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I built a timer I can’t fail to set Have you ever gotten to the end of a long work day and realized you’re no closer to your goals? I...
2nd Dec 2025
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I built a timer I can’t fail to set

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Dec 2025
Have you ever gotten to the end of a long work day and realized you’re no closer to your goals? I have. Sure, I was doing a lot of stuff. But I wasn’t pausing to ask whether I was doing the right stuff. Or whether my approach was working. Or if I was spending the right amount of...
Remembering the Origins of Birthright Citizenship Administrative Burdens Were Long Used to Restrict Internal Migration
2nd Apr 2026
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Remembering the Origins of Birthright Citizenship

from Can We Still Govern? [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Apr 2026
Administrative Burdens Were Long Used to Restrict Internal Migration
9th Jun 2023
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The Three Transitions

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Jun 2023
bitCards Thrill Your Friends This Christmas with a gift from bitCards
1st Sep 2026
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bitCards

from Computer Ads from the Past [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Sep 2026
Thrill Your Friends This Christmas with a gift from bitCards
Some thoughts on scaling code review AI code-writing tools make it possible for more people to write code than ever before. On my current...
28th Sep 2025
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Some thoughts on scaling code review

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Sep 2025
AI code-writing tools make it possible for more people to write code than ever before. On my current team, I’ve seen PRs opened by engineers, designers, marketers, managers, and product people. There’s something special about empowering more people to build and fix things. That...
Running SQL Server in a container on Github Actions This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
16th Dec 2021
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Running SQL Server in a container on Github Actions

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Dec 2021
This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
Precision Clock Mk IV [Hardware] GPS synchronised, millisecond precision, automatic timezones and more!
31st May 2025
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Precision Clock Mk IV

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st May 2025
[Hardware] GPS synchronised, millisecond precision, automatic timezones and more!
5th May 2022
5th Jan 2025
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d/acc: one year later

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Jan 2025
Minor site updates As it happens I got a little tired of the syntax highlighter Pandoc uses so on a whim I started...
29th Apr 2020
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Minor site updates

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Apr 2020
As it happens I got a little tired of the syntax highlighter Pandoc uses so on a whim I started looking at moving to Pygments as my highlighter. With some searching around I found a blog post about just that! That’s lucky because while I like Haskell, I’ve never really grocked it...
How to fix ZFS pool not importing at boot Issue description You are running a Linux-based machine with an install of ZFS on Linux. Everything...
1st Feb 2021
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How to fix ZFS pool not importing at boot

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Feb 2021
Issue description You are running a Linux-based machine with an install of ZFS on Linux. Everything seems to work correctly, but after restarting your machine, the ZFS pool is not visible. You can still import your pool manually using zpool import poolname or zpool import -a. In...
Rewriting my Neovim config in Lua This screenshot betrays just how much productive time was wasted setting this up. I’ve got tons of...
1st Oct 2023
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Rewriting my Neovim config in Lua

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Oct 2023
This screenshot betrays just how much productive time was wasted setting this up. I’ve got tons of things to do; clean the bathrooms, prototype an idea for a SaaS and ponder world peace. So naturally the procrastination took over and I rewrote my Neovim configuration in...
HP 33120A Repair - Shutting Down the Eye of Sauron Introduction Opening Up an HP 33120A A Walk Through the Block Diagram Bug Hunting Zener...
2nd Jan 2023
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HP 33120A Repair - Shutting Down the Eye of Sauron

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Jan 2023
Introduction Opening Up an HP 33120A A Walk Through the Block Diagram Bug Hunting Zener Replacement Staring at the Eye of Sauron FLIR IR Imaging To Destroy a PCB in Order to Save It Circuit Reconstruction Success! Trust but Verify Conclusion References Introduction When the...
Adam74 The Adam74 is a small ASCII-based terminal designed for the 8-bit hobbyist.
21st Aug 2022
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Adam74

from Engineers Need Art [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Aug 2022
The Adam74 is a small ASCII-based terminal designed for the 8-bit hobbyist.
Android Shmup Six months ago I released the source code of "SHMUP": a modest indie 3D shoot'em up designed for...
23rd Feb 2012
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Android Shmup

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Feb 2012
Six months ago I released the source code of "SHMUP": a modest indie 3D shoot'em up designed for iOS. Since it did honorably on the Apple Appstore I offered anyone to port it to Android Appmarket for a 50/50 revenues split. Two developers consecutively took on the challenge only...
OpenBSD on the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano (1st Gen) Lenovo has finally made a smaller version of its X1 Carbon, something I've been looking forward to...
27th Jan 2021
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OpenBSD on the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano (1st Gen)

from joshua stein [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Jan 2021
Lenovo has finally made a smaller version of its X1 Carbon, something I've been looking forward to for years. Table of Contents Top Hardware Firmware Current OpenBSD Support Summary Updates Hardware The X1 Nano is basically a 13" version of the 14" X1 Carbon,...
22nd Aug 2023
Fixing up Git with Autosquash How can you amend a series of commits automatically to keep a clean history? Let's take a look at...
11th Mar 2024
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Fixing up Git with Autosquash

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Mar 2024
How can you amend a series of commits automatically to keep a clean history? Let's take a look at git autosquash.
GitButler CLI Is Really Good My workflow has remained mostly the same for over a decade. I write everything in Vim using the...
9th Feb 2026
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GitButler CLI Is Really Good

from matduggan.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Feb 2026
My workflow has remained mostly the same for over a decade. I write everything in Vim using the configuration found here. I run Vim from inside of tmux with a configuration found here. I write things on a git branch, made with the git CLI, then I add them with
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables ...
4th May 2019
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th May 2019
Previously in compiler basics: 1. lisp to assembly 2. user-defined functions and variables 3. LLVM 5. LLVM system calls 6. an x86 upgrade In this post we'll extend the compiler's LLVM backend to support compiling conditionals such that we can support...
Privacy Policy The legal terms mentioned here covers abishekmuthian.com and products which explicitly link to this...
1st Mar 2025
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Privacy Policy

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2025
The legal terms mentioned here covers abishekmuthian.com and products which explicitly link to this legal page. For legal terms of my individual products please refer to the legal section on their respective websites. Privacy Policy What personal data are collected and why its...
DEF CON I’m sitting in the airport in Las Vegas on the way back from DEF CON 15. It’s the first time I’ve...
5th Aug 2007
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DEF CON

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Aug 2007
I’m sitting in the airport in Las Vegas on the way back from DEF CON 15. It’s the first time I’ve been at the con, and it wasn’t really what I expected. Frankly, I walked away feeling kinda underwhelmed. Very few of the talks were as technical as I was hoping – they were almost...
Trying and returning the Eight Sleep Pod 4 I recently bought the Eight Sleep Pod 4—a smart mattress cover that tracks your heart rate, HRV,...
5th Oct 2024
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Trying and returning the Eight Sleep Pod 4

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Oct 2024
I recently bought the Eight Sleep Pod 4—a smart mattress cover that tracks your heart rate, HRV, snoring, and cools or warms the mattress during the night. There’s a lot to like about the mattress but in the end I opted to return it. This post describes my experience with the Pod...
Embedding the Sky Two projects at the intersection of geospatial data and AI. First, a semantic search engine for...
27th Feb 2026
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Embedding the Sky

from John Wiseman [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Feb 2026
Two projects at the intersection of geospatial data and AI. First, a semantic search engine for aerial imagery, fine-tuned on OpenStreetMap-tagged data. Second, WARP—a custom neural model that learns embeddings of aircraft flight trajectories, trained on roughly a million...
Announcing Weave, a native iOS app for Typefully I'm happy to announce the release of my new app, Weave. As is often the case with my apps, I built...
2nd Mar 2026
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Announcing Weave, a native iOS app for Typefully

from Birchtree [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Mar 2026
I'm happy to announce the release of my new app, Weave. As is often the case with my apps, I built this one for myself and then decided it was worth sharing with the world. Weave is a native iPhone and iPad app for Typefully users. For those
Do U.S. Ports Need More Automation? On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), primarily...
8th Oct 2024
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Do U.S. Ports Need More Automation?

