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2015-12-04 www.unofficialgoogledatascience.com/2015/12/replacing-sawzall-case-study-in-domain.html
4th Dec 2015
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2015-12-04

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

4th Dec 2015
www.unofficialgoogledatascience.com/2015/12/replacing-sawzall-case-study-in-domain.html
What I learned from a Taipei alley I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy...
15th May 2018
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What I learned from a Taipei alley

from Remains of the Day [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th May 2018
I was in Taipei the past few weeks working on a documentary with friends. Because of a busy schedule, it wasn't like my usual travels abroad for fun, it felt more like a work trip. Still, even if I'd been there purely for vacation, I would've wanted to try a different mode of...
Video of Solving the Eng Strategy crisis. A few weeks ago, I shared my script for my latest talk, Solving the Engineering Strategy...
21st Oct 2023
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Video of Solving the Eng Strategy crisis.

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

21st Oct 2023
A few weeks ago, I shared my script for my latest talk, Solving the Engineering Strategy crisis, which I gave at QCon last week. They’ll have the conference video up in a few weeks, but I also decided to do a recording of the final version (albeit a few weeks after the talk, so...
My favorite Erlang Container 2022/07/09 My favorite Erlang Container Joe Armstrong wrote a blog post titled My favorite Erlang...
10th Jul 2022
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My favorite Erlang Container

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

10th Jul 2022
2022/07/09 My favorite Erlang Container Joe Armstrong wrote a blog post titled My favorite Erlang Program, which showed a very simple universal server written in Erlang: universal_server()->receive{become,F}->F()end. You could then write a small program that could fit this...
The Pulse: a new trend, smart model routing Are there any ‘intelligent’ router solutions out there which select the right model for the right...
2nd Jul 2026
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The Pulse: a new trend, smart model routing

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

2nd Jul 2026
Are there any ‘intelligent’ router solutions out there which select the right model for the right task? I looked into it, and there are a few options.
Using Dall-E/AI to create kids colouring pages in KidzFun.art Over the past couple of years I’ve been building KidzFun.art, an art & education app for my young...
9th Apr 2024
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9th Apr 2024
Over the past couple of years I’ve been building KidzFun.art, an art & education app for my young kids and hopefully yours. The first feature I ever added was simple colouring pages, hand drawn by my lovely and talented wife. However that was a slow and laborious process, and...
Facilitating AI adoption at Imprint I’ve been working on internal “AI” adoption, which is really LLM-tooling and agent adoption, for the...
7th Dec 2025
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Facilitating AI adoption at Imprint

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

7th Dec 2025
I’ve been working on internal “AI” adoption, which is really LLM-tooling and agent adoption, for the past 18 months or so. This is a problem that I think is, at minimum, a side-quest for every engineering leader in the current era. Given the sheer number of folks working on this...
Vitest Browser Mode vs Playwright (article) What is the difference between Vitest Browser Mode and Playwright? And when to use each in your...
12th Nov 2025
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Vitest Browser Mode vs Playwright (article)

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

12th Nov 2025
What is the difference between Vitest Browser Mode and Playwright? And when to use each in your tests?
Getting the base directory of an sbt project This is a command you can run in a shell script to print the base directory of an sbt project: $...
4th Dec 2022
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Getting the base directory of an sbt project

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Dec 2022
This is a command you can run in a shell script to print the base directory of an sbt project: $ sbt --batch -error "project $PROJECT" "print baseDirectory" | tr -d "\n" For example: $ sbt --batch -error "project ingests_api" "print baseDirectory" | tr -d...
Porting OkLab colorspace to integer arithmetic For reasons I'll explain in a futur write-up, I needed to make use of a perceptually uniform...
11th Dec 2022
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Porting OkLab colorspace to integer arithmetic

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

11th Dec 2022
For reasons I'll explain in a futur write-up, I needed to make use of a perceptually uniform colorspace in some computer vision code. OkLab from Björn Ottosson was a great candidate given how simple the implementation is. But there is a plot twist: I needed the code to be...
Create technical leverage: workflow improvements & product capabilities More than a decade ago, I typed up a few paragraphs of notes, titled it “Building Technical...
1st Dec 2023
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Create technical leverage: workflow improvements & product capabilities

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

1st Dec 2023
More than a decade ago, I typed up a few paragraphs of notes, titled it “Building Technical Leverage,” and proceeded to forget about it. Those notes were from a meeting with Kevin Scott, then SVP Engineering at LinkedIn, while we wandered the Valley trying to convince potential...
Pay yourself first There'll always be more emails in need of reply, more meetings to attend, and more updates to read....
4th Oct 2025
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Pay yourself first

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

4th Oct 2025
There'll always be more emails in need of reply, more meetings to attend, and more updates to read. A person can fill the entire workweek with these tasks over and over again. But to stay sane and sharp, you must pay yourself first by doing the work that actually means something...
NYC Bike Rules for Drivers mini-zine After five different drivers, including a school bus driver, aggressively close-passed me in Midwood...
21st Oct 2025
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NYC Bike Rules for Drivers mini-zine

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

21st Oct 2025
After five different drivers, including a school bus driver, aggressively close-passed me in Midwood last night and two of them threatened me just for being on the street, I realized there's a huge gap in educational outreach about bike rules in NYC: drivers. I decided to make a...
How To Podcast Through my 4 (!) podcasts I obviously have built up a lot of opinions on podcasting over the years....
7th Dec 2025
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How To Podcast

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

7th Dec 2025
Through my 4 (!) podcasts I obviously have built up a lot of opinions on podcasting over the years. Here's some of them. The two outlier podcasts of our time are Dwarkesh and TBPN, and I will explain my mental model of them in a separate post - basically the McClusky Curve...
26th Jul 2023
You should be using hackdays to supercharge your roadmap Internal company hack days (or hack weeks) are a common thing in tech companies, but not...
1st May 2023
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You should be using hackdays to supercharge your roadmap

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

1st May 2023
Internal company hack days (or hack weeks) are a common thing in tech companies, but not universal. They should be universal, though. Hackdays help you get great new ideas that are both impactful and feasible. They're probably the best thing you can do to improve your product and...
I am tired of AI Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years, you probably have seen the same...
17th Sep 2024
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I am tired of AI

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

17th Sep 2024
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years, you probably have seen the same massive surge I’ve seen in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to pretty much every problem out there, in software testing, in software development, and in life in...
Why we have a core value of transparency at our startup, and why the reasons don't matter Since the beginning of Buffer, we've always shared all of our learnings and failures. Over time this...
21st Sep 2014
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21st Sep 2014
Since the beginning of Buffer, we've always shared all of our learnings and failures. Over time this developed into a more defined goal and principle as part of the values of the company [http://www.slideshare.net/Bufferapp/buffer-culture-04]. Since we defined our value of...
Smoothly scroll to an element without a jQuery plugin You know that special effect where you click on a link and your browser smoothly scrolls down to the...
22nd Jan 2010
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Smoothly scroll to an element without a jQuery plugin

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

22nd Jan 2010
You know that special effect where you click on a link and your browser smoothly scrolls down to the appropriate section of the page? Pretty slick, right? Here are a couple snippets so you can do the same thing on your own website. Scroll to a specific element # Here's how to...
What do we lose moving from Reason to mlx? Explain which nice syntactic features we had in Reason that we won't be able to keep if we migrate...
12th Sep 2025
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What do we lose moving from Reason to mlx?

from sancho.dev [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Sep 2025
Explain which nice syntactic features we had in Reason that we won't be able to keep if we migrate to mlx
Putting a meaningful dent in your error backlog We often don't realize how noisy the errors have gotten until things are already well out of hand....
15th Aug 2024
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Putting a meaningful dent in your error backlog

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

15th Aug 2024
We often don't realize how noisy the errors have gotten until things are already well out of hand. After all, we've got shit to do. Deadlines to hit. By the time we decide to get serious about error management, a huge, impenetrable, meaningless backlog of errors has already...
What I'm up to - April 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. I'm a...
1st Apr 2024
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What I'm up to - April 2024

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

1st Apr 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. I'm a little late on the April edition, but better late than never. What I did in March - Spent some time...
How I Use GitHub Issues I like using GitHub issues for actionable things such as bugs and backlog items I've committed to...
4th Aug 2025
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How I Use GitHub Issues

