if I have kids (supposedly, people with children won’t have time to job hop), and if “I bet my ass I cost that much”. Fun times.
But today I’d like...
HTMHell
Dear developer, your assumptions are wrong
As developers, validation of user input is one of the first things we are taught.
So, for example,...
over a year ago
As developers, validation of user input is one of the first things we are taught.
So, for example, we may think it would be a good idea to put some restrictions in an input field for a name:
<label for="name">First name:</label>
<input type="text" minlength="3" maxlength="20"...
Joel Gascoigne
The evening walk
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A few weeks ago I restarted one of my favorite habits: a daily evening walk. I
want to share a couple of reasons why I love this habit so much, and how I
recommend starting it if you find that
Daniel Immke's Blog...
Beginner interaction design with Principle
Earlier this year when I was designing this site, I had a bit of a problem: I wanted to go above and...
over a year ago
Earlier this year when I was designing this site, I had a bit of a problem: I wanted to go above and beyond with the animations and…
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...
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
I made a keyboard!
Another keyboard!
HHKbeeb
A couple of years ago I made a BBC Micro tribute keyboard in the runup
to...
a year ago
Another keyboard!
HHKbeeb
A couple of years ago I made a BBC Micro tribute keyboard in the runup
to the beeb’s 40th anniversary. I called it HHKBeeb:
The HHKBeeb is made from:
keycaps designed by me and printed by WASD
Yiancar HS60 PCB
generic HHKB aluminium / acrylic sandwich...
Engineer’s Codex
4 lessons from software teams that ship fast
Software engineering provides a lot of leverage. A small team can generate a disproportionate amount...
a year ago
Software engineering provides a lot of leverage. A small team can generate a disproportionate amount of value or impact a huge number of users. For example, Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engineers, back in 2011. Examples of teams that ship fast
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HogMail #22: Why do companies over-hire?"
Welcome to HogMail, our newsletter featuring the best of the PostHog blog, tutorials, product...
a year ago
Welcome to HogMail, our newsletter featuring the best of the PostHog blog, tutorials, product guides, and curated articles on building great products…
Ralph Ammer
Ludwig Wittgenstein – How we speak
This is a quick introduction to the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
The post Ludwig Wittgenstein...
over a year ago
This is a quick introduction to the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
The post Ludwig Wittgenstein – How we speak appeared first on Ralph Ammer.
Julia Evans
Writing Javascript without a build system
Hello! I’ve been writing some Javascript this week, and as always when I start
a new frontend...
a year ago
Hello! I’ve been writing some Javascript this week, and as always when I start
a new frontend project, I was faced with the question: should I use a build
system?
I want to talk about what’s appealing to me about build systems, why I
(usually) still don’t use them, and why I find...
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News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
2019-05-29
Online news outlets are a dying breed and many users...
over a year ago
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
2019-05-29
Online news outlets are a dying breed and many users have decided to consume information elsewhere. Why? Because the news industry has become a cesspool of anti-consumer and blackhat practices that has eroded trust for the sake of...
Epic Web Dev
Only use GET and POST (tip)
Learn about the limitations of using HTTP methods other than GET and POST for form submissions and...
a year ago
Learn about the limitations of using HTTP methods other than GET and POST for form submissions and how it can affect the user experience.
Elad Blog
AI Regulation
There have been multiple call to regulate AI. It is too early to do so.
a year ago
There have been multiple call to regulate AI. It is too early to do so.
Liz Denys
Bauhaus spoon rest, 2024
Bauhaus design / negative space / boundaries that are clear on paper
6 months ago
Bauhaus design / negative space / boundaries that are clear on paper
Alex Meub
Building Wi-Fi Buttons with ESP8266
Four years ago, I wrote about using Amazon Dash buttons as simple hackable Wi-Fi buttons. It’s...
over a year ago
Four years ago, I wrote about using Amazon Dash buttons as simple hackable Wi-Fi buttons. It’s pretty cool to order pizza, turn on a light, send a tweet, or even run a custom script at the press of a physical button. But I recently tried to use one of my dash buttons and couldn’t...
PostHog's RSS Feed
5 analytics ideas for marketing teams using PostHog
One of the great things about PostHog is that it democratizes your product strategy by making...
over a year ago
One of the great things about PostHog is that it democratizes your product strategy by making analytics accessible to more than just analysts. There’s…
A Smart Bear
Productive meeting activities: Leverage the team, empower the individual
Meetings are most productive when we create something that none of us could have created alone. How...
over a year ago
Meetings are most productive when we create something that none of us could have created alone. How can we leverage the wisdom of the crowd, while ensuring that decisions and responsibilities continue to reside with an individual?
HTMHell
Adding Complementary Performance Data to Your Site
Getting performance data from real users can transform assumptions about how a user experiences a...
over a year ago
Getting performance data from real users can transform assumptions about how a user experiences a site into objective, actionable information.
In the last two years, there has been increased awareness of web performance thanks to Google's Core Web Vitals (CWV) metrics. These...
Steve Klabnik
git, history modification, and libuv
over a year ago
Kevin Chen
Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare
Recently, The Verge asked, “where are all the robot trucks?”
It’s a good question.
Trucking was...
11 months ago
Recently, The Verge asked, “where are all the robot trucks?”
It’s a good question.
Trucking was supposed to be the ideal first application of autonomous driving. Freeways contain predictable, highly structured driving scenarios. An autonomous truck would not have to deal with the...
ntietz.com blog
It's easier to code review Rust than Python
On Monday, I was talking to a friend about programming and I mentioned that I prefer to review Rust...
a year ago
On Monday, I was talking to a friend about programming and I mentioned that I prefer to review Rust code over Python code.
He asked why, and I had some rambling answer, but I had to take some time to think about it.
It boils down to the fact that I can give a much better review...
Mahmoud Felfel's...
Abstract Syntax Trees by example
Babel is a very powerful code generator and parser, but the documentation doesn't have many examples...
over a year ago
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.
Josh Comeau's blog
A Friendly Introduction to Container Queries
It’s been a couple of years since container queries started landing in browsers… so why isn’t anyone...
a month ago
It’s been a couple of years since container queries started landing in browsers… so why isn’t anyone using them? It turns out that container queries are kinda tricky; they’re not as straightforward as media queries. In this tutorial, we’ll break it all down and make sense of...
blag
Flashing Asus-WRT Merlin by XVortex on NetGear NightHawk R7000
This tutorial will explain you how to flash Asus-WRT Merlin by XVortex on NetGear NightHawk R7000.
over a year ago
This tutorial will explain you how to flash Asus-WRT Merlin by XVortex on NetGear NightHawk R7000.
Dan Slimmon
5 production surprises worth investigating
As an SRE, I’m a vocal believer in following one’s nose: seeking out surprising phenomena and...
a year ago
As an SRE, I’m a vocal believer in following one’s nose: seeking out surprising phenomena and getting to the bottom of them. By adopting this habit, we can find and fix many classes of problems before they turn into incidents. Over time, this makes things run much smoother. But...
Making software...
Width or Flex-Basis?
Width or Flex-Basis?
2018-11-28
Creating rows and columns of elements that adapt dynamically can be...
over a year ago
Width or Flex-Basis?
2018-11-28
Creating rows and columns of elements that adapt dynamically can be a little tricky depending on the desired outcome. Let's breakdown how to solve this issue using both inline-block paired with width and flex-basis.
Width
Setting the width of the...
bt RSS Feed
Build and Deploy Websites Automatically with Git
Build and Deploy Websites Automatically with Git
2024-09-20
I recently began the process of setting...
3 months ago
Build and Deploy Websites Automatically with Git
2024-09-20
I recently began the process of setting up my self-hosted1 cgit server as my main code forge. Updating repos via cgit on NearlyFreeSpeech on its own has been simple enough, but it lacked the “wow-factor” of having some...
Epic Web Dev
Fluid Hover Cards with Tailwind CSS (tutorial)
11 months ago
A Beautiful Site
Cory's amazing dot paper
In a world where designers use Sketch, Photoshop, and other apps to create wireframes, I'm here in...
over a year ago
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...
macwright.com
Roll
I developed an old roll of film and the photos are pretty decent!
My Olympus XA-2 is
my default...
a year ago
I developed an old roll of film and the photos are pretty decent!
My Olympus XA-2 is
my default walking-around camera. I love it, but its age is showing
and I’m envious of the crisp photos that people get out of later-era
SLR film cameras. Thinking about getting a lightweight...
