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Integrating git with your existing website Better git it in your soul*. Git has a lot of great tutorials for getting started. There are also a...
21st Oct 2012
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Integrating git with your existing website

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

21st Oct 2012
Better git it in your soul*. Git has a lot of great tutorials for getting started. There are also a number of great articles on how to use git and github for your workflow. What I haven’t seen is an article on how to integrate git with your current site without storing any code...
UNIX Permissions for Dummies (“Dummies”, AKA, future me) I know all this information for some value of the word...
12th Jan 2020
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UNIX Permissions for Dummies

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

12th Jan 2020
(“Dummies”, AKA, future me) I know all this information for some value of the word “know”. Epistemologically speaking, “knowing” in the age of ubiquitous broadband is tantamount to knowing what search term will find the answer you need. In a hypothetical post-apocalyptic dystopia...
You look tired "You look tired." Well, I'm pregnant and in the first trimester. I'm currently trying to prevent...
5th Jun 2025
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You look tired

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

5th Jun 2025
"You look tired." Well, I'm pregnant and in the first trimester. I'm currently trying to prevent myself from throwing up, while needing to force myself eat every 2 hours despite not really exercising and needing to sleep for what seems like 12 hours a day all totaled up, and then...
On my new ‘Valuable feedback, fast’ course A couple of weeks ago, I published the training page for a brand-new course that I’m looking to run...
7th Jan 2026
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On my new ‘Valuable feedback, fast’ course

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

7th Jan 2026
A couple of weeks ago, I published the training page for a brand-new course that I’m looking to run at least a couple of times in 2026. The course is called ‘Valuable feedback, fast’, and in this blog post, I’d like to share a little more about why I created this course, why it...
polymorphism Polymorphism is when two types implement the same interface.
16th May 2020
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polymorphism

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

16th May 2020
Polymorphism is when two types implement the same interface.
LLMs Demand Observability-Driven Development Originally posted on the Honeycomb blog on September 20th, 2023 Our industry is in the early days of...
20th Sep 2023
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LLMs Demand Observability-Driven Development

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

20th Sep 2023
Originally posted on the Honeycomb blog on September 20th, 2023 Our industry is in the early days of an explosion in software using LLMs, as well as (separately, but relatedly) a revolution in how engineers write and run code, thanks to generative AI. Many software engineers are...
The Scoop: Turmoil at Twitter Overnight, Twitter has gone from one of the best working environments in tech, to one of the worst....
3rd Nov 2022
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The Scoop: Turmoil at Twitter

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

3rd Nov 2022
Overnight, Twitter has gone from one of the best working environments in tech, to one of the worst. What is happening, and why?
What Makes System Calls Expensive: A Linux Internals Deep Dive An explanation of how Linux handles system calls on x86-64 and why they show up as expensive...
16th Sep 2025
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What Makes System Calls Expensive: A Linux Internals Deep Dive

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

16th Sep 2025
An explanation of how Linux handles system calls on x86-64 and why they show up as expensive operations in performance profiles
"Rules" that terminal programs follow Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal is some combination...
12th Dec 2024
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"Rules" that terminal programs follow

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

12th Dec 2024
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...
How Cooking Works In 2006, I did my first start-up howcookingworks.com where the idea was a site to learn how to cook....
12th Apr 2026
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How Cooking Works

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

12th Apr 2026
In 2006, I did my first start-up howcookingworks.com where the idea was a site to learn how to cook.   The first part of the site described the techniques of cooking, and the other was where cooks could connect to participants to learn from them. At the time, I went to a lot of...
A smooth and sharp image interpolation you probably haven't heard of An image interpolation that gives us a continuous and smooth image, where every interpolated value...
29th Apr 2024
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A smooth and sharp image interpolation you probably haven't heard of

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

29th Apr 2024
An image interpolation that gives us a continuous and smooth image, where every interpolated value only depends on the four neighboring pixel values. The image becomes smooth, but sharp features remain sharp.
Grit Multipliers People sometimes argue that you’re more likely to build a successful business as a solo founder....
4th Dec 2022
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Grit Multipliers

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

4th Dec 2022
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...
Doo-Wop Multitrack: "Earth Angel" (for Chelsea) I recorded a doo-wop arrangement of 'Earth Angel' for my girlfriend Chelsea.
17th Jan 2009
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Doo-Wop Multitrack: "Earth Angel" (for Chelsea)

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

17th Jan 2009
I recorded a doo-wop arrangement of 'Earth Angel' for my girlfriend Chelsea.
Bottom-Up Idea Exploration My own content creation philosophy, explored through my own personal story with React
6th Jun 2021
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Bottom-Up Idea Exploration

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

6th Jun 2021
My own content creation philosophy, explored through my own personal story with React
a11y-syntax-highlighting has been updated I created the a11y-syntax-highlighting library seven years ago, forked from xiaozi’s...
9th Sep 2024
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a11y-syntax-highlighting has been updated

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

9th Sep 2024
I created the a11y-syntax-highlighting library seven years ago, forked from xiaozi’s solarized-prism-theme for PrismJS. To not bury the lede, the new update: Supports Forced Colors mode, Is encapsulated in a Cascade Layer, Uses Custom Properties, Groups its selectors using the...
What I'm up to - November 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Nov 2024
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What I'm up to - November 2024

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

1st Nov 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in September - Visited San Francisco and rode in my first Waymo - Launched Find AI on Clay.com, ou...
What I'm up to - September 2023 I'm Philip, and this is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social...
1st Sep 2023
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What I'm up to - September 2023

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

1st Sep 2023
I'm Philip, and this is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. ✨ What I was up to in August - Launched FRCTNL, a community of fractional tech workers. - Co...
How to Structure a Golang Project I lead a team that’s responsible for anywhere from 15-25 Go microservices at any given time. We’re...
1st Oct 2020
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How to Structure a Golang Project

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

1st Oct 2020
I lead a team that’s responsible for anywhere from 15-25 Go microservices at any given time. We’re constantly creating new services and libraries, so it’s become important to streamline the project creation process. I’m mostly writing this article for myself as a kind of...
Bugs I fixed in SumatraPDF Unexamined life is not worth living said Socrates. I don’t know about that but to become a better,...
1st Jul 2025
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Bugs I fixed in SumatraPDF

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

1st Jul 2025
Unexamined life is not worth living said Socrates. I don’t know about that but to become a better, faster, more productive programmer it pays to examine what makes you un-productive. Fixing bugs is one of those un-productive activities. You have to fix them but it would be even...
Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 2024-06-02 I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my...
2nd Jun 2024
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Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5

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

2nd Jun 2024
Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 2024-06-02 I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my clubs/projects while using my personal laptop (X220 ThinkPad) which is runs OpenBSD. Since I recently upgraded to OpenBSD 7.5 I thought it could be helpful for others if I shared my...
Behind "Hello World" on Linux Today I was thinking about – what happens when you run a simple “Hello World” Python program on...
4th Aug 2023
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Behind "Hello World" on Linux

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

4th Aug 2023
Today I was thinking about – what happens when you run a simple “Hello World” Python program on Linux, like this one? print("hello world") Here’s what it looks like at the command line: $ python3 hello.py hello world But behind the scenes, there’s a lot more going on....
26th Feb 2021
Persisted Svelte store using IndexedDB I’m working on notepad2 for web and I need a history of opened files that persists across browser...
9th Mar 2023
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Persisted Svelte store using IndexedDB

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

9th Mar 2023
I’m working on notepad2 for web and I need a history of opened files that persists across browser session. Since I’m using Svelte, having it available as a store makes sense. This article describes how to implement a Svelte store whose values are persisted in IndexedDB. What is...
Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious...
4th Jan 2025
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Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks