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

4th Aug 2025
I like using GitHub issues for actionable things such as bugs and backlog items I've committed to doing. Non-maintainers are encouraged to open issues only for bugs, whereas everything else is a discussion. Bug Report 👉 Issue Help/support 👉 Discussion Ask a question 👉...
10 lessons from my startup journey so far * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s almost...
19th Dec 2011
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10 lessons from my startup journey so far

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

19th Dec 2011
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * It’s almost exactly a year since I started documenting my startup lessons learned through this blog, and since my first post last November, I’ve blogged 26 times. I’ve been lucky enough to have...
HMAC and MACs - The Inner Workings of JWTs HMACs and MACs are authentication codes and are often the backbone of JWT authentication systems. A...
5th Aug 2020
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HMAC and MACs - The Inner Workings of JWTs

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

5th Aug 2020
HMACs and MACs are authentication codes and are often the backbone of JWT authentication systems. A Message Authentication Code (MAC) is a string of bits that depends on a secret key and is sent with a message to prove the message wasn’t tampered with. HMACs are a more strict...
you can never go back Total disassociation, fully out your mind That Funny Feeling I was thinking today about a disc...
31st Aug 2025
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you can never go back

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

31st Aug 2025
Total disassociation, fully out your mind That Funny Feeling I was thinking today about a disc jockey. Like one in the 80s, where you actually had to put the records on the turntables to get the music. You move the information. You were the file system. I like the Retro Game...
What is TypeScript and why should I use it? A beginner's guide to TypeScript. What is TypeScript? What problems does it solve? Why should I use...
30th Jun 2020
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What is TypeScript and why should I use it?

from Seán Barry [alt+shift+b] in programming

30th Jun 2020
A beginner's guide to TypeScript. What is TypeScript? What problems does it solve? Why should I use it?
Equifax Data Breach, Credit Freezes, and Beholden Design Ever been frustrated because a movie theater plays advertisements before the trailers even start?...
11th Sep 2017
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Equifax Data Breach, Credit Freezes, and Beholden Design

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

11th Sep 2017
Ever been frustrated because a movie theater plays advertisements before the trailers even start? This is a kind of experience I call “Beholden Design.” Full of Dark Patterns and pain, Beholden Design is the evil, goatee-wearing twin of Universal Design. It forces people to...
When you don't have chocolate chips... But you still have large blocks of Valrhona dark chocolate and are craving the flavors of chocolate...
12th Mar 2011
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When you don't have chocolate chips...

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

12th Mar 2011
But you still have large blocks of Valrhona dark chocolate and are craving the flavors of chocolate chip cookies? Turns out that while it's difficult to turn a large block into chip-sized chunks, it's a lot easier to turn it into shavings. Unfortunately, these shavings would get...
Covers as a way of learning music and code When you're just getting started with music, you have so many skills to learn. You have to be able...
21st Jul 2025
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Covers as a way of learning music and code

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

21st Jul 2025
When you're just getting started with music, you have so many skills to learn. You have to be able to play your instrument and express yourself through it. You need to know the style you're playing, and its idioms and conventions. You may want to record your music, and need all...
DEFCON 30 This summer I had the opportunity to attend DEFCON 30, a cybersecurity conference gathering around...
20th Nov 2022
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DEFCON 30

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

20th Nov 2022
This summer I had the opportunity to attend DEFCON 30, a cybersecurity conference gathering around 27000 hackers in the fabulous city of Las Vegas, Nevada. With more than 30 villages and 3 main conference tracks, the event managed to cover pretty much every subject from malware...
[e-book] So You Think You Know C? And TenMore Short Essays on Programming Languages Can’t say that running away from complexity was a smart thing to do. It was definitely not the most...
21st Apr 2020
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[e-book] So You Think You Know C? And TenMore Short Essays on Programming Languages

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

21st Apr 2020
Can’t say that running away from complexity was a smart thing to do. It was definitely not the most productive way to create software. The journey, however, has taught me a few things so it was not a complete waste of time either. This book is a reflection of these lessons. It...
How To Quiet Down Your 3D Printer When I first got my 3D printer, I built an enclosure to protect it from dust, maintain a consistent...
24th Dec 2023
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How To Quiet Down Your 3D Printer

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

24th Dec 2023
When I first got my 3D printer, I built an enclosure to protect it from dust, maintain a consistent temperature, and minimize noise. I was surprised to find that the enclosure didn’t reduce noise that significantly. I then placed a patio paver under my printer, which made it...
GIF, JPEG or PNG? Using images on the web This article aims to describe the difference between the three most popular types of images used on...
29th Apr 2007
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GIF, JPEG or PNG? Using images on the web

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

29th Apr 2007
This article aims to describe the difference between the three most popular types of images used on the Web, and how to use them effectively in your websites. JPEG # JPEG files are compressed images that maintain a balance of size versus quality. For example: More compression =...
Bulletproof Components Somewhere buried in my dusty basement lives a signed copy of Dan Cederholm's classic book...
8th Dec 2021
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Bulletproof Components

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

8th Dec 2021
Somewhere buried in my dusty basement lives a signed copy of Dan Cederholm's classic book Bulletproof Web Design. I purchased it during my first trip to An Event Apart in 2007. This book meant a lot to me back then, and almost 15 years later, many of its concepts still hold...
A Shelfish Starter Guide to Databases The absolute minimum you need to know about data storage
10th Mar 2019
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A Shelfish Starter Guide to Databases

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

10th Mar 2019
The absolute minimum you need to know about data storage
The ghosts that lives in my garage Some thoughts about machine learning
13th Jan 2025
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The ghosts that lives in my garage

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

13th Jan 2025
Some thoughts about machine learning
I’m sorry Question: Answer: The post I’m sorry appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
9th May 2024
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I’m sorry

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

9th May 2024
Question: Answer: The post I’m sorry appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Automating a software company with GitHub Actions When developing software, there's no shortage of work: building new features, fixing bugs,...
5th Jul 2022
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Automating a software company with GitHub Actions

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

5th Jul 2022
When developing software, there's no shortage of work: building new features, fixing bugs, maintaining infrastructure, launching new systems, phasing…
How to add Tailwind 3 to Docusaurus 2 in 2022 We use Docusaurus at work, and while it shipped v2 this year it still has (as of v2.3) not shipped...
1st Nov 2022
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How to add Tailwind 3 to Docusaurus 2 in 2022

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

1st Nov 2022
We use Docusaurus at work, and while it shipped v2 this year it still has (as of v2.3) not shipped with any Tailwind support at all. Googled and found this post which was almost everything I needed, but required some stuff in the comments for it to work.
Getting in shape for summer This month we have mostly minor maintenance updates as we gear up for a feature-filled future...
2nd Jun 2023
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Getting in shape for summer

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

2nd Jun 2023
This month we have mostly minor maintenance updates as we gear up for a feature-filled future release. Enjoy a mild May because this summer is going to get hot! Calculator Calculator now follows keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste, even when the main text entry isn’t focused,...
Renamed two fields on subscribers subscriber_type becomes type, and email becomes email_address
1st Aug 2024
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Renamed two fields on subscribers

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

1st Aug 2024
subscriber_type becomes type, and email becomes email_address
From Mac to Windows From Mac to Windows
12th Aug 2020
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From Mac to Windows

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

12th Aug 2020
From Mac to Windows
State of Data Engineering 2023 Q3 As we roll towards the end of the year data engineering as expected does have some changes, but now...
12th Sep 2023
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State of Data Engineering 2023 Q3

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

12th Sep 2023
As we roll towards the end of the year data engineering as expected does have some changes, but now everyone wants to see how Generative AI intersects with everything. The fits are not completely natural, as Generative AI like Chat GPT is more NLP type systems, but there are a...
OpenClaw is my new coworker What happens when you give AI its own laptop
2nd Feb 2026
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OpenClaw is my new coworker

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

2nd Feb 2026
What happens when you give AI its own laptop
Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular...
18th Oct 2017
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Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

18th Oct 2017
Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular software, run as a prelude to the GitHub Universe conference. After being brought up to speed on this year's secret handshake of the software elite, I had a great time in the...
Racy git magic Exploting a long-standing git bug for my own amusement. And I think there is one known race: the...
30th Nov 2023
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Racy git magic