Tony Finch's blog
My spaghetti carbonara recipe
In recent weeks I have been obsessed with carbonara: I have probably
been eating it far too...
a year ago
In recent weeks I have been obsessed with carbonara: I have probably
been eating it far too frequently. Here’s my recipe. It works well for
1 - 3 people but gets unweildy at larger quantities.
ingredients
Rough quantities per person:
100g pasta
Spaghetti is traditional but I’ll...
Nelson's Weblog
Cronometer is a good food diary
Recently I switched to a new calorie counting app, Cronometer. I’m quite happy with it.
It’s a huge...
a year ago
Recently I switched to a new calorie counting app, Cronometer. I’m quite happy with it.
It’s a huge improvement over MyFitnessPal (MFP) or Lose It and is not exploitative
like Noom.
The key improvement with Cronometer is accuracy,
particularly good data
sources for nutrition...
bt RSS Feed
Replacing My Eero Mesh Network with Two Mangos
Replacing My Eero Mesh Network with Two Mangos
2023-03-09
It has been one week since I retired my...
a year ago
Replacing My Eero Mesh Network with Two Mangos
2023-03-09
It has been one week since I retired my Eero mesh network setup and replaced it with two Mango Mini Travel Routers (GL-MT300N-V2). There were some obvious reasons to make this switch but I was initially unsure how the...
Blog - Bitfield...
Cryptography in Go: AES encryption
AES is an amazing, state-of-the-art encryption system, and it’s built right
in to Go as part of...
4 months ago
AES is an amazing, state-of-the-art encryption system, and it’s built right
in to Go as part of the standard library. It’s also incredibly easy to use.
Let’s see how!
bt RSS Feed
Stripe Menu Dropdowns (CSS)
Stripe Menu Dropdowns (CSS)
2020-03-31
In a previous article I wrote, Minimal CSS: Dropdown Menus, I...
over a year ago
Stripe Menu Dropdowns (CSS)
2020-03-31
In a previous article I wrote, Minimal CSS: Dropdown Menus, I showed how you could create a basic menu dropdown with only 121 bytes of CSS. While this demo is great for simple text-based menu dropdowns, it doesn’t show just how complex (in a...
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's...
Semantic AJAX-HTML
I recently started fiddling around with HTMX, and I'm pretty impressed. As anyone who's followed the...
9 months ago
I recently started fiddling around with HTMX, and I'm pretty impressed. As anyone who's followed the development of Bear knows, I'm pretty sick of the state of modern web development due to the complexity involved in managing the disparity between the front-end and the...
Seldo.com
You Will Never Be A Full Stack Developer
over a year ago
Lennart Koopmann
I Left my previous job to Work on nzyme Full Time
Today, I am incredibly excited to announce that I left my previous position to work on nzyme...
a year ago
Today, I am incredibly excited to announce that I left my previous position to work on nzyme full-time. Working as founder and CTO for almost ten years and helping the company grow to more than 125 full-time employees, I have learned a lot that I can now put to work again.
PostHog's RSS Feed
Cancer and revenue - the latest board meeting
It has been a dramatic month. Four weeks ago, our 16 month old daughter was diagnosed with ...
over a year ago
It has been a dramatic month. Four weeks ago, our 16 month old daughter was diagnosed with retinoblastoma - a fairly rare form of cancer that…
Making software...
I Want to Suckless and You Can Too
I Want to Suckless and You Can Too
2022-12-23
The Desire to Suckless
While I have been happy with my...
over a year ago
I Want to Suckless and You Can Too
2022-12-23
The Desire to Suckless
While I have been happy with my previous desktop setup using Wayland on Alpine Linux, I just couldn't shake the urge to fully embrace the suckless ecosystem. Although, this meant ditching Wayland and returning...
ntietz.com blog
I'm scared, and hopeful, and you can help
Tomorrow, I'm boarding an airplane to attend a work event.
It's my first time flying since 2018, and...
11 months ago
Tomorrow, I'm boarding an airplane to attend a work event.
It's my first time flying since 2018, and I'm excited to meet all my coworkers in person.
The travel is, on whole, going to be a good experience.
But there is a lot surrounding the travel that is stressful and scary.
I'm...
David Heinemeier...
Cookie banners show everything that's wrong with the EU
Companies have spent billions on cookie banner compliance only to endlessly annoy users with no...
4 months ago
Companies have spent billions on cookie banner compliance only to endlessly annoy users with no material improvement to their privacy, but this unsightly blight is still with us (and the rest of the internet!). All because the EU has no mechanism for self-correcting its...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Seven habits of bad interviewers
I’ve been to plenty of bad interviews. Sometimes, only some questions are bad, but usually it goes...
over a year ago
I’ve been to plenty of bad interviews. Sometimes, only some questions are bad, but usually it goes further than that. Bizarre questions like “what’s the difference between a number and an array” are just a symptom of deeper issues.
Let’s take a step back — why are we...
Daniel Immke's Blog...
2019: Lessons learned
It’s the end of the year — and the decade — as endless listicles remind me every day. I wrote an end...
over a year ago
It’s the end of the year — and the decade — as endless listicles remind me every day. I wrote an end of year blog post last year so I…
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.
Liz Denys
A meeting of mindsets
This spring, I finally had time in the right places in my schedule to incorporate teaching into my...
over a year ago
This spring, I finally had time in the right places in my schedule to incorporate teaching into my semester. I'm a Learning Assistant (LA) for 6.042: Mathematics for Computer Science, which offers an introduction to discrete mathematics oriented towards computer science and...
Josh Comeau's blog
Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid
Certain layouts are surprisingly dastardly. On the modern web, one of the most common layouts is...
over a year ago
Certain layouts are surprisingly dastardly. On the modern web, one of the most common layouts is also one of the trickiest. In this tutorial, I break down how to build the "full-bleed" layout using CSS Grid.
Joel on Software
The next CEO of Stack Overflow
We’re looking for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. I’m stepping out of the day-to-day and up to the...
over a year ago
We’re looking for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. I’m stepping out of the day-to-day and up to the role of Chairman of the Board. Read more "The next CEO of Stack Overflow"
Copper • A blog...
A window switcher on the Mac App Store? Is it even possible?
Not really, no. Not without annoying workarounds and a confusing user experience.
Another email,...
over a year ago
Not really, no. Not without annoying workarounds and a confusing user experience.
Another email, another annoyed user: Firefox not loading websites when launched through rcmd! It works when launched from Alfred.. Please fix ASAP!! I’m gonna fix this Firefox issue once and for...
PostHog's RSS Feed
In-depth: ClickHouse vs Redshift
We've written extensively comparing ClickHouse to other analytical databases, including Google...
a year ago
We've written extensively comparing ClickHouse to other analytical databases, including Google BigQuery , Elastic , and Apache Druid . Most of…
HTMHell
#23 A card pattern
Bad code
<article>
<div>
<div class="sr-only">Image</div>
<img src="/feature-teaser.png"...
over a year ago
Bad code
<article>
<div>
<div class="sr-only">Image</div>
<img src="/feature-teaser.png" alt="Feature teaser" />
</div>
</article>
<div>
<span>
<span>Exciting feature!</span>
</span>
<div> This text describes what the feature does! </div>
<a...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Faster Connectivity !== Faster Websites
This post from Dan Luu discussing how web bloat impacts users with slow devices caused me to reflect...
8 months ago
This post from Dan Luu discussing how web bloat impacts users with slow devices caused me to reflect on the supposition that faster connectivity means faster websites.
I grew up in an era when slow internet was the primary limiting factor to a great experience on the web. I was...
Patrick Kayongo
Martyr
Crouched behind a thicket, Mirundi tried to catch his breath. He quickly lifted his hand from the...
a year ago
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...
Seán Barry
A Realisation About Fitness
No matter how much I run, or how much I lift weights, it never gets easier. There's always a part of...
a year ago
No matter how much I run, or how much I lift weights, it never gets easier. There's always a part of me that wants to stop, and there's always another part of me fighting to push through. This is how I deal with that internal battle.
Alex Meub
The Yoto Mini is Perfect
The Yoto Mini is one of my favorite products. The team behind it deeply understands its users and...
7 months ago
The Yoto Mini is one of my favorite products. The team behind it deeply understands its users and put just the right set of features into a brilliantly designed package.
I have no affiliation with Yoto, I’m just a happy customer with kids who love it.
If you aren’t aware, Yoto...
