The ‘trickonometry’ of math olympiad inequalities (Part 1)
Getting started with competitive math inequalities
Instant SQL is here: Speedrun ad-hoc queries as you type - MotherDuck Blog
Type, see, tweak, repeat! Instant SQL is now in Preview in MotherDuck and the DuckDB Local UI. Bend reality with SQL superpowers to get real-time query results as you type. | Reading time: 8 min read
Going Out With A Bang
In 1.5C Here We Come I criticized people like Eric Schmidt who said that: the artificial intelligence boom was too powerful, and had too...
You Can Be a Great Designer and Be Completely Unknown - Christopher Butler
I often find myself contemplating the greatest creators in history — those rare artists, designers, and thinkers whose work transformed how we see
What If We Could Rebuild Kafka From Scratch?
The last few days I spent some time digging into the recently announced KIP-1150 ("Diskless Kafka"), as well AutoMQ’s Kafka fork, tightly integrating Apache Kafka and object storage, such as S3. Following the example set by WarpStream, these projects aim to s…
More about Figma's "Dev Mode" trademark
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or journalist, might be wrong about things
Don't make it "like Google"
Don't make it "like Google" | exotext
My Billion Dollar Idea (Seedless Torrents) is dead
Looking for Seeds - Smol Nero
Merchant Cash Advances (MCAs) are gaining popularity in the loan market. These short-term loans were introduced under the guise of supporting small businesses—providing short-term capital to help cover expenses in...
TikTokification and Enshitification
TikTokification is the denouement of Enshitification, where engagement metrics-driven growth models and an unregulated dopamine market force companies and platforms to offer algorithmically driven endless doom-scrolling as their core product over socially bene…
What Really Happens When You Drop a Column in Postgres
When you drop a column in Postgres, the data doesn't actually go away - here's why, and what that means for you
It's ok to not be a machine
How routines and toxic productivity ignores what makes us human
How I Got Hacked: A Warning about Malicious PoCs | Chocapikk's Cybersecurity Blog 🛡️💻
An in-depth forensic analysis of how a seemingly legitimate Proof-of-Concept (PoC) for CVE-2020-35489 turned out to be a cleverly disguised malware. This blog post details the attack vector, payload deobfuscation, Indicators of Compromise (IoCs), and the steps…
Manufactured consensus on x.com
How algorithm-driven influence quietly replaces genuine discourse with engineered popularity—no fake users, no overt propaganda.
The Inside Story of the Windows Start Menu
Retired Windows developer Dave Plummer takes you a visual journey through the history of the Windows Start Menu, from its origins in Cairo, to Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11.
On loyalty to your employer — Talent Stuff
Your employer pays you to spend more time with them than you spend with your family and/or loved ones. Your employer is one of the biggest influencers on your mental well-being. Your employer can and will replace you in a heartbeat if absolutely necessary. Le…
I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice and received the GPLv3 license
I was curious about the 51 Franklin Street address in the GPLv2 license notice so I wrote to them as they said
Data Access Evolution & AI with Michael Pizzo - Microsoft Data Expert
Register for Build - https://build.microsoft.com My interview with Microsoft's Michael Pizzo—a true trailblazer with over 30 years at Microsoft. Michael began his journey integrating Excel with relational data, and went on to play a pivotal role in the design…
Securing .NET APIs & Web Apps with Microsoft Entra | Crash Course
💻Get the full source code (free): https://go.dotnetacademy.io/aspnet-core-entra 🔥Become a .NET Cloud Developer: https://dotnetacademy.io/bootcamp Learn how to secure your ASP.NET Core APIs and Web Apps with Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure AD), step by step.…
How can I learn more about .NET Aspire?
Ready to jump into the world of .NET Aspire but not sure where to start? In this One Dev Question Jayme Singleton introduces about the brand-new Beginner-Friendly Video Series — your ultimate guide to understanding and using .NET Aspire like a pro! Access th…
C# and Database Configuration
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GitHub - UnmappedStack/TacOS: An x86_64 UNIX-like OS from scratch
An x86_64 UNIX-like OS from scratch. Contribute to UnmappedStack/TacOS development by creating an account on GitHub.
YAGRI: You are gonna read it
April, 2025
ABP - SaaS Module
Tired of building SaaS infrastructure from scratch? Watch our video on how the ABP SaaS module handles the core SaaS functionality for you. Save time, scale faster!
Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Teaching LLMs how to solid model
It turns out that LLMs can make CAD models for simple 3D mechanical parts. And, I think they’ll be extremely good at it soon.
The #1 Pattern You Need To Know When Publishing Events
Hi, I'm James Eastham and it this video I dive into the intricacies of the outbox pattern. Event-driven architectures can seem straightforward, but managing state and publishing events requires careful consideration. You'll learn about two key methods: the tr…
Korea TSPs
We have solved a traveling salesman problem (TSP) to walk to 81,998 bars in South Korea. The problem was created using the Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) to build a table of the 3,361,795,003 point-to-point travel times, one for each pair of bar locations.…
They made computers behave like annoying salesmen
They made computers behave like annoying salesmen | exotext
Rib :ms_red_panda: (@Rib)
Today Melissa Lewis over on BlueSky pointed out that the font used in the infamous "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign was actually designed by Just van Rossum, whose brother, Guido, created the Python programming language (https://bsky.app/profile…
AI Horseless Carriages | koomen.dev
An essay about bad AI app design