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Everything in software architecture is a trade-off.

-- The first law of software architecture
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A reminder: Google is absolutely notorious for freezing accounts with zero warning, zero explanation and zero recourse. Even if you are paying them.

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4544...
Yeah. Gmail is an anti-pattern. I was paying $10/month for workplace and a coupl... | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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unixroot.bsky.social
I hate screenshots of text

parkscomputing.com/page/i-hate-...

#programming #softwaredevelopment #blog
I Hate Screenshots of Text
Why do people take screenshots of text?
parkscomputing.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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On the foolishness of "natural language programming" - Edsger W. Dijkstra, 1978 (still very relevant now, possibly more than ever)

www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcr...

#programming #softwaredevelopment
E.W.Dijkstra Archive: On the foolishness of "natural language programming". (EWD 667)
www.cs.utexas.edu
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
thegoodparts.dev
Why is Zig so cool?

nilostolte.github.io/tech/article...

#programming #softwaredevelopment #blog
ZigCool
nilostolte.github.io
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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How to write blog posts that developers read

refactoringenglish.com/chapters/wri...

#programming #softwaredevelopment #blog
How to Write Blog Posts that Developers Read
Software bloggers can make the same mistakes for years that prevent readers from discovering their writing. I know because I'm one of them. Over time, I've learned techniques that help some blog posts...
refactoringenglish.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Unexpected benefits of building your own tools

tiniuc.com/make-more-to...

#programming #softwaredevelopment #scripting #blog
Unexpected Benefits of Building Your Own Tools | Alex Tiniuc
tiniuc.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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unixroot.bsky.social
Ruby and its neighbors: Smalltalk

noelrappin.com/blog/2025/11...

#programming #smalltalk #ruby #blog
Ruby And Its Neighbors: Smalltalk – Noel Rappin Writes Here
I just write here
noelrappin.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Every piece of software is a state machine. Any mutable variable adds a staggering number of states to that machine.

old.reddit.com/r/programmin...

#programming #softwaredevelopment #functionalprogramming
John Carmack on updating variables
Posted in r/programming by u/levodelellis • 394 points and 294 comments
old.reddit.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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unixroot.bsky.social
Send this article to your friend who still thinks the cloud is a good idea

rameerez.com/send-this-ar...

#cloud #hosting #selfhosting #linux #blog
Send this article to your friend who still thinks the cloud is a good idea
You've been lied to. You don't need the cloud – you can just run servers and save 10x your AWS costs. It's not that difficult.
rameerez.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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"A Plea for Lean Software" by Prof. Niklaus Wirth (1995)

liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/88032.html

#programming #softwaredevelopment #simplicity
Captcha Check
liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

-- Larry Wall
December 15, 2023 at 1:47 PM
thegoodparts.dev
Card Driven Development (CDD)

jimmyhmiller.com/card-driven-...

#programming #softwaredevelopment #productivity #blog
Card Driven Development
jimmyhmiller.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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At the end you use `git bisect`
(this is especially useful in messy codebases with no test coverage)

kevin3010.github.io/git/2025/11/...

#programming #git #blog #algorithms
At the end you use git bisect
People rant about having to learn algorithmic questions for interviews. I get it — interview system is broken, but you ought to learn binary search at least.
kevin3010.github.io
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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URLs are state containers

alfy.blog/2025/10/31/y...

#programming #webdev #blog
Your URL Is Your State
A deep dive into how thoughtful URL design can enhance usability, shareability, and performance. Learn what state belongs in URLs, common pitfalls to avoid, and practical patterns for modern web apps.
alfy.blog
November 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The standard rule is, when you're in a hole, stop digging; that seems not to apply [to] software nowadays.

-- Ron Minnich
March 11, 2024 at 1:38 PM
thegoodparts.dev
(Quite) A few words about async

yoric.github.io/post/quite-a...

#programming #concurrency #python #go #rust #javascript #blog
(Quite) A Few Words About Async
I’ve had a few conversations about async code recently (and not so recently) and seen some code that seems to make wrong assumptions about async, so I figured out it was time to have a serious chat ab...
yoric.github.io
November 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Amateur programmers think there are 1000 bytes in a kilobyte; Real Programmers know there are 1024 meters in a kilometer.
December 18, 2023 at 1:44 PM
thegoodparts.dev
Taking learning seriously

dubroy.com/blog/taking-...

#programming #productivity #blog
Taking learning seriously
dubroy.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
thegoodparts.dev
Machine code isn't scary

jimmyhmiller.com/machine-code...

#programming #softwaredevelopment #blog #assembly
Machine Code Isn't Scary
Machine code isn't scary. If you can make sure your JSON conforms to a JSON schema, you can write machine code.
jimmyhmiller.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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The first step of any project is to grossly underestimate its complexity and difficulty.

-- Nicoll Hunt
February 19, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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Everything I know about good API design

www.seangoedecke.com/good-api-des...

#programming #softwaredesign #api #blog
Everything I know about good API design
Most of what modern software engineers do involves APIs: public interfaces for communicating with a program, like this one from Twilio. I’ve spent a lot of time…
www.seangoedecke.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Users are a terrible thing. Systems would be infinitely more stable without them.

-- Michael T. Nygard
December 22, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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Making USB devices - end to end guide to your first gadget

popovicu.com/posts/making...

#programming #hardware #linux #blog
Making USB devices - end to end guide to your first gadget
Introduction to implementing USB devices. Minimal overview of hardware and software with an example with STM32 microcontroller. Also contains an index to very detailed guides for more information.
popovicu.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich may find hard to pay.

-- Tony Hoare
April 3, 2024 at 12:52 PM
thegoodparts.dev
Why self-taught engineers often outperform

michaelbastos.com/blog/why-sel...

#programming #softwaredevelopment #tech #blog
michaelbastos.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM