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Terminal Tool of the Week Nov 12

podliner(opens in new tab)

Podcasts in any terminal. Fast, clean, offline.

Production-Grade Container Orchestration Nov 11

Ingress NGINX Retirement: What You Need to Know(opens in new tab)

To prioritize the safety and security of the ecosystem, Kubernetes SIG Network and the Security Response Committee are announcing the upcoming retirement of Ingress NGINX. Best-effort maintenance will continue until March 2026. Afterward, there will be no further releases, no ...

Derek Kedziora Nov 11

The academic-hobbyist divide in fish keeping(opens in new tab)

Reddit and other online sources of aquarium info are both vexing and all hobbyists really have access to. Reddit is dominated by a lot of people who just repeat “rules” with no concept of whether they have any validity or ...

PythonBytes Nov 11

#457: Tapping into HTTP(opens in new tab)

Topics covered in this episode: httptap 10 Smart Performance Hacks For Faster Python Code FastRTC Explore Python dependencies with pipdeptree and uv pip tree Extras Joke See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/457

Max Bernstein Nov 11

A catalog of side effects(opens in new tab)

Optimizing compilers like to keep track of each IR instruction’s effects. An instruction’s effects vary wildly from having no effects at all, to writing a specific variable, to completely unknown (writing all state). This post can be thought of as ...

Dan Abramov Nov 11

Hire Me in Japan(opens in new tab)

I'm looking for a new job.

Changelog Nov 10

This new AI role is exploding (Changelog News #169)(opens in new tab)

A new AI-led tech role has emerged with a massive increase of job postings, Corey Quinn explains why younger devs won't tolerate pain in the AWS, Thomas Ptacek makes the case that you should write an agent, Paul Kinlan goes ...

Production-Grade Container Orchestration Nov 9

Announcing the 2025 Steering Committee Election Results(opens in new tab)

The 2025 Steering Committee Election is now complete. The Kubernetes Steering Committee consists of 7 seats, 4 of which were up for election in 2025. Incoming committee members serve a term of 2 years, and all members are elected by ...

Cassidy Williams Nov 9

A poem delivered by my 2.5 year old that encapsulates parenthood(opens in new tab)

My 2.5 year old Nadia told me some lovely sentiments as we walked today.

Changelog Nov 7

#define: sheer resistance (Changelog & Friends #116)(opens in new tab)

On this seventh iteration of our award-worthy game show filled with obscure jargon, fake definitions, and expert tomfoolery: past winners battle to determine the champion of champions. (Also, Adam.)

Swyx Nov 6

The Impossible Triangle of LLM Infra(opens in new tab)

another talk I am giving at Mastra's TypeScript AI conf today https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NnQ3H5Bki3vWRRJdVXoCFJ5dsNKH9QrC-eEQ2Z8olck/edit?usp=sharing

FAFO.fm Nov 5

Looking Forward with Tim Banks(opens in new tab)

Sidero and Oxide Kubecon NA event registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oxidesidero-at-kubecon-north-america-2025-tickets-1538869282449Tim Banks will optimize your modem baud rate and kick your ass—respectfully. Then they'll teach you how to be a better person. Their career includes systems, sales, and many other facets of business, ...

Derek Kedziora Nov 5

Now—November 2025(opens in new tab)

Six months later

Cassidy Williams Nov 5

I am back at work and it feels weird!(opens in new tab)

My maternity leave is over, I'm back at GitHub, and I'm ready to go. Kinda.

Changelog Nov 5

The world of open source metadata (Changelog Interviews #665)(opens in new tab)

Andrew Nesbitt builds tools and open datasets to support, sustain, and secure critical digital infrastructure. He's been exploring the world of open source metadata for over a decade. First with libraries.io and now with ecosyste.ms, which tracks over 12 million ...

Sylvain Kerkour Nov 5

Rust is eating the world: From embedded firmware to cross-platform applications, databases and big servers(opens in new tab)

Many reasonable people like to repeat the mantra "You should use the right tool for the job", but what if there was a single tool that enabled developers and organizations

Terminal Tool of the Week Nov 5

mcat(opens in new tab)

Parse, convert & preview images, videos & markdown in your terminal.

