The EU’s Digital Markets Act is supposed to shake up the power of tech giants by giving developers and users more choice. Apple’s “notarisation” of mobile ...
Largest systematic review of AI benchmarks highlights need for clearer definitions and stronger scientific standards.
by Jared Hecht (blog, linkedin, twitter)
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Static Website with Github + Astro
Writing notes for future you and future me.
The phrase “favor composition over inheritance” has become one of those thought-terminating cliches in software design, and I always like to take a deeper look at those to understand where they come from and what ideas we’re missing if we just take the phrase …
I got a job!
Valdi is a cross-platform UI framework that delivers native performance without sacrificing developer velocity. - Snapchat/Valdi
monospace typeface designed for symbol-rich programming - sayyadirfanali/Myna
I can’t think of any other language in my 45 years long career that surprised more than Zig. I can easily say that Zig is not only a new programming language, but it’s a totally new way to write programs, in my opinion. To say it’s merely a language to replace…
The FSFE and LUGBZ have recognized VLC president and core developer with this European award for his long-term dedication to the project. What began as a s...
You can fault Tim Cook for a number of things. Number one on the list, of course, is that he is not Steve Jobs. The nerve of that man!
Women and men tend to spend their days differently in the United States. Varying responsibilities and priorities will do that.
Reflecting on six months of vibe coding: building 8 projects, discovering AiDHD, and learning what AI tools can (and can't) do.
Nikrad Mahdi — Startup engineering leader & builder; advisor, coach, dad; occasional writer.
AI tools are commoditizing single-skill roles. The future belongs to people who can think, build, and ship across the entire stack.
There has always been a disconnect between the hiring process and finding the best engineers. But when we somehow find them, the career ladder ensures that they don't remain in that position of streng
Is your app prepared for tomorrow's resolutions? We offer services and promote vector graphics primitives for the development of interfaces (UI, GUI) on desktops, mobile, web, and embedded systems. The objective is better portability across different platforms…
Anyone who is remotely tech savvy doesn't need Google to tell them 'Phishing is one of the top ways bad actors intrude and steal data.' We recently witnessed a phishing attack on the npm supply chain. Luckily it was caught before having major repercussions. Bu…
Questions about scams are common on Travel Stack Exchange, particularly those where inventive scammers come up with sob stories about how they’ve been detained at the airport or can’t g…
A simple way to make Workers feel more synchronous using Promises.
AI makes individual contributors 5x faster. But teams stay slow. The bottleneck is planning, reviews, and allocation. Here's how Claude Code plugins cut management overhead by automating coordination.
Sixty days with the AI coding decacorn
Explore how AI can unpack meaning and spark creativity. Learn how to fuel AI with complex ideas to uncover new insights and elevate your work.
Can you use a CRDT as a Database? I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and my answer is a resounding… Maybe Depends on your data, and your use case. If your data is a good fit, and you’re ready to take on the quirks associated with doing so, I’m working on a b…
A personal account of building HeheStreams, facing the consequences, and going to prison as a startup founder who had a piracy website.
How to wrap your head around how much power a gigawatt is, and how much energy a gigawatt-year is.
I spent some time playing around with ClickHouse to understand how it scales and what it takes to operate it. I wanted to distill what I learned, so here's my brain dump. Disclaimer: These are my notes from some unscientific tests, docs, and content put out b…
A short note on contradiction or confusion in my language design beliefs I noticed today.
One personal project to add callout component to Obsidian that quickly spiraled out of control. No regrets though.
This is a really in-depth tutorial on how to make your own Raspberry Pi Pico clone! Learn fundamental PCB design, make a cool project, and learn how to solder!
The personal blog of Thomas Steiner
A 12-month public commitment to learning Zig and systems programming. This is a story about leaving the comfort of web development to tackle hard problems, find a new philosophy, and build software that lasts.
Why philosophy's most famous ethical dilemma is a poorly-posed question—and how to actually solve it
When will these Big Tech platforms learn?