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How to Build the Best GitHub Profile for Your Job Search I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes, both as an engineering manager and in the monthly resume workshops...
4th Mar 2022
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How to Build the Best GitHub Profile for Your Job Search

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

4th Mar 2022
I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes, both as an engineering manager and in the monthly resume workshops we do in the Boot.dev Discord group. I’m convinced that these days a developer’s GitHub profile is just as important as their resume itself. If you haven’t started your first job...
Stay Awhile and Listen Developing games is a full-time occupation, so it is no surprise that I’ve had less time for...
31st Oct 2013
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Stay Awhile and Listen

from Code Of Honor [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Oct 2013
Developing games is a full-time occupation, so it is no surprise that I’ve had less time for blogging as I’ve started creating a new game. After a two-year stint helping other folks publish their games I’m back to coding and game design full-time and having a wonderful time. But...
On over-engineering; Architecture Edition I recently wrote about over-engineering and striking a good balance between making your code “too”...
10th Dec 2024
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On over-engineering; Architecture Edition

from Eliran Turgeman [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Dec 2024
I recently wrote about over-engineering and striking a good balance between making your code “too” future-proof and not making it future-proof at all. Some time later, I realized it was missing a critical perspective. I hadn’t addressed over-engineering from an architectural...
7th Feb 2023
the value of a performance oracle Over on his excellent blog, from having ported a bytecode virtual machine to . He finds that his...
7th Apr 2026
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the value of a performance oracle

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Apr 2026
Over on his excellent blog, from having ported a bytecode virtual machine to . He finds that his tail-calling interpreter written in Rust beats his switch-based interpreter, and even beats hand-coded assembly on some platforms.Matt Keeter posts some resultstail-calling style He...
Recently I saw Tim Hecker at Pioneer Works, and was astounded by the opener, Mizu. Bought the album as soon...
1st Dec 2023
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Recently

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

1st Dec 2023
I saw Tim Hecker at Pioneer Works, and was astounded by the opener, Mizu. Bought the album as soon as I got home. It is, crudely explained, like if Zoë Keating dialed up the synths and pedals and rhythm, and it was also a remarkable live show. Distant Intervals by MIZU Reading I...
What I'm up to - April 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. I'm a...
1st Apr 2024
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What I'm up to - April 2024

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

1st Apr 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. I'm a little late on the April edition, but better late than never. What I did in March - Spent some time...
Making my own sharpening blocks When I started wood carving, the only sharpening method I remembered was from seeing my mother use...
11th Oct 2024
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Making my own sharpening blocks

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

11th Oct 2024
When I started wood carving, the only sharpening method I remembered was from seeing my mother use some kind of smooth broken stone that she passed over the length of the knife blade before sacrificing a chicken. I also remember seeing my father use a very coarse stone wheel...
Cool desktops don’t change 😎 Tools can be a subtle trap. – Neil Gaiman, The Sandman My ThinkPad X220 in all its glory Working on...
15th Jun 2022
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Cool desktops don’t change 😎

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

15th Jun 2022
Tools can be a subtle trap. – Neil Gaiman, The Sandman My ThinkPad X220 in all its glory Working on my old ThinkPad x220 feels easy because I’ve used the same software for over a decade. And while it’s tempting to switch to one of the endless new apps out there, there are good...
Designing a version In modern software development, a project isn't a project without a proper versioning scheme. Weak...
23rd Feb 2016
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Designing a version

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Feb 2016
In modern software development, a project isn't a project without a proper versioning scheme. Weak version management neglects clients like lack of source control neglects collaborators. Dependency management and migration rely on versions. Beyond the technical, a project's...
7th Apr 2025
March 2020 Update Hello friends! I want to start by saying we wish you the very best during this unprecedented time in...
22nd Mar 2020
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March 2020 Update

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

22nd Mar 2020
Hello friends! I want to start by saying we wish you the very best during this unprecedented time in which we are all united. Our thoughts go out to everyone working hard to help those in need. We wish you and your families health and resilience. Hard at work…​ and growing A lot...
Leaving Stripe I originally got hooked on programming because I loved the act of creating something from nothing. I...
6th May 2015
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Leaving Stripe

from Greg Brockman [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th May 2015
I originally got hooked on programming because I loved the act of creating something from nothing. I soon discovered the deep satisfaction of having others actually use my creations. It didn’t take me long to realize I wanted to build a startup. Startups # Throughout college, I...
Building Big Systems with Remote Hardware Teams The product we’re building, a rack-scale computer, is specifically designed to be a centralized,...
8th Mar 2023
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Building Big Systems with Remote Hardware Teams

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

8th Mar 2023
The product we’re building, a rack-scale computer, is specifically designed to be a centralized, integrated product because that’s what our customers need. This requirement and the design choices we’ve made to meet this need create some daily efficiency challenges for our team....
Green flags for investable founders Here are a few things I’ve seen founders do that made me confident in their ability and...
2nd Jan 2024
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Green flags for investable founders

from Ognjen Regoje • ognjen.io [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jan 2024
Here are a few things I’ve seen founders do that made me confident in their ability and dedication. Elevator pitch in LinkedIn tagline A founder who is all in is constantly selling. That means their tagline will: a) be for their company, not for them b) be the sales pitch, not a...
1st Jul 2024
Kamal 2: Thou need not PaaS Kamal was our ticket out of the cloud. A simple tool for deploying containerized applications onto...
3rd Oct 2024
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Kamal 2: Thou need not PaaS

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

3rd Oct 2024
Kamal was our ticket out of the cloud. A simple tool for deploying containerized applications onto our own hardware, without the need for the complexity of something like Kubernetes. Kamal 2 is a huge leap forward for that tool, and it has just shipped.  Now you can deploy...
Happy New Year: the Sultan’s Riddle in SQL Here is a riddle I read a long time ago in Nauka i Zhizn, a popular Russian science magazine. The...
31st Dec 2016
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Happy New Year: the Sultan’s Riddle in SQL

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

31st Dec 2016
Here is a riddle I read a long time ago in Nauka i Zhizn, a popular Russian science magazine. The Sultan's Riddle Once upon a time there was a Sultan who was looking for a vizier to help him rule his country. It became known to him that among the multitudes of his loyal subjects...
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...
Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201 Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201 2023-04-02 I recently received a ThinkPad X201...
2nd Apr 2023
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Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201

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

2nd Apr 2023
Bypassing the WiFi Hardware Switch on the Lenovo X201 2023-04-02 I recently received a ThinkPad X201 to start using as my daily driver. I purchased the X201 to replace my existing X260. Although some might look at this as a “downgrade” in terms of specs and hardware, I would have...
Guile-websocket 0.3.0 released I'm happy to announce that guile-websocket 0.3.0 has been released! Guile-websocket is an...
23rd Jan 2026
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Guile-websocket 0.3.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Jan 2026
I'm happy to announce that guile-websocket 0.3.0 has been released! Guile-websocket is an implementation of the WebSocket protocol, both the client and server sides, for Guile Scheme. Highlights for this release are: New (web socket) module that provides a standard Scheme...
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.
Upward assignment in Ruby Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it...
13th Jan 2023
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Upward assignment in Ruby

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Jan 2023
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...
offer up is the tinder of marketplaces OfferUp is like a terrible version of Tinder but for selling on a marketplace. Boosts, promotions,...
24th Oct 2023
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offer up is the tinder of marketplaces

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

24th Oct 2023
OfferUp is like a terrible version of Tinder but for selling on a marketplace. Boosts, promotions, and other "gameification" make it trashier than the perception most have of the venerable Craigslist.
What you know that just ain't so The fun bit about business is in all the answers you don't have. Should we be priced higher or lower...
5th Nov 2024
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What you know that just ain't so

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

5th Nov 2024
The fun bit about business is in all the answers you don't have. Should we be priced higher or lower or leave it alone? Should we chase these customers over here or those customers over there? Should we add more features or polish the ones we have? There's endless variation in...
What I'm up to - December 2023 This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Dec 2023
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What I'm up to - December 2023

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

1st Dec 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in November - Started writing some essays about online work, dependability, tools, and craft on t...
How big is the Flutter team? I often get asked how many people contribute to Flutter. It's a hard question to answer because...
3rd Feb 2024
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How big is the Flutter team?

