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Photography Substacks(opens in new tab)
Sunday, August 9, 2026(opens in new tab)
The Sunday Papers(opens in new tab)
Sundays are for finally getting around to starting Peaky Blinders on your never-ending odyssey through all of the west's most laddish crime dramas. World War 1's just ended and every bloke's got PTSD from the trenches. Tommy Shelby and his ...
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I read: “We Stopped Using RSC on TanStack.com” and it’s incredible. They were shipping 1.1 MiB of JavaScript to the browser to render markdown and syntax highlight code examples — in the browser. They moved this work to the server ...
I got an email about resistance(opens in new tab)
Did Anthropic finally fix MCP?(opens in new tab)
Add Sequence Side-Effect With Rolling Back Inserts as a Postgres TIL (opens in new tab)
A diminishing portfolio(opens in new tab)
Pluralistic: Digital sewer socialism (08 Aug 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links Digital sewer socialism: Mamdani's Public Interest Technologists are what DOGE should have been. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Robot garage takes hostages; Thermostat ransomware; Correlate audience exhalations; Judges x TOR; Expectations management. Upcoming appearances: ...
What are we all playing this weekend?(opens in new tab)
It’s been a manageable, some might even say calm week for Team RPS, so we’re rewarding ourselves for a productive five days of PC games with some PC games. Or barbecue. Actually, that sounds better. Is it too late to ...
Add Annotate Return Type On Enum Function as a Python TIL (opens in new tab)
🎙️ Breaking Change podcast v55 - I'm a good guyjin(opens in new tab)
We cut our trip a day short, so I found myself with a totally free day with no plans. Naturally, I wasted it by recording a 3-hour podcast. Dang. I always enjoy shooting the shit with/at you, and if you'd ...
Add Filter By Truthy Values With Boolean Function as a JavaScript TIL (opens in new tab)
AS9100 Internal Auditor Training with Apex Quality Assurance(opens in new tab)
I've recently had the opportunity to support Apex's AS9100 Internal Auditor training. It was a huge honor, we had a great group of students and it's always so rewarding sharing this knowledge that is critical to keeping the aerospace industry ...
Taking a Look at Cirque Trackpads(opens in new tab)
Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 62(opens in new tab)
They don’t make ’em like Sublime Text anymore(opens in new tab)
After a multi-year detour wading through the quagmire of bloatware that is modern software I’m back to coding in Sublime Text. I am finally at peace! Do you know how relaxing it is without the daily “update available” and “view ...
Using and Styling the Dialog Element(opens in new tab)
There's a lot of nuance to the element, a seemingly little piece of web architecture. I've got some notes from digging into it. Using and Styling the Dialog Element originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really ...
"Ideas like this usually just die": Inside generative AI’s effect on modding, and how host sites struggle to maintain transparency(opens in new tab)
I’ve been scrolling through Nexus Mods near enough every weekday morning for three or four years now. On a good day, I might spot a couple of new mods potentially worth writing news about and a couple, usually Skyrim player ...
View from the Office: Mashfik Siddique(opens in new tab)
The View from the Office. I met up with Mashfik Siddique, founder of startup Feastly, at Bryant Park. We were introduced by a friend and former colleague, Liz Goldenberg. Mashfik grew up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His father was in the ...
View from the Office: Gabe Einhorn(opens in new tab)
The View from the Office. I met up with Gabe Einhorn, co-founder of the startup VryfiD, at Le Pain Quotidien. I had a mint lemonade; Gabe passed on getting a coffee. I stumbled across Gabe while doomscrolling on LinkedIn. He ...
Self-Host Weekly (7 August 2026) (opens in new tab)
I'm pickin' up good (vibe)rations
I had no idea there was a BLACK MARKET for AI Tokens(opens in new tab)
Meta's Claude Code clone is INSANELY cheap(opens in new tab)
A quick look at zero-knowledge proofs(opens in new tab)
NB: This isn’t about crypto. I don’t care about crypto. Chris messaged me the other week asking if I wanted to implement zero-knowledge proofs. I initially was not interested, but then he said: What if I told you there’s a ...
