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The Cloud Is Just Someone Else's Computer
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high:
1GB RAM
modern, fast dual core...
over a year ago
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high:
1GB RAM
modern, fast dual core CPU
speedy solid state drive with 20+ GB
I'm not talking about a cheapo shared cpanel server, either, I mean a dedicated virtual private server with those specifications.
We were...
Making software...
Stop Using Hamburger Menus
Stop Using Hamburger Menus
2023-05-04
I recently tooted about my hatred of website hamburger menus...
a year ago
Stop Using Hamburger Menus
2023-05-04
I recently tooted about my hatred of website hamburger menus which was met with a surprising amount of support from other users. It seems like most people don't actually like hamburger menus. So why do we, as developers, keep using them in...
David Heinemeier...
House rules in Fortnite
We play a lot of Fortnite at our house. It's a great game for teaching kids cooperative discipline,...
a month ago
We play a lot of Fortnite at our house. It's a great game for teaching kids cooperative discipline, and in a remarkably wholesome setting to boot (no blood, cartoon styling). I've had no qualms involving all three of our boys from an early age in the family squad, including our...
Joel Gascoigne
The dream forms over time
In my recent travels around Asia [http://instagram.com/joelgascoigne], I’ve had
the great...
over a year ago
In my recent travels around Asia [http://instagram.com/joelgascoigne], I’ve had
the great opportunity to meet a lot of local founders and aspiring
entrepreneurs.
One of the things that seems to come up many times is that people will ask me
“what triggered you to become...
ntietz.com blog
Unpacking some Rust ergonomics: getting a single Result from an iterator of them
Rust has a lot of nice things that make life easy.
One of the least discussed ones is also one of my...
a year ago
Rust has a lot of nice things that make life easy.
One of the least discussed ones is also one of my favorites.
It's a little nugget in the standard library that makes handling possible failures a lot easier.
And it's not even baked in—it just falls out from the type...
samwho.dev
Fun With Rust's Traits
Rust's trait system is wonderful. Everyone I know that has used it agrees
with this statement. It's...
over a year ago
Rust's trait system is wonderful. Everyone I know that has used it agrees
with this statement. It's a great way to encode shared behaviour between
data types, and create flexible APIs.
It's also great for writing nonsense like this:
use std::f64::consts::PI;
use...
Daniel Marino
Using the p5play JavaScript Game Engine
I was messing around with p5play last week to experiment with a game idea, and was pleasantly...
11 months ago
I was messing around with p5play last week to experiment with a game idea, and was pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to use. It was designed to be intuitive for beginners, such as students. In under a half hour I had created some common basic mechanics! Check it out:
See the...
Epic Web Dev
Check if Custom Fonts are Properly Loaded in Your App (tip)
Learn how to use DevTools to check if the correct font is being applied to your app and troubleshoot...
a year ago
Learn how to use DevTools to check if the correct font is being applied to your app and troubleshoot issues related to loading custom fonts.
Julia Evans
New playground: memory spy
Hello! Today we’re releasing a new playground called “memory spy”. It lets you run C programs
and...
a year ago
Hello! Today we’re releasing a new playground called “memory spy”. It lets you run C programs
and see how their variables are represented in memory. It’s designed to be
accessible to folks who don’t know C – it comes with bunch of extremely simple
example C programs that you can...
Kagi Blog
New features in the Orion Browser
*Orion beta 0.99.124* has just landed ( https://browser.kagi.com/#download_sec ) and is bringing...
a year ago
*Orion beta 0.99.124* has just landed ( https://browser.kagi.com/#download_sec ) and is bringing over 160 new features, improvements, and bug fixes, making this our most significant release ever.
Joel Gascoigne
How an investor who turned me down ended up sleeping on my couch
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Last week I had...
over a year ago
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Last week I had the great pleasure of grabbing dinner with Jon Bradford
[http://twitter.com/jd], and having him stop over at my place on his way to
speak on a panel at an event in Jerusalem.
The...
Computer Things
Why I prefer rST to markdown
I just published a new version of Logic for Programmers! v0.2 has epub support, content on...
5 months ago
I just published a new version of Logic for Programmers! v0.2 has epub support, content on constraint solving and formal specification, and more! Get it here.
This is my second book written with Sphinx, after the new Learn TLA+. Sphinx uses a peculiar markup called reStructured...
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Instant GraphQL with OneGraph
Here's a recorded screenshare chat I had with Sean Grove (https://twitter.com/sgrove), Cofounder of...
over a year ago
Here's a recorded screenshare chat I had with Sean Grove (https://twitter.com/sgrove), Cofounder of OneGraph! We swapped out the Next.js API Routes that I manually set up in my livestreaming, to the premade GraphQL integration that OneGraph has with Dev.to. As a bonus, this takes...
David Gerrells
thinking around a pen
Codepen is a delightful app that I used over the years to practice my frontend skill. One thing that...
over a year ago
Codepen is a delightful app that I used over the years to practice my frontend skill. One thing that has annoyed me was that over time they have limited features more and more behind a pay wall for a pro account...
Daniel Immke's Blog...
How I write blog posts every month
Back in September of last year I started this blog and seeded it with a few posts. I wrote in my...
over a year ago
Back in September of last year I started this blog and seeded it with a few posts. I wrote in my first post that my goal was to write one…
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My 2021 New Mac Setup
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
over a year ago
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
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Nov 2019 Recap
Hello mailing list friends!
over a year ago
Hello mailing list friends!
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How to brand your startup so it isn't boring
The world would be more fun if most startups hadn't undergone a personality vasectomy. Be it the...
4 months ago
The world would be more fun if most startups hadn't undergone a personality vasectomy. Be it the human instinct for conformity, or the inevitable…
Ralph Ammer
Why study Philosophy?
Why you should study philosophy. 5 reasons why philosophy is useful.
The post Why study Philosophy?...
over a year ago
Why you should study philosophy. 5 reasons why philosophy is useful.
The post Why study Philosophy? appeared first on Ralph Ammer.
Josh Collinsworth
Let's Learn CSS Variables!
CSS variables (otherwise known as CSS custom properties) give previously impossible superpowers to...
over a year ago
CSS variables (otherwise known as CSS custom properties) give previously impossible superpowers to CSS developers. This post covers what they are, how they work, and a couple of nifty ways you can implement them on your own website.
Josh Collinsworth
My Essential Tools for WordPress Development
Some of these apps, resources and tools aren’t directly WordPress-related, or even necessarily...
over a year ago
Some of these apps, resources and tools aren’t directly WordPress-related, or even necessarily development-related; some have to do with productivity or just make life a little easier. That’s by design. Part of being a developer is learning to work and use your tools as...
A Smart Bear
Failure to face the truth
This concept recurs in different forms throughout myriad books, frameworks, and topics, across...
over a year ago
This concept recurs in different forms throughout myriad books, frameworks, and topics, across decades of time. When something is so consistent, it must be wisdom.
Ink & Switch
Local-First Conf, Ink Selection with Flux
A report from the inaugural Local-First Conference in Berlin, and a deep dive on a new ink selection...
5 months ago
A report from the inaugural Local-First Conference in Berlin, and a deep dive on a new ink selection model.
A Beautiful Site
On Buttons and Links
I posted a tweet yesterday that was met with some controversy, so I thought it would be a good idea...
over a year ago
I posted a tweet yesterday that was met with some controversy, so I thought it would be a good idea to unravel it.
Unpopular opinion: in a design system, a "link" and a "button" should be one component.
— Cory LaViska (@claviska) October 5, 2021
At face value, I understand why...
Making software...
Plain Text Emails, Please
Plain Text Emails, Please
2019-09-09
When it comes to website / product design and development most...
over a year ago
Plain Text Emails, Please
2019-09-09
When it comes to website / product design and development most devs should try to keep things simple. By only using as much code as absolutely necessary, projects avoid growing out of scope or becoming bloated. So, why isn't this same approach...
HTMHell
#10 <section> is no replacement for <div>
Bad code
<section id="page-top">
<section data-section-id="page-top" style="display:...
over a year ago
Bad code
<section id="page-top">
<section data-section-id="page-top" style="display: none;"></section>
</section>
<main>
<section id="main-content">
<header id="main-header">
<h1>...</h1>
<section class="container-fluid">
<section class="row">
...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Logical Properties and Ease
I’ll admit, I’m late to the logical properties party.
The purist in me loves the idea because it...
a year ago
I’ll admit, I’m late to the logical properties party.
The purist in me loves the idea because it makes CSS more internally consistent with its design to be a language-agnostic framework for uni-directional layout. Chris gets at this in his recent post, “Why aren’t logical...
Don Melton
That bleeping kerfuffle
After I posted that link to my latest podcast with Rene Ritchie, several folks alerted me via...
over a year ago
After I posted that link to my latest podcast with Rene Ritchie, several folks alerted me via Twitter that all my colorful metaphors had been “bleeped” on the audio.
I didn’t realize that because I hadn’t listened to the recording myself. And I don’t normally listen to my own...
Ralph Ammer
David Hume — Why we change our mind
How do we know which food is best for us? We might start a low-carb diet. Then we switch to whole...
a year ago
How do we know which food is best for us? We might start a low-carb diet. Then we switch to whole grains, or even go fully vegan—only to return to a low-carb diet yet again. We constantly change our minds. Even scientists keep revising their perspectives. Why is it so difficult...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
A case for stacked patches 📚
I’m wondering why you talk about “branches” at all. No such thing
should exist.
– Linus Torvalds,...
a year ago
I’m wondering why you talk about “branches” at all. No such thing
should exist.
– Linus Torvalds, 2005, git@vger.kernel.org
Git branches are hard to think about.
But “GitHub”
forces you to think about branches. A lot.
Instead of futzing with GitHub’s feature branches, many...
alexwlchan
A bookmarklet to show which responsive image was chosen
I’ve had a lot of fun fiddling with the images on this blog recently, and I think they’re better...
a year ago
I’ve had a lot of fun fiddling with the images on this blog recently, and I think they’re better than when I started.
I’ve read a bunch of articles on responsive images, and I’ve sprinkled the <picture> and <source> tags everywhere to offer images in a variety of sizes and...
Neil Panchal
Berkeley Mono Font Variant Popularity
Berkeley Mono Typeface
Absolutely thrilled by the response after Hacker News launch of Berkeley...
over a year ago
Berkeley Mono Typeface
Absolutely thrilled by the response after Hacker News launch of Berkeley Mono Typeface. I am truly humbled by the feedback, interest and people that have keen interest in typography.
Berkeley Mono Font Variants
Quick update on people asking what's the...
A Beautiful Site
Zipping multiple folders into separate zip files
Here's a bash script that will zip all folders in the current directory into...
over a year ago
Here's a bash script that will zip all folders in the current directory into separate .zip files:
for i in */; do zip -r "${i%/}.zip" "$i"; done
I had to do this to 75+ folders today and this definitely saved me some time. It works on macOS too!
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Software 3.0 and the AI Engineer Landscape (talk notes & slides)
Everyone has gone AI mad, and there is a lot of noise, hype, and demos, but not a lot of guidance on...
a year ago
Everyone has gone AI mad, and there is a lot of noise, hype, and demos, but not a lot of guidance on practical usecases. We will go over a mental model of who is doing what and explain both where the opportunities are and where the non-AI developer can start going down the rabbit...
