charity.wtf
Deploys Are The ✨WRONG✨ Way To Change User Experience
This piece was first published on the honeycomb.io blog on 2023-03-08. …. I’m...
8th Mar 2023
This piece was first published on the honeycomb.io blog on 2023-03-08. …. I’m no stranger to ranting about deploys. But there’s one thing I haven’t sufficiently ranted about yet, which is this: Deploying software is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad way to go about the...
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Technical Community Builder is the Hottest New Job in Tech
What if the real product was the friends we made along the way?
4th Mar 2021
What if the real product was the friends we made along the way?
Joel Gascoigne
Buffer’s evolution and expansion
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog.
Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote this blog...
20th Aug 2019
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog.
Almost exactly two years ago, I wrote this blog post about the next step in Buffer’s social media journey. I described Buffer’s multi-product vision of the future, which included Reply and Analyze. This idea was such a
Josh Comeau's blog
Accessible Animations in React
I really love animation, but not everybody does. In fact, it can make some people literally sick! In...
4th May 2020
I really love animation, but not everybody does. In fact, it can make some people literally sick! In this tutorial, we'll see how to ensure that we respect user preferences, and create animations that can be disabled.
Matt Keeter
Abstraction and instances in graph programming
17th Dec 2016
Maggie Appleton
Building a Second Brain: The Illustrated Notes
Illustrated notes on the Building A Second Brain course
16th Apr 2020
Illustrated notes on the Building A Second Brain course
37signals Dev
Mission Control — Web
You might have noticed that Mission Control — Jobs, isn’t simply titled “Mission Control”. That’s...
9th May 2024
You might have noticed that Mission Control — Jobs, isn’t simply titled “Mission Control”. That’s because it was developed alongside another useful tool, Mission Control — Web.
Today I’m pleased to announce that we are open sourcing Mission Control — Web and you can find it on...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
The Pull Request
A brief and biased history.
Oh yeah, there’s pull requests now
– GitHub blog, Sat,
23 Feb 2008
When...
31st Aug 2024
A brief and biased history.
Oh yeah, there’s pull requests now
– GitHub blog, Sat,
23 Feb 2008
When GitHub launched, it had no code review.
Three
years after launch, in 2011, GitHub user rtomayko
became the first person to make a real code comment, which read, in
full:...
Basta’s Notes
The imminent risk of vibe coding
Negative feedback loops caused by vibe coded change sets
30th Jan 2026
Negative feedback loops caused by vibe coded change sets
A Beautiful Site
Select all, select none, and invert selection with jQuery
A demonstration of selecting checkboxes using jQuery.We start off with a bunch of...
9th Dec 2007
A demonstration of selecting checkboxes using jQuery.We start off with a bunch of checkboxes:
<fieldset id="group_1">
<input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="0" />
<input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="1" />
<input type="checkbox" name="numbers[]" value="2"...
Stephen Wolfram...
The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica
Version 14.0 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica is available immediately both on the desktop and in...
9th Jan 2024
Version 14.0 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica is available immediately both on the desktop and in the cloud. See also more detailed information on Version 13.1, Version 13.2 and Version 13.3. Building Something Greater and Greater… for 35 Years and Counting Today we celebrate...
Contraption Co.
Trivet adds Google sign-in to Ghost
A free, open-source project for blogs
3rd Jan 2026
A free, open-source project for blogs
Blog of Simple...
Google loses key antitrust case
9th Sep 2024
Ferd.ca
Local Optimizations Don't Lead to Global Optimums
I like to think that I write code deliberately. I’m an admittedly slow developer, and I want to...
18th Nov 2024
I like to think that I write code deliberately. I’m an admittedly slow developer, and I want to believe I do so on purpose. I want to know as much as I can about the context of what it is that I'm automating.
I also use a limited set of tools. I used old computers for a long...
Joel on Software
Progress on the Block Protocol
Since the 1990s, the web has been a publishing place for human-readable documents. Documents...
19th Dec 2022
Since the 1990s, the web has been a publishing place for human-readable documents. Documents published on the web are in HTML. HTML has a little bit of… Read more "Progress on the Block Protocol"
Steve Klabnik
GitHub is anarchy for programmers
1st Oct 2011
On Life and Lisp
Passing the reins on Panfrost
Today is my last day at Collabora and my last day leading
the Panfrost
driver.
It’s been a wild...
10th Apr 2023
Today is my last day at Collabora and my last day leading
the Panfrost
driver.
It’s been a wild ride.
In 2017, I began work on the chai driver for Mali T
(Midgard). chai would later be merged into Lyude Paul’s and Connor Abbott’s
BiOpenly project for Mali G (Bifrost) to form...
Eric Bailey
A year at GitHub
I took a job at GitHub a year ago today.
On good days, I help to improve the accessibility of its...
9th Aug 2023
I took a job at GitHub a year ago today.
On good days, I help to improve the accessibility of its design system. The hope here is that the work done there eventually makes its way to the site itself.
It still feels surreal to have this job. I still vividly remember learning that...
Steve Klabnik
"The Expressive C++17 Coding Challenge" in Rust
25th Oct 2017
David Crawshaw
Fast compilers for fast programs
Fast compilers for fast programs
Compiler author incentives
Aside: languages get caught in the...
14th Apr 2019
Fast compilers for fast programs
Compiler author incentives
Aside: languages get caught in the middle
The "medium-sized project" moment
2019-04-14
Compiler authors face a tradeoff between compiler speed and executable speed.
Take longer to build a binary and you can build a...
Seldo.com
AI's effects on programming jobs
17th Mar 2025
The Changelog
Screen Power Saving in the Linux Console
I just made up a Debian trixie setup that has no need for a GUI. In fact, I rarely use the text...
24th Feb 2026
I just made up a Debian trixie setup that has no need for a GUI. In fact, I rarely use the text console either. However, because the machine is dual boot and also serves another purpose, it’s connected to my main monitor and KVM switch. The monitor has three inputs, and when...
ntietz.com blog -...
RC Week 7: Four habits to improve as a programmer
Seven weeks down, five weeks to go!
It's flying by quickly.
On the one hand, I want it to last...
4th Nov 2022
Seven weeks down, five weeks to go!
It's flying by quickly.
On the one hand, I want it to last forever.
On the other hand, I know it can't, and I'm looking forward to talking to coworkers again at my day job when I go back.
RC has given me a renewed appreciation for what I get at...
Paolo Amoroso's...
Switching Blot sync from Google Drive to Git
<![CDATA[In 2023 I migrated my personal website from Squarespace to Blot. Blot is a static site...
2nd Feb 2025
<![CDATA[In 2023 I migrated my personal website from Squarespace to Blot. Blot is a static site generator that publishes as a website a folder stored on Google Drive, Dropbox, or a Git repository.
Back then I set up Blot to publish a Google Drive folder but I recently switched...
Blog of Simple...