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

30th Nov 2023
Exploting a long-standing git bug for my own amusement. And I think there is one known race: the index mtime itself is not race-free. – Linus Torvalds, Re:git bugs, 2008 A well-known race condition skulks through git’s plumbing. And I can demo it via a git magic trick 🪄1 $ tree...
Things that work (for me) A list of tools and items that JustWork (tm)
20th Jan 2026
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Things that work (for me)

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

20th Jan 2026
A list of tools and items that JustWork (tm)
Ink Note Feb 2023: Crosscut Extension Design Jam • Marcel's Notes Marcel Goethals’ notes on Crosscut extensions
21st Feb 2023
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Ink Note Feb 2023: Crosscut Extension Design Jam • Marcel's Notes

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

21st Feb 2023
Marcel Goethals’ notes on Crosscut extensions
An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful...
21st Nov 2023
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An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid

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

21st Nov 2023
CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful tools, there's a significant learning curve. In this tutorial, we'll build a mental model for how CSS Grid works and how we can use it effectively. I'll share the biggest 💡 lightbulb...
Piano Four-Hands Arrangement (Wedding Gift) As a wedding gift for Chelsea I arranged a piano four-hands version of the song her dad wrote to...
19th Sep 2013
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Piano Four-Hands Arrangement (Wedding Gift)

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

19th Sep 2013
As a wedding gift for Chelsea I arranged a piano four-hands version of the song her dad wrote to sing her to sleep.
Svelte reactivity — an inside and out guide I've been working with svelte exclusively for a year now, but I still manage to shoot myself in the...
22nd Apr 2023
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Svelte reactivity — an inside and out guide

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

22nd Apr 2023
I've been working with svelte exclusively for a year now, but I still manage to shoot myself in the foot every now and then when using reactive state. Some of the confusion is due to my prior experience with React, but some points are confusing on their own. Today, I dive into...
Habits of great software engineers The role of a software developer often gets distilled down to a singular activity: coding. While...
4th Nov 2023
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Habits of great software engineers

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

4th Nov 2023
The role of a software developer often gets distilled down to a singular activity: coding. While coding is undeniably the […] The post Habits of great software engineers appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
IE11 Mainstream End Of Life in Oct 2020 Making the case for Mainstream EOL of IE 11.
13th May 2020
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IE11 Mainstream End Of Life in Oct 2020

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

13th May 2020
Making the case for Mainstream EOL of IE 11.
Doing versus Delegating A staff+ skill
6th Aug 2025
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Doing versus Delegating

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

6th Aug 2025
A staff+ skill
Profiling Rust programs the easy way Performance is one of the big reasons to use Rust. It's not a magic wand for performance, it just...
4th Dec 2023
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Profiling Rust programs the easy way

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

4th Dec 2023
Performance is one of the big reasons to use Rust. It's not a magic wand for performance, it just gives you the control to eke out whatever performance you need. So if your program is still slow, how do you fix that? Profiling your program is one of the best options for figuring...
Ink Note January 2025: Super simple stroke simplification A technique for reducing the number of points needed to represent an ink stroke.
7th Mar 2025
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Ink Note January 2025: Super simple stroke simplification

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

7th Mar 2025
A technique for reducing the number of points needed to represent an ink stroke.
My productivity rules A friend asked me for some study/productivity tips, and I figured the most productive thing I can do...
8th Oct 2025
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My productivity rules

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

8th Oct 2025
A friend asked me for some study/productivity tips, and I figured the most productive thing I can do is write a post about it. That way, it might help more people too. So here we go. Before we start, there are two things you need before any productivity advice will work: Be...
Conway’s Favicon I find favicons pretty useful overall. That weird little Earthworm-Jim-esque bug-head in my...
30th Nov 2014
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Conway’s Favicon

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

30th Nov 2014
I find favicons pretty useful overall. That weird little Earthworm-Jim-esque bug-head in my bookmarks bar immediately queues me in on where to click to get to bugzilla. My site hasn’t had a favicon. The only explanation I can offer is laziness mixed with a lack of inspiration....
Eating the Cloud from Outside In AWS is playing Chess. Cloudflare is playing Go.
4th Oct 2021
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Eating the Cloud from Outside In

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

4th Oct 2021
AWS is playing Chess. Cloudflare is playing Go.
Focus on the line, not the dot * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Yesterday I...
2nd Jan 2013
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Focus on the line, not the dot

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

2nd Jan 2013
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Yesterday I noticed the Who’s Hiring? [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4992617] thread pop up again on Hacker News. If you’re hiring, it’s a great place to share that fact. Since around half a...
How to screen developers When screening developers at a startup, you have competing goals. On the one hand, you have limited...
2nd May 2018
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How to screen developers

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd May 2018
When screening developers at a startup, you have competing goals. On the one hand, you have limited resources to dedicate to the hiring process, so you want a process that minimizes the work for you and your team. On the other hand, you have a challenging time attracting talented...
Mainlining Nostalgia: Making the Winamp Skin Museum Thoughts on what I think made the Winamp Skin Museum successful.
23rd Sep 2020
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Mainlining Nostalgia: Making the Winamp Skin Museum

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

23rd Sep 2020
Thoughts on what I think made the Winamp Skin Museum successful.
From 0 to 1 MB in DOS A tour on how DOS was able to use most of the 1 MB address space of the 8086
17th Jan 2024
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From 0 to 1 MB in DOS

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

17th Jan 2024
A tour on how DOS was able to use most of the 1 MB address space of the 8086
Why React Re-Renders In React, we don't update the DOM directly, we tell React what we want the DOM to look like, and...
16th Aug 2022
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Why React Re-Renders

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

16th Aug 2022
In React, we don't update the DOM directly, we tell React what we want the DOM to look like, and React tackles the rest. But how exactly does it do this? In this tutorial, we'll unpack exactly when and why React re-renders, and how we can use this information to optimize the...
Real estate is one of the hardest open problems in scaled self driving I’ve had a minor obsession with Waymo’s autonomous vehicle depots recently. Over the past few...
3rd Sep 2024
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Real estate is one of the hardest open problems in scaled self driving

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

3rd Sep 2024
I’ve had a minor obsession with Waymo’s autonomous vehicle depots recently. Over the past few months, I’ve flown a drone as part of a stakeout to understand how they work. And I’ve taken a deep dive into an apparent Waymo outage to find the company charging its electric vehicles...
2022 Book Roundup In 2021 I only read 6 out of 12 books for my reading challenge. Though to be fair, 4 of those books...
29th Dec 2022
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2022 Book Roundup

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

29th Dec 2022
In 2021 I only read 6 out of 12 books for my reading challenge. Though to be fair, 4 of those books were 900-1000+ page books (The final 4 books of The Wheel of Time). In 2020 I read even less, but pre-2020 I was reading upwards of 24 books a year. In an effort to try to get back...
Building Custom React Hooks Illustrated notes on building custom React hooks
2nd Nov 2019
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Building Custom React Hooks

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

2nd Nov 2019
Illustrated notes on building custom React hooks
Improving Github's New Design Improving Github’s New Design 2020-07-07 Like many other Github users, I am not a big fan of their...
7th Jul 2020
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Improving Github's New Design

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

7th Jul 2020
Improving Github’s New Design 2020-07-07 Like many other Github users, I am not a big fan of their recent repository page redesign. In my mind it seems like a change just for the sake of change - the original UI worked perfectly fine. Sigh. I was planning on recreating the...
Running your engineering onboarding program. Most companies say that it takes three to six months for newly hired engineers to fully ramp...
6th Mar 2023
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Running your engineering onboarding program.

