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My journey for dual displays with my M1 Pro Mac (2021)
After numerous failed attempts at dual 4K monitors for my M1 Pro Mac, I finally found a winning combination. Read all about the journey here.
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Tools & Productivity
The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 546 posts.
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Review of the Kinesis Advantage360 Professional
The Advantage360 Professional is the successor to the well-known Advantage2. It comes with several new features, such as Adjustable Split, Wireless connection, Tenting, ZMK (highly customizable firmware), and many other minor things. In this blog post, I will explain the significant design changes and my experiences…
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Mental model examples and their explanations
50+ mental model examples and their explanations. There are five categories: success, decision-making, biases, business, and human nature:
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Bundling binary tools in Python wheels
I spotted a new (to me) pattern which I think is pretty interesting: projects are bundling compiled binary applications as part of their Python packaging wheels. I think it’s really …
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How to pick a good monitor for software development
Buying a new monitor is stressful because there's so many things to understand. After reading this article, you will know what to look for.
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Writing docs well: why should a software engineer care?
Recently I gave a guest lecture in a graduate level software engineering course on the value of technical writing for software engineers. This post is a sort of rough transcript of my talk. I live-…
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Sublime Text 4 Build 4142
Sublime Text 4, build 4142 is out now with new features, performance improvements and bug fixes.
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How to make Docker images even smaller
Learn how to investigate and reduce the size of your container images.
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Your Next Smart Home Device is a $30 Used Kindle
If you know how to use a command line, you can build one
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Monorepos in JavaScript and TypeScript
A tutorial how to use a monorepo architecture in frontend JavaScript and TypeScript with tools like npm/yarn/pnpm workspaces, Turborepo/NX/Lerna, Git Submodules, ...
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Generate static sites from Markdown files with Caddy (2018)
Caddy can not only serve files fast and safely. It can also generate static files from markdown, so you dont need a generator.
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Getting a vanity phone number with four consecutive digits
Automating Verizon number searches to find rare phone numbers with repeating digits.
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What do you really get from IDE-driven development?
I’ve been playing with GitHub Copilot, an IDE extensions that uses GitHub’s vast knowledge of how people code to suggest what you probably meant to type next. I’m running it through Visual Studio Code, but it also runs in JetBrains and Neovim.
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Happy 20th birthday Jira You suck so bad
I write about reverse engineering & development.
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Programming at the REPL: Data Visualization
Each time we evaluate an expression, the REPL shows us a textual representation of the result: that’s the Print part of Read-Eval-Print-Loop . Most of the time, this textual representation is clear enough for the programmer, but sometimes it becomes difficult to read - especially when dealing with big or deeply nested…
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A few of my favourite things about the OpenBSD Packet Filter tools
Guest Post: How to use PF features and tools.
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SaaS tools that get things done for tech startups
These SaaS tools have been helping us from day 1 since Juicedata was founded.
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Netlify Graph: A faster way for teams to develop web apps with APIs
Hello all :wave:t6: ! As of May 1st 2023 Netlify Graph has been deprecated. We have received loads of feedback and after much consideration we have decided to discontinue support of this product. We will be focusing our efforts on enabling developers to build composable websites, stores, and apps with greater…
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Generating true random numbers from bananas
It was a dreary afternoon in Milan last year when, procrastinating on studying, I was struck by a flash of genius. “What would happen if I made a banana-powered random number generator?“. I immediately went to tell my roommate, who was also an electronic engineer.He looked me in the face and burst out laughing. At ……
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Automated PDF Reports with Python Notebooks
Learn how to build automated PDF reports in Python with Jupyter and Mercury, including scheduling, charts, and email delivery workflows.
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Sending notifications programmatically: let me count the ways
Code level discussion of web scraping, gray hat automation, growth hacking and bounty hunting
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