25 July 2020

26 links · Saturday

Working From Home

Back in March, my kids were super excited for a few days off for their Spring Break. I took a week off so I could be home with them and n...

How I would grow Gumroad – Min-Kyu Jung

Let’s say Sahil is right, and that the market is the biggest determinant of growth. If Gumroad's growth is restricted by the size of the indie creator market, then one way for Gumroad to ensure its future growth is to actively grow the indie creator market its…

Grab a Shitty Rod and Start Fishing — Dickie Bush

Few things flood my brain with dopamine more than planning. My brain basks in this planning process because it feels so productive, but involves minimal mental effort. The antidote? When I find myself gathering gear, I grab a shitty rod and start fishing.

Your Brain = Your Dog?

You got a new dog, he’s very smart. So you decided to call him Brain. You love Brain, he’s your best friend now, and you always do things together. Everything would be perfect if Brain didn’t have this little problem; He gets distracted very easily, and when y…

Joe Bergeron | Java Obfuscation: A Pattern Language

I recently took it upon myself to decompile and attempt to deobfuscate the relatively substantial Java codebase of a much-loved childhood MMO, a game which still manages to attract a sizeable playerbase, despite its age. (Take a guess at what game I'm talking …

plant99/felicette

Satellite imagery for dummies. Contribute to plant99/felicette development by creating an account on GitHub.

SuperTails/langcraft

Compiler from LLVM IR to Minecraft datapacks. Contribute to SuperTails/langcraft development by creating an account on GitHub.

Who gets invited to the party?

It should be obvious to everyone at this point that the tech industry has a diversity problem. Lots of folks have written about this, but…

Regional Air Mobility - Lilium

Why we don’t plan to operate flights under 20km, and why that’s a good thing.

hallatore/Netling

Netling is a load tester client for easy web testing. - hallatore/Netling