20 random bookmarks

2025-09-23

134.

Cap'n Web: A new RPC system for browsers and web servers

blog.cloudflare.com/capnweb-javascript-rpc-library

Cap'n Web is a new open source, JavaScript-native RPC protocol for use in browsers and web servers. It provides the expressive power of Cap'n Proto, but with no schemas and no boilerplate.

2025-09-01

132.

Jujutsu for everyone

jj-for-everyone.github.io

A Jujutsu tutorial that requires no previous experience with Git or other version control systems.

2025-06-18

121.

You can use `fzf` to review git commits

jvns.ca/til/fzf-preview-git-commits

I just learned that
you can use it to review a git commit like this and I thought that was really
cool.

2025-05-15

108.

Writing that changed how I think about PL

bernsteinbear.com/blog/pl-writing

Every so often I come across a paper, blog post, or (occasionally) video that completely changes how I think about a topic in programming languages and compilers. For some of these posts, I can’t even remember how I thought about the idea before reading it—it was that impactful.

2025-05-06

107.

Debian installation with encrypted BTRFS

chaos.tomaskral.eu/guides/debian-encrypted-btrfs-root

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…

2024-12-17

93.

GBA From Scratch With Ferris

lokathor.github.io/gba-from-scratch

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.

2024-10-10

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

2024-09-16

73.

Technical Writing One introduction

developers.google.com/tech-writing/one

2024-07-09

61.

Using use in Gleam

erikarow.land/notes/using-use-gleam

2024-06-28

57.

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html

2024-06-26

54.

You probably wrote half a monad by accident

gieseanw.wordpress.com/2024/06/25/you-probably-wrote-half-a-monad-by-accident
53.

A reckless introduction to Hindley-Milner type inference

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

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

45.

Avoiding complexity with systemd

mgdm.net/weblog/systemd

Using systemd to avoid having to write some risky code

44.

Aurora - Python Static Site Generator

aurora.jamesg.blog

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

2024-06-18

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

2024-06-13

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…