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

4th Jan 2025
Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it
Local Optimizations Don't Lead to Global Optimums I like to think that I write code deliberately. I’m an admittedly slow developer, and I want to...
18th Nov 2024
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Local Optimizations Don't Lead to Global Optimums

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

18th Nov 2024
I like to think that I write code deliberately. I’m an admittedly slow developer, and I want to believe I do so on purpose. I want to know as much as I can about the context of what it is that I'm automating. I also use a limited set of tools. I used old computers for a long...
Bear is now source-available Updates to the Bear license
1st Sep 2025
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Bear is now source-available

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

1st Sep 2025
Updates to the Bear license
Animated Radio Tab Toggles Animated Radio Tab Toggles 2021-01-05 In this demo tutorial, we are making the assumption that we...
5th Jan 2021
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Animated Radio Tab Toggles

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

5th Jan 2021
Animated Radio Tab Toggles 2021-01-05 In this demo tutorial, we are making the assumption that we need to create a radio slide toggle for our made-up payment options. For this we want to display 3 simple payment choices to the user: One-time payment Recurring payment Free tier...
Backyard Ukulele Session: Ukulele Videos with Chelsea Chelsea and I recorded a few songs in our backyard with the help of Beau Lambert.
4th Nov 2011
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Backyard Ukulele Session: Ukulele Videos with Chelsea

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

4th Nov 2011
Chelsea and I recorded a few songs in our backyard with the help of Beau Lambert.
9th May 2020
Supervised Learning: Support Vector Machines Transforming dimensions, nearest neighbors, and boosting, all in service of "drawing the best line".
1st Feb 2019
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Supervised Learning: Support Vector Machines

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

1st Feb 2019
Transforming dimensions, nearest neighbors, and boosting, all in service of "drawing the best line".
Docker Deployment Best Practices Given: There’s a CI system that automatically builds docker images from your VCS (e.g. git), we use...
1st Aug 2024
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Docker Deployment Best Practices

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

1st Aug 2024
Given: There’s a CI system that automatically builds docker images from your VCS (e.g. git), we use self-hosted gitlab.Goal: Both initial and subsequent automated deployments to different environments (staging and production). Rejected ApproachesMost existing blog articles and...
Statements Vs. Expressions One of the most foundational things to understand about JavaScript is that programs are made up of...
11th Jul 2022
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Statements Vs. Expressions

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

11th Jul 2022
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...
How to Bootstrap a Town A modest plan
1st Oct 2024
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How to Bootstrap a Town

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

1st Oct 2024
A modest plan
From engineer to manager: what I love, what I hate It's been almost 2 years since I moved to a team lead role, then to a full-time engineering...
16th Feb 2024
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From engineer to manager: what I love, what I hate

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

16th Feb 2024
It's been almost 2 years since I moved to a team lead role, then to a full-time engineering management position after the expansion of our team. I've been a front-end developer for 7 years before that, and initially I took the "advanced individual contributor" career track before...
17th Sep 2010
One year of dependable software Today I'm introducing a new part of Contraption Company: Essays covering thoughts and opinions on...
10th Nov 2023
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One year of dependable software

from Contraption Co. [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Nov 2023
Today I'm introducing a new part of Contraption Company: Essays covering thoughts and opinions on online work, dependability, tools, and craft. My name is Philip, and I'm the founder and owner of Contraption Company. I started this company as an idea in February 2020. I tinkered
How to change custom domain on Substack Since September, I've been running my AI newsletter on https://lspace.swyx.io
17th Mar 2023
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How to change custom domain on Substack

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

17th Mar 2023
Since September, I've been running my AI newsletter on https://lspace.swyx.io
Being the CTO and on the Board of Directors July 1, 2026 marked my seventh year in Japan. Relocating to the other side of the world was not my...
3rd Sep 2026
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Being the CTO and on the Board of Directors

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Sep 2026
July 1, 2026 marked my seventh year in Japan. Relocating to the other side of the world was not my original plan, but somehow I ended up here. I came to fill in a high management role at an AI startup, and within a few years was appointed CTO, and then a member of the Board of...
No more talking to politicians I am no longer talking to politicians. I have been aggressively filtering my email, a constant...
1st Nov 2023
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No more talking to politicians

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

1st Nov 2023
I am no longer talking to politicians. I have been aggressively filtering my email, a constant battle. Now I will no longer accept their calls. Unfortunately my home phone number is ruined. Between scams and politicians I never answer my phone unless I recognize the caller...
A Pretty Good Entertainment Setup My entertainment setup is relatively simple but I’m happy with it. All my content is stored on a...
3rd Aug 2013
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A Pretty Good Entertainment Setup

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

3rd Aug 2013
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...
#25 A link is a button is a link Note: We've removed most classes to improve readability. Bad code <a tabindex="0" type="button"...
30th Apr 2021
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#25 A link is a button is a link

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Apr 2021
Note: We've removed most classes to improve readability. Bad code <a tabindex="0" type="button" href="/signup" role="link"> <span class="focus" tabindex="-1"></span> <span> <span> <span>Sign up</span> <i class="icon icon-external-link" aria-hidden="true"...
I've been thinking about tradeoffs all wrong Sup nerds, I'm back from DDD Europe! Still processing the conference and adjusting to the horrible...
5th Jun 2024
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I've been thinking about tradeoffs all wrong

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

5th Jun 2024
Sup nerds, I'm back from DDD Europe! Still processing the conference and adjusting to the horrible jetlag but also itching to get writing again, so let's go. The opening keynote to the conference was called "Modern Tradeoff Analysis for Software Architecture". It was mostly about...
The Coddling of the Professional Mind "The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The...
1st Oct 2021
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The Coddling of the Professional Mind

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

1st Oct 2021
"The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling." – Thomas Sowell I'm not one to miss an important milestone, so let me draw your attention...
WP Enqueue for Beginners WP Enqueue for Beginners 2020-05-05 Throughout my career designing, developing and auditing...
5th May 2020
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WP Enqueue for Beginners

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

5th May 2020
WP Enqueue for Beginners 2020-05-05 Throughout my career designing, developing and auditing WordPress themes, I’ve come across many that include their custom styles / scripts as static HTML elements inside their respective header and footer templates. This is perfectly fine, but...
Great things about Rust that aren't just performance Nearly every line of code I write for fun is in Rust. It's not because I need great performance,...
6th Jan 2025
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Great things about Rust that aren't just performance

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

6th Jan 2025
Nearly every line of code I write for fun is in Rust. It's not because I need great performance, though that's a nice benefit. I write a lot of Rust because it's a joy to write code in. There is so much else to love about Rust beyond going fast without segfaults. Here are a few...
Using fewer parts Fewer parts make for better software and better products.
26th Nov 2023
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Using fewer parts

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

26th Nov 2023
Fewer parts make for better software and better products.
Demystifying secure NFS My lab notes on the arduous process of setting up NFSv4 with Kerberos across a Synology NAS and...
4th Nov 2024
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Demystifying secure NFS

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

4th Nov 2024
My lab notes on the arduous process of setting up NFSv4 with Kerberos across a Synology NAS and various Linux and FreeBSD clients.
How Winamp2-js loads native skins in your browser How we get from a binary Winamp skin file to seeing Winamp2-js take on the look of your favorite...
9th Mar 2015
1

How Winamp2-js loads native skins in your browser

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

9th Mar 2015
How we get from a binary Winamp skin file to seeing Winamp2-js take on the look of your favorite skin, all within the limitations of your browser.
An update on Kagi Translate Some of you might have noticed that Translate no longer works when you're signed out, or that it...
5th Jun 2026
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An update on Kagi Translate

