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In this article, we’ll Learn a simple principle that can help you refactor your code more effectively “The Five Lines of Code Principle”…

This is a very concise introduction to x86 disassembly. It shows that you probably have all the skills to start reading disassembly right now even if you thought it was too complicated for you. It really isn't, see it for yourself.

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And then let them snoop on each other.

Tailscale is a great product, but it's not for everyone. Here's how to use it without using it.

In a study, researchers argue that seagull behavior could be the secret to more energy efficient cloud computing.

Running your own blog helps you keep an online journal of your life and thoughts that doesn't depend on unreliable tech platforms like Facebook or Twitter. But this process is still needlessly complicated and certainly not user-friendly for regular people.

Noгma is a non-graphic design studio in Turin, Italy, that explores the nihilistic possibility of eliminating aesthetic choice from the transmission of information. Noгma does absolutely nothing special.

A vision for the "small web", small software, and small architectures.

This is a single SVG file created purely through D2 text:

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single developer, will not be short of an opinion. Opinions on tabs vs spaces. Upon OOP vs FP. Upon classes vs functions. Just opinions, opinions, opinions. Opinions that are felt with all the sincerity of a Witchfinder General. And, alas, not always the same level of empathy.

This article is about how to understand and embrace error messages as tools to help us find issues in our code.

So this week I landeda fewpatches thatcompletely removed XUL layout from the Firefox codebase.

I am not excited about recent evolutions in artificial intelligence (AI) as many others are, but as with APIs, I am looking to find and follow the story. This is something that takes regular studying and thinking about things, so here I aim spending my weekend thinking about all of this, trying to define where I stand, and speak somewhat intelligently about where things are going. As with most things tech, I am coming at this through the API lens, but since OpenAI, and most of the AI / ML conversation occurring right now is API driven and defined, so I think my lens will prove relevant. I have to be honest, I don’t know a whole lot about the inner workings of AI / ML. It is all a little black box and a little out of reach, but I’ve been paying attention and used a lot of solutions, and I think my vantage point likely reflects where many others find themselves, whether they are honest about it or not.

If you want to innovate new solutions, you can't rely on data about existing solutions.

Let’s build APIs

A new version of very old software for a very old, but very important, computer

Sketchplanations writes up my theory of unintended consequences: People are complicated. Life is complicated. Ecosystems are complicated. Alex Tabarrok writes, “The law of unintended consequences is what happens when a simple system tries to regulate a complex system.” This so often happens in any kind of government program, regulation, law or attempt to control something within […]

“Our service should always be up.” Some myths just won’t die. Engineering for reliability is well understood by engineering leaders, less so by bosses

While many applications that call themselves lightweight may not take up a lot of space, they do a poor job in other areas.

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recently, an enterprising engineer on my team has added a code coverage check to our CI pipeline. On every pull request, a bot posts a comment like this: Test coverage reportTotal statements added …