20 random bookmarks

2025-08-25

130.

Everything I know about good API design

www.seangoedecke.com/good-api-design

2025-08-12

128.

missing.css

missing.style

2025-06-26

124.

The plan-execute pattern

mmapped.blog/posts/29-plan-execute.html

I 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.

2025-01-17

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.

2024-10-04

80.

Snappy UI Optimization with useDeferredValue

www.joshwcomeau.com/react/use-deferred-value

useDeferredValue is one of the most underrated React hooks. It allows us to dramatically improve the performance of our applications in certain contexts. I recently used it to solve a gnarly performance problem on this blog, and in this tutorial, I'll show you how! ⚡

2024-09-19

77.

Blogging in Djot instead of Markdown

www.jonashietala.se/blog/2024/02/02/blogging_in_djot_instead_of_markdown

2024-09-16

74.

Wayland: i3 to Sway migration

anarc.at/software/desktop/wayland

2024-09-15

72.

Writing an OS in Rust

os.phil-opp.com

This blog series creates a small operating system in the Rust programming language. Each post is a small tutorial and includes all needed code.

2024-07-02

58.

A write-ahead log is not a universal part of durability

notes.eatonphil.com/2024-07-01-a-write-ahead-log-is-not-a-universal-part-of-durability.html

A write-ahead log is not a universal part of durability

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

2024-06-18

40.

Understanding SPF, DKIM, and DMARC: A Simple Guide

github.com/nicanorflavier/spf-dkim-dmarc-simplified
39.

Understanding a Python closure oddity

utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/UnderstandingClosureOddity

2024-06-14

29.

pounce - IRC bouncer

git.causal.agency/pounce/about
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
26.

The magic of dependency resolution

ochagavia.nl/blog/the-magic-of-dependency-resolution
14.

Optimal SQLite settings for Django

gcollazo.com/optimal-sqlite-settings-for-django

There’s plenty of information out there on how to scale Django to handle numerous requests per second, but most of it…

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!?

7.

NetBSD 10 on a Pinebook Pro laptop

www.idatum.net/netbsd-10-on-a-pinebook-pro-laptop.html

I've been running NetBSD on a RockPro64 since NetBSD 10-BETA, and I'm still happy with it now with NetBSD 10-RELEASE. I'm always looking for hardware to hack NetBSD though, and I recently watched a FOSDEM 2024 video: NetBSD 10: Thirty years, still going strong!. The Pinebook Pro laptop was mentioned at one point, which has the same RockChip SoC as the RockPro64. That reminded me I'd been wanting to give this inexpensive ARM 64 laptop a try.

2024-06-09

1.

The Hare programming language

harelang.org

Hare is a systems programming language designed to be simple, stable, and robust. Hare uses a static type system, manual memory management, and a minimal runtime. It is well-suited to writing operating systems, system tools, compilers, networking software, and other low-level, high performance tasks.