David Heinemeier...
You can own more than one type of computer!
I probably wouldn't have done a deep dive on Apple alternatives without the announcement that they...
10 months ago
I probably wouldn't have done a deep dive on Apple alternatives without the announcement that they were killing progressive web apps (PWAs) on the iPhone in the EU. Most people don't switch operating systems willy-nilly, and for good reason: They're different! And different is...
Joel Gascoigne
The choices we make when we build startups
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over a year ago
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We’ve recently reached the point with Buffer where I’ve started to think about a
lot of key higher level choices. As a CEO these can be difficult decisions to
make. I’ve been taking time to...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
“The iOS App Icon Book” in Japanese
Seeing something you made put in print is exciting.
Seeing something you made translated and put in...
a year ago
Seeing something you made put in print is exciting.
Seeing something you made translated and put in print, well that’s pretty damn exciting too.
Such was the feeling when I opened my copy of the Japanese translation of The iOS App Icon Book.
While the core idea of the book...
David Heinemeier...
Apple approves the HEY Calendar
I’ll admit it was a bit cheeky to make our new HEY Calendar app “do something” by including Apple’s...
11 months ago
I’ll admit it was a bit cheeky to make our new HEY Calendar app “do something” by including Apple’s own history as a preview for people who don’t have an account. And I didn’t give the gambit better than 30% odds of succeeding, but lo and behold, it did! Apple has approved our...
Epic Web Dev
Tailwind CSS Color Tokens (tutorial)
4 months ago
Alex MacCaw
The Manager's Handbook
I've been writing a book on management for the last two years. Today it's getting released! The...
over a year ago
I've been writing a book on management for the last two years. Today it's getting released! The paperback and Kindle versions are now available on Amazon (along with the free web version).
If you've read and enjoyed it, please Tweet about how it'
The Codist
Why Are People Still Using C?
C is second in the latest TIOBE list of the most popular languages. I find it hard to understand...
a year ago
C is second in the latest TIOBE list of the most popular languages. I find it hard to understand why, unless there is a lot of existing code to support, I can't fathom why anyone would start something new in 2023 in C.
I first learned C in
Confessions of a...
CPython Internals: What Happens Before Bytecode Execution Starts
Learn about runtime initialization, parsing and compilation of the Python code into bytecode leading...
4 months ago
Learn about runtime initialization, parsing and compilation of the Python code into bytecode leading to execution on the virtual machine
Making software...
Fixing LocalWP on Fedora 32
Fixing LocalWP on Fedora 32
2020-05-06
I recently upgraded from Fedora 31 to 32 and everything went...
over a year ago
Fixing LocalWP on Fedora 32
2020-05-06
I recently upgraded from Fedora 31 to 32 and everything went very smoothly - except for one application: LocalWP. After the upgrade, all local WordPress builds would fail and complain about two missing packages:
libnettle6
libhogweed4
After...
Vadim Kravcenko
How to get programming experience when you can’t find a job?
Hello Torb, So I’ve seen this question pop out several times, and I understand the frustration of...
10 months ago
Hello Torb, So I’ve seen this question pop out several times, and I understand the frustration of not being considered […]
The post How to get programming experience when you can’t find a job? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
David Heinemeier...
The origin of Ruby on Rails
I can't thank Honeypot and Carolina Cabral enough for the producing The Rails Documentary that was...
a year ago
I can't thank Honeypot and Carolina Cabral enough for the producing The Rails Documentary that was just released today. Looking back on those early, formative years of Ruby on Rails with Tobi, Jamis, Jeremy, and Jason was actually kind of profound. I usually don't spend much time...
Making software...
Publishing Simple Books With Jekyll
Publishing Simple Books With Jekyll
2019-06-20
When thinking about writing, designing and ultimately...
over a year ago
Publishing Simple Books With Jekyll
2019-06-20
When thinking about writing, designing and ultimately publishing an ebook, most people don't think of using a static site generator. Having products like Amazon Publishing, LaTeX or even Microsoft Word available, why should you use...
A Smart Bear
Procrastinate for Success!
Procrastination can be a useful tool. You can't do everything. So don't.
6 months ago
Procrastination can be a useful tool. You can't do everything. So don't.
swyx's site RSS Feed
Language Servers are the New Frameworks
Developer Experience is shifting left, all the way to onKeyUp.
over a year ago
Developer Experience is shifting left, all the way to onKeyUp.
PostHog's RSS Feed
What we've learned about talking to users
This post is from our Substack newsletter, Product for Engineers . It's all about helping engineers...
a year ago
This post is from our Substack newsletter, Product for Engineers . It's all about helping engineers and founders build better products by learning…
On Life and Lisp
Software freedom isn't about licenses -- it's about power.
A restrictive end-user license agreement is one way a company can exert power over the user. When...
over a year ago
A restrictive end-user license agreement is one way a company can exert power over the user. When the free software movement was founded thirty years ago, these restrictive licenses were the primary user-hostile power dynamic, so permissive and copyleft licenses emerged as...
Alice GG
Create a presskit in 10 minutes with Milou
Talking to the press is an inevitable part of marketing a game or software.
To make the journalist’s...
7 months ago
Talking to the press is an inevitable part of marketing a game or software.
To make the journalist’s job easier, it’s a good idea to put together a press kit.
The press kit should contain all the information someone could want to write an article about your product,
as well as...
Seán Barry
Using the Switch(true) Pattern in JavaScript
The switch true pattern isn't well known but it is incredibly useful. It's not a JavaScript specific...
over a year ago
The switch true pattern isn't well known but it is incredibly useful. It's not a JavaScript specific pattern, but I use it in almost every single project.
ntietz.com blog
Lessons from implementing Hurl
I'm proud to announce that Hurl is officially released and done!
You can check out the docs on...
a year ago
I'm proud to announce that Hurl is officially released and done!
You can check out the docs on hurl.wtf.
The language itself came out of an interesting question: Python sometimes uses exceptions for control flow, so could we implement a language that eschews normal control flow...
Kevin Chen
Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare
Recently, The Verge asked, “where are all the robot trucks?”
It’s a good question.
Trucking was...
11 months ago
Recently, The Verge asked, “where are all the robot trucks?”
It’s a good question.
Trucking was supposed to be the ideal first application of autonomous driving. Freeways contain predictable, highly structured driving scenarios. An autonomous truck would not have to deal with the...
bt RSS Feed
CSS Slope Graphs
CSS Slope Graphs
2021-06-07
I am a huge sucker for simplistic and beautifully designed visual data...
over a year ago
CSS Slope Graphs
2021-06-07
I am a huge sucker for simplistic and beautifully designed visual data on the web. Most data tends to be graphed via line or bar systems - which is fine - but I think slope graphs are highly underrated. Let’s change that, shall we?
The Demo
I’m basing...
the singularity is...
A Really Big Computer
GPT-4 was trained on 25k A100s in about 90 days. That’s 3e25 FLOPs.
If a person has 20 PFLOPS...
a year ago
GPT-4 was trained on 25k A100s in about 90 days. That’s 3e25 FLOPs.
If a person has 20 PFLOPS (20e15) of compute, GPT-4 used 47.5 person-years to train. Very human scale.
I want to build a computer capable of training GPT-4 in a day. I need 3e25/86400 = 347,000,000 TFLOPS, or...
Making software...
Introducing Notez
Introducing Notez
2021-01-13
I have always been a fan of simple note taking applications, since I...
over a year ago
Introducing Notez
2021-01-13
I have always been a fan of simple note taking applications, since I tend to take a lot of random notes throughout the work day. Sometimes I reach for simple pen and paper, but other times it's nice to stay focused jotting down notes on the same...
A Smart Bear
Satisficing vs Maximizing
Fast, or Best? Choose your decision-making goal wisely, especially if you're a natural...
a year ago
Fast, or Best? Choose your decision-making goal wisely, especially if you're a natural perfectionist.
On Life and Lisp
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...
10 months ago
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 –refresh
upgrade.
Unlike the vendor’s non-conformant 4.1 drivers, our...
Irrational...
How to effectively refine engineering strategy.
In Jim Collins’ Great by Choice,
he develops the concept of Fire Bullets, Then Cannonballs.
His...
6 days ago
In Jim Collins’ Great by Choice,
he develops the concept of Fire Bullets, Then Cannonballs.
His premise is that you should cheaply test new ideas before fully committing to them.
Your organization can only afford firing a small number of cannonballs, but it can bankroll far more...
somenice
Hummingbird at the feeder
With a recent blast of winter I noticed a few hummingbirds already here so I put up the feeder.Not...
8 months ago
With a recent blast of winter I noticed a few hummingbirds already here so I put up the feeder.Not 30 seconds later, this fella showed up.
Julia Evans
Terminal colours are tricky
Yesterday I was thinking about how long it took me to get a colorscheme in my
terminal that I was...
3 months ago
Yesterday I was thinking about how long it took me to get a colorscheme in my
terminal that I was mostly happy with (SO MANY YEARS), and it made me wonder
what about terminal colours made it so hard.
So I asked people on Mastodon what problems
they’ve run into with colours in the...
alexwlchan
The best way to tell a website your age
There’s a growing number of countries creating laws that require age verification laws to access...
12 months ago
There’s a growing number of countries creating laws that require age verification laws to access certain content online.
Now children can be protected from adult content like well-organised spreadsheets, YouTube videos about kitchen appliances, and websites that sell you...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Send love to open-source projects on Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is coming up and we'd like to share our love for the open-source community that...
over a year ago
Valentine's Day is coming up and we'd like to share our love for the open-source community that helps power PostHog! Here's how: For every GitHub star…
somenice
Cloth Simulation with Procedural Plaid
This was fun, because how can you have too much plaid?Thanks to Ryan King Art on Youtube for the...
a year ago
This was fun, because how can you have too much plaid?Thanks to Ryan King Art on Youtube for the Blender tutorial series on material nodes. His tutorials are great and I appreciate the effort in his editing. Support him if you can. I often joke that I’ve learned Blender 3D every...
Darek Kay
Delaying asset requests in Eleventy
While building my photography portfolio, I've put much effort into optimizing the picture loading...
a year ago
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...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The Surprisingly High Table Stakes of Modern Blogs
Bottom Line Up Front: You are probably underestimating how much goes into blogging technology these...
over a year ago
Bottom Line Up Front: You are probably underestimating how much goes into blogging technology these days.
samwho.dev
Load Balancing
.simulation {
width: 100%;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items:...
a year ago
.simulation {
width: 100%;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
margin-bottom: 2.5em;
}
.load-balancer {
color: black;
font-weight: bold;
}
.request {
color: #04BF8A;
font-weight: bold;
}
.server {
color:...
Blog System/5
Demystifying secure NFS
My lab notes on the arduous process of setting up NFSv4 with Kerberos across a Synology NAS and...
2 months ago
My lab notes on the arduous process of setting up NFSv4 with Kerberos across a Synology NAS and various Linux and FreeBSD clients.
A Beautiful Site
How to upgrade or downgrade Node.js using npm
Need to update your version of Node.js? Here's how you can upgrade or downgrade from the command...
over a year ago
Need to update your version of Node.js? Here's how you can upgrade or downgrade from the command line using npm.
Upgrading to the latest stable version #
This will update you to the latest available stable version:
sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n...