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

6th Mar 2023
Most companies say that it takes three to six months for newly hired engineers to fully ramp up. Engineering leaders know it’s impolitic to admit that it takes their team longer than three to six months to onboard new engineers, so that’s what they say out loud, but they...
I ended up adding duplicate records on a unique index in MongoDB how my curiosity lead me to discover a weird inconsistency with MongoDB where I was able to insert...
31st Mar 2021
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31st Mar 2021
how my curiosity lead me to discover a weird inconsistency with MongoDB where I was able to insert records that conflicted the index constraints
Building an internal agent: Iterative prompt and skill refinement Some of our internal workflows are being used quite frequently, and usage reveals gaps in the...
1st Jan 2026
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Building an internal agent: Iterative prompt and skill refinement

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

1st Jan 2026
Some of our internal workflows are being used quite frequently, and usage reveals gaps in the current prompts, skills, and tools. Here is how we’re working to iterate on these internal workflows. This is part of the Building an internal agent series. Why does iterative refinement...
Repos that always pass their tests Losing faith in your build hobbles a software project. Continual test failures create alarm...
17th Feb 2022
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Repos that always pass their tests

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

17th Feb 2022
Losing faith in your build hobbles a software project. Continual test failures create alarm fatigue—people habituate to ignoring test results. Ignoring your tests creates an apathy spiral: more breakage, more failure, more apathy, resulting in decreased velocity. Fortunately,...
Bootstrap with Ruby on Rails 7 If you have a brand new RoR 7 project that you created with the defaults by running rails new...
6th Aug 2022
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Bootstrap with Ruby on Rails 7

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

6th Aug 2022
If you have a brand new RoR 7 project that you created with the defaults by running rails new <PROJECT> then you can safely follow the following steps to get Bootstrap 5 installed in your project. Install gems Add the following to your Gemfile and run bundle install. gem...
Rust Macros: Zero to Hero A comprehensive guide on Rust macros
1st Sep 2024
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Rust Macros: Zero to Hero

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

1st Sep 2024
A comprehensive guide on Rust macros
OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux Upgrade your Asahi Linux systems, because your graphics drivers are getting a big...
6th Jun 2023
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OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux

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

6th Jun 2023
Upgrade your Asahi Linux systems, because your graphics drivers are getting a big boost: leapfrogging from OpenGL 2.1 over OpenGL 3.0 up to OpenGL 3.1! Similarly, the OpenGL ES 2.0 support is bumping up to OpenGL ES 3.0. That means more playable games and more functioning...
A Collection of Design Engineers Collecting people I know who work at the intersection of design and engineering, in an attempt to...
11th Mar 2024
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A Collection of Design Engineers

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

11th Mar 2024
Collecting people I know who work at the intersection of design and engineering, in an attempt to figure out what a design engineer is
[Renovated] Programmer's guide to linear equations This is an introduction to linear equation systems. It explains linear dependency, under- and...
12th Feb 2021
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[Renovated] Programmer's guide to linear equations

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

12th Feb 2021
This is an introduction to linear equation systems. It explains linear dependency, under- and over-specification, direct and iterative solvers. The guide should give you enough knowledge to find a proper solution for your task but not enough to implement one efficiently yourself.
Silicon Valley & Defense Tech Over the last few years there has been a lot of press coverage of Google canceling project Maven, a...
13th Oct 2020
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Silicon Valley & Defense Tech

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

13th Oct 2020
Over the last few years there has been a lot of press coverage of Google canceling project Maven, a defense contract. This has led to claims Silicon Valley is no longer engaging in defense tech, despite tech's roots working with the Department of Defense
So Long, Prog21 I always intended "Programming in the 21st Century" to have a limited run. I knew since the entry...
4th Jan 2017
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So Long, Prog21

from Programming in the 21st Century [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Jan 2017
I always intended "Programming in the 21st Century" to have a limited run. I knew since the entry from January 1, 2010, that I needed to end it. It just took a while.Recovering Programmer And now, an explanation. I started this blog to talk about issues tangentially related to...
Boot.dev Beat. December 2022 I hope you’ve been able to enjoy some time with family! I took (almost) an entire week off from...
6th Jan 2023
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Boot.dev Beat. December 2022

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

6th Jan 2023
I hope you’ve been able to enjoy some time with family! I took (almost) an entire week off from writing code, which I haven’t done in a long time. It’s good to be back though, and I can’t wait to see you around the Discord community.
Dimension Hopper Part 1 2D Platformer using Stable Diffusion for live level art creation
12th Jun 2023
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Dimension Hopper Part 1

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

12th Jun 2023
2D Platformer using Stable Diffusion for live level art creation
Why You Should Prefix Custom Events Similar to how every custom element must contain a dash, I like to pretend that every custom event...
12th Dec 2022
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Why You Should Prefix Custom Events

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

12th Dec 2022
Similar to how every custom element must contain a dash, I like to pretend that every custom event must also contain a dash. This removes all ambiguity between native events and custom events. Therefore, I prefix all custom events in Shoelace with sl-. It may seem contradictory...
Big O vs Hardware: Better Complexity ≠ Better Performance Why Your O(log n) Algorithm Might Lose to O(n)
3rd Aug 2025
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Big O vs Hardware: Better Complexity ≠ Better Performance

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

3rd Aug 2025
Why Your O(log n) Algorithm Might Lose to O(n)
New Loose Leaf Security series: More on authentication and password managers Three more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about authentication and password...
30th Jun 2019
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30th Jun 2019
Three more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about authentication and password managers: Using a password manager effectively In a deeper exploration of password manager browser extensions and features for sharing as well as a survey of alternatives to password...
What I'm up to - October 2024 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Oct 2024
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What I'm up to - October 2024

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

1st Oct 2024
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in September - I've started publishing on Contraption Company every Friday. My posts last month: I...
(Very) Basic Intro to Hash Functions (SHA-256, MD5, etc) Hash functions are used to securely store passwords, find duplicate records, quickly store and...
1st Jan 2020
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(Very) Basic Intro to Hash Functions (SHA-256, MD5, etc)

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

1st Jan 2020
Hash functions are used to securely store passwords, find duplicate records, quickly store and retrieve data, among other useful computational tasks. As a practical example, all user passwords on boot.dev are hashed using Bcrypt to ensure that if an attacker were ever to gain...
Breaking Barbarian This week in a [Svelte Radio recording](https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1555596996744028160),...
7th Aug 2022
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Breaking Barbarian

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

7th Aug 2022
This week in a [Svelte Radio recording](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...
Ten years of Overcast: A new foundation Today, on the tenth anniversary of Overcast 1.0, I’m happy to launch a complete rewrite and redesign...
16th Jul 2024
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Ten years of Overcast: A new foundation

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

16th Jul 2024
Today, on the tenth anniversary of Overcast 1.0, I’m happy to launch a complete rewrite and redesign of most of the iOS app, built to carry Overcast into the next decade — and hopefully beyond. Like podcasts better than blog posts? Listen to ATP #596 for more! What’s new Much...
The StarCraft path-finding hack Game-unit path-finding is something that most players never notice until it doesn’t work quite...
20th Feb 2013
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The StarCraft path-finding hack

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

20th Feb 2013
Game-unit path-finding is something that most players never notice until it doesn’t work quite right, and then that minor issue becomes a rage-inducing, end-of-the-world problem. During the development of StarCraft there were times when path-finding just didn’t work at all. As...
17th Jan 2020
A Walkthrough of *that* React Suspense Demo Annotated commentary on the code behind the Movie search demo featuring React Suspense
2nd Mar 2018
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A Walkthrough of *that* React Suspense Demo

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

2nd Mar 2018
Annotated commentary on the code behind the Movie search demo featuring React Suspense
Swearing and automatic captions Swearing is the spice of language. Throw in a little to make that fucking point you want to make...
5th Dec 2022
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Swearing and automatic captions

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

5th Dec 2022
Swearing is the spice of language. Throw in a little to make that fucking point you want to make pop. Throw in a shitload to create a motherfucking verbal curry, layers of delicious goddamn meaning to unpack. Swearing is also present in every culture I can think of, with culture...
2025 Predictions I was just enjoying Simon Willison’s predictions and, heck, why not. 1: The web becomes adversarial...
11th Jan 2025
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2025 Predictions

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

11th Jan 2025
I was just enjoying Simon Willison’s predictions and, heck, why not. 1: The web becomes adversarial to AI The history of search engines is sort of an arms race between websites and search engines. Back in the early 2000s, juicing your ranking on search engines was pretty easy -...
Forbidden noodles My obsession with food-based taxonomy continues. Here are all the forbidden noodles I am aware...
24th Aug 2021
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Forbidden noodles

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

24th Aug 2021
My obsession with food-based taxonomy continues. Here are all the forbidden noodles I am aware of: Bucatini The FDA banning the import of this beloved pasta was one of the many tragedies 2020 visited on us. If there is any consolation, know that the De Cecco pasta factories have...
The Long Run They say only one out of 1000–2000 startups becomes a unicorn, and that only 1% of humans will ever...
7th Dec 2025
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The Long Run