Oxide Computer...
Another vulnerability in the LPC55S69 ROM
Here at Oxide, we continue to work on building servers as they should be. Last year, we discovered...
over a year ago
Here at Oxide, we continue to work on building servers as they should be. Last year, we discovered an undocumented hardware block in the LPC55S69 (our chosen part for our product’s Root of Trust implementation) that could be used to violate security boundaries. This issue...
HTMHell
#8 anchor tag used as button
Bad code
<a href="#" onclick="modal.open()">Login</a>
Issues and how to fix them
If the a element...
over a year ago
Bad code
<a href="#" onclick="modal.open()">Login</a>
Issues and how to fix them
If the a element has an href attribute, it represents a link to another resource like a page or a PDF document.
The purpose of the element in this example is to trigger an action on the same page...
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Dev tool marketing for early-stage startups – what we’ve learned
Since starting PostHog in 2020, we’ve learned a bunch about what does and doesn’t work when it comes...
a year ago
Since starting PostHog in 2020, we’ve learned a bunch about what does and doesn’t work when it comes to marketing to engineers. There are plenty of…
elementary Blog
One Last Bug Fix Update Before The Big One
It turns out we have one more updates blog before OS 7.1 and it brings a number of fixes and a few...
a year ago
It turns out we have one more updates blog before OS 7.1 and it brings a number of fixes and a few small features. We’re hard at work resolving your reported issues to make this release as smooth and shiny as it possibly can be! So read ahead and find out what was new last...
Steve Klabnik
ActiveRecord considered harmful
over a year ago
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Supervised Learning: Regression
Drawing lines among dots and more!
over a year ago
Drawing lines among dots and more!
David Heinemeier...
Apple is in its Ballmer era
During Ballmer's reign as CEO of Microsoft, the company always made plenty of money. While the stock...
10 months ago
During Ballmer's reign as CEO of Microsoft, the company always made plenty of money. While the stock traded sideways, Ballmer made sure it was still raining dividends. Yet, today, that era of Microsoft is not looked upon too fondly. It's seen as being anchored in the company's...
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
@levelsio and survivorship bias
Pieter Levels is a prolific maker of software.
He’s also very successful maker of software: he’s...
over a year ago
Pieter Levels is a prolific maker of software.
He’s also very successful maker of software: he’s close to making $1.5 million a year from his business, almost all of it profit.
Almost all of it is his profit since for most of the time he was a sole developer / marketer / copy...
Charles Chen
Programmatically Invoke Cloud Run Jobs with Runtime Overrides
Love Google Cloud Run but need to be able to programmatically invoke long running jobs?
a year ago
Love Google Cloud Run but need to be able to programmatically invoke long running jobs?
Making software...
Simple Accessibility
Simple Accessibility
2018-09-07
Implementing proper accessibility practices can seem a little...
over a year ago
Simple Accessibility
2018-09-07
Implementing proper accessibility practices can seem a little daunting at first, but there are a few basic standards you can introduce into your project work-flow that are fairly straightforward:
Basic design
Test that your project has the proper...
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Svelte as an Eleventy Template Engine
Svelte is a really nice authoring format for HTML components. I wanted to explore if I could extend...
over a year ago
Svelte is a really nice authoring format for HTML components. I wanted to explore if I could extend Eleventy to use it.
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Make your own Dev.to CMS livestream - Part 4
This is day 4 of my livecode Dev.to CMS.
over a year ago
This is day 4 of my livecode Dev.to CMS.
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Optimize for not breaking up with your co-founder
Last week we had an offsite in the beautiful Portuguese countryside, an hour's bus journey from...
over a year ago
Last week we had an offsite in the beautiful Portuguese countryside, an hour's bus journey from Porto. We uploaded a highlight reel of the retreat to…
alexwlchan
My favourite books from 2024
I read 58 books this year – slightly down on last year, but I’m still happy with that number.
I...
3 days ago
I read 58 books this year – slightly down on last year, but I’m still happy with that number.
I spent a lot of time this on my own writing and crafting, and I had less time for books.
I returned to a couple of favourite authors and their latest releases – including Toshikazu...
Paolo Amoroso's...
I mothballed Free Python Books
<![CDATA[I shut down Free Python Books, the list of Python books that are free to read online or...
9 months ago
<![CDATA[I shut down Free Python Books, the list of Python books that are free to read online or download I had been maintaining since 2019.
I archived the project's GitHub repo, which is now read-only and no longer accepts contributions. If you're interested you're welcome to...
Neil Panchal
Eternal Robustness
"Look, you can trust us. We can be depended upon. We are serious about our products and we take...
a year ago
"Look, you can trust us. We can be depended upon. We are serious about our products and we take great care to provide you with excellence year after year. Your involvement with us will be predictable and stable."
alexwlchan
Splitting a class into balanced groups
Earlier this week, my mum sent me an interesting problem.
She’s got a class of 12 students, who are...
a year ago
Earlier this week, my mum sent me an interesting problem.
She’s got a class of 12 students, who are going to meet over 7 sessions.
In each session, they’re going to split into 3 or 4 groups, and she wants to find an even distribution of groups – each person gets to work with...
Vladimir Klepov as a...
What is a react component, anyways?
I used to teach a class on React. There’s no better way to start a hands-on course than “Let’s write...
over a year ago
I used to teach a class on React. There’s no better way to start a hands-on course than “Let’s write a simple component!”. But time after time I hear — “Vladimir, what’s a component, anyways?”. Bah, what a question! It’s a react thingie. React apps are made of components. Why do...
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Fibonacci Goals
A system for goalsetting.
over a year ago
A system for goalsetting.
A Beautiful Site
External popup links using jQuery
With the deprecation of the target attribute in XHTML Strict, opening links in new windows has...
over a year ago
With the deprecation of the target attribute in XHTML Strict, opening links in new windows has become a bit trivial, if not annoying, to standardize. I always look for a consistent, unobtrusive approach that degrades gracefully; and since I use jQuery quite frequently, this is...
charity.wtf
Choose Boring Technology Culture
Honeycomb recently announced our $50M Series D funding round. We aren’t the type to hype this a lot;...
a year ago
Honeycomb recently announced our $50M Series D funding round. We aren’t the type to hype this a lot; Emily summed it up crisply as, “Living another day on someone else’s money isn’t business success, even though it is a lovely vote of confidence.” Agreed. The vote of confidence...
Making software...
Installing Custom Fonts on Linux from the Command Line
Installing Custom Fonts on Linux from the Command Line
2022-09-20
Installing custom fonts is a...
over a year ago
Installing Custom Fonts on Linux from the Command Line
2022-09-20
Installing custom fonts is a fairly streamlined feature on operating systems like MacOS and Windows. Linux, on the other hand, struggles to make this workflow easy for everyday users. Many newcomers tend to get...
Dan Slimmon
Podcast appearance: The Debrief from Incident.io
I’m so grateful to Incident.io for the opportunity to shout from their rooftop about Clinical...
7 months ago
I’m so grateful to Incident.io for the opportunity to shout from their rooftop about Clinical troubleshooting, which I firmly believe is the way we should all be diagnosing system failures. Enjoy the full episode!
Tinloof - Blog
ReasonML for production React Apps? 🤔 (Part 3)
A while ago I published this article about building an accessible and reusable modal/dialog...
over a year ago
A while ago I published this article about building an accessible and reusable modal/dialog component in React.
The component achieves the following requirements:
A reusable component API: we should be able to easily use our accessible modal anywhere and populate it with...
Computer Things
Five Unusual Raku Features
Logic for Programmers is now in Beta!
v0.5 marks the official end of alpha! With the new version,...
a month ago
Logic for Programmers is now in Beta!
v0.5 marks the official end of alpha! With the new version, all of the content I wanted to put in the book is now present, and all that's left is copyediting, proofreading, and formatting. Which will probably take as long as it took to...
ntietz.com blog
Personnel update
This is inspired by receiving a "personnel update" when a friend was fired many years ago. It felt...
3 months ago
This is inspired by receiving a "personnel update" when a friend was fired many years ago. It felt coldly impersonal for such a deeply personal event, so I imagined what it would be like if the same approach were taken to other deeply personal events.
* * *
Subject: Personnel...
Daniel Immke's Blog...
2018: A year in review
It’s the end of the year, and I’ve been reflecting on what I accomplished this year and what I...
over a year ago
It’s the end of the year, and I’ve been reflecting on what I accomplished this year and what I didn’t, as well as what I can do better next…
Irrational...
Balancing your CEO, peers, and Engineering.
There are so many stories of hiring a new executive who comes in and wreaks havoc. I’ve seen...
a year ago
There are so many stories of hiring a new executive who comes in and wreaks havoc. I’ve seen engineering leaders start with a giant, doomed migration, marketing leaders who accelerate expenses until they necessitate a round of layoffs, and a number of executives fired in their...
Julia Evans
Some Git poll results
A new thing I’ve been trying while writing this Git zine is doing a bunch of polls on Mastodon to...
9 months ago
A new thing I’ve been trying while writing this Git zine is doing a bunch of polls on Mastodon to learn about:
which git commands/workflows people use (like “do you use merge or rebase more?” or “do you put your current git branch in your shell prompt?”)
what kinds of problems...
David Heinemeier...
A writer's Ruby
Programmers at large seem eternally skeptical of style. And I’m not just talking about the...
12 months ago
Programmers at large seem eternally skeptical of style. And I’m not just talking about the stereotype of nerds in uncoordinated outfits or using pocket protectors. But style in the broad sense of aesthetics. Many appear imbued with fundamental opposition to the idea that how...
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How To Optimize for Change
Lessons from React, GraphQL, and Rich Hickey on how to design software that doesn't implode the...
over a year ago
Lessons from React, GraphQL, and Rich Hickey on how to design software that doesn't implode the first time requirements change.
the singularity is...
The Collective Marshmallow Test
Society is even harder than passing the marshmallow test.
Instead of a single person, imagine 100...
a month ago
Society is even harder than passing the marshmallow test.
Instead of a single person, imagine 100 people in a room. One marshmallow is placed on a table. If everyone can leave it alone for 15 minutes, everyone gets 2 marshmallows. But if just one person eats it, everyone gets...
Steve Klabnik
Beware subclassing Ruby core classes
over a year ago
Oxide Computer...
Advancing Cloud and HPC Convergence with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Oxide Computer Company and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Work Together to Advance Cloud and...
a month ago
Oxide Computer Company and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Work Together to Advance Cloud and HPC Convergence
Oxide Computer Company and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) today announced a plan to bring on-premises cloud computing capabilities to the Livermore...
HTMHell
You don’t need the isOpen class
by Maureen Holland
Don’t get me wrong. You can keep it if you like it. But you don’t need it.
A...
2 weeks ago
by Maureen Holland
Don’t get me wrong. You can keep it if you like it. But you don’t need it.
A class selector can allow us to visually show or hide content for disclosure widgets, like a custom select component or dropdown navigation menu. But a disclosure widget is made of two...
