QUIC is much more than a replacement for TCP(opens in new tab)
Most of the literature about QUIC RFC 9000 describes it as a replacement for TCP + TLS, with the traditional use case of communication over IP in mind. It's true,
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HTTP QUERY Method(opens in new tab)
Exploring the new HTTP Query method with first principles, what is the need for new method, and where it sits. We explore the limitations of GET and the unintuitive use of POST methods for filtering
Using an iPad Pro as a Laptop(opens in new tab)
What I loved and hated
Self-Host Weekly (19 June 2026) (opens in new tab)
Bug fixes and performance improvements
European Delusions & Danish Drones(opens in new tab)
Hashing at 130 GB/s with XXH3, Rust and AVX-512(opens in new tab)
I just ran a quick benchmark comparing the different xxHash hashing functions on an AMD Zen 5 EPYC processor (in pure Rust, from https://github.com/rust-stdx/stdx), and Ho My G..., XXH3 is
A workaround for hiding empty slots in Chromium(opens in new tab)
Named slots are one of web components’ biggest superpowers ✨. Imagine a Button component with an optional icon; in Web Components we don’t need a separate Button and IconButton, a single Button component with will do. Or a card component ...
Do not bargain to be loved(opens in new tab)
“Gentle A gentler world begins in the way you touch your heart. Be soft with the light inside you. Caress your body with this breath. God is nothing else but...
Farewell, Doctor Who(opens in new tab)
My rambling thoughts about the increasingly poor storytelling of Doctor Who, which has led to its cancellation.
There Are No Instances in atproto(opens in new tab)
Like RSS and Google Reader.
CAP service authentication at design time and in production(opens in new tab)
Is There Really a 'Vienna School of Agentic Coding'?(opens in new tab)
Spoons by Sam(opens in new tab)
I play Clues by Sam nearly every single day. I wrote about it before, but solving a little crime puzzle adds a micro-thrill to my day. A little blast of logic, misdirection, and wordplay. It’s a frequent topic of conversation ...
This is it(opens in new tab)
“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous...
Astral joins OpenAI(opens in new tab)
OpenAI just acquired Astral, the company behind uv, Ruff, and ty. And if your first thought was "wait, is uv toast?", you are not alone. But here's the twist Charlie Marsh shared with me: he thinks they may ship more ...
The Rape of Britain(opens in new tab)
Why stdx is not on crates.io(opens in new tab)
Why stdx is not on crates.io While I think that the xxx aspect of stdx has been well received, a lot of Rust developers were suffering with the current status
My Morning Meditation Ritual as a Senior Software Engineer(opens in new tab)
I've been running a new meditation practice for the past several months and it's working great so wanted to share. Morning Pages My meditation practice is morning pages adapted from The Artist's Way....
HTMX and Web Components Instead of React(opens in new tab)
“So instead of asking "why not React?" we asked: Which of our actual problems would React solve? We went through the list. There were none.”
clin(opens in new tab)
A TUI note management app inspired by Obsidian.
There's no point resisting(opens in new tab)
Of God and mammon(opens in new tab)
There’s a longstanding criticism of Buddhism in the West as McMindfulness™, a watered-down and commodified version of the real thing. And it’s certainly disheartening to see how few Buddhist groups charge nothing for the teachings and look like little more ...
7 years ago, I left nursing for tech. I'll NEVER go back.(opens in new tab)
#484: All our tools(opens in new tab)
Topics covered in this episode: pi + superpowers Terminal: Warp.dev + OhMyZSH {Blink,kitty} + mosh + tmux Claude code MacWhisper or Handy Tailscale Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/484
I built a game where you spend Elon Musk's money(opens in new tab)
TL;DR - A game where you get $1 trillion of Elon Musk's money and spend it. Try it now: Spend Elon Musk's Money What is it You get $1 trillion of Elon Musk's money. Spend it on a catalog of ...
Running local models is good now(opens in new tab)
I’ve been working with local models since they came out, and finally, they’re surprisingly good now. I have a 2022 M2 Mac with 64 GB RAM and 1TB storage and I’ve used Mistral 7B Gemma 3 OpenAI OSS-20B Qwen 3 ...
BLAKE3 at 13GB/s on Zen 5(opens in new tab)
Just ran a quick benchmark comparing different hashing functions on a Zen 5 EPYC processor (in pure Rust, from https://github.com/rust-stdx/stdx), and Ho My G..., BLAKE3 on Zen 5 is crazy
Announcing What Can’t I Press?(opens in new tab)
The case for an accessibility designer vibe coding when all his coworkers are also vibe coding(opens in new tab)
Spotlight on SIG Storage(opens in new tab)
In our ongoing SIG Spotlight series, we shine a light on the groups that keep the Kubernetes project moving forward. This time, we catch up with SIG Storage, the group responsible for persistent data, volume management, and the interfaces that ...
