My alltime-high articles
A developer shares a curated list of influential tech articles that shaped their career, covering topics like technology choice, productivity, and engineering culture.
A developer shares a curated list of influential tech articles that shaped their career, covering topics like technology choice, productivity, and engineering culture.
A web developer reflects on a challenging 2023, focusing on mental health, business changes, and plans for new CSS content in 2024.
A developer's 2023 review focusing on TanStack Query v5 release and creating an official course for the library, while balancing work and open source.
The article argues against rigid 'right vs wrong' thinking in software engineering, emphasizing context, trade-offs, and subjectivity in technical decisions.
A software developer advocates for canceling unnecessary meetings to protect deep work time, referencing Paul Graham's Maker's Schedule.
A developer shares personal experiences creating tech communities, from Discord groups to book clubs, and reflects on the challenges and rewards of organizing.
Developer updates on vdirsyncer's experimental rewrite, detailing progress towards an alpha release for calendar/contact sync.
A reflection on the joy of personal programming projects and a reminder to pursue coding for passion, not just work.
Russ Cox discusses how Go evolves, the role of data in decisions, and the introduction of opt-in telemetry in the Go toolchain.
Applies the Cathedral vs. Bazaar open-source metaphor to people management, comparing top-down control with decentralized, autonomous team styles.
Ghostty terminal devlog update covering beta program growth and the introduction of a new Terminal Inspector tool for developers.
A developer's experience using Sweep, an LLM-powered tool that generates pull requests to write unit tests and fix code in a GitHub workflow.
A developer outlines the consistent five-part format for their upcoming technical project tutorials, including Introduction, Materials, kBits, Details, and Wrap-Up.
Introducing 'kBits', a new format for sharing concise, single-topic technical learnings and insights alongside project tutorials.
A software developer shares key writing lessons learned while authoring a book, applying principles like KISS from software development to improve clarity.
A bootstrapped SaaS founder discusses the 'build vs. buy' decision for core features, analyzing cost, time, and opportunity cost at the MVP stage.
A developer shares insights on defining a true MVP for a SaaS product by cutting non-essential features and focusing on core value.
The author explores programming as a craft, drawing parallels with weaving, knitting, and lighting design to argue it's an accessible, creative skill.
A web developer reflects on five successful years of freelancing and running his own agency, highlighting achievements like courses, a book, and a CSS methodology.
Explains how the software development practice of 'grooming' can be applied to boost productivity in any project by preparing work ahead of time.