The path to 1M ARR - April 2023
2nd May 2023
Philip I. Thomas
What I'm up to - February 2026
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Feb 2026
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in January - Busy month at Chroma - including launching a case study with Mintlify who recently ...
Blog System/5
Demystifying secure NFS
My lab notes on the arduous process of setting up NFSv4 with Kerberos across a Synology NAS and...
4th Nov 2024
My lab notes on the arduous process of setting up NFSv4 with Kerberos across a Synology NAS and various Linux and FreeBSD clients.
Charles Chen
TypeScript Conditional Types for Type Safety (Without Assertions)
Using conditional types to achieve type safety without having to use 'as'
14th Jun 2025
Using conditional types to achieve type safety without having to use 'as'
Matt Keeter
Program synthesis with Z3
30th Jan 2020
Liz Denys
Liz rides the subway on May 9, 2016
Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment...
10th May 2016
Liz rides the subway is a series containing thoughts I have on the subway, mostly as an experiment to get me to write more. On today's commutes to and from work:
A Fine Frenzy's "Rangers" is a much more poetic song than Taylor Swift's awkwardly similar "I Know Places." A hunted...
Making software...
Using Netlify for Dynamic URL Redirects
Using Netlify for Dynamic URL Redirects
2021-12-03
With the recent domain switch that took place on...
3rd Dec 2021
Using Netlify for Dynamic URL Redirects
2021-12-03
With the recent domain switch that took place on this website, I needed to have a dependable setup to forward my old domain URLs to the new one. While using something like "URL forwarding" through your domain provider could work,...
David Crawshaw
2015-07-07
"I hated types, I admit it. And when I hate something, I study it. So I went to the vatican of types...
7th Jul 2015
"I hated types, I admit it. And when I hate something, I study it. So I went to the vatican of types and when I came back, my hate was deeper and more nuanced."
Darek Kay
Website themes with uBlock Origin
Browser extensions like Stylish, Stylus or Tampermonkey make it possible to create custom website...
1st Feb 2024
Browser extensions like Stylish, Stylus or Tampermonkey make it possible to create custom website themes/skins. At the same time, I try to lower the number of add-ons that I use, mostly due to security and performance reasons. Interestingly, the uBlock Origin ad blocker can...
Blog System/5
End-to-end tool testing with Bazel and shtk
If you use Bazel, your project is of a moderate size. And because your project is of a moderate...
4th Nov 2023
If you use Bazel, your project is of a moderate size. And because your project is of a moderate size, it almost-certainly builds one or more binaries, at least one of which is a CLI tool. But let’s face it: you don’t have end-to-end testing for those tools, do you?
ntietz.com blog -...
Kill the crunch time heroics
Crunch time has an allure: it feels like if you just push hard enough, you can get more done. You...
2nd Nov 2018
Crunch time has an allure: it feels like if you just push hard enough, you can get more done. You can push hard and get that next release done on time, get those new features out, earn more revenue for your company. Engineers are under immense pressure to deliver more and do it...
Charles Chen
Lessons Learned from Working at Startups
Self-note on some lessons learned from working at a variety of startups over my career
4th Dec 2024
Self-note on some lessons learned from working at a variety of startups over my career
Philip Ilic Thomas
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
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...
alexwlchan
Gumdrop, a silly app for messing with my webcam
During the COVID lockdowns, I spent long evenings at home on my own, and I amused myself by dressing...
5th Mar 2026
During the COVID lockdowns, I spent long evenings at home on my own, and I amused myself by dressing up in extravagant and glamorous clothing.
One dark night, I realised I could use my home working setup to have some fun, with just a webcam and a monitor.
I turned off every light...
Eric Migicovsky's...
How to build a PostHog integration with the provisioning API
I live on a little farm and recently built a website to sell shares of hogs. My fellow farmers are...
6th Jul 2026
I live on a little farm and recently built a website to sell shares of hogs. My fellow farmers are better versed in the subtle arts of soil, plants…
charity.wtf
Questionable Advice: “My boss says we don’t need any engineering managers. Is he right?”
I recently joined a startup to run an engineering org of about 30-40 engineers. My title is VP...
5th Jan 2024
I recently joined a startup to run an engineering org of about 30-40 engineers. My title is VP Engineering. However, I have been having lots of ongoing conflict with the CEO (a former engineer) around whether or not I am allowed to have or hire any dedicated engineering managers....
Boot.dev Blog
The Boot.dev Beat. February 2026
A new year and another record broken! In January a combined 4,016,641 lessons and challenges were...
11th Feb 2026
A new year and another record broken! In January a combined 4,016,641 lessons and challenges were completed by you, dear pupils! And to top it off, we’re now releasing the much anticipated Power BI Course by none other than Alex the Analyst! I hope you enjoy it.
sancho.dev
React server components in Reason & OCaml
1st Jan 2024
elementary Blog
elementary OS 7 Available Now
It’s been just over a year since we released elementary OS 6.1 Jólnir which brought new features and...
31st Jan 2023
It’s been just over a year since we released elementary OS 6.1 Jólnir which brought new features and fixes based on your feedback, introduced new office productivity features, and expanded compatibility with a wide range of hardware. So far, OS 6.1 has been downloaded from our...
Nelson's Weblog
Cronometer is a good food diary
Recently I switched to a new calorie counting app, Cronometer. I’m quite happy with it.
It’s a huge...
10th Sep 2023
Recently I switched to a new calorie counting app, Cronometer. I’m quite happy with it.
It’s a huge improvement over MyFitnessPal (MFP) or Lose It and is not exploitative
like Noom.
The key improvement with Cronometer is accuracy,
particularly good data
sources for nutrition...
Liz Denys
Updated colors for the Library Blanket color palette preview tool
Purl Soho added some new colors and discontinued some old colors of the yarns called for in Joelle...
16th Sep 2021
Purl Soho added some new colors and discontinued some old colors of the yarns called for in Joelle Hoverson's Library Blanket. I've added the eight new colors to the Library Blanket color palette preview tool I made last April, and I also labeled the discontinued colors as such....
General Robots
What's With All the Humanoid Robots?
If you follow robotics at all you may have noticed that there has been an explosion of humanoid...
7th May 2024
If you follow robotics at all you may have noticed that there has been an explosion of humanoid robot startups. What's with that? Why humanoids? Why now?
Boot.dev Blog
How To Cache Images - React Native Expo (Managed)
Caching images in React Native can be easy, even if you are using Expo’s managed workflow. The...
4th Feb 2020
Caching images in React Native can be easy, even if you are using Expo’s managed workflow. The problem many devs run into is that React Native only supports caching images on IOS out of the box.
Ferd.ca
The Gap Through Which We Praise the Machine
In this post I’ll expose my current theory of agentic programming: people are amazing at adapting...
9th Jun 2025
In this post I’ll expose my current theory of agentic programming: people are amazing at adapting the tools they’re given and totally underestimate the extent to which they do it, and the amount of skill we build doing that is an incidental consequence of how badly the tools are...
