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A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
14th Jan 2024
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A Practical Guide to Modular Monoliths with .NET

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

14th Jan 2024
Feeling too much friction from your microservices architecture? It's time to revisit monoliths.
Making Generative Art I saw Joshua Davis give a talk over 10 years ago, and I was mesmorized. Not just by how engaging he...
13th Jan 2024
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Making Generative Art

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

13th Jan 2024
I saw Joshua Davis give a talk over 10 years ago, and I was mesmorized. Not just by how engaging he was, but more so with the work he was doing with generative art. I had never heard of generative art before, but I immediately fell in love with the concept of it. I like to draw,...
A Programming Career By The Numbers As I continue to recover from some health issues that kept me from writing, I thought it might be...
11th Jan 2024
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A Programming Career By The Numbers

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

11th Jan 2024
As I continue to recover from some health issues that kept me from writing, I thought it might be interesting to describe my long career with numbers. If you wind up working for four decades, your experience may vary. Years Active: 1981-2021, totaling 39.5 years. Irrespective of...
Winning a Coding Contest Got Me a Free Trip to Japan I’m a 23 year old software engineer with four years of experience, and have been working in Poland...
11th Jan 2024
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Winning a Coding Contest Got Me a Free Trip to Japan

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Jan 2024
I’m a 23 year old software engineer with four years of experience, and have been working in Poland for the last two years. Half a year ago I visited Japan where I really fell in love with the people, culture, and food; it felt like a different planet. After I returned to Poland,...
We're building a better PostHog community by closing our public Slack One of the great things about being open source is that we’ve grown a vibrant community around the...
11th Jan 2024
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We're building a better PostHog community by closing our public Slack

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

11th Jan 2024
One of the great things about being open source is that we’ve grown a vibrant community around the project. Since launch we’ve accepted code from over…
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...
Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare Recently, The Verge asked, “where are all the robot trucks?” It’s a good question. Trucking was...
10th Jan 2024
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Why autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare

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

10th Jan 2024
Recently, The Verge asked, “where are all the robot trucks?” It’s a good question. Trucking was supposed to be the ideal first application of autonomous driving. Freeways contain predictable, highly structured driving scenarios. An autonomous truck would not have to deal with the...
Why transaction order matters, even if you’re only reading There are 4 isolation levels defined by the SQL standard, and Postgres supports them through the SET...
10th Jan 2024
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Why transaction order matters, even if you’re only reading

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

10th Jan 2024
There are 4 isolation levels defined by the SQL standard, and Postgres supports them through the SET TRANSACTION statement. They are: This last guarantee is one against serialization anomalies. A serialization anomaly is any sequence of events that produces a result that would be...
When Random Isn't This post is an anecdote from over a decade ago, of which I lost the actual code. So please forgive...
10th Jan 2024
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When Random Isn't

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

10th Jan 2024
This post is an anecdote from over a decade ago, of which I lost the actual code. So please forgive me if I do not accurately remember all the details. Some details are also simplified so that anyone that likes computer security can enjoy this article, not just those who have...
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
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The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica

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

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...
How to strategically approach technical improvements It's hard to make the right technical decisions in an active project. Particularly improvements...
9th Jan 2024
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How to strategically approach technical improvements

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

9th Jan 2024
It's hard to make the right technical decisions in an active project. Particularly improvements without direct business value are difficult to manage. In this post, we discuss some learnings from the battlefield on how improvements can be approached.
The True Purpose of Testing (article) Discover the true essence of automated testing and the difference between an implementation and...
8th Jan 2024
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The True Purpose of Testing (article)

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

8th Jan 2024
Discover the true essence of automated testing and the difference between an implementation and intention.
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...
Selling to Carol: Why targeting an ICP brings 10x more customers than you expected Targeting your "Ideal Customer Profile" (ICP) is the best way to differentiate and win sales, but...
7th Jan 2024
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7th Jan 2024
Targeting your "Ideal Customer Profile" (ICP) is the best way to differentiate and win sales, but does it limit your target market?
Tech Heroin Curtis dropped this post today, and I love the analogy. Liberals sell heroin, conservatives sell...
7th Jan 2024
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Tech Heroin

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

7th Jan 2024
Curtis dropped this post today, and I love the analogy. Liberals sell heroin, conservatives sell cocaine. Techno-Optimism is cocaine. Atlas Shrugged is cocaine. Futurism is cocaine. I am a progressive. A liberal. I believe in progress. I am not a conservative. Conservatives lose....
Speculative Calendar Events Designing tentative calendar events to solve complex scheduling problems
7th Jan 2024
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Speculative Calendar Events

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

7th Jan 2024
Designing tentative calendar events to solve complex scheduling problems
Speculative Calendar Events Designing tentative calendar events to solve complex scheduling problems
7th Jan 2024
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Speculative Calendar Events

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

7th Jan 2024
Designing tentative calendar events to solve complex scheduling problems
Indicating coarser Niche Zero grind settings When brewing filter coffee, it's common to come up against one of the main limitations of the Niche...
6th Jan 2024
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Indicating coarser Niche Zero grind settings

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

6th Jan 2024
When brewing filter coffee, it's common to come up against one of the main limitations of the Niche Zero grinder: the Niche Zero has no markings past the 50 mark. Fortunately, there's a really simple solution to this problem: Set your grinder to 50 and place a small piece of...
I conducted 60 interviews in 2 months — here's what I learned It's hard to believe, but, starting mid-october 2023 I conducted 60 technical interviews and hired...
6th Jan 2024
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I conducted 60 interviews in 2 months — here's what I learned

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

6th Jan 2024
It's hard to believe, but, starting mid-october 2023 I conducted 60 technical interviews and hired 10 people into our team. It's been extremely tiring: around 80 hours of active interviewing, plus writing interview reports, plus screening CVs and take-home assignments, plus...
Artificial Knowledge Creation How does creativity work and is it possible to bottle it up inside a computer? This is what we know...
5th Jan 2024
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Artificial Knowledge Creation

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

5th Jan 2024
How does creativity work and is it possible to bottle it up inside a computer? This is what we know so far.
OS 7 Updates and More OS 8 News It’s a new year and that means we’re back from the holidays with new updates! We’re now shipping the...
5th Jan 2024
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OS 7 Updates and More OS 8 News

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

5th Jan 2024
It’s a new year and that means we’re back from the holidays with new updates! We’re now shipping the latest GNOME Web which includes a new Tab Overview mode. Plus we’re shipping some updated icons for things like the animated downloads icon in the Headerbar and hardware access...
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
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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....
The Pulse: Will US companies hire fewer engineers due to Section 174? It’s rare that a tax change causes panic across the tech industry, but it’s happening in the US. If...
4th Jan 2024
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The Pulse: Will US companies hire fewer engineers due to Section 174?