Epic Web Dev
Tailwind CSS Color Tokens (tutorial)
4 months ago
Steve Klabnik
Resque 1.25.0.pre has been released
over a year ago
Writing - Andreas...
Grit Multipliers
People sometimes argue that you’re more likely to build a successful
business as a solo founder....
over a year ago
People sometimes argue that you’re more likely to build a successful
business as a solo founder. The argument goes that without co-founders, you
get faster decision making, and since speed is one of most important
advantages you have, you get a better shot at iterating...
Elad Blog
Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF
Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
a year ago
Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
Julia Evans
Migrating Mess With DNS to use PowerDNS
About 3 years ago, I announced Mess With DNS in
this blog post, a playground
where you can learn how...
4 months ago
About 3 years ago, I announced Mess With DNS in
this blog post, a playground
where you can learn how DNS works by messing around and creating records.
I wasn’t very careful with the DNS implementation though (to quote the release blog
post: “following the DNS RFCs? not exactly”),...
General Robots
So You Want To Do Robots, Part 3: How to Escape Pilot Purgatory
I hope you don’t fail, but building a robotics company is very hard. So it's useful to study the...
a year ago
I hope you don’t fail, but building a robotics company is very hard. So it's useful to study the patterns of what doesn’t work. We’re going to dig into the most common death pattern for robotics startups: starving in pilot purgatory. If you’ve been at a robot startup, this story...
Ognjen Regoje •...
ChatGPT == Google News?
ChatGPT ingesting content produced by others and reproducing it, wholly, or in-part as a result of...
a year ago
ChatGPT ingesting content produced by others and reproducing it, wholly, or in-part as a result of the model, is almost exactly the same like Google ingesting news and presenting it on the search results page.
Actually, it’s worse, because it gives absolutely no attribution to...
Liz Denys
Seeing every BAM Next Wave Festival show
From October to December of last year, I saw a lot of shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music -...
over a year ago
From October to December of last year, I saw a lot of shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music - specifically, I saw all 26 of the Next Wave Festival productions.
I've been coming to BAM regularly since I moved to New York in 2011, and Next Wave is always an exciting time of year...
macwright.com
Recently
If you’re reading this on macwright.com,
you might have noticed that the website got a very slight...
6 months ago
If you’re reading this on macwright.com,
you might have noticed that the website got a very slight upgrade
this month. I’ve been publishing a lot of content in the
/micro/ section, and I update
my /reading/ list once
or twice a month when I finish books, but these proper...
Josh Comeau's blog
Making Sense of React Server Components
This year, the React team unveiled something they've been quietly researching for years: an official...
a year ago
This year, the React team unveiled something they've been quietly researching for years: an official way to run React components exclusively on the server. This is a significant paradigm shift, and it's caused a whole lot of confusion in the React community. In this tutorial,...
Words and Buttons...
Lexical differential highlighting instead of syntax highlighting
“Lexical” since it doesn't need true syntax analysis, primitive tokenization and filtering are...
over a year ago
“Lexical” since it doesn't need true syntax analysis, primitive tokenization and filtering are enough. And it's “differential” because it aims to highlight the difference between lexemes. Ideally, the smaller the lexical difference, the greater the color difference should be.
...
Greg Brockman
The OpenAI Mission
This post is co-written by Greg Brockman (left) and Ilya Sutskever (right).
We’ve been working on...
over a year ago
This post is co-written by Greg Brockman (left) and Ilya Sutskever (right).
We’ve been working on OpenAI for the past three years. Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) — which we define as automated systems that outperform humans at most...
Liz Denys
Starlit sky Brutalist planter with attached drip tray, 2024
Starlit sky on a clear night / the milky way / eternity / clarity / raindrops sticking to window...
7 months ago
Starlit sky on a clear night / the milky way / eternity / clarity / raindrops sticking to window glass
A Smart Bear
Adjacency Matrix: How to expand after PMF
A simple workshop that evaluates new business ideas relative to your existing strengths -- the key...
7 months ago
A simple workshop that evaluates new business ideas relative to your existing strengths -- the key to expanding without overreaching.
Julia Evans
"Rules" that terminal programs follow
Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal
is some combination...
a week ago
Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal
is some combination of:
Your operating system’s job
Your shell’s job
Your terminal emulator’s job
The job of whatever program you happen to be running (like top or vim or cat)
The first three (your...
A Beautiful Site
Success Requires Luck
I've concluded that successful "makers" have one thing in common: luck.
It's not that strategy and...
over a year ago
I've concluded that successful "makers" have one thing in common: luck.
It's not that strategy and vision don't play a role in success, but nobody — literally nobody — can guarantee that a product or service will be successful. Think about some of the major corporations that...
bt RSS Feed
Improving Github's New Design
Improving Github’s New Design
2020-07-07
Like many other Github users, I am not a big fan of their...
over a year ago
Improving Github’s New Design
2020-07-07
Like many other Github users, I am not a big fan of their recent repository page redesign. In my mind it seems like a change just for the sake of change - the original UI worked perfectly fine.
Sigh.
I was planning on recreating the...
Joel Gascoigne
What online gaming taught me about startups
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Whilst...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
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Whilst researching for the Achieving overnight success: Kevin Systrom
[https://joel.is/post/22436341176/achieving-overnight-success-kevin-systrom] piece
I published two weeks ago, I was excited to...
Vadim Kravcenko
How to build remote teams properly
This article is part of the Technical Manager Guide that I’m writing for technical leads to scale...
over a year ago
This article is part of the Technical Manager Guide that I’m writing for technical leads to scale their development and […]
The post How to build remote teams properly appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Joel Gascoigne
Why I'm going to Hawaii with my co-founder
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over a year ago
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My co-founder Leo [http://leostartsup.com] and I are headed to Hawaii tomorrow
morning for a 10 day trip. I just emailed the team, and I thought in line with
one of our core...
blag
Building a distributed log using S3 (under 150 lines of Go)
In this third part of the series, I will show how we can implement a durable, distributed, and...
3 weeks ago
In this third part of the series, I will show how we can implement a durable, distributed, and highly available log using S3
David Heinemeier...
Where next for DEI?
It was a rough 2023 for DEI. After the ideology completely conquered both the corporate and cultural...
10 months ago
It was a rough 2023 for DEI. After the ideology completely conquered both the corporate and cultural world from 2020-2022, the reversal last year was astounding. The Supreme Court ruled the use of race in college admissions illegal, Ibram X. Kendi’s Antiracst Research center fell...
swyx's site RSS Feed
React Single File Components Are Here
React has long eschewed convention in favor of the extreme flexibility of JS. It is time for the...
over a year ago
React has long eschewed convention in favor of the extreme flexibility of JS. It is time for the next level in React authorship formats.
A Smart Bear
Fermi ROI: Fixing the ROI rubric
“Maximum value in minimum time.” Sounds good in theory, but traditional rubrics surreptitiously fail...
over a year ago
“Maximum value in minimum time.” Sounds good in theory, but traditional rubrics surreptitiously fail to produce the best answers, and fail to create explanations that help others understand why they’re the best answers. This system works.
A Beautiful Site
BrowserStack: stop using virtual machines for browser testing
Sick of booting up an entire virtual machine (VM) just to test something in IE? With BrowserStack,...
over a year ago
Sick of booting up an entire virtual machine (VM) just to test something in IE? With BrowserStack, you don't need VMware or VirtualBox. Just enter a URL and instantly test on just about any browser you can think of.
This is legit. It's not just another screenshot service or...
Making software...
Easy Toggle Switches
Easy Toggle Switches
2019-02-18
Sometimes there is a need to use toggle elements in-place of the...
over a year ago
Easy Toggle Switches
2019-02-18
Sometimes there is a need to use toggle elements in-place of the default checkbox inputs. The problem is, I tend to see a lot of developers reaching for plugins or JavaScript components in order to implement these toggles.
This is overkill. You can...
Cognitive...
Based-30b
https://huggingface.co/ehartford/based-30b
So, as I was working on Wizard-Vicuna-30b-Uncensored and...
a year ago
https://huggingface.co/ehartford/based-30b
So, as I was working on Wizard-Vicuna-30b-Uncensored and WizardLM-Uncensored-Falcon-7b, I came to the realization that these models, despite being trained with no refusals, were still refusing. How could this be?
It dawned on me, that...
