last month, i posted about my website basement community on hacker news and it sorta blew up. you can view the post here. it blew up so much, i was totally unprepared for what came with all that traffic, so … Read more
My recent entries in this category have, for the most part, been hazardous in a direct (not to say crude, or even vulgar) manner. These are compounds that explode with bizarre violence even in laughably small amounts, leaving ruined equipment … Read more
Worried you’ll miss us? Subscribe to get our articles and updates in your inbox. Important, Read This First You’re about to read a blog post with a lot of advice. Learning from those who came before us is instrumental to success, but … Read more
Two years ago I gave birth to the most wonderful person on this planet. Every day she brings a huge smile on my face and opens my eyes to so many things I was previously missing. Before she was born … Read more
I’ve been a product manager/CEO in fintech for a long time. A year ago I started building a mental health startup, InnerSense. In this article, I will bust some myths that prevent many promising projects from taking off. Disclaimer. My … Read more
Table of Contents As always, a disclaimer before we start, this is purely subjective. Whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting out in the field, I hope these insights will provide valuable perspective. I’ve been thinking of writing … Read more
Is the existence of the Guinness World Records a positive or a negative for humanity on net? Bragging about material possessions is low-status in much of the West, forcing people to jostle through subtle wealth cues (travel, education, hobbies, food). … Read more
Just a couple of ideas! They came to me while I was poking around thinking of something to say for Alex Trost’s Holiday Mega-Stream (my segment starts here). Styleable Resizers Ya know how a is resizeable by default? That’s a … Read more
Everybody with an Emacs blogs raves about Emacs 29 these days. Things like Eglot, tree-sitter, SQL support and the like. Well, this is all nice – more than nice, brilliant! – but let’s not forget a few minor advances which … Read more
A catalogue of software constructs, languages, or APIs which are unexpectedly Turing-complete; implications for security and reliability ‘Computers’, in the sense of being Turing-complete, are extremely common. Almost any system of sufficient complexity—unless carefully engineered otherwise—may be found to ‘accidentally’ … Read more