from Construction Physics [alt+shift+b] in technology

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.
Raise your standards for important things; lower them for unimportant things I think we’ve all got some built in tendencies, pulling us towards certain behaviors, whether or not...
27th Dec 2025
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Raise your standards for important things; lower them for unimportant things

from Bryan Braun - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Dec 2025
I think we’ve all got some built in tendencies, pulling us towards certain behaviors, whether or not they are worthwhile. It takes many different forms. If you have OCD cleaning tendencies, you spend excessive time making sure your windows are spotless. If you are money-focused,...
The immediate threat is AR and not AI Disclaimer: This is an attempt at trolling and satire. Don’t just tag me under technology fear...
8th Sep 2017
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The immediate threat is AR and not AI

from Abishek Muthian [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2017
Disclaimer: This is an attempt at trolling and satire. Don’t just tag me under technology fear mongerer, I’m going to present an acute scenario in which AR could be misused to inflict significant damage to a large population. As a technology evangelist, I’am very excited to see...
Software Engineers and Automation Every once in a while when talking to smart people the topic of automation comes up. Technology has...
16th Aug 2015
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Software Engineers and Automation

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Aug 2015
Every once in a while when talking to smart people the topic of automation comes up. Technology has made lots of occupations redundant, so what's next? Switchboard operator, a long time ago What about software engineers?
XSS To RCE By Abusing Custom File Handlers - Kentico Xperience CMS (CVE-2025-2748) We know what you’re waiting for - this isn’t it. Today, we’re back with more tales of our adventures...
1st Apr 2025
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1st Apr 2025
We know what you’re waiting for - this isn’t it. Today, we’re back with more tales of our adventures in Kentico’s Xperience CMS. Due to it’s wide usage, the type of solution, and the types of enterprises using this solution
Pinterest open sources Pinball Pinterest just open sourced Pinball which seems like an interesting Luigi alternative. There's two...
14th Mar 2015
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Pinterest open sources Pinball

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Mar 2015
Pinterest just open sourced Pinball which seems like an interesting Luigi alternative. There's two blog posts: Pinball: Building workflow management (from 2014) and Open-sourcing Pinball (from this week). The author has a comment in the comments thread on Hacker News:
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
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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
Go Viral on X Learn how to go viral on X using simple logic in creating engaging posts.
9th Nov 2024
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Go Viral on X

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Nov 2024
Learn how to go viral on X using simple logic in creating engaging posts.
Game of Thrones Okay, so, Game of Thrones.
28th Dec 2019
1

Game of Thrones

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Dec 2019
Okay, so, Game of Thrones.
Pebble Time 2* Design Reveal TL;DR Pebble Time 2 Design reveal Available in 4 colourways Final specifications How to change your...
13th Aug 2025
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Pebble Time 2* Design Reveal

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

13th Aug 2025
TL;DR Pebble Time 2 Design reveal Available in 4 colourways Final specifications How to change your pre-order from P2D to PT2… Like what you…
Designers Desk #1: Angelo Vilar Designer's Desk is a new series featuring the desk setups of artists, designers, and creators -...
8th Jun 2017
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Designers Desk #1: Angelo Vilar

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jun 2017
Designer's Desk is a new series featuring the desk setups of artists, designers, and creators - showcasing how they work and what their workspace looks like.   Angelo Vilar (AKA Ansirone) is an art director, animation designer, & illustrator based in Los Angeles. He keeps it...
The marvelous disappearing capacitor The performance of photodiode amplifiers can be improved in a clever way.
7th Dec 2024
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The marvelous disappearing capacitor

from lcamtuf’s thing [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Dec 2024
The performance of photodiode amplifiers can be improved in a clever way.
It is okay not to be special Hi :name-retracted:! I hope I don’t bore you with this letter. I feel like talking to you about...
17th Jul 2018
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It is okay not to be special

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Jul 2018
Hi :name-retracted:! I hope I don’t bore you with this letter. I feel like talking to you about life. (Which I always want to do. All the…
Energizing a vacuum-tube flip-flop module from a 1948 IBM system In 1948, IBM introduced the 604 Electronic Calculating Punch. This machine was a programmable...
31st Jul 2026
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Energizing a vacuum-tube flip-flop module from a 1948 IBM system

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st Jul 2026
In 1948, IBM introduced the 604 Electronic Calculating Punch. This machine was a programmable calculator, about the size of a double refrigerator. It was not quite a computer, but was programmed by plugging wires into a plugboard. This machine read numbers from a punch card,...
JS fetch converts string request bodies to UTF-8 In short: when a fetch request body is a string, the server will receive UTF-8 bytes. I was recently...
6th Sep 2025
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JS fetch converts string request bodies to UTF-8

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Sep 2025
In short: when a fetch request body is a string, the server will receive UTF-8 bytes. I was recently calling fetch with a string body, like this: await fetch("/foo", { method: "POST", body: "🍉", }); I wondered: what exact bytes would the server receive? Most stuff uses...
5 Frames of Kodacolor 100 with the Nikon FM Many years have past since I last shot colour film. Maybe 20 years ago I was using the Lomo Smena 8m...
28th Jun 2026
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5 Frames of Kodacolor 100 with the Nikon FM

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in technology

28th Jun 2026
Many years have past since I last shot colour film. Maybe 20 years ago I was using the Lomo Smena 8m camping. Mostly FujiFilm because I liked the greens. Once I started shooting Black & White and developing the film myself, I really didn’t see the need to have someone else...
Wealth distribution in the United States Forbes recently published the Forbes 400 List for 2024, listing the 400 richest people in the United...
9th Oct 2024
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Wealth distribution in the United States

from Ken Shirriff's blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Oct 2024
Forbes recently published the Forbes 400 List for 2024, listing the 400 richest people in the United States. This inspired me to make a histogram to show the distribution of wealth in the United States. It turns out that if you put Elon Musk on the graph, almost the entire US...
Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive...
2nd Feb 2026
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Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters

from Krebs on Security [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Feb 2026
A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim firms: Harassing, threatening and even swatting executives and their families, all while notifying journalists and regulators...
Iterate or die Here's a conclusion I've made building consumer products for many years: the speed at which a...
2nd Mar 2016
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Iterate or die

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Mar 2016
Here's a conclusion I've made building consumer products for many years: the speed at which a company innovates is limited by its iteration speed. I don't even mean throughput here. I just mean the cycle time.
Cameraperson Read review: Cameraperson
1st Jan 2026
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Cameraperson

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jan 2026
Read review: Cameraperson
Which IDEs do software engineers love, and why? oftware engineers shared their favorite IDEs on social media, and the most-mentioned one by a...
26th Nov 2024
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Which IDEs do software engineers love, and why?

