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Molly guard in reverse
A blog about software craft and quality
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 4,415 posts.
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Have a fucking website
For fuck's sake
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How I write software with LLMs
Lately I’ve gotten heavily back into making stuff, and it’s mostly because of LLMs. I thought that I liked programming, but it turned out that what I like was making things, and programming was just one way to do that. Since LLMs have become good at programming, I’ve been using them to make stuff nonstop, and it’s…
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Rack-mount hydroponics
how to grow plants in a server rack
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It's time to move your docs in the repo
AI agents address the remaining concerns with having your documentation alongside your code in version control
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Please do not A/B test my workflow
Anthropic is silently A/B testing Claude Code's plan mode on paying users. This isn't a consumer app. Stop treating it like one.
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Your phone is an entire computer
The new MacBook Neo announcement raises old questions around what rights we have (and don't have) to install software on devices we own.
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Claude Tips for 3D Work
Lessons learned from piloting in the third dimension
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Home Assistant waters my plants
Some readers will know, but most will not, that I am a bit of a self-confessed foodie. I enjoy cooking, but especially so when others get enjoyment from it. Be it friends, family, or neighbours, and sometimes all three, I’m always up for putting something together.
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3D-Knitting: The Ultimate Guide
3D-knitting makes a whole sweater in one piece on a four-bed machine: no seams, no cutting, and 99% of the material ends up in the finished garment.
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Kona EV Hacking
Header page for hacks and investigations of the Hyundai Kona electric vehicle
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Writing my own text editor, and daily-driving it
A programmer's text editor is their castle
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Rebasing in Magit
I read Ian Whitlock’s article on why he can’t quit Magit and it inspired me to share more about Magit from my perspective. This article will focus on rebasing.
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Using Thunderbird for RSS
It adds RSS to my primary communications application, which works great.
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Emacs and Vim in the Age of AI
It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future. – Yogi Berra
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Two Years of Emacs Solo
Rahul's Blog
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Okmain: How to pick an OK main colour of an image
You have an image but you want a colour
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My Homelab Setup
How I repurposed my old gaming PC to set up a home server for data storage, backups, and self-hosted apps.
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Tested: How Many Times Can a DVD±RW Be Rewritten? Methodology and Results
Now that we’ve covered the contenders for this test, I will cover how this test will be performed and go through the results. It was a long time for me, but for you, it’ll just be a few…
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Building a TB-303 from Scratch
Code music in the browser.
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Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC with DOS
VisiCalc started it, but 1-2-3 finished it. "It" being the discussion of what a spreadsheet can be, and also VisiCalc itself.
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How to install and start using LineageOS on your phone
Android is one of the most popular operating systems in the world. I is probably also one of the most versatile, used on PCs, phones, cars, autonomous devices such as drones, fridges, and many more.
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Poor Man's Polaroid
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How to build a poor man's Polaroid camera - a DIY instant camera project with parts, assembly and photos.
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Making Firefox's right-click not suck with about:config
A practical about:config checklist to declutter Firefox right-click menus on macOS, disabling AI/chatbot prompts, link previews, OCR, visual search, and other low-value context menu items.
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How to record and retrieve anything you've ever had to look up twice
Stop re-learning things you've already figured out. Two simple ways to document any process, and find it again when you need it.
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When does MCP make sense vs CLI?
I’m going to make a bold claim: MCP is already dying. We may not fully realize it yet, but the signs are there. OpenClaw doesn’t support it. Pi doesn’t support it. And for good reason.
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Block the “Upgrade to Tahoe” alerts
Although I have to have a machine running macOS Tahoe to support our customers, I personally don't like the look of Liquid Glass, nor do I like some of the functional changes Apple has made in macOS Tahoe.
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An ode to houseplant programming (2025)
Waxing poetic about hyperlocal phytoid software development
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Setting up phones is a nightmare
Some thoughts about my experience getting my parents' new devices up and running, and how bad it keeps getting today.