HTMHell
#9 Cookie Consent from Hell
Bad code
<body>
<header>…</header>
<main>…</main>
<footer>…</footer>
<div...
over a year ago
Bad code
<body>
<header>…</header>
<main>…</main>
<footer>…</footer>
<div class="cookie_consent modal">
<p>We use cookies…</p>
<div class="cookie_consent__close">
<i class="fa fa-times"></i>
</div>
<div class="cookie_consent__ok">OK</div>
...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Don't Rush to Simplicity
Expertise in a subject often goes in a bell curve of simple → complex → simple. Can we skip the...
over a year ago
Expertise in a subject often goes in a bell curve of simple → complex → simple. Can we skip the complexity?
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.4.0
Session times are here! They're a great way to help understand how engaged users are. The Array...
over a year ago
Session times are here! They're a great way to help understand how engaged users are. The Array 1.4.0 brings plenty of improvements to our core…
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...
Elad Blog
Why Has Israel Succeeded At COVID Vaccination?
Israel has pulled ahead of much in the world in its rate of vaccinating its citizens - with roughly...
over a year ago
Israel has pulled ahead of much in the world in its rate of vaccinating its citizens - with roughly 1% of the entire population vaccinated per day and over 23% of the country vaccinated in the first few weeks. The country hopes to have the entire population over age 16
alexwlchan
Getting the path to the note I have open in Obsidian
I have a bunch of Python scripts I use to clean up text files, and I call them by passing the path...
11 months ago
I have a bunch of Python scripts I use to clean up text files, and I call them by passing the path to the text file as an argument, for example:
$ python clean_up_text.py /path/to/text/file.md
This is mostly fine, but finding that path is a bit annoying when I want to run them...
Vadim Kravcenko
How to protect my startup from bots or hacks?
When you’re a tech startup, one of the first things you’ll want to do is make sure your business is...
over a year ago
When you’re a tech startup, one of the first things you’ll want to do is make sure your business is […]
The post How to protect my startup from bots or hacks? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
ntietz.com blog
A few weird ways of displaying git hashes
I was reading "Real-World Cryptography" and ran across an thought-provoking statement.
While talking...
a year ago
I was reading "Real-World Cryptography" and ran across an thought-provoking statement.
While talking about why hashes are often represented in hexademical, the author states (emphasis mine):
There are other ways to encode binary data for human consumption, but the two most widely...
bt RSS Feed
Super Mario Blocks in CSS
Super Mario Blocks in CSS
2019-02-15
Just because we can, let’s make a quick demo on how to build...
over a year ago
Super Mario Blocks in CSS
2019-02-15
Just because we can, let’s make a quick demo on how to build interactive elements based off the original Mario punch blocks.
What our final product will look like:
Live CodePen Example
The HTML
The set of Mario blocks doesn’t require a huge...
Josh Collinsworth
Understanding easing and cubic-bezier curves in CSS
The easing curve can make or break any animation on the web. Let's look at the science of CSS...
a year ago
The easing curve can make or break any animation on the web. Let's look at the science of CSS cubic-bezier curves, and the art of using them to make the best web animations possible.
General Robots
Writing Libraries for AIs to Use
Donald Knuth tells us, “Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers...
a year ago
Donald Knuth tells us, “Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers to execute.” but in the future we have a third category. I think that programs and libraries (and programming languages?) that lend themselves to effective AI assistance will win...
Josh Comeau's blog
The Rules of Margin Collapse
“Margin collapse” has a dastardly reputation, one of the trickier parts of CSS. Fortunately, it gets...
over a year ago
“Margin collapse” has a dastardly reputation, one of the trickier parts of CSS. Fortunately, it gets a lot easier once you learn a few rules! In this tutorial, we take a deep dive into the governing principles, and learn how to use them to our advantage.
Tinloof - Blog
Explain Like I'm Five: React
This post is part of the series Explain Like I'm Five (#eli5), which aims to make tech concepts and...
over a year ago
This post is part of the series Explain Like I'm Five (#eli5), which aims to make tech concepts and terms easy to understand.
In this post, we’ll be answering the question: what is React?
We’ll look into its origins, usage, explain key terminology and also cover how and why...
David Heinemeier...
Apple’s new extortion regime to keep big app makers
Apple’s recent threat of financial audits for developers who dare link to their own website was a...
11 months ago
Apple’s recent threat of financial audits for developers who dare link to their own website was a big, revealing moment to a lot of people. Folks who perhaps didn’t think Apple would be “that kind of company”. That they wouldn't so blatantly threaten developers into compliance...
David Heinemeier...
Children of You
The birth rate is dropping all over the world. In some places, like South Korea (0.72), it is so low...
3 months ago
The birth rate is dropping all over the world. In some places, like South Korea (0.72), it is so low people are starting to worry about a national extinction. In other places, including all of Europe (average 1.5, Spain 1.29), it's merely bad and alarming. And nobody seems to...
Steve Klabnik
Matz is nice so we are nice
over a year ago
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
Powering a blog with Notion and Netlify
The last iteration of this blog was a Go program running on Digital Ocean’s cheapest VM...
over a year ago
The last iteration of this blog was a Go program running on Digital Ocean’s cheapest VM ($5/month).
Recently I’ve made 2 big changes:
I converted it to a static site hosted on Netlify
I used Notion for writing the posts instead of writing markdown files in a text editor
Moving to...
the jsomers.net blog
More people should write
More people should do what I’m doing right now. They should sit at their computers and bat the...
over a year ago
More people should do what I’m doing right now. They should sit at their computers and bat the cursor around — write full sentences about themselves and the things they care about. I have a selfish reason for my demand: I have a lot of friends who are thoughtful, but keep their...
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Networking Essentials: DNS
Domain names, you buy them, you sell them, but how do they work?
over a year ago
Domain names, you buy them, you sell them, but how do they work?
Charles Chen
Server Sent Events with .NET 7
An HTTP alternative to web sockets that makes it easy to push events from the server.
a year ago
An HTTP alternative to web sockets that makes it easy to push events from the server.
swyx's site RSS Feed
How to deal with fatal: bad object HEAD in git
as a cheapo who uses Apple iCloud (the world's worst sync service) as a sync service for my Obsidian...
a year ago
as a cheapo who uses Apple iCloud (the world's worst sync service) as a sync service for my Obsidian Second Brain, I have recently run into this issue a lot:
Alice GG
Learning Dutch online in 2023
Back in 2020, I left France to live in the Netherlands.
Since then, I have spent some time learning...
a year ago
Back in 2020, I left France to live in the Netherlands.
Since then, I have spent some time learning the language and reached an intermediate (B1-B2) level.
While learning Dutch is not a hard requirement to live and work in the country, it does make day-to-day life a bit more...
Mahmoud Felfel's...
Logical Fallacies, Biases, and Useful Heuristics
A list of logical fallacies and biases I found useful for a better understanding of human behavior...
over a year ago
A list of logical fallacies and biases I found useful for a better understanding of human behavior and decision making.
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Expose Platform APIs Over Wrapping Them
From Kent C. Dodds’ article about why he won’t be using Next.js:
One of the primary differences...
8 months ago
From Kent C. Dodds’ article about why he won’t be using Next.js:
One of the primary differences between enzyme and Testing Library is that while enzyme gave you a wrapper with a bunch of (overly) helpful (dangerous) utilities for interacting with rendered elements, Testing...
bt RSS Feed
RSS Hacks With XSLT
RSS Hacks With XSLT
2022-05-23
In my spare time I’ve been further tinkering (hopefully for the...
over a year ago
RSS Hacks With XSLT
2022-05-23
In my spare time I’ve been further tinkering (hopefully for the better) with my humble Shinobi Website1 script. The most recent update in patch-1 came with a solid amount of QoL improvements. If you’re interested, I wrote about it on the official...
Steve Klabnik
Are out parameters idiomatic in Rust?
over a year ago
Making software...
CSS Variables
CSS Variables
2018-03-24
The CSS language is becoming even more awesome and powerful everyday. In...
over a year ago
CSS Variables
2018-03-24
The CSS language is becoming even more awesome and powerful everyday. In this quick article I'd like to focus specifically on the "new" CSS variable function that you can start using in your projects right now.
Getting started is easy
Let's just jump...
A Beautiful Site
Table cells and max-widths in Internet Explorer 8
I recently came across a little issue with Internet Explorer 8 and max-width. I had an image inside...
over a year ago
I recently came across a little issue with Internet Explorer 8 and max-width. I had an image inside of a table cell and, for some reason, IE8 completely neglected the corresponding CSS max-width property. The result was the image rendering at full size rather than scaled down to...
