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Dashboard and Archives downtime Our public postmortem for the incident on September 1st, 2026.
1st Sep 2026
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Dashboard and Archives downtime

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

1st Sep 2026
Our public postmortem for the incident on September 1st, 2026.
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Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Singletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming....
4th Nov 2019
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Singletons in ES6 - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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

4th Nov 2019
Singletons are fairly controversial as far as I can tell, especially in JavaScript programming. Let’s take a look at what they are, when to (maybe) use them, and when not to.
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Public postmortem: tracked links unavailable Our public postmortem for the incident on May 8th, 2026.
3rd Jun 2026
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Public postmortem: tracked links unavailable

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

3rd Jun 2026
Our public postmortem for the incident on May 8th, 2026.
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Empty Pointers and Constellations of AI On the fuzziness of calling things “artificial intelligence” and moving the goalposts
17th Dec 2022
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Empty Pointers and Constellations of AI

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

17th Dec 2022
On the fuzziness of calling things “artificial intelligence” and moving the goalposts
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Retreating to Safety Ten years ago, Apple’s Phil Schiller surprised Apple enthusiasts and developers by walking out on...
30th May 2025
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Retreating to Safety

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

30th May 2025
Ten years ago, Apple’s Phil Schiller surprised Apple enthusiasts and developers by walking out on stage at John Gruber’s The Talk Show Live WWDC event and giving an open, human, honest interview to a somewhat jaded community. I wrote this in response: Both Apple and Phil Schiller...
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Why we have a core value of transparency at our startup, and why the reasons don't matter Since the beginning of Buffer, we've always shared all of our learnings and failures. Over time this...
21st Sep 2014
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Why we have a core value of transparency at our startup, and why the reasons don't matter

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

21st Sep 2014
Since the beginning of Buffer, we've always shared all of our learnings and failures. Over time this developed into a more defined goal and principle as part of the values of the company [http://www.slideshare.net/Bufferapp/buffer-culture-04]. Since we defined our value of...
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Familiar Spirits The eerie cold breeze from Fourways Memorial Park cemetery slips into Daudi’s open window during the...
14th Dec 2022
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Familiar Spirits

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

14th Dec 2022
The eerie cold breeze from Fourways Memorial Park cemetery slips into Daudi’s open window during the fourth watch of the night. The blue radiance of the moon and the stars fill in for the lights darkened by stage 5 loadshedding. As the nighttime creatures prepare for their...
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The World Record for Loneliness What's the farthest any person has been from the nearest other person?
6th May 2024
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The World Record for Loneliness

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

6th May 2024
What's the farthest any person has been from the nearest other person?
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Advent of Code 2024: Days 11–15
11th Jan 2025
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Advent of Code 2024: Days 11–15

from davidyat.es [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Jan 2025
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How Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases Apple uses Cassandra and FoundationDB for CloudKit, their cloud backend service. We take a look into...
14th Jan 2024
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How Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases

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

14th Jan 2024
Apple uses Cassandra and FoundationDB for CloudKit, their cloud backend service. We take a look into how exactly each is used within their cloud and the problems they've solved.
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This Site is Now a Shinobi Website This Site is Now a Shinobi Website 2022-05-13 Update 2023: this website is now built with barf My...
13th May 2022
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This Site is Now a Shinobi Website

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

13th May 2022
This Site is Now a Shinobi Website 2022-05-13 Update 2023: this website is now built with barf My personal website is now an RSS-focused blog, generated from a collection of plain text files. But before we get into greater details about the switch, let me first introduce the...
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What I'm up to - September 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Sep 2024
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What I'm up to - September 2024

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

1st Sep 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in August Hello from a train somewhere in the French countryside. I just finished spending a few d...
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How to fold a mini-zine Here's how to fold a mini-zine, featuring my mini-zine So you want to make a public comment! Fold...
15th Aug 2025
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How to fold a mini-zine

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

15th Aug 2025
Here's how to fold a mini-zine, featuring my mini-zine So you want to make a public comment! Fold the printed mini-zine page in half, then half in again, and then in half again as shown. When you open the piece of paper, each of the pages should fit fully within a set of...
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Building a Random Music Sequencer with Preact As I've composed music for video games, something that has piqued my interest is the concept of...
5th May 2022
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Building a Random Music Sequencer with Preact

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

5th May 2022
As I've composed music for video games, something that has piqued my interest is the concept of randomly generating music. Not that this is a new concept, but I was curious to see what I could come up with. Go ahead and check out the RMG-2021. Design I love how sequencers look...
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Clearing Nginx Proxy Cache for Wildcard URLs: A DIY Guide Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need to clear the Nginx proxy cache for a...
2nd Oct 2023
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Clearing Nginx Proxy Cache for Wildcard URLs: A DIY Guide

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

2nd Oct 2023
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need to clear the Nginx proxy cache for a specific set of URLs, particularly those following a wildcard pattern like www.website.com/folder/*. Surprisingly, Nginx, in its standard offering, doesn't provide a straightforward way...
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Fetching remote web pages with curl and PHP This is a very brief example of how to use PHP's curl Library to retrieve the source of a remote...
8th Apr 2008
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Fetching remote web pages with curl and PHP

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

8th Apr 2008
This is a very brief example of how to use PHP's curl Library to retrieve the source of a remote webpage. $c = curl_init(); curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com/"); curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); $data =...
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Cool Facts about Cuttlefish This was just a short rant I prepared for Netlify's Allhands where we were asked to give a short...
15th Jan 2019
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Cool Facts about Cuttlefish

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

15th Jan 2019
This was just a short rant I prepared for Netlify's Allhands where we were asked to give a short lightning talk on any topic we wished. I picked cuttles. I actually saw one in real life diving in Fiji once!
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Hacking Amazon Dash Buttons The Amazon Dash button is about a year old and has proven to be a pretty great hackable...
1st Aug 2016
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Hacking Amazon Dash Buttons

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

1st Aug 2016
The Amazon Dash button is about a year old and has proven to be a pretty great hackable internet-of-things button. It’s got built-in wifi, an onboard battery and best of all, a $4.99 price tag. How It Works The actual “hacking” of dash buttons has really nothing to do with the...
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AI alignment starter pack
9th Jun 2024
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AI alignment starter pack

from Ruud van Asseldonk [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Jun 2024
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Writing tests with Claude Code - part 1 - initial results In a recent post, I wrote about how I used Claude Code to analyze the code for RestAssured.Net and...
9th Mar 2026
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Writing tests with Claude Code - part 1 - initial results

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

9th Mar 2026
In a recent post, I wrote about how I used Claude Code to analyze the code for RestAssured.Net and then perform a refactoring action, using hand-written tests as the safety net. In that post, I wrote that I didn’t want Claude to touch the tests themselves, and why. I was still...
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A New Dog “What are you doing now?” Sabelo asked Zoleka as she was taking a video of every part of their...
6th May 2023
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A New Dog

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

6th May 2023
“What are you doing now?” Sabelo asked Zoleka as she was taking a video of every part of their living room with her phone. He was growing tired of her ever-new discoveries and project ideas, and he didn’t know if he had the energy to stomach this new one. But she was too busy...
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How to delete a tag on GitHub In the world of Git, tags are very useful for keeping track of your project's version history. A lot...
16th Nov 2011
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How to delete a tag on GitHub

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

16th Nov 2011
In the world of Git, tags are very useful for keeping track of your project's version history. A lot of folks will argue that you shouldn't delete tags, but there are real-world examples in which tags need to be deleted.  That said, it's both a good and a bad thing that GitHub...
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Set Explicit Help Timeouts A simple way to normalize asking for help.
5th Apr 2021
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Set Explicit Help Timeouts

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

5th Apr 2021
A simple way to normalize asking for help.
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Pink, Soft, Glittering Developers A collection of observations on the rise of soft, sparkly, baby pink aesthetics among developers
13th Mar 2021
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Pink, Soft, Glittering Developers

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

13th Mar 2021
A collection of observations on the rise of soft, sparkly, baby pink aesthetics among developers
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Kamal 2: Thou need not PaaS Kamal was our ticket out of the cloud. A simple tool for deploying containerized applications onto...
3rd Oct 2024
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Kamal 2: Thou need not PaaS

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

3rd Oct 2024
Kamal was our ticket out of the cloud. A simple tool for deploying containerized applications onto our own hardware, without the need for the complexity of something like Kubernetes. Kamal 2 is a huge leap forward for that tool, and it has just shipped.  Now you can deploy...
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West Coast Trail – The 75km/48 mile death hike Author Note: This trip was taken in 2021, but updated in 2023 with updated details. I’m not really...
1st Aug 2021
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West Coast Trail – The 75km/48 mile death hike