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

7th Dec 2025
They say only one out of 1000–2000 startups becomes a unicorn, and that only 1% of humans will ever finish a marathon. If you had asked my mother, though, she would have told you it was a thousand times more likely I’d build a billion-dollar tech company than finish a marathon....
Code reviews And why they're probably the most important software engineering skill
5th Dec 2025
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Code reviews

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

5th Dec 2025
And why they're probably the most important software engineering skill
Doing versus Delegating A staff+ skill
6th Aug 2025
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Doing versus Delegating

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

6th Aug 2025
A staff+ skill
Feature detection for CSS transitions via jQuery $.support When working with CSS transitions, the need to detect whether or not the browser supports them may...
9th Dec 2012
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Feature detection for CSS transitions via jQuery $.support

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

9th Dec 2012
When working with CSS transitions, the need to detect whether or not the browser supports them may arise.  It can be of particular use when working with the transitionend event, which won't fire in unsupportive browsers. After finding a number of questionable solutions, I came...
[Renovated] Estimating floating point error the easy way Unforeseen floating point error is the source of the most unpleasant bugs. The bugs that come and go...
11th May 2019
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[Renovated] Estimating floating point error the easy way

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

11th May 2019
Unforeseen floating point error is the source of the most unpleasant bugs. The bugs that come and go unpredictably. The bugs that don't reproduce on unit-tests and lay low through the integration phase only to be seen by your most important customer.
Protect Your Wireless Network Short of leaving your wireless network open, the Wifi Protected Setup (WPS) vulnerability is...
12th May 2013
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Protect Your Wireless Network

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

12th May 2013
Short of leaving your wireless network open, the Wifi Protected Setup (WPS) vulnerability is probably the single biggest security hole on any home wireless network. About WiFi Protected Setup WiFi Protected Setup is a security standard that comes enabled by default on many...
Podcast submission notes Getting started Web stuff & RSS Podcasts are distributed via RSS feeds that people can subscribe to....
1st Feb 2019
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Podcast submission notes

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

1st Feb 2019
Getting started Web stuff & RSS Podcasts are distributed via RSS feeds that people can subscribe to. You need to generate podcast-specific RSS: start by reading Apple's requirements and looking at the RSS feeds of other podcasts. Some specific RSS fields <itunes:type>: You need...
how not to run a saas company Founder mode, somewhere someone said something and a meme was born. Join me as we explore what it...
13th Oct 2024
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how not to run a saas company

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

13th Oct 2024
Founder mode, somewhere someone said something and a meme was born. Join me as we explore what it means to founder mode.
1st Jul 2022
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July 2022

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

1st Jul 2022
The Boot.dev Beat. May 2025 Our biggest content release ever just dropped: the complete backend learning path, but now in Python...
11th May 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. May 2025

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

11th May 2025
Our biggest content release ever just dropped: the complete backend learning path, but now in Python and TypeScript! This is a massive update that we’ve been working on for a year, I hope you enjoy it!
Email tracking is now off by default Buttondown is turning off analytics by default for all new users
1st Mar 2021
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Email tracking is now off by default

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

1st Mar 2021
Buttondown is turning off analytics by default for all new users
27th Apr 2010
I'm hopeful but wary of "empathic" AI A couple of months ago, one of my friends told me about a startup called Hume. I was primed to be...
6th May 2024
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I'm hopeful but wary of "empathic" AI

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

6th May 2024
A couple of months ago, one of my friends told me about a startup called Hume. I was primed to be skeptical, except that I trust this friend to have a somewhat balanced perspective on this topic. He'd talked to some people there and read their site and generally felt a good vibe...
Wrapping Errors in Go - How to Handle Nested Errors Errors in Go are a hot topic. Many newcomers to the language immediately level their first...
9th Mar 2020
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Wrapping Errors in Go - How to Handle Nested Errors

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

9th Mar 2020
Errors in Go are a hot topic. Many newcomers to the language immediately level their first criticism, “errors in go are clunky! Let me just use try/catch!” This criticism is well-meaning but misguided.
2015-03-01 gothamist.com/2012/03/08/the_1960_plan_to_put_a_dome_over_mi.php
1st Mar 2015
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2015-03-01

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

1st Mar 2015
gothamist.com/2012/03/08/the_1960_plan_to_put_a_dome_over_mi.php
2015-01-10 what-if.xkcd.com/124/
10th Jan 2015
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2015-01-10

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

10th Jan 2015
what-if.xkcd.com/124/
Searching for The Early Founder Cadence I've been quite inspired by David Sacks' The Cadence ever since I read it. It prescribes an...
11th Jun 2023
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Searching for The Early Founder Cadence

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

11th Jun 2023
I've been quite inspired by David Sacks' The Cadence ever since I read it. It prescribes an operational process and ideal team structure for a 50-500 person startup - running sales, finance, product, and marketing in sync in quarterly cycles with effective communication between...
Maybe You Do Need Kubernetes Theo has this great video on Kubernetes, currently titled “You Don’t Need Kubernetes”. I’m a...
8th Mar 2024
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Maybe You Do Need Kubernetes

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

8th Mar 2024
Theo has this great video on Kubernetes, currently titled “You Don’t Need Kubernetes”. I’m a Kubernetes enjoyer (I even wrote a course on it, but I’m not here to argue about that. The part of the video I do want to discuss has nothing to do with k8s. It’s where Theo draws the...
How to build cron jobs with Netlify functions We leveraged Netlify Scheduled Functions to automate the task of fetching jobs from Heavybit's...
6th Nov 2022
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How to build cron jobs with Netlify functions

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

6th Nov 2022
We leveraged Netlify Scheduled Functions to automate the task of fetching jobs from Heavybit's portfolio companies into their Jobs page.
Pricing determines your business model Pricing is inextricably linked to brand, product, and purchasing decisions. It cannot be "figured...
5th Nov 2014
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Pricing determines your business model

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

5th Nov 2014
Pricing is inextricably linked to brand, product, and purchasing decisions. It cannot be "figured out later," because determines your business model today.
Array 1.19.0 This new release is a great mix between old and new, with significant improvements to both our newer...
15th Dec 2020
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Array 1.19.0

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

15th Dec 2020
This new release is a great mix between old and new, with significant improvements to both our newer features, as well as our core analytics stack…
Original Barbershop Tag: You Beside My Side I wrote a barbershop tag for my girlfriend Chelsea.
2nd Apr 2009
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Original Barbershop Tag: You Beside My Side

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

2nd Apr 2009
I wrote a barbershop tag for my girlfriend Chelsea.
22nd Sep 2018
Thank You For Being a Friend It's been one of those months, and by that, I mean one of the 663 months since I was born. This...
20th Apr 2026
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Thank You For Being a Friend

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

20th Apr 2026
It's been one of those months, and by that, I mean one of the 663 months since I was born. This won't be a long post, because I only have two things to say. First, I'm really glad we re-ordered the GMI (Guaranteed Minimum
Live Session on CPython Virtual Machine Internals + Upcoming Posts We are long overdue for a new live session as well as some more articles.
12th Apr 2024
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Live Session on CPython Virtual Machine Internals + Upcoming Posts

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

12th Apr 2024
We are long overdue for a new live session as well as some more articles.
Google Merchant Center is a Whiny Pain in The Arse fREW once said “As time goes by I have less and less patience for ecosystems that demand my time”...
26th Aug 2025
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Google Merchant Center is a Whiny Pain in The Arse

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

26th Aug 2025
fREW once said “As time goes by I have less and less patience for ecosystems that demand my time” and I think about this now and then. However, in my case I replace the word “ecosystems” for “anything”. There are exceptions, of course, but I’m not going to list them here as those...
Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seems The obvious benefit to working quickly is that you'll finish more stuff per unit time. But there's...
26th Jul 2015
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Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seems

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

26th Jul 2015
The obvious benefit to working quickly is that you'll finish more stuff per unit time. But there's more to it than that. If you work quickly, the cost of doing something new will seem lower in your mind. So you'll be inclined to do more. The converse is true, too. If every time...
Lexical differential highlighting instead of syntax highlighting “Lexical” since it doesn't need true syntax analysis, primitive tokenization and filtering are...
11th Apr 2019
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Lexical differential highlighting instead of syntax highlighting

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

11th Apr 2019
“Lexical” since it doesn't need true syntax analysis, primitive tokenization and filtering are enough. And it's “differential” because it aims to highlight the difference between lexemes. Ideally, the smaller the lexical difference, the greater the color difference should be. ...
What I'm up to - December 2025 Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Dec 2025
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What I'm up to - December 2025

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

1st Dec 2025
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in November - Just got back from a holiday in Tokyo and Hakone. I explored Ametora, noodles (tsuk...
Sock🧦 nerdery🤓 Being a nerd is not about what you love; it’s about how you love it. – Wil Wheaton My running last...
1st Jul 2022
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Sock🧦 nerdery🤓

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

1st Jul 2022
Being a nerd is not about what you love; it’s about how you love it. – Wil Wheaton My running last week I’m a runner and a sock nerd, and in four days, I’m running a half-marathon (eek!). Here are some reflections on socks because if there’s one thing every runner knows it’s:...
State machines - Why and how to use them in web development. What is a state machine? I think Wikipedia does a very good job of defining a state machine. A...
17th Dec 2022
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State machines - Why and how to use them in web development.

