23 July 2023

35 links · Sunday

On legitimacy and software engineering

More than 400,000 software engineers have lost their jobs in the last couple of years, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s really significantly more than half a million as some won’t have been documented anywhere that the tracker project saw. In the years leading …

Choosing Boredom | Jordan Koschei

I want to be the person on the train who notices things and remembers faces and wasn’t glued to his phone the whole time.

Empathetic tools | Software and puns

Non-violent commucation is a technique presented by Michael Rosenberg. I read the book when I wanted to get better at active listening, conflict resolution and managing difficult conversations at work and in my personal life. It comprises of 4 components:

Age-Period-Cohort graphs for suicide and drug overdoses

When I still taught advanced research methods for PhD students, I debated on having a section on age-period-cohort (APC) analysis. Part of the reason I did not bother with that though is there were…

Going Lean • Lea Verou

WordPress has been with me since my very first post in 2009. There is a lot to love about it: It’s open source, it has a thriving ecosystem, a beautiful default theme, and a revolutionary block editor that makes my inner UX geek giddy. Plus, WP made building a…

The Economy behind Mobile Gaming Websites – The Cubinskyi Club

If you ever Googled the moment you got stuck in a game or generally looking for some tips, you might be surprised by the number of websites offering various guides, how-to articles and best practices. Who's writing those websites, covering multiple games and -…

Learn why C# Expressions API is so POWERFUL

Expression API in C# is probably one of my favourite things right after LINQ, the things you can do with it are nothing short of amazing. We've done function...

Have I Been Pwned: API v3

Have I Been Pwned allows you to search across multiple data breaches to see if your email address or phone number has been compromised.

2016 Roblox security breach

The 2016 Roblox security breach was an incident which led to the user data of 100,000 players being exposed to an unauthorized group of individuals. The breach was mentioned by Roblox administrators in a security update blog post. In July 2016, a group of unau…

The Most Important Coding Habits

The most important coding habits are those that enable us to enjoy this craft for years to come. Here are tips for programming without pain.