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Guix for development This wonderful article by Marius Bakke (thanks for using Haunt btw!) about guix shell hit the orange...
23rd Sep 2022
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Guix for development

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Sep 2022
This wonderful article by Marius Bakke (thanks for using Haunt btw!) about guix shell hit the orange website front page recently. I left a comment to the effect of “hell yeah I use it for all my projects!” and someone asked me for an example of what I do. I sent them some links...
Random Load Balancing is Unevenly Distributed This is a reminder that random load balancing is unevenly distributed. If we distribute a set of...
29th Aug 2023
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Random Load Balancing is Unevenly Distributed

from Evan Jones - Software Engineer | Computer Scientist [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Aug 2023
This is a reminder that random load balancing is unevenly distributed. If we distribute a set of items randomly across a set of servers (e.g. by hashing, or by randomly selecting a server), the average number of items on each server is num_items / num_servers. It is easy to...
whippet lab notebook: on untagged mallocs Salutations, populations. Today’s note is more of a work-in-progress than usual; I have been...
4th Mar 2025
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whippet lab notebook: on untagged mallocs

from wingolog [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Mar 2025
Salutations, populations. Today’s note is more of a work-in-progress than usual; I have been finally starting to look at getting into , and there are some open questions.WhippetGuile I started by taking a look at how Guile uses the ‘s API, to make sure I had all my bases...
9th Jun 2025
A clever way to style the <mark> element I was checking out the CashNotify app today and I noticed a beautiful style for highlighting text in...
1st Feb 2019
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A clever way to style the <mark> element

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

1st Feb 2019
I was checking out the CashNotify app today and I noticed a beautiful style for highlighting text in their testimonials: Most textual highlights use a boring rectangle background color, but this stands out and looks gorgeous. I was really hoping they were using a simple <mark>...
Bloop! Audible Error Logs As a frequent deployer of software, I’m usually watching several different flavors of system...
7th Jun 2018
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Bloop! Audible Error Logs

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

7th Jun 2018
As a frequent deployer of software, I’m usually watching several different flavors of system monitoring all at the same time. A few logstash dashboards in a few browser windows, a few grafana dashboards, a few different logs being tailed in a few different tmux windows. If it all...
Shoelace 2.0: a forward-thinking library of web components I've been having a lot of fun with Stencil and web components lately. Back in January, I decided to...
24th Jul 2020
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Shoelace 2.0: a forward-thinking library of web components

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

24th Jul 2020
I've been having a lot of fun with Stencil and web components lately. Back in January, I decided to use it to completely redesign Shoelace, an open source project I created a few years ago. I recently published Shoelace 2.0 — a collection of professionally-designed, accessible...
Dolphin 🐬 Today I am announcing Dolphin, an open-source and uncensored, and commercially licensed dataset and...
2nd Jul 2023
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Dolphin 🐬

from Cognitive Computations [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jul 2023
Today I am announcing Dolphin, an open-source and uncensored, and commercially licensed dataset and series of instruct-tuned language models based on Microsoft's Orca paper. The dataset is released here, with Apache-2.0 license. The dataset can be used for commercial or...
Lerna vs Turborepo vs Rush: Which is better in 2023? Monorepos are becoming more and more popular with web development. In this article, we will compare...
5th Feb 2023
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Lerna vs Turborepo vs Rush: Which is better in 2023?

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Feb 2023
Monorepos are becoming more and more popular with web development. In this article, we will compare some of the most popular monorepo tools' performance, ease of use, and more.
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"
On AI doomerism So what's going on? This is a reflection on this post (of the same title) that I thoroughly enjoyed,...
20th Jan 2025
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On AI doomerism

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

20th Jan 2025
So what's going on? This is a reflection on this post (of the same title) that I thoroughly enjoyed, by Flavio Copes. "I am the genuine article, therefore I don't have to try. I just have to be. You, on the other hand, have to try any passing bandwagon, because what else have you...
Apologies and forgiveness The first in a series of posts about doing things the right way
5th Sep 2025
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Apologies and forgiveness

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

5th Sep 2025
The first in a series of posts about doing things the right way
Logs vs Structured Events I got an interesting tweet the other day from @evntdrvn in response to this thread of mine....
5th Feb 2019
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Logs vs Structured Events

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

5th Feb 2019
I got an interesting tweet the other day from @evntdrvn in response to this thread of mine. Paraphrasing, “So I’ve almost got our group at work up to Step 1 in your observability maturity model, but some of the devs that I work with want to turn OFF our lovely structured logging...
Building a Second Brain: The Illustrated Notes Illustrated notes on the Building A Second Brain course
16th Apr 2020
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Building a Second Brain: The Illustrated Notes

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

16th Apr 2020
Illustrated notes on the Building A Second Brain course
1st Sep 2010
What I'm up to - November 2022 ✨ Highlights of last month - Enjoyed my time in NYC catching up with many people - Released some new...
1st Nov 2022
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What I'm up to - November 2022

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

1st Nov 2022
✨ Highlights of last month - Enjoyed my time in NYC catching up with many people - Released some new features for Postcard - Got a new photo 🤔 Things worth sharing - Reading How to make great coffee ...
Tags now get auto-grouped Tags now get auto-grouped
5th Feb 2024
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Tags now get auto-grouped

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

5th Feb 2024
Tags now get auto-grouped
Whose bug is this anyway?!? At a certain point in every programmer’s career we each find a bug that seems impossible because the...
18th Dec 2012
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Whose bug is this anyway?!?

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

18th Dec 2012
At a certain point in every programmer’s career we each find a bug that seems impossible because the code is right, dammit! So it must be the operating system, the tools or the computer that’s causing the problem. Right?!? Today’s story is about some of those bugs I’ve discovered...
[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...
New microblog with TILs I added a new section to this site a couple weeks ago called TIL (“today I learned”). the goal: save...
9th Nov 2024
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New microblog with TILs

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

9th Nov 2024
I added a new section to this site a couple weeks ago called TIL (“today I learned”). the goal: save interesting tools & facts I posted on social media One kind of thing I like to post on Mastodon/Bluesky is “hey, here’s a cool thing”, like the great SQLite repl litecli, or the...
Potluck: Dynamic documents as personal software Gradually enriching text documents into interactive applications
31st Oct 2022
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Potluck: Dynamic documents as personal software

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

31st Oct 2022
Gradually enriching text documents into interactive applications
Hacking Amazon Dash Buttons The Amazon Dash button is about a year old and has proven to be a pretty great hackable...
1st Aug 2016
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Hacking Amazon Dash Buttons

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

1st Aug 2016
The Amazon Dash button is about a year old and has proven to be a pretty great hackable internet-of-things button. It’s got built-in wifi, an onboard battery and best of all, a $4.99 price tag. How It Works The actual “hacking” of dash buttons has really nothing to do with the...
Fetishism & Mechanical Keyboards Developer self-expression through coloured switches, keystroke actuation, and LED light displays
19th Feb 2021
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Fetishism & Mechanical Keyboards