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

1st Aug 2021
Author Note: This trip was taken in 2021, but updated in 2023 with updated details. I’m not really sure where I get these crazy ideas, but a friend and I booked the West Coast Trail. It is this multi day thru hike in the west coast of Vancouver Island, which is accessible via...
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Limited Editions and Ticket Demand Or alternatively "Curiosities in Vinyl, Part 4". If you’re not interested in buying music in a...
19th Apr 2025
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Limited Editions and Ticket Demand

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

19th Apr 2025
Or alternatively "Curiosities in Vinyl, Part 4". If you’re not interested in buying music in a physical form you may well have missed that last Saturday (12th April 2025) was “Record Store Day” (RSD)1. A biannual event where independent record stores are supplied with releases...
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AI features now run on-premise Short version: every AI feature we ship on the hosted helpdesk now runs on the self-hosted edition...
10th Feb 2026
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AI features now run on-premise

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

10th Feb 2026
Short version: every AI feature we ship on the hosted helpdesk now runs on the self-hosted edition too. It's a separately licensed Docker add-on, perpetual license, one-time payment. Customer data stays on your network. Requires Jitbit Helpdesk v11.22 or newer. Why this took a...
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Goodbye WordPress, Hello Jekyll (Again) Goodbye WordPress, Hello Jekyll (Again) 2020-08-13 For the past four months this blog has been...
13th Aug 2020
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Goodbye WordPress, Hello Jekyll (Again)

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

13th Aug 2020
Goodbye WordPress, Hello Jekyll (Again) 2020-08-13 For the past four months this blog has been running on WordPress - but that ended today. I've officially switched back over to Jekyll. I'm not going to spend too much time delving into why I made the transition back, but I'll...
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How I Built My Blog An in-depth look at the technical stack behind this very blog! We'll see how I use Next's API routes...
20th Apr 2021
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How I Built My Blog

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

20th Apr 2021
An in-depth look at the technical stack behind this very blog! We'll see how I use Next's API routes to implement my hit and like counters, how I use MDX to add interaction and customization, and how I organize my codebase, among others.
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Yeah hooks are good, but have you tried faster React Components? This article is not meant to perf-shame you. If you’re a beginner in React, don’t focus on...
1st Feb 2019
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Yeah hooks are good, but have you tried faster React Components?

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

1st Feb 2019
This article is not meant to perf-shame you. If you’re a beginner in React, don’t focus on performance issues but rather on getting comfortable and productive with it. The performance of a React application can be defined by how long the user should wait before seeing the UI...
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dict() vs. {} There are two different ways to create a dictionary. You can call the dict() function or use the...
1st Dec 2022
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dict() vs. {}

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

1st Dec 2022
There are two different ways to create a dictionary. You can call the dict() function or use the literal syntax: {}. And in many cases, these are equivalent choices, so you might give it little thought and assume they both take the same amount of time. But they don't! Starting...
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Software books I wish I could read New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.11 is now available! This is over 20% longer than v0.10, with...
6th Aug 2025
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Software books I wish I could read

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

6th Aug 2025
New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.11 is now available! This is over 20% longer than v0.10, with a new chapter on code proofs, three chapter overhauls, and more! Full release notes here. Software books I wish I could read I'm writing Logic for Programmers because it's a book...
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How I set up my Obsidian vaults Obsidian still feels like my “new” app for managing my notes, but according to my daily journal I’ve...
19th Sep 2023
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How I set up my Obsidian vaults

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Sep 2023
Obsidian still feels like my “new” app for managing my notes, but according to my daily journal I’ve been using it for nearly three years. Time flies when you’re organising information! I’ve grown to really like it, and I expect to keep using it for a while to come. Its approach...
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My Wild Security Head-Fiction My Wild Security Head-Fiction ¶My Wild Security Head-Fiction I’m not a security expert. I...
15th Mar 2019
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My Wild Security Head-Fiction

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

15th Mar 2019
My Wild Security Head-Fiction ¶My Wild Security Head-Fiction I’m not a security expert. I confidently believe I don’t have the kind of mind it takes to ‘always expect the worst’. I couldn’t be a threat analyst, defence strategist or CIA agent because I think you need a drastic...
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Warming up the Puma master before it forks Basecamp 5 runs on Puma in cluster mode: one master process with preload_app! and 63 single-threaded...
3 weeks ago
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Warming up the Puma master before it forks

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

3 weeks ago
Basecamp 5 runs on Puma in cluster mode: one master process with preload_app! and 63 single-threaded workers per host, deployed as a Docker container with Kamal. We serve Basecamp from several sites. Each site has its own web hosts and a read replica of the database, and writes...
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Repos that always pass their tests Losing faith in your build hobbles a software project. Continual test failures create alarm...
17th Feb 2022
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Repos that always pass their tests

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

17th Feb 2022
Losing faith in your build hobbles a software project. Continual test failures create alarm fatigue—people habituate to ignoring test results. Ignoring your tests creates an apathy spiral: more breakage, more failure, more apathy, resulting in decreased velocity. Fortunately,...
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GTK 4 Porting And A Bit Of Whimsy I want to start off this post by saying, “Thank you!” to our now over 250 sponsors on GitHub for...
4th Mar 2024
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GTK 4 Porting And A Bit Of Whimsy

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

4th Mar 2024
I want to start off this post by saying, “Thank you!” to our now over 250 sponsors on GitHub for helping us reach 20% of our monthly funding goal! I’ve been seeing a ton of demand for Early Access which is super exciting. If you’re not already in Early Access, you can be among...
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Three ways formally verified code can go wrong in practice New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.12 is now available! This should be the last major content...
10th Oct 2025
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Three ways formally verified code can go wrong in practice

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

10th Oct 2025
New Logic for Programmers Release! v0.12 is now available! This should be the last major content release. The next few months are going to be technical review, copyediting and polishing, with a hopeful 1.0 release in March. Full release notes here. Three ways formally...
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Peach tree I got an embroidery kit for an old Nordiska apple tree by Ingegerd Hyltén-Cavallius from Studio Flax...
27th Jul 2023
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Peach tree

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

27th Jul 2023
I got an embroidery kit for an old Nordiska apple tree by Ingegerd Hyltén-Cavallius from Studio Flax and ended up modifying it to make it a peach tree because I decided to put the finished project up in my powder room and can't resist a terrible pun:
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Stuffing an SSD Inside the Raspberry Pi 400 Stuffing an SSD Inside the Raspberry Pi 400 2021-08-13 I have successfully jammed an mSATA SSD into...
13th Aug 2021
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Stuffing an SSD Inside the Raspberry Pi 400

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

13th Aug 2021
Stuffing an SSD Inside the Raspberry Pi 400 2021-08-13 I have successfully jammed an mSATA SSD into the main shell of my Raspberry Pi 400. It wasn't as straightforward as I thought it would be - in fact, most real hardware tinkerers will probably vomit in their mouths once they...
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Guile-websocket 0.3.0 released I'm happy to announce that guile-websocket 0.3.0 has been released! Guile-websocket is an...
23rd Jan 2026
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Guile-websocket 0.3.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Jan 2026
I'm happy to announce that guile-websocket 0.3.0 has been released! Guile-websocket is an implementation of the WebSocket protocol, both the client and server sides, for Guile Scheme. Highlights for this release are: New (web socket) module that provides a standard Scheme...
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Table cells and max-widths in Internet Explorer 8 I recently came across a little issue with Internet Explorer 8 and max-width. I had an image inside...
30th Sep 2009
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Table cells and max-widths in Internet Explorer 8

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

30th Sep 2009
I recently came across a little issue with Internet Explorer 8 and max-width. I had an image inside of a table cell and, for some reason, IE8 completely neglected the corresponding CSS max-width property. The result was the image rendering at full size rather than scaled down to...
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If people would just Building systems that incentivise good behaviour
5 days ago
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If people would just

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

5 days ago
Building systems that incentivise good behaviour
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Stellar board I’ve been advising Stellar since Stripe helped it launch about a year ago. Today I’m joining their...
30th Jul 2015
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Stellar board

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

30th Jul 2015
I’ve been advising Stellar since Stripe helped it launch about a year ago. Today I’m joining their board. Digital currencies are still nascent, and my hopes for them remain unchanged. Particularly, we need digital currency protocols like Stellar that work with the existing...
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Leaving Delaware This post covers why companies are considering reincorporating from Delaware to Nevada & Texas
5th Feb 2025
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Leaving Delaware

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

5th Feb 2025
This post covers why companies are considering reincorporating from Delaware to Nevada & Texas
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Ink Note January 2025: Super simple stroke simplification A technique for reducing the number of points needed to represent an ink stroke.
7th Mar 2025
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Ink Note January 2025: Super simple stroke simplification

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

7th Mar 2025
A technique for reducing the number of points needed to represent an ink stroke.
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Moving to San Francisco YC (a startup accelerator we are taking part in) ask you to move to the Bay Area for the whole...
24th Feb 2020
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Moving to San Francisco