Remains of the Day
My first podcast appearance
A few months ago David Perell emailed and asked if I'd like to be on his podcast, The North Star. He...
over a year ago
A few months ago David Perell emailed and asked if I'd like to be on his podcast, The North Star. He mentioned some of the other people he'd had on, so many of whom I admire, and I thought he had emailed the wrong person. But no, he had done his research and knew a lot about my...
David Heinemeier...
Buying the seller
We've just moved the 37signals podcast to Buzzsprout. Podcast hosting is to some extent a commodity...
a year ago
We've just moved the 37signals podcast to Buzzsprout. Podcast hosting is to some extent a commodity market, so this was less about pining for a specific feature or even working to reduce the bill. This was about buying from Tom Rossi, the technical cofounder of HigherPixels (who...
macwright.com
Make a ViewPlugin configurable in CodeMirror by ()
ViewPlugin.fromClass only allows the class constructor to take a single argument with the CodeMirror...
a year ago
ViewPlugin.fromClass only allows the class constructor to take a single argument with the CodeMirror view.
You use a Facet. Great example in JupyterLab. Like everything in CodeMirror, this lets you be super flexible with how configuration works - it is designed with multiple...
Tony Finch's blog
Concurrent qp-trie performance numbers
Previously, I wrote about implementing safe memory reclamation for my
qp-trie code in BIND. I have...
a year ago
Previously, I wrote about implementing safe memory reclamation for my
qp-trie code in BIND. I have now got it working with a
refactored qp-trie that has been changed to support asynchronous
memory reclamation - working to the point where I can run some
benchmarks to compare the...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Documentation Levels
People can't use your code without docs. People might get overwhelmed with too many docs. How can we...
over a year ago
People can't use your code without docs. People might get overwhelmed with too many docs. How can we match the maturity of docs to the maturity of the project?
Joel Gascoigne
The Yin and Yang of a great co-founder relationship
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over a year ago
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I’ve always found it interesting to think about co-founder relationships. I’ve
been in a few myself, some which were not completely successful and then more
recently working with Leo for the last...
Kagi Blog
Kagi Small Web
As a part of our ongoing pursuit to humanize the web, we are pleased to announce the launch of the...
a year ago
As a part of our ongoing pursuit to humanize the web, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Kagi Small Web initiative.
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What is Kagi Small Web?
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To begin with, while there is no single definition, “small web” typically refers...
Steve Klabnik
Fast Rails tests with CanCan
over a year ago
Liz Denys
The baked apple pancake
I don't have a lot of complete memories from my childhood. Somehow, my photographic memory didn't...
over a year ago
I don't have a lot of complete memories from my childhood. Somehow, my photographic memory didn't kick in until the middle of seventh grade, when all of a sudden I started to remember everything. Sadly, everything from before that time is either a blurry film played a fifteen...
The Codist
If You Don't Give A Crap, This Is the Shit That You Get
Being retired after four decades as a programmer, there is nothing more irritating than seeing...
11 months ago
Being retired after four decades as a programmer, there is nothing more irritating than seeing broken or poor functionality in web and mobile apps. I always cared about what we were putting out, even if it was sometimes unimportant to my employer. When I see things that are easy...
Neil Panchal
Bell Labs Org Chart
I've always been curious about the story of Bell Labs – how it was formed, why it was successful,...
over a year ago
I've always been curious about the story of Bell Labs – how it was formed, why it was successful, its challenges and struggles, innovation engine, people, its organizational structure, operations, and its legacy. The Idea Factory by Jon Gertner is an excellent albeit slightly...
Liz Denys
I've been programming since I was 10, but I don't feel like a 'hacker'
When I was 10, I was programming in Logo after being introduced to it in my school's required...
over a year ago
When I was 10, I was programming in Logo after being introduced to it in my school's required computer class. Our teacher did not once call this programming; it was just another project among ones that usually weren't programming. I generalized almost every exercise - something...
Steve Klabnik
The profile link relation and you
over a year ago
Liz Denys
Pointillism rose
Sharpie on computer paper, Photoshop to brighten the colors.
over a year ago
Sharpie on computer paper, Photoshop to brighten the colors.
Making software...
Building openring with Jekyll Build
Building openring with Jekyll Build
2022-12-02
I think it's great when bloggers post their own...
over a year ago
Building openring with Jekyll Build
2022-12-02
I think it's great when bloggers post their own personal "reading list" of blogs they themselves follow. Whether this is a customized Blogroll page or footnotes in their individual articles, I find it really helpful to find more...
macwright.com
Recently: Cycling and Autumn
I haven’t been posting much to the ‘main blog’ recently, but I have been keeping the micro blog...
2 months ago
I haven’t been posting much to the ‘main blog’ recently, but I have been keeping the micro blog updates humming. If you want more content in your RSS reader, you can subscribe to those posts, which are shorter, more scattered, and even less copyedited. It feels bad to have...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
The Case For Design Engineers, Pt. II
Previously: The Case For Design Engineers, Pt. I.
You’re given a design with a note: the dividing...
10 months ago
Previously: The Case For Design Engineers, Pt. I.
You’re given a design with a note: the dividing line between these two containers should be interactive so the user can drag to resize the respective containers on either side.
Perhaps that note is all you get.
Or perhaps the...
the singularity is...
Dangerous Misinformation
When I Google myself, I get this infobox:
As you can see below, George Hotz’s height is 5’10”, not...
4 months ago
When I Google myself, I get this infobox:
As you can see below, George Hotz’s height is 5’10”, not 5’4”
Google, please take this misinformation seriously before you end up in a very large libel suit. This is not on a site you are linking to, this is first party misinformation...
Nelson's Weblog
AI enhanced search
LLMs are good search helpers. Here’s three search tools I use every day.
All of these use an AI to...
3 months ago
LLMs are good search helpers. Here’s three search tools I use every day.
All of these use an AI to synthesize answers but also provide an essential
feature: specific web search results for you to verify and further research.
I use these for conversational inquiries in addition...
Josh Collinsworth
Introducing Svelte, and Comparing Svelte with React and Vue
Svelte is a new style of framework for building sites and apps. Let's dive into what makes it...
over a year ago
Svelte is a new style of framework for building sites and apps. Let's dive into what makes it different, why it's so enjoyable, and how it's able to ship such tiny, fast apps.
Stephen Wolfram...
Yet More New Ideas and New Functions: Launching Version 14.1 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica
For the 36th Time… the Latest from Our R&D Pipeline There’s Now a Unified Wolfram App Vector...
5 months ago
For the 36th Time… the Latest from Our R&D Pipeline There’s Now a Unified Wolfram App Vector Databases and Semantic Search RAGs and Dynamic Prompting for LLMs Connect to Your Favorite LLM Symbolic Arrays and Their Calculus Binomials and Pitchforks: Navigating Mathematical...
dthompson
Installing Guix on a 10th gen Thinkpad X1
The last time I bought a laptop, I got a used Thinkpad X220 from
eBay. I loved that laptop,...
over a year ago
The last time I bought a laptop, I got a used Thinkpad X220 from
eBay. I loved that laptop, but
time marches on and old hardware eventually becomes too slow for
modern development needs. After a lot of indecision, I bought a 10th
generation Thinkpad X1 with an Intel Core...
MMapped blog
Debug like Feynman, test like Faraday
over a year ago
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware March 2023
The Ware for March 2023 is the controller board from a Hövding 3 “Airbag for Urban Cyclists”....
a year ago
The Ware for March 2023 is the controller board from a Hövding 3 “Airbag for Urban Cyclists”. Congrats to jackw01 for arriving at the correct answer! congrats, email me for your prize. This one was surprisingly difficult to guess from just the PCB alone, but once the associated...
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How to run Python and Portray on Netlify
How to deploy Python projects to Netlify
over a year ago
How to deploy Python projects to Netlify
A Smart Bear
Failure to face the truth
This concept recurs in different forms throughout myriad books, frameworks, and topics, across...
over a year ago
This concept recurs in different forms throughout myriad books, frameworks, and topics, across decades of time. When something is so consistent, it must be wisdom.
ntietz.com blog
Open source licenses as a reflection of values
I'm the kind of nerd that has a favorite software license.
For a while that favorite license was the...
over a year ago
I'm the kind of nerd that has a favorite software license.
For a while that favorite license was the Mozilla Public License (MPL).
Right now, it's the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
Licenses are really important on all code, and they're critical to the open source...
Tinloof - Blog
The SEO scam: $62,000 later
Context
Like many businesses operating online, we at Tinloof decided to explore SEO to attract more...
a year ago
Context
Like many businesses operating online, we at Tinloof decided to explore SEO to attract more leads.
Seeing the numerous SEO gurus on LinkedIn and Twitter, one might think it's worth a shot to try this approach, hoping to strike gold when search engines place your website...
David Heinemeier...
Software estimates have never worked and never will
Since the dawn of computing, humans have sought to estimate how long it takes to build software, and...
4 months ago
Since the dawn of computing, humans have sought to estimate how long it takes to build software, and for just as long, they've consistently failed. Estimating even medium-sized projects is devilishly difficult, and estimating large projects is virtually impossible. Yet the...
A Beautiful Site
Better Buttons with color-mix() and Custom Properties
Let's build a button that accepts one color and calculates its hover and focus states automatically....
a year ago
Let's build a button that accepts one color and calculates its hover and focus states automatically. For this experiment, we'll use CSS Custom Properties, color-mix(), and OKLCH to ensure that tints and shades are perceptually uniform.
To keep things simple, we'll follow today's...
Elad Blog
AI Safety: Technology vs Species Threats
There are at least two ways to think about potential threats coming from advanced AI. The...
a year ago
There are at least two ways to think about potential threats coming from advanced AI. The conventional view is that AI is just yet another of many tool-based technological advances. Like all technologies, the main threat of AI in this scenario is if a human were to use it for...
The Changelog
Live Migrating from Raspberry Pi OS bullseye to Debian bookworm
I’ve been getting annoyed with Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) for years now. It’s a fork of Debian, but...
a year ago
I’ve been getting annoyed with Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) for years now. It’s a fork of Debian, but manages to omit some of the most useful things. So I’ve decided to migrate all of my Pis to run pure Debian. These are my reasons: Raspberry Pi OS has, for years now, specified...
A Smart Bear
Selling to Carol: Why targeting an ICP brings 10x more customers than you expected
Targeting your "Ideal Customer Profile" (ICP) is the best way to differentiate and win sales, but...
12 months ago
Targeting your "Ideal Customer Profile" (ICP) is the best way to differentiate and win sales, but does it limit your target market?
Vadim Kravcenko
How to split equity fairly between founders?
It’s easy to think of equity as being valuable in and of itself, but that’s not exactly true. Equity...
over a year ago
It’s easy to think of equity as being valuable in and of itself, but that’s not exactly true. Equity is […]
The post How to split equity fairly between founders? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Steve Klabnik
I'm deleting my Facebook tonight
over a year ago
Irrational...
Making engineering strategies more readable
As discussed in Components of engineering strategy,
a complete engineering strategy has five...
7 months ago
As discussed in Components of engineering strategy,
a complete engineering strategy has five components: explore, diagnose, refine (map & model), policy, and operation.
However, it’s actually quite challenging to read a strategy document written that way.
That’s an effective...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
The Gist That Keeps On Giving
I’m working with git and make a big boo-boo.
Now I’m facing a situation where I’ve deleted a local...