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

5th Jun 2026
Some of you might have noticed that Translate no longer works when you're signed out, or that it shows as offline. This is because we have temporarily turned off free access while we work through the cost of running Translate.
Using Netlify for Dynamic URL Redirects Using Netlify for Dynamic URL Redirects 2021-12-03 With the recent domain switch that took place on...
3rd Dec 2021
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Using Netlify for Dynamic URL Redirects

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

3rd Dec 2021
Using Netlify for Dynamic URL Redirects 2021-12-03 With the recent domain switch that took place on this website, I needed to have a dependable setup to forward my old domain URLs to the new one. While using something like “URL forwarding” through your domain provider could work,...
Ten minutes playing with typography: 'home' I made the graphic with the GIMP, and the typeface used is Helvetica Neue.
2nd Apr 2011
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Ten minutes playing with typography: 'home'

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

2nd Apr 2011
I made the graphic with the GIMP, and the typeface used is Helvetica Neue.
Querying through shadow roots Let's say I have a web component with an open shadow root, like this one from...
4th Aug 2021
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Querying through shadow roots

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

4th Aug 2021
Let's say I have a web component with an open shadow root, like this one from Shoelace. <sl-button>Click me</sl-button> Inside the shadow root is a <button> that I want to target with JavaScript.* Alas, Element.querySelector() doesn't offer a shortcut for traversing shadow roots...
never give up Why do fun project ideas end up dead even when they are feature complete? The fear of unknown timed...
30th Sep 2021
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never give up

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

30th Sep 2021
Why do fun project ideas end up dead even when they are feature complete? The fear of unknown timed tasks is why I'll tell you what.
I have not failed enough I was recently listening through the How to succeed at failing series on the Freakonomics podcast...
30th Dec 2023
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I have not failed enough

from Jibran’s Perspective [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Dec 2023
I was recently listening through the How to succeed at failing series on the Freakonomics podcast and started to think about how often I had failed in the past few years. The first answer was - not too much. I couldn’t think of too many instances of where I had “failed”. This was...
What's With All the Humanoid Robots? If you follow robotics at all you may have noticed that there has been an explosion of humanoid...
7th May 2024
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What's With All the Humanoid Robots?

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

7th May 2024
If you follow robotics at all you may have noticed that there has been an explosion of humanoid robot startups. What's with that? Why humanoids? Why now?
Modern CSS patterns in Campfire Recently, customers who have purchased a copy of ONCE/Campfire were invited to participate in a live...
4th Apr 2024
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Modern CSS patterns in Campfire

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

4th Apr 2024
Recently, customers who have purchased a copy of ONCE/Campfire were invited to participate in a live walk through the app’s CSS code. Campfire was built with vanilla CSS, fully #nobuild without compiling or preprocessors, and uses the latest web platform features available in...
Hello world “Start a blog” has been on my todo list for so long, it’s going to leave a gaping void in my life...
27th Dec 2015
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Hello world

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

27th Dec 2015
“Start a blog” has been on my todo list for so long, it’s going to leave a gaping void in my life when I check it off. There are some things I have been wanting to talk about for a while now, in a way that’s less ephemeral than twitter. Like how the tech industry […]
Things I Don't Know About AI The more I learn about AI markets, the less I think I know. I list questions and some thoughts.
21st Feb 2024
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Things I Don't Know About AI

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

21st Feb 2024
The more I learn about AI markets, the less I think I know. I list questions and some thoughts.
A metastasis in America America is sick. And I don’t just mean with COVID-19. The bad news is that removing the ugly, orange...
15th Jan 2021
42

A metastasis in America

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

15th Jan 2021
America is sick. And I don’t just mean with COVID-19. The bad news is that removing the ugly, orange tumor in the White House next week will not be enough to affect a cure. The malignancy has spread. It didn’t even start with the presidency. We’ve been brewing and self-dosing a...
A quick summary one of the benefits of LLMs is the ability to summarize things one of the dangers of LLMs is the...
11th Oct 2024
28

A quick summary

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

11th Oct 2024
one of the benefits of LLMs is the ability to summarize things one of the dangers of LLMs is the ability to summarize things read any AI product’s value prop and it will say a variation of “it frees you up to do higher order/ value tasks” nobody knows what these higher order...
Learning Dutch online in 2023 Back in 2020, I left France to live in the Netherlands. Since then, I have spent some time learning...
2nd Mar 2023
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Learning Dutch online in 2023

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

2nd Mar 2023
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...
SimpleImage 3.0 Back in 2011, I released the first version of SimpleImage for PHP — an open source project for...
10th Jan 2017
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SimpleImage 3.0

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

10th Jan 2017
Back in 2011, I released the first version of SimpleImage for PHP — an open source project for working with images. Today, version 3.0 has landed, and there's a lot to love about it. Overview # Here's how it works at a glance: try { // Create a new SimpleImage object $image =...
Japanese Glory Hole Funny Onion gag
2nd Mar 2026
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Japanese Glory Hole

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

2nd Mar 2026
Funny Onion gag
How to survive an acquisition Last week Facebook announced that they will be shutting down Parse.   I have so, so many feelings....
3rd Feb 2016
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How to survive an acquisition

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

3rd Feb 2016
Last week Facebook announced that they will be shutting down Parse.   I have so, so many feelings.  But this isn’t about my feelings now.  This is about what I wish I had known when we got acquired. When they told us we were getting acquired, it felt like a wrecking ball to the...
On The End of Bitcoin [This is a repost of a thread of mine from a dead social media platform. The original posting date...
24th May 2022
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On The End of Bitcoin

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

24th May 2022
[This is a repost of a thread of mine from a dead social media platform. The original posting date was May 24th, 2022. I have not added new content.]Is there some scientific literature/scenario planning on the End of Bitcoin? With the next two halvings mining income will shift...
Fun with IE7 and the Zoom Property This bug threw me for a loop. A CSS optimizer thought it was doing me a favor by “fixing” any...
29th Jun 2012
45

Fun with IE7 and the Zoom Property

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

29th Jun 2012
This bug threw me for a loop. A CSS optimizer thought it was doing me a favor by “fixing” any invalid numbers. It replaces .my_class{ zoom:1; } with .my_class{ zoom:1px; } Those two characters (“px”) on the zoom property will blow up IE7 as it tries to zoom to a value in...
The story of Tupo, my new daily logic puzzle Tupo is my first new game in four years. I'm excited to share it with the world, and to talk about...
4 weeks ago
1

The story of Tupo, my new daily logic puzzle

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

4 weeks ago
Tupo is my first new game in four years. I'm excited to share it with the world, and to talk about the process behind it.
Investigating why Steam started picking a random font Out of the blue my Steam started picking a random font I had in my user fonts dir: Virgil, the...
18th Nov 2022
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Investigating why Steam started picking a random font

from A small freedom area RSS [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Nov 2022
Out of the blue my Steam started picking a random font I had in my user fonts dir: Virgil, the Excalidraw font. That triggered me all sorts of emotions, ranging from laugh to total incredulity. I initially thought the root cause was a random derping from Valve but the Internet...
Is technical analysis just stock market astrology? Technical analysis is a part of finance that studies price moves to guide investment decisions. A...
25th Jul 2023
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Is technical analysis just stock market astrology?

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

25th Jul 2023
Technical analysis is a part of finance that studies price moves to guide investment decisions. A lot of investors seem skeptical of the use of past price data, which leads to technical analysis often being perceived as similar to astrology. In this article, I will try to see if...
Will AI kill SaaS helpdesks? Do we even need helpdesk software? I mean, just give an AI agent a markdown skill file with your FAQ...
12th Jan 2026
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Will AI kill SaaS helpdesks?