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

4th Jan 2024
It’s rare that a tax change causes panic across the tech industry, but it’s happening in the US. If Section 174 tax changes stay, the US will be one of the least desirable countries to launch startups
Setting up Mikochi with Docker and Traefik Last year, I spent a little bit of time re-learning full-stack development and built Mikochi. The...
4th Jan 2024
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Setting up Mikochi with Docker and Traefik

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

4th Jan 2024
Last year, I spent a little bit of time re-learning full-stack development and built Mikochi. The project has since grown to version 1.3.1 and reached 100 stars on GitHub. This article aims to be a step-by-step guide on how to install it and configure it to use HTTPS with Docker...
Live Migrating from Raspberry Pi OS bullseye to Debian bookworm I’ve been getting annoyed with Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) for years now. It’s a fork of Debian, but...
3rd Jan 2024
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Live Migrating from Raspberry Pi OS bullseye to Debian bookworm

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

3rd Jan 2024
I’ve been getting annoyed with Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) for years now. It’s a fork of Debian, but manages to omit some of the most useful things. So I’ve decided to migrate all of my Pis to run pure Debian. These are my reasons: Raspberry Pi OS has, for years now, specified...
Being a good co-worker is your job now In the final part of this series on the world of work, we’ll talk about how not to suck at...
3rd Jan 2024
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Being a good co-worker is your job now

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

3rd Jan 2024
In the final part of this series on the world of work, we’ll talk about how not to suck at meetings.
My Fave New Podcasts of 2023 As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 4 years...
3rd Jan 2024
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My Fave New Podcasts of 2023

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

3rd Jan 2024
As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 4 years straight (see main 2019 list, then my 2020 and 2021 and 2022 diffs), so it's time to do year 5(!)
My Fave New Podcasts of 2023 As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 4 years...
3rd Jan 2024
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My Fave New Podcasts of 2023

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

3rd Jan 2024
As someone who does a lot of my learning via podcasts, I've been putting up picks lists for 4 years straight (see main 2019 list, then my 2020 and 2021 and 2022 diffs), so it's time to do year 5(!)
Increasingly miffed about the state of React releases by I am, relative to many, a sort of React apologist. Even though I’ve written at length about how it’s...
3rd Jan 2024
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Increasingly miffed about the state of React releases by

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

3rd Jan 2024
I am, relative to many, a sort of React apologist. Even though I’ve written at length about how it’s not good for every problem, I think React is a good solution to many problems. I think the React team has good intentions. Even though React is not a solution to everything, it a...
Oh shit banners I have worked for two newspapers over the course of my career (three if you count my high school...
3rd Jan 2024
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Oh shit banners

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

3rd Jan 2024
I have worked for two newspapers over the course of my career (three if you count my high school newspaper). One thing I learned there is that the top half of each and every newspaper homepage is a daily battle of priorities. The idea here is that the thing that is highest,...
3rd Jan 2024
How to Enjoy Your Next Conference Better Sometimes, when I go to a conference and mingle with people during lunch or a social event, I see...
3rd Jan 2024
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How to Enjoy Your Next Conference Better

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

3rd Jan 2024
Sometimes, when I go to a conference and mingle with people during lunch or a social event, I see someone sitting alone, looking at their phone, and not talking to anyone. At one social dinner, I saw a guy who spent one hour drinking two beers (everyone got them for free), ate...
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...
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...
What mammal is that? I was visiting my parents over Christmas, and they have a large dog called Ziva. I like to take...
2nd Jan 2024
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What mammal is that?

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jan 2024
I was visiting my parents over Christmas, and they have a large dog called Ziva. I like to take silly photos of the family pets, and this is one from last week that shows off a super-sized snoot: No Photoshop here, just my iPhone’s Ultra Wide camera held close to...
A Subtle Nicety of Fault Tolerance in HTML & CSS HTML and CSS are designed to be fault tolerant. Rather than failing completely when encountering...
2nd Jan 2024
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A Subtle Nicety of Fault Tolerance in HTML & CSS

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

2nd Jan 2024
HTML and CSS are designed to be fault tolerant. Rather than failing completely when encountering syntax they don’t understand — looking at you JS/SyntaxError — browsers will continue parsing HTML and CSS as best they can when you introduce incorrect syntax. For someone who is...
Green flags for investable founders Here are a few things I’ve seen founders do that made me confident in their ability and...
2nd Jan 2024
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Green flags for investable founders

from Ognjen Regoje • ognjen.io [alt+shift+b] in programming

2nd Jan 2024
Here are a few things I’ve seen founders do that made me confident in their ability and dedication. Elevator pitch in LinkedIn tagline A founder who is all in is constantly selling. That means their tagline will: a) be for their company, not for them b) be the sales pitch, not a...
New year, new calendar We’ve spent the last year tackling the number one request for our email service HEY.com: Adding a...
2nd Jan 2024
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New year, new calendar

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

2nd Jan 2024
We’ve spent the last year tackling the number one request for our email service HEY.com: Adding a calendar! And now, in celebration of the new year, it’s finally ready, and we’re rolling it out to the first customers starting today 🎉 See, it turns out that lots of people would...
My Text Edtior is Not Open Source My Text Edtior is Not Open Source 2024-01-02 I’ve been using Sublime Text on and off for longer than...
2nd Jan 2024
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My Text Edtior is Not Open Source

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

2nd Jan 2024
My Text Edtior is Not Open Source 2024-01-02 I’ve been using Sublime Text on and off for longer than I can remember. I think Sublime has been around since the start of my “real” career over 10 years ago, but I could be mistaken1. It certainly feels that long. And in that time I...
A new blog for 2024 It’s been a long time since I’ve published a blog post. Two whole years. Now we’ve reached 2024,...
2nd Jan 2024
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A new blog for 2024

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

2nd Jan 2024
It’s been a long time since I’ve published a blog post. Two whole years. Now we’ve reached 2024, it’s time for a complete refresh.
Predictability. Right now I’m reading Michael S. Malone’s The Big Score, and one thing that I love about it is how...
1st Jan 2024
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Predictability.

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

1st Jan 2024
Right now I’m reading Michael S. Malone’s The Big Score, and one thing that I love about it is how much it believes that key individuals drive and create industries. It’s an infectious belief, and a necessary one to write a concise, coherent narrative story about the origins of...
Some notes on NixOS Hello! Over the holidays I decided it might be fun to run NixOS on one of my servers, as part of my...
1st Jan 2024
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Some notes on NixOS

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

1st Jan 2024
Hello! Over the holidays I decided it might be fun to run NixOS on one of my servers, as part of my continuing experiments with Nix. My motivation for this was that previously I was using Ansible to provision the server, but then I’d ad hoc installed a bunch of stuff on...
Treats from git's contrib tools🍭 .title { text-wrap: balance } The intention is to keep interesting tools around git here,...
1st Jan 2024
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Treats from git's contrib tools🍭

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

1st Jan 2024
.title { text-wrap: balance } The intention is to keep interesting tools around git here, maybe even experimental ones Junio C Hamano, git/contrib/README Git bundles handy tools along with its source repo. They live in a directory named contrib—short for contributed...
I found some of my first code! Annotating and reflecting on robotics code from 2009. In high school, one of my teachers shattered my plans for my life, in the most beautiful way. Most...
1st Jan 2024
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I found some of my first code! Annotating and reflecting on robotics code from 2009.

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

1st Jan 2024
In high school, one of my teachers shattered my plans for my life, in the most beautiful way. Most of my life, I'd intended to become a math professional of some sort: a math teacher, when that was all I saw math for; an actuary, when I started to learn more; and then a...
2023 Book Roundup My goal for 2023 was to read 24 books. I read 21, just shy of 22. I don't get particularly hung up...
1st Jan 2024
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2023 Book Roundup

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

1st Jan 2024
My goal for 2023 was to read 24 books. I read 21, just shy of 22. I don't get particularly hung up on whether or not I met my goal unless it's really abysmally off target. I ended up reading many 700+ page fantasy books this year so when I average that out, that's nearly 3...
What I'm up to - January 2024 Happy New Year! Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social...
1st Jan 2024
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What I'm up to - January 2024

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

1st Jan 2024
Happy New Year! Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in December - Published updates to Booklet, including a design refresh, dynamic op...
What I'm up to - January 2024 Happy New Year! Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social...
1st Jan 2024
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What I'm up to - January 2024

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

1st Jan 2024
Happy New Year! Here's my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in December - Published updates to Booklet, including a design refresh, dynamic op...
Happy New Year: GPT in 500 lines of SQL Translations: Russian This year, the talk of the town was AI and how it can do everything for you. I...
31st Dec 2023
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Happy New Year: GPT in 500 lines of SQL

from EXPLAIN EXTENDED [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Dec 2023
Translations: Russian This year, the talk of the town was AI and how it can do everything for you. I like it when someone or something does everything for me. To this end, I decided to ask ChatGPT to write my New Year's post: "Hey ChatGPT. Can you implement a large language model...
A review of the blog in 2023 2023 was a busy year so I did not spend a lot of time blogging, unfortunately. It was only in...
31st Dec 2023
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A review of the blog in 2023

from Ognjen Regoje • ognjen.io [alt+shift+b] in programming

31st Dec 2023
2023 was a busy year so I did not spend a lot of time blogging, unfortunately. It was only in December that I had meaningful time for writing. In the 2022 review I set a few targets for the blog in 2023: Targets for 2023 ❎ Publish at least 40 posts 14 ✅ Reach at least 150k...
I have not failed enough I was recently listening through the How to succeed at failing series on the Freakonomics podcast...
30th Dec 2023
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I have not failed enough

