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Free Audio Plugins: Accusonus ERA 6 Bundle(opens in new tab)
I’ve been down in an audio plugin rabbit hole lately. More on that in a later blog post. But I just stumbled upon a set of free plugins that might be of interest to you, if you are doing voice ...
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I don't have time to learn React(opens in new tab)
“React proponents might claim that React will teach you modern UI, but from what I've seen it barely copes with modern UI. autofocus is broken, custom elements don't work in all but the experimental version, using any "modern" features like ...
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Search Needs a Human Solution: A Manifesto(opens in new tab)
When was the last time you felt genuine discovery on the internet? Not algorithmic recommendations. Not SEO-optimized listicles. I mean real, surprising, meaningful discovery. Search is broken but not in the way tech companies think. We don't need better algorithms ...
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Engineering AI Agents - OpenAI DevDay Singapore talk(opens in new tab)
this is the tracking doc for my talk on "Engineering AI Agents" for OpenAI DevDay Singapore. I'll add photos and notes and stuff when i'm done. note that the full slides contain a lot more info that i had to ...
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Core Web Vitals Colours(opens in new tab)
If, like me, you frequently require the Core Web Vitals colour palete, here it is!
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A joke in approximating numbers raised to irrational powers(opens in new tab)
How it started This story began, unexpectedly, on Facebook in a math-focused group. A teacher asked the group to determine the value of: $\lfloor 3^{\sqrt{3}}\rfloor$ without using a calculator. Naturally, the challenge was to prove whether $\lfloor 3^{\sqrt{3}}\rfloor=6$ or $\lfloor ...
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The embed package is a lot more useful than I originally thought...(opens in new tab)
Sometimes, it takes a lot of felt pain when building software to realize there's a solution you once overlooked
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223: Writing Stuff Down is a Super Power(opens in new tab)
Taking notes well can help to listen better, remember things, show respect, be more accountable, free up mind space to solve problems.This episode discussesthe benefits of writing things downpreparing for a meetingtaking notes in meetingsreviewing notes for action items, todo ...
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My 2024 New Mac Setup(opens in new tab)
I set up a new Mac for work today. Here's everything I use on a Mac for fullstack web development.
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JS Party Will Be in NYC at React Summit!(opens in new tab)
We're conducting interviews and having fun learning about React!
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Own Your Web – Issue 16: Under Construction(opens in new tab)
Hi All! 🤗 For the summer holidays, my family and I went to France. On our way to the Atlantic Ocean, we shortly stopped in Chartres, a lovely town southwest of Paris, which is famous for its monumental and impressively ...
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Why are we using LLMs as calculators?(opens in new tab)
We keep trying to get LLMs to do math. We want them to count the number of “rs” in strawberry, to perform algebraic reasoning, do multiplication, and to solve math theorems. A recent experiment particularly piqued my interest. Researchers used ...
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Don't return named tuples in new APIs(opens in new tab)
In my opinion, you should only introduce a named tuple to your code when you're updating a preexisting API that was already returning a tuple or you are wrapping a tuple return value from another API.Let's start with when you ...
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Terminal Trove October 2024 Wrap Up(opens in new tab)
A wrap up of all the things that happened in Terminal Trove in October 2024.
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Moving in Big Cities: Lugg vs Clutter(opens in new tab)
2026 update: used Lugg to move a sectional sofabed couch and ended up regretting it - it cost $222.51 one way (44min labor pickup 55min labor dropoff, which i think was fraud, no way dropoff cost more than pickup) and ...
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How to Set Your Domain as Your Bluesky Handle(opens in new tab)
As Twitter is (far too) slowly falling apart and more and more people are looking for alternatives, Bluesky is enjoying a surge in popularity at the moment. One neat little feature is that you can use your own domain as ...
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This weird keyboard technique has improved the way I type.(opens in new tab)
One of the biggest things I struggled with throughout my career is good form when it comes to typing, that is until I discovered Home Row Mods, and how they've improved the way that I type.
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Move fast & break nothing(opens in new tab)
This is the audio version of 🎬 Ninjastructure - Move fast & break nothingMatias Pan, a professional maté drinker & Senior Software Engineer at Dagger, is showing us an approach to Infrastructure as Code built with Pulumi.We look at Go ...
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Windows, KVM, and time zones(opens in new tab)
If you’re running Windows VMs beneath a Linux KVM host, you’ve very likely been plagued by an annoying issue: they start up with the wrong time by several hours, every time they’re rebooted, no matter what you do. The issue ...
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SQLc is the perfect tool for those who don't like ORMs(opens in new tab)
For the longest time now, I've been a fan of using direct SQL queries over using an ORM. However, there's one major drawback to this, one that this new package solves.
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Liskov’s Gun: The parallel evolution of React and Web Components(opens in new tab)
“React has become a bloated carcass of false promises, misleading claims, and unending layers of backwards compatibility – the wrong kind of backwards compatibility, as they still occasionally break your fucking code when updating.”
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Nix is my favorite package manager to use on macOS(opens in new tab)
Nix-Darwin has made working on macOS an absolute dream.
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Early Stage Company Offsites(opens in new tab)
this post was mostly dictated off the top of my head with Wispr AI
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GDrive to S3(opens in new tab)
I have Google Takeout setup to periodically export to GDrive as a series of 10Gb .zip files. I’ve been meaning to get these over to S3 for a bit in part for backup purposes, and in part because I wanted ...
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How to build a counter component using the HTML Framework in just 1 line of code(opens in new tab)
“Locate your /node_modules folder and drag it to the trash bin.”
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Aesthetic Command Lines with Hyper, Spaceship, and Oh My Zsh(opens in new tab)
My fairly banal, basic, but beautiful command line setup
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Magic isn't real(opens in new tab)
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke This quote applies just as much to developers as it does non-tech people, sometimes more. I remember towards the beginning of my programming journey (both the first time I ...
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The Ultimate Contract Templates for Tech Consultants: Protect Your Business and Get Paid(opens in new tab)
If you want to start consulting, you’re gonna need some paperwork!
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Terminal Trove September 2024 Wrap Up(opens in new tab)
A wrap up of all the things that happened in Terminal Trove in September 2024.
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Home Lab Setup(opens in new tab)
In this post, I offer an overview of my home lab setup, detailing the hardware and systems I use for testing and development. From Ubiquiti routers to Raspberry Pi clusters, I explain how each component is configured and managed using ...
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Platforms Engineering(opens in new tab)
The idea that you can build a single platform is making it worse
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I'm emceeing SquiggleConf(opens in new tab)
SquiggleConf is a web devtools-focused conference in Boston.
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Using Obsidian as a Gaming Backlog Library(opens in new tab)
How to use Obsidian as a gaming backlog library. Get a long-lasting overview of games you want to and have played.
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TalosCon 2024(opens in new tab)
We have 3 conversations from TalosCon 2024:1. Vincent Behar & Louis Fradin from Ubisoft tell us how how they are building the next generation of game servers on Kubernetes. Recorded in a coffee shop.2. We catch up with David Flanagan ...
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Making content-aware components using CSS’ <code>:has()</code>, grid, and quantity queries(opens in new tab)
Posted on Piccalilli: How to make hyper-resilient components that respond to not only the container, but other languages too.…
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First Time In South Korea Guide(opens in new tab)
Essential tips for your first trip to South Korea. Location, activity, accommodation, food and attraction recommendations.