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Good writing is a business advantage
Starting about ten years ago, I started hearing about agencies and agency people getting involved in what they were calling product design....
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I'm sorry, but you still have to think
DHH, the creator of the Ruby on Rails framework, decided to rewrite Campfire Once from Ruby on Rails to Rust. Or rather ask a clanker to do it for him, as he can't stand reading or writing the Rust code himself. After that he added rewrites in other languages , like Elixir and Go.
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List one task, do it, cross it out
I have the reputation, at least among some friends and family, of being 'good in a crisis' – such as (to give a somewhat minor example) the day last year, deep in lockdown, when a shard of flying flowerpot ended up halfway through my partner's hand, sending her to hospital and upending our finely calibrated work and…
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A man overrides his camera's firmware to bring rare pictures of North Korea back
A collection of photos from my trip to North Korea, with historical context.
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How to download all of Wikipedia onto a USB flash drive
Here's how to download all of Wikipedia (6M+ articles) onto a USB flash drive for offline access. After hours of trying and failing, here's what worked for me
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Maybe you’re not trying
On selective agency in capable people
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People expect technology to suck because it sucks
I get at least 27 tech annoyances on a single day
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Left to Right Programming
Programs Should Be Valid as They Are Typed
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The code worked differently when the moon was full
I love a good bug, especially ones that are initially hard to explain but then ...
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Finishing a side project
I've struggled with some side projects and had success with others. In this post, I'll focus on the actions and adjustments that have worked for me.
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It’s been a very hard year
Unlike a lot of places in tech, my company, Set Studio/Piccalilli has no outside funding. Bootstrapped is what the LinkedIn people say, I think. It’s been a hard year this year. A very hard year. I think a naive person would blame it all on the seemingly industry-wide attitude of “AI can just do this […]
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The Invention of a New Pasta Shape
For the past three years, Dan Pashman of The Sporkful podcast has been on something of a mission: to invent a new pasta shape. All of Pashman’s hard work has pa
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Most technical problems are people problems
I once worked at a company which had an enormous amount of technical debt - millions of lines of code, no unit tests, and products using l...
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Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown
I wrote up my experience building a backyard office because I wish I had come across more articles like this when planning my build. I hope this post helps you
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Summary of Atomic Habits
A summary of the best ideas from Atomic Habits by James Clear
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Never waste a midlife crisis
John Higgs on the decision to become a full-time writer.
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School vs. Wikipedia
Edit: Oh! Hello, there, HN . For context, we're talking about elementary school here. More importantly, I'm not arguing that students should get quick answers from encyclopedias instead of reading books and other primary sources. I'm arguing that Wikipedia is better than "a Google search," which is a position I will…
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Most of my skills are now worth nothing, but 10% are worth 1000x
...but the other 10% are worth 1000x
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Enlightenmentware
Software that makes you a better programmer.
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The Game: A continually-run D&D campaign, since 1982
My name is Robert Wardhaugh and I am the Dungeon Master (DM). I am currently Professor of History at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. The Game is mainly played from my basement set up…
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The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
I used to be a big fan of Spotify. Today I cancelled my subscription.
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Building my own solar power system
Well it happened. PG&E has dropped the facade of necessary rate increases because of system upgrades, and they have come out and said what…
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What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for you?
One of the things I do when I'm feeling blue is to make a mental list of the nice things people have done for me over the years, including perfect strangers.