20 random bookmarks

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.

2025-05-28

113.

The Ingredients of a Productive Monorepo

blog.swgillespie.me/posts/monorepo-ingredients

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…

2025-03-18

102.

CASCII - ASCII Diagram Builder

cascii.app

A well-equipped ASCII diagram builders freely available on the internet.
It stresses portability, simplicity, and immediateness.

2025-03-13

101.

Building interactive web pages with Guile Hoot

spritely.institute/news/building-interactive-web-pages-with-guile-hoot.html

2025-01-21

99.

Algebraic Effects for the Rest of Us

overreacted.io/algebraic-effects-for-the-rest-of-us

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.

2024-11-20

88.

On "Safe" C++

izzys.casa/2024/11/on-safe-cxx

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.

2024-11-04

86.

Writing secure Go code

jarosz.dev/article/writing-secure-go-code

Security testing starts with understanding vulnerabilities. The CVE website lists known software flaws. The OWASP Top Ten highlights common weaknesses. With this knowledge, we can improve our Go development. This article shows how to put in place robust practices. They are to: fuzz inputs, verify dependencies, and use static analysis tools (SAST).

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

73.

Technical Writing One introduction

developers.google.com/tech-writing/one

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

2024-06-19

42.

Pimalaya

pimalaya.org

Official website of the Pimalaya project.

2024-06-14

32.

Putting Go's Context package into context

blog.meain.io/2024/golang-context

2024-06-13

16.

Avoid Linux locking up in low memory situations using earlyoom

dataswamp.org/~solene/2022-09-28-earlyoom.html

This article presents the program earlyoom to prevent a Linux system to lock up in low memory situations.

2024-06-11

11.

Optimizing Font Files for the Modern Web

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

2024-06-10

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.