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

3rd Feb 2024
I often get asked how many people contribute to Flutter. It's a hard question to answer because "contribute" is a very vague concept. There's tens of thousands of packages on pub.dev, all of which are written by contributors to the community. There's over 100,000 of issues...
Writing GDScript with Neovim Neovim is by far my favorite text editor. The clutter-free interface and keyboard-only navigation...
1st Nov 2024
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Writing GDScript with Neovim

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

1st Nov 2024
Neovim is by far my favorite text editor. The clutter-free interface and keyboard-only navigation are what keep me productive in my daily programming. In an earlier post, I explained how I configure it into a minimalist development environment. Today, I will show you how to use...
RFD 1 Requests for Discussion One of the first things we did in setting up the company was create a repo named “rfd.” This repo...
24th Jul 2020
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RFD 1 Requests for Discussion

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

24th Jul 2020
One of the first things we did in setting up the company was create a repo named “rfd.” This repo houses our requests for discussion. Bryan teased this to the internet… …and folks asked for our process, so we are going to share it! The best way to describe RFDs is with “RFD 1...
Surprise! Big Updates for OS 7 Are Here! This month we have a bunch of surprise updates for OS 7 and as always a progress update on OS 8....
7th Aug 2024
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Surprise! Big Updates for OS 7 Are Here!

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

7th Aug 2024
This month we have a bunch of surprise updates for OS 7 and as always a progress update on OS 8. We’re getting very close to releasing the latest version of our operating system and that means releasing new versions of all of the projects we maintain! That means big new versions...
Replacing Jekyll with Pandoc and a Makefile EDIT: 2016-08-19 I got an email a very long time ago that I meant to post about on ye old weblog...
13th May 2014
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Replacing Jekyll with Pandoc and a Makefile

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

13th May 2014
EDIT: 2016-08-19 I got an email a very long time ago that I meant to post about on ye old weblog from a fellow named Tom Duck who built a CMS based around some of the ideas presented here. It’s called Bassclef and it looks pretty amazing and folks should check it out. I used to...
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...
26th Apr 2024
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Porting the EndBASIC console to an LCD

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

26th Apr 2024
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...
Announcing the 2020 International Developers in Japan Survey I've launched the 2020 International Developers in Japan Survey. With this survey, I intend to paint...
2nd Nov 2020
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Announcing the 2020 International Developers in Japan Survey

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Nov 2020
I've launched the 2020 International Developers in Japan Survey. With this survey, I intend to paint a picture of what life is like for international developers here, both to help people considering making the move here, and also for those already living here to better understand...
WWII watch cap crown shaping Like so many other hat knitters, I've knitted the classic WWII watch cap, which is also known as...
15th Dec 2025
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WWII watch cap crown shaping

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

15th Dec 2025
Like so many other hat knitters, I've knitted the classic WWII watch cap, which is also known as Beanie no. 212, more than a handful of times. (You can find it on Ravelry here and here, respectively.) It's a charming, quick knit that's easy to resize, but I've never really liked...
Thanks, 201X! Thought I'd take a Sunday afternoon to reflect on, oh I don't know, a decade. Been a long ten...
2nd Dec 2019
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Thanks, 201X!

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Dec 2019
Thought I'd take a Sunday afternoon to reflect on, oh I don't know, a decade. Been a long ten years, but it's flown past. This particular decade happens to coincide with my first years of full-time professional software engineering. The Quantity I can't possibly summarize it...
CSS Media Query for Scripting Support Chrome 120 was released last week and in this version, we got the CSS Media Query for scripting...
4th Dec 2023
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CSS Media Query for Scripting Support

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

4th Dec 2023
Chrome 120 was released last week and in this version, we got the CSS Media Query for scripting support. Simply, this media query allows you to test whether scripting language are available and tailor page content and styles depending on support. Media query syntax # There are...
26th Jul 2023
My Blog Engine is the Erlang Build Tool From time to time, people ask me what I use to power my blog, maybe because they like the minimalist...
2nd Sep 2024
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My Blog Engine is the Erlang Build Tool

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

2nd Sep 2024
From time to time, people ask me what I use to power my blog, maybe because they like the minimalist form it has. I tell them it’s a bad idea and that I use the Erlang compiler infrastructure for it, and they agree to look elsewhere. After launching my notes section, I had to...
June 12, 2009 Bulk grain banner So we’re getting a bulk grain order together - like a pallet of bulk grain. I’m...
12th Jun 2009
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June 12, 2009

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

12th Jun 2009
Bulk grain banner So we’re getting a bulk grain order together - like a pallet of bulk grain. I’m pumped. Also I designed a pretty killer banner for the webpage with the order info. It’s good to be da king. Word. I recovered this article from my old blog via the Internet...
Launching the Coding Career Handbook! I'm launching my career advice book today!
1st Jul 2020
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Launching the Coding Career Handbook!

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

1st Jul 2020
I'm launching my career advice book today!
Catching grace Meditation is easy when you know what to do: absolutely nothing! It's hard at first, like trying...
12th Mar 2025
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Catching grace

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

12th Mar 2025
Meditation is easy when you know what to do: absolutely nothing! It's hard at first, like trying to look at the back of your own head, but there's a knack to it.
Letters to Joel Spolsky I regret to inform you…
16th Jun 2009
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Letters to Joel Spolsky

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

16th Jun 2009
I regret to inform you…
Don't make me read your PR description I started using Github Copilot a month or two ago for my personal projects. I can’t say that it’s...
3rd Feb 2023
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Don't make me read your PR description

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

3rd Feb 2023
I started using Github Copilot a month or two ago for my personal projects. I can’t say that it’s been a net positive. There are more than a handful of problems that make me slower: Sometimes it suggests a closing quote or paren that isn’t needed. Removing the duplicate character...
how fast is go? simulating millions of particles on a smart tv The challenge, simulate millions of particles in golang, multi-player enabled, cpu only, smart tv...
13th Sep 2025
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how fast is go? simulating millions of particles on a smart tv

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

13th Sep 2025
The challenge, simulate millions of particles in golang, multi-player enabled, cpu only, smart tv compatible.
Winner, Name that Ware October 2025 Last month’s ware is an ADAS1010, described on the Analog devices website as a “15 Lead ECG Vital...
29th Nov 2025
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Winner, Name that Ware October 2025

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

29th Nov 2025
Last month’s ware is an ADAS1010, described on the Analog devices website as a “15 Lead ECG Vital Signs Monitor Module with Respiration, Temperature and Blood Pressure Measurement”. It advertises a “robust, with electromagnetic interference (EMI), shock, and vibration resistant...
Winner, Name that Ware August 2023 The Ware for August 2023 is a viewfinder from a JVC Super VHS Camcorder, model number GR-SXM915U....
30th Sep 2023
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Winner, Name that Ware August 2023

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

30th Sep 2023
The Ware for August 2023 is a viewfinder from a JVC Super VHS Camcorder, model number GR-SXM915U. I’ll give the prize to Jin because of the correct identification of the SOIC as the BA7149F. Congrats, email me for your prize! The exact model number of the originating camera...
How Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases Apple uses Cassandra and FoundationDB for CloudKit, their cloud backend service. We take a look into...
14th Jan 2024
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How Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases

