How we test a web framework | Wasp
A sneak peek into how we test our compiler-driven full-stack web framework at Wasp.
Mr.Popov :: Elixir LiveView Single Binary
We had two repos of Elixir, seventy-five LiveView components, five sheets of high-powered Phoenix channels, a saltshaker half-full of SQLite databases, and a whole multicolored collection of Burrito deployables, Tauri binaries, WebView wrappers, hot-reloaders&…
SAT problems are kind of cool!
While working on fastbrew, I went into the rabbit hole of SAT, short for Boolean satisfiability. It is quite interesting. For my application...
Why Feeds Fun normalizes tags — and how
How Feeds Fun normalizes tags and why it is important.
When the tech bros come for me
First, the tech bros came for the warehouse workers, and I said nothing. Paying them terrible wages, working them to the bone, tracking their every second, injuring them at record levels, all in the pursuit of customer obsession and profit.
Reflections on Big Tech
TL;DR: Big Tech isn’t inherently evil, but we’ve ceded too much control. It’s time to take it back.
The Underestimated
Why being underestimated becomes a superpower. How invisibility teaches you to build in spaces
I Know What You Did Last Summer (with val town)
An update to my horror themed web app
SLASH BLOG
In the life of a startup, you have complete control over two moments: when you start and when you give up. Those might be the only two.
Never Ever Use Content Addressable Storage
Unless you really know what you are doing
The Programmer Identity Crisis ❈ Simon Højberg ❈ Principal Frontend Engineer
On AI, Creativity, and Craft
Using GraphViz for CLAUDE.md
I used to write more
Inside a 16.67 Millisecond Frame - Kool Codez
Understand how rendering works through a practical example.
What if we expanded our current school system further?
For those who oppose school choice: why not take it a step further? Why not force every kid graduating from high school who wants to go to college to only attend their nearest public university? Kids should not have any choice in the matter right? Don't we nee…
How we found a bug in Go's arm64 compiler
84 million requests a second means even rare bugs appear often. We'll reveal how we discovered a race condition in the Go arm64 compiler and got it fixed.
The Email They Shouldn't Have Read
A real-world horror story about contracts, control, and the dark side of managed open source.
nullpt.rs • Hacking GTA V RP Servers Using Web Exploitation Techniques
FiveM provides a powerful framework to create game experiences not otherwise possible in Grand Theft Auto. However, this power can be abused by attackers through the use of XSS in vulnerable NUI resources.
After 2 decades of tinkering, MAME finally cracks the Hyper Neo Geo 64
How MAME devs finally got sound working for the 3D arcade system. Plus: PC Engine LaserActive support gets fast-tracked.
Irradiance Encoding, Ambient Cube
In Half-Life 2, a directional ambient term is precomputed across the environments and stored in the ambient cube lighting encoding. This post goes over the theory behind the ambient cubes technique...
Banning controversy reveals Bluesky’s federation isn’t there yet
Bluesky’s protocol is so complicated that not even the biggest alternative network has figured out how to become independent
Synology Reverses Policy Banning Third-Party HDDs After NAS sales plummet
Synology has backtracked on one of its most unpopular decisions in years. After seeing NAS sales plummet in 2025, the company has decided to lift restrictions that forced users to buy its own Synology hard drives.