David Crawshaw
Eight more months of agents
Eight more months of agents
2026-02-08
I wrote up my experiences programming with LLMs , and updated...
8th Feb 2026
Eight more months of agents
2026-02-08
I wrote up my experiences programming with LLMs , and updated it for the world of agents . A lot has changed since then, so here is an update.a bit over a year agoeight months ago
We were prototyping our first agent, Sketch, when Claude Code...
Max Schmitt
Next.js: The Easiest Way to Create an API Proxy (2023)
Read the post here.
27th Sep 2023
SOS
React.js: The Documentary & Q&A
In 2022 I had the great pleasure to chat with Ida Bechtle (https://twitter.com/BechtleIda) as part...
19th Feb 2023
In 2022 I had the great pleasure to chat with Ida Bechtle (https://twitter.com/BechtleIda) as part of a retelling of the early story of the creation of the React.js JavaScript library (I wrote about this previously here). The documentary is now available to watch for free on...
Jibran’s Perspective
I have not failed enough
I was recently listening through the How to succeed at failing series on the Freakonomics podcast...
30th Dec 2023
I was recently listening through the How to succeed at failing series on the Freakonomics podcast and started to think about how often I had failed in the past few years. The first answer was - not too much. I couldn’t think of too many instances of where I had “failed”.
This was...
David Heinemeier...
Le Mans 2024
This will be my 11th attempt. The first time I showed up on the grid at Le Mans was in 2012 -- some...
3rd Apr 2024
This will be my 11th attempt. The first time I showed up on the grid at Le Mans was in 2012 -- some five years after I had first driven a real race car, and even less time since I made participating in the world's greatest endurance race the ultimate goal. But it almost didn't...
Jordan Eldredge's...
Gzip hates your DRY code
How to remove code and still increase your library weight.
13th Mar 2017
How to remove code and still increase your library weight.
The Changelog
Dreams of Late Summer
Here on a summer night in the grass and lilac smell Drunk on the crickets and the starry sky, Oh...
6th Sep 2025
Here on a summer night in the grass and lilac smell Drunk on the crickets and the starry sky, Oh what fine stories we could tell With this moonlight to tell them by. A summer night, and you, and paradise, So lovely and so filled with grace, Above your head, the universe has hung...
Kagi Blog
Update to Kagi Search pricing
It has been a while since our last update ( https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-search-dec22-update ) , and...
8th Mar 2023
It has been a while since our last update ( https://blog.kagi.com/kagi-search-dec22-update ) , and we have been busy with three main large-scale initiatives: a new pricing model that ensures Kagi’s sustainability, new plans including Family plans, and enhancing search experience...
Boot.dev Blog
The Boot.dev Beat. April 2024
Pythogoras returned in our second community-wide boss battle. He was vanquished, and there was much...
3rd Apr 2024
Pythogoras returned in our second community-wide boss battle. He was vanquished, and there was much rejoicing. Happy coding.
Josh Comeau's blog
An Interactive Guide to CSS Transitions
This comprehensive guide shows how to use CSS transitions! A back-to-basics look at the fundamental...
9th Feb 2021
This comprehensive guide shows how to use CSS transitions! A back-to-basics look at the fundamental building blocks we need to create microinteractions and other animations.
Making software...
Simple Accessibility
Simple Accessibility
2018-09-07
Implementing proper accessibility practices can seem a little...
7th Sep 2018
Simple Accessibility
2018-09-07
Implementing proper accessibility practices can seem a little daunting at first, but there are a few basic standards you can introduce into your project work-flow that are fairly straightforward:
Basic design
Test that your project has the proper...
The Changelog
Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years (and working with a...
1981 was a different time for computing. It was expensive (both hardware and software), and it was...
3rd Aug 2026
1981 was a different time for computing. It was expensive (both hardware and software), and it was far from a given that machines from one vendor would be able to talk to those from another. In fact, Columbia University had just such a problem, so in 1981, Frank da Cruz and Bill...
A Smart Bear
The "Opposite Test"
Elevate your product marketing: Use the Opposite Test to avoid generic bullet points and craft...
6th Apr 2008
Elevate your product marketing: Use the Opposite Test to avoid generic bullet points and craft compelling, unique features.
Josh Comeau's blog
Container Queries Unleashed
Container queries expand the universe of designs that can be implemented, giving us whole new...
27th Jan 2025
Container queries expand the universe of designs that can be implemented, giving us whole new superpowers. Now that container queries are broadly available, I think it’s time we start exploring this potential! In this post, I’ll share the “killer pattern” I can’t stop using in my...
Seán Barry
Understanding TypeScript Generics
TypeScript generics can be confusing for beginners. This article explains why they are useful and...
22nd Jul 2020
TypeScript generics can be confusing for beginners. This article explains why they are useful and when to use them.
blag
Setting up Github Actions for Hugo
Github Actions for Hugo but with particular requirements
29th Nov 2020
Github Actions for Hugo but with particular requirements
blag
SQLite prefixes its temp files with `etilqs_`
Here’s some wild lore inside SQLite’s source code explaining why temp files start with etilqs_
18th Apr 2026
Here’s some wild lore inside SQLite’s source code explaining why temp files start with etilqs_
David Crawshaw
log4j: between a rock and a hard place
log4j: between a rock and a hard place
2021-12-11
What does backwards compatibility mean to...
11th Dec 2021
log4j: between a rock and a hard place
2021-12-11
What does backwards compatibility mean to me?
Backwards compatibility should not have forced log4j to keep LDAP/JNDI URLs
The other side of compatibility: being cautious adding features
There is more than enough written on the...
37signals Dev
Solid Cache
We’ve just open-sourced Solid Cache, a new ActiveRecord::Cache::Store that we use in Basecamp and...
3rd Oct 2023
We’ve just open-sourced Solid Cache, a new ActiveRecord::Cache::Store that we use in Basecamp and HEY.
Solid Cache uses a SQL database as its cache store. We get a much larger cache at a fraction of the storage costs of memory caches like Redis or Memcached. For us, that’s a...
Nelson's Weblog
Non-alcoholic apéritifs
I’ve been doing Dry January this year. One thing I missed was
something for apéro hour, a beverage...
31st Jan 2025
I’ve been doing Dry January this year. One thing I missed was
something for apéro hour, a beverage to mark the start of the evening.
Something complex and maybe bitter, not like a drink you’d have with
lunch. I found some good options.
Ghia sodas are my favorite. Ghia
is an NA...
Eric Bailey
Harm reduction principles for digital accessibility practitioners
I debuted these principles in my axe-con 2025 talk, It is designed to break your heart: Cultivating...
6th Mar 2025
I debuted these principles in my axe-con 2025 talk, It is designed to break your heart: Cultivating a harm reduction mindset as an accessibility practitioner. They are adapted from The National Harm Reduction Coalition’s original eight principles.
My adapted principles reflect...
Josh Comeau's blog
Common Beginner Mistakes with React
I used to teach React at a local coding bootcamp, and I noticed that students kept getting tripped...