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

24th Feb 2020
YC (a startup accelerator we are taking part in) ask you to move to the Bay Area for the whole program. This gives you “a socially acceptable excuse…
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About the Apple Captive Network Assistant Heads up! This post is no longer current. Check out the WBA’s Captive Network Portal Behavior site...
10th Apr 2017
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About the Apple Captive Network Assistant

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

10th Apr 2017
Heads up! This post is no longer current. Check out the WBA’s Captive Network Portal Behavior site for a better resource on the Captive Network Assistant. If you’re a mac user, you likely have seen a strange popup window appear on your computer when you try to connect to the...
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a whippet waypoint Hey peoples! Tonight, some meta-words. As you know I am fascinated by compilers and language...
9th May 2025
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a whippet waypoint

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th May 2025
Hey peoples! Tonight, some meta-words. As you know I am fascinated by compilers and language implementations, and I just want to know all the things and implement all the fun stuff: intermediate representations, flow-sensitive source-to-source optimization passes,...
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Winter update Hey, it's been a while. We missed you!
2nd Dec 2018
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Winter update

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

2nd Dec 2018
Hey, it's been a while. We missed you!
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The siren call of wrong-way dependencies Dependencies that point in the wrong direction are one of the easiest and most costly design...
21st Sep 2024
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The siren call of wrong-way dependencies

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

21st Sep 2024
Dependencies that point in the wrong direction are one of the easiest and most costly design mistakes one can make.
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ET-Jekyll Theme ET-Jekyll Theme 2018-01-14 ET-Jekyll theme is based off of Dave Liepmann’s awesome Tufte CSS - which...
14th Jan 2018
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ET-Jekyll Theme

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

14th Jan 2018
ET-Jekyll Theme 2018-01-14 ET-Jekyll theme is based off of Dave Liepmann’s awesome Tufte CSS - which takes it’s style and inspiration from the wonderful book and handout designs of Edward Tufte. The differences are subtle when comparing my variation to Tufte CSS, but these...
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Preserving Winamp skins for posterity at the Internet Archive The story of how the Internet Archive came to preserve over 100k Winamp skins and include Webamp as...
5th Apr 2025
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Preserving Winamp skins for posterity at the Internet Archive

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

5th Apr 2025
The story of how the Internet Archive came to preserve over 100k Winamp skins and include Webamp as one of their embedded media players
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Why React Re-Renders In React, we don't update the DOM directly, we tell React what we want the DOM to look like, and...
16th Aug 2022
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Why React Re-Renders

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

16th Aug 2022
In React, we don't update the DOM directly, we tell React what we want the DOM to look like, and React tackles the rest. But how exactly does it do this? In this tutorial, we'll unpack exactly when and why React re-renders, and how we can use this information to optimize the...
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Revisiting FOUCE It's been awhile since I wrote about FOUCE and I've since come up with an improved solution that I...
23rd Dec 2024
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Revisiting FOUCE

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

23rd Dec 2024
It's been awhile since I wrote about FOUCE and I've since come up with an improved solution that I think is worth a post. This approach is similar to hiding the page content and then fading it in, but I've noticed it's far less distracting without the fade. It also adds a two...
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Maximize your excitement * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’m a huge...
2nd Oct 2012
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Maximize your excitement

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

2nd Oct 2012
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * I’m a huge believer of the lean startup movement and the concept of validating ideas as quickly as possible. I think wasted time and resources are disastrous and no matter how much you love an...
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Chickadee 0.10.0 released I'm happy to announce that Chickadee 0.10.0 has been released! Chickadee is a game development...
24th May 2023
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Chickadee 0.10.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th May 2023
I'm happy to announce that Chickadee 0.10.0 has been released! Chickadee is a game development toolkit for Guile. Chickadee aims to provide all the features that parenthetically inclined game developers need to make 2D and 3D games in Scheme. This release is on the smaller side...
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[Multitrack] "That's Why I Love You" I recorded an a cappella version of 'That's Why I Love You' by The Flamingos.
21st Aug 2009
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[Multitrack] "That's Why I Love You"

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

21st Aug 2009
I recorded an a cappella version of 'That's Why I Love You' by The Flamingos.
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How to use Next.js middleware Middleware functions can be used for all sorts such as redirecting, rewriting, preventing access,...
1st Nov 2021
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How to use Next.js middleware

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

1st Nov 2021
Middleware functions can be used for all sorts such as redirecting, rewriting, preventing access, and more. Let’s take a look.
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Styling Ordered Lists with CSS Counters Styling an ordered list can be surprisingly tricky; there's no way to get at that bullet! In this...
7th Apr 2020
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Styling Ordered Lists with CSS Counters

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

7th Apr 2020
Styling an ordered list can be surprisingly tricky; there's no way to get at that bullet! In this tutorial, we'll see a handy trick using CSS counters that lets us style ordered lists without breaking proper semantics.
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We spent $3.3M buying out investors: Why and how we did it Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Last month, Buffer spent $3.3 million – about...
10th Sep 2018
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We spent $3.3M buying out investors: Why and how we did it

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

10th Sep 2018
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. Last month, Buffer spent $3.3 million – about half of all the cash we had in the bank – to buy out our main venture capital (VC) investors. Starting the conversations, negotiations, and process of this buy out was one
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Holding Space for Wicked (Part One)
8th Dec 2024
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Holding Space for Wicked (Part One)

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

8th Dec 2024
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Best AI helpdesk solutions in 2026 Every helpdesk vendor now sells "AI". What they actually ship differs a lot. Some offer a chatbot...
27th Jun 2026
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Best AI helpdesk solutions in 2026

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

27th Jun 2026
Every helpdesk vendor now sells "AI". What they actually ship differs a lot. Some offer a chatbot that answers customers before a ticket exists. Some offer a copilot that drafts replies for agents. Others hand you a platform and a consultant's invoice. The pricing models differ...
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Undercover Founder
5th Jan 2021
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Undercover Founder

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

5th Jan 2021
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What I'm up to - January 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Jan 2025
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What I'm up to - January 2025

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

1st Jan 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in December - I'm amid some big life changes. I'm joining an AI startup in San Francisco, and movi...
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Don't hate on PHP It wasn't long after launching a major open source PHP project until I started hearing things like...
22nd Nov 2016
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Don't hate on PHP

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

22nd Nov 2016
It wasn't long after launching a major open source PHP project until I started hearing things like this: I [...] immediately drop interest in a project when I see that it is implemented in PHP. A lot of people have been hating on PHP in recent years, and frankly, they have every...
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Uh-oh: was the company site hacked? Anyone who runs a web site knows that they’re constantly under attack. You only have to look at your...
9th May 2013
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Uh-oh: was the company site hacked?

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

9th May 2013
Anyone who runs a web site knows that they’re constantly under attack. You only have to look at your log files to know that hackers running site-scanners are constantly hitting your servers looking for unpatched vulnerabilities to exploit. One of the servers I wrote for Guild...
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Breaking CityHash64, MurmurHash2/3, wyhash, and more... Hash functions are incredibly neat mathematical objects. They can map arbitrary data to a small...
2nd Nov 2024
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Breaking CityHash64, MurmurHash2/3, wyhash, and more...

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

2nd Nov 2024
Hash functions are incredibly neat mathematical objects. They can map arbitrary data to a small fixed-size output domain such that the mapping is deterministic, yet appears to be random. This “deterministic randomness” is incredibly useful for a variety of purposes, such as hash...
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Networking Essentials: Congestion Control Bottlenecks inevitably arise in networks. How do we deal with them in TCP? How about in practical...
7th Oct 2018
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Networking Essentials: Congestion Control

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

7th Oct 2018
Bottlenecks inevitably arise in networks. How do we deal with them in TCP? How about in practical streaming applications like Youtube and Skype?
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The journey to controlling external monitors on M1 Macs One lazy evening in November 2020, I watched how Tim Cook announced a fanless MacBook Air with a CPU...
16th Jul 2021
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The journey to controlling external monitors on M1 Macs

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

16th Jul 2021
One lazy evening in November 2020, I watched how Tim Cook announced a fanless MacBook Air with a CPU faster than the latest 16 inch MacBook, while my work-provided 15 inch 2019 MacBook Pro was slowly frying my lap and annoying my wife with its constant fan noise. I had to get my...
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What can we learn from sexaplication on nuclear power plants Component redundancy is used heavily in safety-critical and mission-critical systems for reliability...
10th Apr 2021
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What can we learn from sexaplication on nuclear power plants

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

10th Apr 2021
Component redundancy is used heavily in safety-critical and mission-critical systems for reliability improvement. But outside this niche, it's surprisingly little known in the world of software. Which is a shame since it's a simple but economical idea. It costs nothing to keep in...
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How to make your own SplitPane React component with 0 dependencies A SplitPane is a collection of 2 elements whose heights can be changed by dragging a line that...
1st Jul 2019
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How to make your own SplitPane React component with 0 dependencies

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

1st Jul 2019
A SplitPane is a collection of 2 elements whose heights can be changed by dragging a line that separates them. Based on its layout, a SplitPane can be horizontal or vertical. If you've ever used the Chrome dev tools, you probably came across both versions of the SplitPane. For...
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If You Sell Anything Online, This Book Will Make You Money My glowing review of Rob Hope's Landing Page Hot Tips Book
7th Sep 2020
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If You Sell Anything Online, This Book Will Make You Money

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

7th Sep 2020
My glowing review of Rob Hope's Landing Page Hot Tips Book
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RIP Khaled Bichara, 1971-2020 We were deeply saddened to learn that Khaled Bichara, one of Oxide’s angel investors, died in a...
3rd Feb 2020
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RIP Khaled Bichara, 1971-2020

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

3rd Feb 2020
We were deeply saddened to learn that Khaled Bichara, one of Oxide’s angel investors, died in a car accident in Cairo on Friday night. Those of us who have known Khaled for years have known him to be a bold investor who appreciated hard technical problems – and also a profoundly...
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What Happens When A User Edits A Post on Dev.to? ---
3rd Feb 2018
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What Happens When A User Edits A Post on Dev.to?