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

26th Nov 2024
oftware engineers shared their favorite IDEs on social media, and the most-mentioned one by a comfortable margin was Cursor. WindSurf and Zed also seem to be getting traction at the expense of Visual Studio, and JetBrains.
Part 1: Will greater access to capital spark Bahrain's economy? Many claim that a lack of capital is THE primary reason behind lackluster productivity in the...
5th Oct 2019
1

Part 1: Will greater access to capital spark Bahrain's economy?

from Yazin Alirhayim [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Oct 2019
Many claim that a lack of capital is THE primary reason behind lackluster productivity in the economy. Let's explore this question.
Python's easter eggs and hidden jokes Just when you thought, Python could not be more fun. Read on GitHub...
8th May 2017
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Python's easter eggs and hidden jokes

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th May 2017
Just when you thought, Python could not be more fun. Read on GitHub https://github.com/OrkoHunter/python-easter-eggs 1. Hello World 2. The…
BM Snaps Burning Man really tests my mantra, “There’s no bad weather, only bad clothing.” But it’s true! For...
3rd Sep 2026
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BM Snaps

from Matt Mullenweg [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Sep 2026
Burning Man really tests my mantra, “There’s no bad weather, only bad clothing.” But it’s true! For one week, it’s the most interesting art and technology playground in the world, creativity unbound. As a photographer, it’s a great place to test out new gear and processes. Here’s...
Why Do My AI Code Reviews Take So Many Iterations? Human understanding is still the bottleneck
18th Aug 2026
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Why Do My AI Code Reviews Take So Many Iterations?

from Push to Prod [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Aug 2026
Human understanding is still the bottleneck
Train Simulator Controller: Driver's Reminder Appliance (DRA) I’m building a physical cab dashboard to control Train Simulator, replicating the controls present...
5th Feb 2024
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Train Simulator Controller: Driver's Reminder Appliance (DRA)

from Project Blog on Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D. [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Feb 2024
I’m building a physical cab dashboard to control Train Simulator, replicating the controls present in UK trains such as the Class 80x. One of the important safety systems is the Driver’s Reminder Appliance (DRA) that helps the driver avoid passing a red signal. I added a...
Breakneck I, like so many other people in the Tyler Cowen / Stripe Press extended universe, have deeply...
1st Nov 2025
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Breakneck

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Nov 2025
I, like so many other people in the Tyler Cowen / Stripe Press extended universe, have deeply enjoyed Dan Wang's annual letters over the past years. And I was delighted to see that he returned to writing in the form of a long-form book, largely about the same subject. In writing...
MD5-based uniqueness constraints in Django Yesterday, I was trying to set a unique constraint for comments in Buttondown to prevent accidental...
1st Sep 2024
1

MD5-based uniqueness constraints in Django

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Sep 2024
Yesterday, I was trying to set a unique constraint for comments in Buttondown to prevent accidental double-commenting, and I ran into a problem that I hadn't seen before:
App Clip Local Experiences have consumed my day Okay, I have to be doing something astronomically stupid, right? This should be working? I’m playing...
8th Sep 2025
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App Clip Local Experiences have consumed my day

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Sep 2025
Okay, I have to be doing something astronomically stupid, right? This should be working? I’m playing around with an App Clip and want to just run it on the device as a test, but no matter how I set things up nothing ever works. If you see what I’m doing wrong let me know and I’ll...
The New Economic Reality: It's Still Your Money at the Bank Whether you're an economist or not, a financial professional or not, it's still your money that's...
1st Jun 2025
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The New Economic Reality: It's Still Your Money at the Bank

from Software and Tech stories from an Insider - iDiallo.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jun 2025
Whether you're an economist or not, a financial professional or not, it's still your money that's being affected. Like many people, I've avoided looking at my 401k these past few weeks. Well, I peeked, and it's all in the red. There are so many interpretations of what's going on....
POV Candle [Hardware] Tiny volumetric display
1st Dec 2023
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POV Candle

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2023
[Hardware] Tiny volumetric display
The Aces Some isolated bops but extremely uneven and unfinished in terms of feel.
1st Feb 2021
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The Aces

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Feb 2021
Some isolated bops but extremely uneven and unfinished in terms of feel.
Let's build a VORON: Major failure The left POM nut got ground down, making the bed fall down. After 600 hours, the printer met it’s...
1st Mar 2024
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Let's build a VORON: Major failure

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2024
The left POM nut got ground down, making the bed fall down. After 600 hours, the printer met it’s first major failure. I know I earlier described how the extruder starter skipping in a big way, but that was just some filament getting stuck in the extruder. This time a part...
Cake Hole Whistler Mountain Often inviting. This terrain just off the Whistler peak road can be an enticing sun-swept run of...
1st Dec 2024
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Cake Hole Whistler Mountain

from somenice [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2024
Often inviting. This terrain just off the Whistler peak road can be an enticing sun-swept run of untouched powder.Understanding that you need to come back up the same way you go down, can make you question if it’s really worth it.Know before you go. Cake Hole by Andrew...
A Tektronix TDS 684B Oscilloscope Uses CCD Analog Memory Introduction The TDS600 Series The Acquisition Board Measuring Along the Signal Path A Closer Look...
4th May 2025
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A Tektronix TDS 684B Oscilloscope Uses CCD Analog Memory

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th May 2025
Introduction The TDS600 Series The Acquisition Board Measuring Along the Signal Path A Closer Look at the Noise Issue Conclusion Introduction I have a Tektronix TDS 684B oscilloscope that I bought cheaply at an auction. It has 4 channels, 1 GHz of BW and a sample rate of 5...
Offset coordinates in Krita with Xinerama I recently bought an Intuos Manga drawing tablet recently, because I got this fix idea that I want...
5th Jul 2015
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Offset coordinates in Krita with Xinerama

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Jul 2015
I recently bought an Intuos Manga drawing tablet recently, because I got this fix idea that I want to learn how to draw. And what better way to do it than with a drawing tablet, while satisfying my need for new things? With little experience I boldly set forth and I found a...
Using wpa_supplicant on Debian/Ubuntu I’ve been using wpa_supplicant to manage wifi on my Ubuntu laptop for a while, and have found that...
22nd Aug 2008
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Using wpa_supplicant on Debian/Ubuntu

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Aug 2008
I’ve been using wpa_supplicant to manage wifi on my Ubuntu laptop for a while, and have found that it’s pretty close to what I want for managing wireless — closer than anything else I’ve found, at least. I figured I should document my setup and experiences. Some Background You...
Why My Asus Laptop Kept Rebooting After Sleep and How to Fix it Three years ago, I bought an Asus laptop, specifically the Zenbook Pro 17. It's a powerful machine...
2 weeks ago
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Why My Asus Laptop Kept Rebooting After Sleep and How to Fix it

from Software and Tech stories from an Insider - iDiallo.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

2 weeks ago
Three years ago, I bought an Asus laptop, specifically the Zenbook Pro 17. It's a powerful machine and works just fine for my needs, but it had one problem that made me want to either return it or throw it out the window. I would work on projects for hours on end and close...
July 2020 gwern.net newsletter Links on the Uighurs, authoritarianism, negative emissions, AI overhang; 1 movie & 2 anime reviews
20th Aug 2020
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July 2020 gwern.net newsletter

from Gwern.net Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Aug 2020
Links on the Uighurs, authoritarianism, negative emissions, AI overhang; 1 movie & 2 anime reviews
Smoking coolermaster Silent Pro M 600W TN6M50 So I was just messing around on my work station, when suddenly I smelled the smell any person...
9th Feb 2010
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Smoking coolermaster Silent Pro M 600W TN6M50

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Feb 2010
So I was just messing around on my work station, when suddenly I smelled the smell any person familiar with electronics fears. The smell of some electrical component burning. The whole upper floor smelled like something was smoldering. So I shut down both my storage servers....
From web developer to database developer in 10 years Last month I completed my first year at EnterpriseDB. I'm on the team that built and...
15th Feb 2025
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From web developer to database developer in 10 years

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

15th Feb 2025
Last month I completed my first year at EnterpriseDB. I'm on the team that built and maintains pglogical and who, over the years, contributed a good chunk of the logical replication functionality that exists in community Postgres. Most of my work, our work, is in C and Rust with...
For the love of mini People regulary ask me why I have a small smartphone, a modern iPhone 13 Mini. Often I simply reply...
8th Dec 2021
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For the love of mini