The Cynical Dev Nov 5

Death by a Thousand Pings(opens in new tab)

Attention isn’t infinite, and yet modern development culture behaves like it is. A quiet rebellion against meetings, pings, and performative productivity.

Derek Kedziora Nov 4

Building cities(opens in new tab)

I go back and forth with periods of writer’s block for this blog / microblog / whatever this is. But I think I’m back again. This time, my focus is going to (mostly) be on life outside of the digital ...

Annie Mueller Nov 4

Who’s in charge here anyway(opens in new tab)

All systems have rules. Understanding and applying the rules well is different than memorizing and obeying the rules perfectly. “Too much faith is the worst ally. When you believe in...

Changelog Nov 3

The overlooked power of URLs (Changelog News #168)(opens in new tab)

Ahmad Alfy explains how URLs are state containers, Shrivu Shankar shares how he uses every Claude Code feature, Yusuf Aytas laments how AI broke technical interviews, Wu Xiaoyun tells how he saved TikTok $300k during his internship, and TOON is ...

Ladybug Podcast Nov 3

The Hard Parts Of Engineering Management(opens in new tab)

Engineering management can look glamorous from the outside — but behind the scenes, it’s often a mix of tough calls, emotional juggling, and constant context switching. In this episode, we’re diving into the hard parts of being an engineering manager ...

PythonBytes Nov 3

#456: You're so wrong(opens in new tab)

Topics covered in this episode: The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program A Binary Serializer for Pydantic Models T-strings: Python's Fifth String Formatting Technique? Cronboard Extras Joke See the full show notes for this ...

Zach Leatherman Nov 3

How we use GitHub Issues (on 11ty) and how that’s Changing(opens in new tab)

Dreams of Code Nov 2

Solving the one thing that keeps me up at night (in software dev)(opens in new tab)

Solving the One Thing That Keeps Me Up at Night in Software Development One of the only real things in software development that keeps me up at night is...

Annie Mueller Nov 1

Duck duck duck dichotomy(opens in new tab)

Have you ever played Duck Duck Goose1 and the person who’s it keeps walking and walking and walking and walking around and never picks the goose? It’s really boring. There...

Blog Nov 1

Creating an Elasticsearch API token for another user(opens in new tab)

Using the superuser elastic API keys to access the Elasticsearch API is not recommended. The API key is often used by remote clients on remote systems. Any attacker who might get access to the token, can compromise the entire Elasticsearch ...

Changelog Oct 31

We see dead projects (Changelog & Friends #115)(opens in new tab)

It's a FRIGHT...when your record a podcast with dead projects all around. Tech debt, poor choices, timing, market shift, and optimizing for the wrong things are all lurking around waiting to pop out at you! Just don't forget to push ...

Daniel Miessler Oct 31

When to Use Claude Code Skills vs Workflows vs Agents(opens in new tab)

The three-tier hierarchy that structures my Personal AI Infrastructure

Changelog Oct 30

Agentic infra changes everything (Changelog Interviews #664)(opens in new tab)

Adam Jacob joins us to discuss how agentic systems for building and managing infrastructure have fundamentally altered how he thinks about everything, including the last six years of his life. Along the way, he opines on the recent AWS outage, ...

Jeff Triplett Oct 29

Default Apps 2025(opens in new tab)

Here are my Default Apps 2025, which builds from my Default Apps 2024 and Default Apps 2023 posts. 🤖 AI Coding Assistant: Claude Code + GitHub Copilot CLI + Codex ⚙️ Automation: Hammerspoon 🎒 Backups: Backblaze 🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop.io 🌐 ...

David Heinemeier Hansson Oct 29

Sabbaticals keep our attrition at bay(opens in new tab)

Sylvain Kerkour Oct 29

How Signal uses Rust to secure the communications of millions of people(opens in new tab)

In an age where most companies try to steal (let's face it, you didn't really consent to this) as much data from you as possible, in order to build marketing

Terminal Tool of the Week Oct 29

cronboard(opens in new tab)

A terminal tool for managing cron jobs locally and on servers.

jsx.lol Oct 28

I Built the Same App 10 Times: Evaluating Frameworks for Mobile Performance(opens in new tab)

“React’s mobile strategy inherently drives teams toward platform capture. The web offers an alternative: no gatekeepers, no platform fees, direct distribution.”