Vadim Kravcenko
How to build a community around your SaaS
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help...
over a year ago
This article is part of the series called Founders Guide which I’m writing currently to help early-stage founders tackle the […]
The post How to build a community around your SaaS appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Epic Web Dev
Use Isolation to Solve Complex Problems (tip)
When faced with a complex problem, try isolating it by creating a minimal example in a temporary...
a year ago
When faced with a complex problem, try isolating it by creating a minimal example in a temporary project directory.
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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...
over a year ago
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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The really important job interview questions engineers should ask (but don't)
Since we started PostHog, our team has interviewed 725 people. What's one thing I've taken from...
over a year ago
Since we started PostHog, our team has interviewed 725 people. What's one thing I've taken from this? It's normal for candidates not to ask harder…
Basta’s Notes
Things nobody taught me about money
When I was growing up, I was one of the first generations of students to have a strikingly different...
a year ago
When I was growing up, I was one of the first generations of students to have a strikingly different education from previous generations. I grew up under the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind policies. Classes teaching important life skills like home economics and...
David Heinemeier...
Celebrating a million copies of REWORK
It’s been 14 years since REWORK was first published. It was our first big-publisher book, and it hit...
11 months ago
It’s been 14 years since REWORK was first published. It was our first big-publisher book, and it hit the New York Times bestseller list right out the gate. In the first two years, it sold over 200,000 copies. And then... it just kept selling. Now it has passed one million copies...
Alice GG
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...
a year ago
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...
Don Melton
Cranking up the blogging machine again
For whatever reason I started blogging again last week. Not knowing why isn’t due to a lack of...
over a year ago
For whatever reason I started blogging again last week. Not knowing why isn’t due to a lack of introspection on my part.
Maybe the nauseating weight of the Trump administration was suppressing my desire to write for the previous three-and-a-half years? Or maybe I’m just arbitrary...
TokyoDev
A Guide to Salary Negotiations in Japan’s Tech Industry
When it comes to salary negotiations in Japan’s tech industry, I’ve been on both sides of the table....
a year ago
When it comes to salary negotiations in Japan’s tech industry, I’ve been on both sides of the table. I’ve worked as a recruiter sourcing candidates from around the world for a Japanese autonomous driving tech company, and have helped hundreds of English-speaking expats in secure...
Jibran’s Perspective
Project 1: Django + NextJS Boilerplate
Links:
Gumroad page
Build Log
My accidental new years resolution was to work on the 1 problem that...
10 months ago
Links:
Gumroad page
Build Log
My accidental new years resolution was to work on the 1 problem that has plagued me for my entire adult life; failure to commit and focus. I decided to work in 6 week “sprints” (inspired by Shape Up) and complete the projects I start - for some known...
Krzysztof Kowalczyk...
SumatraPDF 2.5.2 released
We, the SumatraPDF developers have released a version 2.5.2 of Sumatra, a PDF and ebook reader for...
over a year ago
We, the SumatraPDF developers have released a version 2.5.2 of Sumatra, a PDF and ebook reader for Windows.
Changes in this release:
2 page view for ebooks
new keybindings:
Ctrl+PgDn, Ctrl+Right : go to next page
Ctrl+PgUp, Ctrl+Left : go to previous page
10x faster ebook...
Making software...
HTML Dark Mode
HTML Dark Mode
2023-04-11
I wrote an article back in 2021 called The Lazy Developer's Dark
Mode...
a year ago
HTML Dark Mode
2023-04-11
I wrote an article back in 2021 called The Lazy Developer's Dark
Mode where I explained how to implement
a very basic "dark mode" by using the prefers-color-scheme CSS attribute.
This stills works perfectly fine, and in fact there is a cleaner variation...
Evan Jones -...
Go: Functional options are slow
The Go "functional options" pattern is a way of passing options to a function. The function takes a...
over a year ago
The Go "functional options" pattern is a way of passing options to a function. The function takes a variable number of arguments, which are themselves functions (a type like ...func(*config). I think it was first introduced by Rob Pike in a 2014 blog post. It is now used by many...
The Changelog
Lessons of Social Media from BBSs
In the recent article The Internet Origin Story You Know Is Wrong, I was somewhat surprised to see...
over a year ago
In the recent article The Internet Origin Story You Know Is Wrong, I was somewhat surprised to see the argument that BBSs are a part of the Internet origin story that is often omitted. Surprised because I was there for BBSs, and even ran one, and didn’t really consider them part...
macwright.com
How I write and publish the microblog by ()
This microblog, by the way… I felt like real blog posts on macwright.com were becoming too...
a year ago
This microblog, by the way… I felt like real blog posts on macwright.com were becoming too “official” feeling to post little notes-to-self and tech tricks and whatnot.
The setup is intentionally pretty boring. I have been using Obsidian for notetaking, and I store micro blog...
PostHog's RSS Feed
What's the true role of a product team at an engineering-led organization?
We’ve talked before about product-minded engineers at PostHog. We don’t have PMs dictating a...
over a year ago
We’ve talked before about product-minded engineers at PostHog. We don’t have PMs dictating a roadmap or solutions - it all comes from engineering. A…
Computer Things
What makes concurrency so hard?
A lot of my formal specification projects involve concurrent or distributed system. That's in the...
8 months ago
A lot of my formal specification projects involve concurrent or distributed system. That's in the sweet spot of "difficult to get right" and "severe costs to getting it wrong" that leads to people spending time and money on writing specifications. Given its relevance to my job, I...
Acko.net
On Witchcraft
Lies, damned lies, and social media
Rhetoric about the dangers of the internet is at a feverish...
over a year ago
Lies, damned lies, and social media
Rhetoric about the dangers of the internet is at a feverish high. The new buzzword these days is "disinformation." Funnily enough, nobody actually produces it themselves: it's only other people who do so.
Arguably the internet already came up...
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's...
On goal-setting
2024 has arrived and with it aspirations to "do better". That isn't to say 2023 wasn't a good year....
a year ago
2024 has arrived and with it aspirations to "do better". That isn't to say 2023 wasn't a good year. Not by any means. But the earth has reached the specific point in its trajectory around the sun where we define the year as "new" again, and so we arbitrarily decide that it's the...
Paolo Amoroso's...
A brief experience with the Cardputer uLisp Machine
<![CDATA[For Chrismtas 2024 I bought myself a lovely little Cardputer uLisp Machine, an M5Stack...
a week ago
<![CDATA[For Chrismtas 2024 I bought myself a lovely little Cardputer uLisp Machine, an M5Stack Cardputer that can run uLisp.
The M5Stack Cardputer is a card-sized, microcontroller-based portable system for home automation, hobby, and industrial applications. Although not...
Blog System/5
Beyond the 1 MB barrier in DOS
Continuing the tour on how DOS apps used memory above the first MB
11 months ago
Continuing the tour on how DOS apps used memory above the first MB
A Beautiful Site
Icon Finder: an awesome search engine for icons
I came across a really awesome icon resource awhile back, but never got a chance to write anything...
over a year ago
I came across a really awesome icon resource awhile back, but never got a chance to write anything about it. If you're a web designer or developer who always has use for quality icons — especially ones with GPL or similar licenses — this is the website for you. It's essentially a...
Posts on Nikita...
How Did I Become Database Engineer at 23
Disclaimer: When reading this post, please keep in mind that you are likely to come from a very...
over a year ago
Disclaimer: When reading this post, please keep in mind that you are likely to come from a very different cultural background than me. Russians approach life in their own way and some things might seem strange. Still, this was my path and I would like to share it.
My name is...
Ruud van Asseldonk
A language for designing slides
over a year ago
Copper • A blog...
Reverse engineering the MacBook clamshell mode
You just got a large, Ultrawide monitor for your MacBook. You hook it up and marvel at the amount of...
a year ago
You just got a large, Ultrawide monitor for your MacBook. You hook it up and marvel at the amount of pixels.
You notice you never use the MacBook built-in display anymore, and it nags you to have it in your lower peripheral vision.
Closing the lid is not an option because you...
Paolo Amoroso's...
A NoteCards project for the RetroChallenge 2024
<![CDATA[Team Lisp is ready to play: I'm entering the RetroChallenge 2024 (RC2024) with a NoteCards...
3 months ago
<![CDATA[Team Lisp is ready to play: I'm entering the RetroChallenge 2024 (RC2024) with a NoteCards project targeting Medley Interlisp.
The RC2024 announcement explains the point of the challenge is to do something new, learn, and have fun with retro systems:
In a nutshell,...
Dan Quach Blog
Software Estimations Using Reference Class Forecasting
18 years ago I’m sitting in my cubicle doing Java programming, and my tech lead comes up to me to...
a year ago
18 years ago I’m sitting in my cubicle doing Java programming, and my tech lead comes up to me to chat about my next project. We discuss the details, and then she asks me the dreaded questions programmers fear which is “how long will it take?”. I stumble with some guestimate...
Julia Evans
Making crochet cacti
I noticed some tech bloggers I follow have been making April Cools Day posts about topics they don’t...
9 months ago
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...
Posts on Nikita...
Inside New Query Engine of MongoDB
Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters.
MongoDB has recently released a new query engine coming in...
a year ago
Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters.
MongoDB has recently released a new query engine coming in version 7.0. I was one of the people working on this engine during my 2 years in MongoDB and I would like to share some technical details about it.
Disclaimer: Prior to writing this...
Paolo Amoroso's...
A fix for duplicate definitions in Femtounit
<![CDATA[I finally fixed a longstanding duplicate definitions issue with Femtounit, my Interlisp...
9 months ago
<![CDATA[I finally fixed a longstanding duplicate definitions issue with Femtounit, my Interlisp unit test framework.
Femtounit creates a new File Manager type for unit tests, TESTS. DEFTEST, which defines a test, adds an entry of type TESTS and expands into an internal function...
Making software...
Hosting a Jekyll Site on Sourcehut
Hosting a Jekyll Site on Sourcehut
2021-12-06
I recently decided to switch my personal, static...
over a year ago
Hosting a Jekyll Site on Sourcehut
2021-12-06
I recently decided to switch my personal, static site's hosting from Netlify to sourcehut pages. The process went fairly smoothly with only a couple minor hiccups; nothing rage-inducing. After everything was up and running smoothly, I...
somenice
The Micro One-Armed Bandit
Over the holidays I came up with an idea to create a micro slot machine coded in #CircuitPython...
a year ago
Over the holidays I came up with an idea to create a micro slot machine coded in #CircuitPython using the Adafruit 5×5 NeoBFF Led Matrix. A micro switch, or limit switch is used to ‘pull’ the slot machine arm. A Piezo buzzer bleeps and bloops familiar tones and may signal a win....
Ralph Ammer
How to see beauty
Last summer, I found myself at a farmers market of a small town in Southern France. The air was...
a year ago
Last summer, I found myself at a farmers market of a small town in Southern France. The air was alive with chatter and the joy of yet another sunny day ahead. I made my way through tourists, neighbourhood regulars and other early birds. To escape the buzz, I stepped into the...
Ruud van Asseldonk
Exceptional results: error handling with C# and Rust
over a year ago
Irrational...
Video of Developing Eng Leadership Styles.
The last chapter I wrote for Eng Executive’s Primer was this one about developing engineering...
3 months ago
The last chapter I wrote for Eng Executive’s Primer was this one about developing engineering leadership styles.