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Dec 2021
People regulary ask me why I have a small smartphone, a modern iPhone 13 Mini. Often I simply reply that I like it. The smaller size offers more than just an easier fit in your pocket. I have come to appreciate its intangible greatness, read along for the love of mini! iPhone...
Train Simulator Controller: Laser-Cutting a Door Control Panel As the different pieces of my Train Simulator controller come together, a bite-sized first task of...
1st May 2024
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Train Simulator Controller: Laser-Cutting a Door Control Panel

from Project Blog on Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D. [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st May 2024
As the different pieces of my Train Simulator controller come together, a bite-sized first task of building the physical dashboard is the door controls placed at each side of the cab. Here, I detail the process of prototyping the door control panel from a Class 80x out of...
Installing OpenBSD on the Pomera DM250{,XY?} These are some notes for getting OpenBSD-current running on the Japanese-model Pomera DM250, DM250X,...
9th Apr 2026
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Installing OpenBSD on the Pomera DM250{,XY?}

from joshua stein [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Apr 2026
These are some notes for getting OpenBSD-current running on the Japanese-model Pomera DM250, DM250X, and DM250XY. Table of Contents Top Throat-clearing Making a backup Some DM250 hardware notes Making an OpenBSD installation SD card Installing...
Cyber Forensic Expert in 2,000+ Cases Faces FBI Probe A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of...
4th Apr 2025
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Cyber Forensic Expert in 2,000+ Cases Faces FBI Probe

from Krebs on Security [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Apr 2025
A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions about his credentials and an inquiry from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Legal experts say the inquiry...
The Album I would forgive the simplicity of the bubblegum or the datedness of the production or the very short...
4th Aug 2021
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The Album

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Aug 2021
I would forgive the simplicity of the bubblegum or the datedness of the production or the very short runtime if any of these songs were bops but...they weren't? It just wasn't a very fu album.
On joining Payfort “How hard could it possibly be?”, I remember thinking. Boy was I in for a treat.
24th Jul 2015
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On joining Payfort

from Yazin Alirhayim [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Jul 2015
“How hard could it possibly be?”, I remember thinking. Boy was I in for a treat.
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
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The day I sold my car

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

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.
Driverless Pizzas How self-driving vehicles and algorithms will change cities
21st Apr 2019
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Driverless Pizzas

from Kent de Bruin [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Apr 2019
How self-driving vehicles and algorithms will change cities
Rebuilding a 1995 GPS Time Server so I don't get Telstra'd In June I purchased this TrueTime XL-AK time server, so I could learn more of the history of...
4th Sep 2026
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Rebuilding a 1995 GPS Time Server so I don't get Telstra'd

from Jeff Geerling [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Sep 2026
In June I purchased this TrueTime XL-AK time server, so I could learn more of the history of GPS-based time. I received it on June 22, and just 16 days later a similar GPS time server took down Australia's cell service for 12 hours! I made a short video about it but put off...
Comparison of Models Used for Aviation Briefings I have a collection of prompts and tools that I give to LLMs to generate daily aviation briefings....
18th Jul 2026
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Comparison of Models Used for Aviation Briefings

from John Wiseman [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Jul 2026
I have a collection of prompts and tools that I give to LLMs to generate daily aviation briefings. The briefings are supposed to be a summary of everything interesting that’s happened in the air in the past several hours, either globally or in a region of interest. The model...
Personal Security: erase your computer or phone before repair Computer nerds are self sufficient when it comes to fixing their computer. Non-computer experts have...
4th Nov 2012
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Personal Security: erase your computer or phone before repair

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Nov 2012
Computer nerds are self sufficient when it comes to fixing their computer. Non-computer experts have to find some other person with greater computer knowledge to repair their computer or phone. That person will then be able to access all data stored on their computer or phone. By...
Repairing a Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP Reparing an old Nintendo Gameboy Advance to play classic Zelda again.
25th Mar 2017
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Repairing a Nintendo Gameboy Advance SP

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

25th Mar 2017
Reparing an old Nintendo Gameboy Advance to play classic Zelda again.
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
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Core i7 920 @ 3,6 Ghz is a true beast!

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

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...
Cash is king, or is it? Is the time right to ditch the wallet?
14th Jul 2016
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Cash is king, or is it?

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Jul 2016
Is the time right to ditch the wallet?
Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 1. lisp to assembly Next in compiler basics: 2. user-defined functions and variables 3. LLVM 4. LLVM...
20th Nov 2018
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Writing a lisp compiler from scratch in JavaScript: 1. lisp to assembly

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

20th Nov 2018
Next in compiler basics: 2. user-defined functions and variables 3. LLVM 4. LLVM conditionals and compiling fibonacci 5. LLVM system calls 6. an x86 upgrade In this post we'll write a simple compiler in Javascript (on Node) without any third-party libraries....
It's Never Simple Until It Is (Dell UnityVSA Pre-Auth Command Injection CVE-2025-36604) Welcome back, and what a week! We’re glad that happened for you and/or sorry that happened to you....
3rd Oct 2025
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3rd Oct 2025
Welcome back, and what a week! We’re glad that happened for you and/or sorry that happened to you. It will get better and/or worse, and you will likely survive. Today, we’re walking down the garden path and digging into the archives, publishing our analysis
22nd Sep 2019
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Understanding PLONK

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Sep 2019
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
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SEO Is Dead

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

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...
2023-11-04 nuclear safety Nuclear weapons are complex in many ways. The basic problem of achieving criticality is difficult on...
4th Nov 2023
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2023-11-04 nuclear safety

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Nov 2023
Nuclear weapons are complex in many ways. The basic problem of achieving criticality is difficult on its own, but deploying nuclear weapons as operational military assets involves yet more challenges. Nuclear weapons must be safe and reliable, even with the rough handling and...
Elfstedentocht on Feel Last Monday I rode the Fietselfstedentocht, the hottest edition ever, on my fixed gear bike. No bike...
26th May 2026
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Elfstedentocht on Feel

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

26th May 2026
Last Monday I rode the Fietselfstedentocht, the hottest edition ever, on my fixed gear bike. No bike computer, no GPS, no heart rate on my wrist. Just a mechanical watch, a stamp card and my WHOOP quietly recording in the background. Eighteen months ago I wondered whether I could...
Goodwill Read essay: Goodwill
1st Sep 2025
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Goodwill

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Sep 2025
Read essay: Goodwill
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Different types of layer 2s

from Vitalik Buterin's website [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st Oct 2023
Expecting Better Really good book, and one I would recommend to anyone thinking about family planning. Nothing coy or...
3rd Nov 2023
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Expecting Better

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Nov 2023
Really good book, and one I would recommend to anyone thinking about family planning. Nothing coy or clever to say; just thought it was solid, actionable, and sober without being a drag to read.
Silence Isn't Violence The last decade, we’ve been told we have to speak — and speak loudly — or we’re the bad guys. And,...
2nd Sep 2026
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Silence Isn't Violence

from Open for Business [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Sep 2026
The last decade, we’ve been told we have to speak — and speak loudly — or we’re the bad guys. And, of course, say what the mob says or we’re still the bad guys. But silence is often more profound.
The 9 Delusions From the Halo Effect You’re being lied to. Well, not intentionally. We’re constantly being pinged with stories of...
31st May 2015
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The 9 Delusions From the Halo Effect

from Comments for Lars Lofgren [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st May 2015
You’re being lied to. Well, not intentionally. We’re constantly being pinged with stories of companies that have rocketed to success. Especially in tech, there’s always another $1 billion unicorn around the corner. Uber, Facebook, Airbnb, Slack, Zenefits, Box, Shopify, yadda...
Passing the reins on Panfrost Today is my last day at Collabora and my last day leading the Panfrost driver. It’s been a wild...
10th Apr 2023
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Passing the reins on Panfrost

from Alyssa Rosenzweig [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Apr 2023
Today is my last day at Collabora and my last day leading the Panfrost driver. It’s been a wild ride. In 2017, I began work on the chai driver for Mali T (Midgard). chai would later be merged into Lyude Paul’s and Connor Abbott’s BiOpenly project for Mali G (Bifrost) to form...
Fixed Gear Gran Fondo Taking a fixed gear road bike for a gran fondo! Let some of my fun be of inspiration to you!
9th Apr 2021
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Fixed Gear Gran Fondo

