The New Oil
How the UK is Weakening Safety Worldwide
23rd Feb 2025
detreville
🎼This Is the Worst Trip I’ve Ever Been On 🎶
(A Lengthy Vacation Post-Mortem)
9th May 2024
(A Lengthy Vacation Post-Mortem)
Eric Migicovsky's...
Hardware Founders: (When) Should You Try To Raise VC Money?
If you choose to raise any amount of venture capital investment you are making an implicit agreement...
9th Jul 2018
If you choose to raise any amount of venture capital investment you are making an implicit agreement with your investor that your aim is to…
Azad's Blog
Traveling with Apple Vision Pro
The Vision Pro has quickly become an essential item that I take onto every flight. It’s a fantastic...
9th Oct 2024
The Vision Pro has quickly become an essential item that I take onto every flight. It’s a fantastic device to travel with—Be it by train or by plane, it offers an unparalleled opportunity to selectively tune out your environment and sink into an engaging activity like watching a...
Writing
Across the Spiderverse
It is very gratifying for me to see all the praise for this movie, some of it feeling overdue from...
7th Jun 2023
It is very gratifying for me to see all the praise for this movie, some of it feeling overdue from the somehow-underappreciated
Into the Spiderverse. And, to be sure, the praise is earned: this is "what if the first movie, but more" in the best way
possible.
I thought the former,...
Fabien Sanglard
The story of the Rendition Vérité 1000
The story of how the Rendition v1000 briefly rule the Quake world.
1st Apr 2019
The story of how the Rendition v1000 briefly rule the Quake world.
Notes on software...
Writing an x86 emulator from scratch in JavaScript: 2. system calls
Previously in emulator basics:
1. a stack and register machine
In this post we'll extend x86e...
20th Jul 2019
Previously in emulator basics:
1. a stack and register machine
In this post we'll extend x86e to
support the exit and write Linux system calls, or syscalls. A syscall
is a function handled by the kernel that allows the process to
interact with data outside of its memory....
Posts on Made of...
Tracking down a memory leak in Ruby's EventMachine
At Stripe, we rely heavily on ruby and EventMachine to power various internal and external services....
7th Mar 2013
At Stripe, we rely heavily on ruby and EventMachine to power various internal and external services. Over the last several months, we’ve known that one such service suffered from a gradual memory leak, that would cause its memory usage to gradually balloon from a normal ~50MB to...
Vitalik Buterin's...
A Guide to 99% Fault Tolerant Consensus
7th Aug 2018
Notes on software...
React without webpack: fast path to a working app from scratch
This is an external post of mine. Click
here
if you are not redirected.
8th Jul 2021
This is an external post of mine. Click
here
if you are not redirected.
Home on Erik...
σ-driven project management: when is the optimal time to give up?
Hi! It's your friendly project management theorician. You might remember me from blog posts such as...
5th Apr 2022
Hi! It's your friendly project management theorician. You might remember me from blog posts such as Why software projects take longer than you think, which is a blog post I wrote a long time ago positing that software projects completion time follow a log-normal distribution.
Tiny struggles
How I ended up building storylearner.app
I’ve always been drawn to self-directed learning. My interests have been pretty diverse - I would...
17th May 2025
I’ve always been drawn to self-directed learning. My interests have been pretty diverse - I would spend countless hours on math, science, soft-skills, movement skills (juggling, handstands) as well as languages.
A long standing language learning obsession
Over the years (starting...
Posts on Made of...
todo.pl ratmenu
broder has been hacking on some better quicksilver integration for Hiveminder using todo.pl.
I don’t...
19th Feb 2008
broder has been hacking on some better quicksilver integration for Hiveminder using todo.pl.
I don’t use a mac, but I don’t see why linux users shouldn’t get fun toys to. So I hacked up the following two-liner that uses todo.pl and ratmenu to pop up a list of tasks, and mark one...
Electronics etc…
A Galois Field Arithmetic Primer
Introduction
A Galois Field Introduction by Example
Base Galois Fields
A Real World Example of a...
14th Jun 2026
Introduction
A Galois Field Introduction by Example
Base Galois Fields
A Real World Example of a Base Galois Field
GF(2)
Extended Galois Fields
Extended Galois Field Addition
Extended Galois Field Multiplication
A Field Defining Irreducible Polynomial
A Primitive Polynomial
From...
Willem L. Middelkoop
SEO Is Dead
In the first week of April I did the SEO job I had put off for years: new landing pages and...
18th Apr 2026
In the first week of April I did the SEO job I had put off for years: new landing pages and thousands of cross-links, on willem.com and on two customer sites, generated through the new API of my platform. It works, and well, I wrote on 4 April. Two weeks later I looked at what it...
Arduino Blog
Control your volume with a wireless rotary encoder, as you deserve
Every decent stereo sold since the invention of sound has included a knob on the front for adjusting...
6th Jan 2025
Every decent stereo sold since the invention of sound has included a knob on the front for adjusting volume. There are influencers and entire communities dedicated to evaluating the feel of those wonderful knobs. So why would you settle for the mushy volume buttons on a remote?...
Willem's Blog
Hospitalised with MCADD
This week our son was hospitalised because a regular illness caused him to keep vomiting, a...
3rd May 2021
This week our son was hospitalised because a regular illness caused him to keep vomiting, a dangerous situation if you're diagnosed with MCADD.
Notes on software...
Transactions are a protocol
Transactions are not an intrinsic part of a storage system. Any
storage system can be made...
20th Apr 2025
Transactions are not an intrinsic part of a storage system. Any
storage system can be made transactional: Redis, S3, the filesystem,
etc. Delta Lake
and Orleans
demonstrated techniques to make S3 (or cloud storage in general)
transactional. Epoxy
demonstrated techniques to make...
Elevation Lab - Blog
Introducing ElevationDock 4!
Well we started from scratch this time... :)
ElevationDock 4 is the result of designing every...
7th Sep 2017
Well we started from scratch this time... :)
ElevationDock 4 is the result of designing every feature that we & our customers wanted into the dock. We made the adjustment not only more precise than any other dock, but easier too. It works out of the box, no cord mounting...
watchTowr Labs
It’s 37oC, And All We Can Think About Is ColdFusion (Adobe ColdFusion Security Bulletin APSB26-68...
We’re back, melting - we’ve tried shouting, screaming, and throwing things at the Sun, and it is...
2nd Jul 2026
We’re back, melting - we’ve tried shouting, screaming, and throwing things at the Sun, and it is just not working.
Before we begin our analysis, we want to be clear - given the number of vulnerabilities fixed (and some not mentioned..), we’ve struggled to have confidence
Software and Tech...
Reclaiming Your Memory in the Age of Distraction
In today's social media-saturated world, does it feel like your memory is failing you? It's not that...
1st Jul 2025
In today's social media-saturated world, does it feel like your memory is failing you? It's not that you can't remember anything, but rather that you're constantly distracted while trying to remember.
Just a few years ago, I had a nightly ritual. Before drifting off to sleep, I'd...
Elevation Lab - Blog
Introducing The 10-Year Battery for AirTag
My camera bag with $10k of gear was stolen from my car. When I saw the broken glass and empty...
18th Dec 2024
My camera bag with $10k of gear was stolen from my car. When I saw the broken glass and empty backseat, I immediately pulled up FindMy to track the thief - only to find that its last location was my office 3 months ago... because I hadn't changed the AirTag's battery.
It was a...
joshua stein
Wallops 2.2 Released
A new release of my
Wallops IRC client
is available:
wallops-2.2.sit
(StuffIt 3...
2nd Feb 2026
A new release of my
Wallops IRC client
is available:
wallops-2.2.sit
(StuffIt 3 archive)
adc2b473664ec0960b5b028335566831dd69f4a1de40f79e22bf1337292cca88
SHA1: 603c5080c41a0d5752cae49a08376db4e18628b1
This update includes a number of new features and bugfixes:
Auto-connect with...