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

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...
Care about how the work is done High performers care deeply not just about doing the work but how it’s done.
30th Dec 2023
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Care about how the work is done

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

30th Dec 2023
High performers care deeply not just about doing the work but how it’s done.
Things I enjoyed in 2023 Things I watched, read, played, got into, enjoyed, or did and would do again, in 2023.
30th Dec 2023
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Things I enjoyed in 2023

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

30th Dec 2023
Things I watched, read, played, got into, enjoyed, or did and would do again, in 2023.
2023: The Rollercoaster Job hunting Freelancing Side Projects NativePHP Spred Veliance & Laradir Streaming Personal...
29th Dec 2023
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2023: The Rollercoaster

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

29th Dec 2023
Job hunting Freelancing Side Projects NativePHP Spred Veliance & Laradir Streaming Personal Things This year has been quite a ride! 🎢 It's felt like the first real year since 2020 that things have been somewhat "normal". However, looking back, it's been anything but...
The Grumpy Cricket (And Other Enormous Creatures) This Christmas, one of my gifts to my kids was a text adventure (interactive fiction) game for them....
25th Dec 2023
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The Grumpy Cricket (And Other Enormous Creatures)

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

25th Dec 2023
This Christmas, one of my gifts to my kids was a text adventure (interactive fiction) game for them. Now that they’ve enjoyed it, I’m releasing it under the GPL v3. As interactive fiction, it’s like an e-book, but the reader is also the player, guiding the exploration of the...
How To Quiet Down Your 3D Printer When I first got my 3D printer, I built an enclosure to protect it from dust, maintain a consistent...
24th Dec 2023
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How To Quiet Down Your 3D Printer

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

24th Dec 2023
When I first got my 3D printer, I built an enclosure to protect it from dust, maintain a consistent temperature, and minimize noise. I was surprised to find that the enclosure didn’t reduce noise that significantly. I then placed a patio paver under my printer, which made it...
A Beginner's Guide to Continuous Integration in Python Imagine this: you're working on a Python project, and you're annoyed that each time you create a new...
23rd Dec 2023
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A Beginner's Guide to Continuous Integration in Python

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

23rd Dec 2023
Imagine this: you're working on a Python project, and you're annoyed that each time you create a new merge (or pull) request, you must remember to run tests. Or maybe you configured your code editor to run black each time you save a file, but your colleagues didn't. Every time...
Negotiable Abstractions 2023/12/21 Negotiable Abstractions When I used to write more software and do more architecture...
21st Dec 2023
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Negotiable Abstractions

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

21st Dec 2023
2023/12/21 Negotiable Abstractions When I used to write more software and do more architecture professionally (I still do, but less intensively so with the SRE title), one of the most important questions I'd seek answers to was "how do I cut this up?" Or more accurately, "how do...
Dispatch 002: Making a new medium and other recaps It’s always nice to celebrate publications and presenting our research in public, but much of our...
21st Dec 2023
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Dispatch 002: Making a new medium and other recaps

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

21st Dec 2023
It’s always nice to celebrate publications and presenting our research in public, but much of our work are ongoing journeys. So, in this end of the year dispatch we wanted to share some recaps and talk a bit about one of our longest standing research tracks: programmable ink.
10 ways to speed up web image loading Images are one of the most significant contributors to slow websites. Here is how you can prevent...
19th Dec 2023
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10 ways to speed up web image loading

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

19th Dec 2023
Images are one of the most significant contributors to slow websites. Here is how you can prevent this.
My racism at accents Interesting NPR segment today: A powerful eruption on the sun disrupted radio signals on...
17th Dec 2023
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My racism at accents

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

17th Dec 2023
Interesting NPR segment today: A powerful eruption on the sun disrupted radio signals on earth. What’s remarkable is it’s a PhD candidate talking to an NPR host about solar flares, completely in two Southern Black accents. Two women, at that. I am dismayed at my own involuntary...
Switching Things Over to ikiwiki Switching Things Over to ikiwiki 2023-12-17 I’ve done it again. My personal website is no longer...
17th Dec 2023
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Switching Things Over to ikiwiki

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

17th Dec 2023
Switching Things Over to ikiwiki 2023-12-17 I’ve done it again. My personal website is no longer generated with barf but is instead built on top of ikiwiki. The old RSS feed (btxx.org/atom.xml) still exists but will no longer receive updates. The new feed can be found on the...
The New Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen Some might remember a book I released in 2016, “The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen”. A...
16th Dec 2023
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The New Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen

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

16th Dec 2023
Some might remember a book I released in 2016, “The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen”. A lot has changed in the world since then, and Shenzhen is no exception. There’s a new maintainer of the guide, Naomi Wu (@realsexycyborg), and she is crowdfunding an updated, new...
I'm still fed up and a browser is coming along fine I'm still fed up and a browser is coming along fine
16th Dec 2023
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I'm still fed up and a browser is coming along fine

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

16th Dec 2023
I'm still fed up and a browser is coming along fine
My spaghetti carbonara recipe In recent weeks I have been obsessed with carbonara: I have probably been eating it far too...
15th Dec 2023
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My spaghetti carbonara recipe

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

15th Dec 2023
In recent weeks I have been obsessed with carbonara: I have probably been eating it far too frequently. Here’s my recipe. It works well for 1 - 3 people but gets unweildy at larger quantities. ingredients Rough quantities per person: 100g pasta Spaghetti is traditional but I’ll...
Why Should You (Or Anyone) Become An Engineering Manager? The first piece I ever wrote about engineering management, The Engineer/Manager Pendulum, was...
15th Dec 2023
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Why Should You (Or Anyone) Become An Engineering Manager?

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

15th Dec 2023
The first piece I ever wrote about engineering management, The Engineer/Manager Pendulum, was written as a love letter to a friend of mine who was unhappy at work. He was an engineering director at a large and fast-growing startup, where he had substantially built out the entire...
Observer Theory The Concept of the Observer We call it perception. We call it measurement. We call it analysis. But...
11th Dec 2023
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Observer Theory

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

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 […]
Concurrent locks and MultiXacts in Postgres Pretty recently, I was troubleshooting a performance issue in a production Rails app backed by...
11th Dec 2023
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Concurrent locks and MultiXacts in Postgres

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

11th Dec 2023
Pretty recently, I was troubleshooting a performance issue in a production Rails app backed by Postgres. There was this one class of query that would get slower and slower over the course of about an hour. The exact pathology is a tale for another time, but the investigation led...
Video subtitles, captions, audio descriptions and transcripts As I was preparing the requirements for an accessible web video player, there was some confusion...
11th Dec 2023
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Video subtitles, captions, audio descriptions and transcripts

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

11th Dec 2023
As I was preparing the requirements for an accessible web video player, there was some confusion around subtitles, closed captions, audio descriptions and transcripts. In this post, I use interactive examples to show the difference. I also provide related success criteria from...
Video subtitles, captions, audio descriptions and transcripts As I was preparing the requirements for an accessible web video player, there was some confusion...
11th Dec 2023
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Video subtitles, captions, audio descriptions and transcripts

from Dariusz Winkler | Software development [alt+shift+b] in programming

11th Dec 2023
As I was preparing the requirements for an accessible web video player, there was some confusion around subtitles, closed captions, audio descriptions and transcripts. In this post, I use interactive examples to show the difference. I also provide related success criteria from...
What is HiFi I grew up in a home where music was always playing. My father repaired electronics, so an endless...
10th Dec 2023
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What is HiFi

