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Announcing a New Section: TIL(opens in new tab)
Trying out something new: today I’m launching my own Today I Learned section. In this essay I will sum up what my plans and hopes are.
How To Create Great Documentation(opens in new tab)
It’s easy to overlook documentation when building an application, but documentation can make or break a consumer’s experience. Today we’re diving into the world of documentation to discuss what it takes to write good documentation, the ethics of documentation, and ...
Getting Started With TypeScript(opens in new tab)
TypeScript is an open-source programming language built on JavaScript that provides static type definitions. It has taken the front-end development community by storm over the past few years and today we’re going to give you a beginner-level rundown on the ...
How To Create A Study Plan(opens in new tab)
What is it about sitting down building a good study plan that... kinda sucks? Is it the planning? The execution? The Time commitment? Are we committing to learn too much? Regardless of this answer, today we’re sitting down to talk ...
How To Choose A Tech Stack(opens in new tab)
What is it about sitting down building a good study plan that... kinda sucks? Is it the planning? The execution? The Time commitment? Are we committing to learn too much? Regardless of this answer, today we’re sitting down to talk ...
npm audit: Broken by Design(opens in new tab)
Found 99 vulnerabilities (84 moderately irrelevant, 15 highly irrelevant)
Subclassing in Python Redux(opens in new tab)
The conflict between subclassing and composition is as old as object-oriented programming. The latest crop of languages like Go or Rust prove that you don’t need subclassing to successfully write code. But what’s a pragmatic approach to subclassing in Python, ...
Canonical SEO Failure(opens in new tab)
This post is less about teaching and more about schadenfreude amusement for you, and catharsis for me. It’s the story of how one unfortunate HTML tag kicked me off almost all search engines and my months-long way back. And why ...
Writing a Universal Chess Interface (UCI) Client in Java(opens in new tab)
Contents Introduction Working with an UCI-enabled engine from the command line Installing Stockfish (and Leela Zero) Listing supported options Changing an option Analyzing a position Writing the Java UCI Client library Opening and closing the engine process Sending commands to ...
Top-Level Menu Visibility in SwiftUI for macOS(opens in new tab)
Working around SwiftUI's CommandsBuilder limitations to conditionally show top-level menus on macOS using direct AppKit integration.
Semantic Versioning Will Not Save You(opens in new tab)
The widely used Python package cryptography changed their build system to use Rust for low-level code, which caused an emotional GitHub thread. Enthusiasts of 32-bit hardware from the 1990s aside, a vocal faction stipulated adherence to Semantic Versioning from the ...
Measuring Web Performance in Mobile Safari(opens in new tab)
How often do you test your site in iOS Safari? Do you even know how?!
you can use css to remove the double-tap zoom feature on iOs(opens in new tab)
Before You memo()(opens in new tab)
Rendering optimizations that come naturally.
Lie vs Lay(opens in new tab)
Lie and lay are infamously confusing to non-native speakers. It’s so bad that it sparked a cottage industry of click-baity articles full of sketchy ads. Since English is my third language, I stumbled a lot myself until I wrote this ...
XML to JSON using MapNeat(opens in new tab)
mapneat is a library I’ve written a long time ago. I am biased. Introduction Following my previous article, I wanted to expand on the capabilities of the mapneat library. In this tutorial, I will show you how to transform an ...
Fixing keyboardShortcut in SwiftUI(opens in new tab)
Debugging and fixing a SwiftUI keyboardShortcut bug that fails when mixing SwiftUI with UIKit through reverse engineering and LLDB analysis.
Hello world, mapneat!(opens in new tab)
mapneat is a library I’ve written a long time ago. I am biased. Introduction One of the most common challenges I’ve encountered in Software Engineering is data manipulation: taking a raw data structure, applying business logic, restructuring it, and finally ...
Git Your Way: includeIf(opens in new tab)
Implement finer control of your Git configuration.
Supporting Both Tap and Long Press on a Button in SwiftUI(opens in new tab)
Creating a SwiftUI button that supports both tap and long-press gestures by bridging to UIKit when SwiftUI's gesture system fails on Catalyst.
Computing Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors using QR Decomposition(opens in new tab)
Contents Introduction Using QR Decomposition to Determine Eigenvalues Implementing the Naive Algorithm Improving the Algorithm: Practical QR with Shifts More Improvements: The Hessenberg Form But what about the Eigenvectors? References Introduction In my last two articles, I explored some fundamental ...
Linear transformations, Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues(opens in new tab)
Contents Introduction Think of matrices as functions Matrix transformations Linear Transformations Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Why are they “special”? Why are they important? Where to go next Introduction There are rumors saying Computer Vision Engineers consider Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors the single ...
Generate random SQL inserts using pysert(opens in new tab)
pysert (lowercase ‘p’) is a python utility designed to generate random SQL INSERT statements from predefined templates. While its primary focus is SQL, its template-driven nature allows it to generate almost any structured format, including JSON, XML, or YAML. If ...
Writing your own linear algebra matrix library in C(opens in new tab)
Contents Disclaimer Math, math The Library Source Code The data: nml_matrix Breakdown of the Structure A Note on Memory Layout Allocating / De-allocating memory for the nml_mat matrix Implementation: nml_mat_new() Implementation: nml_mat_free() Expanding the API Creating a Random Matrix Generating ...
Simple Sourdough Bread(opens in new tab)
I make sourdough bread usually at least once a week and sometimes post pictures of the result to Twitter and get asked pretty frequently about my technique. There’s a lot written about sourdough bread on the Internet these days, and ...
Making a Sourdough Starter(opens in new tab)
The absolutely best way of making a starter if you don’t already have one is to not make one at all. If you can, ask someone who already has one for a bit of theirs. Most people will be happy ...
On Using Apple Silicon Mac Mini for Continuous Integration(opens in new tab)
Documenting the challenges and solutions for integrating Apple Silicon M1 Mac minis into a continuous integration system, including automation fixes and performance comparisons.
How to use the Spotify API and Netlify Functions to build a “Now Playing” widget(opens in new tab)
I recently* built this really cool feature for my personal website that allows me to use Netlify Functions to show my most-recently-listened-to tracks from Spotify. *It wasn’t recently, it was in July 2020, please don’t look behind the curtain. It’s ...
Naming variables in style code(opens in new tab)
This morning, the atomic design GOAT Brad Frost Tweeted a question about variable naming for colors: Here’s a fun one: what variable name would you define for `rgba(0,0,0,0.9);`? I drafted up a Tweet to answer this, but it ended up ...
Webmentions with Livewire on a Statamic Site(opens in new tab)
Using the T67XX CO₂ Sensor Module in Go(opens in new tab)
So, you bought four T67XX CO₂ sensors and only once they were delivered started to work out how to get values from them huh? Well I’m right there with you because so did I. and I carefully deposited the results ...
Apple Silicon M1: A Developer's Perspective(opens in new tab)
A comprehensive evaluation of the M1 MacBook Air as a development machine, covering Xcode performance, compatibility issues, and the transition challenges for developers.
Custom 3D printed Blue Snowball desk stand(opens in new tab)
Introducing, an all-new, super-sleek Blue Snowball microphone desk stand! It’s very nice Will, but why? The Problem I inherited a unwanted Blue Snowball from an old employer several years ago, and it’s been a really fantastic addition to my day ...