6th Mar 2023
I used to teach React at a local coding bootcamp, and I noticed that students kept getting tripped up by the same handful of things. In this article, we're going to go through 9 of the most dastardly gotchas. I'll show you how to solve these common problems, so you can avoid a...
Liz Denys
Why I left Instagram
Content warning: discussion of fatphobia in advertising
Practically overnight, my ads on Instagram...
18th Apr 2022
Content warning: discussion of fatphobia in advertising
Practically overnight, my ads on Instagram went from annoying but benign reminders of capitalism to an utterly dehumanizing nightmare. Suddenly, every third or fourth photo of my friends' latest adventures with their kids,...
The Web Witch's Blog
Building my bullet journal layout with CSS Grid & Subgrid & Flexbox
This is a post about how I built my bullet journal demo that you can find over here.
My bullet...
29th Dec 2019
This is a post about how I built my bullet journal demo that you can find over here.
My bullet journal layout is pretty simple compared to some of the more elaborate, colorful and playful layouts I’ve seen. I mainly use my bullet journal to track a few monthly goals, bills, my...
Basta’s Notes
All the bullshit I did as a kid (part 1?)
My first computer, and the first computer I called a server
17th Jan 2024
My first computer, and the first computer I called a server
TokyoDev
Japanese Language Proficiency, Job Requirements, and You
Many people wanting to work in Japan find themselves stymied by language requirements that can be...
1st Aug 2024
Many people wanting to work in Japan find themselves stymied by language requirements that can be vague and confusing, as there is no single, clear-cut system used in Japan to define foreigners’ language proficiencies.
There are a few systems commonly used to measure language...
swyx's site RSS Feed
The Swipe Files Strategy for Part Time Creators
Swipe Files are underrated, passively compounding sources of personal leverage for your creator...
3rd Sep 2021
Swipe Files are underrated, passively compounding sources of personal leverage for your creator journey.
The History of the...
The Gift of Code
In the open source community, there is perhaps no greater gift than code. This is about that time...
4th Sep 2024
In the open source community, there is perhaps no greater gift than code. This is about that time 135,000 lines of gifted code created a new era of JavaScript
The post The Gift of Code appeared first on The History of the Web.
Liz Denys
I've been programming since I was 10, but I don't feel like a 'hacker'
When I was 10, I was programming in Logo after being introduced to it in my school's required...
3rd Jan 2014
When I was 10, I was programming in Logo after being introduced to it in my school's required computer class. Our teacher did not once call this programming; it was just another project among ones that usually weren't programming. I generalized almost every exercise - something...
Computer Things
Logical Quantifiers in Software
I realize that for all I've talked about Logic for Programmers in this newsletter, I never once...
2nd Jul 2025
I realize that for all I've talked about Logic for Programmers in this newsletter, I never once explained basic logical quantifiers. They're both simple and incredibly useful, so let's do that this week!
Sets and quantifiers
A set is a collection of unordered, unique elements....
Eric Bailey
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
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...
elementary Blog
elementary OS 7.1 Available Now
Today, we’re proud to announce that OS 7.1 is available to download now and shipping on several...
3rd Oct 2023
Today, we’re proud to announce that OS 7.1 is available to download now and shipping on several high-quality computers. This release represents the sum of our work over the last several months as a single major update to the OS 7 series and includes all of the monthly OS updates...
Boot.dev Blog
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
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!
Brendan Gregg's Blog
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
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...
macwright.com
Recently
Happy 2023! I wrote my “2022 in review” in my paper journal and
will write about some retrospectives...
3rd Jan 2023
Happy 2023! I wrote my “2022 in review” in my paper journal and
will write about some retrospectives on how the business and such
have gone, but for now, let’s keep this traditional, a good old-fashioned
Recently.
Reading
This month’s theme, looking back on it, was feminism, and...
Dan Slimmon
Lecture: Queueing theory on a cocktail napkin
Queues are everywhere, and they follow mathematical rules. Learn a few of those rules! It'll go a...
25th Jun 2025
Queues are everywhere, and they follow mathematical rules. Learn a few of those rules! It'll go a long way to making you a stronger SRE.
charity.wtf
Questionable Advice: “After Being A Manager, Can I Be Happy As A Cog?”
One of my stretch goals for 2019 was to start writing an advice column. I get a lot of questions...
23rd Nov 2019
One of my stretch goals for 2019 was to start writing an advice column. I get a lot of questions about everything under the sun: observability, databases, career advice, management problems, what the best stack is for a startup, how to hire and interview, etc. And while I enjoy...
Philip Ilic Thomas
What I'm up to - September 2022
This is a monthly email about what I'm up to! ✨ Highlights of last month - Had a relaxing,...
1st Sep 2022
This is a monthly email about what I'm up to! ✨ Highlights of last month - Had a relaxing, Walden-esque week in Mexico City, spent mostly in Parque México. I spent a lot of time reading - includi...
A Smart Bear
Your target market isn't demographic
How to define your actual target market, which probably isn't traditional demographics and...
7th Sep 2025
How to define your actual target market, which probably isn't traditional demographics and firmographics.
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Cool Facts about Cuttlefish
This was just a short rant I prepared for Netlify's Allhands where we were asked to give a short...
15th Jan 2019
This was just a short rant I prepared for Netlify's Allhands where we were asked to give a short lightning talk on any topic we wished. I picked cuttles. I actually saw one in real life diving in Fiji once!
blag
Install Windows 8 UEFI on Legacy BIOS with Clover (and Dual boot with Yosemite)
This tutorial will help you install Windows 8 on a Legacy BIOS in UEFI mode using Clover and dual...
28th Dec 2014
This tutorial will help you install Windows 8 on a Legacy BIOS in UEFI mode using Clover and dual boot with Yosemite.
somenice
Golden Glide Silhouette
This Golden Eagle soared past me today and I managed to capture a couple of frames. Magnificent to...
9th Jul 2022
This Golden Eagle soared past me today and I managed to capture a couple of frames. Magnificent to watch.
A Smart Bear
Navigating the unpredictability of everything
We dramatically, repeatedly fail predict the future. Does that mean "strategy" is senseless? No, it...
19th Mar 2023
We dramatically, repeatedly fail predict the future. Does that mean "strategy" is senseless? No, it means you need these techniques to navigate a volatile world.
Ink & Switch
Ink Note Jan-Feb '26: How PlayBook Processes User Input
The motivation and design of our input processing system
20th Feb 2026
The motivation and design of our input processing system
37signals Dev
Turbo 8 released
We’re excited to announce the release of Turbo v8, a major update to the Turbo front-end framework....
7th Feb 2024
We’re excited to announce the release of Turbo v8, a major update to the Turbo front-end framework. This release introduces a suite of innovative features designed to enhance web development and user experiences across the board.
Here are the key highlights of Turbo v8:
Morphing...
Eric Migicovsky's...
What we've learned about multi-product pricing (so far)
PostHog started as a single product company. We just sold product analytics with a bunch of large...
