A personal story about a programmer's early fascination with coding, learning from a cousin, and overcoming initial challenges with Turbo Pascal.
A curated biweekly newsletter covering mobile automation news, including CI/CD, testing tools, and best practices for iOS and Android development.
Argues that using executable languages like Python is superior to pseudocode for specifying algorithms, as it avoids ambiguity and bugs.
A guide on using GPT-4 to quickly generate lore and create an infinitely replayable text-based game, demonstrating AI-assisted game development.
Explores using SIMD instructions and Vector<T> to accelerate LINQ queries in C# for high-performance data processing.
A tutorial on grouping and sorting collections in Swift using Dictionary(grouping:by:) and custom structures for ordered results.
A guide on using the FFmpeg command-line tool to convert PNG images to the smaller, web-friendly JPG format.
A guide to automating Homebrew package updates and cleanup on macOS using a custom shell alias.
Explores privacy risks, bias, dependence, misinformation, and manipulation dangers associated with conversational AI and chatbots.
Explores the two stages of creativity: imagination and ruthless editing, with a focus on underutilizing team time for innovation.
Debunks common myths about Node.js, revealing surprising truths about its architecture, async operations, and threading model.
A tutorial on building a custom, reusable ToolTip component from scratch using Blazor WebAssembly, C#, and .NET.
A guide to programmatically changing the ServiceLifetime of a service after it's been added to the .NET ServiceCollection.
A critical opinion piece arguing that AWS Amplify is harmful for production use, especially its GraphQL data layer, and promotes simpler alternatives like Postgres.
A developer introduces the 'Switchboard Pattern' to dramatically improve performance in a large Vue/Alpine table with thousands of interactive rows.
Explains how to use the CSS color-mix() function to create semi-transparent variants of brand colors by mixing them with transparency.
A guide to securely deploying a private Flask web app on AWS ECS using Cloudflare Tunnel for Zero Trust access, without public exposure or VPNs.
Explores autoregressive models, their relationship to joint distributions, and how they handle out-of-distribution prompts, with insights relevant to LLMs.
Explores the importance and benefits of automated testing in software development, addressing common barriers and the value of testing culture.
Explains a technique for strict pod co-location in Kubernetes using DaemonSets and Deployments with affinity rules.
