I wrote most of this post sometime in 2022 but I think it holds up alright in 2024 so I decided to publish it for posterity. I don’t really like doing posts like this—I’d much rather share some innocuous learnings … Read more
I use copilot in vscode. It watches what I type and inline suggests the next line or code block based on what I’ve been doing and say a function name or the events I’ve not yet added listeners for. I … Read more
React Server Components are a lot. We recently rethought our docs and rebranded Mux and, while we were at it, moved all of mux.com and docs.mux.com over to Server Components. So… believe me. I know. I also know that it’s … Read more
Published: August 4, 2023 Updated: August 9, 2023 [Table of contents] Part 1: an intro about music, defaults, and bubbles Like a lot of people, there was a time when the only music I listened to was whatever was played … Read more
This is a catalog of things UNIX-like/POSIX-compliant operating systems can do atomically, making them useful as building blocks for thread-safe and multi-process-safe programs without mutexes or read/write locks. The list is by no means exhaustive and I expect it to … Read more
Dear Thief, Welcome to my Porsche 914. I imagine that at this point (having found the door unlocked) your intention is to steal my car. Don’t be encouraged by this; the tumblers sheared off in 1978. I would have locked … Read more
10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Fulltime RVing… – Wheeling It: Tales From a Nomadic Life This website uses cookies to improve your browsing experience Got It! To find out more, or learn how to change your cookie settings, … Read more
Someone once asked Napoleon how he decided where to assign soldiers. Napoleon’s reply was that it’s simple: soldiers are either smart or dumb, lazy or energetic. The smart and energetic I make field commanders. They know what to do and … Read more
We all have our causes. Henry Heimlich was determined to teach the world that you can save a choking victim with abdominal thrusts. I want to convince the world to eat unseasoned vegetables, help irksome strangers, and do eccentric thought … Read more
Sponsored By: Flatfile Data onboarding stifles growth in even the largest companies. One of the worst ways your team spends time is manually formatting customer data before it can be imported. B2B companies spend tons of effort trying to fix … Read more