Elixir for PHP Devs(opens in new tab)
Diving into Elixir has been a blast, and its functional paradigms are challenging the way I think about programming. Join me as I chronicle this journey from the perspective of a long-time OOP dev.
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React Won by Default – And It's Killing Frontend Innovation(opens in new tab)
“When teams need a new frontend, the conversation rarely starts with “What are the constraints and which tool best fits them?” It often starts with “Let’s use React; everyone knows React.” That reflex creates a self-perpetuating cycle where network effects, ...
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Kubernetes v1.34: Decoupled Taint Manager Is Now Stable(opens in new tab)
This enhancement separates the responsibility of managing node lifecycle and pod eviction into two distinct components. Previously, the node lifecycle controller handled both marking nodes as unhealthy with NoExecute taints and evicting pods from them. Now, a dedicated taint eviction ...
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Your First 90 Days As An Engineering Manager(opens in new tab)
The first 90 days in any new role are crucial—but as a new engineering manager, they can make or break your trajectory. In this episode, we dive into how to approach your first three months with intention and clarity.
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better via worse (easy phone tweaks)(opens in new tab)
If you make your phone interface more annoying to navigate, you use it less.
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Notes #71(opens in new tab)
Du 8 au 15 septembre 2025
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I made a tree visualizer(opens in new tab)
Not like a nature tree, but the data structure tree, I made one of those things.
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A New Chapter(opens in new tab)
In a recent turn of events, I find myself at a bit of a crossroads with an exciting new job on the horizon! In this post, I introduce myself and discuss my vision for the new blog.
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comment culture: it’s worse than that, even(opens in new tab)
16 years of commenting has made me zero friends. That scares me. All of that social activity with zero ROI. At first, I thought that I needed to change my commenting habits, and, you know, try to make connections. But ...
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Kubernetes v1.34: Autoconfiguration for Node Cgroup Driver Goes GA(opens in new tab)
Historically, configuring the correct cgroup driver has been a pain point for users running new Kubernetes clusters. On Linux systems, there are two different cgroup drivers: cgroupfs and systemd. In the past, both the kubelet and CRI implementation (like CRI-O ...
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Kubernetes v1.34: Mutable CSI Node Allocatable Graduates to Beta(opens in new tab)
The functionality for CSI drivers to update information about attachable volume count on the nodes, first introduced as Alpha in Kubernetes v1.33, has graduated to Beta in the Kubernetes v1.34 release! This marks a significant milestone in enhancing the accuracy ...
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mailchimp has secret rss(opens in new tab)
As an example, I recently wanted to subscribe to the RawTools newsletter. When I went to their newsletter subscription page, I noticed that their URL looked like this: https://rawtools.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=00722345fc94fb4d4b323edc3&id=4ff553ba3e If you can find a URL from a Mailchimp email campaign ...
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Our Constraints on Creativity(opens in new tab)
[](/images/our-constraints-on-creativity.png) Breaking free from constraints on creativity There are multiple constraints that limit how creative we can be as humans. Let's talk about each of them and how we can counter th...
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Why I Think VCs Are in Serious Trouble Right Now(opens in new tab)
 Here's why I think VCs, as a species, are in serious trouble right now. 1. The primary reason VCs were needed was that it was usually impossible to start a company and build ...
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Kubernetes v1.34: Use An Init Container To Define App Environment Variables(opens in new tab)
Kubernetes typically uses ConfigMaps and Secrets to set environment variables, which introduces additional API calls and complexity, For example, you need to separately manage the Pods of your workloads and their configurations, while ensuring orderly updates for both the configurations ...
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Protecting Rust against supply chain attacks(opens in new tab)
For those who don't follow the news (keep up the good work m8, news are toxic for the intellect), there was a huge supply attack that successfully targeted the NPM
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dirsearch(opens in new tab)
A web path scanner for finding hidden files and directories.
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Kubernetes v1.34: Snapshottable API server cache(opens in new tab)
For years, the Kubernetes community has been on a mission to improve the stability and performance predictability of the API server. A major focus of this effort has been taming list requests, which have historically been a primary source of ...
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Claude Code Anonymous(opens in new tab)
Introducing Claude Code Anonymous - a new meetup format for full-breadth developers.
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idle game: teashop(opens in new tab)
I’ve pointed to Jillian’s website indirectly before, but go and enjoy this idle game! It’s short, sweet, features cute pixel art, and there’s a neat “night” mechanic where automations turn off.
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Walking around the app(opens in new tab)
There is a very vigorous debate happening online right now around what shape evaluation for LLM-based products should take. I don’t want to rehash all of it, other than saying that if you are building any applications with with non-deterministic ...