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

12th Jan 2026
Do we even need helpdesk software? I mean, just give an AI agent a markdown skill file with your FAQ and canned responses and let it answer tickets - right? I (obviously) gave it a lot of thought recently and here's my take: If your entire support operation is one person...
What I'm up to - February 2026 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Feb 2026
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What I'm up to - February 2026

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

1st Feb 2026
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in January - Busy month at Chroma - including launching a case study with Mintlify who recently ...
Thoughts on Framework Churn I often worry about framework churn. A lot. But using a framework isn't a bad thing. After all, they...
16th Nov 2023
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Thoughts on Framework Churn

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

16th Nov 2023
I often worry about framework churn. A lot. But using a framework isn't a bad thing. After all, they save time. They help you build things faster. Yes, there are costs associated with frameworks later on, especially as new versions come out and your app instantly feels like...
Revisiting FOUCE It's been awhile since I wrote about FOUCE and I've since come up with an improved solution that I...
23rd Dec 2024
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Revisiting FOUCE

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

23rd Dec 2024
It's been awhile since I wrote about FOUCE and I've since come up with an improved solution that I think is worth a post. This approach is similar to hiding the page content and then fading it in, but I've noticed it's far less distracting without the fade. It also adds a two...
Awesome Python Applications What we can learn from 180+ case studies on successfully shipping Python software. If you're reading...
20th Dec 2018
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Awesome Python Applications

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Dec 2018
What we can learn from 180+ case studies on successfully shipping Python software. If you're reading this (or hearing this), you read and write code, probably Python. And for all the code you've shipped, you've probably had your share of missed requirements. Somehere in the...
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...
25th Nov 2014
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I switched from tabs to spaces and haven't looked back

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

25th Nov 2014
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....
A Distributed Systems Reading List 2024/02/07 A Distributed Systems Reading List This document contains various resources and quick...
8th Feb 2024
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A Distributed Systems Reading List

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

8th Feb 2024
2024/02/07 A Distributed Systems Reading List This document contains various resources and quick definition of a lot of background information behind distributed systems. It is not complete, even though it is kinda sorta detailed. I had written it some time in 2019 when coworkers...
What I'm up to - March 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in...
1st Mar 2026
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What I'm up to - March 2026

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

1st Mar 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in February - Published Three-ring binder and A fresh coat of paint on Contraption Co. - Launching a proj...
The Boolean Trap Use enums instead
5th Sep 2024
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The Boolean Trap

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

5th Sep 2024
Use enums instead
6th Jan 2018
Introducing “Shadow Palette Generator” In order to create lush, realistic shadows in CSS, we need to use multiple layers and colors. How do...
16th Nov 2021
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Introducing “Shadow Palette Generator”

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

16th Nov 2021
In order to create lush, realistic shadows in CSS, we need to use multiple layers and colors. How do we come up with all of the parameters, though? I've built a tool that'll help.
Epistemic Disclosure Providing clear metadata on the epistemic validity of content
10th Nov 2021
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Epistemic Disclosure

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

10th Nov 2021
Providing clear metadata on the epistemic validity of content
Plaid Layoffs and beyond Last week, Plaid announced laying off 20% of its workforce (260 people). Today I signed my...
13th Dec 2022
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Plaid Layoffs and beyond

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

13th Dec 2022
Last week, Plaid announced laying off 20% of its workforce (260 people). Today I signed my termination agreement, which makes this week my last week as part of Plaid’s infrastructure team. Kelly Sikkema Moving forward While being laid off and having to leave a very talented...
Introducing Workshop New newsletter about work in progress
1st Nov 2025
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Introducing Workshop

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

1st Nov 2025
New newsletter about work in progress
Oct 2019 Recap Hello mailing list friends!
2nd Nov 2019
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Oct 2019 Recap

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

2nd Nov 2019
Hello mailing list friends!
My Raspberry Pi Desktop My Raspberry Pi Desktop 2020-09-02 I use a Raspberry Pi 4 as my personal daily driver and it’s...
2nd Sep 2020
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My Raspberry Pi Desktop

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

2nd Sep 2020
My Raspberry Pi Desktop 2020-09-02 I use a Raspberry Pi 4 as my personal daily driver and it’s pretty great. I know these types of devices tend to be used for smaller pet-projects or fun experiments, but I thought I would share my experience using one as my main computer....
I'm a Gen AI Maximalist and Why You Should Be, Too Putting things into perspective: many think that we are in the trough of disillusionment; but...
17th Oct 2024
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I'm a Gen AI Maximalist and Why You Should Be, Too

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

17th Oct 2024
Putting things into perspective: many think that we are in the trough of disillusionment; but really, gen AI is just getting started.
eBPF Observability Tools Are Not Security Tools eBPF has many uses in improving computer security, but just taking eBPF observability tools as-is...
27th Apr 2023
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eBPF Observability Tools Are Not Security Tools

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

27th Apr 2023
eBPF has many uses in improving computer security, but just taking eBPF observability tools as-is and using them for security monitoring would be like driving your car into the ocean and expecting it to float. Observability tools are designed have the lowest overhead possible so...
Meeting philosophy Decline meetings aggressively. Always try to resolve issues by e-mail or chat first if...
8th Sep 2023
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Meeting philosophy

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

8th Sep 2023
Decline meetings aggressively. Always try to resolve issues by e-mail or chat first if possible. Decline any meeting without an explicit agenda (I make exceptions for my immediate manager). Decline any meeting where the agenda doesn't seem relevant to your work. Decline any...
Building Custom React Hooks Illustrated notes on building custom React hooks
2nd Nov 2019
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Building Custom React Hooks

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

2nd Nov 2019
Illustrated notes on building custom React hooks
How Binary JSON Works in YDB Feel free to join the discussion on HackerNews. In the early 2020 I was working in the Distributed...
8th Jun 2022
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How Binary JSON Works in YDB

from Posts on Nikita Lapkov [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Jun 2022
Feel free to join the discussion on HackerNews. In the early 2020 I was working in the Distributed Queries team of YDB. YDB is a Distributed SQL Database that combines high availability and scalability with strong consistency and ACID transactions. One of my key tasks there was...
Vibe Coding and the Existential Dread of Progress Does anyone else hate the term vibe coding? I’ve been pretty resistant to incorporating AI directly...
19th Jul 2025
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Vibe Coding and the Existential Dread of Progress

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

19th Jul 2025
Does anyone else hate the term vibe coding? I’ve been pretty resistant to incorporating AI directly into my development workflow. I use it all the time to clean up emails, Slack messages, and blog posts (including this one). It’s helped me plan vacations, write my cover letter...
Humanity's Last Exam Humanity's Last Exam by Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI
20th Feb 2025
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Humanity's Last Exam

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

20th Feb 2025
Humanity's Last Exam by Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI
Recently We went apple picking this month in New Jersey, and one of the farms had these two golden retrievers...
1st Nov 2022
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Recently

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

1st Nov 2022
We went apple picking this month in New Jersey, and one of the farms had these two golden retrievers in their own, private, enormous pen. It was a petting zoo, but with two golden retrievers. They defended their space against other dogs who wanted to say hi, but stayed near the...
I Come To the Garden Alone (For George Morris) I arranged and recorded the hymn 'In The Garden' on ukulele in memory of George Morris.
18th Jul 2011
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I Come To the Garden Alone (For George Morris)

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

18th Jul 2011
I arranged and recorded the hymn 'In The Garden' on ukulele in memory of George Morris.
Don't ask me to embarrass myself. Or: Please Lucy, stop asking me to kick the football.
18th Jul 2024
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Don't ask me to embarrass myself.