The cube, the epicycles and the human face(opens in new tab)
This article should be read with the opening scene of Westworld in mind. What if Plato and Leibniz were right? Maybe some mystics were right as well. As above, so below. Everything would fit nicely if the oscillatory behaviour of ...
KeyCon 2026 recap(opens in new tab)
I spoke at KeyCon, a mechanical keyboard convention!
How I Work From Anywhere Without Losing My Place(opens in new tab)
I’ve been running a new remote development setup for the last month or so, and the goal is simple: move between all of my devices without losing my place. The way I think about it, I have three default states: ...
Every Frame Perfect(opens in new tab)
How imprecise UI animations erode trust in product
Self-Host Weekly (12 June 2026) (opens in new tab)
An ode to what was, and what could have been
Stroll Down Startup Lane - 2026(opens in new tab)
If you've ever been to PyCon, you know one of the best parts of the expo hall is Startup Row, a stretch of booths where early-stage companies built on Python show off what they're creating. But only attendees get to ...
When Perfection Is the Enemy of Quality Culture: Lessons from the Nuclear Security Enterprise(opens in new tab)
The culture in the Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE), particularly with regards to quality, was without a doubt the best I've experienced. One thing that really made it great was the common understanding that perfection is impossible. While that may sound ...
Git commit prompt injection(opens in new tab)
It's now common knowledge that LLMs / AI agents are vulnerable to all kind of injections, so attackers are being more and more creative to find new entrypoints. One commonly
Suing The Government with Cindy Cohn(opens in new tab)
Come find Justin in-person and get FAFOFM stickers!Devopsdays - Portland, OR - September 8-10. Get 20% off tickets with FAFOFMEdgecase - Gooiland Hilversum, NL - September 24Taloscon - Amsterdam, NL - October 15-16KCD UK - Edinburgh - October 19Kubecon NA ...
Announcing stdx, Rust's extended standard library: simplicity, performance and supply chain security for everyone(opens in new tab)
From embedded firmware (where it's badly needed) to big servers passing by cross-platform applications used by billions of people, the foundations of the computing stack are being rewritten in Rust.
Day 4: Quantization Demystified. BF16, FP8, NVFP4, MXFP4, INT4, GGUF, and Why It All Matters(opens in new tab)
A practical, beginner-friendly guide to BF16, FP8, NVFP4, MXFP4, INT4, and GGUF Q4_K_M on NVIDIA DGX Spark. Bytes per parameter, quality vs size, and which format to pick when.
Microsoft Build 2026 recap(opens in new tab)
I spoke (a lot) at Microsoft Build in San Francisco!
I built a GoodReads reading stats dashboard(opens in new tab)
TL;DR - A dashboard visualizing your GoodReads data export. Try it now: GoodReads Dashboard. What is it A small site that visualizes your GoodReads data exports. Total pages and books read Top author...
golazo(opens in new tab)
A TUI for following football (soccer) matches in real-time.
#483: Thanks Brian(opens in new tab)
Topics covered in this episode: Vulnerability and malware checks in uv HTTP GET requests with the Python standard library Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package alembic-git-revisions Extras Joke See the full show notes for ...
It doesn’t matter if it works(opens in new tab)
There are about a thousand and one debates about the ecology of AI, the ethics of AI, the governance of AI. As the technology advances, the debate with the slipperiest footing is on the actual efficacy of AI: does this ...
A solid tradition // Week 23 — 2026(opens in new tab)
A week in which some things happen and some things do not happen, much like other weeks. Current situation: The pain of having children who become driving teenagers is the...
From open source hits to OpenAI (Changelog Interviews #682)(opens in new tab)
This week I'm talking with Max Stoiber, currently working on ChatGPT's plugin directory and app platform at OpenAI. We discuss the hundreds of open source projects nobody remembers alongside the big ones like react-boilerplate and styled-components, how Spectrum became part ...
Self-Host Weekly (5 June 2026) (opens in new tab)
42 million Plex users can't be wrong
We are in the golden age of Open Source. Surf the wave until it crashes.(opens in new tab)
While a few people complain that AI is "stealing Open Source", training on Open Source code and giving nothing in return, I'm currently living the complete opposite: we are in