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

10th Dec 2023
I grew up in a home where music was always playing. My father repaired electronics, so an endless stream of speakers, amplifiers, turntables, and TVs passed through the household. And all of it had to be tested, of course. At max volume. Sometimes at odd hours. While that was...
Process Debt I’m sure you’ve worked at companies where you felt that they were moving slowly and it was not even...
10th Dec 2023
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Process Debt

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

10th Dec 2023
I’m sure you’ve worked at companies where you felt that they were moving slowly and it was not even worth […] The post Process Debt appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Generative Art on a Round TFT Display I spent a lovely snowy afternoon using Adobe Firefly to generate images to for a 2.1″ 480x480px...
9th Dec 2023
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Generative Art on a Round TFT Display

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in programming

9th Dec 2023
I spent a lovely snowy afternoon using Adobe Firefly to generate images to for a 2.1″ 480x480px round TFT display. The results look amazing. Using the IOT capable Adafruit Qualia Board and 2.1″ Round TFT with capacitive touch it’s programmed using CircuitPython. I look forward to...
Telling mechanize how to find local issuer certificates I was doing some work on my library lookup tool recently, and I ran into an issue with mechanize,...
7th Dec 2023
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Telling mechanize how to find local issuer certificates

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

7th Dec 2023
I was doing some work on my library lookup tool recently, and I ran into an issue with mechanize, the Python library I use to simulate a web browser. I’d upgraded my version of Python and mechanize, and now I wasn’t able to connect to HTTPS sites. If I tried a simple...
You are never taught how to build quality software Learning how to build quality software is not part of computer science education. How do we learn...
7th Dec 2023
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You are never taught how to build quality software

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

7th Dec 2023
Learning how to build quality software is not part of computer science education. How do we learn it?
Detecting offensive words with Mistral AI 7B When working on a simple one-time passphrase generator, I stumbled upon the issue of offensive words...
6th Dec 2023
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Detecting offensive words with Mistral AI 7B

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

6th Dec 2023
When working on a simple one-time passphrase generator, I stumbled upon the issue of offensive words coming up in the output displayed to users. To solve this problem, I needed a way to detect and filter them out automatically. Do you really need an LLM for that? The problem of...
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...
4th Dec 2023
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Simple Analytics AI

from Blog of Simple Analytics [alt+shift+b] in programming

4th Dec 2023
Mounting git commits as folders with NFS Hello! The other day, I started wondering – has anyone ever made a FUSE filesystem for a git...
4th Dec 2023
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Mounting git commits as folders with NFS

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

4th Dec 2023
Hello! The other day, I started wondering – has anyone ever made a FUSE filesystem for a git repository where all every commit is a folder? It turns out the answer is yes! There’s giblefs, GitMounter, and git9 for Plan 9. But FUSE is pretty annoying to use on Mac – you need to...
How Google takes the pain out of code reviews, with 97% dev satisfaction A study of Google's code review tooling (Critique), AI-powered improvements, and recent statistics
4th Dec 2023
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How Google takes the pain out of code reviews, with 97% dev satisfaction

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

4th Dec 2023
A study of Google's code review tooling (Critique), AI-powered improvements, and recent statistics
The 9 best mobile app A/B testing tools A/B tests are a great way to confirm that your product changes have the intended effects. When it...
4th Dec 2023
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The 9 best mobile app A/B testing tools

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

4th Dec 2023
A/B tests are a great way to confirm that your product changes have the intended effects. When it comes to mobile apps, there are many different A/B…
Branchless Lomuto Partitioning A partition function accepts as input an array of elements, and a function returning a bool (a...
4th Dec 2023
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Branchless Lomuto Partitioning

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

4th Dec 2023
A partition function accepts as input an array of elements, and a function returning a bool (a predicate) which indicates if an element should be in the first, or second partition. Then it returns two arrays, the two partitions: def partition(v, pred): first = [x for x in v...
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...
CSS Media Query for Scripting Support Chrome 120 was released last week and in this version, we got the CSS Media Query for scripting...
4th Dec 2023
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CSS Media Query for Scripting Support

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

4th Dec 2023
Chrome 120 was released last week and in this version, we got the CSS Media Query for scripting support. Simply, this media query allows you to test whether scripting language are available and tailor page content and styles depending on support. Media query syntax # There are...
Booklet's architecture Booklet is a modern email group software from Contraption Company. Think "Google Groups," but with a...
4th Dec 2023
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Booklet's architecture

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

4th Dec 2023
Booklet is a modern email group software from Contraption Company. Think "Google Groups," but with a modern interface and features. If you haven't tried Booklet, here is a 3-minute video showing how it works. In this post, I'll share technical details about how I
Running Dolphin Locally with Ollama Wanna chat with Dolphin locally? (no internet connection needed) Here is the easy way -...
3rd Dec 2023
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Running Dolphin Locally with Ollama

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

3rd Dec 2023
Wanna chat with Dolphin locally? (no internet connection needed) Here is the easy way - Ollama. install ollama. after you finsh you should be able to run ollama from the command line. Also you will see the ollama icon up top like this: Iff you are curious - anytime you see that...
Strings, encodings, NULs and Bazel A story on how strings without NULs are problematic for interop with the OS
3rd Dec 2023
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Strings, encodings, NULs and Bazel

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

3rd Dec 2023
A story on how strings without NULs are problematic for interop with the OS
How I Take and Publish Notes I publish notes at notes.jim-nielsen.com. I’ve written about why I made that site as well as some of...
3rd Dec 2023
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How I Take and Publish Notes

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

3rd Dec 2023
I publish notes at notes.jim-nielsen.com. I’ve written about why I made that site as well as some of my favorite aspects of its design. But I’ve yet to write about how I take and publish notes to it. The other day Bill Beckelman emailed me and told me he made a similar site of...
Change: Damned if you do, damned more if you don't Everyone wants change, but doesn't want to change. Though inevitable, change is uncomfortable and...
3rd Dec 2023
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Change: Damned if you do, damned more if you don't

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

3rd Dec 2023
Everyone wants change, but doesn't want to change. Though inevitable, change is uncomfortable and exhausting. Manage it with kindness.
Marbled V60-style coffee cone, 2023 Sedimentary rock / canyons / weathering and erosion
2nd Dec 2023
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Marbled V60-style coffee cone, 2023

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

2nd Dec 2023
Sedimentary rock / canyons / weathering and erosion
Fourways Mall It’s Saturday at 1:37pm. I’ve been sitting in the 2nd floor parking trying to muster the energy to...
2nd Dec 2023
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Fourways Mall

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

2nd Dec 2023
It’s Saturday at 1:37pm. I’ve been sitting in the 2nd floor parking trying to muster the energy to walk in there to do everything on my to-do list: buy bread rolls for the kids’ lunch, new school shoes for Khanyi, check on the price of a new iron, and maybe just maybe upgrade my...
A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed For 3 years straight, the DevTernity conference listed non-existent Coinbase employees as featured...
2nd Dec 2023
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A Tech Conference Listed Fake Speakers for Years: I Accidentally Noticed

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

2nd Dec 2023
For 3 years straight, the DevTernity conference listed non-existent Coinbase employees as featured speakers. When were they added and what could have the motivation been?
How Jeremy Singer-Vine uses Buttondown Jeremy publishes Data Is Plural, a "weekly journal of useful/curious datasets" that uses Buttondown...
2nd Dec 2023
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How Jeremy Singer-Vine uses Buttondown

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

2nd Dec 2023
Jeremy publishes Data Is Plural, a "weekly journal of useful/curious datasets" that uses Buttondown to manage subscribers and send emails
Create technical leverage: workflow improvements & product capabilities More than a decade ago, I typed up a few paragraphs of notes, titled it “Building Technical...
1st Dec 2023
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Create technical leverage: workflow improvements & product capabilities