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

18th Jul 2024
Or: Please Lucy, stop asking me to kick the football.
Networking Essentials: Congestion Control Bottlenecks inevitably arise in networks. How do we deal with them in TCP? How about in practical...
7th Oct 2018
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Networking Essentials: Congestion Control

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

7th Oct 2018
Bottlenecks inevitably arise in networks. How do we deal with them in TCP? How about in practical streaming applications like Youtube and Skype?
Delaying asset requests in Eleventy While building my photography portfolio, I've put much effort into optimizing the picture loading...
29th Sep 2023
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Delaying asset requests in Eleventy

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

29th Sep 2023
While building my photography portfolio, I've put much effort into optimizing the picture loading behavior. One technique is to provide a visual fallback as long as the images are still loading. First, a static background color included in the markup is displayed. As soon as a...
Verizon's I'm A Teapot Error And Other Technology Fails This is not my week for using technology. None of these problems was my fault, other than my...
6th Oct 2025
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Verizon's I'm A Teapot Error And Other Technology Fails

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

6th Oct 2025
This is not my week for using technology. None of these problems was my fault, other than my existing in the universe and the attraction that brought. Today, I wanted to review my Verizon mobile account, and I noticed that the website had changed since my last visit. I clicked
The True Purpose of Testing (article) Discover the true essence of automated testing and the difference between an implementation and...
8th Jan 2024
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The True Purpose of Testing (article)

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

8th Jan 2024
Discover the true essence of automated testing and the difference between an implementation and intention.
The UX of Proving Our Humanity To Machines What happens when we can't convince machines that we are human?
3rd Dec 2020
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The UX of Proving Our Humanity To Machines

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

3rd Dec 2020
What happens when we can't convince machines that we are human?
Retaining an MVP mindset A short guide on how we tested team plans at Jenni and closed $10k in revenue. Hypothesis statements...
3rd May 2024
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Retaining an MVP mindset

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

3rd May 2024
A short guide on how we tested team plans at Jenni and closed $10k in revenue. Hypothesis statements Team plans are a way to increase retention Team plans move upmarket toward users with more purchasing power Team plans are targeted at full-time researchers who have an ongoing...
How To Name Things > There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1...
16th May 2019
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How To Name Things

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

16th May 2019
> There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors. - [Leon Bambrick](https://twitter.com/secretgeek/status/7269997868?lang=en)
What is GitOps? It began with shell scripts and config management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef. Now...
3rd Jul 2020
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What is GitOps?

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

3rd Jul 2020
It began with shell scripts and config management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef. Now GitOps brings some new tools for managing containerized applications in Kubernetes clusters.
Why I hate JavaScript numbers and what everyone has (not) done with them JavaScript went against the grain in only using floating point numbers initially, and now we pay the...
26th Mar 2025
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Why I hate JavaScript numbers and what everyone has (not) done with them

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

26th Mar 2025
JavaScript went against the grain in only using floating point numbers initially, and now we pay the price
Project Cambria: Translate your data with lenses Changing schemas in distributed software is hard. Could adopting bidirectional lenses help?
6th Oct 2020
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Project Cambria: Translate your data with lenses

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

6th Oct 2020
Changing schemas in distributed software is hard. Could adopting bidirectional lenses help?
For the First Time In Years, I’m Excited By My Computer Purchase Some decades back, when I’d buy a new PC, it would unlock new capabilities. Maybe AGP video, or a...
11th Sep 2023
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For the First Time In Years, I’m Excited By My Computer Purchase

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

11th Sep 2023
Some decades back, when I’d buy a new PC, it would unlock new capabilities. Maybe AGP video, or a PCMCIA slot, or, heck, sound. Nowadays, mostly new hardware means things get a bit faster or less crashy, or I have some more space for files. It’s good and useful, but sorta… meh....
Turbo 8 released We’re excited to announce the release of Turbo v8, a major update to the Turbo front-end framework....
7th Feb 2024
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Turbo 8 released

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

7th Feb 2024
We’re excited to announce the release of Turbo v8, a major update to the Turbo front-end framework. This release introduces a suite of innovative features designed to enhance web development and user experiences across the board. Here are the key highlights of Turbo v8: Morphing...
Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years (and working with a... 1981 was a different time for computing. It was expensive (both hardware and software), and it was...
3rd Aug 2026
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3rd Aug 2026
1981 was a different time for computing. It was expensive (both hardware and software), and it was far from a given that machines from one vendor would be able to talk to those from another. In fact, Columbia University had just such a problem, so in 1981, Frank da Cruz and Bill...
Man cereal Yesterday, even though my son is barely seven years old, toxic masculinity permeated his life and,...
3rd Mar 2026
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Man cereal

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

3rd Mar 2026
Yesterday, even though my son is barely seven years old, toxic masculinity permeated his life and, perhaps permanently and irreparably, stole a small piece of his joy.
Orange-Website-Proofing My Blog Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters. Over the course of one year this website is deployed, I did...
1st Jul 2023
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Orange-Website-Proofing My Blog

from Posts on Nikita Lapkov [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jul 2023
Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters. Over the course of one year this website is deployed, I did not pay a penny for hosting it. Sure, I pay for renting the domain itself, but everything else is free and quite honestly I like it this way. So when I woke up to a 10$ bill from...
Go: Functional options are slow The Go "functional options" pattern is a way of passing options to a function. The function takes a...
23rd May 2022
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Go: Functional options are slow

from Evan Jones - Software Engineer | Computer Scientist [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd May 2022
The Go "functional options" pattern is a way of passing options to a function. The function takes a variable number of arguments, which are themselves functions (a type like ...func(*config). I think it was first introduced by Rob Pike in a 2014 blog post. It is now used by many...
The Boot.dev Beat. October 2024 The “learn computer science basics” section of the backend developer learning path is now complete!...
7th Oct 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. October 2024

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

7th Oct 2024
The “learn computer science basics” section of the backend developer learning path is now complete! We have no big plans to make serious modifications (tbh I always say this though, so idk). To be clear, that’s the first half of the track complete - the first 13 courses up to the...
It's Disability Pride Month! Let's Get Accessible This month we have several community updates, a couple of Flatpak releases available on OS 7, and...
3rd Jul 2024
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It's Disability Pride Month! Let's Get Accessible

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

3rd Jul 2024
This month we have several community updates, a couple of Flatpak releases available on OS 7, and plenty of OS 8 news. Disability Pride Month It’s disability pride month, which means making space to talk about how we can build communities and systems that better accommodate...
How I grew The A11Y Project to 10k followers on Twitter One thing I’ve been doing for The A11Y project is managing its social media efforts. Since doing so,...
5th May 2021
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How I grew The A11Y Project to 10k followers on Twitter

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

5th May 2021
One thing I’ve been doing for The A11Y project is managing its social media efforts. Since doing so, I’ve slowly grown its Twitter followers to 10,000+. Now, before I get into it, there’s some things worth pointing out: This work was built on top of the efforts of the project...
CSS Video Backgrounds CSS Video Backgrounds 2018-04-16 With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3,...
16th Apr 2018
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CSS Video Backgrounds

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

16th Apr 2018
CSS Video Backgrounds 2018-04-16 With the release of Safari 11.1 on macOS and Safari on iOS 11.3, developers now have the ability to support background videos (mp4 support only - at the time of this article) with pure CSS. Example: .video-background { background-image:...
Getting better at the New York Times crossword I started doing crossword puzzles sometime in 2019. After learning the basics of American crossword...
15th Apr 2021
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Getting better at the New York Times crossword