Alex Meub
Building the DataToaster 3000
Last summer, I was inspired by a computer that was built inside of a toaster that I saw at a local...
3 months ago
Last summer, I was inspired by a computer that was built inside of a toaster that I saw at a local computer recycling store. The idea of a computer with the design of a home appliance was really appealing and so was the absurdity of it. It occurred to me that this would be a fun...
Making software...
Introducing PageRoast
Introducing PageRoast
2021-03-11
Following up with my concept of releasing small side projects...
over a year ago
Introducing PageRoast
2021-03-11
Following up with my concept of releasing small side projects weekly, I have officially launched PageRoast. What is PageRoast I hear you ask?
Receive a detailed report analyzing your landing page with actionable items to improve your conversion...
HTMHell
What the slot?
by Egor Kloos (aka dutchcelt)
Web Components. The discussion seems to pop up more than it used...
a year ago
by Egor Kloos (aka dutchcelt)
Web Components. The discussion seems to pop up more than it used to.
Web Components Will Outlive Your JavaScript Framework
HTML Web Components: An Example
Material web components 1.0 release
HTML Web Components are Just JavaScript?
Web Components...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Setting Your Social Handle as Your Domain Name on Bluesky
I recently got an invite to Bluesy (thx JJ). I wanted to try it purely for the satisfaction of...
a year ago
I recently got an invite to Bluesy (thx JJ). I wanted to try it purely for the satisfaction of setting my domain name as my handle, as I’m fan of the idea of apex domain’s becoming the currency of online handles. As I once tweeted: domains are the OG handles.
Granted, I own...
PostHog's RSS Feed
The importance of dogfooding - Why product managers should use their product as much as their users
Product testing is essential, but your testing won’t always pick up the small sources of friction...
over a year ago
Product testing is essential, but your testing won’t always pick up the small sources of friction which build up over time and frustrate your users…
swyx's site RSS Feed
Metrics, Logs, and Traces in JavaScript Tools
The DX of JavaScript Developer Tools could be better if we added Metrics, Logs, and Traces
over a year ago
The DX of JavaScript Developer Tools could be better if we added Metrics, Logs, and Traces
Marco.org
The 2018 iPad Pro
Watch my video review of the new iPad Pro in both sizes.
Rather than try to be comprehensive, I...
over a year ago
Watch my video review of the new iPad Pro in both sizes.
Rather than try to be comprehensive, I focused on what matters most to me: size choice between the 11” and 12.9”, the Smart Keyboard Folio from my perspective as a frequent 10.5” Smart Keyboard user, the new Pencil, and why...
Vadim Kravcenko
Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering
As always, a disclaimer before we start, this is purely subjective. Whether you are a seasoned...
a year ago
As always, a disclaimer before we start, this is purely subjective. Whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting […]
The post Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Chris Nicholas
How to use Next.js middleware
Middleware functions can be used for all sorts such as redirecting, rewriting, preventing access,...
over a year ago
Middleware functions can be used for all sorts such as redirecting, rewriting, preventing access, and more. Let’s take a look.
PostHog's RSS Feed
Dev tool marketing for early-stage startups – what we’ve learned
Since starting PostHog in 2020, we’ve learned a bunch about what does and doesn’t work when it comes...
a year ago
Since starting PostHog in 2020, we’ve learned a bunch about what does and doesn’t work when it comes to marketing to engineers. There are plenty of…
Renegade Otter
AI - SkyNet Is Not Coming to Kill You
.highlight pre {
background-color: #efecec;
border-color:...
8 months ago
.highlight pre {
background-color: #efecec;
border-color: var(--theme-secondary-background-color);
border-radius: 10px;
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The firehose of data is turned on
In the beginning, the Internet was a small, cozy place. Most people weren’t online, and most businesses...
The Changelog
Remote Directory Tree Comparison, Optionally Asynchronous and Airgapped
Note: this is another article in my series on asynchronous communication in Linux with UUCP and...
over a year ago
Note: this is another article in my series on asynchronous communication in Linux with UUCP and NNCP. In the previous installment on store-and-forward backups, I mentioned how easy it is to do with ZFS, and some of the tools that can be used to do it without ZFS. A lot of those...
EXPLAIN EXTENDED
A good first word for Wordle
Ok, I gave in to the fad and took up Wordle. For those who have been living under a rock for the...
over a year ago
Ok, I gave in to the fad and took up Wordle. For those who have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, Wordle is a relatively new online word game which has become viral. It is a variation of Bulls and Cows. You have six tries to guess a five-letter word. Each […]
The...
Cognitive...
dolphin-2.5-mixtral-8x7b
https://huggingface.co/ehartford/dolphin-2.5-mixtral-8x7b
I get a lot of questions about...
a year ago
https://huggingface.co/ehartford/dolphin-2.5-mixtral-8x7b
I get a lot of questions about dolphin-2.5-mixtral-8x7b and I wanted to address some of them on my blog.
Dolphin got a nice video review from Prompt Engineering
What's this about?
Friday December 8, MistralAI released a...
Computer Things
A brief introduction to interval arithmetic
You've got a wall in your apartment and a couch. You measure the wall with a ruler and get 7 feet,...
6 months ago
You've got a wall in your apartment and a couch. You measure the wall with a ruler and get 7 feet, then you measure the couch and get 7 feet. Can you fit the couch against that wall?
Maybe. If the two measure is exactly 7 feet than sure, 7 ≤ 7. But you probably didn't line your...
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, September 2023
The Ware for September 2023 is shown below. Thanks to FETguy for contributing this ware!
a year ago
The Ware for September 2023 is shown below. Thanks to FETguy for contributing this ware!
Making software...
My Cheapskate Commenting System
My Cheapskate Commenting System
2022-02-03
My blog now has comments! Well, kind of...
I went down a...
over a year ago
My Cheapskate Commenting System
2022-02-03
My blog now has comments! Well, kind of...
I went down a two day long rabbit-hole trying to find the best solution for implementing comments on my static website (generated via Jekyll FYI). There are a ton of options out there and many...
Maggie Appleton
Empty Pointers and Constellations of AI
over a year ago
ntietz.com blog
Why I kept my startup job for seven years (and counting)
Software engineers typically don't stay anywhere for very long.
If you're not moving, you're losing...
5 months ago
Software engineers typically don't stay anywhere for very long.
If you're not moving, you're losing out on opportunities1.
And yet, I've made the choice to join and stay at one company for seven years.
That's more than half my career to date.
Why did I do that?
And would I do it...
The Pragmatic...
An educational side project
What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand...
a year ago
What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand out when looking for a new job? Analysis of an Uber simulation app, built from scratch.
Liz Denys
Liz rides the subway on May 31, 2016: 'innocent until proven guilty' gives cover to abusers
Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment...
over a year ago
Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment to get me to write more. The ride home after yet another day hearing someone famous has been abusing a woman in his life:
Content warning: abuse, rape
Johnny Depp has allegedly been...
The Pragmatic...
Amazon doubling down on RTO (return to office)
The tech giant is not blinking: after the unprecedented pushback on its 3-day return to office...
a year ago
The tech giant is not blinking: after the unprecedented pushback on its 3-day return to office policy last month, Amazon just made it clear that the policy is going ahead.
Daniel Marino
Daily Inspirational Word
Over the past couple of years I’ve gotten into journaling. Recently I’ve been
using a method where...
6 months ago
Over the past couple of years I’ve gotten into journaling. Recently I’ve been
using a method where you’re given a single inspirational word as a prompt, and
go from there. Unfortunately, the process of finding, saving, and accessing
inspirational words was a bit of a...
Joel Gascoigne
How to gain traction in two sided markets
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Startup ideas...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
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Startup ideas that involve two sided markets are notoriously difficult to get
off the ground. It’s the age-old chicken and egg problem. You need lots of
buyers for the sellers to be interested,...
Alex Meub
Building an E-Ink Joke of the Day Fridge Magnet
My 6-year-old is obsessed with jokes and often asks me for any new ones I’ve heard. I usually can’t...
a year ago
My 6-year-old is obsessed with jokes and often asks me for any new ones I’ve heard. I usually can’t remember many, which gave me the idea of creating a fridge magnet to display jokes in our kitchen. This is the finished product:
I wanted a highly readable and battery-efficient...