7 months ago
I’m working with git and make a big boo-boo.
Now I’m facing a situation where I’ve deleted a local branch with all my work and there’s no backup on GitHub.
“This is git. There has got to be a version of this things still on my computer somewhere, right? RIGHT?!”
So I start...
Making software...
Audio Hotkeys on Linux Mint
Audio Hotkeys on Linux Mint
2020-06-14
I recently switched out the OS on my old 2011 MacBook Air...
over a year ago
Audio Hotkeys on Linux Mint
2020-06-14
I recently switched out the OS on my old 2011 MacBook Air with Linux Mint. It's a distro I've used a few times in the past, but never set it as one of my main daily drivers until now.
Setting up all my go-to applications (Sublime, LocalWP,...
David Heinemeier...
Not everyone can be the best
Many software developers seem to have a uniquely hard time accepting that not everyone who just...
a year ago
Many software developers seem to have a uniquely hard time accepting that not everyone who just tries real hard will become so good as to be among the best in this field. That there really is a discrepancy of talent that leads to a discrepancy of competence. That not everyone can...
HTMHell
Makeshift hot reload
by Evan Hahn
In short: put <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1"> in your <head> element to refresh...
3 weeks ago
by Evan Hahn
In short: put <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1"> in your <head> element to refresh your page every second. This is a makeshift "hot reload" for development. It's not perfect, but it can be a quick solution!
Hot reloading automatically reloads parts of your page...
Computer Things
An idea for teaching formal methods better
I was recently commissioned by a company to make a bespoke TLA+ workshop with a strong emphasis on...
4 months ago
I was recently commissioned by a company to make a bespoke TLA+ workshop with a strong emphasis on reading specifications. I normally emphasize writing specs, so this one will need a different approach.
While working on it, I had an idea that might make teaching TLA+— and other...
beep.blog
Rolumns 1.3 & Recompose 1.0
I built them, and now you're going to hear about it.
a year ago
I built them, and now you're going to hear about it.
swyx's site RSS Feed
I'm Writing A Book!
I'm writing a Dev Career Advice book... and I'm scared shitless!
over a year ago
I'm writing a Dev Career Advice book... and I'm scared shitless!
Tony Finch's blog
GCRA: leaky buckets without the buckets
Yesterday I read an article describing the GCRA rate limiting
algorithm. I thought it was really...
4 months ago
Yesterday I read an article describing the GCRA rate limiting
algorithm. I thought it was really interesting, but I wasn’t
entirely satisfied with Brandur’s explanation, and the Wikipedia
articles on leaky buckets and GCRA are terrible, so here’s
my version.
what is GCRA?
GCRA is...
David Heinemeier...
Could Apple leave Europe?
Apple's responses to the Digital Market Act, its recent 1.8b euro fine in the Spotify case, and Epic...
10 months ago
Apple's responses to the Digital Market Act, its recent 1.8b euro fine in the Spotify case, and Epic Sweden's plans to introduce an alternative App Store in the EU have all been laced with a surprising level of spite and obstinacy. Even when Steve Jobs was pulling power moves...
The History of the...
The Website that Predicted AI
There's a website developed with a personalized experience in mind. It touts major breakthroughs in...
a month ago
There's a website developed with a personalized experience in mind. It touts major breakthroughs in predictive technology, driven by sophisticated algorithms that provide real-time recommendations. And it was launched in 1995.
The post The Website that Predicted AI appeared first...
Dan Slimmon
Don’t fix it just because it’s technical debt.
Why should we only spend part of our time doing work that maximizes value, and the rest of our time...
a year ago
Why should we only spend part of our time doing work that maximizes value, and the rest of our time doing other, less optimal work?
Kevin Chen
Large language models are a sustaining innovation for Siri
Many people assume that large language models (LLMs) will disrupt existing consumer voice...
6 months ago
Many people assume that large language models (LLMs) will disrupt existing consumer voice assistants. Compared to Siri, while today’s ChatGPT is largely unable to complete real-world tasks like hailing an Uber, it’s far better than Siri at understanding and generating language,...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Building an open source data stack
At PostHog, we believe an open source approach doesn’t just lead to greater growth; it also leads to...
over a year ago
At PostHog, we believe an open source approach doesn’t just lead to greater growth; it also leads to better products. That’s what inspired us to make…
swyx's site RSS Feed
My Favorite New Podcasts in 2020
An update to my favorite podcasts list with the ones I have found this year
over a year ago
An update to my favorite podcasts list with the ones I have found this year
elementary Blog
Spring cleaning is in full effect
March was all about bug fixes. This month don’t expect too many new features, but instead get...
a year ago
March was all about bug fixes. This month don’t expect too many new features, but instead get excited about improved stability and closed issue reports! The team has been hard at work sorting through your feedback and smoothing out all of the wrinkles.
Sideload
Since sideloading...
swyx's site RSS Feed
How To Add Monaco Editor to a Next.js app
## Bottom Line Up Front
over a year ago
swyx's site RSS Feed
Why Creator Clones Fail
The Innovator's Dilemma according to MKBHD, applied to YouTube's attempt to clone TikTok
over a year ago
The Innovator's Dilemma according to MKBHD, applied to YouTube's attempt to clone TikTok
David Heinemeier...
Rails World sold out in less than 45 minutes
There hasn't been a major, dedicated Rails conference in Europe since 2008, so perhaps it's no...
a year ago
There hasn't been a major, dedicated Rails conference in Europe since 2008, so perhaps it's no surprise that there was pent-up demand. But I was still shocked to see the forthcoming Rails World visit to Amsterdam sell out in less than 45 minutes yesterday! What an awesome...
wingolog
conservative gc can be faster than precise gc
Should your garbage collector be precise or conservative? The
prevailing wisdom is that precise is...
3 months ago
Should your garbage collector be precise or conservative? The
prevailing wisdom is that precise is always better. Conservative GC can
retain more objects than strictly necessary, making GC slow: GC has to
more frequently, and it has to trace a larger heap on each...
swyx's site RSS Feed
AmpliBox - a Self Hosted File Storage App with AWS Amplify
A demo using AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service) using Amplify Storage, Svelte, and Tailwind CSS
over a year ago
A demo using AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service) using Amplify Storage, Svelte, and Tailwind CSS
the singularity is...
The World’s Computer
This was the tagline of Ethereum, and it’s really smart. Sadly, I feel they have lost their way with...
10 months ago
This was the tagline of Ethereum, and it’s really smart. Sadly, I feel they have lost their way with Proof of Stake, and wish they would go back to focusing on building a reasonable world computer.
In 2024, it’s still painfully annoying to stand up a database. This is the only...
Hixie's Natural Log
Extracts from a private Q&A retrospective about the WHATWG
Several years ago, a group involved in standardisation in an industrial field reached out to me to...
a year ago
Several years ago, a group involved in standardisation in an industrial field reached out to me to learn more about our experience with the WHATWG. I thought some of my responses might have broader interest, and saved them for publication at some later date, and then promptly...
Blog - Bitfield...
Test names should be sentences
Tests communicate a lot of information, to readers, other developers, and
even our future selves....
9 months ago
Tests communicate a lot of information, to readers, other developers, and
even our future selves. Well-written tests focus on a single unit of
behaviour that can be described in a brief sentence, and we can use that
sentence as the name of the test.
Elad Blog
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.
10 months ago
The more I learn about AI markets, the less I think I know. I list questions and some thoughts.
The Codist
My Address Doesn't Fit, And Other Complaints
So today, I decided to renew my driver's license online, like any modern person would.
I started the...
6 months ago
So today, I decided to renew my driver's license online, like any modern person would.
I started the process by going to my state's driver's license website. The first page is to verify my home and mail addresses. Since nothing changed, I hit "
Liz Denys
Gogo Yubari's meteor hammer as a purse
So I made a purse shaped like the Gogo Yubari's meteor hammer for a Kill Bill themed party...
The...
over a year ago
So I made a purse shaped like the Gogo Yubari's meteor hammer for a Kill Bill themed party...
The spherical shape comes from quilt batting stuffed between the beach ball style outside and a stiff dodecahedron lining. The body is hand-painted, punched out vinyl over black...
bt RSS Feed
New Domain and Code Forge
New Domain and Code Forge
2024-01-29
As you can clearly see, my site’s domain has switched over to...
11 months ago
New Domain and Code Forge
2024-01-29
As you can clearly see, my site’s domain has switched over to btxx.org. This post will go into details about the reason for this URL swap (spoilers: I’m a cheapskate) - but that isn’t all. I have moved my personal git repositories over to my...
HTMHell
Design pattern for custom tooltips
by Jan Hellbusch
Should we use tooltips to convey information? Hints and descriptions are often...
a year ago
by Jan Hellbusch
Should we use tooltips to convey information? Hints and descriptions are often included on web pages through tooltips – but not everyone has access to them.
A tooltip is a short text that usually appears as a popup when a user hovers a mouse pointer over an...
A Smart Bear
The Elephant in the room: The myth of exponential hypergrowth
Fast-growing startups are frequently described as “exponential,” especially when the product is...
over a year ago
Fast-growing startups are frequently described as “exponential,” especially when the product is “viral.” This turns out to be incorrect, even for Facebook and Slack. If your model is incorrect, you don’t understand growth, which means you can’t control it, nor predict it. Here is...
Stephen Wolfram...
The Latest from Our R&D Pipeline: Version 13.2 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica
Delivering from Our R&D Pipeline In 2020 it was Versions 12.1 and 12.2; in 2021 Versions 12.3 and...
over a year ago
Delivering from Our R&D Pipeline In 2020 it was Versions 12.1 and 12.2; in 2021 Versions 12.3 and 13.0. In late June this year it was Version 13.1. And now we’re releasing Version 13.2. We continue to have a huge pipeline of R&D, some short term, some medium term, some long term...
Steve Klabnik
Are out parameters idiomatic in Rust?
over a year ago
A Beautiful Site
Web standards are just "minor details"
A friend of mine recently graduated and spread his wings by venturing into the corporate world. He...
over a year ago
A friend of mine recently graduated and spread his wings by venturing into the corporate world. He obtained a position as a junior project manager for a web consulting firm in Atlanta. Their work is very professional and their designs are great, but it was immediately evident...
ntietz.com blog
My reference was dropped, why is the compiler complaining about multiple borrows?
Recently someone I was talking to ran into a fun borrow checker problem in Rust which is...
a year ago
Recently someone I was talking to ran into a fun borrow checker problem in Rust which is illustrative of some current underlying limitations of Rust's borrow checker.
The problem boiled down to: they took a reference in a loop (dropped on each iteration), and the borrow checker...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
A case for stacked patches 📚
I’m wondering why you talk about “branches” at all. No such thing
should exist.
– Linus Torvalds,...
a year ago
I’m wondering why you talk about “branches” at all. No such thing
should exist.
– Linus Torvalds, 2005, git@vger.kernel.org
Git branches are hard to think about.
But “GitHub”
forces you to think about branches. A lot.
Instead of futzing with GitHub’s feature branches, many...
Tony Finch's blog
Blue paint in the C preprocessor
In the C preprocessor, after a macro has been expanded the result is
rescanned for further macros....
7 months ago
In the C preprocessor, after a macro has been expanded the result is
rescanned for further macros. To prevent recursion, [the C
standard][n3220] says the following in section 6.10.5.4p2. (This text
has been basically the same since C89.)