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Apr 2021
Taking a fixed gear road bike for a gran fondo! Let some of my fun be of inspiration to you!
Lessons from content marketing myself (aka blogging) for five years I started writing this blog in late 2012, partly because I felt like it would help me improve my...
7th Mar 2018
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Lessons from content marketing myself (aka blogging) for five years

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Mar 2018
I started writing this blog in late 2012, partly because I felt like it would help me improve my English and my writing skills, partly because I kept having a lot of random ideas in my head and I wanted to write them down somewhere.
Pragmatically Generating a Self-Signed Certificate and Private Key using OpenSSL Recently I found myself needing to generate a HTTPS Server Certificate and Private Key for an iOS...
17th Jul 2017
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Recently I found myself needing to generate a HTTPS Server Certificate and Private Key for an iOS app using OpenSSL, what surprised me was the total lack of documentation for OpenSSL. While there is plenty of function documentation, what OpenSSL really lacks is examples of how it...
Filtering spam on YouTube with TensorFlow & AI My YouTube channel has been attracting a lot of spammers. They try to trick people by saying they...
6th Jul 2021
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Filtering spam on YouTube with TensorFlow & AI

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Jul 2021
My YouTube channel has been attracting a lot of spammers. They try to trick people by saying they know how to profit from trading cryptocurrencies or that they can recover lost wallet keys.I've been marking these comments as spam, thinking that YouTube would learn to recognize...
Getting the Sitecom AC600 Wi-Fi adapter running on Linux TL;DR Yes it works with some modifications of the driver source. A USB Wi-Fi adapter I used with a...
1st Nov 2014
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Getting the Sitecom AC600 Wi-Fi adapter running on Linux

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Nov 2014
TL;DR Yes it works with some modifications of the driver source. A USB Wi-Fi adapter I used with a Raspberry Pi broke as I dropped it on the floor, so I had to replace it. I just went to a local shop and bought the Sitecom AC600 adapter as that's what they had available (with...
Looper In retrospect, almost a proto-Blade Runner 2049. I thought the acting and general plot was kinda...
3rd Aug 2020
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Looper

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Aug 2020
In retrospect, almost a proto-Blade Runner 2049. I thought the acting and general plot was kinda milquetoast but the underlying setting was a hair above neat, and the depiction of an unevenly distributed future is probably one of the best realizations of science fiction I’ve ever...
Performance monitoring using dstat I'd like to introduce the utility 'dstat'. Dstat provides detailed statistics about what is...
22nd May 2011
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Performance monitoring using dstat

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd May 2011
I'd like to introduce the utility 'dstat'. Dstat provides detailed statistics about what is currently happening on your Linux box. Dstat allows you to monitor the system load, disk troughput, disk io, network bandwith, and many more items. Dstat is so valuable because it...
Writing a SQL database, take two: Zig and RocksDB For my second project while learning Zig, I decided to port an old, minimal SQL database project...
13th Nov 2022
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Writing a SQL database, take two: Zig and RocksDB

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Nov 2022
For my second project while learning Zig, I decided to port an old, minimal SQL database project from Go to Zig. In this post, in ~1700 lines of code (yes, I'm sorry it's bigger than my usual), we'll create a basic embedded SQL database in Zig on top of RocksDB. Other than the...
13th Mar 2021
Nokia 5110 - Back from the dead. Part 1: Nostalgia I loved my Nokia 5110 and I wonder if it was possible to breathe new life into this long-shelved and...
27th Nov 2022
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Nokia 5110 - Back from the dead. Part 1: Nostalgia

from Opsbros [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Nov 2022
I loved my Nokia 5110 and I wonder if it was possible to breathe new life into this long-shelved and still-memed mobile phone. As it turns out, not only is it possible, but it's going to be a lot easier than I anticipated.
12th Mar 2014
A work week one bag travel Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Neale Donald Walsch I’m lucky that I have a job...
10th Mar 2026
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A work week one bag travel

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th Mar 2026
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Neale Donald Walsch I’m lucky that I have a job where I can work remotely as it allows me to live in a small community where there are no tech jobs anywhere close. It does require me to travel a few weeks per year to the office but...
Fortinet FortiGate CVE-2024-23113 - A Super Complex Vulnerability In A Super Secure Appliance In... Today we'd like to share a recent journey into (yet another) SSLVPN appliance vulnerability - a...
14th Oct 2024
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14th Oct 2024
Today we'd like to share a recent journey into (yet another) SSLVPN appliance vulnerability - a Format String vulnerability, unusually, in Fortinet's FortiGate devices. It affected (before patching) all currently-maintained branches, and recently was highlighted by CISA as...
Snake '97 High Scores Happily accepting the invitation to attend an exhibition of Snake 97 art works in Antwerp. This was...
17th Apr 2022
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Snake '97 High Scores

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Apr 2022
Happily accepting the invitation to attend an exhibition of Snake 97 art works in Antwerp. This was totally WOW!
Two kinds of testing While talking about thinking about tests and testing in software engineering recently, I’ve come to...
24th Dec 2019
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Two kinds of testing

from Posts on Made of Bugs [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Dec 2019
While talking about thinking about tests and testing in software engineering recently, I’ve come to the conclusion that there are (at least) two major ideas and goals that people have when they test or talk about testing. This post aims to outline what I see as these two schools,...
Cribsheet A follow-up to Expecting Better focusing on the first few years of parenthood and what some...
2nd Apr 2024
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Cribsheet

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Apr 2024
A follow-up to Expecting Better focusing on the first few years of parenthood and what some combination of data, studies, and rational rigor tells us about common crossroads (breastfeeding vs. formula, daycare vs. nanny, television vs. no television, et cetera.)
Backdooring Your Backdoors - Another $20 Domain, More Governments After the excitement of our .MOBI research, we were left twiddling our thumbs. As you may recall, in...
8th Jan 2025
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Backdooring Your Backdoors - Another $20 Domain, More Governments

from watchTowr Labs [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jan 2025
After the excitement of our .MOBI research, we were left twiddling our thumbs. As you may recall, in 2024, we demonstrated the impact of an unregistered domain when we subverted the TLS/SSL CA process for verifying domain ownership to give ourselves the ability to issue valid and...
Happy Endings This, to me, is the perfect sit-com. It’s that simple: for two seasons (skip the first season; you...
27th Nov 2017
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Happy Endings

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Nov 2017
This, to me, is the perfect sit-com. It’s that simple: for two seasons (skip the first season; you don’t need it and the show tries to be too conventional) it shits out an outrageous level of humor with a cast that has a perfect chemistry. There is a tiny bit of “aw, shucks”...
10th Jul 2026
2025-06-08 Omnimax In a previous life, I worked for a location-based entertainment company, part of a huge team of...
8th Jun 2025
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2025-06-08 Omnimax

from computers are bad [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jun 2025
In a previous life, I worked for a location-based entertainment company, part of a huge team of people developing a location for Las Vegas, Nevada. It was COVID, a rough time for location-based anything, and things were delayed more than usual. Coworkers paid a lot of attention...
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
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How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

