Bookmarks
These are articles and links that I’ve saved from around the web using Raindrop.io
The Worst Programmer I Know - Dan North & Associates Ltd
The great thing about measuring developer productivity is that you can quickly identify the bad programmers. I want to tell you about the worst programmer I know, and why I fought to keep him in the team.
Tabs are objectively better than spaces | Go Make Things
Yesterday, I shared some spicy takes. A few were particularly controversial—most notably, that I correct Gif the correct way (with a soft G)—but I also got a lot of emails asking me to elaborate on a few of them. Today, I wanted to talk about how tabs are objectively better than
The War of Art: How to Fall in Love with Hard Work - Nick Wignall
Brief lessons in professionalism, art, and productivity from The War of Art. To do our best work, we must learn to fall in love with hard work.
Ask like a human: Implementing semantic search on Stack Overflow - Stack Ov
Platform engineering is just DevOps with a product mindset - Stack Overflow
What is a 'AI drift' and why is it making ChatGPT dumber? | ZDNET
You may want to rethink using GPT-4, especially for math problems.
Things you forgot (or never knew) because of React - Josh Collinsworth blog
If you don't often look beyond established comfortable defaults, you might be surprised to learn just how far the world of frontend has moved away from React, and how big that gap continues to grow.
Is Laravel the happiest developer community on the planet? · GitHub
How the PHP framework Laravel prioritizes developer experience by focusing on details and avoiding the hype cycle
Pyramid or Crab? Find a testing strategy that fits
Discover how to combine different testing types into a reasonable strategy that matches your project.
Modern Technology And The Future Of Language Translation — Smashing Magazin
The field of language translation has never been more exciting. Explore the evolution of language translation platforms, how we got to where we are today, and what advancements we can look forward to in the coming years.
A case study on scroll-driven animations performance - Chrome Developers
The new API is much smoother than the classic way of implementing scroll-driven animations.
matthewwolfe.github.io/blog/mocking-in-unit-tests
Can We Query the Root Container? | OddBird
The complexities of containment, overflow, and 'propagation'
The infrastructure behind ATMs
ATMs are connected to banks by networks which operate little-understood payment rails.
Why transformative AI is really, really hard to achieve | Zhengdong
A collection of the best technical, social, and economic arguments
Exploring the infrastructure and code behind modern edge functions - Stack
How a year-long LeetCode habit upped my professional game—Martian Chronicle
Are algorithmic tasks like those on LeetCode useful for a developer beyond live-coding interview tasks? After spending a year developing a LeetCode habit, Nina Torgunakova answers the question and gives tips.
The Coolest Library on Earth | Hakai Magazine
At the University of Copenhagen, researchers store ice cores that hold the keys to Earth’s climate past and future.
Happy 50th birthday, Ethernet | APNIC Blog
Why has Ethernet endured as a ubiquitous data framing protocol over all these years?
Why knowledge management is foundational to AI success - Stack Overflow Blo
Do large language models know what they are talking about? - Stack Overflow
Junior to senior: An action plan for engineering career success · GitHub
A guide providing actionable tips on how to transition from a junior to senior software engineer. Learn the essential technical competencies and communication skills needed to succeed, including th...