If the name of the macro being replaced is...
Making software...
How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer
How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer
2020-02-07
I have a profound respect for the open source community....
over a year ago
How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer
2020-02-07
I have a profound respect for the open source community. I most likely wouldn't have the skills or knowledge I do today with it. Unfortunately, when I was just starting out in "web dev" some 10 years ago, proprietary software was the...
Daniel Marino
Don’t Overthink Remote Working
The coronavirus is here, and as a result a lot of employers are asking employees to work remotely if...
over a year ago
The coronavirus is here, and as a result a lot of employers are asking employees to work remotely if possible. I’ve seen a fair share of tips for remote working blog posts this past week. I figured I’d cash in on the action and share my thoughts.
Don’t Overthink It
Most of the...
Ognjen Regoje •...
Poll: How anxious are you before an interview?
From the HackerNews poll:
Given the spike in interviewing questions, I’m curious to know: how...
a year ago
From the HackerNews poll:
Given the spike in interviewing questions, I’m curious to know: how anxious are you before an interview?
To qualify the choices a bit:
Not at all - I feel confident and not worried about the prospect of failure.
A little - I’m fairly confident. Maybe the...
Steve Klabnik
Travis build matrix for Rails
over a year ago
Making software...
Making a Website Under 1kB
Making a Website Under 1kB
2022-08-02
I recently launched (another) website club called the 1kB...
over a year ago
Making a Website Under 1kB
2022-08-02
I recently launched (another) website club called the 1kB Club. Unlike the 1MB Club, it isn't as accessible for most modern websites to become official members. Building a website that actually serves useful content while squeezing its page...
Confessions of a...
Live Session: Live Coding a Bytecode Interpreter for Python
We are due for our next live session.
2 months ago
We are due for our next live session.
orlp.net - Blog...
When Random Isn't
This post is an anecdote from over a decade ago, of which I lost the actual
code. So please forgive...
11 months ago
This post is an anecdote from over a decade ago, of which I lost the actual
code. So please forgive me if I do not accurately remember all the details. Some
details are also simplified so that anyone that likes computer security can
enjoy this article, not just those who have...
A Beautiful Site
Why developers hate being interrupted
I stumbled across a post today (that unfortunately no longer exists) and I was almost convinced that...
over a year ago
I stumbled across a post today (that unfortunately no longer exists) and I was almost convinced that I had written it myself. Many of the points in it hit home, so I hope it helps people better understand how developers think and what they go through when interruptions arise.
One...
HTMHell
#32 almost a proper close button
Bad code
<button display="flex" role="button">
<svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 13 13"...
over a year ago
Bad code
<button display="flex" role="button">
<svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 13 13" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="15px" width="15px" fill="#000" name="close">
<title>Close dialog</title>
<path d="…"> </path>
</svg>
</button>
Issues and...
Acko.net
Fuck It, We'll Do It Live
How the Live effect run-time is implemented
In this post I describe how the Live run-time...
a year ago
How the Live effect run-time is implemented
In this post I describe how the Live run-time internals are implemented, which drive Use.GPU. Some pre-existing React and FP effect knowledge is useful.
I have written about Live before, but in general terms. You may therefor have...
Marco.org
Overcast 5: Watch, Siri, search, and redesign!
I apologize for the low battery level. Busy day.
It all started with the watchOS volume...
over a year ago
I apologize for the low battery level. Busy day.
It all started with the watchOS volume widget.
You see, Overcast’s previous Apple Watch app really sucked. I did my best with the capabilities of watchOS 1–4, but I couldn’t give people what they really wanted:
Standalone podcast...
ntietz.com blog
Betraying vim for the IDEs of March
vim is my text editor soulmate1.
But I've gone and done a Brutus by betraying vim and using a...
a year ago
vim is my text editor soulmate1.
But I've gone and done a Brutus by betraying vim and using a different editor.
And I did it on March 15th2, the Ides of March.
Or is it the IDEs of March?
The betrayal happened slowly, then all at once.
For the past few weeks I've been ruminating...
Josh Comeau's blog
Clever Code Considered Harmful
As engineers, it can be really satisfying for us to implement clever, terse solutions to problems,...
over a year ago
As engineers, it can be really satisfying for us to implement clever, terse solutions to problems, relying on advanced tricks and techniques. As a result, we often write code that is hostile and inaccessible to the junior folks on our team. This article makes the case that we...
Alex Meub
Windows 98 Icons are Great
In my opinion, the UI design of Windows peaked in the late 1990s. The classic, utilitarian icons...
over a year ago
In my opinion, the UI design of Windows peaked in the late 1990s. The classic, utilitarian icons from Windows 98 just look amazing.
Why are they so good?
Rather than some designer’s flashy vision of the future, Windows 98 icons made the operating system feel like a place to get...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
An Ode to An Event Apart
I’m not a big globe-trotting conference attendee. I’ve only been to a handful in my career.
The...
a year ago
I’m not a big globe-trotting conference attendee. I’ve only been to a handful in my career.
The event I remember most fondly is An Event Apart: Austin in 2013. In my memory (which, granted, might be fuzzy) that conference was more about ideas than any specific technology. What I...
Irrational...
Should we decompose our monolith?
From their first introduction in 2005, the debate between adopting
a microservices architecture, a...
3 months ago
From their first introduction in 2005, the debate between adopting
a microservices architecture, a monolithic service architecture, or a hybrid between the two, has become one of the
least-reversible decisions that most engineering organizations make.
Even migrating to a...
Liz Denys
Bottle glass planter and drip tray, 2024
Algae in pond water / crests and troughs / sea glass
10 months ago
Algae in pond water / crests and troughs / sea glass
Vadim Kravcenko
Mental Health in Software Engineering
Question:
Answer:
The post Mental Health in Software Engineering appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
9 months ago
Question:
Answer:
The post Mental Health in Software Engineering appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
elementary Blog
Getting in shape for summer
This month we have mostly minor maintenance updates as we gear up for a feature-filled future...
a year ago
This month we have mostly minor maintenance updates as we gear up for a feature-filled future release. Enjoy a mild May because this summer is going to get hot!
Calculator
Calculator now follows keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste, even when the main text entry isn’t focused,...
EXPLAIN EXTENDED
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...
over a year ago
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.
tonsky.me
Local, first, forever
So I was at the Local-First Conf the other day, listening to Martin Kleppmann, and this slide caught...
6 months ago
So I was at the Local-First Conf the other day, listening to Martin Kleppmann, and this slide caught my attention:
Specifically, this part:
But first, some context.
What is local-first?
For the long version, go to Ink & Switch, who coined the term. Or listen for Peter van...
37signals Dev
Announcing Hotwire Spark: live reloading for Rails applications
Today, we are releasing Hotwire Spark, a live-reloading system for Rails Applications.
Reloading the...
2 weeks ago
Today, we are releasing Hotwire Spark, a live-reloading system for Rails Applications.
Reloading the browser automatically on source changes is a problem that has been well-solved for a long time. Here, we wanted to put an accent on smoothness. If the reload operation is very...
bt RSS Feed
Quick and Dirty Theme Switcher
Quick and Dirty Theme Switcher
2020-06-04
Update: This article is no longer relevant since my blog...
over a year ago
Quick and Dirty Theme Switcher
2020-06-04
Update: This article is no longer relevant since my blog design has changed. I’m keeping this post up since it will still be useful for those wanting to implement a theme switcher on their own site.
I recently added a fairly...
Liz Denys
Updated colors for the Library Blanket color palette preview tool
Purl Soho added some new colors and discontinued some old colors of the yarns called for in Joelle...
over a year ago
Purl Soho added some new colors and discontinued some old colors of the yarns called for in Joelle Hoverson's Library Blanket. I've added the eight new colors to the Library Blanket color palette preview tool I made last April, and I also labeled the discontinued colors as such....
Josh Collinsworth
Understanding easing and cubic-bezier curves in CSS
The easing curve can make or break any animation on the web. Let's look at the science of CSS...
a year ago
The easing curve can make or break any animation on the web. Let's look at the science of CSS cubic-bezier curves, and the art of using them to make the best web animations possible.
The Changelog
The Grumpy Cricket (And Other Enormous Creatures)
This Christmas, one of my gifts to my kids was a text adventure (interactive fiction) game for them....
a year ago
This Christmas, one of my gifts to my kids was a text adventure (interactive fiction) game for them. Now that they’ve enjoyed it, I’m releasing it under the GPL v3. As interactive fiction, it’s like an e-book, but the reader is also the player, guiding the exploration of the...
Making software...
Keynote Slides with Pure CSS
Keynote Slides with Pure CSS
2020-06-22
There are a great deal of options available on the web and...
over a year ago
Keynote Slides with Pure CSS
2020-06-22
There are a great deal of options available on the web and built into most operating systems when you need to create presentation / keynote slides. You could use native software like LibremOffice Impress, Powerpoint, Apple's Keynote, etc....
Steve Klabnik
More rstat.us refactoring
over a year ago
Basta’s Notes
My event-driven life
I apologize for my extended absence! I once again find myself with lots of drafts that I’d love to...
a year ago
I apologize for my extended absence! I once again find myself with lots of drafts that I’d love to publish, but haven’t found the words to complete any of them to my satisfaction. I thought I’d take the time to publish something that is maybe a bit rambly and less focused than...
Irrational...
Better to micromanage than be disengaged.
For a long time, I found the micromanager CEO archetype very frustrating to work with.
They would...
a year ago
For a long time, I found the micromanager CEO archetype very frustrating to work with.
They would often pop out of nowhere, jab holes in the work I had done without understanding the tradeoffs,
and then disappear when I wanted to explain my decisions.
In those moments, I wished...
macwright.com
The module pattern really isn't needed anymore by
I wrote about this pattern years ago, and wrote an update, and then Classes became broadly available...
a year ago
I wrote about this pattern years ago, and wrote an update, and then Classes became broadly available in JavaScript. I was kind of skeptical of class syntax when it came out, but now there really isn’t any reason to use any other kind of “class” style than the ES6 syntax. The...
Remains of the Day
What I learned from a Taipei alley
I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy...
over a year ago
I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy schedule, it wasn't like my usual travels abroad for fun, it felt more like a work trip. Still, even if I'd been there purely for vacation, I would've wanted to try a different mode of...
Kagi Blog
We moved mountains (of cotton) to deliver on our promise
Dear Kagi Community, Remember those t-shirts we promised ( https://blog.kagi.com/celebrating-20k ) ?...
3 months ago
Dear Kagi Community, Remember those t-shirts we promised ( https://blog.kagi.com/celebrating-20k ) ? Well, hold onto your search bars, because they’re finally ready to ship! TL;DR: Kagi Store ( https://store.kagi.com ).
PostHog's RSS Feed
In-depth: PostHog vs Mixpanel
Want to know how PostHog and Mixpanel are different? If you remember nothing else, remember these...
over a year ago
Want to know how PostHog and Mixpanel are different? If you remember nothing else, remember these two points: Mixpanel is a product analytics tool…
David Heinemeier...
Chart the course, set the pace, hold the line
I break the essential responsibilities of the company executive into three distinct buckets. They...