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

17th Dec 2022
What is a state machine? I think Wikipedia does a very good job of defining a state machine. A finite-state machine (FSM) or finite-state automaton (FSA, plural: automata), finite automaton, or simply a state machine, is a mathematical model of computation. It is an abstract...
Immutable Data with Immer and Personal Assistant Bots Illustrated notes on how work with immutable data in the Immer state library
10th Aug 2019
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Immutable Data with Immer and Personal Assistant Bots

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

10th Aug 2019
Illustrated notes on how work with immutable data in the Immer state library
Artificial Intelligence: Shades of Gray AI sure is a hot topic right now, and I see a lot of people arguing about it. To a lot of people...
25th Mar 2026
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Artificial Intelligence: Shades of Gray

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

25th Mar 2026
AI sure is a hot topic right now, and I see a lot of people arguing about it. To a lot of people around here, I’m the “computer person” they know and I get asked a lot about AI. I’m going to suggest a lot of things can be true at once. For instance: LLMs … Continue reading...
First Letter Pseudo Element First Letter Pseudo Element 2019-05-03 In today's TypeTip we will be taking a look at the often...
3rd May 2019
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First Letter Pseudo Element

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

3rd May 2019
First Letter Pseudo Element 2019-05-03 In today's TypeTip we will be taking a look at the often overlooked :first-letter CSS pseudo element. Though you might only use this for specific article-format web pages, it's still a nice-to-have in your web dev toolset. The HTML Like most...
What I'm up to - December 2023 This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Dec 2023
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What I'm up to - December 2023

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

1st Dec 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in November - Started writing some essays about online work, dependability, tools, and craft on t...
Doing It Manually I have a standing desk that goes up and down via a manual crank. I’ve had it for probably ten...
2nd Oct 2025
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Doing It Manually

from Jim Nielsen’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Oct 2025
I have a standing desk that goes up and down via a manual crank. I’ve had it for probably ten years. Every time I raise or lower that thing, it gets my blood pumping. I often think: “I should upgrade to one of those standing desks that goes up and down with the push of a...
Breaking Barbarian This week in a Svelte Radio recording, @rich-harris commented that something I said was "uniquely...
7th Aug 2022
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Breaking Barbarian

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

7th Aug 2022
This week in a Svelte Radio recording, @rich-harris commented that something I said was "uniquely swyx": an offhand observation that "we are all professional streamers now" ^1 . I responded that I've been calling this behavior "barbarianism" - you can listen to the full...
12th Aug 2024
The physicists who convinced Fermilab to send Brazil's emails Neither the first nor the fastest international connection, it was the one that lasted.
3rd Jul 2025
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The physicists who convinced Fermilab to send Brazil's emails

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

3rd Jul 2025
Neither the first nor the fastest international connection, it was the one that lasted.
How to Build Fly Locally With Docker for Mac In my recent side projet, I’ve been deploying to fly.io and really enjoying it. It’s fairly easy to...
2nd Oct 2023
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How to Build Fly Locally With Docker for Mac

from These Yaks Ain't Gonna Shave Themselves [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Oct 2023
In my recent side projet, I’ve been deploying to fly.io and really enjoying it. It’s fairly easy to get setup. And it supports my preferred workflow of deploying my changes early and often. I have run into a few snags though. Fly.io builds your project into a docker image and...
ZRH Art near the B gates: "Altocumulus Lenticularis" by Inigo Mnglano Ovalle.
22nd Aug 2012
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ZRH

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

22nd Aug 2012
Art near the B gates: "Altocumulus Lenticularis" by Inigo Mnglano Ovalle.
Check if your performance intuition still works with CUDA An interactive quiz about microoptimizations in CUDA. 10 rounds, two pieces of code per each, you...
1st Jun 2021
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Check if your performance intuition still works with CUDA

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

1st Jun 2021
An interactive quiz about microoptimizations in CUDA. 10 rounds, two pieces of code per each, you get to guess which is the faster.
Book Review: 'The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World' Excellent book about the history of precision machining
1st Jul 2024
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1st Jul 2024
Excellent book about the history of precision machining
Explaining git diff to myself But try to understand Try to understand Try try try to understand Git’s a magic command. –...
14th May 2022
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Explaining git diff to myself

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

14th May 2022
But try to understand Try to understand Try try try to understand Git’s a magic command. – Heart  💕 Once upon a time, I believed git was storing diffs somewhere. But then I learned I was wrong. It’s challenging to wield git’s clunky interface when you have a broken mental...
How I Take and Publish Notes I publish notes at notes.jim-nielsen.com. I’ve written about why I made that site as well as some of...
3rd Dec 2023
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How I Take and Publish Notes

from Jim Nielsen’s Blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Dec 2023
I publish notes at notes.jim-nielsen.com. I’ve written about why I made that site as well as some of my favorite aspects of its design. But I’ve yet to write about how I take and publish notes to it. The other day Bill Beckelman emailed me and told me he made a similar site of...
The Linear Oppression of Note-taking Apps What we lose when our digital notes remove the freedom to move
7th May 2021
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The Linear Oppression of Note-taking Apps

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

7th May 2021
What we lose when our digital notes remove the freedom to move
Systems model of API deprecation In How should Stripe deprecate APIs?, the diagnosis depends on the claim that deprecating APIs is a...
1st Apr 2025
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Systems model of API deprecation

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

1st Apr 2025
In How should Stripe deprecate APIs?, the diagnosis depends on the claim that deprecating APIs is a significant cause of customer churn. While there is internal data that can be used to correlate deprecation with churn, it’s also valuable to build a model to help us decide if we...
Seeing the Matrix: A First-Principles Approach to Computer Architecture Building a mental model of computer architecture from first principles
5th Apr 2025
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Seeing the Matrix: A First-Principles Approach to Computer Architecture

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

5th Apr 2025
Building a mental model of computer architecture from first principles
Introducing Action Push Native Note: Shortly after releasing this gem, we renamed it from Action Native Push to Action Push Native,...
18th Aug 2025
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Introducing Action Push Native

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

18th Aug 2025
Note: Shortly after releasing this gem, we renamed it from Action Native Push to Action Push Native, in case you arrived here looking for the gem of the former name. More details here. We’ve open-sourced Action Push Native, a Rails gem for sending push notifications to mobile...
How Lisp helped my RetroChallenge 2024 project <![CDATA[RetroChallenge announced the results of RC2024/10 and I'm honored to be among the...
2nd Nov 2025
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How Lisp helped my RetroChallenge 2024 project

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

2nd Nov 2025
<![CDATA[RetroChallenge announced the results of RC2024/10 and I'm honored to be among the winners. Written in Interlisp, the WebCard project I entered the competition with extends the NoteCards hypermedia system to visit web sites. It defines a new type of hypertext node, the...
Lessons from seven years of remote work The inspiration for this post is Željko Filipin’s post on the same topic. Nobody worked remotely...
1st Dec 2021
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Lessons from seven years of remote work

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

1st Dec 2021
The inspiration for this post is Željko Filipin’s post on the same topic. Nobody worked remotely during the pandemic, but everybody worked from home. During the pandemic, office workers had to adjust to working out of their homes. But remote work is different: you’re not working...
14th Apr 2026
No sacred masterpieces Or "that time I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it like a week after launch"
15th Sep 2023
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No sacred masterpieces