17th Apr 2023
PostHog started as a single product company. We just sold product analytics with a bunch of large extra features thrown in – session replay, feature…
Seldo.com
Biographies of every US president as audiobooks
27th Sep 2019
Jordan Eldredge's...
How Winamp2-js loads native skins in your browser
How we get from a binary Winamp skin file to seeing Winamp2-js take on the look of your favorite...
9th Mar 2015
How we get from a binary Winamp skin file to seeing Winamp2-js take on the look of your favorite skin, all within the limitations of your browser.
bt RSS Feed
Building openring with Jekyll Build
Building openring with Jekyll Build
2022-12-02
I think it’s great when bloggers post their own...
2nd Dec 2022
Building openring with Jekyll Build
2022-12-02
I think it’s great when bloggers post their own personal “reading list” of blogs they themselves follow. Whether this is a customized Blogroll page or footnotes in their individual articles, I find it really helpful to find more...
A Smart Bear
Which is better: Many customers at low price-point or few at high price?
Which is better: Two companies have the same revenue, one from a few large customers and the other...
1st May 2012
Which is better: Two companies have the same revenue, one from a few large customers and the other from many little customers
charity.wtf
Company Values: A Resentful Odyssey
I have a very cynical reaction to the word “values”, especially in the context of corporate...
6th Feb 2018
I have a very cynical reaction to the word “values”, especially in the context of corporate entities. At best it’s a disingenuous marketing campaign, usually it’s more like a red blaring light shining on their degenerate hypocrisies and weakest aspirations. But we’ve been doing a...
Ferd.ca
AI: Where in the Loop Should Humans Go?
This is a re-publishing of a blog post I originally wrote for work, but wanted on my own blog as...
7th Mar 2025
This is a re-publishing of a blog post I originally wrote for work, but wanted on my own blog as well.
AI is everywhere, and its impressive claims are leading to rapid adoption. At this stage, I’d qualify it as charismatic technology—something that under-delivers on what it...
Tinloof - Blog
How to build a stopwatch with HTML, CSS, and plain JavaScript (Part 2)
This series of articles is made out of two parts:
In the first part, we built the stopwatch's user...
28th Jun 2020
This series of articles is made out of two parts:
In the first part, we built the stopwatch's user interface with HTML and CSS.
In this second part, we'll make the user interface functional with JavaScript (the stopwatch works).
Sebastian Witowski
Checking for True or False
How do you check if something is True in Python? There are three ways:
One "bad" way: if variable ==...
1st Oct 2020
How do you check if something is True in Python? There are three ways:
One "bad" way: if variable == True:
Another "bad" way: if variable is True:
And the good way, recommended even in the Programming Recommendations of PEP8: if variable:
The "bad" ways are not only frowned upon...
charity.wtf
Nail polish: the superior paint
Nail polish: the toughest, brightest, sparkliest, absolute best paint in the world. It makes...
4th Apr 2016
Nail polish: the toughest, brightest, sparkliest, absolute best paint in the world. It makes everything prettier and better and you should use it on all of your electronic devices to make them shine.
Buttondown's blog
Easy subscriber filters
Want to learn more about your audience. Try subscriber filters!
20th Jun 2019
Want to learn more about your audience. Try subscriber filters!
Confessions of a...
My Top 5 Favourite Features in Python 3.14
Exploring the concurrency, debugging, and performance upgrades that make Python 3.14 special.
11th Oct 2025
Exploring the concurrency, debugging, and performance upgrades that make Python 3.14 special.
Tinloof - Blog
Using CSS files in web components
When building a microfrontend in React using tools like create-react-app, Webpack, or Vite you might...
24th Oct 2021
When building a microfrontend in React using tools like create-react-app, Webpack, or Vite you might expect plain CSS files and CSS modules to just work, but they don’t 😱.
Here is an example of a CSS module in a React component:
David Crawshaw
How I program with Agents
How I program with Agents
2025-06-08
This is the second part of my ongoing self-education in how to...
8th Jun 2025
How I program with Agents
2025-06-08
This is the second part of my ongoing self-education in how to adapt my programming experience to a world with computers that talk. The first part, , covered ways LLMs can be adapted into our existing tools (basically, autocomplete) and how...
ntietz.com blog -...
Decaf is good, actually
We have made decaf a villain.
We often malign decaf coffee and those who drink it.
"No thanks, give...
1st Apr 2024
We have made decaf a villain.
We often malign decaf coffee and those who drink it.
"No thanks, give me the good stuff."
"Death before decaf."
"Decaf isn't coffee."
It has this reputation that it's bad and that coffee people avoid it.
And yet, if you drink decaf, you're a true...
David Heinemeier...
One happy Rails World
Celebrating twenty years of Ruby on Rails with more than 700 happy developers packed into the...
7th Oct 2023
Celebrating twenty years of Ruby on Rails with more than 700 happy developers packed into the coolest conference venue possible in Amsterdam was epic. Safe to say, Rails World was a roaring success. Which is deeply satisfying to conclude, because it really wasn't a given outcome...
Buttondown's blog
Reminding folks to confirm their subscription
Now you can gently remind your subscribers to confirm their address.
4th Nov 2019
Now you can gently remind your subscribers to confirm their address.
Steve Klabnik
redis-namespace 1.3.1 security release
3rd Aug 2013
wingolog
on taking advantage of ragged stops
Many years ago I read one of those Cliff Click “here’s
what I learned” articles in which he was...
6th Sep 2024
Many years ago I read one of those Cliff Click “here’s
what I learned” articles in which he was giving advice about garbage
collector design, and one of the recommendations was that at a GC pause,
running mutator threads should cooperate with the collector by identifying roots...
Sometimes It Works...
Why do many web developers hate jQuery?
Why do many web developers hate jQuery?
¶Why do many web developers hate jQuery?
The following is an...
22nd Nov 2016
Why do many web developers hate jQuery?
¶Why do many web developers hate jQuery?
The following is an answer I originally posted to the above question posed over on Hashnode, the developer community. Thought it was worth sharing :)
When jQuery was the new thing, people loved it....
Eric Bailey
I doubled-down on RSS
Twitter is currently a lot like one of those spiral coin drop wishing wells you encounter at the...
6th Mar 2023
Twitter is currently a lot like one of those spiral coin drop wishing wells you encounter at the mall. The quarter that is its imminent demise is revolving faster and faster and will probably drop out of sight sooner than later.
Part of mourning the communities I once had there...
Boot.dev Blog
Boot.dev Beat. February 2023
I’m back from paternity leave! My new son is healthy, and my daughter is… busy. It’s good to be back...
1st Mar 2023
I’m back from paternity leave! My new son is healthy, and my daughter is… busy. It’s good to be back writing code, writing courses and filming videos.
Liz Denys
Lilypad mini quilt
While on a short road trip and then recovering from surgery, I hand quilted and hand embroidered a...