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3rd Feb 2018
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Mixins: a refactoring anti-pattern
7th May 2012
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Mixins: a refactoring anti-pattern

from Steve Klabnik [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th May 2012
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Good Design Sells Open Source I updated my blog from my own homebrew Rails application to [Octopress](http://octopress.org/), a...
7th Aug 2011
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Good Design Sells Open Source

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Aug 2011
I updated my blog from my own homebrew Rails application to [Octopress](http://octopress.org/), a blogging framework backed by the static site generator [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/). I first read about Octopress a couple of weeks ago on Hacker News. Although Octopress appealed...
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Dear Apple, Please Fix Safari's Default Dark Mode Link Color Dear Apple, Please Fix Safari’s Default Dark Mode Link Color 2022-04-18 Supporting dark mode on the...
18th Apr 2022
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Dear Apple, Please Fix Safari's Default Dark Mode Link Color

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

18th Apr 2022
Dear Apple, Please Fix Safari’s Default Dark Mode Link Color 2022-04-18 Supporting dark mode on the modern web falls under the realm of accessibility and should not be ignored. It is important and helps keep the visual flow of your content to match that of your users’ operating...
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Office 2007 files downloading as ZIP files in Internet Explorer Today I learned that Microsoft Office 2007 files (you know, the new ones that end in DOCX, XLSX, and...
18th Mar 2010
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Office 2007 files downloading as ZIP files in Internet Explorer

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

18th Mar 2010
Today I learned that Microsoft Office 2007 files (you know, the new ones that end in DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX) don't always download properly in Internet Explorer. In fact, IE tends to see them as ZIP files and forces their extension to change to .zip when you select download. This...
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Bitwise Binary Search: Elegant and Fast I recently read the article Beautiful Branchless Binary Search by Malte Skarupke. In it they discuss...
16th May 2023
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Bitwise Binary Search: Elegant and Fast

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

16th May 2023
I recently read the article Beautiful Branchless Binary Search by Malte Skarupke. In it they discuss the merits of the following snippet of C++ code implementing a binary search: template<typename It, typename T, typename Cmp> It lower_bound_skarupke(It begin, It end, const T&...
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Towards better 1-on-1s: an awkward manifesto It is unimaginably hard to […] stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and day out. –...
22nd Apr 2023
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Towards better 1-on-1s: an awkward manifesto

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

22nd Apr 2023
It is unimaginably hard to […] stay conscious and alive in the adult world day in and day out. – David Foster Wallace, This is Water At the heart of my management philosophy lies a simple belief: people are working as hard as they can. It’s a lazy assumption to assume people are...
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Fixing a soldering iron with 3D printing
15th Sep 2017
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Fixing a soldering iron with 3D printing

from Matt Keeter [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Sep 2017
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Lightweight NextJS example of uploading files to Google Cloud Storage Many years ago, back in 2018, I wrote a tiny NPM package called gcloud-storage-json-upload, which...
13th Jun 2023
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Lightweight NextJS example of uploading files to Google Cloud Storage

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Jun 2023
Many years ago, back in 2018, I wrote a tiny NPM package called gcloud-storage-json-upload, which lets you authenticate with Google Cloud Storage and upload a file without needing to install any huge Google SDKs. I recently needed to use it with NextJS to upload Gifs created in...
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Code golfing a tiny demo using maths and a pinch of insanity A few weeks ago, I made a tiny demo that fits into 448 characters: Red Alp GLSL demo in 448...
29th Sep 2025
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Code golfing a tiny demo using maths and a pinch of insanity

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

29th Sep 2025
A few weeks ago, I made a tiny demo that fits into 448 characters: Red Alp GLSL demo in 448 characters void main(){vec3 c,p,K=vec3(3,1,0);for(float...
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Being a minor AI public figure I was recently involved in moderating a chat with Kanjun Qiu of Imbue at the MIT AI conf:...
3rd Nov 2023
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Being a minor AI public figure

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

3rd Nov 2023
I was recently involved in moderating a chat with Kanjun Qiu of Imbue at the MIT AI conf: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNJ9i78ICeg2YuemyAXmtStKvqr9l0Tao3xQWxmeAVjBALHn_NnFvPXFlNSkdMfqA?pli=1&key=dTFRRHBTLVRZTEVCem0zal8tNVkxblh0V3k4VXhR
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A letter to John Ternus As Apple celebrates its fiftieth birthday, we celebrate the spirit of its formation, when people who...
1st Apr 2026
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A letter to John Ternus

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

1st Apr 2026
As Apple celebrates its fiftieth birthday, we celebrate the spirit of its formation, when people who loved computers started making great computers to inspire more people to love computers. That spirit is difficult to find in the tech business today. Immense scale, soulless...
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Itsy Bitsy Data Structures Sharing this repository which teaches data structures through charmingly commented JavaScript...
2nd Aug 2024
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Itsy Bitsy Data Structures

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

2nd Aug 2024
Sharing this repository which teaches data structures through charmingly commented JavaScript implementations
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Naked Emperors in Tech Some things we often repeat as truth just aren't. We should call bullshit more often.
6th Nov 2020
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Naked Emperors in Tech

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

6th Nov 2020
Some things we often repeat as truth just aren't. We should call bullshit more often.
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Epistemic Disclosure Providing clear metadata on the epistemic validity of content
10th Nov 2021
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Epistemic Disclosure

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

10th Nov 2021
Providing clear metadata on the epistemic validity of content
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Fixing the RP2350-USB-A not working as USB host tl;dr: you need to desolder R13, the resistor closest the pin 6 of the board, as indicated by the...
20th Nov 2025
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Fixing the RP2350-USB-A not working as USB host

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

20th Nov 2025
tl;dr: you need to desolder R13, the resistor closest the pin 6 of the board, as indicated by the red arrow in the cover picture of this article Context I am currently toying around with emulating a USB device. However, I also wanted to be able to plug a keyboard in, so I needed...
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Progress and Challenges: Reflections of a Working Mother in Japan The result of [TokyoDev's International Developers in Japan Survey...
7th Jul 2023
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Progress and Challenges: Reflections of a Working Mother in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Jul 2023
The result of [TokyoDev's International Developers in Japan Survey 2022](/insights/2022-developer-survey) revealed that the country is still struggling to close the gender gap in the workplace in the tech industry. As a Japanese woman and a mother of two children, I was very...
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I've been programming since I was 10, but I don't feel like a 'hacker' When I was 10, I was programming in Logo after being introduced to it in my school's required...
3rd Jan 2014
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I've been programming since I was 10, but I don't feel like a 'hacker'

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

3rd Jan 2014
When I was 10, I was programming in Logo after being introduced to it in my school's required computer class. Our teacher did not once call this programming; it was just another project among ones that usually weren't programming. I generalized almost every exercise - something...
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My Compensation Over Four Decades As A Programmer It's a lie, as I don't remember exactly what I made in every job, and it changed during each job....
5th Jul 2023
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My Compensation Over Four Decades As A Programmer

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

5th Jul 2023
It's a lie, as I don't remember exactly what I made in every job, and it changed during each job. Also, I never worked for a big tech company (other than Apple briefly, but that was when they were going out of business) and only a
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Arctangent scale. It's like the logarithmic scale but infinite With arctangent used as a scale, we can show any function on a screen. And not just a fragment of it...
9th May 2020
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Arctangent scale. It's like the logarithmic scale but infinite

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

9th May 2020
With arctangent used as a scale, we can show any function on a screen. And not just a fragment of it but the whole function.
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Doo-Wop Multitrack: "Earth Angel" (for Chelsea) I recorded a doo-wop arrangement of 'Earth Angel' for my girlfriend Chelsea.
17th Jan 2009
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Doo-Wop Multitrack: "Earth Angel" (for Chelsea)