9 months ago
I break the essential responsibilities of the company executive into three distinct buckets. They are:
1. Chart the course
Where are we going? What are we building? Who is it for? Any executive running anything has to know the answer to these questions in order to lead anyone...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Getting Senpai To Notice You
How to break the cold start problem in content creation as a new entrant to any field, and getting...
over a year ago
How to break the cold start problem in content creation as a new entrant to any field, and getting the leaders of that field to at least read your writing and know your name.
Chris Nicholas
Which blend mode?
This guide explains the basics behind each blend mode, and offers a number of practical examples for...
over a year ago
This guide explains the basics behind each blend mode, and offers a number of practical examples for use in the wild.
HTMHell
Improving User Experience for Multilingual Web Browsing
by Anastasiia Batarei
Today, I’d like to talk about the experience of browsing websites where...
3 weeks ago
by Anastasiia Batarei
Today, I’d like to talk about the experience of browsing websites where content is fully or partially in a language different from the user’s native one. This situation is common for users navigating government portals or local service providers in a country...
Daniel Miessler
News & Analysis | NO. 348
over a year ago
macwright.com
Recently
Well, I missed a Recently post on January 1st, so scratch
any other resolutions, I’ll just live my...
11 months ago
Well, I missed a Recently post on January 1st, so scratch
any other resolutions, I’ll just live my life.
Reading
In loving memory of the square checkbox
is the kind of UX rant I’m there for. Interfaces that have
different behaviors should look different, and familiar styles
are...
Tinloof - Blog
Tinloof design principles
Tinloof focuses on key principles to consistently create pleasant and practical designs.
We're not...
a year ago
Tinloof focuses on key principles to consistently create pleasant and practical designs.
We're not tied to any specific style - Swiss, Linear-like, neobrutalism, a certain typography or color palette.
Instead, we stick to basics that make our process smooth, please our users,...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The 8 Jobs of Management
Recently, John Cutler...
over a year ago
Recently, John Cutler [tweeted](https://twitter.com/johncutlefish/status/1533661807029563392?s=21&t=WJORvdw2EyoLB1ChjQ8NpA) a chart on the view of management:
PostHog's RSS Feed
In-depth: ClickHouse vs Redshift
We've written extensively comparing ClickHouse to other analytical databases, including Google...
a year ago
We've written extensively comparing ClickHouse to other analytical databases, including Google BigQuery , Elastic , and Apache Druid . Most of…
Tony Finch's blog
Popcorn
Another recent food obsession!
I think the instigation was a YouTube food video which led me to...
a year ago
Another recent food obsession!
I think the instigation was a YouTube food video which led me to try
making popcorn at home from scratch with Nico. It was enormous fun!
And several weeks later it’s still really entertaining to make
(especially when a stray kernel pops after I take...
bt RSS Feed
Being More Efficient as a Designer and Developer
Being More Efficient as a Designer and Developer
2019-09-28
I recently began working on a small side...
over a year ago
Being More Efficient as a Designer and Developer
2019-09-28
I recently began working on a small side project (a marketing site / blog for an upcoming UX book I’m writing, but I have nothing to promote yet - sorry) and found myself circling around different static site generators...
Joel Gascoigne
Work harder on yourself than you do on your startup
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> "Work harder...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
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* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
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> "Work harder on yourself than you do on your job." - Jim Rohn
A long time ago, I came across the amazing quote above, which was said often by
Jim Rohn. It stook in my mind, and as the years
the jsomers.net blog
Most book clubs are doing it wrong
The standard way to run a book club is to have everybody finish the book before meeting to talk...
over a year ago
The standard way to run a book club is to have everybody finish the book before meeting to talk about it. You have one meeting per book. The discussion goes on for one or two hours before it runs out of gas, and then the group picks the next book, and you agree to meet […]
Computer Things
Logic for Programmers now in early access!
I am delighted to announce that Logic for Programmers is now available for purchase! While still in...
5 months ago
I am delighted to announce that Logic for Programmers is now available for purchase! While still in early access, it's almost 20,000 words, has 30 exercises, and covers a wide variety of logic applications:
Property testing
Functional correctness and contracts
Formal...
Lennart Koopmann
Moving to Mastodon
After the recent events of Elon Musk taking over, I and many others started using Mastodon and...
over a year ago
After the recent events of Elon Musk taking over, I and many others started using Mastodon and reduced Twitter activity. I avoid calling this a "switch" because I do not plan to remove my account on Twitter.
Making software...
Modern Improvements for Default Browser Styles
Modern Improvements for Default Browser Styles
2021-11-09
This website almost exclusively uses the...
over a year ago
Modern Improvements for Default Browser Styles
2021-11-09
This website almost exclusively uses the browser's (whichever one that might be) default styling to render it's HTML. I firmly believe, and have stated in a previous post, that the default HTML styling across all browsers...
A Smart Bear
The Lindy Effect on startup potential
On average, you're halfway to your final destination. How, then, do we not only double from here,...
6 months ago
On average, you're halfway to your final destination. How, then, do we not only double from here, but 10x?
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware November, 2022
The Ware for November 2022 is shown below. A grounded guard ring is placed around some of the most...
over a year ago
The Ware for November 2022 is shown below. A grounded guard ring is placed around some of the most sensitive analog traces; I would love it if someone could teach me why the soldermask is removed for these guard rings. I imagine there must be some motivation to retain this motif...
Ink & Switch
05 · Edit groups
“Formality on demand” allows writers to choose the level of structure they want in their...
10 months ago
“Formality on demand” allows writers to choose the level of structure they want in their collaboration, and avoid needless ceremony.
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, March 2023
The Ware for March 2023 is shown below: Thank again to spida for submitting this ware. I was...
a year ago
The Ware for March 2023 is shown below: Thank again to spida for submitting this ware. I was certainly stumped when I first saw it! Again, some very big “clues” are not shown, which I will add to the post later if it turns out to be too difficult to guess.
TokyoDev
A Horrifying User Experience
After years of living in a cramped Tokyo apartment, I'm going to move to a slightly more spacious...
over a year ago
After years of living in a cramped Tokyo apartment, I'm going to move to a slightly more spacious one. Finding an apartment went smoother than I could have imagined, and in half-a-day, I had found a new apartment. The following day I set out to take care of the tasks surrounding...
Nelson's Weblog
Cronometer is a good food diary
Recently I switched to a new calorie counting app, Cronometer. I’m quite happy with it.
It’s a huge...
a year ago
Recently I switched to a new calorie counting app, Cronometer. I’m quite happy with it.
It’s a huge improvement over MyFitnessPal (MFP) or Lose It and is not exploitative
like Noom.
The key improvement with Cronometer is accuracy,
particularly good data
sources for nutrition...
bt RSS Feed
The X220 ThinkPad is the Best Laptop in the World
The X220 ThinkPad is the Best Laptop in the World
2023-09-26
The X220 ThinkPad is the greatest...
a year ago
The X220 ThinkPad is the Best Laptop in the World
2023-09-26
The X220 ThinkPad is the greatest laptop ever made and you’re wrong if you think otherwise. No laptop hardware has since surpassed the nearly perfect build of the X220. New devices continue to get thinner and more...
A Beautiful Site
Shoelace.style — A back to the basics CSS starter kit
I spent some time last week working on a free CSS boilerplate I'm calling Shoelace.css. It's kinda...
over a year ago
I spent some time last week working on a free CSS boilerplate I'm calling Shoelace.css. It's kinda like Bootstrap, but a lot leaner and pure CSS. You don't need a preprocessor like Sass or Less to use it, but it's still highly customizable with CSS variables.
I'm calling Shoelace...
PostHog's RSS Feed
In-depth: PostHog vs Amplitude
Contents: How is PostHog different to Amplitude? PostHog vs Amplitude feature comparison...
over a year ago
Contents: How is PostHog different to Amplitude? PostHog vs Amplitude feature comparison Integrations and data sources Strengths of PostHog Strengths…
bt RSS Feed
Setting Up Fathom Analytics with Netlify
Setting Up Fathom Analytics with Netlify
2021-01-19
It’s no secret that I’m passionate about open...
over a year ago
Setting Up Fathom Analytics with Netlify
2021-01-19
It’s no secret that I’m passionate about open source software, but I’m also extremely adamant about protecting the privacy of all users across the web. So when I decided to implement analytics on my own personal website, I ended...
alexwlchan
The surprising utility of a Flickr URL parser →
As part of my work at the Flickr Foundation, I wrote a little Python library that can be used to...
7 months ago
As part of my work at the Flickr Foundation, I wrote a little Python library that can be used to parse Flickr URLs.
For example:
$ flickr_url_parser 'https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4727552068/'
{"type": "single_photo", "photo_id": "4727552068"}
This started...
Alex MacCaw
The six principles of lifestyle businesses
Let's talk about what makes a great lifestyle business.
over a year ago
Let's talk about what makes a great lifestyle business.
PostHog's RSS Feed
PostHog teams up with Altinity
That’s right, we’re teaming up with Altinity . It’s an exciting new partnership that also marks the...
over a year ago
That’s right, we’re teaming up with Altinity . It’s an exciting new partnership that also marks the launch of the PostHog Marketplace . Double…
bt RSS Feed
Animated Radio Tab Toggles
Animated Radio Tab Toggles
2021-01-05
In this demo tutorial, we are making the assumption that we...
over a year ago
Animated Radio Tab Toggles
2021-01-05
In this demo tutorial, we are making the assumption that we need to create a radio slide toggle for our made-up payment options. For this we want to display 3 simple payment choices to the user:
One-time payment
Recurring payment
Free tier...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Slowmad Q&A
The other thing about [Netlify Year One](https://www.swyx.io/writing/netlify-year-one) that people...
over a year ago
The other thing about [Netlify Year One](https://www.swyx.io/writing/netlify-year-one) that people are generally interested in is my experience of remote work. As I put it [recently](https://mobile.twitter.com/swyx/status/1154916667606130689):
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Software is What We Learned Along the Way
Trent absolutely nails it:
[the why is] where I provide the most value as a designer. I am not...
a year ago
Trent absolutely nails it:
[the why is] where I provide the most value as a designer. I am not merely the picker of fonts, the dropper of shadows, the executor of deliverables. My greatest value as a designer lies in orchestrating the process and gathering insights — applying...
Charles Chen
Merging Objects in Google Cloud Storage with Compose and C#
Manage large sets of data using a nifty feature of Google Cloud Storage
5 months ago
Manage large sets of data using a nifty feature of Google Cloud Storage
bt RSS Feed
Schools Should Be Using Open Source Software
Schools Should Be Using Open Source Software
2022-05-30
I firmly believe that proprietary software...
over a year ago
Schools Should Be Using Open Source Software
2022-05-30
I firmly believe that proprietary software has no business in any school environment. Educational institutions lean heavily on Windows systems in the name of “security” or “easier platform management”. This approach forces...
swyx's site RSS Feed
How to allow popups in dynamically created webviews in Electron.js
My smol menubar project utilizes Electron's special webview tag to dynamically generate a list of...
a year ago
My smol menubar project utilizes Electron's special webview tag to dynamically generate a list of sub browser windows for chat. For the last couple months I've had an issue with the SSO popups in this, namely that they just don't work at all, presumably because Electron blocks...
Writing - Andreas...
Writing summaries is more important than reading more books
One thing I’ve learned over time is to read fewer books but to take the
time to write summaries...
a year ago
One thing I’ve learned over time is to read fewer books but to take the
time to write summaries for the good ones. The ROI of spending 2h writing a
synopsis is much higher than spending those 2h powering through the next
book on your list. Reading is not about page count or...
ntietz.com blog
Different topologies for an org chart, wrong answers only
Traditionally, an org chart is represented as a tree.