A Smart Bear
The Iterative-Hypothesis customer development method
A simple but effective system for generating insights about how your potential customers think, what...
over a year ago
A simple but effective system for generating insights about how your potential customers think, what they need, and what they’ll buy. This method has been used both to reject startup ideas and to validate WP Engine before it had any customers (it is now a Unicorn).
swyx's site RSS Feed
Bottom-Up Idea Exploration
My own content creation philosophy, explored through my own personal story with React
over a year ago
My own content creation philosophy, explored through my own personal story with React
bt RSS Feed
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...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Site Search in Arc Browser — For Your Own Site
Arc just released site search built right into the browser.
Want to search for something...
a year ago
Arc just released site search built right into the browser.
Want to search for something specifically on Twitter? Pull up the search bar and start typing Twitter:
Select the site search option and hit Tab. This puts you into what I’ll call “site search mode”:
Once you enter...
Neil Panchal
Berkeley Mono December Update
It's been a while since I had announced the release of Berkeley Mono. The more I examine it under...
over a year ago
It's been a while since I had announced the release of Berkeley Mono. The more I examine it under scrutinous eyes, the more I find that there is more work to be done. At one point, I had the following masters going through the final tuning:
Berkeley Mono
Liz Denys
Why is it easier to teach girls to code than to teach ourselves to treat women well?
When we ask ourselves "why aren't there more women in tech?", we're quick to discuss how the...
over a year ago
When we ask ourselves "why aren't there more women in tech?", we're quick to discuss how the pipeline fails young women. I would be lying if I didn't think there's room for improvement here - I've written about my own negative experiences as a young programmer - and it's exciting...
Greg Brockman
Stellar board
I’ve been advising Stellar since Stripe helped it launch about a year ago. Today I’m joining their...
over a year ago
I’ve been advising Stellar since Stripe helped it launch about a year ago. Today I’m joining their board.
Digital currencies are still nascent, and my hopes for them remain unchanged. Particularly, we need digital currency protocols like Stellar that work with the existing...
Josh Comeau's blog
Statements Vs. Expressions
One of the most foundational things to understand about JavaScript is that programs are made up of...
over a year ago
One of the most foundational things to understand about JavaScript is that programs are made up of statements, and statements have slots for expressions. In this blog post, we'll dig into how these two structures work, and see how building an intuition about this can help us...
swyx's site RSS Feed
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
bt RSS Feed
My Cheapskate Commenting System
My Cheapskate Commenting System
2022-02-03
My blog now has comments! Well, kind of…
I went down a...
over a year ago
My Cheapskate Commenting System
2022-02-03
My blog now has comments! Well, kind of…
I went down a two day long rabbit-hole trying to find the best solution for implementing comments on my static website (generated via Jekyll FYI). There are a ton of options out there and many...
Joel Gascoigne
5 reasons as a CEO you should develop a habit of daily meditation
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Through my...
over a year ago
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Through my journey from a founder whose role it was to essentially build the
product and code all day, to growing into a CEO role with more management duties
and a fast growing team of 7 people,...
Tinloof - Blog
Managing Tinloof-powered websites
If your website was built by Tinloof, you should be able to self-manage it without any guide.
We...
a year ago
If your website was built by Tinloof, you should be able to self-manage it without any guide.
We wrote this article just to make sure you're not missing out on any feature that helps you manage your website more effectively.
Navigating the CMS
swyx's site RSS Feed
How to run Python and Portray on Netlify
How to deploy Python projects to Netlify
over a year ago
How to deploy Python projects to Netlify
The Changelog
A Maze of Twisty Little Pixels, All Tiny
Two years ago, I wrote Managing an External Display on Linux Shouldn’t Be This Hard. Happily, since...
a year ago
Two years ago, I wrote Managing an External Display on Linux Shouldn’t Be This Hard. Happily, since I wrote that post, most of those issues have been resolved. But then you throw HiDPI into the mix and it all goes wonky. If you’re running X11, basically the story is that you can...
Ralph Ammer
Why study Philosophy?
Why you should study philosophy. 5 reasons why philosophy is useful.
The post Why study Philosophy?...
over a year ago
Why you should study philosophy. 5 reasons why philosophy is useful.
The post Why study Philosophy? appeared first on Ralph Ammer.
bt RSS Feed
Looping Through Jekyll Collections
Looping Through Jekyll Collections
2022-08-12
I recently needed to add a couple new items to my...
over a year ago
Looping Through Jekyll Collections
2022-08-12
I recently needed to add a couple new items to my wife’s personal recipe website (cookingwith.casa) which I hadn’t touched in quite a while. The Jekyll build still worked fine, but I realized I was statically adding each collection by...
Epic Web Dev
Data Modeling Deep Dive (workshop)
The Data Modeling Deep Dive Workshop will teach you best practices for designing database schemas,...
a year ago
The Data Modeling Deep Dive Workshop will teach you best practices for designing database schemas, managing relationships, data mutations, and optimizations.
Steve Klabnik
The secret to Rails OO design
over a year ago
Dan Slimmon
Garden-path incidents
Barb’s story It’s 12 noon on a Minneapolis Wednesday, which means Barb can be found at Quang. As the...
8 months ago
Barb’s story It’s 12 noon on a Minneapolis Wednesday, which means Barb can be found at Quang. As the waiter sets down Barb’s usual order (#307, the Bun Chay, extra spicy), Barb’s nostrils catch the heavenly aroma of peanuts and scallions and red chiles. A wave of calm moves...
Vadim Kravcenko
How to determine app idea is technically feasible as a non-technical founder?
Congratulations on finding an idea worth pursuing. So let’s talk about feasibility and understanding...
a year ago
Congratulations on finding an idea worth pursuing. So let’s talk about feasibility and understanding if it’s at all possible to […]
The post How to determine app idea is technically feasible as a non-technical founder? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
The Pragmatic...
Asked to do something illegal at work? Here’s what these software engineers did
At FTX, Frank, and Pollen, software engineers were asked to do something potentially illegal, or to...
a year ago
At FTX, Frank, and Pollen, software engineers were asked to do something potentially illegal, or to go along with what looked like fraud. They obliged in two out of three cases, landed in hot water, and now face jail time. A reminder why it’s never a good idea to go along with...
alexwlchan
Splitting a class into balanced groups
Earlier this week, my mum sent me an interesting problem.
She’s got a class of 12 students, who are...
a year ago
Earlier this week, my mum sent me an interesting problem.
She’s got a class of 12 students, who are going to meet over 7 sessions.
In each session, they’re going to split into 3 or 4 groups, and she wants to find an even distribution of groups – each person gets to work with...
Don Melton
My traitorous move to Windows
I still have my Mac. Three of them in fact. And, of course, my iPhone. Why would I ever get rid of...
over a year ago
I still have my Mac. Three of them in fact. And, of course, my iPhone. Why would I ever get rid of it? That’s just crazy talk.
But… uh… my primary desktop computer has changed. Just a bit.
Most of you probably don’t know this but a little over five years ago I built my own gaming...
Vadim Kravcenko
🥇 The unfair advantage
🎙️ I love listening to podcasts. I listen to one of them when I go for a walk or during […]
The...
over a year ago
🎙️ I love listening to podcasts. I listen to one of them when I go for a walk or during […]
The post 🥇 The unfair advantage appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Liz Denys
The crispiest chocolate chip cookies
Remember how I was craving chocolate chip cookies not too long ago? Well, the ricotta chocolate...
over a year ago
Remember how I was craving chocolate chip cookies not too long ago? Well, the ricotta chocolate shavings cookies didn't satisfy that craving for long - probably because I was craving deep dark chocolate in a rich buttery dough.
Normally, I make chewy chocolate chip cookies that...
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware January 2024
As I noted when posting the ware, I actually don’t know what its original function was — it’s just a...
9 months ago
As I noted when posting the ware, I actually don’t know what its original function was — it’s just a gizmo I picked out of a junk bin in Akihabara. Personally, I could not figure out the grabby motion until I actuated the central plunger manually: So, I was impressed that Ian...
A Beautiful Site
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...
over a year ago
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...
Vadim Kravcenko
Building a side-project
So as you noticed, I’m late with my newsletter Issue this week. Everything is fine. I just got...
over a year ago
So as you noticed, I’m late with my newsletter Issue this week. Everything is fine. I just got sidetracked a […]
The post Building a side-project appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
swyx's site RSS Feed
How to Download Twitter Spaces That Aren't Yours
Grabbing the audio
over a year ago
alexwlchan
Moving my YouTube Likes from one account to another
I used to have two YouTube accounts, and I wanted to consolidate them into one.
I had two accounts...
10 months ago
I used to have two YouTube accounts, and I wanted to consolidate them into one.
