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The power of keeping a coding journal (2014)
This post was inspired by the tool jrnl which has been mentioned on hacker news.
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Github is making me feel stupid(er)
I’m approaching my fourth anniversary of using github. I should hardly have to state that it’s a wonderful service, and especially so for being kept freely available to the open source community. At the same time, I’ve noticed over the past year or so that in many ways I feel less efficient using it now than I used…
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How Intuitive Are Macs Really?
My kid sister has been using Macs for about 5 years. She bought her 2012 MacBook Pro used on eBay for $500, and it lasted longer than any other laptop she has bought new or used. When she accidentally spilled orange juice on her MacBook two days ago, she asked my recommendation on getting the new M1 MacBook Pro or…
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Thoughts on Mechanical Keyboards and the ZSA Moonlander
Mechanical keyboards, the nerd equivalent of obsessing over ferrule weights in golf clubs, are wildly popular, and for a good reason. I've owned and used a ZSA Moonlander for some years now, and here are my thoughts on it and why I think you should literally buy any mechanical keyboard you can get your hands on with…
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The Surreal Magnificence of Fatherhood
His arrival, our survival, and many transformations.
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I'm worried it might get bad
Starting to worry things might get very bad, very soon
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In Defense of Inclusionism
Iron Law of Bureaucracy: the downwards deletionism spiral discourages contribution and is how Wikipedia will die.
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Current thoughts on social media
My view on the state of social media in late 2023
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Air Purifiers as White Noise Machines
White noise machines are widely used for sound masking, increasing privacy in offices and helping people sleep. The classic approach is a fan in a box, though in the past ten years people have mostly switched over to electronic ones. But a fan is really a great approach; you just need to put it to better use: have the…
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Overcoming the friendship recession
My thoughts on the friendship recession and what I'm doing to maintain friendships.
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Ribbonfarm Is Retiring
After several years of keeping it going in semi-retired, keep-the-lights-on (KTLO) mode, I've decided to officially fully retire this blog. The ribbonfarm.com…
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Stop Watching the News (2019)
Want someone else to think for you? Watch the news. Want to be distracted? Watch the news. Want something to get mad about? Watch the news. A recent passage in The Daily Stoic discussed the negative impact of hearing bad news – something like a tsunami destroying a village, or a terroris
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Verschlimmbesserung: The Word Your Software Updates Need
An attempted improvement that only makes things worse. It is time we start naming this phenomenon in software engineering.
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Engineers will do anything to avoid learning from history
First we reinvented statistics. Then finance. Now we're reinventing program management and calling it agentic orchestration.
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The longest train ride in the world (2019)
Depot69 merupakan jargonnya permainan pencari ikan koi jejer 3 dan gerbang paling sedap abad ini dengan berbagai macam jenis bonus menarik yang bisa anda dapatkan dengan mudah.
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How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Goals by Using the “Seinfeld Strategy”
Don't break the chain.
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A series of vignettes from my childhood and early career
When I was younger, I really liked programming! I loved the sense of accomplishment, I loved the problem solving, I loved sharing what I made with the people around me to both amuse and assist.
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For What It’s Worth: A Review of Wu-Tang Clan’s “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin”
This is what we know: On November 24, 2015, the Wu-Tang Clan sold its latest album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin , through an online auction house. As one of the most innovative rap groups, the Wu-Tang Clan had used concepts for their recordings before, but the latest album would be their highest concept: it would…