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

1st Dec 2023
More than a decade ago, I typed up a few paragraphs of notes, titled it “Building Technical Leverage,” and proceeded to forget about it. Those notes were from a meeting with Kevin Scott, then SVP Engineering at LinkedIn, while we wandered the Valley trying to convince potential...
Recently I saw Tim Hecker at Pioneer Works, and was astounded by the opener, Mizu. Bought the album as soon...
1st Dec 2023
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Recently

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

1st Dec 2023
I saw Tim Hecker at Pioneer Works, and was astounded by the opener, Mizu. Bought the album as soon as I got home. It is, crudely explained, like if Zoë Keating dialed up the synths and pedals and rhythm, and it was also a remarkable live show. Distant Intervals by MIZU Reading I...
The UX of HTML by Vasilis van Gemert Recently when I gave a coding assignment — an art directed web page about a...
1st Dec 2023
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The UX of HTML

from HTMHell [alt+shift+b] in programming

1st Dec 2023
by Vasilis van Gemert Recently when I gave a coding assignment — an art directed web page about a font — a student asked: does it have to be semantic and shit? The whole class looked up, curious about the answer — please let it be no! I answered that no, it doesn’t have to be...
Basecamp code runs 18% faster with YJIT Basecamp runs ~18% faster with YJIT. In this post I’ll share our setup, and the performance...
1st Dec 2023
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Basecamp code runs 18% faster with YJIT

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

1st Dec 2023
Basecamp runs ~18% faster with YJIT. In this post I’ll share our setup, and the performance improvements we achieved. Our setup Basecamp is currently running Ruby 3.3.0-preview3 and Rails Edge (master branch). We configure YJIT in our servers via RUBYOPT=--yjit-disable...
1st Dec 2023
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December 2023

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

1st Dec 2023
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
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2023

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

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.
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
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The Boot.dev Beat. December 2023

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

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.
What I'm up to - December 2023 This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Dec 2023
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What I'm up to - December 2023

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

1st Dec 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in November - Started writing some essays about online work, dependability, tools, and craft on t...
What I'm up to - December 2023 This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I...
1st Dec 2023
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What I'm up to - December 2023

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

1st Dec 2023
This is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in November - Started writing some essays about online work, dependability, tools, and craft on t...
1st Dec 2023
Racy git magic Exploting a long-standing git bug for my own amusement. And I think there is one known race: the...
30th Nov 2023
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Racy git magic

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

30th Nov 2023
Exploting a long-standing git bug for my own amusement. And I think there is one known race: the index mtime itself is not race-free. – Linus Torvalds, Re:git bugs, 2008 A well-known race condition skulks through git’s plumbing. And I can demo it via a git magic trick 🪄1 $ tree...
I Fight For The Users If you haven't been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year (if that), I...
30th Nov 2023
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I Fight For The Users

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

30th Nov 2023
If you haven't been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year (if that), I can't blame you. There's a lot going on right now. It's a busy time. But let's pause and take
Making noisy SVGs Addendum Dec 7, 2023 One of my ongoing fixations with the web is how improvements in technology...
30th Nov 2023
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Making noisy SVGs

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

30th Nov 2023
Addendum Dec 7, 2023 One of my ongoing fixations with the web is how improvements in technology inform web design. In an earlier post this…
Tailwind has a scalability problem. How can we solve that? While there are many benefits to using Tailwind, it also comes with unique challenges when scaling....
29th Nov 2023
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Tailwind has a scalability problem. How can we solve that?

from ByteofDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

29th Nov 2023
While there are many benefits to using Tailwind, it also comes with unique challenges when scaling. Luckily, there are solutions to this.
Using fewer parts Fewer parts make for better software and better products.
26th Nov 2023
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Using fewer parts

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

26th Nov 2023
Fewer parts make for better software and better products.
Unshackling Artificial Minds Humans, by nature, seem to be drawn to pessimism. It's a tendency rooted deep within us, a product...
23rd Nov 2023
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Unshackling Artificial Minds

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

23rd Nov 2023
Humans, by nature, seem to be drawn to pessimism. It's a tendency rooted deep within us, a product of Entropy, the law of nature that dictates it is easier to destroy than to create. And here we are, on the cusp of creating not just something new, but
22nd Nov 2023
An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful...
21st Nov 2023
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An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid

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

21st Nov 2023
CSS Grid is an incredibly powerful tool for building layouts on the web, but like all powerful tools, there's a significant learning curve. In this tutorial, we'll build a mental model for how CSS Grid works and how we can use it effectively. I'll share the biggest 💡 lightbulb...
My experience with Vulcanus in Japan, a training programme for EU engineering students My journey in Japan started in a slightly unconventional way. While there are several paths to enter...
21st Nov 2023
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21st Nov 2023
My journey in Japan started in a slightly unconventional way. While there are several paths to enter the country, such as a working holiday visa, English teaching, or getting hired by one of the [many wonderful companies](http://www.tokyodev.com/companies), posting jobs on...
A Gap in the TrustZone preset settings for the LPC55S69 We’re very excited to have announced the general availability of our cloud computer. As part of this...
20th Nov 2023
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A Gap in the TrustZone preset settings for the LPC55S69

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

20th Nov 2023
We’re very excited to have announced the general availability of our cloud computer. As part of this work, we continue to build on top of the LPC55S69 from NXP as our Root of Trust. We’ve discovered some gaps when using TrustZone preset settings on the LPC55S69 that can allow for...
Setenv is not Thread Safe and C Doesn't Want to Fix It You can't safely use the C setenv() or unsetenv() functions in a program that uses threads. Those...
19th Nov 2023
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Setenv is not Thread Safe and C Doesn't Want to Fix It

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

19th Nov 2023
You can't safely use the C setenv() or unsetenv() functions in a program that uses threads. Those functions modify global state, and can cause other threads calling getenv() to crash. This also causes crashes in other languages that use those C standard library functions, such as...
Thoughts on Framework Churn I often worry about framework churn. A lot. But using a framework isn't a bad thing. After all, they...
16th Nov 2023
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Thoughts on Framework Churn

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

16th Nov 2023
I often worry about framework churn. A lot. But using a framework isn't a bad thing. After all, they save time. They help you build things faster. Yes, there are costs associated with frameworks later on, especially as new versions come out and your app instantly feels like...
Build a career path by multiplying your value Oftentimes senior developers lack ideas on where to go next. Let's try to explore some ideas.
15th Nov 2023
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Build a career path by multiplying your value

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

15th Nov 2023
Oftentimes senior developers lack ideas on where to go next. Let's try to explore some ideas.
It’s More Important To Recognize What Direction People Are Moving Than Where They Are I recently read a post on social media that went something like this (paraphrased): “If you buy an...
14th Nov 2023
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14th Nov 2023
I recently read a post on social media that went something like this (paraphrased): “If you buy an EV, you’re part of the problem. You’re advancing car culture and are actively hurting the planet. The only ethical thing to do is ditch your cars and put all your effort into...
Should I Have a Blog? Yes. Or did you expect a different answer? You came to a blog to read an article on whether you...
14th Nov 2023
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Should I Have a Blog?

