Explains Bash nameref (local -n) for mutating function arguments with pointer-like behavior, useful for avoiding globals and subshells.
Explores three common but misleading answers QA professionals give about AI's impact on testing, using Maslow's Hammer as a critique.
A deep dive into the VTX5000 hardware for the ZX Spectrum, covering its serial interface, modem, and viewdata display components.
Release of Searcher, a privacy-minded Chromium extension that triggers random searches on Google, Amazon, and other sites to protect user privacy.
A CMD script to export HKCU registry branches for all Delphi versions from XE2 to 13.
Microsoft's AKS Cluster Health Monitor add-on is now in preview, offering in-cluster health checks and auto-remediation for CoreDNS, API server, and metrics server issues.
Announcing a new podcast episode on Agentic Feature Owners, featuring Jessitron, with reflections on code and life.
A guide to using ElBruno.QRCodeGenerator, a lightweight .NET library for generating QR codes in ASCII, PNG, SVG, and payload formats.
Guide to optimizing Xcode build performance using new Agent Skills, covering clean/incremental builds and caching.
Guide to setting up the Azure Terraform MCP Server in VS Code for accurate Terraform code generation with AI.
A Debt-Aware ADR Model to manage technical debt and speed up architectural decision-making by treating choices as financial transactions.
A guide to building eval loops for LLM-based apps, focusing on measuring prompt performance across model updates.
How to standardize resource naming in TypeScript monorepos using Google's API Design Guide convention.
Explores which programming language is best for LLM-based code generation, questioning if machine code is viable.
Analysis of flaky Jest tests caused by wall-clock assertions on timer behavior, with solutions using fake timers.
Exploring the limits of automated card game design by stress-testing a pipeline against 13 influential card games.
Critter Stack releases new versions of Marten, Wolverine, Polecat, Weasel, and JasperFx with sharded multi-tenancy and database pooling features.
A critical analysis of technical incompetence in the workplace, coining the term NVTP (Not Very Technical Person) to describe those who pretend to be technically skilled.
A software engineer reflects on leaving a traditional employer for an AI-driven role, now orchestrating AI tools instead of writing code directly.
PostgreSQL 19 adds JSON format to COPY TO, enabling NDJSON-style export of query results and table data.
