20 random bookmarks

2025-10-17

136.

Automerge

automerge.org

Automerge is a local-first sync engine for multiplayer apps that works offline, prevents conflicts, and runs fast.

2025-09-29

135.

stupid jj tricks

andre.arko.net/2025/09/28/stupid-jj-tricks

Welcome to “stupid jj tricks”. Today, I’ll be taking you on a tour through many different jj configurations that I have collected while scouring the internet. Some of what I’ll show is original research or construction created by me personally, but a lot of these things are sourced from blog post, gists, GitHub issues, Reddit posts, Discord messages, and more.

2025-09-23

134.

Cap'n Web: A new RPC system for browsers and web servers

blog.cloudflare.com/capnweb-javascript-rpc-library

Cap'n Web is a new open source, JavaScript-native RPC protocol for use in browsers and web servers. It provides the expressive power of Cap'n Proto, but with no schemas and no boilerplate.

2025-06-13

117.

What I talk about when I talk about IRs

bernsteinbear.com/blog/irs

I have a lot of thoughts about the design of compiler intermediate representations (IRs). In this post I’m going to try and communicate some of those ideas and why I think they are important.

2025-05-30

115.

The PGP Problem

www.latacora.com/blog/2019/07/16/the-pgp-problem

Why do people keep telling me to use PGP? The answer is that they shouldn’t be telling you that, because PGP is bad and needs to go away.

2025-02-04

100.

Running a Debian Sid on Ubuntu

blogops.mixinet.net/posts/incus

2025-01-21

99.

Algebraic Effects for the Rest of Us

overreacted.io/algebraic-effects-for-the-rest-of-us

2025-01-17

98.

Earthstar

earthstar-project.org

Storage for private, distributed, offline-first applications. Earthstar is a specification and JavaScript library for building connected applications owned and run by their users.

2025-01-09

97.

if got, want: A Simple Way to Write Better Go Tests

mtlynch.io/if-got-want-improve-go-tests

2024-10-21

84.

init.py files are optional. Here’s why you should still use them

dev.arie.bovenberg.net/blog/still-use-init-py

2024-06-28

57.

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html

2024-06-19

45.

Avoiding complexity with systemd

mgdm.net/weblog/systemd

Using systemd to avoid having to write some risky code

2024-06-18

41.

Comparing Objective Caml and Standard ML

adam.chlipala.net/mlcomp

2024-06-14

Reposted 28.

interstar/cardigan-bay: A new wiki engine in Clojure ...

github.com/interstar/cardigan-bay

A single-user “wiki” engine powering the ThoughtStorms wiki.

2024-06-13

27.

Category Theory for Programmers: The Preface

bartoszmilewski.com/2014/10/28/category-theory-for-programmers-the-preface
24.

Category Theory in Context

math.jhu.edu/~eriehl/context.pdf
17.

Arena allocator tips and tricks

nullprogram.com/blog/2023/09/27

2024-06-11

11.

Optimizing Font Files for the Modern Web

documentation.platformos.com/best-practices/performance/optimizing-font-files
9.

Exploring Gleam, a type-safe language on the BEAM!

christopher.engineering/en/blog/gleam-overview

From Erlang, to Elixir and now, GLEAM!?

2024-06-10

4.

soju IRC bouncer

soju.im

soju is a user-friendly IRC bouncer. soju connects to upstream IRC servers on behalf of the user to provide extra functionality. soju supports many features such as multiple users, numerous IRCv3 extensions, chat history playback and detached channels. It is well-suited for both small and large deployments.