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

15th Apr 2021
I started doing crossword puzzles sometime in 2019. After learning the basics of American crossword puzzles, the best way to improve is to solve daily. As a budding cruciverbalist you develop a few key skills. The NYTimes website has an excellent guide on the basics of solving....
Build a career path by multiplying your value Oftentimes senior developers lack ideas on where to go next. Let's try to explore some ideas.
15th Nov 2023
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Build a career path by multiplying your value

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

15th Nov 2023
Oftentimes senior developers lack ideas on where to go next. Let's try to explore some ideas.
The System-Level Foundation of Assembly Tracing how the CPU, OS, and ELF format shape the structure of your assembly code
5th May 2025
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The System-Level Foundation of Assembly

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

5th May 2025
Tracing how the CPU, OS, and ELF format shape the structure of your assembly code
Vietnam Grandma and the Vietnam WarWhen I was young, friends would visit, and there was one photo on the...
13th Apr 2024
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Vietnam

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

13th Apr 2024
Grandma and the Vietnam WarWhen I was young, friends would visit, and there was one photo on the shelf that caught their attention in my room.  It was a photo of an elderly Caucasian lady and their first question to me was, “How come you didn’t take the stock photo out of the...
Strategic choices: When both options are good Real strategy means choosing between two good options and accepting all the consequences--even the...
22nd Feb 2026
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Strategic choices: When both options are good

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

22nd Feb 2026
Real strategy means choosing between two good options and accepting all the consequences--even the painful ones you don't like.
The complex simplicity of my static websites It was the spring of 2014, over 9 years ago, just 6 months into my first year of college, when my...
8th Aug 2023
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The complex simplicity of my static websites

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

8th Aug 2023
It was the spring of 2014, over 9 years ago, just 6 months into my first year of college, when my Computer Architecture teacher stopped in the middle of an assembly exercise to tell us that Bitdefender is hiring juniors for Malware Researcher positions. I had no idea what that...
How to create a digital Suica card in Apple Pay (2024 Update) Suica is a smart card used to pay at train stations and convenience stores in Japan. In 2016, Apple...
6th Nov 2017
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How to create a digital Suica card in Apple Pay (2024 Update)

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

6th Nov 2017
Suica is a smart card used to pay at train stations and convenience stores in Japan. In 2016, Apple added support for Suica to Apple Pay on iPhone 7 devices sold in Japan. In 2017, Apple added support to all iPhone 8/X and later, regardless of where they’re sold.1 Virtual Suica...
7th Apr 2025
Everything You Hate About Clubhouse Is Why It Will Win Understanding new social media is a sociological exercise, not a logical one.
1st Feb 2021
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Everything You Hate About Clubhouse Is Why It Will Win

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

1st Feb 2021
Understanding new social media is a sociological exercise, not a logical one.
Fight knowledge decay with a rich Incident Summary It only takes a few off-the-rails incidents in your software career to realize the importance of...
14th Jun 2024
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Fight knowledge decay with a rich Incident Summary

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

14th Jun 2024
It only takes a few off-the-rails incidents in your software career to realize the importance of writing things down. That’s why so many companies’ incident response protocols define a scribe role. The scribe’s job, generally, is to take notes on everything that happens. In other...
How one line of code caused a $60 million loss 60,000 people lost full phone service, half of AT&T's network was down, and 500 airline flights were...
13th Nov 2023
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How one line of code caused a $60 million loss

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

13th Nov 2023
60,000 people lost full phone service, half of AT&T's network was down, and 500 airline flights were delayed
Punctuated Excitement Punctuated Excitement Sunsets always lead to sunrises ¶Punctuated Excitement When I try to tell new...
27th May 2016
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Punctuated Excitement

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

27th May 2016
Punctuated Excitement Sunsets always lead to sunrises ¶Punctuated Excitement When I try to tell new acquaintances about what I do, the conversation usually finishes in 30 seconds with them saying something like “oh yeah, IT, I thought so” or “so you’re a web designer?” So I...
Colophon Most blogs, like this one, are reverse-chronological, causing the first post to appear last in the...
1st May 2015
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Colophon

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2015
Most blogs, like this one, are reverse-chronological, causing the first post to appear last in the archive. This convention makes a colophon the King's Pawn Game of web authorship; there's no better place to showcase certain implementation details than the first post of a...
CalVer 26.0: 10th Anniversary Edition A decade ago, a little bit of history was made. I didn't realize it, but a colleague made a great...
3 weeks ago
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CalVer 26.0: 10th Anniversary Edition

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

3 weeks ago
A decade ago, a little bit of history was made. I didn't realize it, but a colleague made a great point, one of those real mind-changing points that seem too obvious to admit same-day. But, the next day, calver.org was born. At the time my team maintained the Python...
Install Mcrypt PHP Extension on OSX Yosemite After updating Statamic to 1.10.2, I started getting Mcrypt errors. After some Googling, I found...
29th Jan 2015
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Install Mcrypt PHP Extension on OSX Yosemite

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

29th Jan 2015
After updating Statamic to 1.10.2, I started getting Mcrypt errors. After some Googling, I found some complicated fixes. After some noodling around, here’s a simple way to fix it with Homebrew: First, figure out which version of PHP you’re running. You can do this by opening up...
Fave New Podcasts in 2021 My picks of best podcasts I found in 2021, across tech, business, and creator categories. I also...
2nd Dec 2021
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Fave New Podcasts in 2021

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

2nd Dec 2021
My picks of best podcasts I found in 2021, across tech, business, and creator categories. I also pick up on best of the best from 2020.
The Making of A New Kind of Science I Think I Should Write a Quick Book… In the end it’s about five and a half pounds of paper, 1280...
13th May 2022
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The Making of A New Kind of Science

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

13th May 2022
I Think I Should Write a Quick Book… In the end it’s about five and a half pounds of paper, 1280 pages, 973 illustrations and 583,313 words. And its creation took more than a decade of my life. Almost every day of my thirties, and a little beyond, I tenaciously worked on it....
Death by a thousand microservices The Church of Complexity There is a pretty well-known sketch in which an engineer is explaining to...
10th Sep 2023
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Death by a thousand microservices

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

10th Sep 2023
The Church of Complexity There is a pretty well-known sketch in which an engineer is explaining to the project manager how an overly complicated maze of microservices works in order to get a user’s birthday - and fails to do so anyway. The scene accurately describes the...
CSS vs. JavaScript There are a bunch of JavaScript animation libraries out there, and you might have wondered whether...
26th May 2026
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CSS vs. JavaScript

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

26th May 2026
There are a bunch of JavaScript animation libraries out there, and you might have wondered whether there’s a performance cost compared to traditional CSS transitions and keyframe animations. In this blog post, we’ll compare the same animation across several different strategies...
I did an interview for the Changelog Podcast I talked about Winamp2-js on the Changelog Podcast.
6th Apr 2018
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I did an interview for the Changelog Podcast

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

6th Apr 2018
I talked about Winamp2-js on the Changelog Podcast.
My role as a founder CTO: Year Four It has been one year since I wrote the blog post where I shared the learnings from the first three...
29th Dec 2021
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My role as a founder CTO: Year Four

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

29th Dec 2021
It has been one year since I wrote the blog post where I shared the learnings from the first three years of my journey as a first-time technical founder. 2021 was not an exception, and my role as RevenueCat’s CTO kept evolving quite a lot. As expected, my job did not get any...
8th May 2023
Back to Goodreads I’m back to using Goodreads but I lost my friends list, if you use Goodreads please add me as a...
7th Apr 2022
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Back to Goodreads

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

7th Apr 2022
I’m back to using Goodreads but I lost my friends list, if you use Goodreads please add me as a friend. After Goodreads lost my account I was furious and of course intended to never use it again. But to their credit, Goodreads did some extra work and managed to get me a copy of...
Happy New Year: solving the Rubik’s Cube in SQL Explain Extended New Year's post solving the Rubik's Cube in SQL The post Happy New Year: solving...
31st Dec 2022
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Happy New Year: solving the Rubik’s Cube in SQL

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

31st Dec 2022
Explain Extended New Year's post solving the Rubik's Cube in SQL The post Happy New Year: solving the Rubik’s Cube in SQL appeared first on EXPLAIN EXTENDED.
We’ve Got a Science Opportunity Overload: It’s Time to Launch the Wolfram Institute! Suddenly There’s Just So Much New Science to Do Something remarkable has happened these past two...
6th Apr 2022
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We’ve Got a Science Opportunity Overload: It’s Time to Launch the Wolfram Institute!

