Pseudocode for Intentionality(opens in new tab)
I've been interested in being more intentional with my work, time and life recently. Here is my working definition of how to be more intentional.
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Owning It(opens in new tab)
For the second time now, someone mentioned to me that it is kind of paradoxical that my newsletter, which is called “Own Your Web”, is not hosted on my own server or under my own domain but on Buttondown. And ...
Growing a Human: The First 30 Weeks(opens in new tab)
Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it
Remaining Authentic in Retirement with Kelsey Hightower(opens in new tab)
Come find Justin in-person and get FAFOFM stickers!Devopsdays - Portland, OR - September 8-10. Get 20% off tickets with FAFOFMEdgecase - Gooiland Hilversum, NL - September 24Taloscon - Amsterdam, NL - October 15-16KCD UK - Edinburgh - October 19Kubecon NA ...
A reluctant roundup of 2024(opens in new tab)
In the spirit of self-love and positivity, I will now force myself to list all of the things I did on the internet (and beyond) in 2024.
Date Me!(opens in new tab)
if you like me, and you're interested but never thought to ask, just ask!
Golang weak package(opens in new tab)
Introduction What is weak package about? What are weak pointers Difference of weak and strong references Context of Garbage collector and unique pointers Mechan
Understanding Go's Weak Package(opens in new tab)
Go's weak package provides weak references for garbage collection.
Own Your Web – Issue 17: Jump Start(opens in new tab)
Hi All! 🤗 And then, one cold evening in December, my car broke down. In the middle of the intersection, right when the traffic lights turned green and I was about to leave. The engine, which had been turned off ...
My favorite audiobooks of 2024 (and also 2017 through 2023)(opens in new tab)
2024: my year in review(opens in new tab)
2024 Review - A Year of Growth and Change(opens in new tab)
A brief review of 2024 and what I'm looking forward to in 2025.
2024: Year Review(opens in new tab)
Introduction It is the end of the year, and I write this yearly as I have been writing it since . I get a lot of insights on the things after writing them. Let�
Recursive project search in Emacs(opens in new tab)
The workflow of recursively searching for things or dealing with a list of issues to fix without getting lost.
Terminal Trove December 2024 Wrap Up(opens in new tab)
A wrap up of all the things that happened in Terminal Trove in December 2024.
swyx in 2024 End of Year wraps(opens in new tab)
i was involved in 3 end of year-ish recaps today:
It’s OK to have a slow day(opens in new tab)
Sometimes, our bodies speak louder than our minds.
Let's build a CDN - Part 2(opens in new tab)
This is a follow-up to Let's build a CDN - Part 1A new friend joins us. We talk about the high-level, including why Varnish and why we are doing this in the first place. We go through the plan for ...
On Leaving Meta(opens in new tab)
From imposter syndrome to shipping features used by millions, here's what I learned during my year as a remote engineer at Meta.
Your live coding stream does not need a bigger audience(opens in new tab)
Less is more.
The 4 types of DevRel content(opens in new tab)
Discover how to classify DevRel content to understand what works for your team. Learn about 4 content types, their goals, and leading themes.
Advent of Code Day 5 in Golang: Ordering Pages(opens in new tab)
Introduction It is day 5 of the advent of code, and today we have an interesting problem of ordering pages. Let’s dive into the problem and how I approached i
Welcome to Fork Around and Find Out!(opens in new tab)
Fork Around and Find Out is your downtime from uptime. Your break from the pager, and a chance to learn from expert’s successes and failures. We cover state-of-the-art, legacy practices for building, running, and maintaining software and systems. Be sure ...
Lazy self-installing Python scripts with uv(opens in new tab)
Advent of Code Day 4 in Golang: Finding XMAS and X-MAS(opens in new tab)
Introduction Moving on to day 4, we have a grid problem in front of us, we are given some numbers in the form of a grid, i.e. some rows and columns with some up
Holding Space for Wicked (Part One)(opens in new tab)
The first time i saw Wicked was on broadway, around 2006-2007 when i first moved to the US
Good links: 8 December 2024(opens in new tab)
A story about a coat(opens in new tab)
A coat cannot make you truly happy.
Advent of Code Day 3 in Golang: Do Or Don’t Regex(opens in new tab)
Introduction Well, it is day 3 of the advent of code 2024, and I have been doing it on live streams. I am behind two days but working through them one by one. S
Seven Years of JS Party: A Personal Reflection(opens in new tab)
A personal reflection on seven years of JS Party as the show transitions into its next chapter with dysfunctional.fm.
How I reduced an API call from >5 seconds to under 100ms(opens in new tab)
I wrote more terrible code. Here's how I fixed it.
Licensing Code on CSS Wizardry(opens in new tab)
I’ve recently decided to apply the permissive MIT License to all content on CSS Wizardry by default. How does this affect you?
A Layered Approach to Speculation Rules(opens in new tab)
The new Speculation Rules API is incredibly powerful, but we can do so much more! By taking a layered approach, we can add more progressive functionality.
Run a Bluesky PDS From Home(opens in new tab)
Take ownership—and responsibility—of your social data
Advent of Code Day 2 in Golang: Slicing and Dicing Reports(opens in new tab)
Introduction So, this is day 2 of the Advent of Code 2024 in Golang, and we will be exploring my approach and solution for the same. The problem was not as easy
December 2024(opens in new tab)
Advent of Code, 2024, Day 1 in Golang: Historian Hysteria(opens in new tab)
Introduction Hello everyone, it’s that time of the year, Advent of Code, I will be solving this year as well with Golang. In previous years I have been doing
You Should Be Hiring Mullets. (write that down)(opens in new tab)
Not because it's cool (it is), but because it's what your company actually needs right now."Business in the front, party in the back" isn't just some throwback style. It's the whole point.In our corporate, don't-let-HR-see-this reality,
Terminal Trove November 2024 Wrap Up(opens in new tab)
A wrap up of all the things that happened in Terminal Trove in November 2024.
Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering(opens in new tab)
If Not React, Then What?(opens in new tab)
“Frameworkism preaches that the way to improve user experiences is to adopt more (or different) tooling from the framework's ecosystem. This provides adherents with something to do that looks plausibly like engineering, except it isn't. It can even become a ...
What the PSF Conduct WG does(opens in new tab)
In the past week I had two people separately tell me what they thought the Python Software Foundation Conduct WG did and both were wrong (and incidentally in the same way). As such, I wanted to clarify what exactly the ...
Designing (and Evolving) a New Web Performance Score(opens in new tab)
Why design another new performance score?! Good question…
Alpine.js for home-cooked apps(opens in new tab)
Paths to business value in Developer Relations(opens in new tab)
This post is not about measuring success in DevRel, but about making an impact in a way *only* DevRel can do, and *should* be doing.