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

14th Jan 2024
Apple uses Cassandra and FoundationDB for CloudKit, their cloud backend service. We take a look into how exactly each is used within their cloud and the problems they've solved.
Update to Kagi Search pricing It has been a while since our last update ( https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-search-dec22-update ) , and...
8th Mar 2023
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Update to Kagi Search pricing

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

8th Mar 2023
It has been a while since our last update ( https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-search-dec22-update ) , and we have been busy with three main large-scale initiatives: a new pricing model that ensures Kagi’s sustainability, new plans including Family plans, and enhancing search experience...
The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents 2022/11/01 The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine was running...
1st Nov 2022
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The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents

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

1st Nov 2022
2022/11/01 The Demanding Work of Analyzing Incidents A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine was running an incident analysis in Jeli, and pointed out that the overall process was a big drag on their energy level, that it was hard to do, even if the final result was useful. They were...
Early simulations with GravityLoops <![CDATA[GravityLoops, my gravity simulator in Interlisp and LOOPS, can finally show something on...
13th Jul 2026
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Early simulations with GravityLoops

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

13th Jul 2026
<![CDATA[GravityLoops, my gravity simulator in Interlisp and LOOPS, can finally show something on the screen. The program now animates a body of mass like the Moon interacting under gravity with a body of mass like the Earth. The dots in the simulation window here are the bodies...
programming, i hate it There is a stereotypical programmer. We all know the one. The Marky Marks, stripy bois, Steve and...
1st Aug 2024
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programming, i hate it

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

1st Aug 2024
There is a stereotypical programmer. We all know the one. The Marky Marks, stripy bois, Steve and Steves. The wiz kids.
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...
OS 8 Now Available in Early Access I’m super excited to let you know that OS 8 builds are available in Early Access and they are now...
6th Feb 2024
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OS 8 Now Available in Early Access

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

6th Feb 2024
I’m super excited to let you know that OS 8 builds are available in Early Access and they are now installable! While we highly recommend you don’t run these experimental builds in production, they’re perfect for trying in a virtual machine or a spare computer. Early Access is a...
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.
31st Oct 2015
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Staying Ahead of Amazon, in Amazon Treasure Hunt Contest

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Oct 2015
With a simple Man In The Middle (MITM) attack, I tried to cheat(?) one of Amazon India’s contest.
Performance & Compensation (for Eng Execs). Uber’s original performance process was called “T3B3” and was remarkably simple: write the...
3rd Sep 2023
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Performance & Compensation (for Eng Execs).

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

3rd Sep 2023
Uber’s original performance process was called “T3B3” and was remarkably simple: write the individuals top 3 strengths, and top 3 weaknesses, and share the feedback with them directly in person. There was a prolonged fight against even documenting the feedback, which was viewed...
A Really Big Computer GPT-4 was trained on 25k A100s in about 90 days. That’s 3e25 FLOPs. If a person has 20 PFLOPS...
8th Aug 2023
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A Really Big Computer

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

8th Aug 2023
GPT-4 was trained on 25k A100s in about 90 days. That’s 3e25 FLOPs. If a person has 20 PFLOPS (20e15) of compute, GPT-4 used 47.5 person-years to train. Very human scale. I want to build a computer capable of training GPT-4 in a day. I need 3e25/86400 = 347,000,000 TFLOPS, or...
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.
Modern Health, frameworks, performance, and harm I would like to thank Modern Health. It was not their intent, but using their service broke me out...
1st Feb 2023
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Modern Health, frameworks, performance, and harm

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

1st Feb 2023
I would like to thank Modern Health. It was not their intent, but using their service broke me out of a deep depression by launching me into an incandescent rage. I’ve read enough on destigmatizing mental health that I feel no shame in discussing this. In fact, in this regard I...
Because web development used to be **FUN!** I still remember the exact moment when I discovered **jQuery**. It was a revelation: Can I suddenly...
18th Sep 2023
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Because web development used to be **FUN!**

from Nue developer blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Sep 2023
I still remember the exact moment when I discovered **jQuery**. It was a revelation: Can I suddenly add logic to my pages in the same way I add styling? I surely can — this must be huge!
2nd Jan 2026
clamp / median / range Here are a few tangentially-related ideas vaguely near the theme of comparison operators. comparison...
2nd Jul 2025
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clamp / median / range

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

2nd Jul 2025
Here are a few tangentially-related ideas vaguely near the theme of comparison operators. comparison style clamp style clamp is median clamp in range range style style clash? comparison style Some languages such as BCPL, Icon, Python have chained comparison operators, like if...
IndexedDB is Weird Why? Well: The IndexedDB API is callback-based. With JavaScript being single-threaded, a blocking...
3rd Mar 2025
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IndexedDB is Weird

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

3rd Mar 2025
Why? Well: The IndexedDB API is callback-based. With JavaScript being single-threaded, a blocking API would mean fully blocking the page, render and basic user interaction included, while the request is being processed. Although this is apparently good-enough for JSON.parse(),...
10x engineers talk to users I believe the best way to become a 10x engineer is to zoom out and solve for user impact. Engineers...
6th Mar 2023
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10x engineers talk to users

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

6th Mar 2023
I believe the best way to become a 10x engineer is to zoom out and solve for user impact. Engineers and founders need to deeply understand and care…
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...
Solving a math problem with planner programming The deadline for the logic book is coming up! I'm hoping to have it ready for early access by either...
2nd Jul 2024
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Solving a math problem with planner programming

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

2nd Jul 2024
The deadline for the logic book is coming up! I'm hoping to have it ready for early access by either the end of this week or early next week. During a break on Monday I saw this interesting problem on Math Stack Exchange: Suppose that at the beginning there is a blank document,...
PowerShell Customization - Fonts, Prompts, and Autocompletion Step 1: Install Oh-My-Posh goto oh-my-posh windows installation page, or just execute the...
9th Aug 2024
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PowerShell Customization - Fonts, Prompts, and Autocompletion

from Eliran Turgeman [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Aug 2024
Step 1: Install Oh-My-Posh goto oh-my-posh windows installation page, or just execute the following 1 winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh -s winget Step 2: Choose a Font Totally optional, but if you want to get a specific font follow this section. to install a supported...
Winner, Name that Ware April 2023 The ware for April 2023 is an X-rite DTP22 spectrophotometer. This one almost made it through the...
31st May 2023
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Winner, Name that Ware April 2023

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

31st May 2023
The ware for April 2023 is an X-rite DTP22 spectrophotometer. This one almost made it through the month without being guessed, but congrats to cpresser for figuring it out in the last week! email me for your prize. Here’s some more context images of the ware. The colored filter...
How to Build the Best GitHub Profile for Your Job Search I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes, both as an engineering manager and in the monthly resume workshops...
4th Mar 2022
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How to Build the Best GitHub Profile for Your Job Search

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

4th Mar 2022
I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes, both as an engineering manager and in the monthly resume workshops we do in the Boot.dev Discord group. I’m convinced that these days a developer’s GitHub profile is just as important as their resume itself. If you haven’t started your first job...
Why do many web developers hate jQuery? Why do many web developers hate jQuery? ¶Why do many web developers hate jQuery? The following is an...
22nd Nov 2016
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Why do many web developers hate jQuery?