It’s an interesting chapter to me peronally, precisely because it’s not something I would have agreed with or written five years ago.
This past Friday I gave a...
Making software...
Dynamic Viewports with CSS
Dynamic Viewports with CSS
2023-02-08
I think it's safe to assume most web designers and developers...
a year ago
Dynamic Viewports with CSS
2023-02-08
I think it's safe to assume most web designers and developers are familiar with the standard vh and vw parameters in CSS. These parameters are used for setting an element's height and/or width, relative to the viewport (v) height (h) or width...
blag
Why does SQLite (in production) have such a bad rep?
My answer to a question online, why?
6 months ago
My answer to a question online, why?
A Smart Bear
Discount gambit
Discounting is the typical sales technique, but refusing to discount can lead to a much better...
a year ago
Discounting is the typical sales technique, but refusing to discount can lead to a much better business, even in the Enterprise.
Josh Collinsworth
The self-fulfilling prophecy of React
The only thing React is better at than other front-end frameworks is being popular. So how long will...
over a year ago
The only thing React is better at than other front-end frameworks is being popular. So how long will that self-perpetuating cycle continue?
Ralph Ammer
J.J. Gibson—The meaning of the world
A quick introduction for beginners to J.J. Gibson's ecological approach to visual perception. Gibson...
over a year ago
A quick introduction for beginners to J.J. Gibson's ecological approach to visual perception. Gibson was an American pragmatist and psychologist.
The post J.J. Gibson—The meaning of the world appeared first on Ralph Ammer.
bt RSS Feed
Text Align: Justify
Text Align: Justify
2019-05-22
The text-align property is fairly well known in the world of CSS,...
over a year ago
Text Align: Justify
2019-05-22
The text-align property is fairly well known in the world of CSS, even among those just starting out with the language. Values such as center, left and right are used often with this property, but a more forgotten option is justify.
What does...
Liz Denys
New Loose Leaf Security episode: Digital photos and privacy
Making sure your digital photos aren't leaking your location or other information is one of the most...
over a year ago
Making sure your digital photos aren't leaking your location or other information is one of the most important technology-related privacy issues influencing your physical safety, so make sure to catch the latest episode of Loose Leaf Security:
Digital photos and privacy
Digital...
bunnie's blog
Name that Ware, June 2024
The Ware for June 2024 is shown below. This one will probably be a super-easy guess for some folks,...
6 months ago
The Ware for June 2024 is shown below. This one will probably be a super-easy guess for some folks, but the details of the design of this type of ware are interesting from an engineering standpoint. Some of the tricks used here are kind of mind blowing; on paper, I wouldn’t think...
orlp.net - Blog...
The World's Smallest Hash Table
This December I once again did the Advent of Code,
in Rust. If you are interested, my solutions
are...
a year ago
This December I once again did the Advent of Code,
in Rust. If you are interested, my solutions
are on Github. I wanted to highlight one particular solution to the day 2
problem as it is both optimized completely
beyond the point of reason yet contains a useful technique. For...
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Interactive introduction to iterative algorithms
An interactive explanation of how iterative algorithms work. This explains convergence and the exit...
over a year ago
An interactive explanation of how iterative algorithms work. This explains convergence and the exit condition problem on an oversimplified linear system solver.
Paolo Amoroso's...
Exploring Lisp programs as hypertexts with NoteCards
<) not shipped with any Tailwind support at all. Googled and found [this...
Vadim Kravcenko
How to promote your SaaS without being an ass?
There’s several things to remember when promoting your SaaS without coming off as an ass: Always...
over a year ago
There’s several things to remember when promoting your SaaS without coming off as an ass: Always provide value when promoting. […]
The post How to promote your SaaS without being an ass? appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
bt RSS Feed
Installing Ruby with RVM on Alpine Linux
Installing Ruby with RVM on Alpine Linux
2023-03-16
For some on-going projects I need to switch to...
a year ago
Installing Ruby with RVM on Alpine Linux
2023-03-16
For some on-going projects I need to switch to different versions of ruby. Although there exist many step-by-step instructions on installing and configuring rvm for most Linux distros, there aren’t many focused on Alpine “daily...
A Beautiful Site
Postleaf: reimagined
It's been about nine months since Postleaf debuted as a simple, beautiful, open source, PHP blogging...
over a year ago
It's been about nine months since Postleaf debuted as a simple, beautiful, open source, PHP blogging platform. The initial version was well-received, landing an article on TechCrunch and making its way to #1 for the day on Product Hunt. (Thank you so much, everyone!)
Today, I'm...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Putting your Keyboard on Steroids with Karabiner Elements
I did a livestream with John Lindquist from Egghead.io today, and he blew my mind on how much...
over a year ago
I did a livestream with John Lindquist from Egghead.io today, and he blew my mind on how much mileage you can get out of your keyboard!
Vadim Kravcenko
How to hire first rockstar employee
You want someone who can hit the ground running, who’s passionate about your mission, and who can...
over a year ago
You want someone who can hit the ground running, who’s passionate about your mission, and who can survive being locked […]
The post How to hire first rockstar employee appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
alexwlchan
Upward assignment in Ruby
Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it...
a year ago
Ruby has had leftward assignment (x = 4) since its first public release, and a few years ago it added rightward assignment (4 => x).
Then at RubyConf 2021, Kevin Kuchta explained how to abuse Ruby features to build a downward assignment operator (yes, this really...
swyx's site RSS Feed
Starting Svelte Society
Thoughts on how I am doing with 4 months of Svelte Society in the bag.
over a year ago
Thoughts on how I am doing with 4 months of Svelte Society in the bag.
bt RSS Feed
A Reality Where CSS and JavaScript Don't Exist
A Reality Where CSS and JavaScript Don’t Exist
2021-11-03
This is my personal opinion. Please leave...
over a year ago
A Reality Where CSS and JavaScript Don’t Exist
2021-11-03
This is my personal opinion. Please leave your pitchforks at the door…
I love CSS. I can spend hours deep diving into a website’s CSS system and never find myself getting bored. It’s pretty amazing to see the problems...
David Heinemeier...
Working remotely is a competitive hiring advantage again
As more and more companies, especially large ones, have started demanding remote workers return to...
a year ago
As more and more companies, especially large ones, have started demanding remote workers return to the office, the competitive hiring advantage for remote-first companies is back. And it's even bigger than before the pandemic, now that so many workers have had a taste of what...
The Changelog
Really Enjoyed Jason Scott’s BBS Documentary
Like many young programmers of my age, before I could use the Internet, there were BBSs. I...
over a year ago
Like many young programmers of my age, before I could use the Internet, there were BBSs. I eventually ran one, though in my small town there were few callers. Some time back, I downloaded a copy of Jason Scott’s BBS Documentary. You might know Jason Scott from textfiles.com and...
Epic Web Dev
Two Factor Auth is Included in the Epic Stack (tip)
A Two Factor Authentication implementation has been added to the Epic Stack. Check it out!
a year ago
A Two Factor Authentication implementation has been added to the Epic Stack. Check it out!
Ink & Switch
Reflecting on 2024, Droste's Lair, Version control for game dev
A year-end note from our director; a recap of a recent unconf; Droste's Lair; a sneak preview of...
a week ago
A year-end note from our director; a recap of a recent unconf; Droste's Lair; a sneak preview of version control for game dev.
On Test Automation
The test automation quadrant, or a different way to look at your tests
Like many others working in software testing, and more specifically in automation, I have been...
3 weeks ago
Like many others working in software testing, and more specifically in automation, I have been introduced to the concept of the test automation pyramid early on in my career. While this model has received its share of criticism in the testing community over the years, I still use...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Paper Review: “Did you miss my comments or what?” Toxicity in Open Source Discussions
On entitlement, toxicity, and burnout in Open Source.
[Toxicity is] rude, disrespectful, or...
a year ago
On entitlement, toxicity, and burnout in Open Source.
[Toxicity is] rude, disrespectful, or unreasonable language that is
likely to make someone leave a discussion.
– Google, Project
Jigsaw
Thu, 19 Aug 2021 @EmilyKager & @wardellbagby@androiddev.social
I didn’t expect to learn...
Ralph Ammer
A quick beginner’s guide to animation
To “animate” means to breathe life into things. In these 5 exercises we make stones come alive....
5 months ago
To “animate” means to breathe life into things. In these 5 exercises we make stones come alive. Preparation To get started I suggest this simple setup for you to try at home: Ready? Let’s go! Thinking in time Stop-motion is simple: Take a picture, move the object, take the next...
Alice GG
How to publish your Godot game on Mac
Since 2019, Apple has required all MacOS software to be signed and notarized.
This is meant to...
3 months ago
Since 2019, Apple has required all MacOS software to be signed and notarized.
This is meant to prevent naive users from installing malware while running software from unknown sources.
Since this process is convoluted, it stops many indie game developers from releasing their Godot...
Josh Comeau's blog
You Don’t Need a UI Framework
As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap....
over a year ago
As developers, it can be tempting to grab a pre-styled UI framework like Material UI or Bootstrap. Seems like a great way to outsource design and save a bunch of time, right? In my experience, this is an unrealistic expectation, and things don’t quite work out that way.
Vladimir Klepov as a...
Why I prefer JS for front-end build automation
Every front-end project involves some automation to build it, test it, lint it, run dev servers,...
over a year ago
Every front-end project involves some automation to build it, test it, lint it, run dev servers, measure bundle size, and what not. npm scripts are fine for one-liners, but as the workflows grow more complex — run these things in parallel, then do something else, but only if...
Steve Klabnik
Ditching Google Chat with XMPP
over a year ago
Josh Comeau's blog
Make Beautiful Gradients
Have you ever noticed that gradients tend to look a little gray and washed-out in the middle? This...
over a year ago
Have you ever noticed that gradients tend to look a little gray and washed-out in the middle? This happens because of a mathematical quirk with RGB colors. Fortunately, we can work around this quirk, and create beautiful, lush, saturated gradients.
Epic Web Dev
The Drawbacks of Bundling All CSS Files Together (tip)
Discover the drawbacks of bundling all CSS files together and why it's recommended to use separate...
a year ago
Discover the drawbacks of bundling all CSS files together and why it's recommended to use separate style sheets for better control and performance.
Tony Finch's blog
Concurrent qp-trie performance numbers
Previously, I wrote about implementing safe memory reclamation for my
qp-trie code in BIND. I have...
a year ago
Previously, I wrote about implementing safe memory reclamation for my
qp-trie code in BIND. I have now got it working with a
refactored qp-trie that has been changed to support asynchronous
memory reclamation - working to the point where I can run some
benchmarks to compare the...
dthompson
Optimizing Guile Scheme
Guile is a rather niche language
that I love dearly. Guile is a Scheme dialect that features...
10 months ago
Guile is a rather niche language
that I love dearly. Guile is a Scheme dialect that features an
advanced optimizing bytecode compiler, a JIT compiler, and a modest
set of developer tools for inspecting and debugging. Through my time
spent developing Chickadee, a...
David Heinemeier...