You start at the top with the root of the...
a year ago
Traditionally, an org chart is represented as a tree.
You start at the top with the root of the tree, probably the CEO.
And then everything comes down from there hierarchically.
It doesn't have to be that way, though!
We can imagine other topologies for companies which would...
somenice
Mammoth Mountain Logo
Ooof. Hard to believe this would have passed all the checks and balances to get appropriated...
a year ago
Ooof. Hard to believe this would have passed all the checks and balances to get appropriated approved. It’s not a stretch to say that a California ski resort has naively combined two M’s to form a crown but to outright copy a symbol used repeatedly by one of the highest selling...
PostHog's RSS Feed
The state of plugins on PostHog
Update (May 2022): Plugins are now known as apps ! The plugin server has become an integral part...
over a year ago
Update (May 2022): Plugins are now known as apps ! The plugin server has become an integral part of PostHog, as it is responsible for event…
Josh Comeau's blog
Animating the Unanimatable
An in-depth look at the surprisingly complicated problem of animating the transition when two items...
over a year ago
An in-depth look at the surprisingly complicated problem of animating the transition when two items in a list swap positions.
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Idioms as Code
This is silly.
I wrote code depicting common idioms. You read the code and try to guess the...
11 months ago
This is silly.
I wrote code depicting common idioms. You read the code and try to guess the idiom.
Answers are below the code (and, for clients viewing in supported readers, appear upside down like a children’s book).
pen > sword
>>> true
The pen is mightier than the...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Gratitude For a Web That Tries Not to Break
Chris wrote a response to my wondering-out-loud remarks about whether logical properties make CSS...
a year ago
Chris wrote a response to my wondering-out-loud remarks about whether logical properties make CSS easier to learn.
His response is great. And his tabular comparison of properties is short and concise and punchy in the way only Chris Coyier can reason about CSS.
His post actually...
swyx's site RSS Feed
What drives Optimal Overhead?
The biggest unanswered question in the study of systems.
over a year ago
The biggest unanswered question in the study of systems.
General Robots
Tech Debt
When people start working on General Purpose Robots there is a tendency to try to make sure that...
a year ago
When people start working on General Purpose Robots there is a tendency to try to make sure that everything they do is Fully General Purpose And Future Proof. They have grand visions and world changing ambitions. Those make it seem like they should be building grand software, to...
blag
MongoDB secondary only index
This short post will show how to add a secondary only index in a MongoDB replica set
over a year ago
This short post will show how to add a secondary only index in a MongoDB replica set
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
HTML Web Components: An Example
In my article on HTML web components, I said:
But the unique power of web components (in the...
a year ago
In my article on HTML web components, I said:
But the unique power of web components (in the browser) is that they can render before JavaScript. React components cannot do this — full stop.
There’s a lot in there I wanted to explain more in-depth, but I just never go to it.
Then...
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
How I reverse engineered Notion API
Notion is a great tool for writing but the content is trapped inside the web app.
The company is...
over a year ago
Notion is a great tool for writing but the content is trapped inside the web app.
The company is working on an official API but I’m impatient.
This article describes how I reverse engineered their API and created a Go library notionapi.
It all began with a failure.
My...
Marco.org
In-App Purchase Rules
A summary of today’s changes to 3.1.3 Other Purchase Methods:
Your app must use Apple’s...
over a year ago
A summary of today’s changes to 3.1.3 Other Purchase Methods:
Your app must use Apple’s in-app-purchase (IAP) system for all purchases made in the app.
Unless they’re purchases for goods or services that are consumed outside the app, in which case you are prohibited from using...
Irrational...
Constraints on giving feedback.
Back when I was managing at Digg and Uber, I spent a lot of time delivering feedback to my...
8 months ago
Back when I was managing at Digg and Uber, I spent a lot of time delivering feedback to my management chain about issues in our organization. My intentions were good, but I alienated my management chain without accomplishing much. I also shared my concerns with my team, which I...
bt RSS Feed
Build and Deploy Websites Automatically with Git
Build and Deploy Websites Automatically with Git
2024-09-20
I recently began the process of setting...
3 months ago
Build and Deploy Websites Automatically with Git
2024-09-20
I recently began the process of setting up my self-hosted1 cgit server as my main code forge. Updating repos via cgit on NearlyFreeSpeech on its own has been simple enough, but it lacked the “wow-factor” of having some...
Vadim Kravcenko
My coworker rewrote all my code, what should I do?
Dear Robert, The short answer is — stop getting attached to your code. Now lets continue to a more...
10 months ago
Dear Robert, The short answer is — stop getting attached to your code. Now lets continue to a more detailed […]
The post My coworker rewrote all my code, what should I do? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Words and Buttons...
[e-book] So You Think You Know C? And TenMore Short Essays on Programming Languages
Can’t say that running away from complexity was a smart thing to do. It was definitely not the most...
over a year ago
Can’t say that running away from complexity was a smart thing to do. It was definitely not the most productive way to create software. The journey, however, has taught me a few things so it was not a complete waste of time either.
This book is a reflection of these lessons. It...
Epic Web Dev
Skip SDKs in Simple Integrations (article)
When dealing with APIs, SDKs can lead to cognitive overhead and complexity. Make sure the SDK is...
7 months ago
When dealing with APIs, SDKs can lead to cognitive overhead and complexity. Make sure the SDK is worth the trade-offs.
The Codist
Has Anyone Noticed How Bloated The Internet Has Become?
I was on a cruise recently, and trying to read anything online was painful since thousands shared my...
a year ago
I was on a cruise recently, and trying to read anything online was painful since thousands shared my internet connection at sea. Reading a relatively lightweight site like Google News generally gave me time to get an ice cream cone before the page appeared.
Has everyone abandoned...
bt RSS Feed
Setting Up Pi-Hole with Eero on Starlink
Setting Up Pi-Hole with Eero on Starlink
2024-07-24
A couple years ago I wrote about setting up a...
5 months ago
Setting Up Pi-Hole with Eero on Starlink
2024-07-24
A couple years ago I wrote about setting up a standard pi-hole server with eero WiFi but since that time I have swapped out my “cell tower” internet for Starlink. The speed improvement has been incredible and there is no looking...
Steve Klabnik
"The Expressive C++17 Coding Challenge" in Rust
over a year ago
ntietz.com blog
Decaf is good, actually
We have made decaf a villain.
We often malign decaf coffee and those who drink it.
"No thanks, give...
9 months ago
We have made decaf a villain.
We often malign decaf coffee and those who drink it.
"No thanks, give me the good stuff."
"Death before decaf."
"Decaf isn't coffee."
It has this reputation that it's bad and that coffee people avoid it.
And yet, if you drink decaf, you're a true...
Josh Comeau's blog
The World of CSS Transforms
The “transform” property is such a powerful part of the CSS language! In this blog post, we'll take...
over a year ago
The “transform” property is such a powerful part of the CSS language! In this blog post, we'll take a deep look at this property and see some of the nifty things it can do.
A Beautiful Site
Tips for the aspiring web developer
So you want to be a web developer...excellent choice! It's a very rewarding position that can be a...
over a year ago
So you want to be a web developer...excellent choice! It's a very rewarding position that can be a lot more fun than most other programming jobs. However, before you take the plunge into a career in web development, there are a few things you should probably consider.
A different...
Steve Klabnik
Upgrading from Rust 0.5 to 0.6
over a year ago
macwright.com
patch-package can bail you out of some bad situations by
Let’s say you’re running some web application and suddenly you hit a bug in one of your...
a year ago
Let’s say you’re running some web application and suddenly you hit a bug in one of your dependencies. It’s all deployed, lots of people are seeing the downtime, but you can’t just push an update because the bug is in something you’ve installed from npm.
Remember patch-package....
Julia Evans
How do Nix builds work?
Hello! For some reason after the last nix post I got nerdsniped by trying to understand how Nix...
a year ago
Hello! For some reason after the last nix post I got nerdsniped by trying to understand how Nix builds
work under the hood, so here’s a quick exploration I did today. There are probably some mistakes in here.
I started by complaining on Mastodon:
are there any guides to nix that...
bt RSS Feed
Click to Load Website Images
Click to Load Website Images
2021-03-25
In my previous post about switching my Jekyll blog over to...
over a year ago
Click to Load Website Images
2021-03-25
In my previous post about switching my Jekyll blog over to PHPetite, I briefly mentioned how I only loaded in article images if the user clicked or tapped the empty file element.
In this post, I’m going to quickly breakdown the update I’ve...
Ognjen Regoje •...
What if I spent exactly two hours on each post
Over the past year, the backlog of things I wanted to write had piled up. But my free time had...
a year ago
Over the past year, the backlog of things I wanted to write had piled up. But my free time had dwindled.
So, in the interest of being prolific and producing content that I can iterate and learn from, at the start of the year I decided that this year I would not spend more than...
Blog - Bitfield...
What is 'iota' in Go?
iota is a neat feature of Go that lets us create “enums”: lists of
constants with arbitrary...
8 months ago
iota is a neat feature of Go that lets us create “enums”: lists of
constants with arbitrary values. Let’s find out how to use iota, with this
quick tutorial.
Daniel Immke's Blog...
Beginner interaction design with Principle
Earlier this year when I was designing this site, I had a bit of a problem: I wanted to go above and...
over a year ago
Earlier this year when I was designing this site, I had a bit of a problem: I wanted to go above and beyond with the animations and…
Ralph Ammer
What is a picture?
This article gives a phenomenological definition of what a picture is.
The post What is a picture?...
over a year ago
This article gives a phenomenological definition of what a picture is.
The post What is a picture? appeared first on Ralph Ammer.
Dan Slimmon
Leading incidents when you’re junior
If you’re a junior engineer at a software company, you might be required to be on call for the...
6 months ago
If you’re a junior engineer at a software company, you might be required to be on call for the systems your team owns. Which means you’ll eventually be called upon to lead an incident response. And since incidents don’t care what your org chart looks like, fate may place you in...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How to measure product engagement
Product engagement is the most important factor when it comes to driving retention and revenue for...
over a year ago
Product engagement is the most important factor when it comes to driving retention and revenue for your business. Though it seems easy to view success…
Identity Designed
BERA
Designed by How&How, London & Lisbon.
over a year ago
Designed by How&How, London & Lisbon.
Kevin Chen
Speeding up code with vectorization
I’ve been writing a lot of math code with latency requirements these days. When
I talk to people...
over a year ago
I’ve been writing a lot of math code with latency requirements these days. When
I talk to people about my problems, they usually suggest multithreading and
general-purpose GPU computing.
These both have downsides. Multithreading might not be the best option in
systems that...
the singularity is...
The Soul
ugh the deep state didn’t come for me I just realized that what gets engagement is so boring. you...
a month ago
ugh the deep state didn’t come for me I just realized that what gets engagement is so boring. you wish there was a deep state that came for me. then at least there would be some adults in the room.
I used to fantasize about being or kissing Skrillex
the whole album is bangers...
ntietz.com blog
Scheduling visits from the muse
Eight years ago, I decided to start a blog.
For most of the life of my blog, it was relatively...
a year ago
Eight years ago, I decided to start a blog.