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

17th Jan 2009
I recorded a doo-wop arrangement of 'Earth Angel' for my girlfriend Chelsea.
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2025 We plan to wrap up 2025 with some important quality of life updates! League placement badges, lesson...
7th Dec 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2025

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

7th Dec 2025
We plan to wrap up 2025 with some important quality of life updates! League placement badges, lesson bookmarks, and major improvements to the Training Grounds are just a few of the highlights. Thanks for learning with us, we’re gearing up the platform for a ton of new courses in...
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2014-03-08 www.azarask.in/blog/post/the-wrong-problem
8th Mar 2014
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2014-03-08

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

8th Mar 2014
www.azarask.in/blog/post/the-wrong-problem
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All the user-facing states I find myself needing a reference like this more often than not lately. So, here’s a blog acting as...
29th Apr 2022
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All the user-facing states

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

29th Apr 2022
I find myself needing a reference like this more often than not lately. So, here’s a blog acting as augmented memory—I’ll update it as I encounter more user-facing states in the wild. What user-facing state is User-facing state is what someone experiences when they interact with...
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The only Permanent Underclass are the ones who believe it is permanent
20th Oct 2025
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The only Permanent Underclass are the ones who believe it is permanent

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

20th Oct 2025
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Haunt 0.4.0 released I'm quite a bit late on this one, but Haunt version 0.4.0 was released released back in July. I...
22nd Sep 2026
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Haunt 0.4.0 released

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Sep 2026
I'm quite a bit late on this one, but Haunt version 0.4.0 was released released back in July. I haven't had much time for blogging, but I'm catching up now! This release contains a small set of improvements and bug fixes since the 0.3.0 release in 2024. About Haunt Haunt is a...
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Four-Course Python Data Structures and Algorithms Track Released We recently took a look at our course curriculum and felt that our current Learn Algorithms course,...
4th Oct 2021
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Four-Course Python Data Structures and Algorithms Track Released

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

4th Oct 2021
We recently took a look at our course curriculum and felt that our current Learn Algorithms course, written in Go, would be better served if it covered Python instead. After much deliberation, we decided to rewrite the course, and we’re super excited to have now released the...
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Over-Nesting Over-Nesting 2019-01-06 I think since our design industry moves so quickly and exciting new...
6th Jan 2019
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Over-Nesting

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

6th Jan 2019
Over-Nesting 2019-01-06 I think since our design industry moves so quickly and exciting new technologies get released almost daily, that we often forget some of the basics when writing CSS. I bring this up because I’ve recently worked on a few projects that show a slight...
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Recently This was a big month of change for me – I announced that I was joining Val.town and wrote a big...
1st Feb 2023
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Recently

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

1st Feb 2023
This was a big month of change for me – I announced that I was joining Val.town and wrote a big update about Placemark. Plenty more to write, but at least here I’ll take a little breather and just do the usual: what’s new! Reading I only finished one book this month - Meet Us By...
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Mario meets Pareto
5th Apr 2024
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Mario meets Pareto

from Antoine Mayerowitz [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Apr 2024
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Tunes
1st May 2009
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Tunes

from Matt Keeter [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st May 2009
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Undo send If you're like me, you notice a typo literally right as you press the Send Button.
16th Dec 2020
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Undo send

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

16th Dec 2020
If you're like me, you notice a typo literally right as you press the Send Button.
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Are Function Calls Still Slow in Python? An Analysis of Recent Optimizations in CPython How costly it is to call functions and builtins in your python code? Does inlining help? How have...
8th Aug 2024
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Are Function Calls Still Slow in Python? An Analysis of Recent Optimizations in CPython

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

8th Aug 2024
How costly it is to call functions and builtins in your python code? Does inlining help? How have the recent CPython releases improved performance in these areas?
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Censorship Is Complicated: What Internet History Says about Meta/Facebook In light of this week’s announcement by Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, etc), I have been...
8th Jan 2025
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Censorship Is Complicated: What Internet History Says about Meta/Facebook

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

8th Jan 2025
In light of this week’s announcement by Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, etc), I have been pondering this question: Why am I, a person that has long been a staunch advocate of free speech and encryption, leery of sites that talk about being free speech-oriented? And, more to...
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What I'm up to - April 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Apr 2025
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What I'm up to - April 2025

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

1st Apr 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - I published How to host web apps on a Mac Mini, a follow-up to my piece A mini dat...
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Making noisy SVGs Addendum Dec 7, 2023 One of my ongoing fixations with the web is how improvements in technology...
30th Nov 2023
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Making noisy SVGs

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

30th Nov 2023
Addendum Dec 7, 2023 One of my ongoing fixations with the web is how improvements in technology inform web design. In an earlier post this…
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August 2026
18th Aug 2026
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August 2026

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

18th Aug 2026
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Number theory explained from first principles
17th Sep 2022
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Number theory explained from first principles

from Explained from First Principles [alt+shift+b] in programming

17th Sep 2022
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Let's Bring Spacer GIFs Back! The 90s web gave us many delightful things: web rings, guestbooks, “under construction” animations,...
11th Jan 2021
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Let's Bring Spacer GIFs Back!

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

11th Jan 2021
The 90s web gave us many delightful things: web rings, guestbooks, “under construction” animations, and spacer GIFs. In this article, we'll see how I use a Spacer component to solve common layout problems, and why it's often a great tool for the job in the modern web.
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Deadlines Work If you had told me that I'm capable of cycling 50km non-stop, soaked to the skin in torrential rain,...
18th Mar 2024
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Deadlines Work

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

18th Mar 2024
If you had told me that I'm capable of cycling 50km non-stop, soaked to the skin in torrential rain, eyes burning with sunblock, sweat and ocean spray, in sub-10°C conditions, I would have called you a filthy liar. Then yesterday happened. It was meant to be
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I Mostly Stopped Typing I built the dictation app I wanted. It's called TongueType, and my daughter did the voice over for...
25th Jun 2026
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I Mostly Stopped Typing

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

25th Jun 2026
I built the dictation app I wanted. It's called TongueType, and my daughter did the voice over for the video. (Family business.) It hasn't gotten much traction yet, and I think I know why: dictation has been bad for so long that most people stopped paying attention. I don't blame...
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The time before YC I'm James , and I work with Tim . We are the co-founders of PostHog - a current batch YC company....
1st Sep 2019
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The time before YC

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

1st Sep 2019
I'm James , and I work with Tim . We are the co-founders of PostHog - a current batch YC company. This is us (I'm on the right), just after we got…
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Reasoning with Regret Reasoning with Regret 2018-07-16 I avoid looking to biographies for advice, most of all for anyone...
16th Jul 2018
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Reasoning with Regret

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

16th Jul 2018
Reasoning with Regret 2018-07-16 I avoid looking to biographies for advice, most of all for anyone in the business world who is focused on spinning an origin story. There is one however which I read by accident years ago that I keep returning to: … From the .Princeton 2010...
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WTF is operations? #serverless I just got back from the very first ever @serverlessconf in NYC.  I have a soft spot for...
31st May 2016
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WTF is operations? #serverless

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

31st May 2016
I just got back from the very first ever @serverlessconf in NYC.  I have a soft spot for well-curated single-track conferences, and the organizers did an incredible job.  Major kudos to @iamstan and team for pulling together such a high-caliber mix of attendees as well as...
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Real Unfair Advantages It's not a question of if someone copies your business idea, it's when.
19th Jul 2010
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Real Unfair Advantages

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

19th Jul 2010
It's not a question of if someone copies your business idea, it's when.
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Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout 2020-10-07 I recently came across the very well written and...
7th Oct 2020
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Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout

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

7th Oct 2020
Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout 2020-10-07 I recently came across the very well written and interesting article, Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid, while browsing my daily designer feeds. I won't go into the post's specifics here (I recommend you read the article for yourself)...
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The perfect web framework for UX developers In June 2023 I had my final frontend rage-quit moment. The anger was so intense that I decided to...
23rd Jan 2024
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The perfect web framework for UX developers

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

23rd Jan 2024
In June 2023 I had my final frontend rage-quit moment. The anger was so intense that I decided to change the direction of my career from a startup founder to a full-time OSS developer. I would devote all my time to fixing everything that is wrong with the current front-end...
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I'm Loyal to Nothing Except the Dream There is much I take for granted in my life, and the normal functioning of American government is...
30th Jan 2017
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I'm Loyal to Nothing Except the Dream

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

30th Jan 2017
There is much I take for granted in my life, and the normal functioning of American government is one of those things. In my 46 years, I've lived under nine different presidents. The first I remember is Carter. I've voted in every presidential election since 1992,
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Offline spellcheck In which I futilely attempt to use aspell to stop using Google as spellcheck. I am embarrassingly...
14th Aug 2017
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Offline spellcheck

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

14th Aug 2017
In which I futilely attempt to use aspell to stop using Google as spellcheck. I am embarrassingly atrocious at spelling. In Vim, which I use for email via Mutt, I can use :set spell. In Emacs I can use flyspell-mode. Browsers all have spellcheck now, seemingly. Still… sometimes I...
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The third hard problem
28th Feb 2026
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The third hard problem

