Niki Tonsky
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Good programming, bad interfaces. Fira Code, Clojure, DataScript, Humble UI
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Another smart appliance just had an incredible journey
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Another smart appliance just had an incredible journey
Reposted by Niki Tonsky
Unicode normalization.
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Unicode normalization.
“Big ideas start here”
Anyone who ever had at least one idea in their life knows they _never_ start in the computer
Anyone who ever had at least one idea in their life knows they _never_ start in the computer
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“Big ideas start here”
Anyone who ever had at least one idea in their life knows they _never_ start in the computer
Anyone who ever had at least one idea in their life knows they _never_ start in the computer
How to get hired in 2025
A collection of red flags in software engineers' test assignments
tonsky.me
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The one thing Clojure is really good at is making excuses. Whatever good or great idea you come up with, backwards-compatible, no downsides, doesn’t matter: be sure they will find a reason not to implement it.
Even Java in its stagnation days was moving faster than Clojure :( […]
Even Java in its stagnation days was moving faster than Clojure :( […]
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mastodon.online
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The one thing Clojure is really good at is making excuses. Whatever good or great idea you come up with, backwards-compatible, no downsides, doesn’t matter: be sure they will find a reason not to implement it.
Even Java in its stagnation days was moving faster than Clojure :( […]
Even Java in its stagnation days was moving faster than Clojure :( […]
Which rectangle has better proportions? Better == nicer to look at.
Ignore color, poll in the reply ↓
Ignore color, poll in the reply ↓
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Which rectangle has better proportions? Better == nicer to look at.
Ignore color, poll in the reply ↓
Ignore color, poll in the reply ↓
And they shame us for not using statically typed language. This is the cause of yesterday’s Cloudflare outage https://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
And they shame us for not using statically typed language. This is the cause of yesterday’s Cloudflare outage https://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/
TIL why Clojure is called Clojure:
...Clojure's name, according to Hickey, is a word play on the programming concept "closure" incorporating the letters C, L, and J for C#, Lisp, and Java respectively—three languages which had a major influence on Clojure's design.
...Clojure's name, according to Hickey, is a word play on the programming concept "closure" incorporating the letters C, L, and J for C#, Lisp, and Java respectively—three languages which had a major influence on Clojure's design.
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
TIL why Clojure is called Clojure:
...Clojure's name, according to Hickey, is a word play on the programming concept "closure" incorporating the letters C, L, and J for C#, Lisp, and Java respectively—three languages which had a major influence on Clojure's design.
...Clojure's name, according to Hickey, is a word play on the programming concept "closure" incorporating the letters C, L, and J for C#, Lisp, and Java respectively—three languages which had a major influence on Clojure's design.
Figma added spellchecking and it’s the larges red line I’ve ever seen
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Figma added spellchecking and it’s the larges red line I’ve ever seen
Clojure+ now has a logo! https://github.com/tonsky/clojure-plus
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Clojure+ now has a logo! https://github.com/tonsky/clojure-plus
Are there cool modern (but still mechanical) typewriters? Apple for typewriters? Don’t know why but kinda want one
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Are there cool modern (but still mechanical) typewriters? Apple for typewriters? Don’t know why but kinda want one
Reposted by Niki Tonsky
Unsure Calculator: calculate with numbers you're not sure about
Pretty neat!
https://filiph.github.io/unsure/
Pretty neat!
https://filiph.github.io/unsure/
Unsure Calculator
The Unsure Calculator is an online tool that lets you calculate with numbers you’re not sure about.
filiph.github.io
April 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Unsure Calculator: calculate with numbers you're not sure about
Pretty neat!
https://filiph.github.io/unsure/
Pretty neat!
https://filiph.github.io/unsure/
Needy Programs https://tonsky.me/blog/needy-programs/
Needy Programs
We used to use software; now software started to use us
tonsky.me
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Needy Programs https://tonsky.me/blog/needy-programs/
“You are not worse than the kernel hacker, the compiler engineer, or the game engine programmer. You, too, can build whatever you want to build. All software is just software. It's time we treated it that way.”
https://jimmyhmiller.com/overly-humble-programmer
https://jimmyhmiller.com/overly-humble-programmer
The Overly Humble Programmer
jimmyhmiller.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“You are not worse than the kernel hacker, the compiler engineer, or the game engine programmer. You, too, can build whatever you want to build. All software is just software. It's time we treated it that way.”
https://jimmyhmiller.com/overly-humble-programmer
https://jimmyhmiller.com/overly-humble-programmer
This is a very good show. Very entertaining
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This is a very good show. Very entertaining
Reposted by Niki Tonsky
Always nice to have options
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Always nice to have options
You know how FedEx logo has a hidden arrow formed by negative space?
Why stop at one arrow when you can have four?
Why stop at one arrow when you can have four?
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
You know how FedEx logo has a hidden arrow formed by negative space?
Why stop at one arrow when you can have four?
Why stop at one arrow when you can have four?
“The side buttons do nothing, but the second wheel has a function - each click up or down is equivalent to two clicks of the other wheel.”
Now you’ve seen it too
Now you’ve seen it too
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“The side buttons do nothing, but the second wheel has a function - each click up or down is equivalent to two clicks of the other wheel.”
Now you’ve seen it too
Now you’ve seen it too
“All the doors in this spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.”
As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“All the doors in this spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.”
As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed […]
[Original post on mastodon.online]
They rebuilt doors in React or what?
November 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
They rebuilt doors in React or what?
I wanted to exit script with error code but forgot to import sys so it threw and... exited with error code? Task failed sucessfully?
![sys.exit(process.returncode)
NameError: name 'sys' is not defined
[ FAIL ] with code 1 in 8.6s](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:es2zsqhzrf6kh7glkpkhzeia/bafkreicg2giiagabmh77caacsqme7nz6cyyf2g3wakbfvytfahxgox5igm@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I wanted to exit script with error code but forgot to import sys so it threw and... exited with error code? Task failed sucessfully?
Ugh. One more toggle to disable
https://9to5google.com/2025/10/29/youtube-adds-ai-upscaled-super-resolution-for-low-quality-videos/
https://9to5google.com/2025/10/29/youtube-adds-ai-upscaled-super-resolution-for-low-quality-videos/
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ugh. One more toggle to disable
https://9to5google.com/2025/10/29/youtube-adds-ai-upscaled-super-resolution-for-low-quality-videos/
https://9to5google.com/2025/10/29/youtube-adds-ai-upscaled-super-resolution-for-low-quality-videos/
I wonder what kind of unexpected things one can taste on a bus?
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I wonder what kind of unexpected things one can taste on a bus?
Caution! Portals!
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Caution! Portals!
Get a rest. Go to Valhalla
October 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Get a rest. Go to Valhalla