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
Introducing TagVault Fabric Extreme for AirTag Our original TagVault Fabric Mount is one of our most popular AirTag cases. So we wanted another...
17th Oct 2025
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Introducing TagVault Fabric Extreme for AirTag

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Oct 2025
Our original TagVault Fabric Mount is one of our most popular AirTag cases. So we wanted another design that was just as useful but even more rugged and fully waterproof. So we designed TagVault Fabric Extreme for AirTag. It's ultra-flexible to move with your fabric. Ultra-secure...
Strike Commander: Interview with Frank Savage There is a playful way to study the architecture of computers of the past. Find a piece of software...
3rd Dec 2019
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Strike Commander: Interview with Frank Savage

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Dec 2019
There is a playful way to study the architecture of computers of the past. Find a piece of software you know well and try to find out how it was ported to these machine you don't...
GitButler for Windows The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
12th Apr 2024
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GitButler for Windows

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

12th Apr 2024
The GitButler client is now available natively on Windows.
Paying down tech debt: further learnings In a counter-intuitive observation: by making small, non-functional improvements, you gain more...
19th Sep 2024
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Paying down tech debt: further learnings

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

19th Sep 2024
In a counter-intuitive observation: by making small, non-functional improvements, you gain more confidence in a new codebase, and can start to move faster.
Best Questions and Answers to the “Terrifying Netflix Concurrency Bug” Post Why couldn't we roll back? Weren't we concerned about costs? Why is operating Netflix so...
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Why couldn't we roll back? Weren't we concerned about costs? Why is operating Netflix so complicated? Plus many others.
Optimizing over multinomial distributions Sometimes you have to maximize some function $$ f(w_1, w_2, ldots, w_n) $$ where $$ w_1 + w_2 +...
24th Jul 2013
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Optimizing over multinomial distributions

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Jul 2013
Sometimes you have to maximize some function $$ f(w_1, w_2, ldots, w_n) $$ where $$ w_1 + w_2 + ldots + w_n = 1 $$ and $$ 0 le w_i le 1 $$ . Usually, $$ f $$ is concave and differentiable, so there's one unique global maximum and you can solve it by applying gradient ascent.
Hannah and her Sisters I came in with high hopes: I like Allen's ouevre and this was supposed to be one of his best.
2nd Sep 2020
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Hannah and her Sisters

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Sep 2020
I came in with high hopes: I like Allen's ouevre and this was supposed to be one of his best.
Giving more tools to software engineers: the reorganization of the factory It's a popular attitude among developers to rant about our tools and how broken things are. Maybe...
16th Dec 2020
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Giving more tools to software engineers: the reorganization of the factory

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Dec 2020
It's a popular attitude among developers to rant about our tools and how broken things are. Maybe I'm an optimistic person, because my viewpoint is the complete opposite! I had my first job as a software engineer in 1999, and in the last two decades I've seen software engineering...
Keep : A personal shell command keeper A Meta CLI toolkit Writwick Wraj loves using the command line. Writwick googles “How to do X in...
23rd Feb 2017
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Keep : A personal shell command keeper

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Feb 2017
A Meta CLI toolkit Writwick Wraj loves using the command line. Writwick googles “How to do X in terminal?” and multiple forums and blog…
Two weeks of parenthood We've had lucy for two weeks, which qualifies us as experts, which means it is time to write about...
6th Oct 2024
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Two weeks of parenthood

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Oct 2024
We've had lucy for two weeks, which qualifies us as experts, which means it is time to write about parenthood. (In all seriousness, consider the below descriptive and not prescriptive: mostly, it's a notepad filled with things that were remarkable or surprising or divergent from...
Scalable application design without magic I needed to design a scalable backend infrastructure that could handle lots of concurrent users. I...
10th May 2020
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Scalable application design without magic

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

10th May 2020
I needed to design a scalable backend infrastructure that could handle lots of concurrent users. I did this by leveraging the client's computing power having it handle most of the user interaction workload.
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
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How Core Git Developers Configure Git

from GitButler [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Feb 2025
What `git config` settings should be defaults by now? Here are some settings that even the core developers change.
Running my ThinkPad T430 with an eGPU in 2024 I probably shouldn’t have written down my notes on the eGPU setup I had years ago. I’d be lying if I...
7th Aug 2024
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Running my ThinkPad T430 with an eGPU in 2024

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Aug 2024
I probably shouldn’t have written down my notes on the eGPU setup I had years ago. I’d be lying if I wasn’t considering remaking this setup with everything I’ve learned 6 years later. Oops. I got access to an allegedly-faulty AMD Radeon RX 480 and an NVIDIA GTX 1650 for free...
Symbolic Reference and Hardware Models in Python The Traditional Hardware Design and Verification Flow An Image Downscaler as Example Design The...
27th Dec 2024
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Symbolic Reference and Hardware Models in Python

from Electronics etc… [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Dec 2024
The Traditional Hardware Design and Verification Flow An Image Downscaler as Example Design The Reference Model The Micro-Architecture Model Comparing the results Conversion to Hardware Combining symbolic models with random input generation Specification changes Things to...
So I saw this headline reading it was, "Is he Deommodore 64?" (No, unfortunately, Deommodore Lenoir's jersey number is 2,...
29th Jul 2025
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So I saw this headline

from Old Vintage Computing Research [alt+shift+b] in technology

29th Jul 2025
reading it was, "Is he Deommodore 64?" (No, unfortunately, Deommodore Lenoir's jersey number is 2, and I'm not even a 49ers fan.)
Spring, 2025 Hello! I have so much to catch up with you about. The time has flown.
1st Jun 2025
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Spring, 2025

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jun 2025
Hello! I have so much to catch up with you about. The time has flown.
When Overwhelmed, Make a List of Questions In my first big project at Netflix, I learned this disturbingly simple problem-solving technique.
5th Aug 2024
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When Overwhelmed, Make a List of Questions

from Push to Prod [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th Aug 2024
In my first big project at Netflix, I learned this disturbingly simple problem-solving technique.
Six months with MCADD It's six months since our son was born with MCADD, a good moment to reflect upon the experience of...
23rd Jun 2019
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Six months with MCADD

from Willem's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Jun 2019
It's six months since our son was born with MCADD, a good moment to reflect upon the experience of being a parent with some thoughts and tips.
From nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and... MIT.nano cleanroom complex named after Robert Noyce PhD ’53 at the 2025 Nano Summit.
13th Nov 2025
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From nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and climate

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

13th Nov 2025
MIT.nano cleanroom complex named after Robert Noyce PhD ’53 at the 2025 Nano Summit.
Embedding Godot games in iOS is easy Recently there’s been very exciting developments in the Godot game engine, that have allowed really...
31st May 2025
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Embedding Godot games in iOS is easy

from Christian Selig [alt+shift+b] in technology

31st May 2025
Recently there’s been very exciting developments in the Godot game engine, that have allowed really easy and powerful integration into an existing normal iOS or Mac app. I couldn’t find a lot of documentation or discussion about this, so I wanted to shine some light on why this...
Implementing SARM on your VLA dataset in practice 1. Motivation: use big video dataset optimally for VLA training In the first part of this series, I...
14th Dec 2025
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Implementing SARM on your VLA dataset in practice

from Tiny struggles [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Dec 2025
1. Motivation: use big video dataset optimally for VLA training In the first part of this series, I explained what is SARM: Stage-Aware Reward Modeling for Long Horizon Robot Manipulation and how it can be used with a challenge such as Stanford Behavior Challenge (1200h of...
How I Became a Spam Vector There are several reasons for Google to downrank a website from their search results. My first...
1st Dec 2025
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How I Became a Spam Vector

from Software and Tech stories from an Insider - iDiallo.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Dec 2025
There are several reasons for Google to downrank a website from their search results. My first experience with downranking was on my very first day at a job in 2011. The day I walked into the building, Google released their first Panda update. My new employer, being a "content...
The Idea Factory My mail, WhatsApp and Signal now live in one app I built myself. I called it Contact. It is not a...
2 weeks ago
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The Idea Factory

