an unlikely person
discernment is good, discernment is hard
A classic anecdote about skill vs. experience in programming.
The Diátaxis framework solves a problem of quality in technical documentation, describing an information architecture that makes it easier to create, maintain and use.
A 3D animated visualization of an LLM with a walkthrough.
Or "Spiderman Is My Boyfriend"
On a supposedly difficult thing
A metascience post of sorts that argues we should take human capital more seriously
What matters in tech? Newsletter, essays and presentations by Benedict Evans.
Stories of folks reaching Staff Engineer roles.
Connect with developers sharing the strategies and revenue numbers behind their companies and side projects.
What I found in the mire
Hacking the happiness treadmill
A free course designed for people with some coding experience, who want to learn how to apply deep learning and machine learning to practical problems.
Modern email is a patchwork of protocols and extensions. Here is one article to understand them all.
The main thing that makes end-to-end type safety difficult is simple: boundaries. The secret to fully typed web apps is typing the boundaries.
Just a programmer trying to make a home for myself on the WWW.
An anticapitalist tech blog. Embrace the technology that liberates us. Smash that which does not.
I like computers!
Mathematics with a distinct visual perspective. Linear algebra, calculus, neural networks, topology, and more.
some notes on an endless skill
Personal website of Sam Rose.
The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City.
Explained from First Principles is a technology, science, and philosophy blog for curious people.
A one-day year, hunting neutrinos
It became real when I saw the list. When I saw the rubric.
Standardizing on a given platform or technology is one of the most powerful ways to create leverage within a company: improve the tooling a bit and every engineer will get more productive. Exploration is, in the long run, an even more powerful force, with successes compounding over time. Developing an investment thesis to balance the ratios and timing of standardization and exploration is a core challenge of engineering strategy.
A new way to think about brainpower.
Friendly tutorials for developers. Focus on React, CSS, Animation, and more!
An surface-level exploration of Nix as a technology, and what I find most useful about it.
Pleasant but seemingly minor features in personal sites
We often hear that making small incremental improvements every day can lead to great things. This popular piece of advice rings true, and it's a powerful reminder to keep pushing ourselves forward.
Salary negotiation advice, mostly for engineers. Running total of raises negotiated due to this essay: $15M+.
PostgreSQL provides the necessary building blocks for you to combine and create your own search engine for full-text search. Let's see how far we can take it.
News, tips, and tricks from the team at Fly