JangaFX - Insight: Linux Binary Compatibility
The atrocious state of binary compatibility on Linux and how to address it
How Cursor (AI IDE) Works
Turning LLMs into coding experts and how to take advantage them.
Building self improving negotiation agents – aunhumano
I’ve been eager for a long time to work on a project where LLMs negotiate with each other, to see if prompt changes can improve the negotiators. I hadn’t been able to find much time to work on the project, but thanks to Cursor and Claude Sonnet, I was able to …
A Tool To Automatically Detect Memory Leaks
Find bugs before they find you 🔫
Launch and launch again — how to launch your products
A launch is a high-leverage moment to tell the world about your new product or feature. Here's how to make it count.
The Detection Mindset
When building systems to detect cyberattacks or fraud, technical expertise alone isn’t enough. Success hinges on adopting a detection mindset—a way of thinking that prioritizes skepticism, rapid iteration, and rigorous validation. A detection mindset ensures t…
The Year of the Picotron Desktop
$CurrentYear+1 will be the year of the Picotron desktop!
Why 'Vibe Coding' Makes Me Want to Throw Up | Kush Creates Blogs
'Vibe Coding' isn't programming but it's surrendering to AI and hoping for the best. This article explains why letting LLMs write code you don't understand is the gateway to programming hell.
I built myself a watch – TheWKBlog.com
Yes, you read that right, I got the parts, learned how to do it and went ahead and assembled a wristwatch.
Selective asynchronous commits in PostgreSQL - balancing durability and performance
Safely leverage PostgreSQL's asynchronous commit for significant performance gains
Steve Jobs Syndrome and How to Identify It – Mert Bulan
Recognizing the danger of imitating an icon without understanding the real principles behind success.
benjojo:
It feels quite uncomfortable that cloudflare is somewhat openly admitting to analysing login credentials that are going through the reverse proxy, and providing...
~fpereiro
This article is for parents.
How I've run major projects
focus • maintain a detailed plan for victory • run a fast OODA loop • overcommunicate • break off subprojects • have fun • bonus content: my project management starter kit
Michael Tsai - Blog - Rotten
John Gruber (Mastodon, Bluesky, Hacker News, MacRumors, Mac Power Users, AppleInsider):
The Product Engineer
You don't need Product Managers. There. I said it. If you work for a company that builds primarily consumer software1, there are, hopefully, three groups of humans who believe they are accountable for the product. They are: Engineering. They build the produ…
Might Can Make Right
Weakness is in and of itself not a good quality. Empathy, sympathy, and the ability to care for others is not weakness. I've been having a debate with...
Reduce, Reuse, Refactor
A few things I like to keep in mind when refactoring code.
The 'They Did It' Fallacy
Scapegoating distracts us from finding real solutions to real problems.
Getting back to the EU: from Google Cloud to Self-Hosted EU Infrastructure
A detailed walkthrough of migrating a web service from Google Cloud to OVH, covering PostgreSQL database migration, CI/CD pipeline setup on Github Actions, and significant cost savings by migrating from Cloud to a self hosted solution. This migration represent…
LLM crawlers continue to DDoS SourceHut
SourceHut continues to face disruptions due to aggressive LLM crawlers. We are continuously working to deploy mitigations. We have deployed a number of mitigations which are keeping the problem contained for now. However, some of our mitigations may impact end…
Lungfish
The REST Formula: Six Principles That Keep the Web Running Smoothly - Chris Woody Woodruff
REST isn’t just a set of suggestions—it’s built on a strict set of architectural principles that make it scalable, flexible, and resilient. These six constraints define what makes an API truly RESTful and ensure it can handle anything from simple web apps to l…
Rate Limiting Algorithms Explained
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Interesting links of the week 2025-12
Here are the best and most interesting articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, and GitHub repositories I’ve run into over the last week (March 10, 2024 - March 16, 2025). Enjoy!
zlib-rs is faster than C - Trifecta Tech Foundation
We've released version 0.4.2 of zlib-rs, featuring a number of substantial performance improvements. We are now (to our knowledge) the fastest api-compatible zlib implementation for decompression, and beat the competition in the most important compression case…
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TypeScript-Go: A 10x Faster TypeScript without .NET but in Go
Recent news came out that Microsoft is working on a new TypeScript compiler written in Go (or golang - whatever you prfer). It promises to be 10x faster than the current compiler that is written - well in TypeScript itself. While this is certainly good news, w…
Modern API Documentation in .NET with Scalar and OpenAPI
.NET 9.0 introduces significant improvements to API documentation with first-class support for OpenAPI. This post will guide you through creating beautiful, interactive API documentation that developers will love to use. Blog post : https://blog.antosubash.co…
ICANN Update: Launching RDAP; Sunsetting WHOIS
The Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) is the successor to WHOIS, which is being sunsetted on 28 January 2025.
Amelia Wattenberger
Think about how you experience the world—
Unit Testing Anti-Pattern: Exposing Private State
In this post I will teach you how to avoid common unit testing anti pattern - exposing private state. All with live working demo.