5th Jul 2026
While on a short road trip and then recovering from surgery, I hand quilted and hand embroidered a linen lilypad quilt.
And yes, I did make this little quilt for my Frinos plush from Hades II to have a nice place to rest.
David Crawshaw
Searching the Creative Internet
Searching the Creative Internet
I had of late been lamenting the loss of the internet of the...
18th May 2018
Searching the Creative Internet
I had of late been lamenting the loss of the internet of the 1990s.
A place where everything was obscure or new.
If you saw something mainstream like a Disney princess, it was because
someone had taken the time to handcraft an ASCII art...
Writing - Andreas...
Grit Multipliers
People sometimes argue that you’re more likely to build a successful
business as a solo founder....
4th Dec 2022
People sometimes argue that you’re more likely to build a successful
business as a solo founder. The argument goes that without co-founders, you
get faster decision making, and since speed is one of most important
advantages you have, you get a better shot at iterating...
macwright.com
2025 Predictions
I was just enjoying Simon Willison’s predictions and, heck, why not.
1: The web becomes adversarial...
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 -...
Florian Bellmann |...
Every product needs an architecture vision
Software projects often stop working on architecture after the first phase is done. An architecture...
5th Feb 2024
Software projects often stop working on architecture after the first phase is done. An architecture vision can prevent that from happening.
Josh Comeau's blog
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
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...
Joel on Software
Kinda a big announcement
The other day I was talking to a young developer working on a code base with tons of COM code, and I...
2nd Jun 2021
The other day I was talking to a young developer working on a code base with tons of COM code, and I told him that even before… Read more "Kinda a big announcement"
David Gerrells
How fast is javascript? Simulating 20,000,000 particles
The challenge, simulate 1,000,000 particles in plain javascript at 60 fps on a phone using only the...
6th Jul 2024
The challenge, simulate 1,000,000 particles in plain javascript at 60 fps on a phone using only the cpu. Let’s go.
A Smart Bear
Ho Rudolph
Rudolph claps back.
24th Dec 2013
charity.wtf
Every Achievement Has A Denominator
One of the classic failure modes of management is the empire-builder — the managers who measure...
3rd Oct 2022
One of the classic failure modes of management is the empire-builder — the managers who measure their own status, rank or value by the number of teams and people “under” them. Everyone knows you aren’t supposed to do this, but most of us secretly, sheepishly do it anyway to some...
wingolog
the last couple years in v8's garbage collector
Let’s talk about memory management! Following up on my article about , today I’d like to bring that...
13th Nov 2025
Let’s talk about memory management! Following up on my article about , today I’d like to bring that up to date with what went down in V8’s GC over the last couple years.5 years of developments in V8’s garbage
collector
I selected all of the commits to since my previous...
bt RSS Feed
Improving Tufte CSS for Jekyll
Improving Tufte CSS for Jekyll
2019-11-01
After creating the ET-Jekyll theme almost two years ago, I...
1st Nov 2019
Improving Tufte CSS for Jekyll
2019-11-01
After creating the ET-Jekyll theme almost two years ago, I finally got around to revamping the structure and improving a lot of minor performance issues. Items that have been surely needing of updates for the last couple of...
Computer Things
AI is a gamechanger for TLA+ users
New Logic for Programmers Release
v0.10 is now available! This is a minor release, mostly focused on...
5th Jun 2025
New Logic for Programmers Release
v0.10 is now available! This is a minor release, mostly focused on logic-based refactoring, with new material on set types and testing refactors are correct. See the full release notes at the changelog page. Due to conference pressure v0.11 will...
Tom MacWright
Recently
Hello! Only a day late this time. October was another busy month but
it didn’t yield much content. I...
2nd Nov 2025
Hello! Only a day late this time. October was another busy month but
it didn’t yield much content. I ran a second half-marathon, this time
with much less training, but only finished a few minutes slower than I
did earlier this year. Next year I’m thinking about training at
a...
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The Swipe Files Strategy for Part Time Creators
Swipe Files are underrated, passively compounding sources of personal leverage for your creator...
3rd Sep 2021
Swipe Files are underrated, passively compounding sources of personal leverage for your creator journey.
bt RSS Feed
Burning & Playing PS2 Games without a Modded Console
Burning & Playing PS2 Games without a Modded Console
2024-09-02
Important: I do not support pirating...
2nd Sep 2024
Burning & Playing PS2 Games without a Modded Console
2024-09-02
Important: I do not support pirating or obtaining illegal copies of video games. This process should only be used to copy your existing PS2 games for backup, in case of accidental damage to the original...
Alice GG
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
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...
Basta’s Notes
No hassle detected!
The importance of tools
9th Aug 2024
Making software...
Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout
Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout
2020-10-07
I recently came across the very well written and...
7th Oct 2020
Poor Man's CSS Full-Bleed Layout
2020-10-07
I recently came across the very well written and interesting article, Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid, while browsing my daily designer feeds. I won't go into the post's specifics here (I recommend you read the article for yourself)...
HTMHell
#16 alt, no wait…, aria-label, no wait…, alt
Context: A list of images that link to detail pages.
Bad code
<a tabindex="0">
<div alt="Browser...
9th Feb 2020
Context: A list of images that link to detail pages.
Bad code
<a tabindex="0">
<div alt="Browser Wars: The Last Engine" aria-label="Browser Wars: The Last Engine">
<div>
<img alt="Browser Wars: The Last Engine" src="thumbnail.jpg">
</div>
</div>
</a>
Issues and...
Charles Chen
I'm a Gen AI Maximalist and Why You Should Be, Too
Putting things into perspective: many think that we are in the trough of disillusionment; but...
17th Oct 2024
Putting things into perspective: many think that we are in the trough of disillusionment; but really, gen AI is just getting started.
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How to Manifest a Meetup
> 2024 update: for those who work in devrel/organize less-social-more-technical meetups, I have now...
15th Jul 2022
> 2024 update: for those who work in devrel/organize less-social-more-technical meetups, I have now written How to Organize Meetups Good on Dx.tips
Steve Klabnik
Rust 1.0, ten years later
15th May 2025
Boot.dev Blog
7 Best Practices for Every Python Developer
If you’re looking to improve your coding, there are lots of steps you can take, but the first is...
4th Jan 2022
If you’re looking to improve your coding, there are lots of steps you can take, but the first is focusing on Python best practices. It’s really important that your code is readable, testable, and maintainable. From picking good variable names, refactoring code that gets repeated...
The Changelog
A Simple, Delay-Tolerant, Offline-Capable Mesh Network with Syncthing (+ optional NNCP)
A little while back, I spent a week in a remote area. It had no Internet and no cell phone coverage....
4th Feb 2021
A little while back, I spent a week in a remote area. It had no Internet and no cell phone coverage. Sometimes, I would drive in to town where there was a signal to get messages, upload photos, and so forth. I had to take several devices with me: my phone, my wife’s, maybe a …...
Jordan Eldredge's...
"Lazy Afternoon" Barbershop Tag
I wrote and recorded a barbershop tag for Chelsea.