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

2 weeks ago
My mail, WhatsApp and Signal now live in one app I built myself. I called it Contact. It is not a chat app and not an AI app, it sits somewhere in between. When I tried to draw what it is in my notebook, a factory came out. This post explains that drawing, starting with a...
1st Sep 2026
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
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When Harry Met Sally

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

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!
Developer experience as a competitive advantage I spent a ton of time looking at different software providers, both as a CTO, and as a nerd...
6th Oct 2020
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Developer experience as a competitive advantage

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Oct 2020
I spent a ton of time looking at different software providers, both as a CTO, and as a nerd “advanced” consumer who builds stuff in my spare time. In the last 10 years, there has been an order of magnitude more products that cater directly to developers, through APIs, SDKs, and...
Take the tools out of 'Data', but don't take the data out of the tools Using dataframes to write smaller, faster programs
11th Jan 2023
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Take the tools out of 'Data', but don't take the data out of the tools

from csvbase blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

11th Jan 2023
Using dataframes to write smaller, faster programs
Game Engine Black Books I am almost done with the first volume of what I hope will become a serie called "Game Engine Black...
7th Aug 2014
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Game Engine Black Books

from Fabien Sanglard [alt+shift+b] in technology

7th Aug 2014
I am almost done with the first volume of what I hope will become a serie called "Game Engine Black Book". Each book would take further what I tried to do with my articles: Explain simply, yet in great details, a legendary game engine. For the first one I decided to go with...
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
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Notes from "The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast"

from Evan Hahn (dot com) [alt+shift+b] in technology

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...
Train Simulator Controller: Power/Brake Controller, Part 1 The core of a train simulator setup could be considered its throttle and brake, the control or...
4th Aug 2024
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Train Simulator Controller: Power/Brake Controller, Part 1

from Project Blog on Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D. [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Aug 2024
The core of a train simulator setup could be considered its throttle and brake, the control or controls that make a train go and stop. In previous blog posts, I detailed my exploration of building my own controller from scratch, but a fortuitous eBay listing provided me a real...
A faster way to solve complex planning problems By eliminating redundant computations, a new data-driven method can streamline processes like...
16th Apr 2025
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A faster way to solve complex planning problems

from MIT News - Civil and environmental engineering [alt+shift+b] in technology

16th Apr 2025
By eliminating redundant computations, a new data-driven method can streamline processes like scheduling trains, routing delivery drivers, or assigning airline crews.
Ecclesiology, Doctrine, Ecumenism: A Few Difficult Questions I am provoked by an internet presence that goes by “Redeemed Zoomer,” presumably a 20-something...
6th Aug 2026
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Ecclesiology, Doctrine, Ecumenism: A Few Difficult Questions

from Open for Business [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Aug 2026
I am provoked by an internet presence that goes by “Redeemed Zoomer,” presumably a 20-something young man holding theologically conservative views, and similar views on Christian ethics, who is Reformed.
Linux Iptables Firewall Script released on Google code I have released LIFS, the Linux Iptables Firewall Script. This script allows you to setup a firewall...
8th Jan 2012
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Linux Iptables Firewall Script released on Google code

from Louwrentius - Solar [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th Jan 2012
I have released LIFS, the Linux Iptables Firewall Script. This script allows you to setup a firewall within minutes. It is easy to use, yet very powerful. It uses Iptables and even improves upon some limitations of Iptables. Every person who has to maintain some kind of...
Clouds below my floor At my home I have this crazy fast optical internet connection. It is a 600MB up and down fibre...
30th Aug 2017
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Clouds below my floor

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Aug 2017
At my home I have this crazy fast optical internet connection. It is a 600MB up and down fibre connection which directly arrives in my home (no copper cables involved). It's like a private internet highway. Reason enough to find out if I could do something to make better use of...
Pardon the Corruption Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is...
2nd Dec 2025
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Pardon the Corruption

from Can We Still Govern? [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Dec 2025
Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons
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
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Creating a minimal road bike

from Willem L. Middelkoop [alt+shift+b] in technology

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...
The first conformant M1 GPU driver Conformant OpenGL® ES 3.1 drivers are now available for M1- and M2-family GPUs. That means the...
22nd Aug 2023
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The first conformant M1 GPU driver

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

22nd Aug 2023
Conformant OpenGL® ES 3.1 drivers are now available for M1- and M2-family GPUs. That means the drivers are compatible with any OpenGL ES 3.1 application. Interested? Just install Linux! For existing Asahi Linux users, upgrade your system with dnf upgrade (Fedora) or pacman -Syu...
Introducing The AirTag Silencer Apple made AirTag randomly chirp when bumped or moved when out of bluetooth range of your iPhone....
2 weeks ago
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Introducing The AirTag Silencer

from Elevation Lab - Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

2 weeks ago
Apple made AirTag randomly chirp when bumped or moved when out of bluetooth range of your iPhone. That's great, but if your bike is stolen - the very last thing you would want is for the thief to hear the AirTag and throw it away. That's why we designed The AirTag Silencer - a...
E-book Bellows [Concept] Dynamically deflatable
4th Nov 2025
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E-book Bellows

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Nov 2025
[Concept] Dynamically deflatable
Make your own way Over the years, I have repeatedly felt like I missed the timing for a meetup or an IRC group or...
27th Dec 2023
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Make your own way

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

27th Dec 2023
Over the years, I have repeatedly felt like I missed the timing for a meetup or an IRC group or social media in general. I'd go to a meetup every so often but I'd never make a meaningful connection with people, whereas everyone else knew each other. I'd join an IRC group and...
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
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Slay the Spire

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

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...
Finance, Fairer Sharing our investment in Jia, which turns crypto liquidity into working capital for small...
17th May 2023
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Finance, Fairer

from Greater Still by Gaby Goldberg [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th May 2023
Sharing our investment in Jia, which turns crypto liquidity into working capital for small businesses in every corner of the world.
Planning my Kubernetes homelab The Kubernetes iceberg. If I’d have to describe my homelab setup via analogy I guess it would be...
5th May 2026
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Planning my Kubernetes homelab

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

5th May 2026
The Kubernetes iceberg. If I’d have to describe my homelab setup via analogy I guess it would be similar to me on a unicycle carrying plates with both of my hands, or maybe a leaking barrel with water that I try to patch up with silver tape. I’ve also been Kubernetes-curious so...
Is This A Joke? In The Auth Header? (F5 BIG-IP UnAuth Heap-Overflow to RCE CVE-2026-94127) Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well. We're...
3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well. We're back. Sorry. We've been watching the onslaught of vulnerabilities flood the internet. Every man, dog, and their grandmas (apparently?) are now using LLMs to find and reproduce...
Revisiting LLM Geolocation Two Years Later In 2023 Bellingcat published “Can AI Chatbots Be Used for Geolocation?”. In that article, they...
21st Mar 2025
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Revisiting LLM Geolocation Two Years Later

from heavymeta.org [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Mar 2025
In 2023 Bellingcat published “Can AI Chatbots Be Used for Geolocation?”. In that article, they examine the ability of LLMs to geolocate photos. They gave Microsoft Bing and Google Bard three photos of locations in Canada: the Edmonton City Hall Churchill Square, also in...
IC Necklace [Misc] Setting silicon
21st Feb 2025
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IC Necklace