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

6th Apr 2022
Suddenly There’s Just So Much New Science to Do Something remarkable has happened these past two years. For 45 years I’ve devoted myself to building a taller and taller tower of science and technology—which along the way has delivered many outputs of which I’m quite proud. But...
Eight-Part Barbershop Tag In Parallel Fifths Experimenting with recording every part in a barbershop tag a perfect fifth higher to create jazzy...
14th Nov 2009
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Eight-Part Barbershop Tag In Parallel Fifths

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

14th Nov 2009
Experimenting with recording every part in a barbershop tag a perfect fifth higher to create jazzy chords.
How we boosted the performance of a Gatsby website by 80% Sbaï Dentaire is the number 1 user-rated dental practice in Casablanca (Morocco) by Google...
19th Jul 2020
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How we boosted the performance of a Gatsby website by 80%

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

19th Jul 2020
Sbaï Dentaire is the number 1 user-rated dental practice in Casablanca (Morocco) by Google users: Many patients book appointments through the website on the go from their mobile, therefore page speed is critical to avoid a high bounce rate. This article explains how we improved...
22nd Oct 2025
Why Is Xcode So Antagonistic To Reduced Vision? My eyesight is generally OK, but I have trouble reading small text, especially medium gray on light...
17th Sep 2025
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Why Is Xcode So Antagonistic To Reduced Vision?

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

17th Sep 2025
My eyesight is generally OK, but I have trouble reading small text, especially medium gray on light gray backgrounds. I usually code in 16 or even 18 point fonts, currently Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono. Every new release of Xcode makes seeing various UI elements harder, as if the...
Start something small * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * The other day I...
2nd Nov 2012
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Start something small

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

2nd Nov 2012
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * The other day I was listening to Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People and and I found it amazing how this book, which has now sold over 15 million copies, originally started: >...
journey before destination It is hard to be focused and motivated when ones eyes are not on the task at hand but rather the...
24th Feb 2021
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journey before destination

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

24th Feb 2021
It is hard to be focused and motivated when ones eyes are not on the task at hand but rather the accolades in the future.
Rare words in common phrases, and how to avoid getting them wrong A running list of uncommon, strange, and/or archaic words embedded in common idioms, to help you...
24th Jan 2025
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Rare words in common phrases, and how to avoid getting them wrong

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

24th Jan 2025
A running list of uncommon, strange, and/or archaic words embedded in common idioms, to help you type them correctly next time you use them.
The serial TX path seems to be down The previous series of articles about UART was initially motivated by an error I was getting when...
11th Aug 2025
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The serial TX path seems to be down

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

11th Aug 2025
The previous series of articles about UART was initially motivated by an error I was getting when using the ESP-Prog. I could have jumped straight to the conclusion, but I took the time to really understand what was going on, and we are finally reaching the end of this...
My Wild Security Head-Fiction My Wild Security Head-Fiction ¶My Wild Security Head-Fiction I’m not a security expert. I...
15th Mar 2019
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My Wild Security Head-Fiction

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

15th Mar 2019
My Wild Security Head-Fiction ¶My Wild Security Head-Fiction I’m not a security expert. I confidently believe I don’t have the kind of mind it takes to ‘always expect the worst’. I couldn’t be a threat analyst, defence strategist or CIA agent because I think you need a drastic...
Forbidden noodles My obsession with food-based taxonomy continues. Here are all the forbidden noodles I am aware...
24th Aug 2021
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Forbidden noodles

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

24th Aug 2021
My obsession with food-based taxonomy continues. Here are all the forbidden noodles I am aware of: Bucatini The FDA banning the import of this beloved pasta was one of the many tragedies 2020 visited on us. If there is any consolation, know that the De Cecco pasta factories have...
Using Machine Learning to Generate Winamp Skins I used thousands of screenshots of Winamp skins and StyleGAN2 to train an ML model generate more...
7th Jul 2021
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Using Machine Learning to Generate Winamp Skins

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

7th Jul 2021
I used thousands of screenshots of Winamp skins and StyleGAN2 to train an ML model generate more Winamp skins.
Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 Summary The Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 submission deadline has now passed and we are now in the rating...
5th Jun 2023
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Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 Summary

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jun 2023
The Spring Lisp Game Jam 2023 submission deadline has now passed and we are now in the rating period. I was a co-host of the jam alongside technomancy but he did all the real work setting everything up. There were 30 submissions this time around, which I believe is a new record...
Hiring Executives & Bad Advice When your company hits strong product market fit, your company will be sucked into a vortex of...
2nd Feb 2021
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Hiring Executives & Bad Advice

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

2nd Feb 2021
When your company hits strong product market fit, your company will be sucked into a vortex of customer demand and experience a Cambrian explosion of internal org complexity simultaneously. Things will initially seem to just truck along as usual, and then suddenly everything at...
Observability is a Many-Splendored Definition Last weekend, @swyx posted a great little primer to instrumentation titled “Observability Tools in...
3rd Mar 2020
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Observability is a Many-Splendored Definition

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

3rd Mar 2020
Last weekend, @swyx posted a great little primer to instrumentation titled “Observability Tools in JavaScript”.  A friend sent me the link and suggested that I might want to respond and clarify some things about observability, so I did, and we had a great conversation!  Here is a...
How to animate multiplayer cursors Smoothly rendering live cursors is more difficult than it sounds when real-world conditions are...
5th Jul 2022
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How to animate multiplayer cursors

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

5th Jul 2022
Smoothly rendering live cursors is more difficult than it sounds when real-world conditions are taken into account.
Curried pumpkin soup Despite growing up in Chicago where winter is defined as "more traffic" and "delayed flights," the...
2nd Feb 2010
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Curried pumpkin soup

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

2nd Feb 2010
Despite growing up in Chicago where winter is defined as "more traffic" and "delayed flights," the first thing that comes to mind in winter is creamy squash soups. In the haze of moving, Mystery Hunt, and working on writing 6.042 problems this IAP, I somehow neglected making soup...
Super Bubbly: React Native kids game TLDR: I built a simple & fun game using React Native, try it out on iPhone and iPad! In the...
21st Sep 2025
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Super Bubbly: React Native kids game

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

21st Sep 2025
TLDR: I built a simple & fun game using React Native, try it out on iPhone and iPad! In the Beginning…. My kids are 7 & 9 as I write this in 2025, but 6 years ago in 2019 they loved a simple little bubble popping app on my phone, and I thought it’d be fun to make the best...
Build-Measure-Learn is a Dangerous Idea Tonight I had a chance to talk with one of my personal heroes,...
6th Apr 2012
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Build-Measure-Learn is a Dangerous Idea