Applied Cartography
Master of the Senate
I’m going to dispense with the usual reverence for Caro — not because I don’t think this book merits...
1st May 2022
I’m going to dispense with the usual reverence for Caro — not because I don’t think this book merits it, but because I think I’ve covered that enough in my postscripts to Path to Power and Means of Ascent.
Christian Selig
Server side Live Activities guide
iOS 17.2 gained the capability to start Live Activities from a server, which is pretty cool and...
23rd Sep 2024
iOS 17.2 gained the capability to start Live Activities from a server, which is pretty cool and handy! I’ve been playing around with it a bit and found some parts a bit confusing, so I thought I’d do a little write up for future me as well as anyone else who could benefit!
(For...
Willem's Blog
The day I sold my car
This week I sold my car, I now no longer own one. I look back at my years of owning a sports car, if...
12th Feb 2020
This week I sold my car, I now no longer own one. I look back at my years of owning a sports car, if you're looking for a reason to buy one you should check this out.
latest projects -...
Microscope Light
[Hardware] Illumination improvements
13th Mar 2026
[Hardware] Illumination improvements
Ian's Blog
What's New in TLS Inspector 3.0
On March 30th 2016 the first commit of TLS Inspector, back then called Certificate Inspector, was...
11th Apr 2026
On March 30th 2016 the first commit of TLS Inspector, back then called Certificate Inspector, was made - and just shy of two weeks later version 1.0 was released. Now, 10 years later, TLS Inspector celebrates its 10th year, and I've got some exciting changes to share with you...
Writing
Varieties of Disturbance
My review of Break it Down, a much earlier entry in Lydia Davis' ouevre, last year was a bit of...
1st Mar 2023
My review of Break it Down, a much earlier entry in Lydia Davis' ouevre, last year was a bit of damning with faint praise:
Writing
FEVER DREAM
Wow they got generic quick!
10th Apr 2021
Wow they got generic quick!
watchTowr Labs
You’re Not Supposed To ShareFile With Everyone (Progress ShareFile Pre-Auth RCE Chain CVE-2026-2699...
If you squint and look at the CISA KEV list, you might think it's made up exclusively of...
2nd Apr 2026
If you squint and look at the CISA KEV list, you might think it's made up exclusively of vulnerabilities in file transfer solutions.
While this would be wrong (and you shouldn’t squint, it’s bad for your eyes), file transfer solutions do play a decent
Push to Prod
Why Do Great Engineers Lose Architecture Debates?
Because being right isn't enough, unfortunately
11th Nov 2025
Because being right isn't enough, unfortunately
Abishek Muthian
Postmortem of Butt Mover
I suffer from chronic lower back pain, Since I don't consume opioids I find exercises 1 to be the...
13th Dec 2022
I suffer from chronic lower back pain, Since I don't consume opioids I find exercises 1 to be the best pain management technique.
In addition to the specific exercises for managing back pain, Not sitting for long durations seems to be the key factor for me to not trigger the back...
Freewheeling Apps
2025-01-19
Infrastructure for graphical debugging
See transcript below.
audio/video; 4...
19th Jan 2025
Infrastructure for graphical debugging
See transcript below.
audio/video; 4 minutes; 25MB; scroll down for shorter clips
Transcript
For a while now I've been trying to improve the way I program. I've made some progress. I can edit my programs live, and...
Jeff Geerling
It's not that hard to stop a Trane
It's not that hard to stop a Trane
Six years ago, I replaced the old HVAC system that...
4th Nov 2025
It's not that hard to stop a Trane
Six years ago, I replaced the old HVAC system that came with our house, a central forced air system installed in 19951.
The new system is a Trane XR AC paired with an S9V2 96% efficiency forced-air gas furnace. And it ran great!...
Applied Cartography
Fathom
I'd been meaning to jot down some thoughts on Fathom for a while, and did not have a particularly...
1st Dec 2024
I'd been meaning to jot down some thoughts on Fathom for a while, and did not have a particularly good reason to do so until the news broke that Paul Jarvis was selling his share of the company to Jack Ellis, the technical co-founder. 1The blog post itself is a great example of...
Willem L. Middelkoop
Creating a minimal road bike
Over the past months I have worked on different bikes, leading to an accumulation of spare parts in...
17th Aug 2019
Over the past months I have worked on different bikes, leading to an accumulation of spare parts in my garage. I wondered how hard it would be to make a new bike using these spare parts. I decided to take advantage of this moment to refinish some parts, removing excessive decals...
Louwrentius - Solar
'Syslog: the hidden security risk'
People sometimes forget that there are also a number of UDP-based services
that may pose a threat to...
18th Mar 2010
People sometimes forget that there are also a number of UDP-based services
that may pose a threat to the security of your systems. SNMP is a well-known
service, notorious for being configured with a default password (or community
string).
But there is another service that is...
Abishek Muthian
Owning my Social Network
After yet another Mastodon drama1 and tired of migrating from one Mastodon instance to another I...
14th May 2025
After yet another Mastodon drama1 and tired of migrating from one Mastodon instance to another I have decided to self-host a Mastodon instance.
But Mastodon is an overkill for a single user instance, Luckily GoToSocial2 an ActivityPub social network server written in Go serves my...
Construction Physics
Do U.S. Ports Need More Automation?
On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily...
8th Oct 2024
On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily dockworkers on East and Gulf Coast ports, went on strike after failing to agree contract terms with USMX, an alliance of port operators and employers.
Electronics etc…
Refurbishing a Tektronix TDS7104 Oscilloscope
Introduction
The TDS7104
Common Failures
Make an Image of the Hard Drive
CR2032 Backup Battery...
3 weeks ago
Introduction
The TDS7104
Common Failures
Make an Image of the Hard Drive
CR2032 Backup Battery Replacement and Display Brightness
Do NOT Remove the Front Panel
Scope Disassembly
A Failed Attempt at Switching over to an SSD
Reinstalling from Scratch: Windows 2000 Pro or Windows...
Louwrentius - Solar
Core i7 920 @ 3,6 Ghz is a true beast!
Even today, Core 2 Duo processors clocked at 2 ghz are no slugs. However, the
Core i7 920 is of a...
4th Mar 2009
Even today, Core 2 Duo processors clocked at 2 ghz are no slugs. However, the
Core i7 920 is of a different kind. First, it is not only clocked at a higher
speed (default 2,8 Ghz), it is also a quad-core processor. Thanks to the re-
introduction of hyperthreading, this processor...
Neil Madden
Is Datalog a good language for authorization?
Datalog is a logic programming language, based on Prolog, which is seeing something of a resurgence...
19th Feb 2022
Datalog is a logic programming language, based on Prolog, which is seeing something of a resurgence in interest in recent years. In particular, several recent approaches to authorization (working out who can do what) have used Datalog as the logical basis for access control...
Kent de Bruin
Software is Polluting the World
Sustainable UX: A design approach to reducing carbon emissions
29th Apr 2020
Sustainable UX: A design approach to reducing carbon emissions
Home on Erik...
Running Theano on EC2
Inspired by Sander Dieleman's internship at Spotify, I've been playing around with deep learning...
19th Aug 2014
Inspired by Sander Dieleman's internship at Spotify, I've been playing around with deep learning using Theano. Theano is this Python package that lets you define symbolic expressions (cool), does automatic differentiation (really cool), and compiles it down into bytecode to run...
Alyssa Rosenzweig
Conformant OpenGL 4.6 on the M1
For years, the M1 has only supported OpenGL 4.1. That changes today –
with our release of full...
14th Feb 2024
For years, the M1 has only supported OpenGL 4.1. That changes today –
with our release of full OpenGL® 4.6 and OpenGL® ES 3.2! Install Fedora for the latest
M1/M2-series drivers.
Already installed? Just dnf upgrade
--refresh.
Unlike the vendor’s non-conformant 4.1 drivers, our...
