A personal reflection on tech burnout, taking a break, and rediscovering joy in technology through low-pressure projects.
A collection of CSS colour palettes and tools for developers who want alternatives to Tailwind's default colours.
Analysis of inflated word usage in coding sessions, linking LLM influence to Google Trends increases.
Overview of new Azure hybrid management and security updates, including Azure Arc enhancements, AI-driven management, and field best practices.
Analysis of SBC clusters as poor value but fun hobbyist tools, with a review of the DeskPi Super4C board and mini rack hardware.
Explains deterministic routing as a key technique for reducing consistency problems in distributed systems at scale.
Explores a security bug in SQL Server 2025 where EXTERNAL MODEL permissions persist after dropping a user, risking unintended access.
A minimal yet powerful video, streaming, and Teams meeting setup using Sony ZV-1 II, Elgato Cam Link, RØDE mic, and Key Light.
A blog post about shrinking Java JAR files using the femtojar Maven plugin, reducing CLI tool sizes by up to 50%.
A curated list of interesting tech links for April 2026, covering data engineering, analytics, and AI integration.
Guide to setting up Xcode MCP with Claude Code for seamless AI-assisted Swift development, including auto-approving connection dialogs.
Developer improves pimsync with smarter timezone handling, TLS fingerprints, I/O timeouts, and database cleanup.
Martin Fowler discusses Chris Parsons' updated guide on using AI for coding, emphasizing verification and harness engineering in software development.
A critical perspective on GitHub's decline, arguing its proprietary nature contradicts open-source values and hoping it encourages migration to open platforms.
EF Core 11.0 introduces JsonPathExists and JsonContains for querying JSON columns without raw SQL.
Explains why table formats like Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake are essential for reliable data lakes, solving atomic commits, schema evolution, and time travel.
A technical deep dive comparing metadata structures of modern table formats like Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, and Hudi for data lakes.
Explains how Apache Iceberg enables partition evolution without rewriting data, solving a major data lake challenge.
Explains how Apache Iceberg uses metadata for data skipping, enabling fast query performance by eliminating 90-99% of files before scanning.
Explains how Apache Iceberg's hidden partitioning prevents accidental full table scans by automatically mapping source column filters to partition values.