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28th Feb 2026
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Designing a version In modern software development, a project isn't a project without a proper versioning scheme. Weak...
23rd Feb 2016
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Designing a version

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23rd Feb 2016
In modern software development, a project isn't a project without a proper versioning scheme. Weak version management neglects clients like lack of source control neglects collaborators. Dependency management and migration rely on versions. Beyond the technical, a project's...
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Podcasts I like A summary of the podcasts to which I subscribe.
14th Jul 2016
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Podcasts I like

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

14th Jul 2016
A summary of the podcasts to which I subscribe.
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Making crochet cacti I noticed some tech bloggers I follow have been making April Cools Day posts about topics they don’t...
1st Apr 2024
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Making crochet cacti

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

1st Apr 2024
I noticed some tech bloggers I follow have been making April Cools Day posts about topics they don’t normally write about (like decaf or microscopes). The goal isn’t to trick anyone, just to write about something different for a day. I thought those posts were fun so here is a...
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Bitsnap, a screenshot capture tool for Medley Interlisp <![CDATA[I wrote Bitsnap, a tool in Interlisp for capturing screenshots on the Medley environment....
6th Mar 2025
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Bitsnap, a screenshot capture tool for Medley Interlisp

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

6th Mar 2025
<![CDATA[I wrote Bitsnap, a tool in Interlisp for capturing screenshots on the Medley environment. It can capture and optionally save to a file the full screen, a window with or without title bar and borders, or an arbitrary area. This project helped me learn the internals of...
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How To Center a Div Back in the day, centering an element was one of the trickiest things in CSS. As the language has...
13th Feb 2024
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How To Center a Div

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

13th Feb 2024
Back in the day, centering an element was one of the trickiest things in CSS. As the language has evolved, we’ve been given lots of new tools we can use… But how do we pick the best option? When do we use Flexbox, or CSS Grid, or something else? Let's dig into it.
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2024 Potions got a rework, solutions were added to the Git course, and I’ve been sick for like 10 days...
6th Dec 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2024

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

6th Dec 2024
Potions got a rework, solutions were added to the Git course, and I’ve been sick for like 10 days straight… hope your Holidays are staying healthier than mine!
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Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects On seeing tools for thought through a historical and anthropological lens
29th Jul 2021
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Tools for Thought as Cultural Practices, not Computational Objects

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

29th Jul 2021
On seeing tools for thought through a historical and anthropological lens
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The Website that Predicted AI There's a website developed with a personalized experience in mind. It touts major breakthroughs in...
13th Nov 2024
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The Website that Predicted AI

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

13th Nov 2024
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...
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Whatever happened to sandboxfs? Back in 2017–2020, while I was on the Blaze team at Google, I took on a 20% project that turned into...
11th Jun 2025
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Whatever happened to sandboxfs?

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

11th Jun 2025
Back in 2017–2020, while I was on the Blaze team at Google, I took on a 20% project that turned into a bit of an obsession: sandboxfs. Born out of my work supporting iOS development, it was my attempt to solve a persistent pain point that frustrated both internal teams and...
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🔥 Battling daily procrastination 🔥Procrastination is a serious threat. But what keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do?...
7th Mar 2022
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🔥 Battling daily procrastination

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

7th Mar 2022
🔥Procrastination is a serious threat. But what keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do? What […] The post 🔥 Battling daily procrastination appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
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Docember
1st Dec 2015
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Docember

from Steve Klabnik [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2015
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Why should you learn Golang? [2026] Golang has skyrocketed in popularity year over year, making it one of the best choices for...
8th Feb 2021
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Why should you learn Golang? [2026]

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

8th Feb 2021
Golang has skyrocketed in popularity year over year, making it one of the best choices for career-conscious developers to learn. As an example, StackOverflow’s Developer survey saw it climb in popularity among developers from 10th in 2019 all the way to 5th in 2020. Additionally,...
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llmdevsilo: Using LLMs to develop code securely Over the past few months I've been writing notes for how I would write an LLM-based development...
15th Mar 2026
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llmdevsilo: Using LLMs to develop code securely

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

15th Mar 2026
Over the past few months I've been writing notes for how I would write an LLM-based development tool. Specifically, giving these tools the power to run programs (especially compilers and tests) without having to either check every command for unexpected side-effects or...
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Software Praxis The past few years have been an interesting time in the software developer zeitgeist. Each period...
27th Jul 2026
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Software Praxis

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

27th Jul 2026
The past few years have been an interesting time in the software developer zeitgeist. Each period carrying its own set of talking points and controversies, which are almost completely forgotten in the next. In 2026, we find ourselves immersed in the tools and talking points of...
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Writing a new XMODEM sender in 2022
31st May 2022
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Writing a new XMODEM sender in 2022

from Matt Keeter [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st May 2022
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Keeping your job board legal in Japan I've previously written about [how recruiting is a licensed industry in...
10th Jan 2023
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Keeping your job board legal in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Jan 2023
I've previously written about [how recruiting is a licensed industry in Japan](/articles/recruiting-in-japan), and because of this, [you need to be careful](/articles/legally-operating-a-job-board-in-japan) about how you operate your job board to ensure it isn't classified as...
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World66.ai Relaunch of an Internet-based travel guide, this one using AI to help people keep travel guides...
2nd Jul 2026
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World66.ai

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

2nd Jul 2026
Relaunch of an Internet-based travel guide, this one using AI to help people keep travel guides updated
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Using JavaScript to prevent comment spam Comment spam (also known as 'link spam', 'blog spam', and 'wikispam') occurs when people or spam...
5th May 2007
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Using JavaScript to prevent comment spam

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

5th May 2007
Comment spam (also known as 'link spam', 'blog spam', and 'wikispam') occurs when people or spam bots post comments on someones blog, guestbook, or wiki for the sole purpose of boosting traffic and promoting better search engine rankings for their site. Like email spam, it can be...
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Self-Hosting Fathom Analytics with DigitalOcean Self-Hosting Fathom Analytics with DigitalOcean 2021-02-02 Since my previous post walked through the...
2nd Feb 2021
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Self-Hosting Fathom Analytics with DigitalOcean

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

2nd Feb 2021
Self-Hosting Fathom Analytics with DigitalOcean 2021-02-02 Since my previous post walked through the process of setting up Fathom PRO on Netlify, I figured it made sense to create a similar tutorial for the “Lite” variation, self-hosted on DigitalOcean. Please note that while I...
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Contentful: How to Find Unused Types Read the post here.
17th Aug 2023
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Contentful: How to Find Unused Types

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

17th Aug 2023
Read the post here.
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2025 We plan to wrap up 2025 with some important quality of life updates! League placement badges, lesson...
7th Dec 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2025

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

7th Dec 2025
We plan to wrap up 2025 with some important quality of life updates! League placement badges, lesson bookmarks, and major improvements to the Training Grounds are just a few of the highlights. Thanks for learning with us, we’re gearing up the platform for a ton of new courses in...
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Who is WHOIS: a brief biography of Internet user privacy If you look up the registration details for my personal (and currently non-commercial) website,...
7th Jul 2015
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Who is WHOIS: a brief biography of Internet user privacy

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

7th Jul 2015
If you look up the registration details for my personal (and currently non-commercial) website, you'll see Registrant Name: WHOISGUARD PROTECTED Registrant Organization: WHOISGUARD, INC. Registrant Street: P.O. BOX 0823-03411 Registrant City: PANAMA Registrant State/Province:...
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The Best Product Managers Have The Worst Ideas It’s hard finding good product people. That fact is really a tragedy because they are probably the...
2nd Nov 2021
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The Best Product Managers Have The Worst Ideas

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

2nd Nov 2021
It’s hard finding good product people. That fact is really a tragedy because they are probably the most important part of any product-focused organization. I think there is a misconception in the software industry that product managers have a good sense of “what users want”,...
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Adding Gutenberg Full- and Wide-Width Image Support to Your WordPress Theme Gutenberg brings with it the ability to set image blocks as full-width or wide-width. This article...
16th Mar 2019
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Adding Gutenberg Full- and Wide-Width Image Support to Your WordPress Theme

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

16th Mar 2019
Gutenberg brings with it the ability to set image blocks as full-width or wide-width. This article talks about how to enable support for that feature in your theme, and one way to write the CSS that makes it work.
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Why You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies “Nope! Composer is safe!” Adventure Time An...
15th Dec 2018
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Why You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies

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

15th Dec 2018
You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies “Nope! Composer is safe!” Adventure Time An Acceptable Risk What else can you do? Enter Ensemble ¶You Shouldn’t Trust Your Composer Dependencies I’ve got a little present for you: you’re enjoying a well-earned break from work!...
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How NOT to apply to Y Combinator Getting into Y Combinator in 2018 was a defining event in the history of RevenueCat. It was also...
2nd Aug 2020
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How NOT to apply to Y Combinator