Joel Gustafson
Serializable transactions for peer-to-peer databases
21st Jul 2025
Writing
Gosling’s Old Rum
Virginia has draconian liquor laws, which means I have to get interesting bottles shipped from...
3rd Feb 2024
Virginia has draconian liquor laws, which means I have to get interesting bottles shipped from [REDACTED], a site on which I am very prone to judging a book by its cover; every month I'll end up purchasing a bottle of something purely because it looks interesting and I can...
Notes on software...
How to get better at recursion
tldr; reimplement standard library functions in your favorite
language without loops.
Background
For...
7th Mar 2021
tldr; reimplement standard library functions in your favorite
language without loops.
Background
For a few years after college I spent a lot of free time doing
projects in Standard ML and Scheme. As a result I got really
comfortable doing recursion. The two big reasons for this...
Fabien Sanglard
Bloated
It used to happen sporadicly but now it is a daily experience.
23rd Sep 2018
It used to happen sporadicly but now it is a daily experience.
Willem's Blog
Hello, stranger
"Discover the transformative power of simple conversations in our tech-dominated world, as one...
12th Oct 2023
"Discover the transformative power of simple conversations in our tech-dominated world, as one individual delves into the lost art of talking to strangers and the profound connections it can forge."
Louwrentius - Solar
How to setup a local or private Ubuntu Mirror
Preface
In this article I provide instructions on how to setup a local Ubuntu mirror using...
18th Jan 2023
Preface
In this article I provide instructions on how to setup a local Ubuntu mirror using debmirror. To set expectations: the mirror will work as intended and distribute packages and updates, but a do-release upgrade from one major version of Ubuntu to the next won't...
Louwrentius - Solar
Setting up a VPN with your iPhone using L2TP, IPSec and Linux
This blogpost discusses how to setup an IPSec-based VPN between your iPhone and a Linux server....
11th Dec 2011
This blogpost discusses how to setup an IPSec-based VPN between your iPhone and a Linux server.
Updated 16 October 2012 - now compatible with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
IMPORTANT! (update January 2013)
I find using OpenVPN with the new iOS OpenVPN client a way better solution. OpenVPN...
Willem L. Middelkoop
Commuter bike checkup
This week my trustworthy commuter bike started making strange squeaking noises when braking. It has...
9th Jan 2021
This week my trustworthy commuter bike started making strange squeaking noises when braking. It has been just over three years since I started cycling on it. People frequently ask me how the bike is performing and how the Gates Carbon CDX belt drive is doing? Time to have a look...
Bryan Braun - Blog
Links #12
Oscar, an open-source contributor agent architecture - Oscar is a project from the Go community that...
15th Apr 2025
Oscar, an open-source contributor agent architecture - Oscar is a project from the Go community that aims to develop AI agents that assist open source maintainers. I think this is a great idea. Open source is a load-bearing pillar in our modern digital infrastructure and...
Scott Kennedy
Google interviews vs the LSAT, and why AI will save us from both
14th Jun 2023
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #50: The weird thing about London's New Year's Fireworks
Plus how the government should respond to Musk's nonsense, and an AI video that might just show us...
4th Jan 2025
Plus how the government should respond to Musk's nonsense, and an AI video that might just show us how video production is going to change.
Willem L. Middelkoop
iPad Pro next to my primary machine
I wanted see if I can find something better than my old fashioned pencil and paper that I use for...
29th Jan 2017
I wanted see if I can find something better than my old fashioned pencil and paper that I use for designing software as professional developer. I knew iPad Pro from my test last summer, figuring out if it could replace my primary development machine. While it may not be able to...
Jeff Geerling
The first good Raspberry Pi Laptop
Ever since the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 was introduced, I wondered why nobody built a decent...
6th Feb 2026
Ever since the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 was introduced, I wondered why nobody built a decent laptop chassis around it.
You could swap out a low spec CM5 for a higher spec, and get an instant computer upgrade. Or, assuming a CM6 comes out someday in the same form factor,...
Butler's Log
Building Virtual Branches
GitButler has come up with an entirely new way to work on multiple branches: simultaneously. What...
6th Jul 2023
GitButler has come up with an entirely new way to work on multiple branches: simultaneously. What are virtual branches?
Kent de Bruin
It Must *Be* Good
The need for companies to do the right thing
15th Dec 2022
The need for companies to do the right thing
./techtipsy
Life is maintenance, maintenance is life
Over my relatively short career (6+ years), I’ve noticed a change in the way I approach building...
20th Apr 2023
Over my relatively short career (6+ years), I’ve noticed a change in the way I approach building things.
When I was still an inexperienced junior developer who barely survived operating in a Linux
environment and saw backend development as a black box, I was happy to get...
Writing
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
I liked the book. I found it charming and winsome and funny. There were no elements, of, like,...
1st Jul 2020
I liked the book. I found it charming and winsome and funny. There were no elements, of, like, transformative exultation: so many of the books in this genre, the woman’s bildungsroman, the Dept. of Speculations and the Bluets of the world, have a couple moments that totally and...
Jonas Hietala
I beat FTL on Hard with all ships in the game
For 2023 I wanted to do something different than usual—I wanted to start playing computer games...
16th Jun 2023
For 2023 I wanted to do something different than usual—I wanted to start playing computer games again.
So I gave myself a late Christmas gift and bought a Steam Deck (and like any self-serving gentleman I took care to pitch it as being for my kids) and I started loading it up...
Old Vintage...
Building an serial and VGA "everything console"
Some of our recent (and some upcoming) projects are oriented to systems with serial consoles, but...
14th Jun 2026
Some of our recent (and some upcoming) projects are oriented to systems with serial consoles, but it's been getting pretty old dragging around old CRT terminals or tying up Mac laptops with a serial port. I'd like something that's self-contained, a little more portable and a bit...
Jonas Hietala
I designed my own keyboard layout. Was it worth it?
Almost two and a half years ago I embarked on the journey to change keyboard layout.
At first I...
2nd Nov 2023
Almost two and a half years ago I embarked on the journey to change keyboard layout.
At first I tried out existing ones, but it didn’t take long before I figured it’s better to develop my own—and things went downhill fast from there.
(Some) combos of the T-34 layout.
But now...
Engineers Need Art
Same Stop
Marvelling at the full circle life seems to have taken after retirement.
21st May 2023
Marvelling at the full circle life seems to have taken after retirement.
Gwern.net Newsletter
March 2021 Gwern.net Newsletter
2 major new site features: 'popins' and recursive Wikipedia popups
6th Apr 2021
2 major new site features: 'popins' and recursive Wikipedia popups
Willem's Blog
Rolex DateJust 36
Celebrating a major milestone, I treated myself to a Rolex DateJust 36. Want to know what it's like?...
21st Dec 2022
Celebrating a major milestone, I treated myself to a Rolex DateJust 36. Want to know what it's like? Keep reading!
Willem L. Middelkoop
Websites with Auto Pilot
Why do you need a website, and what can you do to maximise its value while minimising (manual)...
6th Jan 2026
Why do you need a website, and what can you do to maximise its value while minimising (manual) effort? I have been working on this with some of my most innovative customers. What if you no longer need a full blown manual content management system? What if your website updated...
Applied Cartography
The Vinland Saga (Season 2)
I thought the first season of this anime was good and entertaining but certainly not anything to...
6th Jul 2023
I thought the first season of this anime was good and entertaining but certainly not anything to write home about, a slightly tropey anime
with interesting character work and a novel setting.
The second season did something that I (to my recollection) have never seen in an anime,...
Applied Cartography
Everybody Wants Some!!
The single most pleasurable movie of all time is Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven, and it achieves that...
2 weeks ago
The single most pleasurable movie of all time is Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven, and it achieves that status in order to try to convey what makes filmmaking uniquely magical: a sense of shared enchantment between the audience and the director, and the ecstasy of the latter pulling a...
Jonas Hietala
2011 in Review
It’s time to wrap up the year that’s been. Be warned for slight ego boosting here.
