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

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

An overview of what makes modern CSS so awesome.

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

zb is a tool for reproducibly building software, similar to Bazel.
(See the comparison page if you’re curious to know the differences.)
When a software build process is reproducible,
it will produce the exact same output
when given the same inputs.
Reproducibility is a desirable property for a software build process to have:
it simplifies debugging,
it enables build speed-ups,
and it is essential for digital supply chain security.
However, reproducibility is a difficult goal to achieve.

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.

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! ⚡

In this post, I talk about pleasant but seemingly minor features in personal sites

I make mostly IRC software in C. I like OpenBSD but also the GPL. I just want to read books and try to learn to be kinder. When I can I'd like to talk to strangers and experience more magic.

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