20 random bookmarks

2025-08-29

131.

You no longer need JavaScript

lyra.horse/blog/2025/08/you-dont-need-js

An overview of what makes modern CSS so awesome.

2025-06-12

116.

Always do Extra

www.bennorthrop.com/Essays/2021/always-do-extra.php

Extra is different than More. Extra is finishing those two screens, but then researching a new library for form validation that might reduce the boilerplate code. Or it's learning ways to protect against common security vulnerabilities from data entry. These little off-ramps from the main highway of Normal Work could be dead-ends and not have any practical value to the project. But they might also be important contributions. And that's the thing with Extra. While the tangible value to the project is uncertain (it could be nothing this time or it could be something), the value to you is real.

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.

2025-04-04

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…

2025-01-07

96.

Write your own tiny programming system(s)!

d3s.mff.cuni.cz/teaching/nprg077

2024-10-10

81.

Gnome Files: A detailed UI examination | datagubbe.se

www.datagubbe.se/gnomefiles

2024-09-16

73.

Technical Writing One introduction

developers.google.com/tech-writing/one

2024-07-03

59.

Announcing wcurl: a curl wrapper to download files

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

2024-06-20

47.

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

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

2024-06-19

45.

Avoiding complexity with systemd

mgdm.net/weblog/systemd

Using systemd to avoid having to write some risky code

42.

Pimalaya

pimalaya.org

Official website of the Pimalaya project.

2024-06-18

40.

Understanding SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: A Simple Guide

github.com/nicanorflavier/spf-dkim-dmarc-simplified

2024-06-14

33.

A useful shell prompt

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

Featureful zsh prompt.

32.

Putting Go's Context package into context

blog.meain.io/2024/golang-context

2024-06-13

22.

API Tokens: A Tedious Survey

fly.io/blog/api-tokens-a-tedious-survey

Comparison between types of API tokens.

18.

An easy-to-implement, arena-friendly hash map

nullprogram.com/blog/2023/09/30

2024-06-11

9.

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

christopher.engineering/en/blog/gleam-overview

From Erlang, to Elixir and now, GLEAM!?

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.

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.

3.

On Dependency Usage in Rust

landaire.net/on-dependency-usage-in-rust

Rust and Node aren't bad for encouraging dependency use -- your favorite language's tools just suck.