2011 Geek...
4th Jan 2012
It’s time to wrap up the year that’s been. Be warned for slight ego boosting here.
2011 Geek Achievements
Wrote three games this year:
My Minions
Grand Thief Arto
Sat-E
Bought a new computer!
Bought a mechanical keyboard.
Bought custom Starcraft 2 keycaps for the...
Writing
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
a bad book with a good thesis. the author warns you of its incoherence early on, which is a shame...
1st Mar 2020
a bad book with a good thesis. the author warns you of its incoherence early on, which is a shame because there are very good pieces of logos amidst the circumlocution
Open for Business
Australian Open 2026: Alcaraz and Rybakina Triumph In The Shadow Of Legends
The gala which precedes the tournament is not a ball, but exhibition tennis, which featured legends...
4th Feb 2026
The gala which precedes the tournament is not a ball, but exhibition tennis, which featured legends Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Patrick Rafter, and 2022 women’s champion Ashleigh Barty. Long-time OFB readers will know how much seeing Federer again means to me.
Home on Erik...
My issue with GPU-accelerated deep learning
I've been spending several hundred bucks renting GPU instances on AWS over the last year. The...
3rd Feb 2016
I've been spending several hundred bucks renting GPU instances on AWS over the last year. The speedup from a GPU is awesome and hard to deny. GPUs have taken over the field. Maybe following the footsteps of Bitcoin mining there's some research on using FPGA (I know very little...
Opsbros
WarGames Clock
If you haven't seen the WarGames movie, do yourself a favour and go watch it right now.
If you have,...
1st May 2025
If you haven't seen the WarGames movie, do yourself a favour and go watch it right now.
If you have, then you know just how awesome it is. One part, as a kid, I always thought was awesome was the WOPR computer. A key scene in the WarGames
./techtipsy
From building ships to shipping builds: how to succeed in making a career switch to software...
I have worked with a few software developers who made the switch to this industry in the middle of...
1st Jul 2025
I have worked with a few software developers who made the switch to this industry in the middle of their careers.
A major change like that can be scary and raise a lot of fears and doubts, but I can attest that this can work out well
with the right personality traits and a...
Notes on software...
AOT-compilation of Javascript with V8
tldr; I'm working on a AOT-compiled Javascript implementation called
jsc.
Many dynamically typed...
26th Feb 2019
tldr; I'm working on a AOT-compiled Javascript implementation called
jsc.
Many dynamically typed programming languages have implementations that
compile to native binaries:
Python: Cython
Common Lisp: SBCL
Scheme: Chicken Scheme
The benefits of compiling dynamically typed...
Computer Ads from...
UNIX Review Magazine Interviews Larry Tesler
They discuss Tesler's involvement with Xerox, Apple and office automation with Unix.
10th Sep 2024
They discuss Tesler's involvement with Xerox, Apple and office automation with Unix.
Applied Cartography
No Filter
A pleasant and uncontroversial read; it is not the exciting tell-all that Bad Blood or to a lesser...
3rd Oct 2020
A pleasant and uncontroversial read; it is not the exciting tell-all that Bad Blood or to a lesser extent Super Pumped was, but I think its lack of emphasis on drama gave it a more sober lens with which to view Instagram's transformation. Some scattered thoughts:
Blog | Sam Curry
How I stole the identity of every Yahoo user
9th May 2017
Matt Blewitt
Thoughts on User Safety: 2
Following up from last time, let’s explore the internal and insider fronts when moving beyond...
23rd Oct 2019
Following up from last time, let’s explore the internal and insider fronts when moving beyond security towards safety for our users.
The Pragmatic...
Survey: What’s in your tech stack?
We want to capture an accurate snapshot of software engineering, today – and need your help! Tell us...
18th Mar 2025
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Willem L. Middelkoop
Hello, stranger
While enjoying my fresh wok lunch in Amsterdam, I noticed something odd: other folks coming in for...
12th Oct 2023
While enjoying my fresh wok lunch in Amsterdam, I noticed something odd: other folks coming in for something to eat ignored the person standing at the counter, preferring to order through a digital kiosk. The crazy thing about this? They are just centimetres apart!
In fact, they...
Pea Bee
#20: Finding a forgotten flavour of chips
Lays India used to do a lot of experimental limited-edition flavours back in the day.
3rd Mar 2024
Lays India used to do a lot of experimental limited-edition flavours back in the day.
Alyssa Rosenzweig
Vulkan 1.4 sur Asahi Linux
English version follows.
Aujourd’hui, Khronos Group a
sorti la spécification 1.4 de l’API graphique...
2nd Dec 2024
English version follows.
Aujourd’hui, Khronos Group a
sorti la spécification 1.4 de l’API graphique standard Vulkan. Le projet
Asahi Linux est fier d’annoncer le
premier pilote Vulkan 1.4 pour le matériel d’Apple. En effet, notre
pilote graphique Honeykrisp est reconnu
par...
OH8HUB’s Substack
A quick visit to Vaajasalo island
Vaajasalo is a small island in lake Kallavesi in eastern Finland with population less than hundred....
25th Aug 2023
Vaajasalo is a small island in lake Kallavesi in eastern Finland with population less than hundred. There’s also a winery called Alahovi Berry Wine Farm. They produce berry wines, cider, beer and liqueur. The temptation to visit them was huge, but I was on tight schedule. Maybe...
Willem's Blog
Climbing Mount Etna
Climbing Mount Etna, an active volcano on Sicily Italy.
1st Sep 2017
Climbing Mount Etna, an active volcano on Sicily Italy.
Himanshu Mishra |...
You need a Product Mindset
Treat Your Developers Like VIP Customers Your developers are not just users; they're customers who...
23rd Sep 2023
Treat Your Developers Like VIP Customers Your developers are not just users; they're customers who have high expectations from your internal…
computers are bad
2025-08-16 passive microwave repeaters
One of the most significant single advancements in telecommunications
technology was the development...
16th Aug 2025
One of the most significant single advancements in telecommunications
technology was the development of microwave radio. Essentially an evolution of
radar, the middle of the Second World War saw the first practical microwave
telephone system. By the time Japan surrendered, AT&T...
computers are bad
from hookswitch to grave
Through decades of consolidation, reorganization, and divestiture, AT&T left
a famously complicated...
14th Jun 2026
Through decades of consolidation, reorganization, and divestiture, AT&T left
a famously complicated corporate history. One of the greatest enterprises in
American history, arguably the greatest enterprise, AT&T has often
rivaled the federal government in the size of its budget...
Krebs on Security
FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more...
2 weeks ago
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase on this service, it...
Louwrentius - Solar
Compiling Multicore PAR2 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin
If you want to compile PAR2 with multicore support on Linux, it may not work right away from source....
15th Sep 2012
If you want to compile PAR2 with multicore support on Linux, it may not work right away from source. I used this version of PAR2 with multicore support.
Update 2015: the original link is dead, I foud a copy of the source and put it on my own site here for you to download.
First,...
Bryan Braun - Blog
Waiting is risky
I’m a note-taker and a list-maker. I have lists of books I want to read and movies I want to watch,...
21st Jun 2025
I’m a note-taker and a list-maker. I have lists of books I want to read and movies I want to watch, but most of my lists are for collecting ideas. They include ideas for blog posts, websites, businesses, open-source code, video games, books, and other kinds of projects.
Some of...
Gwern.net Newsletter
April 2021 newsletter
with links on AI scaling, particular new East Asian record-breaking work & deep reinforcement...
3rd Jun 2021
with links on AI scaling, particular new East Asian record-breaking work & deep reinforcement learning.
Notes on software...
Confusion is a muse
Some of the most interesting technical blog posts I read come from,
and a common reason for posts I...
14th Jun 2024
Some of the most interesting technical blog posts I read come from,
and a common reason for posts I write is, confusion. You're at work
and you start asking questions that are difficult to answer. You spend
a few hours or a day trying to get to the bottom of things.
