19 July 2021

40 links · Monday

yoeo/guesslang

Detect the programming language of a source code. Contribute to yoeo/guesslang development by creating an account on GitHub.

File Icons for GitHub and GitLab

A Chrome Extension which gives different filetypes different icons to GitHub, GitLab, gitea and gogs.

How I think about Follow On Investments

As an angel investor you invested in a company very early. They do well, you pat yourself on the back. Now they are raising more money. Fork meet road. To follow on or not to follow on, that is the…

Benoit Essiambre

― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt.

Wide GitHub

Change all GitHub repository and gist pages to be full width and dynamically sized.

Refined GitHub

Simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features

The Uncanny Deck: Co-authoring with GPT-2

Artbreeder landscape, developed as an image of Booknesford, from Annals of the Parrigues. Angry citizens threw the last of the Parrigues from the cliff in order to execute her. Many years ago, I st…

I had to give a wrong answer to get the job – deWiTTERS

Back in 2007, I was searching for a software developer job at various companies. At one of these companies, the best strategy to get the job was to give a wrong answer. If this seems weird to you, let me explain what happened.

Conversation about skills and learning

It can be really hard to tell which skills are important to get hired on and to be successful on a capable and important team at a big tech company. Some of the stereotypes of what’s required are true enough, but there is much more to the story.

.NET Conf: Focus on F#

Join the .NET Conf free virtual event July 29 to learn about F#. Mark your calendar!

“Neuroprosthesis” Restores Words to Man with Paralysis

Researchers at UC San Francisco have successfully developed a “speech neuroprosthesis” that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences, translating signals from his brain to the vocal tract directly into words that appear as text on a …

CSS Isolation In Razor Pages

CSS isolation was introduced in .NET 5 for Blazor components. Now it's coming to Razor Pages (and MVC views) in .NET 6, due to be released in November this year. Here's a quick look at how CSS isolation works in Razor Pages and the kind of problem that it's d…

263: Building Computers

Frank and I decided to build and upgrade our computers. How did we decide what to build and what are we building them for?

What is GitHub Copilot?

It's time to take a break, stretch our legs, grab a drink, and maybe even join in some interesting conversations around the water cooler as Michael goes off script, Joe is very confused, and Allen insists that we stay on script.

Cyber-attack - Short Édition

Information about the cyber-attack On Sunday June 26th, Short Édition's Amazon hosted servers were the target of a large-scale cyber-attack in the early morning. Our site has been intentionally - Short Édition

Last Week on My Mac: The perils of M1 Ownership

The primary admin account on an M1 Mac is its Owner, responsible for authorising the installation and use of second operating systems. Here’s what can go wrong with Ownership.