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Web3? I have my DAOts
The promise of a decentralized and trustless future is forever just that: a promise, and in the future.
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on: 2021-12-07
Underrated reasons to be thankful
30 underrated reasons to be thankful, starting with the fact that atomic bombs don’t ignite the atmosphere
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on: 2021-11-26
20 Things I've Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer - Simple Threa
Important, Read This First You’re about to read a blog post with a lot of advice. Learning from those who came before us is instrumental to success, but we often forget an important caveat. Almost all advice is contextual, yet it is rarely delivered with any context. “You just need to charge more!” says the company […]
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on: 2021-10-08
No, Utility Classes Aren't the Same As Inline Styles | frontstuff
Half a decade after the first commit of the pioneering ACSS, utility-first CSS is more popular than ever. With success comes many adepts but also a fair shar...
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on: 2021-06-28
Google Fights Back – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
At Google I/O, Google was the opposite of defensive: the company set out to make the case that its approach made for better products that makes people’s lives better
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on: 2019-05-09
It depends - BrandonSavage.net
When I was younger, I had strong opinions about many subjects. I felt I was right about a great many things, and anyone who disagreed with me was wrong. In my mind there was a right or a wrong, a black and a white, with little room for grey. Others were certainly entitled to their […]
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on: 2019-02-21
Why I choose Slim Framework for my PHP web development
Of course I often found myself involved in the same tedious tasks reinventing the wheel. But I found it even worse to spend a lot of time in learning just-another-framework and not being satisfied at…
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on: 2019-02-20
Moving away from magic — or: why I don’t want to use Laravel anymore
By Niklas Schöllhorn
It is time for a change in the tools that I use. And I’ll tell you why!
First of all, I want to make sure that you know about my intentions. I am not trying to rant about Laravel or why other frameworks might be better.
This arti...
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on: 2019-02-20
EventStore: Open-Source, Functional Database with Complex Event Processing in JS | Hacker News
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on: 2018-11-05
Google AMP Can Go To Hell | Polemic Digital
Let’s talk about Accelerated Mobile Pages, or AMP for short.AMP is a Google pet project that purports to be “an open-source initiative aiming to make the web better for all”. While there is a lot of emphasis on the official AMP site about its open source nature, the fact is that over 90% of contributions to this project come from Google employees, and it was initiated by Google. So let’s be real: AMP is a Google project.Google is also the reason AMP sees any kind of adoption at all. Basically, G
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on: 2018-09-06
What is your take on defensive programming? How do you normally do it in PH
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on: 2018-08-07
Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time
Photographers GODLIS and Angela Boatwright may have captured two distinct scenes - 1970s New York and contemporary Los Angeles - but in-between these images, made then and now, lies a single connecting thread.
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on: 2018-07-18
Ask HN: Have you shipped anything serious with a “serverless” architecture? | Hacker News
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on: 2018-06-23
“Just” | Brad Frost
I feel like an idiot while doing my job. A lot.
Now there’s a damn good chance I’m actually an idiot, but the self-respecting part of me wants to challenge that notion.
When I get stuck on a task or am looking for recommendations for tools/resources/strategies/solutions/whatever, I often take
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on: 2018-03-29
I am a mediocre developer
I personally know some developers who are very talented and can create wonderful pieces of software...
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on: 2018-03-18
Say goodbye to the information age: it's all about reputation now | Aeon Id
In the reputation age, we should rank the quality of information not by its the content but by the agenda of its source
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on: 2018-03-14
https://ferdychristant.com/amp-the-missing-controversy-3b424031047
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on: 2018-02-25
Out to Get You
Epistemic Status: Reference. Expanded From: Against Facebook, as the post originally intended. Some things are fundamentally Out to Get You. They seek resources at your expense. Fees are hidden. E…
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on: 2017-10-11
Uncle Bob and Silver Bullets • Hillel Wayne
A while back I wrote that Robert Martin was ruining software by being too good at programming. That was supposed to be a joke. Since then he’s done his damndest to actually ruin software by telling people they’re doing it wrong. His most recent response where he yells at software correctness was the breaking point for me, so I’m going to go ahead and say what many of us have been thinking:
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on: 2017-10-07