If you ask a...
Pea Bee
Pea Bee #7: Planned Obsolescence
A few weeks ago, my laptop stopped working.
16th Sep 2021
A few weeks ago, my laptop stopped working.
Comments for Lars...
Why I’m Switching Web Hosts
Recently, I’ve gotten fed up with my web host. Since I stood this site up, I’ve used MediaTemple....
5th Jul 2019
Recently, I’ve gotten fed up with my web host. Since I stood this site up, I’ve used MediaTemple. This was before WP Engine was around. At the time, MediaTemple had carved out a nice niche for themselves as the premium web host. Tim Ferriss also raved about them back in the day....
Blog | Sam Curry
Exploiting Directory Traversal to View Customer Credit Card Information on Yahoo's Small...
10th Nov 2017
computers are bad
2024-05-06 matrix
For those of you who are members of the Matrix project, I wanted to let you
know that I am running...
6th May 2024
For those of you who are members of the Matrix project, I wanted to let you
know that I am running for the Governing Board, and a bit about why. For those
of you who are not, I hope you will forgive the intrusion. Maybe you'll find my
opinions on the topic interesting anyway.
I...
Jonas Hietala
A Simple Thought
I wrote that we where doing some microprogramming, making the processor work etc. We had a lab about...
2nd Feb 2012
I wrote that we where doing some microprogramming, making the processor work etc. We had a lab about that yesterday and I was very, very nervous. The preparations weren’t that hard, but they where very bothersome. Converting the instructions to binary/hex by hand is never nice....
Ken Shirriff's blog
The absurdly complicated circuitry for the 386 processor's registers
The groundbreaking Intel 386 processor (1985) was the first 32-bit processor in the x86...
1st May 2025
The groundbreaking Intel 386 processor (1985) was the first 32-bit processor in the x86 architecture.
Like most processors, the 386 contains numerous registers; registers are a key part of a processor because
they provide storage that is much faster than main memory.
The register...
Christian Selig
High quality, low filesize GIFs
While the GIF format is a little on the older side, it’s still a really handy format in 2025 for...
2nd Aug 2025
While the GIF format is a little on the older side, it’s still a really handy format in 2025 for sharing short clips where an actual video file might have some compatibility issues.
For instance, I find when you just want a short little video on your website, a GIF is still so...
Willem's Blog
iPad Pro next to my primary machine
Using iPad Pro with Apple Pencil next to my computer to form a create powerhouse
29th Jan 2017
Using iPad Pro with Apple Pencil next to my computer to form a create powerhouse
Simply Explained
How I Built an NFC Movie Library for my Kids
When I was a kid, my sister and I had a tower of VHS tapes we watched endlessly. Fast-forward to...
14th Nov 2023
When I was a kid, my sister and I had a tower of VHS tapes we watched endlessly. Fast-forward to today, and my children's movie collection is vastly different. It's completely digital and dispersed across services. I wanted to recreate the tangible magic of my childhood for them.
Willem L. Middelkoop
Programming on Apple Watch
Over the past years I have been no stranger to crazy experiments, but this time I really wanted to...
15th Feb 2017
Over the past years I have been no stranger to crazy experiments, but this time I really wanted to push it into the extreme: programming on an Apple Watch. Would it be possible to actually write code on such a tiny device? Why even bother? This post is about the case for crazy...
Kent de Bruin
Uber Money, Uber Everything?
A critical review of Uber's move into payments
19th Dec 2019
A critical review of Uber's move into payments
Abishek Muthian
Scam alert : mail from IPTI
Mail from IPTI
This is a physical scam mail alert yeah because we don’t get enough of cyber...
22nd Dec 2016
Mail from IPTI
This is a physical scam mail alert yeah because we don’t get enough of cyber phishing; right!
Those who have filed international patents, keep an eye out for mails such as the above. I received a professional looking mail from IPTI & from what it looks like on the...
Birchtree
Quick Subtitles 1.6 (benchmark history, more stats, and more)
Quick Subtitles has yet another update out now, which brings a few new features to the mix.
UI...
3rd Jan 2026
Quick Subtitles has yet another update out now, which brings a few new features to the mix.
UI tweaks
First up is a slightly refreshed UI. This is mostly a new coat of paint across the interface. The iPhone UI home page, for example, now uses all the available space
Bryan Braun - Blog
Setting up your /now page with an RSS feed
I have a /now page, which I use to tell people what I’m up to these days.
I like the concept of “now...
2nd Nov 2024
I have a /now page, which I use to tell people what I’m up to these days.
I like the concept of “now pages” but I felt like it would be better if it had an RSS feed. The feed would give interested parties a way to subscribe to life changes.
The problem is that RSS feeds aren’t...
Neil Madden
On PBKDF2 iterations
There has been a lot of discussion recently around the LastPass breach, especially with regards to...
9th Jan 2023
There has been a lot of discussion recently around the LastPass breach, especially with regards to the number of PBKDF2 iterations applied to the master password to derive the vault encryption key. Other people have already dissected this particular breach, but I want to more...
Simply Explained
Multitasking on ESP32 with Arduino and FreeRTOS
By now, it's no secret that the ESP32 is my go-to chip for making IoT devices. They're small,...
6th Jan 2020
By now, it's no secret that the ESP32 is my go-to chip for making IoT devices. They're small, powerful, have a ton of onboard features, and they're relatively easy to program.However, when using it together with Arduino, all your code runs on a single core. That seems a bit...
Notes on software...
Is it worth writing about?
You acquire a skill or experience through time and effort,
then downplay the impact of writing and...
1st Dec 2022
You acquire a skill or experience through time and effort,
then downplay the impact of writing and sharing the learning
process.
Professionals seem naturally to imagine a high bar for what
is worth writing about.
I think that's misguided. This article is not criticism of folks...
Nabeel S. Qureshi
Reflections on Palantir
A retrospective of an eight-year stint.
15th Oct 2024
A retrospective of an eight-year stint.
Applied Cartography
Final Fantasy IX
I’ve noticed that if I want to give something a perfect score but know that it’s not a “perfect”...
28th Dec 2013
I’ve noticed that if I want to give something a perfect score but know that it’s not a “perfect” thing, I always start off with “okay, so, it has flaws.”
Louwrentius - Solar
An affordable server platform based on server-grade hardware
Updated post (June 2014) found HERE
There are some reasons why you should consider buying true...
13th Dec 2013
Updated post (June 2014) found HERE
There are some reasons why you should consider buying true server-grade harware when building a server, wether it's for home or business use.
This is why I want to introduce you to the Supermicro X9SCM-F motherboard.
This motherboard costs...
Abishek Muthian
AI for generating 2D animations
I wanted to add some frills in Memory Hammer app1 when the user completes review of their...
26th Oct 2025
I wanted to add some frills in Memory Hammer app1 when the user completes review of their flashcards. I decided to add a simple 2D animation where a brain is sulking and after being hit by the hammer (memory hammer's mascot) the brain becomes happy and jubilant.
I made a simple...
Louwrentius - Solar
Blu Ray is dead
HD-DVD may be dead, but Blu Ray is just as dead. The whole concept of optical
media is dead....
5th Oct 2009
HD-DVD may be dead, but Blu Ray is just as dead. The whole concept of optical
media is dead. Honestly, who is still burning CD's or DVD's nowadays? (If you
are, why for Christ sake? I can't think of a single good reason) And at 10
euros ($100) for a single Blu Ray disk, you must...
Jonas Hietala
Getting the book into my hands
Around a month ago I placed an order for a reference copy of my upcoming book Why Cryptocurrencies?....
22nd Apr 2021
Around a month ago I placed an order for a reference copy of my upcoming book Why Cryptocurrencies?. I took the cheapest shipping option at IngramSpark, without tracking and, apparently, without customs declarations as it got stuck in customs for several weeks.
But it’s here...
