2025-09-29
stupid jj tricks
andre.arko.net/2025/09/28/stupid-jj-tricksWelcome 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.
2025-09-04
Beacon API
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Beacon_APIThe 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.
2025-09-01
Jujutsu for everyone
jj-for-everyone.github.ioA Jujutsu tutorial that requires no previous experience with Git or other version control systems.
2025-08-12
missing.css
missing.style2025-07-03
Beamer Viewer
beamerviewer.euxane.euThis web app displays notes and slides in separate windows,
keeping both synchronised.
It accepts simple, double-width, or double-height PDF presentations:
2025-06-26
The plan-execute pattern
mmapped.blog/posts/29-plan-execute.htmlI feel uneasy about design patterns.
On the one hand, my university class on design patterns revived my interest in programming.
On the other hand, I find most patterns in the Gang of Four book to be irrelevant to my daily work;
they solve problems that a choice of programming language or paradigm creates.My litmus test of a good design pattern is its cross-disciplinary applicability.
I’m more likely to accept an idea that pops up in fields beyond software engineering.
And the most convincing patterns are the ones that help me in everyday life.This article describes a universal pattern that billions of people rely on daily, but software engineers rarely discuss—the plan-execute pattern.
2025-06-17
Debugging tricks for IntelliJ
andreabergia.com/blog/2025/06/debugging-tricks-for-intellijI have been using IntelliJ Idea at work for a decade or so by now, and it’s been a reliable companion. JetBrains IDEs have a bit of a reputation for being slow, but their feature set is incredible: powerful refactoring tools, a great VCS UI (though I like magit even more!), a huge number of supported frameworks, integration with just about any testing library for any language, code coverage tools, powerful debuggers, etc.
2025-06-16
CSS Classes considered harmful
www.keithcirkel.co.uk/css-classes-considered-harmfulThe solution to all of these problems
I humbly put forward that modern web development provides us all the utilities to move away from class names and implement something much more robust, with some fairly straightforward changes:
Attributes
Attributes allow us to parameterise a component using a key-value representation, very similar to Map<string, T>. Browsers come with a wealth of selector functions to parse the values of an attribute.
2025-05-23
honk
humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk
Take control of your honks and join the federation.
An ActivityPub server with minimal setup and support costs.
Spend more time using the software and less time operating it.
2025-05-06
Debian installation with encrypted BTRFS
chaos.tomaskral.eu/guides/debian-encrypted-btrfs-root2024-12-31
Idiosyncra
exple.tive.org/blarg/2024/12/29/idiosyncraInteresting setup for pet computers. Debian + sway + cage
2024-12-17
Using Nix to Try Tools
entropicthoughts.com/using-nix-to-try-tools2024-10-24
Rust Prism
registerspill.thorstenball.com/p/rust-prism2024-09-16
Technical Writing One introduction
developers.google.com/tech-writing/one2024-09-15
Writing an OS in Rust
os.phil-opp.comThis blog series creates a small operating system in the Rust programming language. Each post is a small tutorial and includes all needed code.
2024-06-26
A (more) Modern CSS Reset
piccalil.li/blog/a-more-modern-css-reset2024-06-14
Nix as a WebAssembly build tool
determinate.systems/posts/nix-wasm2024-06-13
Building Go programs with Nix Flakes
xeiaso.net//blog/nix-flakes-go-programsOptimal SQLite settings for Django
gcollazo.com/optimal-sqlite-settings-for-djangoThere’s plenty of information out there on how to scale Django to handle numerous requests per second, but most of it…
2024-06-11
Go evolves in the wrong direction
valyala.medium.com/go-evolves-in-the-wrong-direction-7dfda8a1a620Go programming language is known to be easy to use. Thanks to its well-thought syntax, features and tooling, Go allows writing easy-to-read…
Hard disagree on this one, but still interesting.