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

22nd Nov 2016
Why do many web developers hate jQuery? ¶Why do many web developers hate jQuery? The following is an answer I originally posted to the above question posed over on Hashnode, the developer community. Thought it was worth sharing :) When jQuery was the new thing, people loved it....
On finding clients as an independent consultant I’ve been a freelancer / independent consultant for some 11 years now, and until recently, keeping...
27th Nov 2025
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On finding clients as an independent consultant

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

27th Nov 2025
I’ve been a freelancer / independent consultant for some 11 years now, and until recently, keeping myself occupied has been fairly smooth sailing. There has always been a lot of demand for people with the technical skills that I have gathered over the years, so finding new...
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...
15th Oct 2023
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Finding the biggest items in my Photos Library

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Oct 2023
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...
The L in "LLM" Stands for Lying On Evitability in Use of AI If the hype is to be believed, software development as we know it...
3rd Mar 2026
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The L in "LLM" Stands for Lying

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

3rd Mar 2026
On Evitability in Use of AI If the hype is to be believed, software development as we know it is over. Strangely though, despite now years of LLM-powered tooling, the results look, feel and function mostly the same as they ever did: barely. It's undeniable there's a metric...
All code is technical debt Technical debt, as originally [coined by Ward...
5th Jul 2018
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All code is technical debt

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Jul 2018
Technical debt, as originally [coined by Ward Cunningham](http://wiki.c2.com/?WardExplainsDebtMetaphor), is the idea that you can gain a temporary speed boost by rushing software development, at the cost of slowing down future development. This acts like a loan. With a loan,...
20th Feb 2017
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20th Feb 2017
> Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog [https://open.buffer.com/change-at-buffer/]. We’ve always done things differently at Buffer. For me, this has always come from a natural desire to question things. Why base your company and team in a single location? Why is...
The Five Things I Wish Somebody Had Told Me as a Design Student Your worst instructor as a design student will lay out clear goals and expectations which will not...
21st Feb 2016
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The Five Things I Wish Somebody Had Told Me as a Design Student

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

21st Feb 2016
Your worst instructor as a design student will lay out clear goals and expectations which will not change; this is not a given with clients.
The Rules of Margin Collapse “Margin collapse” has a dastardly reputation, one of the trickier parts of CSS. Fortunately, it gets...
7th Dec 2020
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The Rules of Margin Collapse

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

7th Dec 2020
“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.
Add Netlify Identity Authentication to any React App in 5 minutes with React Context, Hooks and... Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to...
21st Jun 2019
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21st Jun 2019
Adding authentication is a pain point for many React beginners. We’ve made it ridiculously easy to add Netlify Identity onto any React app, including create-react-app, Gatsby, Next.js, or any other setup you may have, by wrapping it all into one simple React Hook! However, this...
Puffed millet and qui'nola I've never been to Sqirl, but ever since I ordered their puffed millet 'nola on a whim, I've been...
11th Mar 2020
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Puffed millet and qui'nola

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

11th Mar 2020
I've never been to Sqirl, but ever since I ordered their puffed millet 'nola on a whim, I've been obsessed. All I want for breakfast these days is a bowl of this granola with some plain yogurt. UPDATE: I no longer order from Sqirl after hearing about their jam mold and the deeper...
Automatically Reload Modules with %autoreload Writing my first module in Python was a confusing experience. As it usually happens, when I was...
1st Oct 2019
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Automatically Reload Modules with %autoreload

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

1st Oct 2019
Writing my first module in Python was a confusing experience. As it usually happens, when I was testing it in the interactive Python REPL, the first version turned out to have some bugs (the second and third ones also did 😉). That's fine - I thought - I will just fix the module...
Omarchy is on the move Omarchy has been improving at a furious pace. Since it was first released on June 26, I've pushed...
5th Aug 2025
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Omarchy is on the move

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

5th Aug 2025
Omarchy has been improving at a furious pace. Since it was first released on June 26, I've pushed out 18(!) new releases together with a rapidly growing community of collaborators, users, and new-to-Linux enthusiasts. We have about 3,500 early adopters on the Omarchy Discord, 250...
Proof Bitcoin is Overhyped BitCoin has gotten a ton of buzz, so when I came across [a graph of the number of bitcoin...
9th Jul 2014
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Proof Bitcoin is Overhyped

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Jul 2014
BitCoin has gotten a ton of buzz, so when I came across [a graph of the number of bitcoin transactions per day](https://blockchain.info/en/charts/n-transactions), I was flabbergasted: **there are only about 60,000 transactions per day.** I graphed the number relative to [the...
Got opinions on observability? I could use your help (once more, with feeling) Last month I dropped a desperate little plea for help in this space, asking people to email me any...
13th Oct 2025
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13th Oct 2025
Last month I dropped a desperate little plea for help in this space, asking people to email me any good advice and/or strong opinions they happened to have on the topic of buying software. I wasn’t really sure what to expect — desperate times, desperate measures — but holy crap,...
Why aren't the most useful Mac apps on the App Store? Let’s set the stage first. So, it’s Tuesday night and I’m Command Tab-ing my way through 10...
3rd Dec 2021
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Why aren't the most useful Mac apps on the App Store?

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

3rd Dec 2021
Let’s set the stage first. So, it’s Tuesday night and I’m Command Tab-ing my way through 10 different apps, some with 3-4 windows, while trying to patch bugs in Lunar faster than the users can submit the reports. I’m definitely failing. I feel my brain pulsing and my ring...
f.lux, but for your house Artificial lighting is omnipresent in contemporary society with disruptive consequences for human...
17th Oct 2022
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f.lux, but for your house

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

17th Oct 2022
Artificial lighting is omnipresent in contemporary society with disruptive consequences for human sleep – Sarah L Chellappa, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaa214 Night & Day – 🌛 left-side is 18:14 MDT (light color @ 2600 K); 🌞 right-side is 15:20 MDT (light color @ 4900...
Extreme #include discipline for C++ code C++ takes long to compile There is more than one reason for it but one of the reasons is excessive...
12th Apr 2022
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Extreme #include discipline for C++ code

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

12th Apr 2022
C++ takes long to compile There is more than one reason for it but one of the reasons is excessive re-parsing of the same .h header files. In SumatraPDF I’m using an extreme #include discipline to keep compilation times in check. The rule is simple: a .h file cannot #include...
Subscriber and archive search Managing a bunch of emails and subscribers can be, uh, a chore.
1st Aug 2017
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Subscriber and archive search

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

1st Aug 2017
Managing a bunch of emails and subscribers can be, uh, a chore.
Concatenating with strings.Builder Quickly in Golang The Go standard library makes concatenating strings easy. Concatenation is just a fancy word for...
4th May 2021
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Concatenating with strings.Builder Quickly in Golang

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

4th May 2021
The Go standard library makes concatenating strings easy. Concatenation is just a fancy word for adding strings together to make a larger string. For example, if we concatenate "hello", " " and "world" we’d get "hello world".
The "Convergent" theory of finding truth in darkness How to tell the difference between a truly great startup idea, and people saying "Sure, sounds good"...
7th Apr 2024
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The "Convergent" theory of finding truth in darkness

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

7th Apr 2024
How to tell the difference between a truly great startup idea, and people saying "Sure, sounds good" when they really mean "No, I'm not buying."
Conformant OpenGL 4.6 on the M1 For years, the M1 has only supported OpenGL 4.1. That changes today – with our release of full...
14th Feb 2024
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Conformant OpenGL 4.6 on the M1

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

14th Feb 2024
For years, the M1 has only supported OpenGL 4.1. That changes today – with our release of full OpenGL® 4.6 and OpenGL® ES 3.2! Install Fedora for the latest M1/M2-series drivers. Already installed? Just dnf upgrade --refresh. Unlike the vendor’s non-conformant 4.1 drivers, our...
4th Jan 2018
Recreating the Windows BSOD I thought it would be fun to recreate the iconic Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) in Photoshop. I...
15th Mar 2016
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Recreating the Windows BSOD