OH8HUB’s Substack
Spring day ham radio activation in Hiastinlahti, Finland
Hiastinlahti is a bay where river Iijoki flows into Bothnian Bay, the northernmost part of Gulf of...
2nd May 2023
Hiastinlahti is a bay where river Iijoki flows into Bothnian Bay, the northernmost part of Gulf of Bothnia. This area is a Nature 2000 nature reserve area and good spot for bird watching. The area has a two kilometer long nature trail with fireplace, lean-to and toilet. From the...
Butler's Log
GitButler 0.19 - "Commander Keen"
GitButler 0.19 is out, now shipping with a CLI, improved diffing, improved agentic help and more!
5th Feb 2026
GitButler 0.19 is out, now shipping with a CLI, improved diffing, improved agentic help and more!
somenice
Winter at the Beach
A couple more pictures from the Nikon FM with Nikkor 50mm f/1.4This time using Ilford Delta 100...
11th May 2025
A couple more pictures from the Nikon FM with Nikkor 50mm f/1.4This time using Ilford Delta 100 film, developed in Ilfosol 3 for 5 minutes at 20°CFairly rare for snow in Vancouver to stick around very long. Trees really are the lungs of the earth. The negative I developed looked...
Notes on software...
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 3. LLVM
Previously in compiler basics:
1. lisp to assembly
2. user-defined functions and variables
...
10th Mar 2019
Previously in compiler basics:
1. lisp to assembly
2. user-defined functions and variables
4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci
5. LLVM system calls
6. an x86 upgrade
In this post we'll extend the
compiler to emit LLVM
IR as an option instead of...
latest projects -...
IC Necklace
[Misc] Setting silicon
21st Feb 2025
Abishek Muthian
BigBasket slot alert
BigBasket is the leading online grocery delivery portal in India, due to the reduced workforce and...
19th Apr 2020
BigBasket is the leading online grocery delivery portal in India, due to the reduced workforce and extraordinary demand; the bookings happen at random slots and we have no other choice but to keep checking the app regularly.
A need gap was posted recently, asking for a solution...
Willem L. Middelkoop
Inspiration from a child
Together with my kids I love to explore the world that we think we know as adults. A kid's...
29th Sep 2021
Together with my kids I love to explore the world that we think we know as adults. A kid's perspective inspires and surprises! No need to travel half the world for an adventure: Fly planes, catch bad guys, solve problems, build and break stuff - (re)discover the adventure right...
Blog | Sam Curry
Hacking a Massive Steam Scamming and Phishing Operation for Fun and Profit
9th May 2018
Notes on software...
Make small changes and solve the problems you have
Two frustrating things that can happen in an organization are 1) big
changes and 2) changes that...
27th Dec 2018
Two frustrating things that can happen in an organization are 1) big
changes and 2) changes that aren’t clearly associated with a known
problem. It’s even worse in that order.
These situations tend to happen when a problem remain unaddressed for
too long. These situations tend to...
Willem's Blog
Offline Music
People sometimes act suprised when I tell them about my music hobby, manually converting CD's to...
16th Jul 2022
People sometimes act suprised when I tell them about my music hobby, manually converting CD's to lossless audio files; there is some reason to this madness however!
Home on Erik...
The hardest challenge about becoming a manager
Note: this post is full of pseudo-psychology and highly speculative content. Like most fun stuff!
I...
5th Jun 2015
Note: this post is full of pseudo-psychology and highly speculative content. Like most fun stuff!
I became a manager back in 2009. Being a developer is fun. You have this very tangible way to measure yourself.
On Life and Lisp
Clip control on the Apple GPU
Neverball rendered on the Apple M1 GPU with an open source OpenGL driver
After a year in...
22nd Aug 2022
Neverball rendered on the Apple M1 GPU with an open source OpenGL driver
After a year in development, the open source “Asahi” driver for the Apple GPU is running real games. There’s more to do, but Neverball is already playable (and a lot of fun!).
Neverball uses legacy “fixed...
Simply Explained
I Built a CO2 Sensor and It Terrifies Me
Governments are pushing CO2 sensors to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but proper ventilation is...
3rd Oct 2021
Governments are pushing CO2 sensors to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but proper ventilation is equally important for our health and even our cognitive performance.In this blog post we'll look at a DIY CO2 sensor: how it runs ESPHome, how it integrates with Home Assistant, how it...
Matt Blewitt
Software Sprezzatura
Sprezzatura is “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says...
26th Jan 2020
Sprezzatura is “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it”, coined by Castiglione in 1528’s The Book of the Courtier.
Evan Hahn (dot com)
Notes from August 2025
Things I published and things I saw this August.
See also: my notes from last month, which has links...
31st Aug 2025
Things I published and things I saw this August.
See also: my notes from last month, which has links to all the previous months so far.
Things I published this month
Most of my work this month was on private stuff, like some contracting and a demo app for a small social group....
Electronics etc…
Guide Technology GT300 Frequency Standard Teardown
MathJax.Hub.Config({
jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"],
tex2jax: {
inlineMath: [...
6th Apr 2024
MathJax.Hub.Config({
jax: ["input/TeX", "output/HTML-CSS"],
tex2jax: {
inlineMath: [ ['$', '$'], ["\\(", "\\)"] ],
displayMath: [ ['$$', '$$'], ["\\[", "\\]"] ],
processEscapes: true,
skipTags: ['script', 'noscript', 'style', 'textarea', 'pre',...
./techtipsy
Tech rants: PC-s use way too much power in 2021
Welcome to 2021. We have:
supply chain issues
no reasonably priced GPU-s
consumer-grade CPU-s with...
3rd Nov 2021
Welcome to 2021. We have:
supply chain issues
no reasonably priced GPU-s
consumer-grade CPU-s with peak power consumption at 296W
GPU-s that consume 350-400W of power under normal use
At the same time, we have made great leaps in CPU/GPU architectures and chip manufacturing...
Posts on Made of...
Why scons is cool
I’ve recently started playing with scons a little for some small personal projects. It’s not...
7th Nov 2010
I’ve recently started playing with scons a little for some small personal projects. It’s not perfect, but I’ve rapidly come to the conclusion that it’s a probably far better choice than make in many cases. The main exceptions would be cases where you need to integrate into legacy...
Nabeel S. Qureshi
How To Understand Things
The smartest person I’ve ever known had a habit that, as a teenager, I found striking...
2nd Jul 2020
The smartest person I’ve ever known had a habit that, as a teenager, I found striking...
Notes on software...
One year as a solo dev building open-source data tools without funding
This is an external post of mine. Click
here
if you are not redirected.
10th Jun 2022
This is an external post of mine. Click
here
if you are not redirected.
Elevation Lab - Blog
Introducing TagVault Strap Compact for AirTag
We wanted a strap mount that was secure, rugged, ultra-compact, and super easier to assemble. So we...
12th Mar 2025
We wanted a strap mount that was secure, rugged, ultra-compact, and super easier to assemble. So we designed TagVault Strap Compact.
Fully waterproof with a hidden inner gasket.
It's ultra low-profile.
Perfect for backpacks.
Also really great for cameras.
Also available...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Let a thousand societies bloom
17th Dec 2025
computers are bad
2023-03-13 the door close button
This will probably be a short one, and I know I haven't written for a while,
but it has always been...
13th Mar 2023
This will probably be a short one, and I know I haven't written for a while,
but it has always been the case that you get what you pay for and Computers
Are Bad is nothing if not affordable. Still, this is a topic on which I am
moderately passionate and so I can probably stretch...
Christian Selig
Announcing Juno 2.0
Juno’s been a really fun project to build, and it’s been so great hearing how other people have been...
27th Jun 2024
Juno’s been a really fun project to build, and it’s been so great hearing how other people have been enjoying Juno since its launch, as well as providing awesome feedback and input to improve it.
Today I’m releasing Juno 2.0, which incorporates a ton of that community feedback,...
benn.substack
Stuff costs money
The many temptations of software businesses. Plus, a hackquisition?
