A review of the book 'Mismatch', which provides a framework for designing inclusive and accessible technology experiences.
A discussion on the shift from traditional error-only logging to structured event logging in modern distributed systems.
The article critiques modern education for focusing on rote memorization of formulas over intuitive understanding, using examples from math and science.
Exploring using the re-frame framework for Clojure to build text-mode applications, moving beyond its typical web-based use with ClojureScript.
A developer's personal recap of attending and volunteering at FOSDEM 2019, covering meetings, technical talks, and community experiences.
Analysis of fuzzing ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick with OSS-Fuzz, revealing hundreds of security bugs despite prior audits.
A technical guide to automating the deployment of the full HashiCorp stack (Consul, Vault, Nomad, Traefik) using Vagrant and Ansible for infrastructure.
Explores how sleep deprivation negatively impacts software developers' coding abilities and productivity, comparing it to sleep-deprived doctors.
Explains a Go testing bug where parallel package builds and test caching cause sporadic failures in database setup, with fixes.
Explores the challenge of machine learning models recognizing 'unknown' inputs, using mushroom classification as an example.
Discusses proposals to limit JavaScript and other resources in browsers to improve web performance, comparing WebKit's idea to Chrome's Never-Slow Mode.
A technical exploration of Mean Squared Error, breaking it down into bias and variance to understand model performance and irreducible uncertainty.
A web developer reflects on seven years of blogging, sharing experiences, and announces a site migration to a static site generator.
A technical overview of the evolution of large-scale pre-trained language models like BERT, GPT, and T5, focusing on contextual embeddings and transfer learning in NLP.
Explores the concept of 'governance on demand' for open source projects, suggesting formal structures be established only when conflict arises.
A developer explains why Flask was the ideal Python framework for building sr.ht's modular mini-services, citing its simplicity and flexibility.
A guide to designing adaptable workshops for tech conferences, focusing on structuring activities for mixed skill levels and handling logistical unknowns.
Guide to configuring Kafka Connect logging, including changing log levels and redirecting output to files.
A guide to six statistical methods (frequentist and Bayesian) for comparing group means, with R and Stan code examples.
A technical guide on configuring an Azure VM to authenticate with HashiCorp Vault using Azure AD, retrieving secrets via API.