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

19th Feb 2021
Developer self-expression through coloured switches, keystroke actuation, and LED light displays
How to Prepare for the CAPM Certification Exam "Wait, aren't you a software developer?" If it's not your first time on my blog, you might be...
14th Nov 2019
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How to Prepare for the CAPM Certification Exam

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

14th Nov 2019
"Wait, aren't you a software developer?" If it's not your first time on my blog, you might be thinking: "Aren't you a prominent software developer, not a project manager?" Ok, maybe without the prominent part. But yes, you are right. I started working as a developer a few years...
Verizon's I'm A Teapot Error And Other Technology Fails This is not my week for using technology. None of these problems was my fault, other than my...
6th Oct 2025
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Verizon's I'm A Teapot Error And Other Technology Fails

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

6th Oct 2025
This is not my week for using technology. None of these problems was my fault, other than my existing in the universe and the attraction that brought. Today, I wanted to review my Verizon mobile account, and I noticed that the website had changed since my last visit. I clicked
A picture is worth a thousand tags This shows how a picture can be turned into an HTML table. With this, you can not only have nicer...
8th May 2021
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A picture is worth a thousand tags

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

8th May 2021
This shows how a picture can be turned into an HTML table. With this, you can not only have nicer tables or uglier pictures, but you can have something that is both at the same time.
Counting Forest Fires 2024/01/26 Counting Forest Fires Today I'm hitting my 3 years mark at Honeycomb, and so I thought...
26th Jan 2024
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Counting Forest Fires

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

26th Jan 2024
2024/01/26 Counting Forest Fires Today I'm hitting my 3 years mark at Honeycomb, and so I thought I'd re-publish one of my favorite short blog posts written over there, Counting Forest Fires, which has become my go-to argument when discussing incident metrics when asked to count...
SQLite commits are not durable under default settings SQLite doesn’t do fsync unless specified.
24th Aug 2025
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SQLite commits are not durable under default settings

from blag [alt+shift+b] in programming

24th Aug 2025
SQLite doesn’t do fsync unless specified.
Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 2024-06-02 I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my...
2nd Jun 2024
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Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5

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

2nd Jun 2024
Building rbenv on OpenBSD 7.5 2024-06-02 I use Ruby (specifically with Jekyll) for a lot of my clubs/projects while using my personal laptop (X220 ThinkPad) which is runs OpenBSD. Since I recently upgraded to OpenBSD 7.5 I thought it could be helpful for others if I shared my...
What is Bun, and does it live up to the hype? Bun is a new JavaScript runtime that claims to offer more features and performance compared to...
16th Aug 2022
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What is Bun, and does it live up to the hype?

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

16th Aug 2022
Bun is a new JavaScript runtime that claims to offer more features and performance compared to Node.js and Deno. But is it as good as it is hyped up to be?
Shoelace 2.0 It's been three years since I broke ground on Shoelace 2.0. Between then and now, the project has...
24th Jan 2023
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Shoelace 2.0

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

24th Jan 2023
It's been three years since I broke ground on Shoelace 2.0. Between then and now, the project has amassed over 300 million monthly hits on jsDelivr and, as of today, it is jsDelivr's 73rd most popular project. And that was just the beta version. Today, I'm happy to announce that...
31st Oct 2024
Vulkan 1.3 on the M1 in 1 month u{text-decoration-thickness:0.09em;text-decoration-color:skyblue} Finally, conformant Vulkan for the...
5th Jun 2024
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Vulkan 1.3 on the M1 in 1 month

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

5th Jun 2024
u{text-decoration-thickness:0.09em;text-decoration-color:skyblue} Finally, conformant Vulkan for the M1! The new “Honeykrisp” driver is the first conformant Vulkan® for Apple hardware on any operating system, implementing the full 1.3 spec without “portability”...
Hummingbird at the feeder With a recent blast of winter I noticed a few hummingbirds already here so I put up the feeder.Not...
10th Apr 2024
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Hummingbird at the feeder

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Apr 2024
With a recent blast of winter I noticed a few hummingbirds already here so I put up the feeder.Not 30 seconds later, this fella showed up.
PHP: Avatar Hack A php script that generates an image for use as an avatar.
9th Oct 2008
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PHP: Avatar Hack

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

9th Oct 2008
A php script that generates an image for use as an avatar.
Nov 2019 Recap Hello mailing list friends!
3rd Dec 2019
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Nov 2019 Recap

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

3rd Dec 2019
Hello mailing list friends!
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...
Raising Bilingual Children in Japan (Without Breaking the Bank) I first came to Japan as a software developer in 2006, and have continuously resided in the country...
9th Apr 2026
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Raising Bilingual Children in Japan (Without Breaking the Bank)

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Apr 2026
I first came to Japan as a software developer in 2006, and have continuously resided in the country since. Since settling here, I’ve had two children with my Japanese wife. Now ages four and seven, they are on track to be fully bilingual. They use Japanese almost exclusively in...
Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated… The Shock of ChatGPT Just a few months ago writing an original essay seemed like something only a...
16th Mar 2023
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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

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

16th Mar 2023
The Shock of ChatGPT Just a few months ago writing an original essay seemed like something only a human could do. But then ChatGPT burst onto the scene. And suddenly we realized that an AI could write a passable human-like essay. So now it’s natural to wonder: How far will this...
9th May 2020
The Many Layers of Packaging The packaging gradient, and why PyPI isn't an app store. Update: I turned this post into a talk. The...
9th May 2017
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The Many Layers of Packaging

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th May 2017
The packaging gradient, and why PyPI isn't an app store. Update: I turned this post into a talk. The video from PyBay is here, the slides are available here. The long-cut video from BayPiggies is coming, but the "Extended Edition" slides are here. One lesson threaded...
Programmable Notes Agent-based note-taking systems that can prompt and facilitate custom workflows
18th Mar 2022
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Programmable Notes

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

18th Mar 2022
Agent-based note-taking systems that can prompt and facilitate custom workflows
How we turned ClickHouse into our event mansion Recently, PostHog was invited to speak at OSA Con 2021 , an open source analytics conference...
6th Nov 2021
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How we turned ClickHouse into our event mansion

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

6th Nov 2021
Recently, PostHog was invited to speak at OSA Con 2021 , an open source analytics conference organised by Altinity. It was a fantastic opportunity to…
Using the Switch(true) Pattern in JavaScript The switch true pattern isn't well known but it is incredibly useful. It's not a JavaScript specific...
11th Apr 2021
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Using the Switch(true) Pattern in JavaScript

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

11th Apr 2021
The switch true pattern isn't well known but it is incredibly useful. It's not a JavaScript specific pattern, but I use it in almost every single project.
Working as an Indonesian Software Engineer in Japan Even though I love Japan, I had never planned to work there. Like many Indonesian children, my first...
6th Dec 2023
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Working as an Indonesian Software Engineer in Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

6th Dec 2023
Even though I love Japan, I had never planned to work there. Like many Indonesian children, my first exposure to Japanese culture was through anime on Sunday morning TV broadcasts. At that time, I didn't even know it was called anime, let alone that it came from Japan since it...
My 2021 New Mac Setup I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
5th Jul 2021
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My 2021 New Mac Setup

