Don't be afraid to build a tool. Just don't become too attached to it.
A guide on when and how to build internal tools for development teams, emphasizing practicality over attachment.
A guide on when and how to build internal tools for development teams, emphasizing practicality over attachment.
Preview of the London VMware User Group's first 2026 meeting, featuring sessions from OVH Cloud, Broadcom, and community members.
A tech professional outlines his 2026 plans, focusing on creating content around Terraform, Kubernetes, WebAssembly, and OpenTelemetry.
Introduces gisthost.github.io, a fork of gistpreview for rendering HTML files from GitHub Gists, explaining the underlying technology.
Explores using WebAssembly (Wasm) to extend Python, enabling architecture-independent, high-performance extensions without a native toolchain.
Explains the math and Python code for perfect in-shuffles and out-shuffles, comparing how many shuffles restore a deck's order.
A daily link roundup for developers covering .NET, web dev, AI, Python, DevOps, and tech industry news from January 1, 2026.
Explores the mathematics of card shuffling, contrasting random 'rifle shuffles' with deterministic 'perfect shuffles' and their Python implementation.
Introduces pyevidence, a Python library for practical implementation of Dempster-Shafer evidence theory, addressing computational challenges.
Predicts AI-driven shifts in cybersecurity for 2026, focusing on agentic platforms, secure coding, and automated asset management.
A software engineer's predictions for AI trends in 2026, covering generative UI, edge-based agents, smart homes, and the evolving role of engineers.
A guide for engineers on when to challenge technical decisions and when to accept and support them for team cohesion.
An analysis of the performance optimizations in uv, a fast Python package installer, focusing on HTTP range requests and compact version representation.
Rob Pike's angry reaction to receiving an AI-generated 'thank you' email from the 'AI Village' project, sparking debate about AI ethics and spam.
The author compares building a Blue Brixx advent calendar to modern software development, highlighting issues like poor documentation and fragile assemblies.
Explains the retirement of Ingress NGINX in 2026 and analyzes four replacement options for users running it on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
A technical guide on implementing vector search in Oracle Database 26ai, using a car manual as a practical example to improve semantic search.
Analysis of top cybersecurity career paths for 2026, covering job growth, AI's impact, and realistic entry points into the field.
The Critter Stack team outlines their 2026 development roadmap, focusing on the Critter Watch monitoring tool, documentation, and performance optimizations.
A technical analysis of missing features and wishlist for SQL Server Columnstore Indexes as of 2026, focusing on performance and functionality gaps.