5th Sep 2025
The many temptations of software businesses. Plus, a hackquisition?
Eric Migicovsky's...
Candid experiences starting a hardware startup
2025 Note - I gave this talk at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View about 6 months before we launched...
4th Oct 2011
2025 Note - I gave this talk at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View about 6 months before we launched Pebble on Kickstarter. I was 4 years into…
Simply Explained
Integrate Home Assistant with Apple Reminders
I recently integrated Home Assistant with Apple Reminders so that automations can create new todos....
27th Jul 2022
I recently integrated Home Assistant with Apple Reminders so that automations can create new todos. This is trickier as it sounds, because Reminders has no API that can be accessed from Home Assistant. Here's how I worked around that problem with a script, input text helper and...
Pea Bee
#18: The little Indian internet corner of database sellers
When I googled the name “Inspirewebz”, their website was still active, but it’s no longer available....
28th May 2023
When I googled the name “Inspirewebz”, their website was still active, but it’s no longer available. However, according to the web archive of their website (available since mid-2020), they sold dodgy-looking social media marketing tools like bulk WhatsApp/SMS senders and data...
Vitalik Buterin's...
What I would love to see in a wallet
3rd Dec 2024
Jonas Hietala
Habits to start
I haven’t been feeling quite as forward or as energetic lately. There are no set plans, habits or...
9th Mar 2017
I haven’t been feeling quite as forward or as energetic lately. There are no set plans, habits or goals for this spring and I don’t have a clear vision of what to do currently but it also feels… fine? Maybe I will cruise in a lower gear for a while and rev up when my mood...
watchTowr Labs
Veeam Backup & Response - RCE With Auth, But Mostly Without Auth (CVE-2024-40711)
Every sysadmin is familiar with Veeam’s enterprise-oriented backup solution, ‘Veeam Backup &...
9th Sep 2024
Every sysadmin is familiar with Veeam’s enterprise-oriented backup solution, ‘Veeam Backup & Replication’. Unfortunately, so is every ransomware operator, given it's somewhat 'privileged position' in the storage world of most enterprise's networks. There's no point deploying...
Open for Business
Caitlin Clark Is Back In A Big Way
The basketball megastar has now played 70 games. She now holds the record—all-time—for 20+ point, 10...
1st Jul 2026
The basketball megastar has now played 70 games. She now holds the record—all-time—for 20+ point, 10 assist games with 14, over all-time WNBA assist leader Courtney Vandersloot.
Project Blog on...
Train Simulator Controller: Dashboard Prototyping, Part 2
My cardboard prototype of the central portion of a Class 80x dashboard allowed me to iterate to a...
6th Sep 2025
My cardboard prototype of the central portion of a Class 80x dashboard allowed me to iterate to a laser-cut hardboard prototype.
./techtipsy
3D printing is pretty darn cool, actually
I love 3D printing.
Out of all the tech hype cycles and trends over the last decade, this one is...
4th Aug 2025
I love 3D printing.
Out of all the tech hype cycles and trends over the last decade, this one is genuinely useful.
There’s simply something magical about being able to design or download a model from the internet, send it to a machine,
and after a few hours you get an actual...
matduggan.com
Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse
I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with...
6th Mar 2026
I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter.
Writing
Slay the Spire
In lieu of more to say, I think this is the most well-designed game I've ever played. The size of a...
16th May 2019
In lieu of more to say, I think this is the most well-designed game I've ever played. The size of a given session is perfect for me (45-75 minutes); the difficulty curve is elegant and sloping; variety is strong. I have poured at least a hundred hours into the game and could see...
Jonas Hietala
The End of the Tunnel
Lately I’ve been feeling like there’s been a shit-ton of stuff going on, quite a turn-around from...
19th Oct 2011
Lately I’ve been feeling like there’s been a shit-ton of stuff going on, quite a turn-around from the last time.
One course about data structure and algorithms (super fun to be honest) has wrapped up. We thought we were ahead with the assignments but in the end it got very...
Jonas Hietala
Top ten activities that make me happy
Recently we finally moved out of our old apartment and into a new larger apartment and it’s awesome....
24th Jun 2017
Recently we finally moved out of our old apartment and into a new larger apartment and it’s awesome. It’s no more than a year old and feels very fresh compared to the old one. It’s also larger with an extra room, dishwasher (!) and closer to the city centrum and everything is...
latest projects -...
Virtual Precision Clock
[Software] Pacify that pining for precision
13th May 2026
[Software] Pacify that pining for precision
Notes on software...
A paper reading club at work; databases and distributed systems research
I started a paper reading club this week at work, focused on databases
and distributed systems...
5th Apr 2024
I started a paper reading club this week at work, focused on databases
and distributed systems research. I posted in a general channel about
the premise and asked if anyone was interested. I clarified the
intended topic and that discussions would be asynchronous over email,
run...
Electronics etc…
An In-Depth Look at the ICE-V Wireless FPGA Development Board
Introduction
The ICE-V Wireless FPGA Board
Preloading the PSRAM with User Data
The Overall Boot...
27th Dec 2022
Introduction
The ICE-V Wireless FPGA Board
Preloading the PSRAM with User Data
The Overall Boot Process
UART Console
Getting Started with the ICE-V Wireless Board for Real
Reinstalling or Modifying the ESP32C3 Firmware
The RISC-V Example FPGA Design
Compiling the RISC-V Example...
Writing
Emma
this was so fun. i am reminded of walter scott's description of austen as a flemish painter: "[the]...
1st Apr 2020
this was so fun. i am reminded of walter scott's description of austen as a flemish painter: "[the] subjects are not often elegant and certainly never grand; but they are finished up to nature, and with a precision which delights the reader"
Home on Erik...
We're hiring at Better
Just a quick note that my team is always hiring at Better. A lot of new people have been joining the...
9th Dec 2019
Just a quick note that my team is always hiring at Better. A lot of new people have been joining the team here in NYC lately—the tech team has actually grown from 35 to 60 in just ~3 months.
Old Vintage...
So long, Z80
You can still buy 6502s from Western Design Center and others, but Zilog's getting out of Z80s...
20th Apr 2024
You can still buy 6502s from Western Design Center and others, but Zilog's getting out of Z80s (PDF), announcing earlier this week that after June 14th you won't be able to buy them anymore (specifically the last-part-standing Z84C00 which comes in various speeds from 6-20 MHz)...
Vitalik Buterin's...
Low-risk defi can be for Ethereum what search was for Google
21st Sep 2025
Fabien Sanglard
Fluid speed issues!
Fluid v1.3 is too fast on 3GX iPhones ;( ! I will released a fix tonight !
29th Jun 2009
Fluid v1.3 is too fast on 3GX iPhones ;( ! I will released a fix tonight !
Jonas Hietala
Faster than Light
So I returned to Faster than Light again this weekend, this time for real. I bought it when it came...
12th Feb 2013
So I returned to Faster than Light again this weekend, this time for real. I bought it when it came out and I played it only in passing, but this weekend I played it a ton.
Aaahh a new beginning in FTL. Will it be death once more
I generally don’t like games where you have to...
Alyssa Rosenzweig
AAA gaming on Asahi Linux
Gaming on Linux on M1 is here! We’re thrilled to release our Asahi
game playing toolkit, which...
10th Oct 2024
Gaming on Linux on M1 is here! We’re thrilled to release our Asahi
game playing toolkit, which integrates our Vulkan 1.3 drivers with x86
emulation and Windows compatibility. Plus a bonus: conformant OpenCL
3.0.
Asahi Linux now ships the only conformant OpenGL®,
OpenCL™,
and...
./techtipsy
Steam Deck: I like it
I got a Steam Deck.
Only took me a year or so of contemplating getting
one, and trying out HoloISO,...
2nd Jun 2024
I got a Steam Deck.
Only took me a year or so of contemplating getting
one, and trying out HoloISO, the unofficial SteamOS installer
finally convinced me to get one.1
It took another year to actually get down to writing down my thoughts on it.