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

5th Jul 2021
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
Occlusion with Bells On Modern SSAO in a modern run-time Use.GPU 0.14 is out, so here's an update on my...
23rd Mar 2025
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Occlusion with Bells On

from Acko.net [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Mar 2025
Modern SSAO in a modern run-time Use.GPU 0.14 is out, so here's an update on my declarative/reactive rendering efforts. The highlights in this release are: dramatic inspector viewing upgrades a modern ambient-occlusion (SSAO/GTAO) implementation newly revised render pass...
Why I Moved Off Dev.to 2 years ago I moved all my blogging to Dev.to. Today my main blog is on Github Issues and I've just...
1st Jun 2022
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Why I Moved Off Dev.to

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

1st Jun 2022
2 years ago I moved all my blogging to Dev.to. Today my main blog is on Github Issues and I've just launched DXTips on Hashnode.
Why we have a core value of transparency at our startup, and why the reasons don&#x27;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...
Beginner interaction design with Principle I was able to pick up this powerful motion design tool in about 10 minutes and you can too!
30th Nov 2017
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Beginner interaction design with Principle

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

30th Nov 2017
I was able to pick up this powerful motion design tool in about 10 minutes and you can too!
Fave New Podcasts in 2021 My picks of best podcasts I found in 2021, across tech, business, and creator categories. I also...
2nd Dec 2021
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Fave New Podcasts in 2021

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

2nd Dec 2021
My picks of best podcasts I found in 2021, across tech, business, and creator categories. I also pick up on best of the best from 2020.
Hacker, Hack Thyself We've read so many sad stories about communities that were fatally compromised or destroyed due to...
2nd Jun 2017
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Hacker, Hack Thyself

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

2nd Jun 2017
We've read so many sad stories about communities that were fatally compromised or destroyed due to security exploits. We took that lesson to heart when we founded the Discourse project; we endeavor to build open source software that is secure and safe for communities by default,...
The origin of Ruby on Rails I can't thank Honeypot and Carolina Cabral enough for the producing The Rails Documentary that was...
10th Nov 2023
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The origin of Ruby on Rails

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

10th Nov 2023
I can't thank Honeypot and Carolina Cabral enough for the producing The Rails Documentary that was just released today. Looking back on those early, formative years of Ruby on Rails with Tobi, Jamis, Jeremy, and Jason was actually kind of profound. I usually don't spend much time...
What I'm up to - May 2025 Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st May 2025
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What I'm up to - May 2025

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

1st May 2025
Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month - "I created a chatbot with my dog" was a presentation I gave at a meetup. (Here's t...
What I'm up to - April 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in...
1st Apr 2026
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What I'm up to - April 2026

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

1st Apr 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media: What I did in March - Published Software in the AI era and updated my personal website. - Wrote Agent experience abo...
Chrome OS Could Become the Future Leader of Computing Chrome OS Could Become the Future Leader of Computing 2022-01-06 FOSS Enthusiasts: This article...
6th Jan 2022
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Chrome OS Could Become the Future Leader of Computing

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

6th Jan 2022
Chrome OS Could Become the Future Leader of Computing 2022-01-06 FOSS Enthusiasts: This article discusses the use of proprietary software and places it in a positive light. You have been warned. No angry emails please... Google has created one of the best operating systems...
Regarding Proposed US Restrictions on RISC-V A bipartisan group of 18 lawmakers in the US Congress have recently amplified a request to the White...
6th Nov 2023
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Regarding Proposed US Restrictions on RISC-V

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

6th Nov 2023
A bipartisan group of 18 lawmakers in the US Congress have recently amplified a request to the White House and the Secretary of Commerce to place restrictions on Americans working with RISC-V (see also the initial request from the Senate) in order to prevent China from gaining...
Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS Tutorial on Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS
3rd Jul 2019
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Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS

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

3rd Jul 2019
Tutorial on Deploying a Create-React-App Website to Netlify with HTTPS
Building and improving Page Objects, one step at a time A few weeks ago, I ran a pair programming / mentoring session with someone who reached out to me...
31st Mar 2025
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Building and improving Page Objects, one step at a time

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

31st Mar 2025
A few weeks ago, I ran a pair programming / mentoring session with someone who reached out to me because they felt they could use some support. When I first saw the code they wrote, I was pretty impressed. Sure, there were some things I would have done differently, but most of...
Create a presskit in 10 minutes with Milou Talking to the press is an inevitable part of marketing a game or software. To make the journalist’s...
3rd Jun 2024
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Create a presskit in 10 minutes with Milou

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

3rd Jun 2024
Talking to the press is an inevitable part of marketing a game or software. To make the journalist’s job easier, it’s a good idea to put together a press kit. The press kit should contain all the information someone could want to write an article about your product, as well as...
River Flows Crouched on the side of his bed, Tambu sat sobbing. He had slammed the door to his bedroom and...
11th Nov 2023
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River Flows

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

11th Nov 2023
Crouched on the side of his bed, Tambu sat sobbing. He had slammed the door to his bedroom and needed time out after yet another fight with his parents.  I really don’t belong here. They’ll never understand me. They’re so toxic and oppressive. I don’t know how much longer I can...
I Love You Truly [Ukulele Mp3] I arranged and recorded 'I Love You Truly' on electric ukulele for Chelsea.
10th Feb 2012
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I Love You Truly [Ukulele Mp3]

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

10th Feb 2012
I arranged and recorded 'I Love You Truly' on electric ukulele for Chelsea.
The GPU Banana Stand Freshly whipped WebGPU, with ice cream I recently rolled out version 0.7 of Use.GPU, my...
20th Jul 2022
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The GPU Banana Stand

from Acko.net [alt+shift+b] in programming

20th Jul 2022
Freshly whipped WebGPU, with ice cream I recently rolled out version 0.7 of Use.GPU, my declarative/reactive WebGPU library. This includes features and goodies by itself. But most important are the code patterns which are all nicely slotting into place. This continues to be...
The Best Product Managers Have The Worst Ideas It’s hard finding good product people. That fact is really a tragedy because they are probably the...
2nd Nov 2021
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The Best Product Managers Have The Worst Ideas

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

2nd Nov 2021
It’s hard finding good product people. That fact is really a tragedy because they are probably the most important part of any product-focused organization. I think there is a misconception in the software industry that product managers have a good sense of “what users want”,...
Creating a personal wrapper around yt-dlp I download a lot of videos from YouTube, and yt-dlp is my tool of choice. Sometimes I download...
7th Oct 2025
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Creating a personal wrapper around yt-dlp

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Oct 2025
I download a lot of videos from YouTube, and yt-dlp is my tool of choice. Sometimes I download videos as a one-off, but more often I’m downloading videos in a project – my bookmarks, my collection of TV clips, or my social media scrapbook. I’ve noticed myself writing similar...
Exercise: a requirement for sleep? * Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Recently I have...
21st Nov 2010
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Exercise: a requirement for sleep?