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Apr 2012
Tonight I had a chance to talk with one of my personal heroes, [Eric Ries](http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/). While talking to him, I realized one of the pitfalls of [the...
Reminding folks to confirm their subscription Now you can gently remind your subscribers to confirm their address.
4th Nov 2019
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Reminding folks to confirm their subscription

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

4th Nov 2019
Now you can gently remind your subscribers to confirm their address.
Snowsports and the Normalisation of Deviance Les Dents du Midi, March 2025 There’s a mountain range visible from the office here that i’ve looked...
4th May 2025
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Snowsports and the Normalisation of Deviance

from Lee A Johnson [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th May 2025
Les Dents du Midi, March 2025 There’s a mountain range visible from the office here that i’ve looked at almost everyday for the last 12 years, when weather conditions allow of course. Les Dents du Midi. Often i’ve thought “I wonder if anyone has ever skied or snowboarded down one...
Childcare Options in Japan Though arranging childcare in Japan can be tricky, there are a wide variety of options available....
8th May 2024
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Childcare Options in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th May 2024
Though arranging childcare in Japan can be tricky, there are a wide variety of options available. Services will vary greatly depending on your location, the ages of your children, and the time of year. This article explores all of the most common childcare offerings, to get you...
Interactive Flamegraphs In my latest article, I made heavy use of flamegraphs. To makes things clearer, flamegraphs are...
8th Sep 2024
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Interactive Flamegraphs

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

8th Sep 2024
In my latest article, I made heavy use of flamegraphs. To makes things clearer, flamegraphs are visualizations of how much time is spent in each function in a program: ./write –write_with_vmsplice –huge_page –busy_loop | ./read –read_with_splice –busy_loop Profiling of ./write...
Fast, Ordered Unixy Queues over NNCP and Syncthing with Filespooler It seems that lately I’ve written several shell implementations of a simple queue that enforces...
29th May 2022
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Fast, Ordered Unixy Queues over NNCP and Syncthing with Filespooler

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

29th May 2022
It seems that lately I’ve written several shell implementations of a simple queue that enforces ordered execution of jobs that may arrive out of order. After writing this for the nth time in bash, I decided it was time to do it properly. But first, a word on the why of it all....
15th Mar 2016
Drawbacks of developing in containers It seems like everyone these days is developing in containers. Specifically, I mean running your...
1st Feb 2021
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Drawbacks of developing in containers

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

1st Feb 2021
It seems like everyone these days is developing in containers. Specifically, I mean running your local development environment almost entirely in containers. There's a lot to be said for it, especially when you're bringing new developers into a project: it can be an invaluable...
The Power of Principles in Web Development Decision-Making (article) Discover how The Epic Programming Principles can transform your web development decision-making,...
11th Mar 2025
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The Power of Principles in Web Development Decision-Making (article)

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

11th Mar 2025
Discover how The Epic Programming Principles can transform your web development decision-making, boost your career, and help you build better software.
Teaching how to code is broken Typically: Chapter 1: Types Chapter 2: Variables Chapter 3: Operators/Math Chapter 4: Control...
12th Jan 2022
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Teaching how to code is broken

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

12th Jan 2022
Typically: Chapter 1: Types Chapter 2: Variables Chapter 3: Operators/Math Chapter 4: Control structures Chapter 5: Arrays Chapter 6: Functions Chapter 7: Structs Chapter 8: Classes and Objects Chapter 9: Methods Chapter 10: Inheritance and Polymorphism Chapter 11: Some advanced...
The Livelymerge Experiment Introducing Livelymerge.
5th Jun 2026
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The Livelymerge Experiment

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

5th Jun 2026
Introducing Livelymerge.
5th Mar 2025
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March 2025

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

5th Mar 2025
Kubernetes at Work Kubernetes is about solving real problems. We talk to 100% real software engineer Torie Joy-Warren...
20th Jun 2020
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Kubernetes at Work

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

20th Jun 2020
Kubernetes is about solving real problems. We talk to 100% real software engineer Torie Joy-Warren about her experiences with k8s and cloud.
2nd Jul 2023
Servers can last a long time We bought sixty-one servers for the launch of Basecamp 3 back in 2015. Dell R430s and R630s, packing...
7th Feb 2025
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Servers can last a long time

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

7th Feb 2025
We bought sixty-one servers for the launch of Basecamp 3 back in 2015. Dell R430s and R630s, packing thousands of cores and terabytes of RAM. Enough to fill all the app, job, cache, and database duties we needed. The entire outlay for this fleet was about half a million dollars,...
Markdown is easier than ever Our new toolbar makes writing your email easier than ever!
11th Mar 2018
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Markdown is easier than ever

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

11th Mar 2018
Our new toolbar makes writing your email easier than ever!
7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers How elite software engineers maintain outperformance
11th Sep 2023
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7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers

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

11th Sep 2023
How elite software engineers maintain outperformance
My Commitment to Accessibility I recognize the need for all users, regardless of ability and device, to have undeterred access to...
2nd Jun 2023
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My Commitment to Accessibility

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

2nd Jun 2023
I recognize the need for all users, regardless of ability and device, to have undeterred access to the websites and applications that are created with it. This is an important goal of my projects. Oftentimes, people will ask "is it accessible?" I'm reluctant to answer because...
The hard truth about using AI in coding In a recent experience while building a website, I tried to use ChatGPT to help me out with...
7th Feb 2025
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The hard truth about using AI in coding

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

7th Feb 2025
In a recent experience while building a website, I tried to use ChatGPT to help me out with JavaScript. Something I've never needed to fully learn because my work has always been divided by JavaScript devs and HTML/CSS devs. A long time ago I used to be able to write bits in...
How I Work Remotely I've been working remote since September 2016. There are a lot of engineers who have worked remote...
2nd Jun 2018
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How I Work Remotely

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

2nd Jun 2018
I've been working remote since September 2016. There are a lot of engineers who have worked remote longer than I have; there are others who have more insight into how they work than I do; and there are plenty of people who simply don't work in the same way I do. My intention in...
Cover letters in the era of ChatGPT At first glance, ChatGPT seems like it is a powerful tool for writing a custom cover letter for a...
12th May 2023
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Cover letters in the era of ChatGPT

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th May 2023
At first glance, ChatGPT seems like it is a powerful tool for writing a custom cover letter for a job (when I saw cover letter, these days this often refers to the body of an email or the text someone puts into a “message” field of an application form). For instance, I was able...
Why We Force You to Learn Multiple Programming Languages I’ve been building Boot.dev as a side-project for the last couple of years, and have recently had...
13th Jun 2022
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Why We Force You to Learn Multiple Programming Languages

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

13th Jun 2022
I’ve been building Boot.dev as a side-project for the last couple of years, and have recently had many new students ask the same question:
My first attempts with Unity My first attempts with Unity
1st Sep 2021
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My first attempts with Unity

from A Day In The Life Of... [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Sep 2021
My first attempts with Unity
Winner, Name that Ware July 2026 The structure in question for last month’s ware are a pair of NPN transistors that form the core of...
30th Aug 2026
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Winner, Name that Ware July 2026

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

30th Aug 2026
The structure in question for last month’s ware are a pair of NPN transistors that form the core of a bandgap voltage reference circuit. As its name implies, a bandgap voltage reference generates a near-constant voltage for use inside chips. The voltage is intended to be fairly...
Building a photography website Last year, I started a photography hobby. Soon after, I've created a place where I can share some of...
25th Oct 2023
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Building a photography website

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

25th Oct 2023
Last year, I started a photography hobby. Soon after, I've created a place where I can share some of my work, without any attention-driven algorithms dictating the terms. Here's a technical write-up of my journey. Table of...
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