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

15th Mar 2016
I thought it would be fun to recreate the iconic Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) in Photoshop. I found the classic DOS system font and was able recreate a pixel-perfect BSOD image using it. You can see a rendering of the classic BSOD in all it’s pixelated glory here and...
How to create & manage a Postgres database in NodeJS from scratch Notice: Before you jump in and start reading, it's important to understand that this is not a...
1st Sep 2019
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How to create & manage a Postgres database in NodeJS from scratch

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

1st Sep 2019
Notice: Before you jump in and start reading, it's important to understand that this is not a tutorial you'd read while sitting in public transportation or on your toilet seat. You might want to find a nice place to sit for an hour and follow the tutorial. We have 1 goal: set up...
Backchannel: A relationship-based digital identity system In this article, we propose an alternative approach to digital identity that replaces user profiles...
1st Sep 2021
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Backchannel: A relationship-based digital identity system

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

1st Sep 2021
In this article, we propose an alternative approach to digital identity that replaces user profiles with trusted digital relationships.
Ink Note Fall 2023: Informal ink augmentation Thinking about various ways that drawing environments offer “augmentations”, like cards and arrows,...
1st Jun 2023
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Ink Note Fall 2023: Informal ink augmentation

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

1st Jun 2023
Thinking about various ways that drawing environments offer “augmentations”, like cards and arrows, and how we might be able to make these more dynamic.
Notes on pandemic eats, March to mid-October 2020 I became vegetarian in February. It was a really, really long time coming, and becoming vegetarian...
17th Oct 2020
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Notes on pandemic eats, March to mid-October 2020

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

17th Oct 2020
I became vegetarian in February. It was a really, really long time coming, and becoming vegetarian before the start of a pandemic was really convenient. Few things beat having a bunch of dried beans, lentils, and veggies plus a bunch of rice on in my pantry while you're figuring...
2019 International Developer in Japan Survey Results *This survey has become a yearly thing. Browse [all our survey results](/insights).* If you're an...
7th Jan 2020
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2019 International Developer in Japan Survey Results

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Jan 2020
*This survey has become a yearly thing. Browse [all our survey results](/insights).* If you're an international software developer looking for a job in Japan, it can be hard to tell what your market rate is. Sure, there's data (in Japanese) for the market as a whole, but that...
Ways to bootstrap a startup: &quot;working in waves&quot; * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve spent the...
5th Dec 2010
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Ways to bootstrap a startup: &quot;working in waves&quot;

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

5th Dec 2010
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’ve spent the last year and a half after graduating from the University of Warwick juggling working on startups and working as a contract web developer. I’d like to share some of my reflections...
[Multitrack] "That's Why I Love You" I recorded an a cappella version of 'That's Why I Love You' by The Flamingos.
21st Aug 2009
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[Multitrack] "That's Why I Love You"

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

21st Aug 2009
I recorded an a cappella version of 'That's Why I Love You' by The Flamingos.
13th Mar 2026
Real Unfair Advantages It's not a question of if someone copies your business idea, it's when.
19th Jul 2010
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Real Unfair Advantages

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

19th Jul 2010
It's not a question of if someone copies your business idea, it's when.
#31 additional “assistance” Bad code <a href="/contact" aria-label="If you find that you need additional assistance in...
12th Apr 2022
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#31 additional “assistance”

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Apr 2022
Bad code <a href="/contact" aria-label="If you find that you need additional assistance in navigating or accessing the content of this website, please call our customer service toll free number 1-800-666-8654309" title="If you find that you need additional assistance in...
Waiting for dawn in search: Search index, Google rulings and impact on Kagi This blog post is a follow-up to Dawn of a new era in Search (...
21st Jan 2026
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This blog post is a follow-up to Dawn of a new era in Search ( https://blog.kagi.com/dawn-new-era-search ) , published last year.
12th Aug 2024
PHP: Avatar Hack A php script that generates an image for use as an avatar.
9th Oct 2008
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PHP: Avatar Hack

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

9th Oct 2008
A php script that generates an image for use as an avatar.
What I'm up to - August 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Aug 2024
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What I'm up to - August 2024

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

1st Aug 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in late June + July - Been working hard on Find AI - rolling out lots of feature and updates, st...
Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator 2023-07-21 Often times when you save or export photos...
21st Jul 2023
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Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator

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

21st Jul 2023
Converting HEIF Images with macOS Automator 2023-07-21 Often times when you save or export photos from iOS to iCloud they often render themselves into heif or heic formats. Both macOS and iOS have no problem working with these formats, but a lot of software programs will not even...
AI: Where in the Loop Should Humans Go? This is a re-publishing of a blog post I originally wrote for work, but wanted on my own blog as...
7th Mar 2025
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AI: Where in the Loop Should Humans Go?

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

7th Mar 2025
This is a re-publishing of a blog post I originally wrote for work, but wanted on my own blog as well. AI is everywhere, and its impressive claims are leading to rapid adoption. At this stage, I’d qualify it as charismatic technology—something that under-delivers on what it...
Public postmortem: database connection exhaustion Our public postmortem for the incident on March 31st, 2026.
1st Apr 2026
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Public postmortem: database connection exhaustion

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

1st Apr 2026
Our public postmortem for the incident on March 31st, 2026.
21st Sep 2017
Starlink in Nov 2022 My Starlink Internet service has gotten pretty bad; every evening I'm well under 50Mbps and some...
26th Nov 2022
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Starlink in Nov 2022

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

26th Nov 2022
My Starlink Internet service has gotten pretty bad; every evening I'm well under 50Mbps and some hours I only get 2Mbps. (Compare 100Mbps+ last year.) I've given up trying to stream 1080p video at night; that's a pretty dismal result for a new Internet service in 2022. Starlink...
Mastodon support Mastodon support
1st Dec 2022
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Mastodon support

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

1st Dec 2022
Mastodon support
Repeat the obvious Bad things happen when we don't repeat the obvious. --> It's 9pm and I'm writing a post for the...
9th Nov 2015
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Repeat the obvious

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Nov 2015
Bad things happen when we don't repeat the obvious. --> It's 9pm and I'm writing a post for the company engineering blog. Every sentence is a slog. Not because I'm exacting and conciseness isn't my strong suit. My writing is slow because every word is obvious, almost...
Let's talk about your privates Let's talk about your privates
7th Nov 2021
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Let's talk about your privates

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

7th Nov 2021
Let's talk about your privates
Thoughts on comments For as long as I can remember, comments have been a staple of blogging software. After all, what's a...
12th Jun 2016
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Thoughts on comments

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

12th Jun 2016
For as long as I can remember, comments have been a staple of blogging software. After all, what's a good blog post without a relevant discussion to accompany it? You might find it strange to learn that Postleaf doesn't ship with comments. This is by design, and I'll explain why...
Pantone, Color, and What I Wish I Had Known Sooner as a Designer One of the most difficult things for me to learn in my transition from the classroom to a...
1st Apr 2015
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Pantone, Color, and What I Wish I Had Known Sooner as a Designer

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

1st Apr 2015
One of the most difficult things for me to learn in my transition from the classroom to a professional branding agency was how to properly handle color output. So I decided to write this post in the hope of saving you some from some of the pitfalls that I failed to avoid.
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.
Three Jobs of Containers A great nugget I learned from watching Brian Holt's Intro to Containers workshop
1st Mar 2020
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Three Jobs of Containers

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

1st Mar 2020
A great nugget I learned from watching Brian Holt's Intro to Containers workshop
Python Functions: How to Define and Call Them Functions allow you to reuse and organize code. Instead of copying and pasting the same logic...
1st Mar 2026
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Python Functions: How to Define and Call Them

