20 random bookmarks

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.

2025-07-31

127.

A dive into open chat protocols

wiki.alopex.li/ADiveIntoOpenChat

2025-07-03

126.

A Higgs-bugson in the Linux Kernel

blog.janestreet.com/a-higgs-bugson-in-the-linux-kernel

We recently ran across a strange higgs-bugson that manifested itself in a critical system that stores and distributes the firm’s trading activity data, called Gord. (A higgs-bugson is a bug that is reported in practice but difficult to reproduce, named for the Higgs boson, a particle which was theorized in the 1960s but only found in 2013.) In this post I’ll walk you through the process I took to debug it. I tried to write down relevant details as they came up, so see if you can guess what the bug is while reading along.

2025-05-23

112.

Async from scratch 1: What's in a Future, anyway? | natkr's ramblings

natkr.com/2025-04-10-async-from-scratch-1

There are a lot of guides about how to use async Rust from a "user's
perspective", but I think it's also worth understanding how it
works, what those async blocks actually mean.

2025-04-04

104.

Pitfalls of Safe Rus

corrode.dev/blog/pitfalls-of-safe-rust

When people say Rust is a “safe language”, they often mean memory safety.
And while memory safety is a great start, it’s far from all it takes to build robust applications.
Memory safety is important but not sufficient for overall r…

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

2024-10-10

82.

'Do' More With 'Run'

maxgreenwald.me/blog/do-more-with-run

I recently wrote about Async Pool, one of my favorite JavaScript / TypeScript helpers, and today I want to share an even simpler yet extremely useful utility

2024-07-15

62.

"GitHub" Is Starting to Feel Like Legacy Software

mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2024/07/12/github-is-starting-to-feel-like-legacy-software

I’ve used a lot of tools over the years, which means I’ve seen a lot of tools hit a plateau. That’s not always a problem; sometimes …

2024-07-09

61.

Using use in Gleam

erikarow.land/notes/using-use-gleam

2024-06-26

53.

A reckless introduction to Hindley-Milner type inference

reasonableapproximation.net/2019/05/05/hindley-milner.html

2024-06-24

50.

Microfeatures I Love in Blogs and Personal Websites

danilafe.com/blog/blog_microfeatures

In this post, I talk about pleasant but seemingly minor features in personal sites

2024-06-21

49.

On testing Go code using the standard library | Henrique Vicente

henvic.dev/posts/testing-go

Most programming language ecosystems provide assert functions in their testing libraries but not Go's. Go's standard testing package follows a more direct and to-the-point approach.

2024-06-19

44.

Aurora - Python Static Site Generator

aurora.jamesg.blog

Aurora: An extensible, Python-based static site generator.

2024-06-17

36.

How I learned Haskell in just 15 years - duckrabbit solutions

duckrabbit.tech/articles/learning-haskell.html

2024-06-14

33.

A useful shell prompt

blog.meain.io/2022/my-shell-prompt

Featureful zsh prompt.

2024-06-13

26.

The magic of dependency resolution

ochagavia.nl/blog/the-magic-of-dependency-resolution

2024-06-12

13.

My experience crafting an interpreter with Rust

ceronman.com/2021/07/22/my-experience-crafting-an-interpreter-with-rust

Last year I finally decided to learn some Rust. The official book by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols is excellent, but even after reading it and working on some small code exercises, I felt that I …

2024-06-11

11.

Optimizing Font Files for the Modern Web

documentation.platformos.com/best-practices/performance/optimizing-font-files
6.

Go evolves in the wrong direction

valyala.medium.com/go-evolves-in-the-wrong-direction-7dfda8a1a620

Go 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.