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

21st Nov 2010
* Tweet [https://twitter.com/share] * * Buffer [http://bufferapp.com/add] * Recently I have struggled to get to sleep at night. When I need to be up at 8 and working away on either my own projects or exciting client projects by 9 it is vital that I wake up refreshed
A Local-First Task Framework sharing the load
3rd Apr 2026
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A Local-First Task Framework

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

3rd Apr 2026
sharing the load
Behind the syntax: let and const variables There is a lot more going under the hood than simple syntax changes.
11th Jul 2018
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Behind the syntax: let and const variables

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

11th Jul 2018
There is a lot more going under the hood than simple syntax changes.
Browser font rendering inconsistencies 22 June 2020 I was working on a project that required me pulling up the developer tools in different...
22nd Jun 2020
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Browser font rendering inconsistencies

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

22nd Jun 2020
22 June 2020 I was working on a project that required me pulling up the developer tools in different browsers against my personal website when I opened up Safari and noticed how drastically different the title of my page was rendering. It was extremely bold in Safari compared to...
How I Am Maintaining Multiple Emails For Git On A Same Machine In this simple tutorial I will show how to maintain multiple git emails on a same machine. And how...
1st Aug 2015
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1st Aug 2015
In this simple tutorial I will show how to maintain multiple git emails on a same machine. And how to configure git emails per directory or per project.
To Comment or Not to Comment Ruminations on the timeless debate of comments in code.
6th Jul 2023
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To Comment or Not to Comment

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

6th Jul 2023
Ruminations on the timeless debate of comments in code.
I gave a talk: Finding Creativity Through Constraints In which I discuss how constraints have inspired my creative process as a musician and programmer.
25th Sep 2015
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I gave a talk: Finding Creativity Through Constraints

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

25th Sep 2015
In which I discuss how constraints have inspired my creative process as a musician and programmer.
26th Mar 2014
One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment Why we need collaborative AI engineering
13th Apr 2026
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One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment

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

13th Apr 2026
Why we need collaborative AI engineering
Announcing CalVer It's about time. Technologists expect things to get better with time. Your current laptop has more...
22nd Jun 2016
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Announcing CalVer

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Jun 2016
It's about time. Technologists expect things to get better with time. Your current laptop has more RAM than the last, your current car is safer than its predecessor, and the latest version of your code is certainly the best ever. What if the same be said of versioning...
Hiring Employee #1 If you want another pair of hands to screw things up, how do you acquire resumes, pair them down,...
12th Dec 2011
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Hiring Employee #1

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

12th Dec 2011
If you want another pair of hands to screw things up, how do you acquire resumes, pair them down, and identify someone who is going to work well in your company?
Kagi Translate is back Kagi Translate is moving to a freemium model and launching a new standalone Individual subscription...
a week ago
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Kagi Translate is back

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

a week ago
Kagi Translate is moving to a freemium model and launching a new standalone Individual subscription for $8/month. Anyone with a Kagi account can continue using Translate for free with a limited monthly allowance. For people...
x86 Addressing Modes, Part 2: Indirect, Indexed, and Offset-based Modes In this final part on addressing modes, we learn about indirect, indexed and offset-based addressing...
9th Aug 2026
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x86 Addressing Modes, Part 2: Indirect, Indexed, and Offset-based Modes

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

9th Aug 2026
In this final part on addressing modes, we learn about indirect, indexed and offset-based addressing modes along with some interesting examples and exercises.
1st Aug 2025
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
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How fast is javascript? Simulating 20,000,000 particles

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

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.
Fixing long start-up times of the Eleventy dev server Recently, I've encountered a peculiar issue with Eleventy. The development server stopped...
22nd Dec 2022
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Fixing long start-up times of the Eleventy dev server

from Darek Kay [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Dec 2022
Recently, I've encountered a peculiar issue with Eleventy. The development server stopped working: eleventy --serve [11ty] Wrote 92 files in 0.48 seconds (5.2ms each, v1.0.2) [11ty] Watching… There were no errors. Everything seemed fine, except for the dev server not being...
How to Reverse Interview Investors I honestly never expected this to be a topic that was common enough to write up, however, it...
2nd Feb 2023
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How to Reverse Interview Investors

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

2nd Feb 2023
I honestly never expected this to be a topic that was common enough to write up, however, it suddenly hit me today that it is the ultra niche topics that deserve writing up since it is the stuff that is outside the usual SERP riffraff.
Smile Smile Be thankful Resist the pressure to own things Be good to yourself, but no more than...
11th Sep 2018
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Smile

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

11th Sep 2018
Smile Be thankful Resist the pressure to own things Be good to yourself, but no more than necessary Be a friend Reflect; don’t regret Fail, learn, repeat Stop. Think. Speak Exercise your mind, your body, and your soul Work hard Be true Respect others Value life Give openly Love...
How we built our onboarding email flow (with actual performance data) Marketers believe onboarding emails are a powerful tool for driving engagement. Everyone else thinks...
19th Feb 2024
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How we built our onboarding email flow (with actual performance data)

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

19th Feb 2024
Marketers believe onboarding emails are a powerful tool for driving engagement. Everyone else thinks they're annoying and ineffective. The truth, as…
A list of 100 opinions I hold A list of 100 opinions I hold
5th Sep 2022
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A list of 100 opinions I hold

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

5th Sep 2022
A list of 100 opinions I hold
1st Dec 2023
first-class merges and cover letters Although it looks really good, I have not yet tried the Jujutsu (jj) version control system,...
11th Sep 2025
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first-class merges and cover letters

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

11th Sep 2025
Although it looks really good, I have not yet tried the Jujutsu (jj) version control system, mainly because it’s not yet clearly superior to Magit. But I have been following jj discussions with great interest. One of the things that jj has not yet tackled is how to do better...
Using User-Select Using User-Select 2019-06-04 Highlighting text in order to copy, cut or paste content is a staple...
4th Jun 2019
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Using User-Select

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

4th Jun 2019
Using User-Select 2019-06-04 Highlighting text in order to copy, cut or paste content is a staple action across the web. Now, what if I told you the ability to control what a user can select is configurable with a single CSS property? Introducing the CSS property Simply put, the...
How "new type" helps avoid production outages My January links recap included the “Phantom Types” article by David Soria Parra. In it, the author...
9th Mar 2024
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How "new type" helps avoid production outages

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

9th Mar 2024
My January links recap included the “Phantom Types” article by David Soria Parra. In it, the author briefly touches upon the “new type” idiom, its typical implementation in Rust, and then proceeds to propose a better alternative. But the question arises: why should you care?
The "Convergent" theory of finding truth in darkness How to tell the difference between a truly great startup idea, and people saying "Sure, sounds good"...
7th Apr 2024
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The "Convergent" theory of finding truth in darkness

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

7th Apr 2024
How to tell the difference between a truly great startup idea, and people saying "Sure, sounds good" when they really mean "No, I'm not buying."
Winner, Name that Ware April 2023 The ware for April 2023 is an X-rite DTP22 spectrophotometer. This one almost made it through the...
31st May 2023
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Winner, Name that Ware April 2023

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

31st May 2023
The ware for April 2023 is an X-rite DTP22 spectrophotometer. This one almost made it through the month without being guessed, but congrats to cpresser for figuring it out in the last week! email me for your prize. Here’s some more context images of the ware. The colored filter...
Career Development For Engineering Managers (Cross-posted from leaddev.com) What comes to mind when you hear the words, ‘career development for...
3rd Jun 2021
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Career Development For Engineering Managers