For most of the life of my blog, it was relatively inactive.
And then, I just started pumping out a lot more blog posts in 2022 while attending the Recurse Center.
What changed?
I stopped relying on visits from the muse, and started...
somenice
Post-Twitter
Every so often I’m motivated to move my online content in-house. With todays purchase of Twitter my...
over a year ago
Every so often I’m motivated to move my online content in-house. With todays purchase of Twitter my intent to “own” my content has been renewed. I’m going to clean up my old Feedly RSS subscriptions and try posting here a bit more frequently.You can subscribe if you like –...
Steve Klabnik
A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
over a year ago
Steve Klabnik
The self improvement pomodoro
over a year ago
A Smart Bear
The practical application of "Rocks, Pebbles, Sand"
You’ve probably seen this analogy before, but many real-world complications get in the way of...
over a year ago
You’ve probably seen this analogy before, but many real-world complications get in the way of actually doing it. It’s not just about how big tasks are, but about using different frameworks to prioritize each, and following certain guidelines about how to construct sprints.
swyx's site RSS Feed
How to use SvelteKit with Netlify Forms
a simple tutorial
over a year ago
alexwlchan
The Collected Works of Ian Flemingo
On Monday evening, about two hundred Mincefluencers descended on the Fortune Theatre for “Operation...
11 months ago
On Monday evening, about two hundred Mincefluencers descended on the Fortune Theatre for “Operation Human Thermos”, a fan gathering to celebrate Operation Mincemeat, a musical that gives us all the warm and fuzzies.
A lot of people dressed in cosplay to mark the occasion, and I...
A Beautiful Site
How to get the dominant colors of an image with Color Thief
You know how Dribbble shows a color palette for each shot users upload? They always look perfect...
over a year ago
You know how Dribbble shows a color palette for each shot users upload? They always look perfect right? Here's a tool that can give you the same quality results using pure JavaScript.
I played with Color Thief a few months ago but surprisingly never posted about it. For me,...
Nelson's Weblog
The Transcantábrico Train
We recently took the Transcantábrico, a week
long luxury train trip across Northern Spain. It was...
a year ago
We recently took the Transcantábrico, a week
long luxury train trip across Northern Spain. It was great! Like a
cruise but on a train. We did something similar in India in
2015 and it’s an interesting way to travel. Some photos here.
The Transcantábrico goes across a part of...
ntietz.com blog
A student asked how I keep us innovative. I don't.
Last week, I did a Q&A session for a friend's security class.
One of the students asked a question...
a year ago
Last week, I did a Q&A session for a friend's security class.
One of the students asked a question that I loved.
They asked something like, "As a principal engineer, how do you make sure your company stays at the forefront of innovation?"
There are two reasons I love this...
A Smart Bear
Distributed Logical Time
Properly ordering events in time is notoriously difficult in distributed systems. This algorithm is...
over a year ago
Properly ordering events in time is notoriously difficult in distributed systems. This algorithm is a simple, decentralized, scalable, constant-memory mechanism for independent replicas to record events in time, such that “happened-before” is preserved in almost all cases.
Josh Collinsworth
Follow-up: the Glove80 after six months
A followup on my previous first impressions post, with an update on how the Glove80 ergonomic split...
9 months ago
A followup on my previous first impressions post, with an update on how the Glove80 ergonomic split keyboard has been after about six months of daily use.
Epic Web Dev
The Drawbacks of Bundling All CSS Files Together (tip)
Discover the drawbacks of bundling all CSS files together and why it's recommended to use separate...
a year ago
Discover the drawbacks of bundling all CSS files together and why it's recommended to use separate style sheets for better control and performance.
The History of the...
Beware the cloud of hype
We don't know how this AI thing will turn out, but there is much to be learned from the cycles of...
7 months ago
We don't know how this AI thing will turn out, but there is much to be learned from the cycles of hype that have already occurred on the web.
The post Beware the cloud of hype appeared first on The History of the Web.
bt RSS Feed
Simple Navigation Setup in Jekyll 3.9.0
Simple Navigation Setup in Jekyll 3.9.0
2020-09-29
I have found that there is a lot of information...
over a year ago
Simple Navigation Setup in Jekyll 3.9.0
2020-09-29
I have found that there is a lot of information on the internet in regards to setting up “dynamic” navigation in Jekyll. The problem I’ve noticed is that a good amount of these implementations are overly complex. Here is the...
Josh Comeau's blog
A Friendly Introduction to Spring Physics
Of all the little tips and techniques I've picked up over the years about animation, spring physics...
over a year ago
Of all the little tips and techniques I've picked up over the years about animation, spring physics remains one of the most powerful and flexible. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to harness their power to build fluid, organic transitions.
HTMHell
#18 main divigation
Context: The main navigation of a personal website.
Bad code
<div class="nav">
<div>
...
over a year ago
Context: The main navigation of a personal website.
Bad code
<div class="nav">
<div>
<div>about</div>
<div>thoughts</div>
</div>
</div>
Issues and how to fix them
The <div> element is an element of last resort, for when no other element is suitable. Use of the <div>...
TokyoDev
The Best Resources for Entrepreneurial Developers
My background is as a developer, but I've been running my own business since 2008. For advice about...
over a year ago
My background is as a developer, but I've been running my own business since 2008. For advice about business, I've always found other entrepreneurial developers are the best source, as they tend to have faced similar challenges to my own. If you're a developer starting your own...
Vadim Kravcenko
How to build a community around your SaaS
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help...
over a year ago
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help early-stage founders tackle the […]
The post How to build a community around your SaaS appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
TokyoDev
Recruiting Developers Through Conferences
Conferences bring together passionate developers, typically around a specific technology such as a...
over a year ago
Conferences bring together passionate developers, typically around a specific technology such as a programming language like Ruby. This makes them the perfect place to recruit developers for your company. This article outlines how a company can get the most value out of these...
Making software...
Replacing My Eero Mesh Network with Two Mangos
Replacing My Eero Mesh Network with Two Mangos
2023-03-09
It has been one week since I retired my...
a year ago
Replacing My Eero Mesh Network with Two Mangos
2023-03-09
It has been one week since I retired my Eero mesh network setup and replaced it with two Mango Mini Travel Routers (GL-MT300N-V2). There were some obvious reasons to make this switch but I was initially unsure how the...
MMapped blog
Transaction models are programming paradigms
4 months ago
TokyoDev
Service Introduction: Forkwell
One area I'm interested in is how people find jobs. The "traditional" way to find a job of sending...
over a year ago
One area I'm interested in is how people find jobs. The "traditional" way to find a job of sending out your resume to lots of companies and hoping for the best is clearly broken. Despite this, people all around the world, but especially in Japan, cling to it. So I got excited...
A Beautiful Site
Zipping multiple folders into separate zip files
Here's a bash script that will zip all folders in the current directory into...
over a year ago
Here's a bash script that will zip all folders in the current directory into separate .zip files:
for i in */; do zip -r "${i%/}.zip" "$i"; done
I had to do this to 75+ folders today and this definitely saved me some time. It works on macOS too!
The Pragmatic...
A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed
For 3 years straight, the DevTernity conference listed non-existent Coinbase employees as featured...
a year ago
For 3 years straight, the DevTernity conference listed non-existent Coinbase employees as featured speakers. When were they added and what could have the motivation been?
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Gratitude For a Web That Tries Not to Break
Chris wrote a response to my wondering-out-loud remarks about whether logical properties make CSS...
8 months ago
Chris wrote a response to my wondering-out-loud remarks about whether logical properties make CSS easier to learn.
His response is great. And his tabular comparison of properties is short and concise and punchy in the way only Chris Coyier can reason about CSS.
His post actually...
TokyoDev
Recruiters and Human Traffickers: A Short History of Employment Agencies in Japan
Japan's [Employment Security...
over a year ago
Japan's [Employment Security Act](http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/law/detail_main?id=10&vm=2&re=) requires a recruitment business to obtain a license. Failure to do so can result in imprisonment of up to a year. While I've met sleazy recruiters, sending them to prison...
PostHog's RSS Feed
Did you know AI is answering our community questions?
AI. You may have heard of it. Sure, ChatGPT is pretty cool, but when it comes to AI chatbots that...
3 months ago
AI. You may have heard of it. Sure, ChatGPT is pretty cool, but when it comes to AI chatbots that try to replace a human in a product support context…
Josh Comeau's blog
You Don’t Need a UI Framework
As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap....
over a year ago
As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap. Seems like a great way to outsource design and save a bunch of time, right? In my experience, this is an unrealistic expectation, and things don’t quite work out that way.
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Looping Through Jekyll Collections
Looping Through Jekyll Collections
2022-08-12
I recently needed to add a couple new items to my...
over a year ago
Looping Through Jekyll Collections
2022-08-12
I recently needed to add a couple new items to my wife’s personal recipe website (cookingwith.casa) which I hadn’t touched in quite a while. The Jekyll build still worked fine, but I realized I was statically adding each collection by...
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My New Mac Setup (2018-2020)
quick checklist for setting up a new macbook
over a year ago
quick checklist for setting up a new macbook
PostHog's RSS Feed
Why we're giving away 100 times more cloud usage, free
Today, we're announcing that we're giving away 1 million ingested events/month on Cloud , for free....
over a year ago
Today, we're announcing that we're giving away 1 million ingested events/month on Cloud , for free. That's up from 10k/month that we were offering…
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Avoiding Flash of Unthemed Code
If your site has a dark mode or custom theme, you might have a flash of the default theme before...
over a year ago
If your site has a dark mode or custom theme, you might have a flash of the default theme before JavaScript loads. Here is the solution.
Making software...
Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog
Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog
2021-09-08
With my recent switch back to WordPress, and...
over a year ago
Create a Performance-Focused WordPress Blog
2021-09-08
With my recent switch back to WordPress, and having read Kev Quirk’s latest post about Core Web Vitals, I wanted to make sure my blog still prioritized speed and performance above all else. I’m happy to say that I have...
Blog - Bitfield...
Functional programming in Go
Thanks to generics, there are some interesting new ways to program in Go.
This article explains...
5 months ago
Thanks to generics, there are some interesting new ways to program in Go.
This article explains how we can use functional programming techniques like
Map, Filter, and Reduce, and what kind of problems they might help us to
solve.
Identity Designed
Bright Barley
Designed by ALLGOOD, Leeds.
over a year ago
Designed by ALLGOOD, Leeds.
General Robots
Bonus: Art Process
Talkin' 'bout doodles
a year ago
A Smart Bear
No wait, of course THAT is the single most important SaaS metric
Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
2 months ago
Is it LTV? Retention? NRR? Magic Number? Rule of 40? Or: Do you need to un-ask the question.
ntietz.com blog
Fiction as a lens into technological change
The world is changing right now.
We don't know just how much yet, but LLMs are having a major impact...
a year ago
The world is changing right now.
We don't know just how much yet, but LLMs are having a major impact on almost every field, and we could see anything from minor efficiency gains to catastrophic AI apocalypses to mass disruption of many jobs.
The cone of possibility is wide, and...
ntietz.com blog
Drawbacks of developing in containers
It seems like everyone these days is developing in containers. Specifically, I mean running your...
over a year ago
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...
Oxide Computer...
Moore's Scofflaws
Years ago, Jeff Bezos famously quipped that "your margin is my opportunity."