29th Jun 2009
I wrote and recorded a barbershop tag for Chelsea.
Darek Kay
Prevent data loss on page refresh
It can be frustrating to fill out a web form, only to accidentally refresh the page (or click...
1st Oct 2024
It can be frustrating to fill out a web form, only to accidentally refresh the page (or click "back") and lose all the hard work. In this blog post, I present a method to retain form data when the page is reloaded, which improves the user experience.
Browser behavior
Most...
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Supervised Learning: Support Vector Machines
Transforming dimensions, nearest neighbors, and boosting, all in service of "drawing the best line".
1st Feb 2019
Transforming dimensions, nearest neighbors, and boosting, all in service of "drawing the best line".
David Gerrells
journey before destination
It is hard to be focused and motivated when ones eyes are not on the task at hand but rather the...
24th Feb 2021
It is hard to be focused and motivated when ones eyes are not on the task at hand but rather the accolades in the future.
Ink & Switch
Universal version control and rich text on Automerge
In this dispatch we're sharing some updates about our ongoing research on universal version control.
8th May 2024
In this dispatch we're sharing some updates about our ongoing research on universal version control.
David Gerrells
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
Founder mode, somewhere someone said something and a meme was born. Join me as we explore what it means to founder mode.
Liz Denys
Building confidence in the face of impostor syndrome
When I'm plowing away at a project, I almost always feel confident in my abilities. Sometimes, I...
27th Jun 2014
When I'm plowing away at a project, I almost always feel confident in my abilities. Sometimes, I question if I am a good enough engineer, designer, or statistician, but once I get started, my excitement transforms those doubts into motivation.
But all bets are off as soon as I...
charity.wtf
On How Long it Takes to Know if a Job is Right for You or Not
A few eagle-eyed readers have noticed that it’s been 4 weeks since my last entry in what I have been...
8th Jun 2025
A few eagle-eyed readers have noticed that it’s been 4 weeks since my last entry in what I have been thinking of as my “niblet series” — one small piece per week, 1000 words or less, for the next three months. This is true. However, I did leave myself some wiggle room in my...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Digging into git commit templates
Any code of your own that you haven’t looked at for six or more
months might as well have been...
21st May 2025
Any code of your own that you haven’t looked at for six or more
months might as well have been written by someone else.
– Eagleson’s Law
After scouring git history, I found the correct config file, but
someone removed it. Their full commit message read:
Remove config. Don't bring...
Tyler Cipriani: blog
Beaglebone Black Setup on Debian 8
Flash eMMC with latest Debian image
Download Debian image...
1st Apr 2016
Flash eMMC with latest Debian image
Download Debian image [whatever].img.xz
http://beagleboard.org/latest-images
unxz bone-debian-7.8-lxde-4gb-armhf-2015-03-01-4gb.img.xz
Insert microSD card and make sure that it is unmounted
lsblk
fdisk -l
Copy the img to the microSD...
Making software...
Building openring with Jekyll Build
Building openring with Jekyll Build
2022-12-02
I think it's great when bloggers post their own...
2nd Dec 2022
Building openring with Jekyll Build
2022-12-02
I think it's great when bloggers post their own personal "reading list" of blogs they themselves follow. Whether this is a customized Blogroll page or footnotes in their individual articles, I find it really helpful to find more...
charity.wtf
Rituals for Engineering Teams
Last weekend I happened to pick up a book called “Rituals For Work: 50 Ways To Create Engagement,...
15th Aug 2022
Last weekend I happened to pick up a book called “Rituals For Work: 50 Ways To Create Engagement, Shared Purpose, And A Culture That Can Adapt To Change.” It’s a super quick read, more comic book than textbook, but I liked it. It got me thinking about the many rituals I have...
A Beautiful Site
Parsing a JSON string results in an 'Invalid Label' error
Whenever I work with AJAX, jQuery is my preferred JavaScript library and PHP is my preferred...
17th Jul 2008
Whenever I work with AJAX, jQuery is my preferred JavaScript library and PHP is my preferred server-side language. I use JSON whenever I can to pass data between JavaScript and PHP. After all, $.get and $.post both process JSON easily, so it's my data type of choice.
Sometimes,...
Matt Keeter
Panic! At the Async Runtime Shutdown
1st Aug 2024
ntietz.com blog -...
Automating updates to a digital vigil
November 20th each year is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR).
It is a day when we memorialize...
24th Nov 2025
November 20th each year is Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR).
It is a day when we memorialize those who've been lost to transphobia, through violence or suicide.
And each year, I make the most difficult git commit of the year, updating the list of names in the digital vigil...
Hixie's Natural Log
Building a UI Framework
Over the past few months, I've been putting together some notes for future creators of UI...
25th Jul 2025
Over the past few months, I've been putting together some notes for future creators of UI frameworks, based on my experiences of the past 25-30 years. The work was originally commissioned by a customer for their use, but it seems like it might be of wider interest so I've decided...
TokyoDev
“Can They Change My Contract?”: Protecting Your Workplace Rights in Japan
Right now, the General Union is handling cases at Japanese tech companies where well-established...
21st Apr 2025
Right now, the General Union is handling cases at Japanese tech companies where well-established workplace practices have come under threat. These include businesses pushing for return-to-office mandates after years of remote work, eliminating flexible scheduling, and cutting...
Ruud van Asseldonk
Adding unpack syntax to RCL
7th Dec 2025
MMapped blog
Compilation is communication
13th Oct 2025
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Getting Closure on React Hooks
Learn React Hooks by building a clone of React - in 30 minutes!
11th Mar 2019
Learn React Hooks by building a clone of React - in 30 minutes!
bt RSS Feed
Stop Using Sticky Navigation on Mobile
Stop Using Sticky Navigation on Mobile
2019-10-06
Stop styling your web elements to be “sticky” on...
6th Oct 2019
Stop Using Sticky Navigation on Mobile
2019-10-06
Stop styling your web elements to be “sticky” on mobile. This creates a horrible experience for your users and also looks like trash from a UI perspective. Don’t style your navigation (or any components for that matter) to be...
The Web Witch's Blog
Data and acquired consent
Perhaps you're not aware of data privacy laws and didn't think you needed to be, and maybe that's...
4th Nov 2025
Perhaps you're not aware of data privacy laws and didn't think you needed to be, and maybe that's okay...until it's not. If you're a brand, a content creator, or just someone on the internet, and you come across someone sharing their email on a platform for the purpose of being...
Boot.dev Blog
The Boot.dev Beat. December 2024
Potions got a rework, solutions were added to the Git course, and I’ve been sick for like 10 days...
6th Dec 2024
Potions got a rework, solutions were added to the Git course, and I’ve been sick for like 10 days straight… hope your Holidays are staying healthier than mine!
Kagi Blog
Kagi Assistant is now available to all users!
At Kagi, our mission is simple: to humanise the web.
