My DIY NAS Adventure
I've been fascinated with Raspberry Pi-like development boards for a while, and then I stumbled upon a gem.
Why I write a newsletter every week even with a full-time software engineering job
1-year anniversary of High Growth Engineer celebration
“Immutable” → reprovisionable, anti-hysteresis
This is going to be a longer blog entry, but here’s a TL;DR: I propose that instead of "immutable" or "read-only" when talking about operating systems (such as Fedora Core…
Payfac in 1,000 words
Payfac is the model behind fintech’s biggest successes, from Stripe and Square, to Shopify, Uber, and more. It's a critical but misunderstood topic, so here's an explainer in 1,000 words.
Sealed: Custom Wax Seal NFC Tags
A side quest to make immersive wax seals.
There's nothing you can do to prevent a SIM-swap attack
Regular blogging by Terence Eden.
Navigating the Gig Economy: Tips for Financial Success as a Freelancer
## Navigating the Gig Economy: Tips for Financial Success as a Freelancer **Hook:** Ditch the 9-to-5 and forge your own path! But before yo...
What Every Programmer Should Know About Load Testing
Load testing is very important to prevent reputational or revenue loss. However, most developers struggle to write load tests. Even if they do load testing, they don’t know how to do it properly. So they confidently release the app to prod, and when it inevita…
Matching mentors to mentees using OR-tools
So the other day on Hackernews, a startup had a question in their entry to interview: You have m mentees – You have M mentors – You have N match scores between mentees and mentors, base…
Parallel Integration Tests With Ktor
An example of how to achieve highly concurrent integration tests with Ktor, Postgres, and Test Containers.
Redis relicensing: Why is this a problem? | DaFoster
Unbundling Tools for Thought
Disparate thoughts on personal information management after traversing the hype cycle.
My NixOS + Nomad Dev Environment
Yearning for the Heroku experience on a local dev environment
Build time is a collective responsibility
Matyáš Racek's blog
Use Your Product
My tales as a technical founder, manager, and software engineer.
Comments on a static website, powered by Mastodon
I’ve been wanting to experiment with adding a comments section to posts and pages on my website for a while now. Rather than using one of those comments-as-a-service companies, I figured a lighter-weight solution would be re-using a social tool I’m already inv…
3 software development principles I wish I knew earlier in my career
And the power of YAGNI, KISS, and DRY
Cranelift code generation comes to Rust
Cranelift is an Apache-2.0-licensed code-generation backend being developed as part of the Wasmtime runtime for WebAssembly. In October 2023, the Rust project made Cranelift available as an optional component in its nightly toolchain. Users can now use Craneli…
New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco
The recent announcement of the discovery of three new Aztec codices is covered here for the English-speaking public.
A Return to Blu-ray as Streaming Value Evaporates
The SVoD market has found its ceiling as streaming services continue to chip away value for consumers, it only gets worse from here. There's no better time for a return to physical media!
Linux Crisis Tools
Linux Crisis Tools
.NET Rocks! Modular Monoliths in .NET with Steve Smith
Modular Monoliths strike the middle ground between monoliths and microservices! Carl and Richard talk to Steve Smith about his work striking a balance between the simplicity of a monolithic set of services and the complexity of breaking everything into microse…
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C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Subscription
Explore the C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code that provides a rich C# editing experience, AI-powered development, solution management, and integrated testing.
What Do Developers Really Think About Claude 3?
From hype to reality: How Claude 3 lives up to its promise according to developers, with a focus on its 13 standout features.
Node.js TSC Confirms: No Intention to Remove npm from Distribution - Socket
The Node.js Technical Steering Committee has confirmed that removing npm from the Node.js distribution is not a project goal, amidst continued discussions regarding enabling Corepack by default.
The Cost of Accidental Complexity in Development
Discover how Accidental Complexity in software development can lead to increased time and financial expenses and learn strategies to mitigate it. Understand how unnecessary complexities creep into IT projects, distinguish them from Essential Complexity, and ex…
PCB Repair: Speed Buggy/Buggy Boy
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The fish doorbell
Soms moeten vissen lang wachten bij de Weerdsluis, omdat de sluisdeuren in het voorjaar niet vaak open gaan. Daar hebben we iets op bedacht.
I earn $52,600/month with this simple tech stack
I built 21 micro SaaS, AI tools, and apps as a solopreneur. I never changed my tech stack to build fast. Here it is.
Fonts and Spreadsheets – Rodolpho Arruda
I’m working on a hobby project of building a “Mathematics applied to Finance” course. That means using a spreadsheet to build basic business finance scenarios without using any functions but formulas with the typical addition, subtraction, multiplication, and …
Trust in SaaS – Dan Palmer
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Transformers learn patterns, math is patterns
In my NanoPhi Project, I talked about how the model trained on textbooks had some basic math capabilities, the plus one pattern, or one digit addition working part of the time. While math wasn't the focus of that project, I …