20 random bookmarks

2025-10-24

137.

How to Run 1:1s as an Engineering Manager

justoffbyone.com

2025-09-04

133.

Beacon API

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Beacon_API

The Beacon API is used to send an asynchronous and non-blocking request to a web server. The request does not expect a response. Unlike requests made using XMLHttpRequest or the Fetch API, the browser guarantees to initiate beacon requests before the page is unloaded and to run them to completion.

2025-08-12

128.

missing.css

missing.style

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.

2024-12-20

94.

Visitor Pattern Considered Pointless - Use Pattern Switches Instead

nipafx.dev/java-visitor-pattern-pointless

In modern Java, the visitor pattern is no longer needed. Using sealed types and switches with pattern matching achieves the same goals with less code and less complexity.

2024-12-17

90.

Using Nix to Try Tools

entropicthoughts.com/using-nix-to-try-tools

2024-11-20

88.

On "Safe" C++

izzys.casa/2024/11/on-safe-cxx

2024-11-07

87.

Proposal for a Django project template

david.guillot.me/en/posts/tech/proposal-for-a-django-project-template

My take on what could be a project template for Django advanced usage, with modern tooling (for Python and UI dependencies, as well as configuration/environment management), but not too opinionated.

2024-10-24

85.

Rust Prism

registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/rust-prism

2024-10-10

81.

Gnome Files: A detailed UI examination | datagubbe.se

www.datagubbe.se/gnomefiles

2024-09-25

78.

in which interactive development saves the day

technomancy.us/189

2024-09-02

70.

Parsing awk is tricky

www.raygard.net/awkdoc/pages/awk_parsing_is_tricky.html

A somewhat compact implementation of the awk programming language

2024-07-03

59.

Announcing wcurl: a curl wrapper to download files

samueloph.dev/blog/announcing-wcurl-a-curl-wrapper-to-download-files

2024-06-26

55.

A (more) Modern CSS Reset

piccalil.li/blog/a-more-modern-css-reset

2024-06-20

47.

Go's 'range over function' iterators and avoiding iteration errors

utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoIteratorsAndAvoidingMistakes

2024-06-13

25.

Solving SAT via Positive Supercompilation

hirrolot.github.io/posts/sat-supercompilation.html
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

2024-06-09

2.

Piku

piku.github.io/index.html

piku, inspired by dokku, allows you do git push deployments to your own servers, no matter how small they are.