Challenging the guardians of the paradigm
I swear the intention isn’t to constantly start fights with guardians of every sacred paradigm in...
a year ago
I swear the intention isn’t to constantly start fights with guardians of every sacred paradigm in the tech world. To be honest, it’s been a bit exhausting at times to concurrently argue on at least three major flanks. But that’s just how this year has turned out, given the work...
alexwlchan
My favourite books from 2023
I read 75 books this year, which is slightly up on previous years (2022, 2021).
I’m pleased with...
a year ago
I read 75 books this year, which is slightly up on previous years (2022, 2021).
I’m pleased with that number, although overall I found it a slightly disappointing year for reading.
Although I read more books, there were less that I really loved – less of the sort of book that...
PostHog's RSS Feed
VC is a tool, not a religion
We raised over $27,000,000 then realized we should be growing out of our own revenue instead. Day 1...
a year ago
We raised over $27,000,000 then realized we should be growing out of our own revenue instead. Day 1 – We started bootstrapping, then changed our minds…
The Pragmatic...
Are reports of StackOverflow’s fall greatly exaggerated?
A blog post suggests traffic is down 50% at Stack Overflow, due to ChatGPT gaining popularity. I...
a year ago
A blog post suggests traffic is down 50% at Stack Overflow, due to ChatGPT gaining popularity. I reached out to Stack Overflow for more details: the company admitted a drop, but it’s only 14% as per data shared with me.
PostHog's RSS Feed
The Early Days of GitLab - A Chat with Sid Sijbrandij
It gets pretty easy to idolize the superstars of tech. One of the coolest things we've learned is...
over a year ago
It gets pretty easy to idolize the superstars of tech. One of the coolest things we've learned is that many of the most successful founders will find…
The Pragmatic...
Is the “AI developer”a threat to jobs – or a marketing stunt?
One startup released “the first AI software engineer,” while another aims to build a “superhuman...
8 months ago
One startup released “the first AI software engineer,” while another aims to build a “superhuman software engineer.” As intimidating as these sound: what if it’s more marketing than reality?
bt RSS Feed
Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5
Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5
2024-06-02
I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my...
7 months ago
Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5
2024-06-02
I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my clubs/projects while using my personal laptop (X220 ThinkPad) which is runs OpenBSD. Since I recently upgraded to OpenBSD 7.5 I thought it could be helpful for others if I shared my...
Marco.org
The 2018 iPad Pro
Watch my video review of the new iPad Pro in both sizes.
Rather than try to be comprehensive, I...
over a year ago
Watch my video review of the new iPad Pro in both sizes.
Rather than try to be comprehensive, I focused on what matters most to me: size choice between the 11” and 12.9”, the Smart Keyboard Folio from my perspective as a frequent 10.5” Smart Keyboard user, the new Pencil, and why...
alexwlchan
Changing the bulb in a Meridian Lighting CIR100B ceiling light
I moved into my house a couple of years ago, and for all that time I’ve had a porch light which...
a year ago
I moved into my house a couple of years ago, and for all that time I’ve had a porch light which doesn’t work.
I’ve tried taking it apart a couple of times to replace the bulb, but to no avail.
Although it’s a simple cylinder with only a black base and a clear cover, I couldn’t...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The Case for the React Native Web Singularity
There is a possible "React Native Web Singularity", when it starts being a better standalone choice...
over a year ago
There is a possible "React Native Web Singularity", when it starts being a better standalone choice for developing for the mobile web than `react-dom`. If this speculation comes true, this would be gamechanging.
swyx's site RSS Feed
The Day I Became A Software Engineer
A single mindset shift that changed my entire attitude to software.
over a year ago
A single mindset shift that changed my entire attitude to software.
HTMHell
Modern HTML as a foundation for progressive enhancement
Reading HTMHell, you might be aware that progressive enhancement is a thing. To sum things up, it's...
over a year ago
Reading HTMHell, you might be aware that progressive enhancement is a thing. To sum things up, it's a way to make sure anyone gets a viable version of your page whatever is their context — slow bandwitdh, oldish browser, etc. — but also making the said page more resilient (e.g....
Julia Evans
New microblog with TILs
I added a new section to this site a couple weeks ago called
TIL (“today I learned”).
the goal: save...
a month ago
I added a new section to this site a couple weeks ago called
TIL (“today I learned”).
the goal: save interesting tools & facts I posted on social media
One kind of thing I like to post on Mastodon/Bluesky is “hey, here’s a cool
thing”, like the great SQLite repl litecli, or
the...
bt RSS Feed
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
2019-05-29
Online news outlets are a dying breed and many users...
over a year ago
News Websites Are Dumpster Fires
2019-05-29
Online news outlets are a dying breed and many users have decided to consume information elsewhere. Why? Because the news industry has become a cesspool of anti-consumer and blackhat practices that has eroded trust for the sake of...
Darek Kay
Delaying asset requests in Eleventy
While building my photography portfolio, I've put much effort into optimizing the picture loading...
a year ago
While building my photography portfolio, I've put much effort into optimizing the picture loading behavior. One technique is to provide a visual fallback as long as the images are still loading. First, a static background color included in the markup is displayed. As soon as a...
Ognjen Regoje •...
The boy who cried risk
On a recent project, I worked with a principal engineer. He’s a very prolific contributor and...
a year ago
On a recent project, I worked with a principal engineer. He’s a very prolific contributor and involved in several projects. Most of his contributions are related to risk management.
That made me think about the other senior-most engineers and what they work on, leading me to...
bt RSS Feed
Hosting a Jekyll Site on Sourcehut
Hosting a Jekyll Site on Sourcehut
2021-12-06
I recently decided to switch my personal, static...
over a year ago
Hosting a Jekyll Site on Sourcehut
2021-12-06
I recently decided to switch my personal, static site’s hosting from Netlify to sourcehut pages. The process went fairly smoothly with only a couple minor hiccups; nothing rage-inducing. After everything was up and running smoothly, I...
Vadim Kravcenko
🎃 We’ll add it to the backlog
On a bright sunny day you wake up and go to work, grab a nice cappuccino from ViCAFE on your […]
The...
over a year ago
On a bright sunny day you wake up and go to work, grab a nice cappuccino from ViCAFE on your […]
The post 🎃 We’ll add it to the backlog appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
charity.wtf
How to Communicate When Trust Is Low (Without Digging Yourself Into A Deeper Hole)
This is based on an internal quip doc I wrote up about careful communication in the context of...
a year ago
This is based on an internal quip doc I wrote up about careful communication in the context of rebuilding trust. I got a couple requests to turn it into a blog post for sharing purposes; here you go.🌈✨🥂 In this doc I mention Christine, my wonderful, brilliant cofounder and CEO,...
alexwlchan
Getting faster Jekyll builds with caching in plugins
This website is a static site built with Jekyll, and recently I overhauled the process for...
8 months ago
This website is a static site built with Jekyll, and recently I overhauled the process for generating the site.
This should be invisible if you’re just a reader, but it makes a big difference to me – like any software project, I’d accumulated cruft and complexity, and it was time...
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Switching to Android after 13 years of iOS
I have used iPhone/iOS for the longest time. Last month I switched to OnePlus 6T/Android. Here are...
over a year ago
I have used iPhone/iOS for the longest time. Last month I switched to OnePlus 6T/Android. Here are my impressions.
Irrational...
Engineering strategy notes.
Recently, I am thinking quite a bit about engineering strategy,
and as part of that have started...
a year ago
Recently, I am thinking quite a bit about engineering strategy,
and as part of that have started re-reading previous resources
on the topic, and looking for new things to read while I refine
my point of view on what makes for good engineering strategy.
The best introduction to my...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How to harness the awesome power of growth loops
A growth loop is a series of actions that amplify each other to fuel perpetual growth. New inputs...
over a year ago
A growth loop is a series of actions that amplify each other to fuel perpetual growth. New inputs repeatedly power the series to exponentially grow…
Kevin Chen
What’s on my ballot: June 2022 California primary election
Here’s how I’m voting in the June 2022 primary election. While
preparing for this election, I...
over a year ago
Here’s how I’m voting in the June 2022 primary election. While
preparing for this election, I consulted the San Francisco
Chronicle and SPUR endorsements.
Contents
California
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Controller
Treasurer
Insurance Commissioner
United...
Patrick Kayongo
A World Offline
Loadshedding has hit South Africa in a bad way. Interruptions to electricity has disrupted...
a year ago
Loadshedding has hit South Africa in a bad way. Interruptions to electricity has disrupted businesses and resulted in unanticipated cost increases from those who have had to find alternative sources of electricity. 16 years ago, it was unimaginable that we would have some days...
Confessions of a...
CPython Memory Management Internals
A high-level but detailed explanation of how CPython implements memory management
7 months ago
A high-level but detailed explanation of how CPython implements memory management
bt RSS Feed
My Coffee Maker Just Makes Coffee
My Coffee Maker Just Makes Coffee
2023-01-09
I had to replace my dual Keurig coffee maker twice...
a year ago
My Coffee Maker Just Makes Coffee
2023-01-09
I had to replace my dual Keurig coffee maker twice over a period of five months. This occurred a year ago and these are my findings.
Built to Fail?
I followed the manufactor’s suggested cleaning schedule and took care of the...
Marco.org
WatchKit is a sweet solution that will only ever give us baby apps
In the original 2007 iPhone introduction, Steve Jobs famously derided other smartphones at the time...
over a year ago
In the original 2007 iPhone introduction, Steve Jobs famously derided other smartphones at the time for running “baby” software and the “baby” internet. He was right.
Developers weren’t given access to make native apps until the iPhone’s second year. Before the native development...
Daniel Marino
Don’t Overthink Remote Working
The coronavirus is here, and as a result a lot of employers are asking employees to work remotely if...
over a year ago
The coronavirus is here, and as a result a lot of employers are asking employees to work remotely if possible. I’ve seen a fair share of tips for remote working blog posts this past week. I figured I’d cash in on the action and share my thoughts.
Don’t Overthink It
Most of the...
bunnie's blog
A 2-Axis, Multihead Light Positioner
This post is part of a longer-running series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their...
9 months ago
This post is part of a longer-running series about giving users a tangible reason to trust their hardware through my IRIS (Infra-Red, in-situ) technique for the non-destructive inspection of chips. Previously, I discussed the focus stage, light source, and methodology used to...
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What is SSO and why you should enable it for PostHog
Existing at an intersection of convenience and security, single sign-on (SSO) authentication is used...
over a year ago
Existing at an intersection of convenience and security, single sign-on (SSO) authentication is used and appreciated by both IT teams and everyday…
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Persisting State to localStorage in Recoil Across Browser Tabs
I was working on a project using Recoil for state management in React.
I needed to persist some...
a month ago
I was working on a project using Recoil for state management in React.
I needed to persist some state to localStorage, and there’s some info on how to do it in Recoil’s docs.
That works; however it doesn’t respond to state changes from other instances of your app in multiple...
Patrick Kayongo
The vastness of the ocean
The vastness of the oceancan't fit in my phone.The sand through my feetthe smell of the airthe howl...
10 months ago
The vastness of the oceancan't fit in my phone.The sand through my feetthe smell of the airthe howl of the breezehas nowhere to go. The pages of a bookcan’t fit in my phone.The texture of the pagesthe scent of the pressthe uncontested immersionhas nowhere to go. The tapestry of...
