A guide on how to permanently remove a file containing sensitive data (like a password) from your entire Git repository history using a specific command.
A developer shares his favorite productivity apps for 2024, including Obsidian for notes, Dabble.me for journaling, and Raindrop for bookmarks.
Explores database durability without write-ahead logs, contrasting in-memory and disk-based approaches to build intuition for WAL design.
A technical guide on testing a Starnote device indoors using USB connection and the Notecard Simulator tool.
A framework for building data flywheels to dynamically improve LLM applications through continuous evaluation, monitoring, and feedback loops.
A participant's detailed report on tackling the ICFP Contest 2024, focusing on implementing a custom lambda calculus language to solve complex programming challenges.
A personal experiment comparing a 42-key mechanical keyboard to larger models, focusing on the use of layers to reduce physical keys.
Discusses the Zed code editor's Swift support and collaboration features, Xcode 16's predictive assist, and compares iPad models for developers.
Explores the relationship between developer productivity and joy, arguing that workplace friction reduces both and that embracing fun can boost creativity.
Developer updates on vdirsyncer fixes, including item renaming, property synchronization, and memory usage improvements.
A developer reflects on how letting go of rigid expectations in both soccer and side projects led to more enjoyment and creativity.
A developer shares technical notes on building a 2D multiplayer arena shooter from scratch, covering game object management and client/server sync.
A guide to installing older iOS Simulator runtimes via command-line tools for CI testing, covering deprecated and current methods.
A technical guide explaining why ggplot2 line charts sometimes appear blank and how to fix the issue, focusing on data structure and grouping.
A guide on creating an npm package with TypeScript that supports both CommonJS and ECMAScript Modules (ESM).
Explains the concept and purpose of input masking in LLM fine-tuning, using a practical example with Axolotl for a code PR classification task.
Announces a major update to the Big Book of R website, including a migration to Quarto, a new Psychology chapter, and the addition of new R programming books.
A developer's recap of MCing the developer track at Figma Config 2024, highlighting talks on design, development, and live-coding.
Introduces MixEval, a cost-effective LLM benchmark with high correlation to Chatbot Arena, for evaluating open-source language models.
A developer reflects on SQL's relevance after a colleague's unfamiliarity with it, questioning if it's becoming a niche skill in modern tech stacks.