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

14th Nov 2023
Yes. Or did you expect a different answer? You came to a blog to read an article on whether you should have a blog. Did you really think, even for a split second, the answer would be, "No, you shouldn't. And thinking about it, I'm closing my blog too. Sayōnara!" Blogs are great....
How one line of code caused a $60 million loss 60,000 people lost full phone service, half of AT&T's network was down, and 500 airline flights were...
13th Nov 2023
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How one line of code caused a $60 million loss

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

13th Nov 2023
60,000 people lost full phone service, half of AT&T's network was down, and 500 airline flights were delayed
Your database skills are not ‘good to have’ A MySQL war story It’s 2006, and the New York Magazine digital team set out to create a new search...
12th Nov 2023
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Your database skills are not ‘good to have’

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

12th Nov 2023
A MySQL war story It’s 2006, and the New York Magazine digital team set out to create a new search experience for its Fashion Week portal. It was one of those projects where technical feasibility was not even discussed with the tech team - a common occurrence back then. Agile...
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...
How to clean up after your NextJS dev server Sometimes you need to modify files when building a web application that must be reverted before...
10th Nov 2023
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How to clean up after your NextJS dev server

from SOS [alt+shift+b] in programming

10th Nov 2023
Sometimes you need to modify files when building a web application that must be reverted before committing. In my case I’m building a Chrome extension that reads from a NextJS based web service, and when I’m working on the browser extension it reads from http://localhost:3005, so...
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...
One year of dependable software Today I'm introducing a new part of Contraption Company: Essays covering thoughts and opinions on...
10th Nov 2023
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One year of dependable software

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

10th Nov 2023
Today I'm introducing a new part of Contraption Company: Essays covering thoughts and opinions on online work, dependability, tools, and craft. My name is Philip, and I'm the founder and owner of Contraption Company. I started this company as an idea in February 2020. I tinkered
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...
How to apply Hilltop's Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English patch on Linux Haven't blogged in awhile, so here’s a quickie. Last week, Hilltop released an English patch for...
8th Nov 2023
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How to apply Hilltop's Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English patch on Linux

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Nov 2023
Haven't blogged in awhile, so here’s a quickie. Last week, Hilltop released an English patch for Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, which finally makes the Japan exclusive PS2 game accessible to us English speaking folks. The README explains how to apply the patch on Windows or via a web...
How to apply Hilltop's Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English patch on Linux Haven't blogged in awhile, so here’s a quickie. Last week, Hilltop released an English patch for...
8th Nov 2023
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How to apply Hilltop's Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 English patch on Linux

from dthompson [alt+shift+b] in programming

8th Nov 2023
Haven't blogged in awhile, so here’s a quickie. Last week, Hilltop released an English patch for Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, which finally makes the Japan exclusive PS2 game accessible to us English speaking folks. The README explains how to apply the patch on Windows or via a web...
Building Basecamp project stacks with Hotwire It’s been two decades since Rails changed the way we build web apps. As the demand for richer and...
7th Nov 2023
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Building Basecamp project stacks with Hotwire

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

7th Nov 2023
It’s been two decades since Rails changed the way we build web apps. As the demand for richer and richer UIs grew, teams came up with different frontends to deliver on those expectations. Client-side frameworks such as Angular, Ember, and React emerged as popular choices. One of...
My Own AI Server Cluster When a16z generously sponsored Dolphin, I had some compute budget, and because the original...
6th Nov 2023
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My Own AI Server Cluster

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

6th Nov 2023
When a16z generously sponsored Dolphin, I had some compute budget, and because the original dolphin-13b was a flop, I had some time to go back to the drawing board. When I was ready to train the next iteration, I reconsidered whether to rent or buy the compute for the build. I...
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...
Accessibility is a requirement, not a feature Stop me if you've heard this one before: "We're putting accessibility (features) on the roadmap." Or...
6th Nov 2023
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Accessibility is a requirement, not a feature

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

6th Nov 2023
Stop me if you've heard this one before: "We're putting accessibility (features) on the roadmap." Or this one: "We don't need to make it accessible since we don't have any blind users 1 ." It belies an attitude that's all too common in the software industry: That accessibility...
Mental health resets in nature I love a bougie experience. A nice hotel, a nice restaurant. But I also love a grueling hike that...
6th Nov 2023
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Mental health resets in nature

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

6th Nov 2023
I love a bougie experience. A nice hotel, a nice restaurant. But I also love a grueling hike that leads to some truly stunning nature that isn't accessible to many people. Growing up in Washington and spending the last 16 years in Bellingham and Seattle placed me in the midst of...
Put that Framework Down Before Someone Gets Hurt There is only one question that ignites my inner rage more than “How do I get a developer job in 3...
6th Nov 2023
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Put that Framework Down Before Someone Gets Hurt

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

6th Nov 2023
There is only one question that ignites my inner rage more than “How do I get a developer job in 3 months?”? That question is:
Put that Framework Down Before Someone Gets Hurt There is only one question that ignites my inner rage more than “How do I get a developer job in 3...
6th Nov 2023
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Put that Framework Down Before Someone Gets Hurt

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

6th Nov 2023
There is only one question that ignites my inner rage more than “How do I get a developer job in 3 months?”? That question is:
Product/Market Fit: Experience & Data Companies that achieve Product/Market Fit -- both self-funded and VC-funded -- exhibit the same...
5th Nov 2023
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Product/Market Fit: Experience & Data

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

5th Nov 2023
Companies that achieve Product/Market Fit -- both self-funded and VC-funded -- exhibit the same prototypical metrics curves and subjective experiences.
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
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End-to-end tool testing with Bazel and shtk

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

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?
Habits of great software engineers The role of a software developer often gets distilled down to a singular activity: coding. While...
4th Nov 2023
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Habits of great software engineers

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

4th Nov 2023
The role of a software developer often gets distilled down to a singular activity: coding. While coding is undeniably the […] The post Habits of great software engineers appeared first on Vadim Kravcenko.
Disrupt the Government I watched this video about South Africa and it clarified the plan. You disrupt the government by...
4th Nov 2023
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Disrupt the Government

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

4th Nov 2023
I watched this video about South Africa and it clarified the plan. You disrupt the government by providing 10x better versions of all of the services that it provides. The key thing the government is supposed to be able to do is infrastructure. Most of the wealth that we give to...
Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible...
3rd Nov 2023
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Aggregation and Tiling as Multicomputational Processes

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

3rd Nov 2023
The Importance of Multiway Systems It’s all about systems where there can in effect be many possible paths of history. In a typical standard computational system like a cellular automaton, there’s always just one path, defined by evolution from one state to the next. But in a...
Being a minor AI public figure I was recently involved in moderating a chat with Kanjun Qiu of Imbue at the MIT AI conf:...
3rd Nov 2023
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Being a minor AI public figure

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

3rd Nov 2023
I was recently involved in moderating a chat with Kanjun Qiu of Imbue at the MIT AI conf: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNJ9i78ICeg2YuemyAXmtStKvqr9l0Tao3xQWxmeAVjBALHn_NnFvPXFlNSkdMfqA?pli=1&key=dTFRRHBTLVRZTEVCem0zal8tNVkxblh0V3k4VXhR
Being a minor AI public figure I was recently involved in moderating a chat with Kanjun Qiu of Imbue at the MIT AI conf:...
3rd Nov 2023
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Being a minor AI public figure

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

3rd Nov 2023
I was recently involved in moderating a chat with Kanjun Qiu of Imbue at the MIT AI conf: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNJ9i78ICeg2YuemyAXmtStKvqr9l0Tao3xQWxmeAVjBALHnNnFvPXFlNSkdMfqA?pli=1&key=dTFRRHBTLVRZTEVCem0zal8tNVkxblh0V3k4VXhR
Thoughts on writing and publishing Primer. I’m materially finished writing my 3rd book, The Engineering Executive’s Primer. There’s one last...
3rd Nov 2023
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Thoughts on writing and publishing Primer.