Stephen Wolfram...
Prompts for Work & Play: Launching the Wolfram Prompt Repository
This is part of an ongoing series about our LLM technology:ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram...
a year ago
This is part of an ongoing series about our LLM technology:ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram Superpowers”!Instant Plugins for ChatGPT: Introducing the Wolfram ChatGPT Plugin KitThe New World of LLM Functions: Integrating LLM Technology into the Wolfram LanguagePrompts for Work & Play:...
Steve Klabnik
Rust's documentation is about to drastically improve
over a year ago
General Robots
So You Want To Do Robots, Step 4: Profit?
About this series I’ve been working on general purpose robots with Everyday Robots for 8 years, and...
a year ago
About this series I’ve been working on general purpose robots with Everyday Robots for 8 years, and was the engineering lead of the product/applications group until me and my team was impacted by the recent Alphabet layoffs. This series is an attempt to share almost a decade of...
Charles Chen
C# Discriminated Unions and .NET Channels
For parallel processing of records, C# discriminated unions and .NET System.Threading.Channels make...
6 months ago
For parallel processing of records, C# discriminated unions and .NET System.Threading.Channels make it easy.
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware October 2023
The Ware for October 2023 is a Seiko DS-250 keyboard synthesizer. Nobody guessed the exact make and...
a year ago
The Ware for October 2023 is a Seiko DS-250 keyboard synthesizer. Nobody guessed the exact make and model of the keyboard, but it was really entertaining to see the comment thread puzzle through the design. The dual 8049’s caught my attention too, as well as the lack of obvious...
Confessions of a...
An Unreachable Hidden XKCD Easter Egg inside CPython
No, I'm not talking about import antigravity
a month ago
No, I'm not talking about import antigravity
Oxide Computer...
Oxide Computer Company: Initial boot sequence
We have started a computer company! If you haven’t yet, read Jess’s account of
us being born in a...
over a year ago
We have started a computer company! If you haven’t yet, read Jess’s account of
us being born in a garage and
Bryan’s on the soul of our new computer
company. Also, see the perspectives of some of our founding engineers:
Robert Mustacchi on
joining Oxide,
Joshua Clulow on the need...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How to start a growth team (as an engineer)
Thomas Owers knew nothing about growth engineering when he started the first growth team at ...
a year ago
Thomas Owers knew nothing about growth engineering when he started the first growth team at Let's Do This – a Y Combinator startup with $80M in…
Nelson's Weblog
Proxmox
Proxmox is good software
for a home datacenter. It’s an OS you install on server hardware that
lets...
11 months ago
Proxmox is good software
for a home datacenter. It’s an OS you install on server hardware that
lets you easily run multiple virtual machines and LXC containers. It
also manages disk storage and has some more complex support for high
availability in a cluster, distributed storage...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Subliminal git commits
Luckily, I speak Leet.
– Amita Ramanujan, Numb3rs, CBS’s IRC Drama
There’s an episode of the CBS...
3 months ago
Luckily, I speak Leet.
– Amita Ramanujan, Numb3rs, CBS’s IRC Drama
There’s an episode of the CBS prime-time drama Numb3rs that plumbs
the depths of Dr. Joel Fleischman’s1 knowledge of IRC.
In one scene, Fleischman wonders, “What’s ‘leet’”?
“Leet” is writing that replaces letters...
ntietz.com blog
The phrase "good enough" isn't fit for purpose
Words matter.
First impressions matter.
I'm reading The Pragmatic Programmer in a book club, and...
a year ago
Words matter.
First impressions matter.
I'm reading The Pragmatic Programmer in a book club, and there's a section titled "Good-Enough Software".
In it, the authors expand that "the phrase 'good enough' does not imply sloppy or poorly produced code" and that it must still meet...
Dan Quach Blog
State of Data Engineering Q3 2024
Prompt Engineering – Meta Analysis Whitepaper One of my favorite AI podcasts, Latent Space, recently...
2 months ago
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...
bt RSS Feed
Designers Need Thicker Skin
Designers Need Thicker Skin
2017-07-10
I’m not normally one to comment or even really care about...
over a year ago
Designers Need Thicker Skin
2017-07-10
I’m not normally one to comment or even really care about “drama” within our design industry. Opinions are just that and should just be consumed at face value. But this week I was moderately annoyed with a subset of designers in...
swyx's site RSS Feed
80/20 is the new Half-Ass
Don't spend your life spraying 20% effort all over the place, hoping for 80% results, only to look...
over a year ago
Don't spend your life spraying 20% effort all over the place, hoping for 80% results, only to look back and wonder why you never hit 100% on anything.
EXPLAIN EXTENDED
A good first word for Wordle
Ok, I gave in to the fad and took up Wordle. For those who have been living under a rock for the...
over a year ago
Ok, I gave in to the fad and took up Wordle. For those who have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, Wordle is a relatively new online word game which has become viral. It is a variation of Bulls and Cows. You have six tries to guess a five-letter word. Each […]
The...
Nelson's Weblog
Linkblog archives
I've added an
archive calendar to my linkblog, so you can see old posts going all the
way back to...
a year ago
I've added an
archive calendar to my linkblog, so you can see old posts going all the
way back to 2003. The UI is a little minimal but usable and it will work for
any search indexers, which is what I most care about. Note old posts will
have a grey background because I wasn't...
David Heinemeier...
We’ve resubmitted the HEY Calendar app to Apple
Apple waited until end of business on Friday to send us the formal rejection of the HEY Calendar...
12 months ago
Apple waited until end of business on Friday to send us the formal rejection of the HEY Calendar app. It seems they love to play these little games to try to drown any controversy with the cover of a weekend. But we don’t roll over that easy, so the team worked through the...
David Heinemeier...
Design for the web without Figma
By all accounts, Figma has been an amazing tool for designers. We've used it extensively at...
a year ago
By all accounts, Figma has been an amazing tool for designers. We've used it extensively at 37signals, and I'm sure most every other software shop has too. Adobe didn't pay $20 billion for nothing. But we don't do the bulk of our design work with or in Figma when developing...
PostHog's RSS Feed
How we made something people want
It's one thing to build something , it's another to build something that people want . This...
over a year ago
It's one thing to build something , it's another to build something that people want . This principle, and the ones that follow in this post…
A Smart Bear
Reputation isn't as powerful as you imagine
Blogger with tens of thousands of subscribers launches a new venture… and gets only 2 signups. Not...
a year ago
Blogger with tens of thousands of subscribers launches a new venture… and gets only 2 signups. Not the advantage you thought it was.
Irrational...
Wardley mapping of Gitlab Strategy.
Gitlab is an integrated developer productivity, infrastructure operations, and security...
a week ago
Gitlab is an integrated developer productivity, infrastructure operations, and security platform.
This Wardley map explores the evolution of Gitlab’s users’ needs,
as one component in understanding the company’s strategy.
In particular, we look at how Gitlab’s strategy of a...
Making software...
Introducing PageRoast
Introducing PageRoast
2021-03-11
Following up with my concept of releasing small side projects...
over a year ago
Introducing PageRoast
2021-03-11
Following up with my concept of releasing small side projects weekly, I have officially launched PageRoast. What is PageRoast I hear you ask?
Receive a detailed report analyzing your landing page with actionable items to improve your conversion...
HTMHell
There can be only one: Options for building “choose one” fields
When it comes to building out forms, it sometimes seems like there are at once both too few field...
over a year ago
When it comes to building out forms, it sometimes seems like there are at once both too few field types and too many. This is especially true when it comes to having users choose an option from a pre-defined list, also known as “choose one” fields.
This article will take you on a...
The History of the...
The Website that Predicted AI
There's a website developed with a personalized experience in mind. It touts major breakthroughs in...
a month ago
There's a website developed with a personalized experience in mind. It touts major breakthroughs in predictive technology, driven by sophisticated algorithms that provide real-time recommendations. And it was launched in 1995.
The post The Website that Predicted AI appeared first...
bt RSS Feed
Never Do Spec Work for Free
Never Do Spec Work for Free
2022-11-07
Your time is valuable and shouldn’t be taken for granted. Let...
over a year ago
Never Do Spec Work for Free
2022-11-07
Your time is valuable and shouldn’t be taken for granted. Let me say that again for the people in the back: your time is valuable and shouldn’t be taken for granted. Time is the most precious commodity we have as human beings, so never waste...
Josh Comeau's blog
Why My Blog is Closed-Source
In our community, it's so common for developer projects to be open-source. I'm breaking with this...
over a year ago
In our community, it's so common for developer projects to be open-source. I'm breaking with this trend for my blog, but I have good reasons! In this article, I'll share my reasoning, as well as a workaround in case you _really_ want to see the source. If you're considering...
HTMHell
#23 A card pattern
Bad code
<article>
<div>
<div class="sr-only">Image</div>
<img src="/feature-teaser.png"...
over a year ago
Bad code
<article>
<div>
<div class="sr-only">Image</div>
<img src="/feature-teaser.png" alt="Feature teaser" />
</div>
</article>
<div>
<span>
<span>Exciting feature!</span>
</span>
<div> This text describes what the feature does! </div>
<a...
Paolo Amoroso's...
Exploring Medley as a Common Lisp development environment
<![CDATA[Since encountering Medley I gained considerable experience with Interlisp. Medley Interlisp...
a year ago
<![CDATA[Since encountering Medley I gained considerable experience with Interlisp. Medley Interlisp is a project for preserving, reviving, and modernizing the Interlisp-D software development environment of the Lisp Machines Xerox created at PARC.
Nine months later I know...
Words and Buttons...
[Renovated] Even if you can't write assembly like a poet, you can read disassembly like a hunter
This is a very concise introduction to x86 disassembly. It shows that you probably have all the...
a year ago
This is a very concise introduction to x86 disassembly. It shows that you probably have all the skills to start reading disassembly right now even if you thought it was too complicated for you. It really isn't, see it for yourself.
the singularity is...
A Place for Me
Have all the jobs been fake for years? Read this, a NASA critique from 1992.
Basically society is...
a month ago
Have all the jobs been fake for years? Read this, a NASA critique from 1992.
Basically society is run by useless people making work for other useless people so that together they can all alleviate their deep concern about not having a place in society.
Elon has a bigger tent of...
Engineer’s Codex
3 predictions on the future of software after AI
Key takeaways: a multi-model strategy's necessity, emerging AI infra, LLMs as abstractions.
a year ago
Key takeaways: a multi-model strategy's necessity, emerging AI infra, LLMs as abstractions.
Josh Collinsworth
How to Check Uniqueness in an Array of Objects in JavaScript
Working with arrays of objects in JavaScript can be difficult. This post covers how to ensure all...
over a year ago
Working with arrays of objects in JavaScript can be difficult. This post covers how to ensure all object keys (IDs) are unique, and how to find non-unique values.
David Heinemeier...
Et tu, Zoom?
The corporate cause for return-to-office just claimed its perhaps most ironic victim: Zoom! The...
a year ago
The corporate cause for return-to-office just claimed its perhaps most ironic victim: Zoom! The company that literally lives to sell us all on the wonders of remote collaboration wants its own people back into the office again. Which I guess is just a regression to the mean of...