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

1st Mar 2026
Functions allow you to reuse and organize code. Instead of copying and pasting the same logic everywhere, you define it once and call it whenever you need it. They’re the most important tool for writing DRY code.
30th Dec 2010
A series of tricks and techniques I learned doing tiny GLSL demos In the past two months or so, I spent some time making tiny GLSL demos. I wrote an article about the...
7th Dec 2025
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A series of tricks and techniques I learned doing tiny GLSL demos

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

7th Dec 2025
In the past two months or so, I spent some time making tiny GLSL demos. I wrote an article about the first one, Red Alp. There, I went into details about the whole process, so I recommend to check it out first if you're not familiar with the field. We will look at 4 demos:...
thinking around a pen Codepen is a delightful app that I used over the years to practice my frontend skill. One thing that...
1st Sep 2020
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thinking around a pen

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

1st Sep 2020
Codepen is a delightful app that I used over the years to practice my frontend skill. One thing that has annoyed me was that over time they have limited features more and more behind a pay wall for a pro account...
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...
Merlin Bird Sound ID I’ve been really impressed with the Merlin App for Android Sound ID.There have been a few birds that...
8th May 2022
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Merlin Bird Sound ID

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th May 2022
I’ve been really impressed with the Merlin App for Android Sound ID.There have been a few birds that I have not been able to spot or identify visually but using Sound ID I can quickly pull up and confirm which bird I’m hearing. The Pacific Wren has an amazing song and I noticed...
Learn In Public The fastest way to build your expertise, network, and second brain.
19th Jun 2018
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Learn In Public

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

19th Jun 2018
The fastest way to build your expertise, network, and second brain.
Using git-annex for Data Archiving In my recent post about data archiving to removable media, I laid out the difference between backing...
16th Jun 2023
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Using git-annex for Data Archiving

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

16th Jun 2023
In my recent post about data archiving to removable media, I laid out the difference between backing up and archiving, and also said I’d evaluate git-annex and dar. This post evaluates git-annex. The next will look at dar, and then I’ll make a comparison post. What is git-annex?...
Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue useDeferredValue is one of the most underrated React hooks. It allows us to dramatically improve the...
13th May 2024
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Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue

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

13th May 2024
useDeferredValue is one of the most underrated React hooks. It allows us to dramatically improve the performance of our applications in certain contexts. I recently used it to solve a gnarly performance problem on this blog, and in this tutorial, I'll show you how! ⚡
Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch 2022-07-06 If you’re an RSS subscriber, I’ve probably blown...
6th Jul 2022
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Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch

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

6th Jul 2022
Yet Another Static Site Generator Switch 2022-07-06 If you’re an RSS subscriber, I’ve probably blown up your feed reader (again). This seems to be an on-going theme with this blog. I can’t help it. This website now uses my new Pandoc-based static blog generator: pblog. I won’t go...
21st Jul 2020
15th Mar 2019
A more ergonomic editor toolbar A more ergonomic editor toolbar
7th Feb 2023
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A more ergonomic editor toolbar

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

7th Feb 2023
A more ergonomic editor toolbar
LAKE.app Following a recent weekend trip, I wrote a simple little app that plays a recording of waves on Lake...
31st Aug 2021
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LAKE.app

from Project: LAKE.app - Chris Dzombak [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Aug 2021
Following a recent weekend trip, I wrote a simple little app that plays a recording of waves on Lake Michigan crashing at the shore. It’s around 14~15 minutes long, and it loops perfectly. The app’s “artwork,” such as it is, consists of two
notes from Naval (2025) someone I resonate a lot with is Naval Ravikant - his classic "How to Get Rich Without Getting...
6th Jul 2025
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notes from Naval (2025)

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

6th Jul 2025
someone I resonate a lot with is Naval Ravikant - his classic "How to Get Rich Without Getting Lucky" (henceforth HTGR) is formative to a lot of my thinking, including How to Market Yourself Without Being A Celebrity and "Play Long Term Games with Long Term People". HTGR also...
A geek feminism anecdote Only a fraction of my blog is about technical or "geeky/nerdy" things. Then again, my blog isn't...
19th Dec 2013
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A geek feminism anecdote

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

19th Dec 2013
Only a fraction of my blog is about technical or "geeky/nerdy" things. Then again, my blog isn't intended to be about a specific topic - it's just full of what I feel like writing at the time. Perhaps, more technical things will follow in the future. Some friends and I randomly...
Plugin Systems "What are plugins?" and other proceedings of the inaugural PyCon Comparative Plugin Systems...
11th Jul 2017
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Plugin Systems

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Jul 2017
"What are plugins?" and other proceedings of the inaugural PyCon Comparative Plugin Systems BoF. Update: This BoF and post inspired [a talk I gave at PyGotham 2017][pygotham2017]. Within the programming world, and the Python ecosystem in particular, there are a lot of...
Select all, select none, and invert selection with jQuery A demonstration of selecting checkboxes using jQuery.We start off with a bunch of...
9th Dec 2007
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Select all, select none, and invert selection with jQuery

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

9th Dec 2007
A demonstration of selecting checkboxes using jQuery.We start off with a bunch of checkboxes: <fieldset id="group_1"> <input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="0" /> <input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="1" /> <input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="2"...
Inferring Cruise occupancy from Kyle Vogt’s fleet dashboard screenshot Background Last month, Kyle Vogt (CEO of Cruise) tweeted a screenshot of Cruise’s fleet management...
5th Jan 2023
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5th Jan 2023
Background Last month, Kyle Vogt (CEO of Cruise) tweeted a screenshot of Cruise’s fleet management dashboard: The press: AVs are over-hyped and are still 5-10 years away. Us: At this moment there are 100 @Cruise AVs in driverless mode in SF, and many are currently carrying...
Yet Another Post On Scrum, But Different Everyone hates Scrum, or at least it seems so, except for management. I did as well, but a...
4th Jun 2024
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Yet Another Post On Scrum, But Different

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

4th Jun 2024
Everyone hates Scrum, or at least it seems so, except for management. I did as well, but a difference is that I started my career in 1981, long before the hordes of Scrums took root. 1981, you say, so you must have done Waterfall, so you are old and have
On AI doomerism So what's going on? This is a reflection on this post (of the same title) that I thoroughly enjoyed,...
20th Jan 2025
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On AI doomerism

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

20th Jan 2025
So what's going on? This is a reflection on this post (of the same title) that I thoroughly enjoyed, by Flavio Copes. "I am the genuine article, therefore I don't have to try. I just have to be. You, on the other hand, have to try any passing bandwagon, because what else have you...
Fetishism & Mechanical Keyboards Developer self-expression through coloured switches, keystroke actuation, and LED light displays
19th Feb 2021
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Fetishism & Mechanical Keyboards

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

19th Feb 2021
Developer self-expression through coloured switches, keystroke actuation, and LED light displays
AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming...
2nd Jun 2026
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2nd Jun 2026
Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming into the void. Here's how to close the gap and get everyone pulling in the same direction.
More people should write More people should do what I’m doing right now. They should sit at their computers and bat the...
27th Sep 2012
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More people should write

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

27th Sep 2012
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...
6th Oct 2019
PostHog × Vercel: feature flags, minus the plumbing If you’re building on Vercel and using PostHog for feature flags and experiments , you’ve...
2nd Feb 2026
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PostHog × Vercel: feature flags, minus the plumbing

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

2nd Feb 2026
If you’re building on Vercel and using PostHog for feature flags and experiments , you’ve probably had some version of this setup: flags defined in…
Cormac McCarthy's library Sensitive article about the famous author's home stuffed with 20,000 books
1st Sep 2025
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Cormac McCarthy's library