This was of course...
10 months ago
Years ago, Jeff Bezos famously quipped that "your margin is my opportunity."
This was of course aimed not at Amazon’s customers, but rather its
competitors, and it was deadly serious: customers of AWS in those bygone years
will fondly remember that every re:Invent brought with it...
wingolog
needed-bits optimizations in guile
Hey all, I had a fun bug this week and want to share it with you.
First, though, some background. ...
3 months ago
Hey all, I had a fun bug this week and want to share it with you.
First, though, some background. Guile’s numeric operations are defined over the complex numbers, not
over e.g. a finite field of integers. This is generally great when
writing an algorithm, because you don’t have...
Marco.org
Low Power Mode on the Mac
Laptop battery life is decreasingly relevant to me as more airplanes offer power outlets. But...
over a year ago
Laptop battery life is decreasingly relevant to me as more airplanes offer power outlets. But sometimes you lose that lottery, as I did on my latest 8-hour daytime flight.
Apple’s “Up to 10 hours” claim doesn’t apply to my work,1 which is usually a mix of Xcode, web browsing, and...
The Pragmatic...
Amazon doubling down on RTO (return to office)
The tech giant is not blinking: after the unprecedented pushback on its 3-day return to office...
a year ago
The tech giant is not blinking: after the unprecedented pushback on its 3-day return to office policy last month, Amazon just made it clear that the policy is going ahead.
A Smart Bear
Not disruptive, and proud of it
I remember "disruptive" when it was called a "paradigm shift." You should be worrying more about...
6 months ago
I remember "disruptive" when it was called a "paradigm shift." You should be worrying more about making something people want to buy, and less about disrupting everything.
Words and Buttons...
Lagrange polynomial as a gateway drug to basis splines
This explains Lagrange polynomial: why does it run through all the points, what is the basis...
over a year ago
This explains Lagrange polynomial: why does it run through all the points, what is the basis polynomial, and how come it's a polynomial in the first place.
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Searching for The Early Founder Cadence
I've been quite inspired by David Sacks' The Cadence ever since I read it. It prescribes an...
a year ago
I've been quite inspired by David Sacks' The Cadence ever since I read it. It prescribes an operational process and ideal team structure for a 50-500 person startup - running sales, finance, product, and marketing in sync in quarterly cycles with effective communication between...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Go beyond eslint limits with these 3 tricks
My current obsession with statically checking JS code got me to appreciate eslint even more....
over a year ago
My current obsession with statically checking JS code got me to appreciate eslint even more. Recently, I've shown you how to use no-restricted-syntax to lint almost anything. Still, like any tool, eslint has its limits — often a precise rule bends eslint too much, and is not...
Tinker, Tamper,...
Auditing User Intent in Closed Source IoT Applications
(Header image under CC-BY by Gregory Varnum)Hardware-backed voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and...
over a year ago
(Header image under CC-BY by Gregory Varnum)Hardware-backed voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant have received some criticism for their handling of voice data behind the scenes. The companies had outsourced quality control/machine learning feedback to external...
Kagi Blog
Updates to Kagi pricing plans - More searches, unrestricted AI tools
We are thrilled to announce significant enhancements to our pricing plans, taking effect...
a year ago
We are thrilled to announce significant enhancements to our pricing plans, taking effect immediately.
A Smart Bear
Change: Damned if you do, damned more if you don't
Everyone wants change, but doesn't want to change. Though inevitable, change is uncomfortable and...
a year ago
Everyone wants change, but doesn't want to change. Though inevitable, change is uncomfortable and exhausting. Manage it with kindness.
General Robots
Why Build a Robot Company?
So You Want To Do Robots: Part 1
a year ago
So You Want To Do Robots: Part 1
Liz Denys
Recruitment is hard.
Recruitment is one of those things that everyone does, but everyone seems to want to do better. It's...
over a year ago
Recruitment is one of those things that everyone does, but everyone seems to want to do better. It's also the kind of thing that is challenging: it's complicated, it's tiring, and it's personal.
Even if the {company, organization, student group} you're recruiting for has...
Basta’s Notes
All the bullshit I did as a kid (part 1?)
My first computer, and the first computer I called a server
11 months ago
My first computer, and the first computer I called a server
A Beautiful Site
The Term "Headless Component" is a Misnomer
You've likely heard the term "headless component" tossed around. The idea is you get solid,...
a year ago
You've likely heard the term "headless component" tossed around. The idea is you get solid, accessible components without any styles. A clean slate to style from scratch! But the structure (bones) and logic (head) are there. You're mostly adding styles.
They should be called...
Alex Meub
Controlling Wemo Smart Plugs with Arduino
«««< HEAD
Smart outlets are great. I’ve owned Belkin Wemo Mini smart plugs for years and used them...
over a year ago
«««< HEAD
Smart outlets are great. I’ve owned Belkin Wemo Mini smart plugs for years and used them for controlling lighting and fans. I thought it would be cool to control my Wemo plugs using a physical button (in addition to my phone). In many situations, a button is faster than...
ntietz.com blog
The most important goal in designing software is understandability
When you're designing a piece of software, the single most important thing to design for is...
11 months ago
When you're designing a piece of software, the single most important thing to design for is understandability.
Security, performance, and correctness are all important, but they come after understandability.
Don't get me wrong, all of those are important.
Software that isn't...
The History of the...
Filling gaps with a polyfill
In the early 2000s, Web 2.0 prompted new web standards, HTML5 and CSS3. Developers used 'shims' and...
10 months ago
In the early 2000s, Web 2.0 prompted new web standards, HTML5 and CSS3. Developers used 'shims' and 'polyfills' for browser compatibility, fostering innovation.
The post Filling gaps with a polyfill appeared first on The History of the Web.
Letters of Note
I miss you so very much, Ryan
In December of 1984, 13-year-old Ryan White was given 6 months to live after contracting AIDS during...
over a year ago
In December of 1984, 13-year-old Ryan White was given 6 months to live after contracting AIDS during a contaminated treatment for hemophilia, a blood condition with which he had lived since birth. By June of 1985, keen to resume as normal a lifestyle as possible, Ryan attempted...
Confessions of a...
Video: Architecture of Groq's LPU & Why is it so Fast?
This last Sunday we did a live session on Groq’s LPU and after that many people reached out to me...
9 months ago
This last Sunday we did a live session on Groq’s LPU and after that many people reached out to me for the recording of the session.
Elad Blog
Startup Markets, Summer 2022 Edition
About a month ago, I wrote a tweet storm on the changing startup financing and employment...
over a year ago
About a month ago, I wrote a tweet storm on the changing startup financing and employment environment. This blog captures aspects of that tweet storm and some of its predictions and extends them further. Like all predictions this is what I view as a highly likely scenario versus...
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Keynote Slides with Pure CSS
Keynote Slides with Pure CSS
2020-06-22
There are a great deal of options available on the web and...
over a year ago
Keynote Slides with Pure CSS
2020-06-22
There are a great deal of options available on the web and built into most operating systems when you need to create presentation / keynote slides. You could use native software like LibremOffice Impress, Powerpoint, Apple’s Keynote, etc....
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After the HN launch
PostHog launched on Hacker News . We were pleased with the reception. The reason we launched wasn’t...
over a year ago
PostHog launched on Hacker News . We were pleased with the reception. The reason we launched wasn’t trying to get the world’s attention – we wanted to…
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
RSC, Localfirst, and Coordination Between Multiple Computers
Dan Abramov gave a talk at ReactConf called “React for two computers” (starts at ~5:14:00) which...
7 months ago
Dan Abramov gave a talk at ReactConf called “React for two computers” (starts at ~5:14:00) which gives the conceptual background around how the team came up with the idea for React Server Components (RSC)[1].
I found the talk intriguing. It’s like watching someone take something...
Remains of the Day
TikTok and the Sorting Hat
I often describe myself as a cultural determinist, more as a way to differentiate myself from people...
over a year ago
I often describe myself as a cultural determinist, more as a way to differentiate myself from people with other dominant worldviews, though I am not a strict adherent. It’s more that in many situations when people ascribe causal power to something other than culture, I’m...
David Heinemeier...
Imperfections create connections
The engine is in wrong place in a Porsche 911. It's hanging out the back, swinging the car like a...
8 months ago
The engine is in wrong place in a Porsche 911. It's hanging out the back, swinging the car like a pendulum. And that's key to why it's the most iconic sports car ever made. This fundamental imperfection is part of how it creates the connection.
This is true of mechanical watches...
blag
Recurse Center Day 14: NoSQL Transactions
I learned how using MongoDB was fatal for a startup
over a year ago
I learned how using MongoDB was fatal for a startup
Ink & Switch
08 · History and diffs with Automerge
Version control capabilities like history, branching, and diffs are enabled by the Automerge CRDT...
9 months ago
Version control capabilities like history, branching, and diffs are enabled by the Automerge CRDT library.
alexwlchan
Documenting my DNS records
I had to change some of my DNS records recently, a phrase which strikes fear into the heart of...
7 months ago
I had to change some of my DNS records recently, a phrase which strikes fear into the heart of sysadmins everywhere.
It all went fine, but I definitely felt like I was playing with fire.
My current domain registrar is Hover, and the only way I can manage my domains is through a...
Elad Blog
The False Narrative Around Theranos
One of the interesting aspects of the Theranos trial is the degree to which some folks are buying...
over a year ago
One of the interesting aspects of the Theranos trial is the degree to which some folks are buying into part of the defense's narrative that "Theranos was just acting like every Silicon Valley startup". This is of course blatantly false, but it is being adopted as some form of...
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Do You Have an Extra $10?
Do You Have an Extra $10?
2022-11-23
As software designers and developers, think of all the little...
over a year ago
Do You Have an Extra $10?
2022-11-23
As software designers and developers, think of all the little things that we spend $10 on. Maybe it’s a couple coffees over the course of a week. Maybe it’s a TV streaming subscription. Maybe it’s an impulse buy while we’re out shopping for...
HTMHell
Table Like It's 2023
In this article:
Hello, Website Builders!
A little history
What is a table?
Who benefits from...
over a year ago
In this article:
Hello, Website Builders!
A little history
What is a table?
Who benefits from tables?
What does a table look like?
What does a table sound and feel like?
(Re)learning tables (1994 - 2022)
WCAG levels unlocked
When tables get complicated
Go forth, and make good...
David Heinemeier...
Google Cloud cuts egress and promotes cloud exits
The absurd egress fees charged by major hyperscalers have been one of the biggest impediments for...
11 months ago
The absurd egress fees charged by major hyperscalers have been one of the biggest impediments for companies to leave the cloud. We’ve been preparing for our own departure from AWS S3 at 37signals, and the price for taking our data elsewhere is in the crazy-land region of...
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Array 1.33.0
Introducing a full multivariate Experimentation suite, granular permissions on dashboards, Altinity...
over a year ago
Introducing a full multivariate Experimentation suite, granular permissions on dashboards, Altinity Cloud support for ClickHouse, configuring your instance from the PostHog UI and 290+ improvements/fixes.
Charles Chen
Nuxt 3 with SSR on Google Cloud Firebase Functions (2023)
If you're seeking a no-cost, low-ops, low-friction solution for deploying SSR workloads then look no...
a year ago
If you're seeking a no-cost, low-ops, low-friction solution for deploying SSR workloads then look no further!
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