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

15th Sep 2023
Or "that time I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it like a week after launch"
Status Update, and How Everyone IPO'd in the 21st Century Sorry for the long hiatus. I've been doing some formal advisory work and a bit of angel investing...
13th Nov 2019
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Status Update, and How Everyone IPO'd in the 21st Century

from Remains of the Day [alt+shift+b] in programming

13th Nov 2019
Sorry for the long hiatus. I've been doing some formal advisory work and a bit of angel investing these past months, and so more of my writing has been private. More than that, though, the Internet, with all the status games and incentives I wrote about in my last post, began to...
My Wonderful HTML Email Workflow If you've ever had the misfortune of being tasked with building a template for HTML emails, you know...
27th Jun 2022
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My Wonderful HTML Email Workflow

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

27th Jun 2022
If you've ever had the misfortune of being tasked with building a template for HTML emails, you know it's tricky business! In this blog post, I share the approach I took to build responsive, client-friendly emails without a single tag.
How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer 2020-02-07 I have a profound respect for the open source community....
7th Feb 2020
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How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer

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

7th Feb 2020
How to "FLOSS" as a Web Designer 2020-02-07 I have a profound respect for the open source community. I most likely wouldn't have the skills or knowledge I do today with it. Unfortunately, when I was just starting out in "web dev" some 10 years ago, proprietary software was the...
Recently We saw this Monarch butterfly caterpillar at the pretty unusual Naval Cemetery Landscape. The...
1st Oct 2023
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Recently

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

1st Oct 2023
We saw this Monarch butterfly caterpillar at the pretty unusual Naval Cemetery Landscape. The landscape is just native pollinators and native plants growing wild, with a wood platform above the field so you can walk around and see the bugs and plants. It’s also built on a...
the value of a performance oracle Over on his excellent blog, from having ported a bytecode virtual machine to . He finds that his...
7th Apr 2026
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the value of a performance oracle

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Apr 2026
Over on his excellent blog, from having ported a bytecode virtual machine to . He finds that his tail-calling interpreter written in Rust beats his switch-based interpreter, and even beats hand-coded assembly on some platforms.Matt Keeter posts some resultstail-calling style He...
Top 10 Books on Web Development in 2026 If you’re looking for good web development books, you’re probably interested in becoming a web...
5th Sep 2023
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Top 10 Books on Web Development in 2026

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

5th Sep 2023
If you’re looking for good web development books, you’re probably interested in becoming a web developer. Makes sense – great pay, solid job security, and interesting work. But beyond that broad goal, you might be looking for some web development reading to satisfy other goals.
A Look at ProgressQuest: The Original Idle Game Progress Quest is generally considered the original idle game. It came out in 2002 as a parody of...
17th Mar 2026
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A Look at ProgressQuest: The Original Idle Game

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

17th Mar 2026
Progress Quest is generally considered the original idle game. It came out in 2002 as a parody of EverQuest and the emerging MMORPG boom. “Playing” it consists of creating a character, clicking “Sold!”, and then watching progress bars fill forever. There’s no interaction, no real...
The Boot.dev Beat. July 2025 This month we were heads down building a lot of background stuff for big releases that are coming up...
9th Jul 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. July 2025

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

9th Jul 2025
This month we were heads down building a lot of background stuff for big releases that are coming up - but we still did manage to get a few new features out the door!
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...
11th Jan 2024
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We're building a better PostHog community by closing our public Slack

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

11th Jan 2024
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…
The Boot.dev Beat. December 2025 We plan to wrap up 2025 with some important quality of life updates! League placement badges, lesson...
7th Dec 2025
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2025

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

7th Dec 2025
We plan to wrap up 2025 with some important quality of life updates! League placement badges, lesson bookmarks, and major improvements to the Training Grounds are just a few of the highlights. Thanks for learning with us, we’re gearing up the platform for a ton of new courses in...
Stuff I've been working on It’s been around 2 years that I’ve had to stop with my long-term addiction to stable jobs. Quite a...
7th Oct 2024
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Stuff I've been working on

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

7th Oct 2024
It’s been around 2 years that I’ve had to stop with my long-term addiction to stable jobs. Quite a few people who read this blog are wondering what the hell exactly I’ve been doing since then so I’m going to update all of you on the various projects I’ve been working on. Meme...
Name that Ware, October 2024 The Ware for October 2024 is shown below. This one should be a smidge easier to guess than last...
30th Oct 2024
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Name that Ware, October 2024

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

30th Oct 2024
The Ware for October 2024 is shown below. This one should be a smidge easier to guess than last month’s ware. The main reason I liked this ware is actually the board shown below with the prominent star-routing. It’s such traditional hand-routing work, I love craftsmanship like...
Proof Bitcoin is Overhyped BitCoin has gotten a ton of buzz, so when I came across [a graph of the number of bitcoin...
9th Jul 2014
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Proof Bitcoin is Overhyped

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Jul 2014
BitCoin has gotten a ton of buzz, so when I came across [a graph of the number of bitcoin transactions per day](https://blockchain.info/en/charts/n-transactions), I was flabbergasted: **there are only about 60,000 transactions per day.** I graphed the number relative to [the...
Announcing FinFam In my last post, I mentioned founding a startup. It's called FinFam, and we're building...
19th Sep 2025
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Announcing FinFam

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Sep 2025
In my last post, I mentioned founding a startup. It's called FinFam, and we're building collaborative financial planning. The GitHub of money, if you will. Enough with the telling, time for the show! Here's a 3-minute demo: We launched beta this week and I couldn't be more...
The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 11 March 2022 11 March 2022 Whoops. Here it is March already and I have not been keeping up with my Web Witch...
11th Mar 2022
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The Web Witch's Grimoire // Week of 11 March 2022

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

11th Mar 2022
11 March 2022 Whoops. Here it is March already and I have not been keeping up with my Web Witch Grimoire posts. A lot of things have happened since October and I'm not even going to remotely attempt to recap it all. I've had a rough two and a half years. Not as rough as some, but...
Before and after Almost Perfect At the beginning of this year, I spent a couple of weeks at the Almost Perfect creative residence in...
8th Jul 2024
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Before and after Almost Perfect

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

8th Jul 2024
At the beginning of this year, I spent a couple of weeks at the Almost Perfect creative residence in Tokyo, run by Luis and Yuka. This week Luis and Yuka published a podcast we recorded during my resi...
The ghosts that live in my garage Some thoughts about machine learning
13th Jan 2025
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The ghosts that live in my garage

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

13th Jan 2025
Some thoughts about machine learning
From Paperclip to Active Storage: An incremental, zero-downtime approach I recently switched [Doorkeeper](https://www.doorkeeper.jp) from using...
23rd Mar 2021
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23rd Mar 2021
I recently switched [Doorkeeper](https://www.doorkeeper.jp) from using [Paperclip](https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip) to [Active Storage](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html) for storing and processing uploaded files. The approach we took was a bit...
The Latest from Our R&D Pipeline: Version 13.2 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica Delivering from Our R&D Pipeline In 2020 it was Versions 12.1 and 12.2; in 2021 Versions 12.3 and...
14th Dec 2022
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The Latest from Our R&D Pipeline: Version 13.2 of Wolfram Language & Mathematica

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

14th Dec 2022
Delivering from Our R&D Pipeline In 2020 it was Versions 12.1 and 12.2; in 2021 Versions 12.3 and 13.0. In late June this year it was Version 13.1. And now we’re releasing Version 13.2. We continue to have a huge pipeline of R&D, some short term, some medium term, some long term...
What I'm up to - January 2024 Happy New Year! Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social...
1st Jan 2024
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What I'm up to - January 2024

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

1st Jan 2024
Happy New Year! Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in December - Published updates to Booklet, including a design refresh, dynamic op...
Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare Recently, The Verge asked, “where are all the robot trucks?” It’s a good question. Trucking was...
10th Jan 2024
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Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare

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

10th Jan 2024
Recently, The Verge asked, “where are all the robot trucks?” It’s a good question. Trucking was supposed to be the ideal first application of autonomous driving. Freeways contain predictable, highly structured driving scenarios. An autonomous truck would not have to deal with the...
Print Sales, Costs, And Profit: 2025 Apparently the bottom is falling out of the art market, at least for those in the high-end segment1....
1st Nov 2025
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Print Sales, Costs, And Profit: 2025