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

1st Sep 2025
Sensitive article about the famous author's home stuffed with 20,000 books
Clean your Mac &#038; Windows/Linux PC with Disk Space TLDR: Download the best disk cleanup app in existence from diskspace.io. A fun experiment in writing...
2 weeks ago
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Clean your Mac &#038; Windows/Linux PC with Disk Space

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

2 weeks ago
TLDR: Download the best disk cleanup app in existence from diskspace.io. A fun experiment in writing the same app three times (well kind of 4 times) with AI, and being as optimised and OS native as possible. My Mac recently filled its 1TB drive and my quest to find out where the...
What I'm up to - November 2022 ✨ Highlights of last month - Enjoyed my time in NYC catching up with many people - Released some new...
1st Nov 2022
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What I'm up to - November 2022

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

1st Nov 2022
✨ Highlights of last month - Enjoyed my time in NYC catching up with many people - Released some new features for Postcard - Got a new photo 🤔 Things worth sharing - Reading How to make great coffee ...
Partial Keyframes CSS Keyframe animations are so much more powerful than most developers realize. In this tutorial,...
10th Jun 2025
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Partial Keyframes

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

10th Jun 2025
CSS Keyframe animations are so much more powerful than most developers realize. In this tutorial, I’ll show you something that completely blew my mind, a technique that makes our keyframe animations so much more reusable and dynamic! 🤯
My morning routine as a remote CEO and why it’s always changing Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Working remotely and having the opportunity to...
21st May 2018
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My morning routine as a remote CEO and why it’s always changing

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

21st May 2018
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Working remotely and having the opportunity to work from home, coffee shops, coworking spaces, or wherever else I might feel the most productive, means that I can design my own mornings because they don’t necessarily need to be...
JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess Design decisions core to JavaScript have caused a multitude of problems for benchmarking. Is there a...
23rd Dec 2024
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JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Dec 2024
Design decisions core to JavaScript have caused a multitude of problems for benchmarking. Is there a solution to this?
How I Built My Blog An in-depth look at the technical stack behind this very blog! We'll see how I use Next's API routes...
20th Apr 2021
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How I Built My Blog

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

20th Apr 2021
An in-depth look at the technical stack behind this very blog! We'll see how I use Next's API routes to implement my hit and like counters, how I use MDX to add interaction and customization, and how I organize my codebase, among others.
Good Design Sells Open Source I updated my blog from my own homebrew Rails application to [Octopress](http://octopress.org/), a...
7th Aug 2011
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Good Design Sells Open Source

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Aug 2011
I updated my blog from my own homebrew Rails application to [Octopress](http://octopress.org/), a blogging framework backed by the static site generator [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/). I first read about Octopress a couple of weeks ago on Hacker News. Although Octopress appealed...
Code Review is Work Software companies have tried to measure productivity with time tracking, counting closed bugs, and,...
25th Jul 2021
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Code Review is Work

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

25th Jul 2021
Software companies have tried to measure productivity with time tracking, counting closed bugs, and, infamously, by counting lines of code. But what are organizations doing about the time developers lose waiting for code review? As an industry, we obsess over the 10x developer...
Apps lighter than a React button Nue is HTML, CSS, and JavaScript taken to their absolute peak.
1st Apr 2025
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Apps lighter than a React button

from Nue developer blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Apr 2025
Nue is HTML, CSS, and JavaScript taken to their absolute peak.
27th Apr 2026
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AI Homelab Part 1: I keep Daddy in the basement

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

27th Apr 2026
My AI homelab named Daddy
How to Get Started with Programming for Free in 2026 (article) Learn TypeScript for free in 2026 — no experience needed. A structured path from total beginner to...
2nd Mar 2026
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How to Get Started with Programming for Free in 2026 (article)

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

2nd Mar 2026
Learn TypeScript for free in 2026 — no experience needed. A structured path from total beginner to production-ready developer, starting with two free workshops.
2025 Advice to my old selves I turned a birthday recently and it was so busy (DataCouncil + sg flight) that i never really got...
15th May 2025
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2025 Advice to my old selves

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

15th May 2025
I turned a birthday recently and it was so busy (DataCouncil + sg flight) that i never really got the chance to sit and reflect. a lot of things are going well, lots more could be better. I'm the only person responsible for preserving the good and fixing the bad. I'm now back on...
Extravagantly fast rendering with React benders The other day I was working on a React-based library of huge, reusable SVG images, and I ran into...
6th Jan 2019
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Extravagantly fast rendering with React benders

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

6th Jan 2019
The other day I was working on a React-based library of huge, reusable SVG images, and I ran into performance problems. Just kidding, I've never had a problem I'm solving here, but I've had great fun working around it. I wanted to make components producing mostly static DOM as...
SFSU Chamber Singers sing for ACDA A video of my choir singing at St. Boniface Church in Anaheim, California.
2nd Mar 2008
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SFSU Chamber Singers sing for ACDA

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

2nd Mar 2008
A video of my choir singing at St. Boniface Church in Anaheim, California.
The Office Bell Ringer At my company, it’s a tradition to say “ring the bell” when we sign a new customer, release a new...
19th Feb 2020
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The Office Bell Ringer

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

19th Feb 2020
At my company, it’s a tradition to say “ring the bell” when we sign a new customer, release a new feature or receive other positive news, big or small. When we hear the large bell ring in the center of the office, we know that something good just happened. It’s been a great way...
Why 'Product Engineer' is the most fun role I've had in tech In my career so far (admittedly not that long, though no one mistakes me for a college kid any...
2nd Feb 2023
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Why 'Product Engineer' is the most fun role I've had in tech

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

2nd Feb 2023
In my career so far (admittedly not that long, though no one mistakes me for a college kid any longer, womp womp) I've done a little bit of a lot…
The best data warehouses for developers, compared With most warehouses, answering a data question involves an ingestion pipeline, a dbt model, a...
2 weeks ago
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The best data warehouses for developers, compared

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

2 weeks ago
With most warehouses, answering a data question involves an ingestion pipeline, a dbt model, a permissions grant, and a BI dashboard. And they're all…
Building and improving Page Objects, one step at a time A few weeks ago, I ran a pair programming / mentoring session with someone who reached out to me...
31st Mar 2025
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Building and improving Page Objects, one step at a time

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

31st Mar 2025
A few weeks ago, I ran a pair programming / mentoring session with someone who reached out to me because they felt they could use some support. When I first saw the code they wrote, I was pretty impressed. Sure, there were some things I would have done differently, but most of...
How I Handletter When I first got into hand-lettering, I had a hard time finding people who shared their full...
19th Sep 2025
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How I Handletter

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

19th Sep 2025
When I first got into hand-lettering, I had a hard time finding people who shared their full process—especially the digitizing phase. So here’s a look at how I typically work. Everyone’s process is different, and a lot depends on your style and how you plan to present the piece....
5th Apr 2024
Debugging iOS Safari (when all you have is a Mac) Debugging iOS Safari is a challenge (and possibly expensive) when you don't have access to an...
10th May 2022
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Debugging iOS Safari (when all you have is a Mac)

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

10th May 2022
Debugging iOS Safari is a challenge (and possibly expensive) when you don't have access to an iPhone. Here are a few options to get around that problem.
Yes, your Godot game runs faster with static types Static typing is one of the easiest and most rewarding disciplines you can add to your game...
14th Feb 2024
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Yes, your Godot game runs faster with static types

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

14th Feb 2024
Static typing is one of the easiest and most rewarding disciplines you can add to your game development.
Counting the days, revisited Many years ago I wrote about how to convert Gregorian dates to Julian Day numbers or similar counts...
9th Aug 2026
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Counting the days, revisited