This post is written from the...
Home on Erik...
Optimizing for iteration speed
I've written before about the importance of iterating quickly but I didn't necessarily talk about...
6th Jul 2017
I've written before about the importance of iterating quickly but I didn't necessarily talk about some concrete things you can do. When I've built up the tech team at Better, I've intentionally optimized for fast iteration speed above almost everything else.
Himanshu Mishra |...
Oh, Today is Diwali? Happy Diwali !
"First brush your teeth, then touch anything," Mommy used to say whenever I tried to sneak in to the...
22nd Oct 2014
"First brush your teeth, then touch anything," Mommy used to say whenever I tried to sneak in to the kitchen for the Diwali sweets. Today…
Software and Tech...
13th Year of Blogging
Of all the days to start a blog, I chose April Fools' Day. It wasn't intentional, maybe more of a...
1st Apr 2026
Of all the days to start a blog, I chose April Fools' Day. It wasn't intentional, maybe more of a reflection of my mindset. When I decide to do something, I shut off my brain and just do it. This was a commitment I made without thinking about the long-term effects.
I knew writing...
Writing
When Harry Met Sally
This, to me, is the ur-romcom — the gold standard against which all others are compared, and most...
27th Sep 2018
This, to me, is the ur-romcom — the gold standard against which all others are compared, and most are found wanting. The chemistry, the script, the everpresent autumn, the interstitials with old couples — it is all so good, and exactly what it is trying to be!
MIT News - Civil and...
Study of facial bacteria could lead to probiotics that promote healthy skin
During the early teen years, many new strains of C. acnes colonize the skin on our faces. This could...
1st May 2025
During the early teen years, many new strains of C. acnes colonize the skin on our faces. This could be an optimal time for probiotic treatment.
Elevation Lab - Blog
Introducing FamilyCharger
Today we launched FamilyCharger - it's designed to be a central place to charge all your devices,...
18th Jul 2019
Today we launched FamilyCharger - it's designed to be a central place to charge all your devices, fast, without clutter.
Our initial designs for a family charger started out as big multi-charging docks, but they were too inflexible, expensive, and took up a lot of space....
Computer Ads from...
Vote for the Topic of the February 2024 Plus Post
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6th Feb 2024
If you are a paid subscriber, voting is open for one week
Abort Retry Fail
The Tandy Corporation, Part 2
Trash-80s get Colorful, and Trash-80s get into your pockets
2nd Jun 2025
Trash-80s get Colorful, and Trash-80s get into your pockets
Vitalik Buterin's...
[Mirror] Central Planning as Overfitting
25th Nov 2018
Butler's Log
GitButler for Windows
The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
12th Apr 2024
The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
Willem's Blog
Commuting by bike
One week on the VanMoof Electrified S E-bike testing it for commuting and comparing it to a normal...
1st Dec 2017
One week on the VanMoof Electrified S E-bike testing it for commuting and comparing it to a normal bike.
Odds and Ends of...
Speedrunning Tesco (Odds and Ends #93)
Plus mixed feelings about Artemis, Mormon gambling, and a council finance nightmare.
1st Apr 2026
Plus mixed feelings about Artemis, Mormon gambling, and a council finance nightmare.
watchTowr Labs
What’s That Coming Over The Hill? (Monsta FTP Remote Code Execution CVE-2025-34299)
Happy Friday, friends and.. others.
We’re glad/sorry to hear that your week has been good/bad, and...
7th Nov 2025
Happy Friday, friends and.. others.
We’re glad/sorry to hear that your week has been good/bad, and it’s the weekend/but at least it’s almost the weekend!
What’re We Doing Today, Mr Fox?
Today, in a tale that seems all too
Willem L. Middelkoop
The Power of One
For my entire career, I've had a clear goal: to stay a company of one. This isn't a starting point,...
22nd Jul 2025
For my entire career, I've had a clear goal: to stay a company of one. This isn't a starting point, but a deliberate choice about the best way to do great work and build a sustainable business. In this post, let me explain why.
Focus Over Growth
In a world that often celebrates...
Home on Erik...
Snakebite
Just promoting Spotify stuff here: check out the Snakebite repo on Github, written by Wouter de Bie....
7th May 2013
Just promoting Spotify stuff here: check out the Snakebite repo on Github, written by Wouter de Bie. It's a super fast tool to access HDFS over CLI/Python, by accessing the namenode directly over sockets/protobuf.
Spotify's developer blog features a nice blog post outlining what...
Jonas Hietala
GitOps with ArgoCD
Now we’re getting to the fun stuff: GitOps.
The act of pushing beautifully crafted .yaml files and...
23rd Jul 2026
Now we’re getting to the fun stuff: GitOps.
The act of pushing beautifully crafted .yaml files and seeing your Kubernetes cluster get red and stall out is surely what life’s all about.
Install ArgoCD
We have our Kubernetes cluster and now we’re going to bootstrap ArgoCD so it...
Butler's Log
How Core Git Developers Configure Git
What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core...
22nd Feb 2025
What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core developers change.
Vitalik Buterin's...
[Mirror] Exploring Elliptic Curve Pairings
14th Jan 2017
Home on Erik...
Looking for smart people
I haven't mentioned what I'm currently up to. Earlier this year I left Spotify to join a small...
4th Nov 2015
I haven't mentioned what I'm currently up to. Earlier this year I left Spotify to join a small startup called Better. We're going after one of the biggest industries in the world that also turns out to be completely broken.
Construction Physics
Reading List 11/01/2025
A new semiconductor lithography startup, how to make batteries more like bombs, AI and real estate...
1st Nov 2025
A new semiconductor lithography startup, how to make batteries more like bombs, AI and real estate listings, a monastery being built in Wyoming, and more.
anderegg.ca
Reckoning with Liquid Glass
When Apple released its new operating systems last year, I wasn’t in a hurry to upgrade. I had...
20th Jan 2026
When Apple released its new operating systems last year, I wasn’t in a hurry to upgrade. I had initially come away from WWDC 2025 excited about the new Liquid Glass design language, but then became grumpy. The visual effects looked nice to me, but they functioned more poorly than...
./techtipsy
Anything's a portable speaker if you're brave enough
I hate buying things that are single-purpose, which is why I ended up with this
setup.
Take a...
2nd Jan 2023
I hate buying things that are single-purpose, which is why I ended up with this
setup.
Take a speaker, a battery, put them together, and what you now have is a
portable speaker. Since I had access to both, I felt no need to buy a separate
portable speaker for use in social...
Evan Hahn (dot com)
Notes from "The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast"
In The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast, author Andrew Blum gives a high-level...
25th Jul 2025
In The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast, author Andrew Blum gives a high-level overview of global weather forecasting. What complexity hides behind the simple interfaces of our daily weather apps?
Three main points stuck out to me:
“The weather machine has to be a...
Good Enough
Album Listening in Album Whale
Back in March we added Album Search in Album Whale. This was a very nice update because it meant you...
4th Aug 2026
Back in March we added Album Search in Album Whale. This was a very nice update because it meant you no longer had to first grab an album share link from a music service (e.g. Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, etc) in order to save an album to a list. You can just head straight to...
Butler's Log
The Future of Software and Open Source
I've been writing software for the better part of 30 years, and like many of my colleagues, I have...
18th May 2023
I've been writing software for the better part of 30 years, and like many of my colleagues, I have recently had a difficult time identifying the last thing that has changed the way I work more quickly and massively than the current wave of large language model tooling like...
Jonas Hietala
Vacation
Finally back from a 2 week vacation up at Övertorneå. It’s been pretty great to be taken care of and...
14th Aug 2014
Finally back from a 2 week vacation up at Övertorneå. It’s been pretty great to be taken care of and not doing anything. Well, I did get my ass kicked in Terra Mystica and I played a bit of Minecraft, but still. We got some nice food and my in-laws and my parents were nice.
I’m...
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