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

2nd Aug 2020
Getting into Y Combinator in 2018 was a defining event in the history of RevenueCat. It was also quite impactful for Jacob and me as founders. I want to believe we would still be around even if we had not gotten into YC, but I am sure the company would not be where it is today....
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Making a Website Under 1kB Making a Website Under 1kB 2022-08-02 I recently launched (another) website club called the 1kB...
2nd Aug 2022
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Making a Website Under 1kB

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

2nd Aug 2022
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...
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I'm glad I factored out jQuery I refactored Winamp2-js to not depend on jQuery, and learned native JavaScript is not so bad.
13th Dec 2014
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I'm glad I factored out jQuery

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

13th Dec 2014
I refactored Winamp2-js to not depend on jQuery, and learned native JavaScript is not so bad.
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Announcing The Assistant Yes, the rumours are true! Kagi has been thoughtfully integrating AI into our search experience,...
4th Sep 2024
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Announcing The Assistant

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

4th Sep 2024
Yes, the rumours are true! Kagi has been thoughtfully integrating AI into our search experience, creating a smarter, faster, and more intuitive search.
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Paleolithic Nostalgia Longing for the paleolithic past in the Anthropocene
20th Jun 2021
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Paleolithic Nostalgia

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

20th Jun 2021
Longing for the paleolithic past in the Anthropocene
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Building an E-Ink Joke of the Day Fridge Magnet My 6-year-old is obsessed with jokes and often asks me for any new ones I’ve heard. I usually can’t...
15th Jun 2023
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Building an E-Ink Joke of the Day Fridge Magnet

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

15th Jun 2023
My 6-year-old is obsessed with jokes and often asks me for any new ones I’ve heard. I usually can’t remember many, which gave me the idea of creating a fridge magnet to display jokes in our kitchen. This is the finished product: I wanted a highly readable and battery-efficient...
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Ink Note April 2023: Ploma Rendering Experiments Prototyping a few uses of dynamic ink using Dan Amelang and Evelyn Eastmond’s Ploma as the renderer.
7th Apr 2023
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Ink Note April 2023: Ploma Rendering Experiments

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

7th Apr 2023
Prototyping a few uses of dynamic ink using Dan Amelang and Evelyn Eastmond’s Ploma as the renderer.
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Command-Timing-Bash-Prompt A few years ago I was using ZSH with Sindre Sorhus’s Pure prompt and generally enjoying the...
19th Jan 2016
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Command-Timing-Bash-Prompt

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

19th Jan 2016
A few years ago I was using ZSH with Sindre Sorhus’s Pure prompt and generally enjoying the experience. The big, dumb, obvious caveat of using ZSH is that it’s not Bash. As a result, when you SSH into production machines that only have bash installed, you feel a...
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BBR queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3022184
7th Jan 2017
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BBR

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

7th Jan 2017
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3022184
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Computational Notebooks Shareable, browser-based documents that can compile and run code
18th Apr 2023
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Computational Notebooks

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

18th Apr 2023
Shareable, browser-based documents that can compile and run code
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A C program who’s source code is a Magic Eye A 2001 International Obfuscated C Code Contest winner who’s code forms a magic eye and which can...
8th Mar 2025
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A C program who’s source code is a Magic Eye

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

8th Mar 2025
A 2001 International Obfuscated C Code Contest winner who’s code forms a magic eye and which can produce a magic eye for any input
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Starlit sky hexagonal teacups, 2024 Starlit sky on a clear night / the milky way / eternity / clarity / raindrops sticking to window...
1st Jul 2024
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Starlit sky hexagonal teacups, 2024

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

1st Jul 2024
Starlit sky on a clear night / the milky way / eternity / clarity / raindrops sticking to window glass
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Pick Up What They Put Down > Translations welcome!...
1st Jan 2020
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Pick Up What They Put Down

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

1st Jan 2020
> Translations welcome! ([Português](https://meleu.github.io/artigos-traduzidos/aprenda-em-publico-hack.html))
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Bottom-Up Idea Exploration My own content creation philosophy, explored through my own personal story with React
6th Jun 2021
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Bottom-Up Idea Exploration

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

6th Jun 2021
My own content creation philosophy, explored through my own personal story with React
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Functional programming in Go Thanks to generics, there are some interesting new ways to program in Go. This article explains...
4th Aug 2024
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Functional programming in Go

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

4th Aug 2024
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.
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Building a metadata database with AI agents Rebuilding a 20 year old side project in the AI era. Some things I’ve learned about building...
31st May 2026
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Building a metadata database with AI agents

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

31st May 2026
Rebuilding a 20 year old side project in the AI era. Some things I’ve learned about building applications where agents act as users.
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Working as a Software Engineer Intern in Tokyo There isn't much information available about being a software engineering intern in Japan. I...
8th Aug 2023
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Working as a Software Engineer Intern in Tokyo

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Aug 2023
There isn't much information available about being a software engineering intern in Japan. I remember when I first considered doing one that I wanted an online resource on the topic. Now that I've done several software engineering internships at Japanese companies, I'll help...
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libc delenda est Chris Wellons posted a good review of why large chunks of the C library are terrible, especially if...
12th Feb 2023
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libc delenda est

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

12th Feb 2023
Chris Wellons posted a good review of why large chunks of the C library are terrible, especially if you are coding on Windows - good fun if you like staring into the abyss. He followed up with let’s write a setjmp which is fun in a more positive way. I was also pleased to learn...
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Can Directories Rise Again? With search getting worse by the day, maybe it's time we rebounded in the other direction. The long...
21st May 2025
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Can Directories Rise Again?

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

21st May 2025
With search getting worse by the day, maybe it's time we rebounded in the other direction. The long forgotten directory. The post Can Directories Rise Again? appeared first on The History of the Web.
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Introducing Mikochi: a minimalist remote file browser Like many people working in DevOps, I have taken the bad habit to keep playing with servers and...
9th Jun 2023
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Introducing Mikochi: a minimalist remote file browser

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

9th Jun 2023
Like many people working in DevOps, I have taken the bad habit to keep playing with servers and containers in my free time. One of the things I have running is a Media Server, which I use to access my collection of movies and shows (that I evidently own and ripped myself). To...
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How to Blow Up a Category - Netlify's New Era and The JAMstack Endgame > note - this is a hasty written braindump of feelings as emotions as I don't have the time to...
2nd Aug 2023
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How to Blow Up a Category - Netlify's New Era and The JAMstack Endgame

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

2nd Aug 2023
> note - this is a hasty written braindump of feelings as emotions as I don't have the time to polish this essay up to my usual standards, but still wanted to capture this important moment and end in my life. pardon any poorly phrased and organized thoughts. The JSJam guys did a...
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Moving my website from Netlify to Caddy I had a long train journey on Tuesday, and I spent the time moving this website from Netlify to a...
3rd Nov 2024
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Moving my website from Netlify to Caddy

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Nov 2024
I had a long train journey on Tuesday, and I spent the time moving this website from Netlify to a Linux server running Caddy. (Yes, the Wi-Fi on European trains is reliable enough to make that possible, even pleasant.) Hopefully nobody noticed! When I flipped the DNS records to...
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My Fave New Podcasts of 2023 As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 4 years...
3rd Jan 2024
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My Fave New Podcasts of 2023

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

3rd Jan 2024
As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 4 years straight (see main 2019 list, then my 2020 and 2021 and 2022 diffs), so it's time to do year 5(!)
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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end In 2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware...
26th Aug 2025
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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

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

26th Aug 2025
In 2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware and porting Linux. Today, you can run Linux on a range of M1 and M2 Macs, with almost all hardware working: wireless, audio, and full graphics acceleration. Our story begins in...
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Lost confidence RICE and other confidence-based frameworks are mostly noise. Here's how to make decisions without...
21st Jun 2026
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Lost confidence

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

21st Jun 2026
RICE and other confidence-based frameworks are mostly noise. Here's how to make decisions without pretending to know the unknowable.
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The bittersweet end of a year of independence Just over a year ago, I left the startup I was working for and started my own business. My intention...
2nd Sep 2017
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The bittersweet end of a year of independence

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

2nd Sep 2017
Just over a year ago, I left the startup I was working for and started my own business. My intention was to do freelance work ("consulting", to all my clients) until I was able to launch my first product, and then shift into being a product company. My ambitions and confidence...
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What I'm up to - November 2022 ✨ Highlights of last month - Enjoyed my time in NYC catching up with many people - Released some new...
1st Nov 2022
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What I'm up to - November 2022

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

1st Nov 2022
✨ Highlights of last month - Enjoyed my time in NYC catching up with many people - Released some new features for Postcard - Got a new photo 🤔 Things worth sharing - Reading How to make great coffee ...
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Winner, Name that Ware January 2026 The Ware for January 2026 is a FNIRSI DPS-150. Tim nailed it almost immediately; congrats, email me...
27th Feb 2026
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Winner, Name that Ware January 2026