I had two accounts as a way to keep two separate watch histories.
I was watching videos about gender and trans stuff before I came out, and I didn’t want them appearing in my main account – say, when...
A Beautiful Site
Animated CSS hamburger icons
If you need some tasty CSS hamburger icons that animate in fantastic ways, here you go.
Hamburgers...
over a year ago
If you need some tasty CSS hamburger icons that animate in fantastic ways, here you go.
Hamburgers is an MIT-licensed CSS library that gives you over a dozen beautifully animated navicons for use in your own projects. Also includes the Sass source so you can customize and compile...
The Changelog
The Good, Bad, and Scary of the Banning of Donald Trump, and How Decentralization Makes It All...
It is undeniable that banning Donald Trump from Facebook, Twitter, and similar sites is a benefit...
over a year ago
It is undeniable that banning Donald Trump from Facebook, Twitter, and similar sites is a benefit for the moment. It may well save lives, perhaps lots of lives. But it raises quite a few troubling issues. First, as EFF points out, these platforms have privileged speakers with...
Maggie Appleton
Meet the Robowaiter APIs Serving Us Data
over a year ago
Making software...
RE: Creating a Simple HTML/CSS Notice Box
RE: Creating a Simple HTML/CSS Notice Box
2022-09-22
I recently read Kev Quirk's post, How to Create...
over a year ago
RE: Creating a Simple HTML/CSS Notice Box
2022-09-22
I recently read Kev Quirk's post, How to Create a Simple HTML/CSS Notice Box and loved the simplicity of it. I'm a sucker for using pseudo elements in creative ways but still managing to make them useful. Of course, this got me...
Engineer’s Codex
Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships
Wisdom from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Git and Linux
5 months ago
Wisdom from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Git and Linux
Kevin Chen
Analyzing Tesla AI Day 2022
I was fortunate enough to attend this year’s Tesla AI Day. Tesla’s architecture has always been...
over a year ago
I was fortunate enough to attend this year’s Tesla AI Day. Tesla’s architecture has always been interesting to me because their hardware limitations drive advances in their software. Relative to other players in the industry:
Low-spec sensors require ML- and data-first...
Steve Klabnik
GitHub is anarchy for programmers
over a year ago
Charles Chen
Using useMemo and useCallback to Save the Past from React Langoliers
If you're confused about useMemo and useCallback and you have 10 minutes and nostalgia for 90’s...
a year ago
If you're confused about useMemo and useCallback and you have 10 minutes and nostalgia for 90’s sci-fi? You came to the right place!
A Beautiful Site
How to use the PHP ternary operator
When I learned how to use the ternary operator years ago, I fell in love with it. What a cool way to...
over a year ago
When I learned how to use the ternary operator years ago, I fell in love with it. What a cool way to simplify assignments based on a condition. If you're not sure what the ternary operator is or how it works, you're missing out on a really cool piece of programming...
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....
A Beautiful Site
$.postJSON() for jQuery
$.getJSON() is pretty handy for sending an AJAX request and getting back JSON data as a response....
over a year ago
$.getJSON() is pretty handy for sending an AJAX request and getting back JSON data as a response. Alas, the jQuery documentation lacks a sister function that should be named $.postJSON(). Why not just use $.getJSON() and be done with it? Well, perhaps you want to send a large...
Daniel Marino
Don’t Overthink Remote Working
The coronavirus is here, and as a result a lot of employers are asking employees to work remotely if...
over a year ago
The coronavirus is here, and as a result a lot of employers are asking employees to work remotely if possible. I’ve seen a fair share of tips for remote working blog posts this past week. I figured I’d cash in on the action and share my thoughts.
Don’t Overthink It
Most of the...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Building an all-remote company from scratch
Many companies are currently having to adjust to remote work, but what about the ones that started...
over a year ago
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…
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, April 2023
The Ware for April 2023 is shown below. Another PCB with a funny shape, this time from a different...
a year ago
The Ware for April 2023 is shown below. Another PCB with a funny shape, this time from a different era…but what does it do? Thanks to artemb for contributing this ware!
Josh Comeau's blog
The Quest for the Perfect Dark Mode
Dark Mode has become common enough that it's a user expectation. And yet, creating the perfect dark...
over a year ago
Dark Mode has become common enough that it's a user expectation. And yet, creating the perfect dark mode with a statically-built site/app is deceptively tricky. In this in-depth tutorial, we'll see how to build the perfect, flicker-free, customizable theming solution for...
Making software...
Launching Sublime Text with dmenu on Alpine Linux
Launching Sublime Text with dmenu on Alpine Linux
2023-04-13
Everyone seems to be running some...
a year ago
Launching Sublime Text with dmenu on Alpine Linux
2023-04-13
Everyone seems to be running some version of VSCode as their main editor these days. But not me. I find VSCode to be too bloated for my needs - not to mention being built on top of electron instead of native code. I...
Oxide Computer...
RIP Khaled Bichara, 1971-2020
We were deeply saddened to learn that
Khaled Bichara, one of Oxide’s
angel investors,
died in a...
over a year ago
We were deeply saddened to learn that
Khaled Bichara, one of Oxide’s
angel investors,
died in a car
accident in Cairo on Friday night.
Those of us who have known Khaled for years have known him to be a bold investor
who appreciated hard technical problems – and also a profoundly...
David Heinemeier...
Clear the barnacles
The easiest way to squander your focus is by paying attention to a million inconsequential things at...
a year ago
The easiest way to squander your focus is by paying attention to a million inconsequential things at once. These little mental barnacles add up in imperceptible ways until you suddenly feel like you're getting nowhere, no matter how hard you push. You must keep scrubbing your...
Tinloof - Blog
How to design an accessible carousel (part 1)
This series of articles is made out of two parts:
In this first article, we provide a comprehensive...
8 months ago
This series of articles is made out of two parts:
In this first article, we provide a comprehensive guide to designing an intuitive and universally accessible carousel for any web project.
In the second part, we'll focus on the development approach, walking you through...
Ink & Switch
Untangle: Solving problems with fuzzy constraints
How to sketch, and satisfy, logic problems
a year ago
How to sketch, and satisfy, logic problems
blag
Recurse Center Day 4: B Tree fill factor
Q: How do I have a same B Tree fill factor across all nodes?
over a year ago
Q: How do I have a same B Tree fill factor across all nodes?
HTMHell
Improving SEO without knowing where to start
Summary
Introduction
What is SEO ?
Web quality with Opquast
SEO-related Opquast...
over a year ago
Summary
Introduction
What is SEO ?
Web quality with Opquast
SEO-related Opquast rules
Conclusion
Introduction ↑
Colleagues sometimes ask me: “Hey Alex, I would like to learn a bit about search engine optimisation (SEO) but I don't really know where to start. Do you have tips for...
HTMHell
#20 HTMHell special: close buttons
This first HTMHell special inspects one of the most complicated and most controversial patterns in...
over a year ago
This first HTMHell special inspects one of the most complicated and most controversial patterns in front-end development:
🔥 the close button. 🔥
In modals, ads, and other overlays you often find a button with a close symbol that allows users, or at least some of them, to close...
Kagi Blog
We moved mountains (of cotton) to deliver on our promise
Dear Kagi Community, Remember those t-shirts we promised ( https://blog.kagi.com/celebrating-20k ) ?...
3 months ago
Dear Kagi Community, Remember those t-shirts we promised ( https://blog.kagi.com/celebrating-20k ) ? Well, hold onto your search bars, because they’re finally ready to ship! TL;DR: Kagi Store ( https://store.kagi.com ).
alexwlchan
Ten years of blogging
I bought the alexwlchan.net domain on November 8th, 2012, and the first web page would have appeared...
over a year ago
I bought the alexwlchan.net domain on November 8th, 2012, and the first web page would have appeared shortly after that (but the exact date is lost to history).
This means I’ve been writing at alexwlchan.net for about a decade.
The site looks very different now to how it...
blag
Recurse Center: Winter Break
the Recurse Center winter break
over a year ago
the Recurse Center winter break
PostHog's RSS Feed
How to turn your engineers into product people
Great engineers will either get autonomy at your company, or they'll get it somewhere else. Our...
over a year ago
Great engineers will either get autonomy at your company, or they'll get it somewhere else. Our engineers are encouraged to think about the what and…
The Codist
Working At Home Over The Decades
When I started in the early 80s, working at home was never an option—in fact, it took decades to...
a year ago
When I started in the early 80s, working at home was never an option—in fact, it took decades to become practical, even though I occasionally could do it under limited circumstances. In my last year working before I retired, I spent the entire Covid year working at home.
blag
PSA: Most databases do not do checksums by default
Most databases don’t do checksums by default. Disk corruptions go silently unnoticed.
a month ago
Most databases don’t do checksums by default. Disk corruptions go silently unnoticed.
ntietz.com blog
Coding with LLMs can lead to more and better software
We are in the early days with a new technology.