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

3rd Jun 2021
(Cross-posted from leaddev.com) What comes to mind when you hear the words, ‘career development for managers’? If you’re like me, it’s one of two things: either obsessively climbing the ladder or those awful mandatory ‘trainings’ that get hastily assembled. (Otherwise known as,...
Frickin' Shaders With Frickin' Laser&nbsp;Beams Hassle free GLSL I've been working on a new library to compose GLSL shaders. This is part of a side...
11th Dec 2021
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Frickin' Shaders With Frickin' Laser&nbsp;Beams

from Acko.net [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Dec 2021
Hassle free GLSL I've been working on a new library to compose GLSL shaders. This is part of a side project to come up with a composable and incremental way of driving WebGPU and GPUs in general. #pragma import { getColor } from 'path/to/color' void main() { gl_FragColor =...
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
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Growing up Alyssa

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

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...
The siren call of wrong-way dependencies Dependencies that point in the wrong direction are one of the easiest and most costly design...
21st Sep 2024
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The siren call of wrong-way dependencies

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

21st Sep 2024
Dependencies that point in the wrong direction are one of the easiest and most costly design mistakes one can make.
Name that Ware, July 2024 The Ware for July 2024 is shown below. Thanks again to jackw01 for contributing this ware! The last...
31st Jul 2024
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Name that Ware, July 2024

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

31st Jul 2024
The Ware for July 2024 is shown below. Thanks again to jackw01 for contributing this ware! The last two images might be killer clues that give away the ware, but they are also so cool I couldn’t not include them as part of the post.
Know your “One Job” and do it first Story time. Susan was hired as a database engineer. Her primary projects, which are supposed to be...
7th Mar 2021
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Know your “One Job” and do it first

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

7th Mar 2021
Story time. Susan was hired as a database engineer. Her primary projects, which are supposed to be upgrading/rolling out a major point release and running load tests against various config options and developing a schema management tool, keep slipping. But she is one of HR’s...
Death by a thousand microservices The Church of Complexity There is a pretty well-known sketch in which an engineer is explaining to...
10th Sep 2023
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Death by a thousand microservices

from Renegade Otter [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Sep 2023
The Church of Complexity There is a pretty well-known sketch in which an engineer is explaining to the project manager how an overly complicated maze of microservices works in order to get a user’s birthday - and fails to do so anyway. The scene accurately describes the...
Returning To Rails in 2026 I love a good side-project. Like most geeks, I have a tendency to go down rabbit holes when faced...
5th Mar 2026
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Returning To Rails in 2026

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

5th Mar 2026
I love a good side-project. Like most geeks, I have a tendency to go down rabbit holes when faced with problems - give me a minor inconvenience and I’ll happily spend weeks building something far more elaborate than the situation warrants. There’s joy in having a playground to...
Implicit Assertions (article) Have a better understanding about the explicit and implicit assertions now, and perhaps even have a...
12th Mar 2024
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Implicit Assertions (article)

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

12th Mar 2024
Have a better understanding about the explicit and implicit assertions now, and perhaps even have a test or two in mind to improve.
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 Making software better without sacrificing user experience. [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...
Building a Removable Bike Basket for the Yepp Rack I wanted to add more hauling capacity to my bike and was looking for something compatible with my...
4th Sep 2024
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Building a Removable Bike Basket for the Yepp Rack

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

4th Sep 2024
I wanted to add more hauling capacity to my bike and was looking for something compatible with my Yepp rear rack. I also use my rack with a child seat (the Yepp Maxi) which has a mechanism that allows it to attach and detach easily without sacrificing safety. I was thinking it...
Asked to do something illegal at work? Here’s what these software engineers did At FTX, Frank, and Pollen, software engineers were asked to do something potentially illegal, or to...
9th Nov 2023
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Asked to do something illegal at work? Here’s what these software engineers did

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

9th Nov 2023
At FTX, Frank, and Pollen, software engineers were asked to do something potentially illegal, or to go along with what looked like fraud. They obliged in two out of three cases, landed in hot water, and now face jail time. A reminder why it’s never a good idea to go along with...
Defend Your Cookies with Essential Web Security Tactics Illustrated notes on the essentials of web security
8th Feb 2020
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Defend Your Cookies with Essential Web Security Tactics

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

8th Feb 2020
Illustrated notes on the essentials of web security
Qvault is moving to Boot.dev We’ll keep this announcement short – we’ve moved Qvault.io to Boot.dev! As you know, we’ve been hard...
7th Apr 2022
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Qvault is moving to Boot.dev

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

7th Apr 2022
We’ll keep this announcement short – we’ve moved Qvault.io to Boot.dev! As you know, we’ve been hard at work bootstrapping on online computer science bootcamp. Qvault (now Boot.dev) is a simple CS curriculum where our students build real projects using modern programming...
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
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Using Netlify for Dynamic URL Redirects

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

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,...
Gzip hates your DRY code How to remove code and still increase your library weight.
13th Mar 2017
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Gzip hates your DRY code

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

13th Mar 2017
How to remove code and still increase your library weight.
The five types of people who produce inaccessible code There are roughly five types of people you’ll meet doing accessibility development work. They...
16th Jun 2023
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The five types of people who produce inaccessible code

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

16th Jun 2023
There are roughly five types of people you’ll meet doing accessibility development work. They are: People who create inaccessible code, but do not realize they are doing so. People who create inaccessible code and realize they are doing so, but do not know how to fix it. People...
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
Creating dynamic bar charts with CSS grid How to use CSS grid to make a responsive, adaptable bar chart with no math or external library...
24th Mar 2022
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Creating dynamic bar charts with CSS grid

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

24th Mar 2022
How to use CSS grid to make a responsive, adaptable bar chart with no math or external library required!
Apple is Listening Something big changed at Apple around the beginning of 2017. They had encountered significant...
10th Jun 2019
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Apple is Listening

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

10th Jun 2019
Something big changed at Apple around the beginning of 2017. They had encountered significant turbulence in the product line over the preceding years, especially Macs. It was a rough time to be a pro Mac user. The “trash can” 2013 Mac Pro addressed only a fraction of the needs...
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?
Kagi raises $670K Kagi ( https://kagi.com ) has successfully raised $670K in a SAFE note investment round, marking our...
28th Jun 2023
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Kagi raises $670K

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

28th Jun 2023
Kagi ( https://kagi.com ) has successfully raised $670K in a SAFE note investment round, marking our first external fundraise to date.
2nd Jan 2026
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...
The Boot.dev Beat. January 2024 Hope you had a wonderful holiday! I know you might not have been able to take time off, but I hope...
3rd Jan 2024
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The Boot.dev Beat. January 2024

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

3rd Jan 2024
Hope you had a wonderful holiday! I know you might not have been able to take time off, but I hope you were able to spend some time with family and friends. I spent the whole week driving up and down the state of Utah. It was fun, but I’m happy to be back in my office. Kids can...
Recently Early this month I arrived at work to see a Concorde parked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It’s been fun...
1st Sep 2023
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Recently

