29 December 2023

33 links · Friday

Creating Christmas UI in .NET MAUI

Merry Christmas! 🎄 I hope you're doing well during this season and enjoying time with your loved ones! 💓 As we wrap up the year, let's continue improving our XAML skills by replicating a Christmas-themed user interface (UI). You'll see how you can create imp…

In 2024, please switch to Firefox

This December, if there's one tech New Year's resolution I'd encourage you to have, it's switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox's market share is slipping. We should not let that happen.…

terminal smooth scrolling

I didn’t realize I needed this until I implemented it, and now, oh wow, can’t imagine life without it.

Why large companies and fast-moving startups are banning merge commits

As a developer creating pull requests in a git repo, you almost certainly use one of two distinct workflows for integrating changes from one branch into another: merging or rebasing. There are three key points in the development process where you need to do th…

basically every video essay

hold on, let me just explain the concept of "cinema." Twitter: https://twitter.com/ManCarryingPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mancarryingthingReddit: https:...

Semantic Versioning is a terrible mistake

When I first heard about Semantic Versioning, or SemVer, I thought it was one of those ideas that’s so obviously right that we were all going to benefit from someone having just codified it a…

The world is run by those who show up

A Reddit comment discussing an article on long-shot replacements for Governor of California, explains how an individual can have a much larger impact, without having to run for office.

The Case to Free a Machine to Learn – Michael Bastos

In the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), understanding freedom is crucial. They are interchangeably the same concept but the distinction between AI and ML can be a litmus test for expertise: those who use ‘AI’ may have a broader,…

AccentCoach: Transfrom Your Accent into American Accent

Accent reduction is a goal that many non-native English speakers persue. A big obstacle is that they often listen to native speakers’ speech, but they have never heard their own voice with a native accent. If learners could listen to their own voice speaking w…