There is a lot of hype around LLMs, and takes on...
a year ago
We are in the early days with a new technology.
There is a lot of hype around LLMs, and takes on every end of the spectrum.
Some predict that programmers will be out of a job sooner than later.
Others predict that these will just contribute to spam.
Today I'd like to focus on one...
A Smart Bear
Using the Needs Stack for competitive strategy
This simple method positions your product to be more valuable, especially against competitors who...
a year ago
This simple method positions your product to be more valuable, especially against competitors who aim to disrupt you, or you them.
HTMHell
#24 A placeholder is not a label
Bad code
<input type="text" placeholder="First name">
Issues and how to fix them
Every form input...
over a year ago
Bad code
<input type="text" placeholder="First name">
Issues and how to fix them
Every form input element needs a label. When screen reader users access a form field, the label is announced with the field type (e.g. first name, edit text). If it’s missing, users might not know...
Vadim Kravcenko
Is it a bad idea if I build the MVP of my startup on my company’s pc?
Short Answer: DON’T DO IT. Long Answer: It’s a common problem. As you’re building a business you...
a year ago
Short Answer: DON’T DO IT. Long Answer: It’s a common problem. As you’re building a business you need to take […]
The post Is it a bad idea if I build the MVP of my startup on my company’s pc? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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.
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
Analyzing browserify bundles to minimize JavaScript bundle size
When building web apps, it’s important to keep the size of JavaScript code delivered to the browser...
over a year ago
When building web apps, it’s important to keep the size of JavaScript code delivered to the browser as small as possible.
I write in ES6 or TypeScript then use browserify to combine all JavaScript code into a single bundle file. For production builds I use uglify to make the...
Blog System/5
Porting the EndBASIC console to an LCD
In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of porting the EndBASIC hybrid console to the...
8 months ago
In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of porting the EndBASIC hybrid console to the ST7735s 1.44" LCD, which sports a resolution of 128x128 pixels, a D-pad, and 3 other buttons. I will cover the prerequisite work to make the port possible, dig into the GPIO and SPI...
Copper • A blog...
The journey to controlling external monitors on M1 Macs
One lazy evening in November 2020, I watched how Tim Cook announced a fanless MacBook Air with a CPU...
over a year ago
One lazy evening in November 2020, I watched how Tim Cook announced a fanless MacBook Air with a CPU faster than the latest 16 inch MacBook, while my work-provided 15 inch 2019 MacBook Pro was slowly frying my lap and annoying my wife with its constant fan noise.
I had to get my...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How PostHog built an app server (from MVP to billions of events)
PostHog's mission is to increase the number of successful products in the world. To achieve it,...
over a year ago
PostHog's mission is to increase the number of successful products in the world. To achieve it, we're building a comprehensive suite of analytics and…
Vladimir Klepov as a...
What is a react component, anyways?
I used to teach a class on React. There’s no better way to start a hands-on course than “Let’s write...
over a year ago
I used to teach a class on React. There’s no better way to start a hands-on course than “Let’s write a simple component!”. But time after time I hear — “Vladimir, what’s a component, anyways?”. Bah, what a question! It’s a react thingie. React apps are made of components. Why do...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
“The iOS App Icon Book” in Japanese
Seeing something you made put in print is exciting.
Seeing something you made translated and put in...
a year ago
Seeing something you made put in print is exciting.
Seeing something you made translated and put in print, well that’s pretty damn exciting too.
Such was the feeling when I opened my copy of the Japanese translation of The iOS App Icon Book.
While the core idea of the book...
samwho.dev
Move Your Bugs to the Left
We all want to ship bug-free software. No-one wants to be the person that
introduced a show-stopping...
over a year ago
We all want to ship bug-free software. No-one wants to be the person that
introduced a show-stopping bug the week before release. To help with this, I’ve
come up with a simple way to visualise the points in the development process
that you can find bugs.
The further to the left...
David Heinemeier...
Design for the web without Figma
By all accounts, Figma has been an amazing tool for designers. We've used it extensively at...
a year ago
By all accounts, Figma has been an amazing tool for designers. We've used it extensively at 37signals, and I'm sure most every other software shop has too. Adobe didn't pay $20 billion for nothing. But we don't do the bulk of our design work with or in Figma when developing...
swyx's site RSS Feed
How and Why to Un-Reset Tailwind's CSS Reset
> 2021 edit: note that [tailwind typography now comes with a `not-prose`...
over a year ago
> 2021 edit: note that [tailwind typography now comes with a `not-prose` class](https://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwindcss-typography-v0-5#undo-prose-styles) that unsets typography styles
ntietz.com blog
Procrastinating on my side project by torturing databases
One of my most insidious procrastination mechanisms is doing things that feel like work but are just...
9 months ago
One of my most insidious procrastination mechanisms is doing things that feel like work but are just a fun diversion.
I ran into that recently for a side project I'm working on.
It wasn't really necessary to test database options semi-rigorously, but here we are.
This project is...
Evan Jones -...
Setenv is not Thread Safe and C Doesn't Want to Fix It
You can't safely use the C setenv() or unsetenv() functions in a program that uses threads. Those...
a year ago
You can't safely use the C setenv() or unsetenv() functions in a program that uses threads. Those functions modify global state, and can cause other threads calling getenv() to crash. This also causes crashes in other languages that use those C standard library functions, such as...
Joel Gascoigne
Why I don't shield my team from bad news
I think there's an interesting concept that's prevalent, which I believe could
actually be quite...
over a year ago
I think there's an interesting concept that's prevalent, which I believe could
actually be quite dangerous. It's the idea that as a CEO or executive of a
company, you need to shield your team from bad news, the risks of a startup, and
other negative aspects that are inevitable on
Joel Gascoigne
How coffee shops helped my startup
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Right now I’m...
over a year ago
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Right now I’m sat in a great coffee shop in Tel Aviv writing this blog post.
It’s got a casual feel to it which is relaxing, yet there are people here with
laptops hustling away. I come here
Acko.net
The GPU Banana Stand
Freshly whipped WebGPU, with ice cream
I recently rolled out version 0.7 of Use.GPU, my...
over a year ago
Freshly whipped WebGPU, with ice cream
I recently rolled out version 0.7 of Use.GPU, my declarative/reactive WebGPU library.
This includes features and goodies by itself. But most important are the code patterns which are all nicely slotting into place. This continues to be...
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
Guide to predefined macros in C++ compilers (gcc, clang, msvc etc.)
When writing portable C++ code you need to write conditional code that depends on compiler used or...
over a year ago
When writing portable C++ code you need to write conditional code that depends on compiler used or the OS for which the code is written.
Here’s a typical case:
#if defined (_MSC_VER)
// code specific to Visual Studio compiler
#endif
To perform those checks you need to check...
Making software...
Stripe Menu Dropdowns (CSS)
Stripe Menu Dropdowns (CSS)
2020-03-31
In a previous article I wrote, Minimal CSS: Dropdown Menus, I...
over a year ago
Stripe Menu Dropdowns (CSS)
2020-03-31
In a previous article I wrote, Minimal CSS: Dropdown Menus, I showed how you could create a basic menu dropdown with only 121 bytes of CSS. While this demo is great for simple text-based menu dropdowns, it doesn't show just how complex (in a...
bt RSS Feed
Chasing Performance
Chasing Performance
2017-11-20
Update
This post is no longer relevant since this blog has been...
over a year ago
Chasing Performance
2017-11-20
Update
This post is no longer relevant since this blog has been redesigned since. I’m keeping this article up as a point of reference.
So I decided to participate in Smashing Mag’s Front End Performance Challenge, not only for the potential of...
bunnie's blog
Infra-Red, In Situ (IRIS) Inspection of Silicon
Cryptography tells us how to make a chain of trust rooted in special-purpose chips known as secure...
a year ago
Cryptography tells us how to make a chain of trust rooted in special-purpose chips known as secure elements. But how do we come to trust our secure elements? I have been searching for solutions to this thorny supply chain problem. Ideally, one can directly inspect the...
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