A Smart Bear
Tech Support is sales
Tech support isn't just troubleshooting; it's the face of your company. Which means it's your brand,...
2 months ago
Tech support isn't just troubleshooting; it's the face of your company. Which means it's your brand, your positioning, and when it's excellent, it is sales.
alexwlchan
Saving your alt text from Twitter
It seems like Twitter might be circling a drain, and so a lot of people are downloading a copy of...
over a year ago
It seems like Twitter might be circling a drain, and so a lot of people are downloading a copy of their archive in case the site goes down unexpectedly.
But large as it is, the archive doesn’t contain everything:
Kate
@thingskatedid
my twitter archive...
Copper • A blog...
Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software
Some of you might remember the legendary comment of Eric Diven on a Docker CLI issue he opened years...
8 months ago
Some of you might remember the legendary comment of Eric Diven on a Docker CLI issue he opened years ago:
@solvaholic: Sorry I missed your comment of many months ago. I no longer build software; I now make furniture out of wood. The hours are long, the pay sucks, and there’s...
The Pragmatic...
Why my new audiobook “The Software Engineer's Guidebook” is everywhere except on Audible
Currently, Audible’s position is hurting audiobook authors. My audiobook isn’t on Audible due to a...
3 weeks ago
Currently, Audible’s position is hurting audiobook authors. My audiobook isn’t on Audible due to a mix of their monopolistic pricing practices, and the company’s own complacency in how long they take to approve new titles.
PostHog's RSS Feed
Array 1.19.0
This new release is a great mix between old and new, with significant improvements to both our newer...
over a year ago
This new release is a great mix between old and new, with significant improvements to both our newer features, as well as our core analytics stack…
A Beautiful Site
CSS shapes are here
Here's something exciting from the CSS world: shapes!
Ok, it may not sound all that exciting, but...
over a year ago
Here's something exciting from the CSS world: shapes!
Ok, it may not sound all that exciting, but you haven't had a chance to see what can actually be done with CSS shapes yet. (Hint: check out the featured image above.)
Razvan Caliman explains it like this:
For a long time, web...
swyx's site RSS Feed
How and Why to Un-Reset Tailwind's CSS Reset
> 2021 edit: note that [tailwind typography now comes with a `not-prose`...
over a year ago
> 2021 edit: note that [tailwind typography now comes with a `not-prose` class](https://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwindcss-typography-v0-5#undo-prose-styles) that unsets typography styles
swyx's site RSS Feed
5 Things I Learned from The DynamoDB Book
Reviewing Alex DeBrie's new the DynamoDB Book
over a year ago
Reviewing Alex DeBrie's new the DynamoDB Book
PostHog's RSS Feed
How I learned to love feedback loops (and make better products)
I recently wrote a blog post for my personal site about the lessons I'd learned from leading my...
over a year ago
I recently wrote a blog post for my personal site about the lessons I'd learned from leading my first two projects as a Software Engineer at PostHog…
swyx's site RSS Feed
Breaking Barbarian
This week in a [Svelte Radio recording](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1555596996744028160),...
over a year ago
This week in a [Svelte Radio recording](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1555596996744028160), @rich-harris commented that something I said was "uniquely swyx": an offhand observation that "we are all professional streamers now" [^1]. I responded that I've been calling this...
A Smart Bear
The Code is your Enemy
A short pep talk I delivered to kick off a Three-Day Startup challenge event. And overwhelming...
3 months ago
A short pep talk I delivered to kick off a Three-Day Startup challenge event. And overwhelming confirmation that the lesson is correct.
Liz Denys
Chemistry at its finest: inverted sugar syrup for cocktails
Simple syrup finds its home in any well-stocked bar because sometimes sugar doesn't dissolve easily...
over a year ago
Simple syrup finds its home in any well-stocked bar because sometimes sugar doesn't dissolve easily enough. Simple syrup is traditionally made by dissolving white sugar into water on a stove and then cooling before use, but sometimes, in a pinch, people will shake superfine sugar...
TokyoDev
Adoption of Ruby by Japanese Businesses
The first Ruby related event I attended in Japan was [Ruby Kaigi...
over a year ago
The first Ruby related event I attended in Japan was [Ruby Kaigi 2007](http://jp.rubyist.net/RubyKaigi2007/). At the conference, from talking to other developers, I was surprised to learn that despite them being passionate about Ruby, they weren't using Ruby at their day job....
bt RSS Feed
Pure CSS Simple Dropdown Plugin
Pure CSS Simple Dropdown Plugin
2018-09-20
I find myself blowing away default browser select styling...
over a year ago
Pure CSS Simple Dropdown Plugin
2018-09-20
I find myself blowing away default browser select styling and implementing my own custom dropdowns far more often than I’d like. So, I recently created a very simple and clean component using just pure CSS.
Check out the CodePen below...
HTMHell
Security Headers using <meta>
by Saptak S
Various HTTP headers are sent between the user and the server of a website in the...
a year ago
by Saptak S
Various HTTP headers are sent between the user and the server of a website in the request-response cycle. Some of these HTTP response headers sent by the server to the browser help enhance the security and privacy of the website's users. These sets of headers are...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Chartjunk: What I've learned about data visualization
For many people the first word that comes to mind when they think
about statistical charts is...
a year ago
For many people the first word that comes to mind when they think
about statistical charts is “lie.”
– Edward R. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
I wish we could all agree: pie charts should die.
I know this is unreasonable. And pie charts are only part of...
Ognjen Regoje •...
Remote job sites need a "Timezone overlap" filter
There are plenty of remote jobs out there, but nearly all require you to be be “within n hours” of a...
a year ago
There are plenty of remote jobs out there, but nearly all require you to be be “within n hours” of a timezone. (n often seems to be 2).
But I have not come across a remote job site that has a filter that supports this.
Most allow you to choose your timezone and then filter jobs...
alexwlchan
Setting up Fish to make virtualenv easier
Since I started my new job, I’ve been doing a lot more work in Python.
As I was starting with a...
a year ago
Since I started my new job, I’ve been doing a lot more work in Python.
As I was starting with a completely clean slate, I wanted to try setting up Python the “right” way – or if not “right”, at least better way than my previous pile of hacks and kludges.
(I don’t remember much of...
Joel Gascoigne
Zero notifications
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
*
* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
*
A couple of...
over a year ago
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share]
*
* Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add]
*
A couple of months ago, my co-founder Leo [http://twitter.com/leowid] gave me an
interesting suggestion: he said I should try disabling all notifications on my
iPhone. I find this suggestion...
bt RSS Feed
RE: Creating a Simple HTML/CSS Notice Box
RE: Creating a Simple HTML/CSS Notice Box
2022-09-22
I recently read Kev Quirk’s post, How to Create...
over a year ago
RE: Creating a Simple HTML/CSS Notice Box
2022-09-22
I recently read Kev Quirk’s post, How to Create a Simple HTML/CSS Notice Box and loved the simplicity of it. I’m a sucker for using pseudo elements in creative ways but still managing to make them useful. Of course, this got me...
Ink & Switch
Ink & Switch Unconference [2024 / Los Angeles]
Our third Ink & Switch Unconference, at the beautifully retro Preserve in Los Angeles
2 months ago
Our third Ink & Switch Unconference, at the beautifully retro Preserve in Los Angeles
PostHog's RSS Feed
What is a product engineer (and why they're awesome)
Startups see their path to success as building a product many people want and pay for. Out of this...
over a year ago
Startups see their path to success as building a product many people want and pay for. Out of this need came the role of product engineer. They are a…
Dan Slimmon
The World Record for Loneliness
What's the farthest any person has been from the nearest other person?
8 months ago
What's the farthest any person has been from the nearest other person?
TokyoDev
Skyrocketing software developer salaries in Japan a portent of a seismic shift
Traditionally in Japan, salaried employees work for a single company their entire life, with their...
over a year ago
Traditionally in Japan, salaried employees work for a single company their entire life, with their pay rising as their seniority increases. So uniform is compensation that common wisdom even gives [a formula](https://news.nicovideo.jp/watch/nw1745758) for what your monthly...
HTMHell
#21 Legendary legend!
Context: A button that expands and collapses a section of text.
Bad code
<button...
over a year ago
Context: A button that expands and collapses a section of text.
Bad code
<button class="panel-heading" tabindex="0" href="#collapse0" aria-expanded="true">
<legend> Industries Served </legend>
</button>
Issues and how to fix them
legend is not allowed as a child of any other...
Founder's blog
Speeding up a huge multi-tenant SaaS database
Here's a little story of how we sped up our SaaS backend with a one-liner magic silver...
a year ago
Here's a little story of how we sped up our SaaS backend with a one-liner magic silver bullet
The problem
Our SaaS is powered by a huge multi terabyte "multi tenant" relational database cluster. Some tables are more than 200 GB - this is crazy, to be honest. And for the...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
The Impressionist Blogging Movement
I love this articulation: AI enables action without thought. It comes from an iA article about AI...
4 months ago
I love this articulation: AI enables action without thought. It comes from an iA article about AI and the future of design (emphasis mine):
Now, what actually is AI? The Italian philosopher and technology ethicist Luciano Floridi sums it up nicely. He posits that AI doesn’t...
Making software...
Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD
Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD
2023-06-13
It is no secret that OpenBSD has poor...
a year ago
Improving Laptop Battery Performance on OpenBSD
2023-06-13
It is no secret that OpenBSD has poor battery performance on laptops. Although not as impressive as something like Alpine Linux or FreeBSD, you can tweak OpenBSD just enough to squeeze more life out of your machine's...
Steve Klabnik
Too many words about Rust's function syntax
over a year ago
Cognitive...
Built with Dolphin
I started to understand that a lot of people are using and enjoying Dolphin - so I decided to put a...
a year ago
I started to understand that a lot of people are using and enjoying Dolphin - so I decided to put a list here of products or projects that use Dolphin. If you would like to be listed here please reach out to me and I'll add...
A Smart Bear
Moats: Durable competitive advantage
Industries commoditize over time, delivering similar products at similar prices resulting in low...
over a year ago
Industries commoditize over time, delivering similar products at similar prices resulting in low profit. Like entropy, this is the inevitable fate of a company, unless it exerts intentional force to the contrary. Moats are this force, and your strategy must identify how to create...
A Smart Bear
When you have nothing: How to find potential customers to interview
How do you find potential customers to interview before you have a product, a website, or even a...
a week ago
How do you find potential customers to interview before you have a product, a website, or even a name?
Steve Klabnik
Matz is nice so we are nice
over a year ago
Epic Web Dev
Accessible, Typesafe, Progressively Enhanced Modern Web Forms
Learn how to use modern tools that offer the best user and developer experience for web forms.
a year ago
Learn how to use modern tools that offer the best user and developer experience for web forms.
Elad Blog
Altimeter's Brad Gerstner on Macro, Tech and Startups
Video and transcript from a fireside chat with Brad Gerstner of Altimeter
a year ago
Video and transcript from a fireside chat with Brad Gerstner of Altimeter
Joel Gascoigne
Work and rest in a startup
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over a year ago
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[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=javea,+spain&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Javea,+Province+of+Alicante,+Valencia,+Spain&gl=uk&t=h&z=12]
. I arrived here a couple of days...
blag
Errata in Hekaton MVCC paper
Hekaton MVCC Paper contains a publication error. After reviewing the paper, I confirmed the error...
a year ago
Hekaton MVCC Paper contains a publication error. After reviewing the paper, I confirmed the error with one of the authors. This blog post explains the mistake, the implications and the fix.