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

1st Nov 2025
Apparently the bottom is falling out of the art market, at least for those in the high-end segment1. That market of investors, speculators, and dealers who are working with mind-boggling prices. This isn’t surprising. The buyers in this market aren’t interested in art, they’re...
#23 A card pattern Bad code <article> <div> <div class="sr-only">Image</div> <img src="/feature-teaser.png"...
12th Nov 2020
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#23 A card pattern

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

12th Nov 2020
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...
The Wonders of Text Ellipsis The Wonders of Text Ellipsis 2016-11-15 A common issue when working with constrained UI elements is...
15th Nov 2016
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The Wonders of Text Ellipsis

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

15th Nov 2016
The Wonders of Text Ellipsis 2016-11-15 A common issue when working with constrained UI elements is text overflowing outside of it's parent or breaking into addition lines (thus breaking the layout). This is most commonly seen with the direct and placeholder values for input...
What I'm up to - October 2022 ✨ Highlights of last month - I spent a week in the Catskills and saw a wild bear for the first time...
1st Oct 2022
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What I'm up to - October 2022

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

1st Oct 2022
✨ Highlights of last month - I spent a week in the Catskills and saw a wild bear for the first time 🐻 - Shipped an archive page, social sharing improvements, and a showcase of customer websites for P...
exponential rate limiting Following my previous post on rate limiting with GCRA, leaky buckets without the buckets, I reviewed...
3rd Sep 2024
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exponential rate limiting

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

3rd Sep 2024
Following my previous post on rate limiting with GCRA, leaky buckets without the buckets, I reviewed my old notes on rate limiting for Exim. I thought I should do a new write-up of the ideas that I hope will be more broadly interesting. Exponential rate limiting uses an...
Video: Barbershop tag taught with hand signs I recorded a video multitrack of a barbershop tag, showing all four parts in sol-feg hand signs.
14th Jun 2008
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Video: Barbershop tag taught with hand signs

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

14th Jun 2008
I recorded a video multitrack of a barbershop tag, showing all four parts in sol-feg hand signs.
What Is A Good Programmer? Am I a good programmer? The short answer is: I don’t know what that means. I have been programming...
27th Jul 2025
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What Is A Good Programmer?

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

27th Jul 2025
Am I a good programmer? The short answer is: I don’t know what that means. I have been programming for 52 years now, having started in a public high school class in 1973, which is pretty rare because few high schools offered such an opportunity back then. I
Hiring Executives & Bad Advice When your company hits strong product market fit, your company will be sucked into a vortex of...
2nd Feb 2021
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Hiring Executives & Bad Advice

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

2nd Feb 2021
When your company hits strong product market fit, your company will be sucked into a vortex of customer demand and experience a Cambrian explosion of internal org complexity simultaneously. Things will initially seem to just truck along as usual, and then suddenly everything at...
A Gap in the TrustZone preset settings for the LPC55S69 We’re very excited to have announced the general availability of our cloud computer. As part of this...
20th Nov 2023
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A Gap in the TrustZone preset settings for the LPC55S69

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

20th Nov 2023
We’re very excited to have announced the general availability of our cloud computer. As part of this work, we continue to build on top of the LPC55S69 from NXP as our Root of Trust. We’ve discovered some gaps when using TrustZone preset settings on the LPC55S69 that can allow for...
Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" on Eleuke electric ukulele I arranged and recorded Irving Berlin's 'Blue Skies' on my new Eleuke electric ukulele.
21st Sep 2010
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Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" on Eleuke electric ukulele

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

21st Sep 2010
I arranged and recorded Irving Berlin's 'Blue Skies' on my new Eleuke electric ukulele.
3 Years of Extremely Remote Work In the last 3 years I've attended 77 meetings that began between 1am and 6am, roughly once every two...
21st May 2025
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3 Years of Extremely Remote Work

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

21st May 2025
In the last 3 years I've attended 77 meetings that began between 1am and 6am, roughly once every two weeks, followed by my usual 7am start, Monday to Saturday. I'm working remotely from Australia for a US firm (Intel) who does not have a local office here. I'm not complaining. I...
Best Thing(s) of All Time Ever. 3♠25♠2007 Steve Kerr during the 1997 NBA Championships. Cinema Insomnia with...
25th Mar 2007
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Best Thing(s) of All Time Ever.

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

25th Mar 2007
3♠25♠2007 Steve Kerr during the 1997 NBA Championships. Cinema Insomnia with Mr. Lobo Firefox’s custom keyword searches. SuckUK’s Villain Chair. The Music video for This is Hardcore by Pulp I recovered this article from my old blog via the Internet Archive. If you found...
Perfecting the design handover process At Tinloof, we aim for seamless and efficient design handoffs, drawing from our experience...
2nd Oct 2023
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Perfecting the design handover process

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

2nd Oct 2023
At Tinloof, we aim for seamless and efficient design handoffs, drawing from our experience completing dozens of projects. Our ultimate goal is a "0 questions asked" handoff, akin to an improved IKEA assembly experience. In this article, we'll explore the three core sections...
Using fewer parts Fewer parts make for better software and better products.
26th Nov 2023
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Using fewer parts

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

26th Nov 2023
Fewer parts make for better software and better products.
8 annoying A/B testing mistakes every engineer should know 1. Including unaffected users in your experiment The first common mistake in A/B testing is...
2nd May 2023
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8 annoying A/B testing mistakes every engineer should know

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

2nd May 2023
1. Including unaffected users in your experiment The first common mistake in A/B testing is including users in your experiment who aren't actually…
Git Super-Power: The Three-Way Merge tl;dr: git config --global merge.conflictstyle diff3 In my previous post, I preached about the one...
1st May 2024
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Git Super-Power: The Three-Way Merge

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

1st May 2024
tl;dr: git config --global merge.conflictstyle diff3 In my previous post, I preached about the one true way to merge MRs in a git workflow. The answer is obviously to rebase for conflicts, and a merge commit for posterity of the MR. What I did not talk about is that there is a...
Beware The Fallacy of Composition Many things that make sense individually don't make sense as a group.
1st Oct 2020
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Beware The Fallacy of Composition

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

1st Oct 2020
Many things that make sense individually don't make sense as a group.
The xz Issue Isn’t About Open Source You’ve probably heard of the recent backdoor in xz. There have been a lot of takes on this, most of...
4th Apr 2024
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The xz Issue Isn’t About Open Source

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

4th Apr 2024
You’ve probably heard of the recent backdoor in xz. There have been a lot of takes on this, most of them boiling down to some version of: The problem here is with Open Source Software. I want to say not only is that view so myopic that it pushes towards the incorrect, but also it...
A smooth and sharp image interpolation you probably haven't heard of An image interpolation that gives us a continuous and smooth image, where every interpolated value...
29th Apr 2024
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A smooth and sharp image interpolation you probably haven't heard of

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

29th Apr 2024
An image interpolation that gives us a continuous and smooth image, where every interpolated value only depends on the four neighboring pixel values. The image becomes smooth, but sharp features remain sharp.
Cross-Browser JavaScript Scrollbar Detection I recently contributed a fix to the bootstrap framework that detects on-screen scrollbars to...
12th Jul 2014
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Cross-Browser JavaScript Scrollbar Detection

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

12th Jul 2014
I recently contributed a fix to the bootstrap framework that detects on-screen scrollbars to determine whether or not the body should be padded when a modal window is opened to prevent shifting of background contents. Detecting on-screen scrollbars turned out to be a bit more...
Porting the EndBASIC console to an LCD In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of porting the EndBASIC hybrid console to the...
26th Apr 2024
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Porting the EndBASIC console to an LCD

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

26th Apr 2024
In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of porting the EndBASIC hybrid console to the ST7735s 1.44" LCD, which sports a resolution of 128x128 pixels, a D-pad, and 3 other buttons. I will cover the prerequisite work to make the port possible, dig into the GPIO and SPI...
The Angels and Demons of Nondeterminism Greetings everyone! You might have noticed that it's September and I don't have the next version of...
4th Sep 2025
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The Angels and Demons of Nondeterminism

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

4th Sep 2025
Greetings everyone! You might have noticed that it's September and I don't have the next version of Logic for Programmers ready. As penance, here's ten free copies of the book. So a few months ago I wrote a newsletter about how we use nondeterminism in formal methods. The...
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