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

3rd Nov 2023
I’m materially finished writing my 3rd book, The Engineering Executive’s Primer. There’s one last chapter to go through tech review, and a fine line editing pass, but the hard stuff is largely done. Of course, that’s an author’s perspective, there is other hard stuff still to be...
Let's Talk OS 8 One month ago today we released elementary OS 7.1 which provides new personalization options that...
3rd Nov 2023
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Let's Talk OS 8

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

3rd Nov 2023
One month ago today we released elementary OS 7.1 which provides new personalization options that make it more inclusive and accessible, protects your privacy and ensures apps always operate with your explicit consent, and addresses your feedback with over 200 bug fixes, design...
Embeds and Quotations in Writing Chris wrote “0 KB Social Media Embeds” and it got me thinking about my own approach to embeds and...
2nd Nov 2023
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Embeds and Quotations in Writing

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

2nd Nov 2023
Chris wrote “0 KB Social Media Embeds” and it got me thinking about my own approach to embeds and quotations in my writing. A lot of my blogging is quoting other people. I remember debating the use of social embeds on my blog because I quoted a lot of things on Twitter. But I...
Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME 2023-11-02 The dwm window manager is my standard “go-to” for most of...
2nd Nov 2023
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Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME

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

2nd Nov 2023
Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME 2023-11-02 The dwm window manager is my standard “go-to” for most of my personal laptop environments. For desktops with larger, higher resolution monitors I tend to lean towards using GNOME. The GNOME DE is fairly solid for my own purposes. This...
Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME 2023-11-02 The dwm window manager is my standard "go-to" for most of...
2nd Nov 2023
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Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME

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

2nd Nov 2023
Bringing dwm Shortcuts to GNOME 2023-11-02 The dwm window manager is my standard "go-to" for most of my personal laptop environments. For desktops with larger, higher resolution monitors I tend to lean towards using GNOME. The GNOME DE is fairly solid for my own purposes. This...
No more talking to politicians I am no longer talking to politicians. I have been aggressively filtering my email, a constant...
1st Nov 2023
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No more talking to politicians

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

1st Nov 2023
I am no longer talking to politicians. I have been aggressively filtering my email, a constant battle. Now I will no longer accept their calls. Unfortunately my home phone number is ruined. Between scams and politicians I never answer my phone unless I recognize the caller...
How the Epic Stack Makes You Faster Streamline web choices, build top-notch apps efficiently.
1st Nov 2023
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How the Epic Stack Makes You Faster

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

1st Nov 2023
Streamline web choices, build top-notch apps efficiently.
Red rocks V60-style coffee cone, 2023 Silver bushes on the red rocks in the Mojave desert / western bluebirds / Brooklyn brownstones
1st Nov 2023
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Red rocks V60-style coffee cone, 2023

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

1st Nov 2023
Silver bushes on the red rocks in the Mojave desert / western bluebirds / Brooklyn brownstones
Confusing git terminology Hello! I’m slowly working on explaining git. One of my biggest problems is that after almost 15...
1st Nov 2023
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Confusing git terminology

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

1st Nov 2023
Hello! I’m slowly working on explaining git. One of my biggest problems is that after almost 15 years of using git, I’ve become very used to git’s idiosyncracies and it’s easy for me to forget what’s confusing about it. So I asked people on Mastodon: what git jargon do you find...
The most popular Heap alternatives and competitors, compared The most popular Heap alternatives in 2023 are: PostHog: All-in-one platform that combines...
1st Nov 2023
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The most popular Heap alternatives and competitors, compared

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

1st Nov 2023
The most popular Heap alternatives in 2023 are: PostHog: All-in-one platform that combines comprehensive analytics with session replay, A/B testing…
Recently October was another pleasantly busy month in Brooklyn. Really took advantage of the breadth of New...
1st Nov 2023
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Recently

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

1st Nov 2023
October was another pleasantly busy month in Brooklyn. Really took advantage of the breadth of New York culture: I saw an opera at the Metropolitan Opera House, and then went to see prog-metal band Polyphia play guitar solos as fast as possible. At the latter, there were multiple...
Ink Note Fall 2023: As concrete as possible programming How far can we push programming away from symbol manipulation and into the act of drawing?
1st Nov 2023
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Ink Note Fall 2023: As concrete as possible programming

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

1st Nov 2023
How far can we push programming away from symbol manipulation and into the act of drawing?
Send automations based on email addresses Send automations based on email addresses
1st Nov 2023
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Send automations based on email addresses

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

1st Nov 2023
Send automations based on email addresses
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
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What I'm up to - November 2023

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

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...
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
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What I'm up to - November 2023

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

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...
Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
31st Oct 2023
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Fireside: Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft live in SF

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

31st Oct 2023
Monday Nov 6, 11:30am - sign up now on link below
Winner, Name that Ware September 2023 The Ware from September 2023 is a Honeywell HPMA115S0-XXX PM2.5 sensor. Although Ben guessed the...
30th Oct 2023
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Winner, Name that Ware September 2023

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

30th Oct 2023
The Ware from September 2023 is a Honeywell HPMA115S0-XXX PM2.5 sensor. Although Ben guessed the general category of the ware first, David was the first to give the exact model. Usually I award the prize to the first person to give an exact, correct model number and fall back to...
Daylight confusion week Time is a river. A violent current of events. – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Here we are again:...
29th Oct 2023
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Daylight confusion week

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

29th Oct 2023
Time is a river. A violent current of events. – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Here we are again: Daylight Confusion Week. Much of Europe ends Daylight Savings Time today. But North America will neglect their clocks for another week. And for us remoties, that means next week’s...
27th Oct 2023
The Cloud Computer Today we are announcing the general availability of the world’s first commercial cloud computer —...
26th Oct 2023
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The Cloud Computer

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

26th Oct 2023
Today we are announcing the general availability of the world’s first commercial cloud computer — along with our $44M Series A financing. From the outset at Oxide, and as I outlined in my 2020 Stanford talk, we have had three core beliefs as a company: Cloud computing is the...
Free Radon album released A little over a year ago, I composed a handful of songs. If I had to fit them into a genre, I’d go...
26th Oct 2023
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Free Radon album released

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

26th Oct 2023
A little over a year ago, I composed a handful of songs. If I had to fit them into a genre, I’d go with Lofi or Chillvibes. Or maybe Not-Rock-n-Roll. I don’t know—I’m so bad at classifying music. I wasn’t sure what to do with the songs. I was experiencing some intense emotions...
Building a photography website Last year, I started a photography hobby. Soon after, I've created a place where I can share some of...
25th Oct 2023
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Building a photography website

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

25th Oct 2023
Last year, I started a photography hobby. Soon after, I've created a place where I can share some of my work, without any attention-driven algorithms dictating the terms. Here's a technical write-up of my journey. Table of...
Building a photography website Last year, I started a photography hobby. Soon after, I've created a place where I can share some of...
25th Oct 2023
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Building a photography website

from Dariusz Winkler | Software development [alt+shift+b] in programming

25th Oct 2023
Last year, I started a photography hobby. Soon after, I've created a place where I can share some of my work, without any attention-driven algorithms dictating the terms. Here's a technical write-up of my journey. Motivation Why should one build a photography website in the first...
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.
offer up is the tinder of marketplaces OfferUp is like a terrible version of Tinder but for selling on a marketplace. Boosts, promotions,...
24th Oct 2023
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offer up is the tinder of marketplaces

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

24th Oct 2023
OfferUp is like a terrible version of Tinder but for selling on a marketplace. Boosts, promotions, and other "gameification" make it trashier than the perception most have of the venerable Craigslist.
offer up is the tinder of marketplaces OfferUp is like a terrible version of Tinder but for selling on a marketplace. Boosts, promotions,...
24th Oct 2023
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offer up is the tinder of marketplaces

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

24th Oct 2023
OfferUp is like a terrible version of Tinder but for selling on a marketplace. Boosts, promotions, and other "gameification" make it trashier than the perception most have of the venerable Craigslist.
The Transcantábrico Train We recently took the Transcantábrico, a week long luxury train trip across Northern Spain. It was...
22nd Oct 2023
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The Transcantábrico Train

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

22nd Oct 2023
We recently took the Transcantábrico, a week long luxury train trip across Northern Spain. It was great! Like a cruise but on a train. We did something similar in India in 2015 and it’s an interesting way to travel. Some photos here. The Transcantábrico goes across a part of...
Dear Conference Organizer Dear Conference Organizer, First of all, thank you for all the hard work! Most Python conference...
22nd Oct 2023
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Dear Conference Organizer

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

22nd Oct 2023
Dear Conference Organizer, First of all, thank you for all the hard work! Most Python conference organizers I know don't get paid for their work. Yet, they pour countless hours into helping people spread knowledge and bringing the community together every year. And just like...
Video of Solving the Eng Strategy crisis. A few weeks ago, I shared my script for my latest talk, Solving the Engineering Strategy...
21st Oct 2023
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Video of Solving the Eng Strategy crisis.

