I will never not be annoyed that JavaScript Dates are 0-indexed for months, and 1-indexed for years and days.

So `new Date(2025, 10, 25)` makes the date 2025-11-25.

I can see how we got here, but...

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"Don't ask forgiveness, radiate intent"

This (short!) blog post by @elizayer.bsky.social is the link I probably share with people the most.

It has wonderful advice, both for professional interaction and life.

Give it a read!

medium.com/@ElizAyer/do...

TIL that `awk` allows specifying multiple delimiters. So `awk -F'[<>]' '{print $2}'` will print what is between <>s!

I just tried to explain the difference between a "cast" and a "conversion" (e.g. in C++ `(char)65` vs `std::to_string(65)`, but not language-specific).

I... Did not have a good answer. Some guidelines. No good answer.

Does anyone have a good answer?

Does anyone have a really good introduction to WebSockets? Ideally covering "Why do we want these?" "What roughly are they?" "What do they look like in practice?"

Right now I have a bunch of resources that each provide part of the picture, but it feels like there must be a good single overview...?

I can't express how much I enjoyed reading @annasavory.bsky.social's first newsletter today. Give it a read, you'll probably enjoy it too!