Ognjen Regoje •...
Green flags for investable founders
Here are a few things I’ve seen founders do that made me confident in their ability and...
a year ago
Here are a few things I’ve seen founders do that made me confident in their ability and dedication.
Elevator pitch in LinkedIn tagline
A founder who is all in is constantly selling. That means their tagline will:
a) be for their company, not for them
b) be the sales pitch, not a...
Epic Web Dev
Creating Glassmorphism Effects with Tailwind CSS (tip)
Learn how to create glassmorphism effects using the backdrop blur in Tailwind CSS and achieve...
a year ago
Learn how to create glassmorphism effects using the backdrop blur in Tailwind CSS and achieve realistic translucent credit card designs.
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We're building a better PostHog community by closing our public Slack
One of the great things about being open source is that we’ve grown a vibrant community around the...
11 months ago
One of the great things about being open source is that we’ve grown a vibrant community around the project. Since launch we’ve accepted code from over…
Josh Comeau's blog
A Modern CSS Reset
I have a set of baseline CSS styles that come with me from project to project. In the past, I'd use...
over a year ago
I have a set of baseline CSS styles that come with me from project to project. In the past, I'd use a typical CSS reset, but times have changed, and I believe I have a better set of global styles!
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Source Code for Life v0.1
Compiled Insights for Infinite Learners
over a year ago
Compiled Insights for Infinite Learners
beep.blog
Rolumns 1.3 & Recompose 1.0
I built them, and now you're going to hear about it.
a year ago
I built them, and now you're going to hear about it.
ntietz.com blog
return "reflections on a batch";
There's a tradition at Recurse Center of writing a Return Statement after your batch.
I'm not sure...
over a year ago
There's a tradition at Recurse Center of writing a Return Statement after your batch.
I'm not sure of the origin of the terminology, but it seems like it's a pun on the return statement in programming languages.
It's a great tradition, and it gives me a good motivator to reflect...
ntietz.com blog
Making it fast shouldn't be the last step
There's a common quote in the software world that you should "make it work, make it right, then make...
a year ago
There's a common quote in the software world that you should "make it work, make it right, then make it fast."1
This is a catchy aphorism, and it is often taken as a rule.
But in its short form, it misses some crucial nuance.
Let's unpack it to see what's missing, then how to do...
Joel Gascoigne
5 reasons as a CEO you should develop a habit of daily meditation
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over a year ago
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Through my journey from a founder whose role it was to essentially build the
product and code all day, to growing into a CEO role with more management duties
and a fast growing team of 7 people,...
Alex Meub
A Quick Look at Portland Parking Ticket Data
I work in downtown Portland and see a lot of people getting parking tickets every day (parking is...
over a year ago
I work in downtown Portland and see a lot of people getting parking tickets every day (parking is one of the reasons I ride my bike to work). I was curious to learn more about it.
Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, Portland parking ticket data is available to anyone who...
TokyoDev
Tokyo Ruby Kaigi 05
[Tokyo Ruby Kaigi...
The Pragmatic...
An educational side project
What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand...
a year ago
What does a great side project look like, which helps learn new technologies, but also helps stand out when looking for a new job? Analysis of an Uber simulation app, built from scratch.
Alice GG
A love letter to Apache Echarts
In the world of software development, I believe the 7th circle of hell is called “NPM”.
It’s a place...
10 months ago
In the world of software development, I believe the 7th circle of hell is called “NPM”.
It’s a place where you can find Javascript libraries that make great promises only to disappoint you once you actually import them.
I know this because I even wrote one.
When you find a gem...
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Make your own Dev.to CMS livestream - Part 1
Livecoding my own Dev.to CMS with Next.js + Preact + TypeScript + Tailwind UI
over a year ago
Livecoding my own Dev.to CMS with Next.js + Preact + TypeScript + Tailwind UI
Elad Blog
AI Regulation
There have been multiple call to regulate AI. It is too early to do so.
a year ago
There have been multiple call to regulate AI. It is too early to do so.
Tinloof - Blog
How to integrate Fathom Analytics into your Remix App
When it comes to building successful websites, it's important to gain insights and data about your...
over a year ago
When it comes to building successful websites, it's important to gain insights and data about your website visitors in order to enhance their experience.
In this guide, we will go over the steps of integrating Fathom Analytics into a Remix application.
Creating a site in Fathom...
Blog System/5
SSH agent forwarding and tmux done right
The SSH agent is a little daemon that holds your private keys in memory. This is particularly handy...
a year ago
The SSH agent is a little daemon that holds your private keys in memory. This is particularly handy when your keys are protected by a passphrase: you can unlock and add your keys to the agent once and, from then on, any SSH client such as ssh(1) can interact with the keys without...
Josh Comeau's blog
Delightful React File/Directory Structure
How should we structure components and other files in our React apps? I've iterated my way to a...
over a year ago
How should we structure components and other files in our React apps? I've iterated my way to a solution I'm really happy with. In this blog post, I'll share how it works, what the tradeoffs are, and how I mitigate them.
Irrational...
High-Context Triad.
The past couple weeks I’ve been working on three semi-related articles that I think of as the “High...
11 months ago
The past couple weeks I’ve been working on three semi-related articles that I think of as the “High Context Triad.” Those are Layers of context, Navigating ambiguity, and Tradeoffs are multi-dimensional. One of my background projects, probably happening in 2025 or 2026 after I’ve...
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Mise en Place Writing
How to write more, faster, and better by decoupling writing from pre-writing
over a year ago
How to write more, faster, and better by decoupling writing from pre-writing
TokyoDev
Tokyo Rubyist Meetup
Last night's [Tokyo Rubyist Meetup] had...
Paolo Amoroso's...
My second year of blogging with Write.as
<![CDATA[Two years ago these days I announced my blog Paolo Amoroso's Journal hosted at Write.as....
10 months ago
<![CDATA[Two years ago these days I announced my blog Paolo Amoroso's Journal hosted at Write.as. Write.as is a paid instance of the lightweight, federated, open source blogging platform WriteFreely.
Deciding on a blogging platform that meets my needs wasn't easy but going with...
Joel Gascoigne
How to start your startup in 4 steps
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over a year ago
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Having started my latest venture [http://bufferapp.com] just over 5 months ago,
and having just reached ramen profitability
[http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html], I want to share some...
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Line Lengths
Reflecting on what I have learned about CSS Units and Line Lengths
over a year ago
Reflecting on what I have learned about CSS Units and Line Lengths
PostHog's RSS Feed
All the cool things we built at our Rome hackathon
As an all-remote team, we know how important getting together in person is (we’ve written about...
over a year ago
As an all-remote team, we know how important getting together in person is (we’ve written about this before ). Our product analytics team (plus…
ntietz.com blog
My reference was dropped, why is the compiler complaining about multiple borrows?
Recently someone I was talking to ran into a fun borrow checker problem in Rust which is...
a year ago
Recently someone I was talking to ran into a fun borrow checker problem in Rust which is illustrative of some current underlying limitations of Rust's borrow checker.
The problem boiled down to: they took a reference in a loop (dropped on each iteration), and the borrow checker...
Making software...
My Static Blog Publishing Setup and an Apology to RSS Subscribers
My Static Blog Publishing Setup and an Apology to RSS Subscribers
2022-03-21
In case you missed it,...
over a year ago
My Static Blog Publishing Setup and an Apology to RSS Subscribers
2022-03-21
In case you missed it, this website is now generated with pure HTML & CSS. Although, generated isn't the proper way to describe it anymore. Written is a better description.
No more Markdown files. No...
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ThriftyName: $5 Brand Names
ThriftyName: $5 Brand Names
2021-02-25
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything on this blog,...
over a year ago
ThriftyName: $5 Brand Names
2021-02-25
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything on this blog, but for good reason - I’ve been working on a handful of side projects. I plan to drip-feed release these projects over time, but for today I’m announcing ThriftyName.
What is...
ntietz.com blog
Coding with LLMs can lead to more and better software
We are in the early days with a new technology.
There is a lot of hype around LLMs, and takes on...
a year ago
We are in the early days with a new technology.
There is a lot of hype around LLMs, and takes on every end of the spectrum.
Some predict that programmers will be out of a job sooner than later.
Others predict that these will just contribute to spam.
Today I'd like to focus on one...
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You Should Have A Virtual Mailbox
If you fit one of these criteria:
11 months ago
If you fit one of these criteria:
A Beautiful Site
Find a name for almost any hex color
Have you ever wondered what color that certain shade of blue is? Or maybe you've named your...
over a year ago
Have you ever wondered what color that certain shade of blue is? Or maybe you've named your Less/Sass variables something like gray, light gray, lighter gray, etc. Here's a tool that will give you more reasonable names for all those colors.
Name that Color lets you enter a hex...
MMapped blog
Designing error types in Rust
over a year ago
Basta’s Notes
Gumby Coin: a story about a 1958 claymation character, cryptocurrency, and pizza
A grift, a failure, or a mistake?
a year ago
A grift, a failure, or a mistake?
Liz Denys
An update on Keybase verification
Keybase updated their verification methods to include a command line method that relies on echo,...
over a year ago
Keybase updated their verification methods to include a command line method that relies on echo, gpg, perl, and curl. I really like this so-called "hardcore mode" because it uses only tools I already trust - I don't have to install anything from Keybase. The process involves...
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Documentation Levels
People can't use your code without docs. People might get overwhelmed with too many docs. How can we...
over a year ago
People can't use your code without docs. People might get overwhelmed with too many docs. How can we match the maturity of docs to the maturity of the project?
charity.wtf
Is It Time To Version Observability? (Signs Point To Yes)
Augh! I am so behind on so much writing, I’m even behind on writing shit that I need to reference in...
4 months ago
Augh! I am so behind on so much writing, I’m even behind on writing shit that I need to reference in order to write other pieces of writing. Like this one. So we’re just gonna do this quick and dirty on the personal blog, and not bother bringing it up to the editorial standards...
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Raising money is less stressful than bootstrapping
Since PostHog raised Venture Capital (VC), we've had far less stress, and far more fun. There are...
over a year ago
Since PostHog raised Venture Capital (VC), we've had far less stress, and far more fun. There are lots of myths around what it's like run a business…
A Beautiful Site
Adding and removing virtual hosts on Ubuntu 14.04
Here's a cheat sheet for working with virtual hosts on an Ubuntu server. The instructions assume...
over a year ago
Here's a cheat sheet for working with virtual hosts on an Ubuntu server. The instructions assume you're not logged in as the root user. Change example.com to your own domain/subdomain.
Adding a virtual host #
Create the directory for your new site and grant permissions. If your...
Jim Nielsen’s Blog
Job Screening Blog Post
Take a look at these two animated gifs.
First:
Second:
Can you tell the difference between...
a month ago
Take a look at these two animated gifs.
First:
Second:
Can you tell the difference between them?
Do you care?
If not, we might not be a good fit.
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Designing a WebCard bitmap the hard way
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