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Database Protocols Are Underwhelming
If you’ve been in this trade for a while, you have probably seen dozens of debates...
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I might be understating it a bit, but WebGL is a big deal. You only need...
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At one time or another, we all need to pass arbitrary command line arguments to some...
Non-Obvious Haskell Idiom: Conditional For
The most recent case in which I encountered this idiom was code that added an http...
GPSTracker - A self-hosted alternative to Google Maps Timeline
I used to love the Google Maps Timeline when it came out some years ago. A...
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What are you doing this week? Feel free to share! Keep in mind it’s OK to...
Golang on the PlayStation 2
I always wanted to do some weird stuff with consoles. I’m not sure why, but making...
Figma’s not a design tool — it’s a Rube Goldberg machine for avoiding code
Somewhere, a designer is meticulously adjusting auto-layout settings in Figma — crafting an intricate set of...
GitButler's new patch based Code Review (Beta)
Today we’re launching the beta of our brand new way to do better code review.Reviewing a...
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VIC 20 Ultima III
VIC 20 Ultima III Unofficial Port by Aleksi Eeben, released on 20 March 2025 The Legacy...
Avoid building a security treadmill
Recently, a ticket came across my desk asking for help with stopping people from using a...
Notes on coreutils in Rust · Alex Gaynor
Sat, Mar 22, 2025 Canonical recently announced that they’re on the path to switching the coreutils...
OSDay 2025 - Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025
This is the text underlying my presentation at OSDay 2025, held on 21 March 2025 in...
A USB interface to the "Mother of All Demos" keyset
In the early 1960s, Douglas Engelbart started investigating how computers could augment human intelligence: "If, in...
A Brief Introduction to Esoteric Programming Languages
Also see https://hillelwayne.com/talks/esolangs/ Comments
Deep vs Shallow Go interfaces
I recently read A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout (of Tcl/Tk, Raft, Sprite fame)....
Mikrotik to Ubiquiti – Peter Hicks' Blog
After leaving the networking industry in 2013, I decided to replace the Cisco network equipment at...
Why did you need to change 8 files to add one checkbox?
Recently, I heard someone complaining that "this language is so stupid. Why do I need to...
Optimizing by 170,000%(!) by not being silly - Ayende @ Rahien
I care about the performance of RavenDB. Enough that I would go to epic lengths to...
RDEL #84: What influences developers' trust in adopting AI-assisted coding tools?
Welcome back to Research-Driven Engineering Leadership. Each week, we pose an interesting topic in engineering leadership...
Custom VC-Focused Emacs Functions I Created to Enhance My Git Workflow | Rahul's Blog
As much as anyone else, I love and use MAGIT. It’s an incredibly powerful tool, and...
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As a backend developer whose frontend experience is mostly from using Phoenix and Django that utilize...