How to keep thinking(opens in new tab)
We Need to Talk About the Future of ScottoKeebs(opens in new tab)
Outburst(opens in new tab)
Just had a little trip up to my favorite city of Juneau, Alaska. So lovely. Here’s just one story from the trip. There is a Big Thing going on there right now which is essentially an impending flood that is ...
2.5 Admins 311: Couch Cushions(opens in new tab)
This Company Accounts For Over 15% Of All Equities Trading in the US — and They Use C++(opens in new tab)
2026 State of CSS, Devs Surveys(opens in new tab)
A few notes and takeaways from the 2026 State of CSS survey results, including a nice CSS-Tricks cameo! 2026 State of CSS, Devs Surveys originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
Fear not, samurai masochists, Onimusha: Way of the Sword's flashiness hasn't replaced its challenge(opens in new tab)
Last month, I played an extended preview of upcoming action slasher Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and came away impressed - if a bit sore in the fingers. Though the samurai action genre is a crowded one these days, with ...
Your tip might be causing your soldering problems. #soldering #mechanicalkeyboards #electronics(opens in new tab)
Big Walk simulates the strange, childlike sensation of being unexpectedly separated from your friends, and the joy and relief of finding your way back(opens in new tab)
The other week, the SIM card in my phone stopped working. At first, working from home, the change was barely noticeable: a router handled my internet coverage, and Whatsapp messages continued unabated. Only once I left the house did I ...
View From the Office: Joseph Moore(opens in new tab)
The View from the Office. I met up with historian and author Joseph Moore for lunch at The Porch in Bryant Park. I had the sliders. He had the chicken wrap. Joseph has a new book out called: How to ...
Pluralistic: Eternal Sloptember (06 Aug 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links Eternal Sloptember: Mark Zuckerberg and the fantasy of social media without socializing. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Delany x The Onion; Duran Duran x Second Life; Spammers x blog pings; Privacywashing v Doordash; Good ...
Figma for Agents: How Airflow's Creator Coordinates AI ft. Maxime Beauchemin(opens in new tab)
It’s hard to keep up with the AI evolution; new AI tools drop every week, but how are experienced practitioners actually using them? Most of us are overwhelmed and unsure about the many possibilities, yet we need to keep going ...
Bitcoin influencers trust but don't verify(opens in new tab)
117: Coldcard Fallout(opens in new tab)
Bjarne Stroustrup: Where is C++ Being Used?(opens in new tab)
Even after 200 hours, Marathon's greatest secret is still deciphering the rhythms of rival players(opens in new tab)
There’s a whole phase to the game of Marathon that occurs right when you might assume it’s over. It begins with the jolting sound effect that indicates a teammate has been downed - knocked on their back by volt fire ...
The Coyotes Next Door(opens in new tab)
I like being king of some weird and sexy knights in fantasy RPG Sovereign Tower, but I'm not convinced the time travel element is my cup of spiderwine(opens in new tab)
Between the accidental incest, the dragons, and the farcical aquatic ceremonies, King Arthur's reign was a real rollercoaster and a half, but at least he never had an Ursula. In Sovereign Tower, the turn-based "Round Table management RPG" from Wild ...
The Rise of the Design Engineer(opens in new tab)
Pluralistic: Google is a scammer's paradise (05 Aug 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links Google is a scammer's paradise: The internet's absentee landlord. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS; EZ realistic corpse; $300m login button; Short Uber; Who goes AI? Upcoming appearances: Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, ...
How Firecracker microVMs work under the hood to sandbox untrusted code and AI agents(opens in new tab)
Between user code and rogue AI agents, there recently has been huge regain in interest for sanboxing solutions. We've seen last time how to use landlock to drop the privileges
📸 Chill some Netflix and Chill(opens in new tab)
Finally, Netflix you can chill.
🔥 In 2025, I bought four WD Black 8TB NVMe SSDs,…(opens in new tab)
In 2025, I bought four WD Black 8TB NVMe SSDs, slammed them in a Thunderbolt enclosure, and set them up as a 32TB Raid 0 volume for my Mac Studio. Price in April 2025: $2,199.96 Price today: $5,836.00 Felt stupidly ...
Web-Perf Wednesday 003 – Native SPA Metrics Have Arrived(opens in new tab)
Chrome 151 and web-vitals v6 bring native SPA measurement into production, while new browser controls reshape device and third-party governance.