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

1st Sep 2023
Early this month I arrived at work to see a Concorde parked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It’s been fun to identify the ships docked there, but an airplane was new, especially such a rare one. I guess a lot of airplane knowledge from my childhood has stayed with me, and being...
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...
Install Mcrypt PHP Extension on OSX Yosemite After updating Statamic to 1.10.2, I started getting Mcrypt errors. After some Googling, I found...
29th Jan 2015
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Install Mcrypt PHP Extension on OSX Yosemite

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

29th Jan 2015
After updating Statamic to 1.10.2, I started getting Mcrypt errors. After some Googling, I found some complicated fixes. After some noodling around, here’s a simple way to fix it with Homebrew: First, figure out which version of PHP you’re running. You can do this by opening up...
My Wikipedia Entry For Trapeze Maury Markowitz wrote up the story of Trapeze (covered earlier in this blog) on Wikipedia. It sure...
24th Oct 2023
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My Wikipedia Entry For Trapeze

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

24th Oct 2023
Maury Markowitz wrote up the story of Trapeze (covered earlier in this blog) on Wikipedia. It sure seems like a long time ago.
JIT selection from independent streams: An alternative to the “big backlog” of work We’re often told that a “single-threaded, ordered list” is the correct way to prioritize the work of...
23rd Aug 2022
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23rd Aug 2022
We’re often told that a “single-threaded, ordered list” is the correct way to prioritize the work of the future, however this confuses “prioritization” with “work-planning,” and forces the comparison of un-comparable things. Here’s how to solve those problems.
Name that Wäre, July 2023 The “wäre” for July 2023 is shown below. Thanks to zebonaut for submitting this ware. According to...
31st Jul 2023
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Name that Wäre, July 2023

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

31st Jul 2023
The “wäre” for July 2023 is shown below. Thanks to zebonaut for submitting this ware. According to him, this was fished out of a dumpster in Germany, hence “wäre” (and yes, it’s a nonsense word, but I also think it’s cute). We had a little chuckle over the ware’s construction (or...
16th Oct 2025
The Beginning of Infinity It's easy to be nihilistic. You might even try to claim that it's rational to be nihilistic. Just...
9th May 2022
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The Beginning of Infinity

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

9th May 2022
It's easy to be nihilistic. You might even try to claim that it's rational to be nihilistic. Just look up. There are a hundred billion stars in a hundred billion galaxies (that we know of!). What are we but a spec of dust? And don'
Backchannel: A relationship-based digital identity system In this article, we propose an alternative approach to digital identity that replaces user profiles...
1st Sep 2021
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Backchannel: A relationship-based digital identity system

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

1st Sep 2021
In this article, we propose an alternative approach to digital identity that replaces user profiles with trusted digital relationships.
The best Contentsquare alternatives & competitors, compared Contentsquare is a beast, and we mean that in a good way – it's one of the most comprehensive...
2nd Dec 2025
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The best Contentsquare alternatives & competitors, compared

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

2nd Dec 2025
Contentsquare is a beast, and we mean that in a good way – it's one of the most comprehensive digital experience platforms out there. They've doubled…
programming, i hate it There is a stereotypical programmer. We all know the one. The Marky Marks, stripy bois, Steve and...
1st Aug 2024
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programming, i hate it

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

1st Aug 2024
There is a stereotypical programmer. We all know the one. The Marky Marks, stripy bois, Steve and Steves. The wiz kids.
The Iterative-Hypothesis customer development method A simple but effective system for generating insights about how your potential customers think, what...
17th Sep 2022
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The Iterative-Hypothesis customer development method

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

17th Sep 2022
A simple but effective system for generating insights about how your potential customers think, what they need, and what they’ll buy. This method has been used both to reject startup ideas and to validate WP Engine before it had any customers (it is now a Unicorn).
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...
The difference between web designers and web developers If you've ever worked in, on, with, or around the Internet, you've undoubtedly heard the terms "Web...
22nd Dec 2009
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The difference between web designers and web developers

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

22nd Dec 2009
If you've ever worked in, on, with, or around the Internet, you've undoubtedly heard the terms "Web Designer" and "Web Developer". Oftentimes, the two phrases are used interchangeably by someone who is not familiar with the industry. Perhaps the concept is irrelevant to a...
What is user segmentation? User segmentation is a term which is thrown around a lot within product-led teams, but what does it...
5th Jan 2022
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What is user segmentation?

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

5th Jan 2022
User segmentation is a term which is thrown around a lot within product-led teams, but what does it mean? In this article we'll explain what user…
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...
Agents as scaffolding for recurring tasks. One of my gifts/curses is an endless fixation with how processes can be optimized. For a brief...
12th Apr 2026
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Agents as scaffolding for recurring tasks.

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

12th Apr 2026
One of my gifts/curses is an endless fixation with how processes can be optimized. For a brief moment early in my career, that was focused on improving how humans collaborate, but that quickly switched to figuring out how we can minimize human involvement, and...
Moving in Big Cities: Lugg vs Clutter > 2026 update: used Lugg to move a sectional sofabed couch and ended up regretting it - it cost...
1st Nov 2024
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Moving in Big Cities: Lugg vs Clutter

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

1st Nov 2024
> 2026 update: used Lugg to move a sectional sofabed couch and ended up regretting it - it cost $222.51 one way (44min labor pickup 55min labor dropoff, which i think was fraud, no way dropoff cost more than pickup) and total base fare 38 + 14.5 fee. for the two way move price i...
Bike Brooklyn! zine I've been biking in Brooklyn for a few years now! It's hard for me to believe it, but I'm now one of...
23rd Apr 2025
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Bike Brooklyn! zine

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

23rd Apr 2025
I've been biking in Brooklyn for a few years now! It's hard for me to believe it, but I'm now one of the people other bicyclists ask questions to now. I decided to make a zine that answers the most common of those questions: Bike Brooklyn! is a zine that touches on everything I...
Supporting Disability Is Our Social Responsibility July is Disability Pride Month, an opportunity for us to consider how we’re serving our disabled...
2nd Jul 2025
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Supporting Disability Is Our Social Responsibility

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

2nd Jul 2025
July is Disability Pride Month, an opportunity for us to consider how we’re serving our disabled community and work on breaking down barriers to access. Last year we had the pleasure of being introduced to Florian—a fully blind cybersecurity enthusiast—and thanks to his feedback...
Thoughts on AMP Some time ago, a user asked about Google AMP support. At the time, I didn't know much about AMP...
23rd May 2017
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Thoughts on AMP

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

23rd May 2017
Some time ago, a user asked about Google AMP support. At the time, I didn't know much about AMP aside from it made pages load faster on mobile devices. It sounded neat. A couple weeks ago, I decided to dive in and integrate AMP with Postleaf. But the deeper I got, the more I...
Books I Read in 2018 Every year, GoodReads has a Reading Challenge, where you set how many books you want to read and...
31st Dec 2018
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Books I Read in 2018

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

31st Dec 2018
Every year, GoodReads has a Reading Challenge, where you set how many books you want to read and record them as you go. This year, I got serious about it, and it was a wonderful motivational device. I set a goal of two books per month, and I just eked it out over the finish line,...
Recently This’ll be the last Recently in 2025. It’s been a decent year for me, a pretty rough year for the...
1st Dec 2025
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Recently

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

1st Dec 2025
This’ll be the last Recently in 2025. It’s been a decent year for me, a pretty rough year for the rest of the world. I hope, for everyone, that 2026 sees the reversal of some of the current trends. Watching This video from Daniel Yang, who makes spectacular bikes of his...
All the bullshit I did as a kid (part 1?) My first computer, and the first computer I called a server
17th Jan 2024
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All the bullshit I did as a kid (part 1?)