17th Apr 2025
At Kagi, our mission is simple: to humanise the web.
swyx's site RSS Feed
The Swyx.io 2022 Rewrite
Discussing the 2022 migration of swyx.io to SvelteKit and GitHub Issues
27th Jan 2022
Discussing the 2022 migration of swyx.io to SvelteKit and GitHub Issues
Charles Petzold
The Mary Queen of Scots Channel Anamorphosis: A 3D Simulation
I’ve been going down some odd rabbit holes recently while researching my free online...
17th May 2025
I’ve been going down some odd rabbit holes recently while researching my free online book-in-progress The Lost Art of Logarithms. Although the book is mostly focused on the history, use, meaning, and importance of logarithms, I believe that even histories of science and...
Buttondown's blog
Spring 2021
We have some great new features launching in the next few weeks.
18th Aug 2021
We have some great new features launching in the next few weeks.
Stephen Wolfram...
Observer Theory
The Concept of the Observer We call it perception. We call it measurement. We call it analysis. But...
11th Dec 2023
The Concept of the Observer We call it perception. We call it measurement. We call it analysis. But in the end it’s about how we take the world as it is, and derive from it the impression of it that we have in our minds. We might have thought that we could do science “purely […]
Sedimental
Maintainerati 2017: GitHub Design
Last week I attended a Maintainerati event, an
unconference/mini-summit for maintainers of popular...
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...
Boot.dev Blog
The Boot.dev Beat. December 2023
Hope you had a splendid Turkey month. My wife, two kids, and I spent Thanksgiving in southern Utah....
1st Dec 2023
Hope you had a splendid Turkey month. My wife, two kids, and I spent Thanksgiving in southern Utah. The fresh air was nice, AQI here in Northern Utah is 100+ right now… wouldn’t recommend. Anyway, back to coding.
Vadim Kravcenko
What I learned building a $1K MRR SaaS in 6 weeks
Question:
Answer:
The post What I learned building a $1K MRR SaaS in 6 weeks appeared first on...
9th Jul 2024
Question:
Answer:
The post What I learned building a $1K MRR SaaS in 6 weeks appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Philip Ilic Thomas
What I'm up to - November 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Nov 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in October - Switched my daily driver Aeropress coffee recipe to this one by Jonathan Gagné. It p...
Marco Bambini
The Cloud vs Edge Debate Is Over
Why choose between Cloud and Edge when you can have both?
26th May 2026
Why choose between Cloud and Edge when you can have both?
SOS
Fast Linear Gradient Fills with OffscreenCanvas
TLDR: Demo is here, Code is here, App is here
In Kidz Fun Art, the web app for tablets I’ve built...
27th May 2024
TLDR: Demo is here, Code is here, App is here
In Kidz Fun Art, the web app for tablets I’ve built for my kids and hopefully yours, I recently added a nice little feature where you can fill in any area with a linear gradient. It’s highly responsive to the user moving their...
Maggie Appleton
The Echo & Narcissus Writing Club
A Hyperlink Academy writing club where we mimic the work of others
9th Apr 2021
A Hyperlink Academy writing club where we mimic the work of others
David Crawshaw
2015-03-01
gothamist.com/2012/03/08/the_1960_plan_to_put_a_dome_over_mi.php
1st Mar 2015
gothamist.com/2012/03/08/the_1960_plan_to_put_a_dome_over_mi.php
Grant Slatton's Blog
Manufacturing as Maintenance
The cleansing fire of rebirth
8th Jun 2025
The cleansing fire of rebirth
Eric Bailey
How to build a cloud-hosted accessibility testing Windows computer using Amazon WorkSpaces
17th Dec 2017
The Web Witch's Blog
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
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...
Posts on Nikita...
Inside New Query Engine of MongoDB
Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters.
MongoDB has recently released a new query engine coming in...
18th Sep 2023
Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters.
MongoDB has recently released a new query engine coming in version 7.0. I was one of the people working on this engine during my 2 years in MongoDB and I would like to share some technical details about it.
Disclaimer: Prior to writing this...
A Smart Bear
Adjacency Matrix: How to expand after PMF
A simple workshop that evaluates new business ideas relative to your existing strengths -- the key...
5th May 2024
A simple workshop that evaluates new business ideas relative to your existing strengths -- the key to expanding without overreaching.
Jake Zimmerman
Approximating strace with Instruments.app
9th Oct 2024
Elad Blog
Leaving Delaware
This post covers why companies are considering reincorporating from Delaware to Nevada & Texas
5th Feb 2025
This post covers why companies are considering reincorporating from Delaware to Nevada & Texas
Liz Denys
New Loose Leaf Security series: Securing your phone
Two more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about phone security:
Securing your...
21st Jul 2018
Two more episodes of Loose Leaf Security are out, a series about phone security:
Securing your phone
We take our phones everywhere and trust them with a lot of sensitive information, but have we put enough thought into how to secure them? Liz and Geoffrey discuss different...
Ink & Switch
10 · Beyond prose
We experiment with bringing lightweight branching, diffs, and a chat-like history to diagramming and...
3rd Apr 2024
We experiment with bringing lightweight branching, diffs, and a chat-like history to diagramming and spreadsheet tools.
bunnie's blog
Winner, Name that Ware March 2026
The Ware for March 2026 is a Elecom DST C30SV 6 in 1 USB “docking station”. I’ll give the prize to...
29th Apr 2026
The Ware for March 2026 is a Elecom DST C30SV 6 in 1 USB “docking station”. I’ll give the prize to tayken – the ware itself wasn’t terribly hard to guess on its own, so this month I’m just going with the first interesting response. Congrats, email me for your prize! As other...
Engineer’s Codex
How Apple built iCloud to store billions of databases
Apple uses Cassandra and FoundationDB for CloudKit, their cloud backend service. We take a look into...
14th Jan 2024
Apple uses Cassandra and FoundationDB for CloudKit, their cloud backend service. We take a look into how exactly each is used within their cloud and the problems they've solved.
Basta’s Notes
What I have been so busy with
How I built a website that lots of you will probably hate
8th Feb 2024
How I built a website that lots of you will probably hate
On Life and Lisp
Growing up Alyssa
When I was 10, I came out as transgender. I was a girl and I knew it.
I was one of the lucky...
21st May 2023
When I was 10, I came out as transgender. I was a girl and I knew it.
I was one of the lucky ones.
After four painful years, I was fortunate enough to access gender-affirming health care. First testosterone blockers. Later estrogen, the stuff my peers soaked in for years while I...
James Vaughan's blog
james.land, a place for me to share my scrappy fiddles
31st Oct 2024
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Base64 All The Things! (Sometimes)
Base64 All The Things! (Sometimes)
2020-03-18
An extremely overlooked process for displaying fonts,...
18th Mar 2020
Base64 All The Things! (Sometimes)
2020-03-18
An extremely overlooked process for displaying fonts, images, documents, spreadsheets, etc. on the web is the use of base64 encoding. Although it may not be the most efficient (or easy) way to display and include these elements it can...
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