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The Second Edition of “Refactoring”
I'm finishing a new edition of my Refactoring book. Here's details and periodic memos about my work.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 8,939 posts.
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I grew my Substack from 439 to 451 free subscribers in just 11 months
And how YOU can too!
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How I made the print and eBook versions of my web book
It’s a funny feeling to spend nearly six years making something and then finally hold it in your hand. It’s simultaneously, “This is it! ” and “Is this it?” How can it be so small when it feels like such a big piece of my life?
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How to become a part-time programmer
For some people, a 40-hour workweek is something to aspire to; for others, it’s still too much time taken up by a job. If you fall into that second category, if you want more time for hobbies, family and friends, or working on your own software projects, you too might dream of working less than full time. But how do…
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She went to sleep and woke up 30 years later (1998)
The real-life story of Annie Shapiro - who fell into a coma at age 50 in 1963 - is more remarkable than the movie based on her miraculous re-awakening.
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Searching for Mark Pilgrim
Mark Pilgrim has left the internet.
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One Year of TILs
Just over a year ago I started tracking TILs, inspired by Josh Branchaud’s collection. I’ve since published 148 TILs across 43 different topics. It’s a great format! TIL stands for …
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The Rejection Book: Good luck, bad luck, who knows?
I've been rejected by a lot of people and organizations over the years. The number of my rejections became so comical, that my parents put together a book. This was a special book, since many of...
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Ross Anderson
Ross Anderson unexpectedly passed away Thursday night in, I believe, his home in Cambridge. I can’t remember when I first met Ross. Of course it was before 2008, when we created the Security and Human Behavior workshop. It was well before 2001, when we created the Workshop on Economics and Information Security. (Okay…
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Luxury beliefs are status symbols (2022)
The struggle for distinction
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The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
I started a new job recently so I had the opportunity to get one of the new M1 MacBooks, I decided to go with the Air. The reviews have been very positive and I’m here to tell you: it is indeed an amazing device. The performance feels a lot better than my MacBook Pro 16”, which is only a year old and about 3x the…
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I used to know how to write in Japanese
Somehow, though, I can still read it
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YouTube addiction, one month sober
Today marks my first month clean from YouTube . It was the right choice, but that's not to say it was easy.
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Why read Dostoevsky? A programmer's perspective
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Why read old philosophy?
I’m going to try to explain a mystery that puzzled me for years. This answer finally dawned on me in the middle of one of those occasional conversations in which non-perplexed friends patiently try…
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Pianojacq, an easy way to learn to play the piano
I’m pretty sure that the hardest choice in my life to date has been the one between my two loves: music on the hand and computer programming on the other. The programming won out, I figured it would be a much more lucrative field to pursue a career in, besides it was a much better match for my talents. From the age of…
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Goodbye Facebook.
Let’s get something straight: This is not a Facebook hate post. That being said, I’m running a little experiment of disabling my Facebook account. Why you ask? I first joined Facebook t…
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Three important steps in my maturation process
My father passed recently, and he was twice my age. I am approximately the same age that he was when I was born, and I am now “the old generation” - there’s no one left in the generation above me.
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This Blog Is Now Running on Solar Power
I've put a solar panel on my balcony, which is connected to a solar charge controller. This device charges an old worn-out car battery and provides power to a Raspberry Pi ~~3b+~~ 4B, which in turn powers this (static) website.
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Stamina Is a Quiet Advantage
Stamina is one of the most universally useful traits you can develop. It's a more broadly applicable advantage than things that are situationally useful.
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Memex is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed (2020)
How to keep an external brain using ideas from 1945 and technology from 2023.
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The Egg (2009)
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.
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Why I work remotely has nothing to do with productivity
Illustration by Nate Otto These are some of the things I can do because I’m fortunate to work for a company that lets me work from anywhere: Hug my kids and feed them breakfast before they lea…
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Low Cost CO2 Sensors Comparison: Photo-Acoustic vs. NDIR
A comparison of low-cost CO2 sensor technologies, explaining photo-acoustic versus NDIR designs and the tradeoffs behind each approach.
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How I wrote, crowdfunded, and independently published a book
The start-to-finish story of how I authored, funded, and self-published my fourth book, Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?
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Nookd
Today's post departs from my stated mission to provide a glimpse into daily island life...except so far as it reflects my reaction to someth...
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We won't "just hang out"
On human connection after the Singularity.