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

27th Feb 2026
The Ware for January 2026 is a FNIRSI DPS-150. Tim nailed it almost immediately; congrats, email me for your prize! The DPS-150 is a small, portable DC “benchtop” power supply that converts USB-C into a range of voltages and currents. samchin convinced me to get one of these as...
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Install Windows 8 UEFI on Legacy BIOS with Clover (and Dual boot with Yosemite) This tutorial will help you install Windows 8 on a Legacy BIOS in UEFI mode using Clover and dual...
28th Dec 2014
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Install Windows 8 UEFI on Legacy BIOS with Clover (and Dual boot with Yosemite)

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

28th Dec 2014
This tutorial will help you install Windows 8 on a Legacy BIOS in UEFI mode using Clover and dual boot with Yosemite.
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BazelCon 2026 recap My now-traditional “summary” of the conference along with my own commentary and thoughts.
6 days ago
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BazelCon 2026 recap

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

6 days ago
My now-traditional “summary” of the conference along with my own commentary and thoughts.
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Media Server Journey I manage my legally obtained content using a media server. Over the years, both hardware and...
28th Dec 2025
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Media Server Journey

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

28th Dec 2025
I manage my legally obtained content using a media server. Over the years, both hardware and software on the server went through a bunch of transformations which I find interesting. In order to not look at ads on my Samsung TV, I view all of my content through NVIDIA Shield. It...
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Gmail's "Smart Compose" feature should be considered harmful In 2005, I got my invite to get a Gmail account. It was incredible, and I loved it, although I...
27th Feb 2019
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Gmail's "Smart Compose" feature should be considered harmful

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

27th Feb 2019
In 2005, I got my invite to get a Gmail account. It was incredible, and I loved it, although I didn't really know why at the time. It was a combination of really great design so it was pleasant to use, the hype built up by the invite system, the perpetual feeling of getting...
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Setting up Github Actions for Hugo Github Actions for Hugo but with particular requirements
29th Nov 2020
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Setting up Github Actions for Hugo

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Nov 2020
Github Actions for Hugo but with particular requirements
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You’re probably using the wrong dictionary The way I thought you used a dictionary was that you looked up words you've never heard of, or whose...
18th May 2014
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You’re probably using the wrong dictionary

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

18th May 2014
The way I thought you used a dictionary was that you looked up words you've never heard of, or whose sense you're unsure of. You would never look up an ordinary word -- like example, or sport, or magic -- because all you'll learn is what it means, and that you already know....
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Ink Note Fall 2023: Informal ink augmentation Thinking about various ways that drawing environments offer “augmentations”, like cards and arrows,...
1st Jun 2023
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Ink Note Fall 2023: Informal ink augmentation

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

1st Jun 2023
Thinking about various ways that drawing environments offer “augmentations”, like cards and arrows, and how we might be able to make these more dynamic.
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State of Data Engineering Q3 2024 Prompt Engineering – Meta Analysis Whitepaper One of my favorite AI podcasts, Latent Space, recently...
23rd Oct 2024
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State of Data Engineering Q3 2024

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

23rd Oct 2024
Prompt Engineering – Meta Analysis Whitepaper One of my favorite AI podcasts, Latent Space, recently featured Sander Schulhoff, one of the authors of a comprehensive research paper on prompt engineering. This meta-study reviews over 1,600 published papers, with co-authors from...
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The "Convergent" theory of finding truth in darkness How to tell the difference between a truly great startup idea, and people saying "Sure, sounds good"...
7th Apr 2024
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The "Convergent" theory of finding truth in darkness

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

7th Apr 2024
How to tell the difference between a truly great startup idea, and people saying "Sure, sounds good" when they really mean "No, I'm not buying."
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No more talking to politicians I am no longer talking to politicians. I have been aggressively filtering my email, a constant...
1st Nov 2023
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No more talking to politicians

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

1st Nov 2023
I am no longer talking to politicians. I have been aggressively filtering my email, a constant battle. Now I will no longer accept their calls. Unfortunately my home phone number is ruined. Between scams and politicians I never answer my phone unless I recognize the caller...
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Measuring developer experience, benchmarks, and providing a theory of improvement. Back in 2020, I wrote a piece called My skepticism towards current developer meta-productivity...
8th Dec 2024
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Measuring developer experience, benchmarks, and providing a theory of improvement.

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

8th Dec 2024
Back in 2020, I wrote a piece called My skepticism towards current developer meta-productivity tools, which laid out my three core problems with developer productivity measurement tools of the time: Using productivity measures to evaluate rather than learn Instrumenting metrics...
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For the First Time In Years, I’m Excited By My Computer Purchase Some decades back, when I’d buy a new PC, it would unlock new capabilities. Maybe AGP video, or a...
11th Sep 2023
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For the First Time In Years, I’m Excited By My Computer Purchase

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

11th Sep 2023
Some decades back, when I’d buy a new PC, it would unlock new capabilities. Maybe AGP video, or a PCMCIA slot, or, heck, sound. Nowadays, mostly new hardware means things get a bit faster or less crashy, or I have some more space for files. It’s good and useful, but sorta… meh....
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Silicon Valley & Defense Tech Over the last few years there has been a lot of press coverage of Google canceling project Maven, a...
13th Oct 2020
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Silicon Valley & Defense Tech

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

13th Oct 2020
Over the last few years there has been a lot of press coverage of Google canceling project Maven, a defense contract. This has led to claims Silicon Valley is no longer engaging in defense tech, despite tech's roots working with the Department of Defense
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If Edgar Allan Poe was into Design Systems Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, While I nodded, nearly napping,...
19th Nov 2024
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If Edgar Allan Poe was into Design Systems

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

19th Nov 2024
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, "'Tis a design system," I muttered, "bringing order to the core— Ah, distinctly I remember, every button, every splendor, Each component, standardized,...
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Indicating coarser Niche Zero grind settings When brewing filter coffee, it's common to come up against one of the main limitations of the Niche...
6th Jan 2024
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Indicating coarser Niche Zero grind settings

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

6th Jan 2024
When brewing filter coffee, it's common to come up against one of the main limitations of the Niche Zero grinder: the Niche Zero has no markings past the 50 mark. Fortunately, there's a really simple solution to this problem: Set your grinder to 50 and place a small piece of...
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APIs for content sites must be free Social media businesses should not charge* for APIs. If a company like Reddit or Twitter derives...
14th Jun 2023
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APIs for content sites must be free

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

14th Jun 2023
Social media businesses should not charge* for APIs. If a company like Reddit or Twitter derives most of its value from content that users write for free then it must provide APIs for anyone to download and manipulate that content. While an interactive API that enables...
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Representing the universe of GravityLoops <![CDATA[I started working on the class Universe of GravityLoops, my gravity simulator in Interlisp...
5th Jun 2026
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Representing the universe of GravityLoops

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

5th Jun 2026
<![CDATA[I started working on the class Universe of GravityLoops, my gravity simulator in Interlisp and LOOPS. I defined the class itself and the main methods, Universe.Register and Universe.Simulate. The class represents a collection of bodies and manages the parameters and...
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Fast compilers for fast programs Fast compilers for fast programs Compiler author incentives Aside: languages get caught in the...
14th Apr 2019
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Fast compilers for fast programs

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

14th Apr 2019
Fast compilers for fast programs Compiler author incentives Aside: languages get caught in the middle The "medium-sized project" moment 2019-04-14 Compiler authors face a tradeoff between compiler speed and executable speed. Take longer to build a binary and you can build a...
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How to transfigure wireframes into HTML Soon enough in your career as a web developer, you encounter the situation where a designer hands...
1st Dec 2022
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How to transfigure wireframes into HTML

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2022
Soon enough in your career as a web developer, you encounter the situation where a designer hands over a wonderful web design in all its large-screen glory. Your mission now is to transform it into code to present a prototype as soon as possible, starting with nothing but an...
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Recently Listening Die In Love by Greet Death Via David Crespo, I got into Greet Death, a band that's been...
3rd Feb 2026
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Recently

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

3rd Feb 2026
Listening Die In Love by Greet Death Via David Crespo, I got into Greet Death, a band that's been hustling since 2011. It's great in a simultaneously familiar and innovative way. The album has a great amount of variety: Small Town Cemetery is a really effective quiet, acoustic...
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Make no assumptions. I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the concept of “soil horizons”, which is the idea that there...
11th Jul 2026
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Make no assumptions.

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

11th Jul 2026
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the concept of “soil horizons”, which is the idea that there are many distinct layers of soil, from topsoil all the way down to bedrock, which all combine into a soil horizon. Translating this idea into software, the ideal codebase would...
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A tail-call interpreter in nightly Rust
5th Apr 2026
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A tail-call interpreter in nightly Rust

from Matt Keeter [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Apr 2026
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