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

17th Jan 2024
My first computer, and the first computer I called a server
Generative Fill or Degenerate Phil Generative fill in Adobe Photoshop (beta) is a pretty amazing tool to extend images. Background...
1st Jul 2023
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Generative Fill or Degenerate Phil

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Jul 2023
Generative fill in Adobe Photoshop (beta) is a pretty amazing tool to extend images. Background artists, web designers, print layout artists, or anybody who deals with incorrect aspect ratios or odd image dimentions will be thrilled by the output. The image below represents a...
1st Aug 2026
The Many Layers of Packaging The packaging gradient, and why PyPI isn't an app store. Update: I turned this post into a talk. The...
9th May 2017
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The Many Layers of Packaging

from Sedimental [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th May 2017
The packaging gradient, and why PyPI isn't an app store. Update: I turned this post into a talk. The video from PyBay is here, the slides are available here. The long-cut video from BayPiggies is coming, but the "Extended Edition" slides are here. One lesson threaded...
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...
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
Why I blog The reasons why I started blogging.
23rd Sep 2023
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Why I blog

from Florian Bellmann | Be curious, explore and meditate. [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Sep 2023
The reasons why I started blogging.
Yes, I will have coffee with you On meeting up in meatspace
14th Apr 2025
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Yes, I will have coffee with you

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

14th Apr 2025
On meeting up in meatspace
How to use ESM on the web and in Node.js ES (ECMAScript) Modules is a modern module format with many advantages over previous formats like...
3rd Sep 2022
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How to use ESM on the web and in Node.js

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Sep 2022
ES (ECMAScript) Modules is a modern module format with many advantages over previous formats like CommonJS. How do you switch to it?
What's "good" code and does it matter? I take pride in my work and in writing good code, and it's important sometimes to take a step back...
14th Oct 2020
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What's "good" code and does it matter?

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

14th Oct 2020
I take pride in my work and in writing good code, and it's important sometimes to take a step back and ask: what does that even mean? And does it matter? At a high level, "good code" is code that is suitable for its purpose and achieves its goals. That definition is pretty...
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3rd Jun 2022
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Send teasers of premium emails

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

3rd Jun 2022
Send teasers of premium emails
Startup identity & the sadness of a successful exit Many founders experience a profound and prolonged sadness after selling their company. But "not...
6th Aug 2023
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Startup identity & the sadness of a successful exit

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

6th Aug 2023
Many founders experience a profound and prolonged sadness after selling their company. But "not selling" might be worse. Maybe my story will help you.
Fight knowledge decay with a rich Incident Summary It only takes a few off-the-rails incidents in your software career to realize the importance of...
14th Jun 2024
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Fight knowledge decay with a rich Incident Summary

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

14th Jun 2024
It only takes a few off-the-rails incidents in your software career to realize the importance of writing things down. That’s why so many companies’ incident response protocols define a scribe role. The scribe’s job, generally, is to take notes on everything that happens. In other...
How I reverse-engineered Google Docs to play back any document’s keystrokes If you’ve ever typed anything into a Google Doc, you can now play it back as if it were a movie —...
10th Nov 2014
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How I reverse-engineered Google Docs to play back any document’s keystrokes

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

10th Nov 2014
If you’ve ever typed anything into a Google Doc, you can now play it back as if it were a movie — like traveling through time to look over your own shoulder as you write. This is possible because every document written in Google Docs since about May 2010 has a revision history...
Software I’m thankful for Software I’m thankful for 2021-11-25 A few of the things that come to mind, this thanksgiving. Most...
25th Nov 2021
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Software I’m thankful for

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

25th Nov 2021
Software I’m thankful for 2021-11-25 A few of the things that come to mind, this thanksgiving. Most Unix-ish APIs, from files to sockets are a bit of a mess today. Endless poorly documented sockopts, unexpected changes in write semantics across FSs and OSes, good luck trying to...
Why Are People Still Using C? C is second in the latest TIOBE list of the most popular languages. I find it hard to understand...
2nd Aug 2023
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Why Are People Still Using C?

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

2nd Aug 2023
C is second in the latest TIOBE list of the most popular languages. I find it hard to understand why, unless there is a lot of existing code to support, I can't fathom why anyone would start something new in 2023 in C. I first learned C in
My experience with burnout as a startup founder Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. In mid-2017, I hit burnout in a really big way...
28th Oct 2019
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My experience with burnout as a startup founder

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

28th Oct 2019
Note: this was originally posted on the Buffer blog. In mid-2017, I hit burnout in a really big way and wound up taking a 6-week break to recharge. I want to fully share my story here and include some things I wish I’d done differently in the hope
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...
Secure Random Numbers in Node.js Quick answer: use crypto.randomBytes() for cryptographically secure randomness in Node.js. const {...
3rd Jul 2019
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Secure Random Numbers in Node.js

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

3rd Jul 2019
Quick answer: use crypto.randomBytes() for cryptographically secure randomness in Node.js. const { randomBytes } = await import("node:crypto"); const buf = randomBytes(256); console.log(`${buf.length} bytes of random data: ${buf.toString("hex")}`); crypto.randomBytes() is a...
Will AI kill SaaS helpdesks? Do we even need helpdesk software? I mean, just give an AI agent a markdown skill file with your FAQ...
12th Jan 2026
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Will AI kill SaaS helpdesks?

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

12th Jan 2026
Do we even need helpdesk software? I mean, just give an AI agent a markdown skill file with your FAQ and canned responses and let it answer tickets - right? I (obviously) gave it a lot of thought recently and here's my take: If your entire support operation is one person...
Too much of a good thing: the trade-off we make with tests I've worked places where we aspired to (but did not reach) 100% code coverage. We used tools like a...
5th Feb 2024
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Too much of a good thing: the trade-off we make with tests

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

5th Feb 2024
I've worked places where we aspired to (but did not reach) 100% code coverage. We used tools like a code coverage ratchet to ensure that the test coverage always went up and never down. This had a few effects. One of them was the intended effect: we wrote more tests. Another was...
6th Mar 2013
2nd Jan 2025
Startup Markets, Summer 2022 Edition About a month ago, I wrote a tweet storm on the changing startup financing and employment...
6th Jul 2022
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Startup Markets, Summer 2022 Edition

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

6th Jul 2022
About a month ago, I wrote a tweet storm on the changing startup financing and employment environment. This blog captures aspects of that tweet storm and some of its predictions and extends them further. Like all predictions this is what I view as a highly likely scenario versus...
Culture vs systems. Recently, I had a chat with a friend who was frustrated by their company culture. They’d been...
3rd Feb 2023
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Culture vs systems.

