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Writing code is a part of being a software developer but often more important question is to figure what code to write and how and that I like to do away from computer with my notebook.
How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey & Duo Mobile make for great usable security. A travel Chromebook for modern development, online and offline.
The video below is an update on the original post. At the time of the video’s recording, I had been standing for 5 years. cialis About me: I build Power 20, a suite of mobile exercise apps. It has now been two years since I started using a standing desk at work. No matter how long my...
A deep dive into local-first architecture, triggered by wondering why Linear feels so fast. Looking at the technical implementation, exploring tools like Jazz and Electric SQL, and explaining why my next app might not need API endpoints.
Back in Dec 2022, when inflation was running high, I built a website for tracking price changes in the three largest supermarkets of my home country, Greece.
The Leica G9ii
Everything looks like Emacs now: personal, complicated, idiosyncratic, and shrink-wrapped around exactly what you want it to do. Does shipping software even make sense in the long run?
Just over a year ago now, I finally opened the bakery I’d been dreaming of for years. It’s been a big change in my life, from spending all my time sat in front of a computer, to spending most of it making actual stuff. And stuff that makes people happy, at that. It’s been a huge change, but I can’t think of a single…
Note: Since writing this I’ve replaced Exim with Postfix and Courier with Dovecot. This is outlined in the Addendum, but the main text is unchanged. Please read the whole guide before starting, as you can skip some of the steps and go straight to the final system.
In middle school I could not get through long passages no matter how hard I tried. I would read an entire page and find that nothing had reg...
Here’s a scenario. First, you download an app for a service that has some sort of in-person component, like picking up an order or meeting a driver at the curb. When using that app for the goal, be it that order or that meeting, it’s very helpful to have notifications, since they give you the current status and it can…
I don't think that AI models (by which I mean: large language models) are over-hyped. In this post I will list 50 ways I've used them.
The internet is not a dumptruck and neither am I
Despite Mozilla’s best efforts, I’m still using their browser nearly 20 years on. Here are my tips.
Philosophy - Sciences - Geekery - Art - Life - Coaching - Fun < Simplify Everything
Long story short: a couple of my articles got really popular on a bunch of sites, and someone, somewhere, went “well, let’s see how much traffic that smart-ass can handle”, and suddenly I was on th...
Why I believe the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a better architectural pattern than the emerging “Skills” trend for LLM tool integration.
In order to build the many experiments for my research on the future of personal computing, and the subsequent demos for these Lab Notes, I needed a way to build much faster than was presently possible...
I've written a tool for creating a searchable archive of all your Reddit data.
Regardless of your opinions of the Go programming language , the primary implementation of Go, gc, is an incredible piece of software engineering. Everyone ought to be blown away by it! Yet not only is it undervalued in general, even the Go community itself doesn’t fully appreciate it. It’s not perfect, but it has…
If you're giving me e-paper, I'm going to make an e-printer.
[Twitter thread, Hacker News discussion]
When I stopped using Spotify I tried a few different solutions until I found the perfect replacement for me. If you want the tl;dr: I now use Jellyfin. But if you want to know how I got here, follow me through each step of the way.
The benefits of getting to grips with Vim are immense in terms of editing speed and maintaining your “flow” when you’re on a roll, whether writing code, poetry, or prose, but because the learning curve is so steep for a text editor, it’s very easy to retain habits from your time learning the editor that stick with you…
How I built a Keyboard/Video/Mouse switch for my two 4K monitors for $30.
No amount of tuning the backend service performance helped, and then I learned why. Oh no. Oh no no no no.