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Feb 2025
[Misc] Setting silicon
Builder.ai did not “fake AI with 700 engineers” The claim that the AI startup “faked AI” with hundreds of engineers went viral – and I also fell for...
12th Jun 2025
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Builder.ai did not “fake AI with 700 engineers”

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

12th Jun 2025
The claim that the AI startup “faked AI” with hundreds of engineers went viral – and I also fell for it, initially. The reality is much more sobering: Builder.ai built a code generator on top of Claude and other LLMs; it did not build a so-called “Mechanical Turk.”
A look at CloudFlare’s AI-coded OAuth library I decided today to take a look at CloudFlare’s new OAuth provider library, which they apparently...
6th Jun 2025
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A look at CloudFlare’s AI-coded OAuth library

from Neil Madden [alt+shift+b] in technology

6th Jun 2025
I decided today to take a look at CloudFlare’s new OAuth provider library, which they apparently coded almost entirely with Anthropic’s Claude LLM: This library (including the schema documentation) was largely written with the help of Claude, the AI model by Anthropic. Claude’s...
The Design of Everyday Things My favorite book of the year. I’m not going to gush about it — enough others have in the decades of...
30th Dec 2014
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The Design of Everyday Things

from Applied Cartography [alt+shift+b] in technology

30th Dec 2014
My favorite book of the year. I’m not going to gush about it — enough others have in the decades of its existence — but know that it is that good and that timeless. Norman changed the way I thought about technology.
Eurorack Knob Idea [Hardware] An idea for knobs for synthesizers.
24th Apr 2025
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Eurorack Knob Idea

from latest projects - mitxela.com [alt+shift+b] in technology

24th Apr 2025
[Hardware] An idea for knobs for synthesizers.
Objectivity is superstition An objective, external world is a non-falsifiable assumption. The prevailing theory is that our...
17th Mar 2025
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Objectivity is superstition

from Daniel De Laney [alt+shift+b] in technology

17th Mar 2025
An objective, external world is a non-falsifiable assumption. The prevailing theory is that our subjective experiences correspond to an external reality. However, they may simply be subjective through and through. That which we claim to be evidence of external reality is actually...
I tried out the CyberPower UT650EG UPS After some spicy feedback to my post where a ThinkPad T430 acted as a server, I decided to try out...
4th Aug 2022
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I tried out the CyberPower UT650EG UPS

from ./techtipsy [alt+shift+b] in technology

4th Aug 2022
After some spicy feedback to my post where a ThinkPad T430 acted as a server, I decided to try out one UPS that was recommended on the basis of it being much more power efficient compared to the APC UPS that I previously ran. That UPS? CyberPower UT650EG. Why switch out a...
Why don't you move abroad? The IIT Dream College and Open Source Twitter @ San Francisco The Emotional Turmoil in San Francisco...
18th Nov 2024
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Why don't you move abroad?

from Himanshu Mishra | orkohunter.net RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in technology

18th Nov 2024
The IIT Dream College and Open Source Twitter @ San Francisco The Emotional Turmoil in San Francisco College placements and first job Life…
Minecraft Server Hosting I play the phenomena that is Minecraft on and off. Sometimes the laid back building or the exploring...
22nd Apr 2013
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Minecraft Server Hosting

from Jonas Hietala [alt+shift+b] in technology

22nd Apr 2013
I play the phenomena that is Minecraft on and off. Sometimes the laid back building or the exploring is just what I need. Sometimes I can challange myself to build cool complex stuff and I’m even an avid follower of Doc’M and Etho and the other mindcrackers over at the youtube....
Are data sets the new server rooms? This blog post Data sets are the new server rooms makes the point that a bunch of companies raise a...
1st Nov 2016
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Are data sets the new server rooms?

from Home on Erik Bernhardsson [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Nov 2016
This blog post Data sets are the new server rooms makes the point that a bunch of companies raise a ton of money to go get really proprietary awesome data as a competitive moat. Because once you have the data, you can build a better product, and no one can copy it (at least not...
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
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I Built a CO2 Sensor and It Terrifies Me

from Simply Explained [alt+shift+b] in technology

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...
All The Ways I Broke My Website This post is a living diary of all the times I messed up something with my website in a funny way. I...
4 weeks ago
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All The Ways I Broke My Website

from Ian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in technology

4 weeks ago
This post is a living diary of all the times I messed up something with my website in a funny way. I value those who have the confidence to own their mistakes and share the learning with others, and so this is me doing just that! That Time I Accidentally Made a Tarpit That Time I...
3rd Oct 2025
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Something in the orange

from benn.substack [alt+shift+b] in technology

3rd Oct 2025
A last exit.
Look for the Adults In terms of sheer volume of words, factoids, and data of all kinds, this is surely an information...
1st Mar 2026
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Look for the Adults

from Jorge Arango [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Mar 2026
In terms of sheer volume of words, factoids, and data of all kinds, this is surely an information age. But in terms of understanding, wisdom, spiritual clarity, and civility, we have entered a darker age. — David Orr, Verbicide (1999) You know how Mr. Rogers said that in a...
Cursed circuits: charge pump voltage halver There's plenty of circuits that are hard to understand because they're complicated. And some that...
2nd Dec 2025
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Cursed circuits: charge pump voltage halver

from lcamtuf’s thing [alt+shift+b] in technology

2nd Dec 2025
There's plenty of circuits that are hard to understand because they're complicated. And some that are hard to make sense of because they seem too simple.
Zenith Data Systems, Part I The quality goes in before the name goes on
a week ago
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Zenith Data Systems, Part I

from Abort Retry Fail [alt+shift+b] in technology

a week ago
The quality goes in before the name goes on
Getting Started With GitButler Agents GitButler built a new way to integrate AI-powered code generation directly into your version control...
9th Jan 2026
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Getting Started With GitButler Agents

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

9th Jan 2026
GitButler built a new way to integrate AI-powered code generation directly into your version control workflow.
Git Merge 2026 Git Merge is coming to Lisbon this September, and GitButler is once again helping host two days of...
8th May 2026
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Git Merge 2026

from Butler's Log [alt+shift+b] in technology

8th May 2026
Git Merge is coming to Lisbon this September, and GitButler is once again helping host two days of Git talks, community, and deep technical nerdery.
Point and Call It’s 2AM. You’re paged to respond to a failing set of components that you are the Subject Matter...
14th Sep 2021
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Point and Call

from Matt Blewitt [alt+shift+b] in technology

14th Sep 2021
It’s 2AM. You’re paged to respond to a failing set of components that you are the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for. Sleepy, you load up the playbook for when the SplineReticulatorBlocked alert has gone off, and start executing. The Incident Commander (IC) is vaguely aware of what...
SQLite has pretty limited builtin functions This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
21st Aug 2022
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SQLite has pretty limited builtin functions

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

21st Aug 2022
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Beeper MCP Fellow Automattician Job Thomas, down in Cape Town, South Africa, has a lovely story about using...
a week ago
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Beeper MCP

from Matt Mullenweg [alt+shift+b] in technology

a week ago
Fellow Automattician Job Thomas, down in Cape Town, South Africa, has a lovely story about using Claude and the Beeper MCP to wrangle all the group chats for his daughter’s sports.
Changephobia Felt...forgettable? I need to spend some more time with it.
1st Jun 2021
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Changephobia

from Writing [alt+shift+b] in technology

1st Jun 2021
Felt...forgettable? I need to spend some more time with it.
Be someone who does things I wrote last month that what you want to do is one of the most useful motivations in life. I want to...
23rd Sep 2024
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Be someone who does things

from Notes on software development [alt+shift+b] in technology

23rd Sep 2024
I wrote last month that what you want to do is one of the most useful motivations in life. I want to follow that up by saying that the only thing more important than wanting to do something is to actually do something. The most valuable trait you can develop for yourself is to...
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