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

3rd Feb 2023
Recently, I had a chat with a friend who was frustrated by their company culture. They’d been pushing the company to operate with more urgency, but didn’t feel like it was landing. “How do we,” they wondered, “get the team to recognize that urgency is essential to our success?”...
Refactoring internal documentation in Notion In our latest developer productivity survey, our documentation was the area with the second most...
5th Feb 2026
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Refactoring internal documentation in Notion

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

5th Feb 2026
In our latest developer productivity survey, our documentation was the area with the second most comments. This is a writeup of the concrete steps I took to see how much progress one person could make on improving the organization’s documentation while holding myself to a high...
Setting Up Free SSL for Static Sites on AWS Setting up SSL is a pain. Even using free certificate authorities like Let’s Encrypt are difficult...
10th Sep 2017
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Setting Up Free SSL for Static Sites on AWS

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

10th Sep 2017
Setting up SSL is a pain. Even using free certificate authorities like Let’s Encrypt are difficult to get working. For some time now, I’ve been looking for a cheap and easy way to set up SSL for static sites. AWS Certficate Manager I recently discovered AWS Certificate Manager...
My role as a founder CTO: Year Six Another year as a founder CTO, and let me tell you, it’s been one for the books. I can’t remember a...
8th Jan 2024
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My role as a founder CTO: Year Six

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

8th Jan 2024
Another year as a founder CTO, and let me tell you, it’s been one for the books. I can’t remember a time in my life that was more demanding and emotionally draining. Those early years were filled with hard work, but we were also full of energy, ambition to build, and the sense...
Setting Element Ordering With HTML Rewriter Using CSS After shipping my work transforming HTML with Netlify’s edge functions I realized I have a little...
2nd Jul 2025
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Setting Element Ordering With HTML Rewriter Using CSS

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

2nd Jul 2025
After shipping my work transforming HTML with Netlify’s edge functions I realized I have a little bug: the order of the icons specified in the URL doesn’t match the order in which they are displayed on screen. Why’s this happening? I have a bunch of links in my HTML document,...
Announcing Stack Overflow for Teams New product: Stack Overflow for Teams lets you direct questions to members of your own team,...
3rd May 2018
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Announcing Stack Overflow for Teams

from Joel on Software [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd May 2018
New product: Stack Overflow for Teams lets you direct questions to members of your own team, company, or organization. Read more "Announcing Stack Overflow for Teams"
Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford I’ll admit I’m a HUGE believer of advances in Artificial Intelligence. Deep learning or just general...
22nd Jun 2022
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Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

22nd Jun 2022
I’ll admit I’m a HUGE believer of advances in Artificial Intelligence. Deep learning or just general machine learning. From Bayesian beginnings to GANs and CNNs, I’m all about data, ML and all of the promises it’s future holds. The problems it can solve today seemed impossible...
Distributed, Asynchronous Git Syncing with NNCP I have a problem. I have a directory that I use with org-mode and org-roam. I want it to be synced...
18th Aug 2021
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Distributed, Asynchronous Git Syncing with NNCP

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

18th Aug 2021
I have a problem. I have a directory that I use with org-mode and org-roam. I want it to be synced across multiple machines. I also want to keep the history with git. And, I want to use end-to-end encryption (no storing a plain git repo on a remote server), have a serverless...
How to survive an acquisition Last week Facebook announced that they will be shutting down Parse.   I have so, so many feelings....
3rd Feb 2016
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How to survive an acquisition

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

3rd Feb 2016
Last week Facebook announced that they will be shutting down Parse.   I have so, so many feelings.  But this isn’t about my feelings now.  This is about what I wish I had known when we got acquired. When they told us we were getting acquired, it felt like a wrecking ball to the...
Most Software Was Already Slop As software engineers, we take pride in hand-written code and knowing how everything we build works...
2 weeks ago
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Most Software Was Already Slop

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

2 weeks ago
As software engineers, we take pride in hand-written code and knowing how everything we build works in detail. While there are many developers out there who build good software, there are many, many more who don’t. Yet we balk at the idea of vibe coding, even when it yields...
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...
Double your productivity without more work or stress People love to say that getting "1% better per day" makes you 37x better after a year, but this...
4th Aug 2024
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Double your productivity without more work or stress

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

4th Aug 2024
People love to say that getting "1% better per day" makes you 37x better after a year, but this obviously makes no sense. But 2x better is possible.
testing data structures per element Recently, Alex Kladov wrote on the TigerBeetle blog about swarm testing data structures. It’s a neat...
1st May 2025
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testing data structures per element

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

1st May 2025
Recently, Alex Kladov wrote on the TigerBeetle blog about swarm testing data structures. It’s a neat post about randomized testing with Zig. I wrote a comment with an idea that was new to Alex @matklad, so I’m reposing a longer version here. differential testing problems grow /...
Solution, Name that Ware May 2026 The Ware for May 2026 is, in FETguy’s words: “one of many large pc boards of a Rodgers Instrument Co...
30th Jun 2026
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Solution, Name that Ware May 2026

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

30th Jun 2026
The Ware for May 2026 is, in FETguy’s words: “one of many large pc boards of a Rodgers Instrument Co church organ. The core memory was used to store and recall settings of the organ’s “stops”. There were 5 core memory boards in this instrument which differ in how many words were...
Solo founders with profitable businesses, collected stories People sometimes wonder: can I have a successful business as a single founder? The answer is:...
23rd Jun 2017
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Solo founders with profitable businesses, collected stories

from Krzysztof Kowalczyk blog [alt+shift+b] in programming

23rd Jun 2017
People sometimes wonder: can I have a successful business as a single founder? The answer is: yes. This is a collection of solo-preneur success stories (with occasional 2 people bands). I only include businesses generating significant revenues. In this context it’s around $5k/mo...
Learning Gears > Translations welcome!...
19th Apr 2019
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Learning Gears

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

19th Apr 2019
> Translations welcome! ([Português](https://meleu.github.io/artigos-traduzidos/marchas-de-aprendizagem.html))
A Metaphorical Reading Collection A collection of my favourite books on conceptual metaphor theory
1st Jun 2020
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A Metaphorical Reading Collection

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

1st Jun 2020
A collection of my favourite books on conceptual metaphor theory
What I'm up to - July 2023 ✨ What I've been up to We finished moving back to NYC last month. I made a quick stopover to...
1st Jul 2023
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What I'm up to - July 2023

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

1st Jul 2023
✨ What I've been up to We finished moving back to NYC last month. I made a quick stopover to Canada for Tailwind Connect, where I met some interesting people and learned some new CSS techniques....
Handmade Seattle 2023 A couple of months ago I gave a talk “SQL’s Inner Workings” at Handmade Seattle 2023 conference with...
11th Jan 2024
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Handmade Seattle 2023

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

11th Jan 2024
A couple of months ago I gave a talk “SQL’s Inner Workings” at Handmade Seattle 2023 conference with the following abstract: An exposé by a whistleblower investigating the marketing claims of “It’s just the same old SQL you know.” Most databases nowadays provide an SQL interface...
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