I Won’t Download Your App. The Web Version Is A-OK
As someone who prefers using services via their websites, I’ve gotten terribly jaded lately. Almost everyone wants me, and by…
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Code has always been the easy part
When I joined Etsy the team was two years into a rewrite chasing a more elegant architecture (actually two distinct…
AI is slowly munching away my passion
My passion has always been programming – one way or another, it always has been and all my life choices…
I met a lot of weird robots at CES — here are the most memorable
CES has always been a robot extravaganza, and this year’s event saw the announcement of a number of important robotics…
5 Best Lip Balms to Try in 2025, All Tested in Tough Conditions
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyFeatured in this articleBest Lip Balm OverallAquaphor Lip Repair OintmentRead more$5 Amazon (and Sunscreen)Best…
Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength
Poking around in Android the other day I found this nugget in Carrier Config manager; a flag (KEY_INFLATE_SIGNAL_STRENGTH_BOOL) to always…
A prison of my own making
A prison of my own making 2025-06-30 – Killing the joy of homelabbing with my own expectation Yesterday I realized…
Casey Muratori: I can always tell a good programmer in an interview
ArticleHow to effectively conduct programming interviews 🔗PublishedOctober 22, 2025AuthorIason P.I’m on X/Twitter at@iparaskevContents# Introduction TL;DR Casey’s Approach Our Take Conclusion…
@ts-ignore is almost always the worst option
@ts-ignore is almost always the worst optionby Evan Hahn, posted Sep 21, 2025In short: in TypeScript, any and @ts-expect-error are…
Crash Cows
Source: Jake Poznanski In the 1980s, my mentor Sergei was writing software for an SM-1800, a Soviet clone of the…