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

9th Aug 2026
Many years ago I wrote about how to convert Gregorian dates to Julian Day numbers or similar counts such as rata die as used in Calendrical Calculations. This algorithm is the core of C’s mktime() function that converts a broken-down date-time into linear time_t. I recently...
Go structs are copied on assignment (and other things about Go I'd missed) I’ve been writing Go pretty casually for years – the backends for all of my playgrounds (nginx, dns,...
6th Aug 2024
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6th Aug 2024
I’ve been writing Go pretty casually for years – the backends for all of my playgrounds (nginx, dns, memory, more DNS) are written in Go, but many of those projects are just a few hundred lines and I don’t come back to those codebases much. I thought I more or less understood the...
Handmade Seattle 2023 A couple of months ago I gave a talk “SQL’s Inner Workings” at Handmade Seattle 2023 conference with...
11th Jan 2024
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Handmade Seattle 2023

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

11th Jan 2024
A couple of months ago I gave a talk “SQL’s Inner Workings” at Handmade Seattle 2023 conference with the following abstract: An exposé by a whistleblower investigating the marketing claims of “It’s just the same old SQL you know.” Most databases nowadays provide an SQL interface...
It's time to become an ML engineer AI has recently crossed a utility threshold, where cutting-edge models such as GPT-3, Codex, and...
11th Apr 2022
64

It's time to become an ML engineer

from Greg Brockman [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Apr 2022
AI has recently crossed a utility threshold, where cutting-edge models such as GPT-3, Codex, and DALL-E 2 are actually useful and can perform tasks computers cannot do any other way. The act of producing these models is an exploration of a new frontier, with the discovery of...
The xz Issue Isn’t About Open Source You’ve probably heard of the recent backdoor in xz. There have been a lot of takes on this, most of...
4th Apr 2024
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The xz Issue Isn’t About Open Source

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

4th Apr 2024
You’ve probably heard of the recent backdoor in xz. There have been a lot of takes on this, most of them boiling down to some version of: The problem here is with Open Source Software. I want to say not only is that view so myopic that it pushes towards the incorrect, but also it...
Netscape support ending in February 2008 On December 28th, 2007, the Netscape Blog announced that AOL is ending support for Netscape web...
3rd Jan 2008
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Netscape support ending in February 2008

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

3rd Jan 2008
On December 28th, 2007, the Netscape Blog announced that AOL is ending support for Netscape web browsers effective February 1, 2008. This doesn't come as much of a surprise, considering the significant decline in Netscape's marketshare over the past decade to more competative...
Hubris and Humility When we started Oxide, we knew we were going to take a fresh look at the entire system. We knew, for...
30th Nov 2021
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Hubris and Humility

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

30th Nov 2021
When we started Oxide, we knew we were going to take a fresh look at the entire system. We knew, for example, that we wanted to have a true hardware root of trust and that we wanted to revisit the traditional BMC. We knew, too, that we would have our own system software on each...
Breaking Barbarian This week in a Svelte Radio recording, @rich-harris commented that something I said was "uniquely...
7th Aug 2022
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Breaking Barbarian

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

7th Aug 2022
This week in a Svelte Radio recording, @rich-harris commented that something I said was "uniquely swyx": an offhand observation that "we are all professional streamers now" ^1 . I responded that I've been calling this behavior "barbarianism" - you can listen to the full...
Dolphin 🐬 Today I am announcing Dolphin, an open-source and uncensored, and commercially licensed dataset and...
2nd Jul 2023
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Dolphin 🐬

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

2nd Jul 2023
Today I am announcing Dolphin, an open-source and uncensored, and commercially licensed dataset and series of instruct-tuned language models based on Microsoft's Orca paper. The dataset is released here, with Apache-2.0 license. The dataset can be used for commercial or...
The Edge-First Manifesto Cloud as a coordination layer. Edge as the execution environment.
19th Dec 2025
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The Edge-First Manifesto

from Marco Bambini [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Dec 2025
Cloud as a coordination layer. Edge as the execution environment.
Assumed Audiences Naming your invisible audiences to free yourself from unspoken obligations
8th Jan 2022
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Assumed Audiences

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

8th Jan 2022
Naming your invisible audiences to free yourself from unspoken obligations
2nd Mar 2023
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...
Array 1.19.0 This new release is a great mix between old and new, with significant improvements to both our newer...
15th Dec 2020
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Array 1.19.0

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

15th Dec 2020
This new release is a great mix between old and new, with significant improvements to both our newer features, as well as our core analytics stack…
AI Dev Tools Panel - Stripe AI day I will be moderating a panel on 7/13 at Stripe with founders of Baseten, LlamaIndex, Zapier
7th Jul 2023
88

AI Dev Tools Panel - Stripe AI day

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

7th Jul 2023
I will be moderating a panel on 7/13 at Stripe with founders of Baseten, LlamaIndex, Zapier
Introducing Action Push Native Note: Shortly after releasing this gem, we renamed it from Action Native Push to Action Push Native,...
18th Aug 2025
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Introducing Action Push Native

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

18th Aug 2025
Note: Shortly after releasing this gem, we renamed it from Action Native Push to Action Push Native, in case you arrived here looking for the gem of the former name. More details here. We’ve open-sourced Action Push Native, a Rails gem for sending push notifications to mobile...
The Boot.dev Beat. July 2025 This month we were heads down building a lot of background stuff for big releases that are coming up...
9th Jul 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. July 2025

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

9th Jul 2025
This month we were heads down building a lot of background stuff for big releases that are coming up - but we still did manage to get a few new features out the door!
Barbershop multi-track: I Love To Sing 'Em (Best tag so far!) I recorded a multi-track of the barbershop tag 'I Love To Sing 'Em'
15th Apr 2008
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Barbershop multi-track: I Love To Sing 'Em (Best tag so far!)

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

15th Apr 2008
I recorded a multi-track of the barbershop tag 'I Love To Sing 'Em'
Source Code for Life v0.1 Compiled Insights for Infinite Learners
1st Apr 2018
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Source Code for Life v0.1

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

1st Apr 2018
Compiled Insights for Infinite Learners
Chickadee 0.5.0 released I'm happy to announce that Chickadee 0.5.0 has been released! Chickadee is a game development...
8th Apr 2020
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Chickadee 0.5.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Apr 2020
I'm happy to announce that Chickadee 0.5.0 has been released! Chickadee is a game development toolkit for Guile that is built on top of SDL2 and OpenGL. Chickadee aims to provide all the features that parenthetically inclined game developers need to make 2D and 3D games in...
Every Achievement Has A Denominator One of the classic failure modes of management is the empire-builder — the managers who measure...
3rd Oct 2022
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Every Achievement Has A Denominator

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

3rd Oct 2022
One of the classic failure modes of management is the empire-builder — the managers who measure their own status, rank or value by the number of teams and people “under” them. Everyone knows you aren’t supposed to do this, but most of us secretly, sheepishly do it anyway to some...
2024: Just the Start 2024 has overall been a great year for me personally. I believe it represents a turning point. 2023...
31st Dec 2024
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2024: Just the Start

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

31st Dec 2024
2024 has overall been a great year for me personally. I believe it represents a turning point. 2023 was tough, but 2024 went some way to redressing the balance and I am even more positive about 2025 because of it. Here are a few highlights: We went to Japan! My first time in...
22nd Mar 2026
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...
5th Aug 2024
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Cookie banners show everything that's wrong with the EU

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

5th Aug 2024
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...
Should I buy or should I build? Pop quiz, hotshot. How much does it cost to build a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster? Quick, no...
14th Aug 2022
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Should I buy or should I build?

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

14th Aug 2022
Pop quiz, hotshot. How much does it cost to build a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster? Quick, no conferring. If you thought the answer was “nothing”, go to the back of the class.
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