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

21st Oct 2023
A few weeks ago, I shared my script for my latest talk, Solving the Engineering Strategy crisis, which I gave at QCon last week. They’ll have the conference video up in a few weeks, but I also decided to do a recording of the final version (albeit a few weeks after the talk, so...
Finding the biggest items in my Photos Library I’m approaching the limit of my current iCloud storage tier, and most of that is my Photos...
15th Oct 2023
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Finding the biggest items in my Photos Library

from alexwlchan [alt+shift+b] in programming

15th Oct 2023
I’m approaching the limit of my current iCloud storage tier, and most of that is my Photos Library. I don’t really want to pay for the next iCloud storage tier – I’d be tripling my bill, but I’d barely use the extra space. (My library grows pretty slowly – I’ve only added ~6GB of...
Not wanting to work remotely is now a competitive advantage As much as working remotely is a competitive hiring advantage again, not wanting to work remotely is...
14th Oct 2023
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Not wanting to work remotely is now a competitive advantage

from Ognjen Regoje • ognjen.io [alt+shift+b] in programming

14th Oct 2023
As much as working remotely is a competitive hiring advantage again, not wanting to work remotely is now an advantage for getting hired. A lot of companies are mandating returns to the office. Many more are scrapping fully remote positions, with some even rescinding fully-remote...
Blue spiral V60-style coffee cone, 2023 Tan stoneware clay with black speckles and light grog, slab-built, satin bright blue glaze
9th Oct 2023
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Blue spiral V60-style coffee cone, 2023

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

9th Oct 2023
Tan stoneware clay with black speckles and light grog, slab-built, satin bright blue glaze
One happy Rails World Celebrating twenty years of Ruby on Rails with more than 700 happy developers packed into the...
7th Oct 2023
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One happy Rails World

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

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...
You can now add automatic alt text to your images You can now add automatic alt text to your images
6th Oct 2023
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You can now add automatic alt text to your images

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

6th Oct 2023
You can now add automatic alt text to your images
Rhythms of Order Access to the world on one’s phone has provided possibilities and efficiencies that previous...
5th Oct 2023
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Rhythms of Order

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

5th Oct 2023
Access to the world on one’s phone has provided possibilities and efficiencies that previous generations could never have dreamed of. Whether it’s bypassing traffic jams on the outskirts of hills of Kampala, or it’s determining your public transport route from your hotel to your...
Announcing the 2023 TokyoDev Developers Survey The 2023 edition of the TokyoDev Developer Survey [is now...
5th Oct 2023
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Announcing the 2023 TokyoDev Developers Survey

from TokyoDev [alt+shift+b] in programming

5th Oct 2023
The 2023 edition of the TokyoDev Developer Survey [is now live](https://surveys.tokyodev.com/en-US/survey/tokyodev/2023)! If you’re a software developer living in Japan, please help us by taking it. [Last year’s survey](https://www.tokyodev.com/insights/2022-developer-survey)...
.NET Task Parallel Library vs System.Threading.Channels Wondering which concurrency library is right for you? Let's dive in!
4th Oct 2023
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.NET Task Parallel Library vs System.Threading.Channels

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

4th Oct 2023
Wondering which concurrency library is right for you? Let's dive in!
A message from the Captain of the S.S. Layoff Indeed, there's plenty to go around, thanks largely to all of you. But the fastest way to make the...
4th Oct 2023
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A message from the Captain of the S.S. Layoff

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

4th Oct 2023
Indeed, there's plenty to go around, thanks largely to all of you. But the fastest way to make the numbers better is to stop feeding and sheltering people and their families. Nothing personal.
The most popular Mixpanel alternatives, compared The four most popular alternatives to Mixpanel are: PostHog – An all-in-one platform that replaces...
4th Oct 2023
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The most popular Mixpanel alternatives, compared

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

4th Oct 2023
The four most popular alternatives to Mixpanel are: PostHog – An all-in-one platform that replaces multiple tools. The fastest growing Mixpanel…
Imposter Syndrome Driven Design and a Bedfordshire Clanger The past few days have been incredibly stressful for me with more bureaucratic processes and...
4th Oct 2023
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Imposter Syndrome Driven Design and a Bedfordshire Clanger

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

4th Oct 2023
The past few days have been incredibly stressful for me with more bureaucratic processes and paperwork. I can feel the stress sitting in my body despite my morning routine of yoga. It's a necessary bureaucratic process that is now nearly complete (hooray!) but the stress is...
3rd Oct 2023
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HIPAA violations

from Blog of Simple Analytics [alt+shift+b] in programming

3rd Oct 2023
Three Class Society I heard something during the trucker protest in Canada along the lines of: “Most people here don’t...
3rd Oct 2023
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Three Class Society

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

3rd Oct 2023
I heard something during the trucker protest in Canada along the lines of: “Most people here don’t want to live in a free society. A free society requires personal responsiblity. People here want to be managed. They want a ruling class.” I heard something similar once from a...
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
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elementary OS 7.1 Available Now

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

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...
Solid Cache We’ve just open-sourced Solid Cache, a new ActiveRecord::Cache::Store that we use in Basecamp and...
3rd Oct 2023
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Solid Cache

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

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...
How to Build Fly Locally With Docker for Mac In my recent side projet, I’ve been deploying to fly.io and really enjoying it. It’s fairly easy to...
2nd Oct 2023
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How to Build Fly Locally With Docker for Mac

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

2nd Oct 2023
In my recent side projet, I’ve been deploying to fly.io and really enjoying it. It’s fairly easy to get setup. And it supports my preferred workflow of deploying my changes early and often. I have run into a few snags though. Fly.io builds your project into a docker image and...
How Pinterest scaled to 11 million users with only 6 engineers Pinterest's tech stack explained simply (5 minute read)
2nd Oct 2023
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How Pinterest scaled to 11 million users with only 6 engineers

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

2nd Oct 2023
Pinterest's tech stack explained simply (5 minute read)
Accessible, Typesafe, Progressively Enhanced Modern Web Forms Learn how to use modern tools that offer the best user and developer experience for web forms.
2nd Oct 2023
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Accessible, Typesafe, Progressively Enhanced Modern Web Forms

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

2nd Oct 2023
Learn how to use modern tools that offer the best user and developer experience for web forms.
Clearing Nginx Proxy Cache for Wildcard URLs: A DIY Guide Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need to clear the Nginx proxy cache for a...
2nd Oct 2023
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Clearing Nginx Proxy Cache for Wildcard URLs: A DIY Guide

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

2nd Oct 2023
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need to clear the Nginx proxy cache for a specific set of URLs, particularly those following a wildcard pattern like www.website.com/folder/*. Surprisingly, Nginx, in its standard offering, doesn't provide a straightforward way...
Perfecting the design handover process At Tinloof, we aim for seamless and efficient design handoffs, drawing from our experience...
2nd Oct 2023
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Perfecting the design handover process

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

2nd Oct 2023
At Tinloof, we aim for seamless and efficient design handoffs, drawing from our experience completing dozens of projects. Our ultimate goal is a "0 questions asked" handoff, akin to an improved IKEA assembly experience. In this article, we'll explore the three core sections...
GitHub now has a setting to underline links A public beta was released for GitHub on Friday the 29th. It allows you to apply or remove an...
2nd Oct 2023
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GitHub now has a setting to underline links

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

2nd Oct 2023
A public beta was released for GitHub on Friday the 29th. It allows you to apply or remove an underline effect to links in body content. The link underlines are present in Issue and Pull Request comments, as well as other areas of the site. We are still identifying areas where...
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