20 random bookmarks

2025-10-17

136.

Automerge

automerge.org

Automerge is a local-first sync engine for multiplayer apps that works offline, prevents conflicts, and runs fast.

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.

2025-06-13

117.

What I talk about when I talk about IRs

bernsteinbear.com/blog/irs

I have a lot of thoughts about the design of compiler intermediate representations (IRs). In this post I’m going to try and communicate some of those ideas and why I think they are important.

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.

2025-04-24

105.

Instrumenting Axum projects

determinate.systems/posts/instrumenting-axum

2025-01-09

97.

if got, want: A Simple Way to Write Better Go Tests

mtlynch.io/if-got-want-improve-go-tests

2024-12-20

94.

Visitor Pattern Considered Pointless - Use Pattern Switches Instead

nipafx.dev/java-visitor-pattern-pointless

In modern Java, the visitor pattern is no longer needed. Using sealed types and switches with pattern matching achieves the same goals with less code and less complexity.

2024-10-10

81.

Gnome Files: A detailed UI examination | datagubbe.se

www.datagubbe.se/gnomefiles

2024-09-16

74.

Wayland: i3 to Sway migration

anarc.at/software/desktop/wayland

2024-08-28

69.

There can't be only one

www.b-list.org/weblog/2024/aug/27/highlander-problem

There's a concept that I've heard called by a lot of different names, but my favorite name for it is …

2024-08-15

66.

Planning Weekly Workouts in 100 lines of Haskell

alt-romes.github.io/posts/2024-08-14-planning-a-workout-week-with-100-lines-of-haskell.html

A lightning post on logic programming in Haskell to construct a workout weekly schedule given the set of exercises, days and constraints.

2024-07-05

60.

JavaScript-Free Sidenotes in Hugo

danilafe.com/blog/sidenotes

2024-07-03

59.

Announcing wcurl: a curl wrapper to download files

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

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

2024-06-20

46.

Why does SQLite (in production) have such a bad rep?

avi.im/blag/2024/sqlite-bad-rep

2024-06-19

44.

Aurora - Python Static Site Generator

aurora.jamesg.blog

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

2024-06-14

33.

A useful shell prompt

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

Featureful zsh prompt.

2024-06-13

23.

Macaroons Escalated Quickly

fly.io/blog/macaroons-escalated-quickly
22.

API Tokens: A Tedious Survey

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

Comparison between types of API tokens.

2024-06-09

2.

Piku

piku.github.io/index.html

piku, inspired by dokku, allows you do git push deployments to your own servers, no matter how small they are.