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Kubernetes v1.34: VolumeAttributesClass for Volume Modification GA(opens in new tab)
The VolumeAttributesClass API, which empowers users to dynamically modify volume attributes, has officially graduated to General Availability (GA) in Kubernetes v1.34. This marks a significant milestone, providing a robust and stable way to tune your persistent storage directly within Kubernetes. ...
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Cognition: The Devin is in the Details(opens in new tab)
My thesis for the future of software dev agents. This is a hastily written blogpost done on not a lot of sleep, so pardon poor pacing and structure and typos and mistakes but just getting it out there.
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The Transition From Engineer To Engineering Manager(opens in new tab)
Stepping into management for the first time can be both exciting and overwhelming. In this episode, we explore the critical shift from individual contributor to engineering manager.
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take the three-question wason test, then come back(opens in new tab)
There are four cards, a simple rule, and all you’ve got to do is to work out which cards you need to turn over to see if the rule has been broken. That’s got to be easy, right? Well maybe, ...
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Notes #70(opens in new tab)
Du 2 au 7 septembre 2025
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Live Coding Session: Building Arena(opens in new tab)
Watch me build Arena live - a real-time collaborative coding session exploring AI-powered development workflows.
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Kubernetes v1.34: Pod Replacement Policy for Jobs Goes GA(opens in new tab)
In Kubernetes v1.34, the Pod replacement policy feature has reached general availability (GA). This blog post describes the Pod replacement policy feature and how to use it in your Jobs. About Pod Replacement Policy By default, the Job controller immediately ...
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No, AI Is Not a Bubble(opens in new tab)
https://youtu.be/J1SHyk8nyOg Listen to the argument instead I have an update to this argument here, where I basically declare the effort lost because bubble already means a specific thing in financial and common use. So this is more of an "I ...
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everything is burning (literally)(opens in new tab)
One of the first material scientists I spoke to about making things that last for thousands of years offered a compelling insight: “Everything is burning, just at different rates.” What he means is that what we perceive as aging is ...
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How to delete all squash-merged local git branches with one terminal command(opens in new tab)
I wrote a new bash script. And you probably shouldn't use it.
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Kubernetes v1.34: PSI Metrics for Kubernetes Graduates to Beta(opens in new tab)
As Kubernetes clusters grow in size and complexity, understanding the health and performance of individual nodes becomes increasingly critical. We are excited to announce that as of Kubernetes v1.34, Pressure Stall Information (PSI) Metrics has graduated to Beta. What is ...
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My DjangoCon US 2025 Plans (and How to Find Me)(opens in new tab)
I will be in Chicago this Saturday through next week for DjangoCon US 2025 (September 8-12). I hope to see people there in person. If you can’t make it, please consider getting an online ticket. They are relatively inexpensive, you ...
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Kubernetes v1.34: Service Account Token Integration for Image Pulls Graduates to Beta(opens in new tab)
The Kubernetes community continues to advance security best practices by reducing reliance on long-lived credentials. Following the successful alpha release in Kubernetes v1.33, Service Account Token Integration for Kubelet Credential Providers has now graduated to beta in Kubernetes v1.34, bringing ...
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Terminal Trove August 2025 Wrap Up(opens in new tab)
A wrap up of all the things that happened in Terminal Trove in August 2025.
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hadn’t read borges’ poetry, already in love with a line from the preface(opens in new tab)
Poetry is no less a mystery than anything else on earth. One or two felicitous lines can hardly stir our vanity, since they are but gifts of Chance or of the Spirit; only the mistakes belong to us. I hope ...
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dcv(opens in new tab)
A TUI viewer for docker-compose.
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llms.txt adoption(opens in new tab)
Exactly one year ago, Jeremy Howard published a proposal to make the web more accessible to AI and, in particular, to LLMs. How many of the top one million websites adopt this approach? The proposed standard suggests creating a file ...
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Kubernetes v1.34: Introducing CPU Manager Static Policy Option for Uncore Cache Alignment(opens in new tab)
A new CPU Manager Static Policy Option called prefer-align-cpus-by-uncorecache was introduced in Kubernetes v1.32 as an alpha feature, and has graduated to beta in Kubernetes v1.34. This CPU Manager Policy Option is designed to optimize performance for specific workloads running ...
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Encourage purposeful friction(opens in new tab)
Friction is a force of resistance. Overcoming friction takes energy. More friction takes more energy. Reducing friction frees up energy.
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A Lean Syntax Primer(opens in new tab)
Programming with proofs.
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Kubernetes v1.34: DRA has graduated to GA(opens in new tab)
Kubernetes 1.34 is here, and it has brought a huge wave of enhancements for Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA)! This release marks a major milestone with many APIs in the resource.k8s.io group graduating to General Availability (GA), unlocking the full potential ...