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Aider as a non-agentic coding tool strikes a nice balance on the efficiency vs effectiveness front. Using tree-sitter to create a repo map of the repository means less filesystem digging. No MCP, but …

I use gen.nvim[1] with for small tasks, like “write a type definition for this JSON” . Running locally avoids the concern of sending IP or PII to third parties. [1]: https://github.com…

I tried Hurl after Insomnia went the way of Postman. The highlights you list were the strong drivers for testing it out. Where Hurl fell short was composing requests. Example: X.hurl response has auth…

I use both. Restic for various machines to hourly backup on a local server. Rclone to sync those backups to S3 daily. Keeps the read/write ops lower, restores faster, and limits to a single machi…

I migrated to Alpine for my laptop this year after an extended attempt of NixOS. For development, I’ve found I’m more productive in that I don’t go down the rabbit hole of finding the “Nix way” of usi…

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That loaded fast. Also, seeing the network request for background gradients takes me back to an era of CSS I don't miss. Anyone remember the hacks for drop shadows and rounded corners?

Makes me wonder if anyone suggested Ever Given "do a barrel roll"[1] [1]: https://www.google.com/search?q=do+a+barrel+roll …

For another hackable smartwatch, see the PineTime. https://pine64.com/product/pinetime-dev-kit …

First thing that came to mind was in one of the "Postgres-backend" projects like Hasura[1], Postgraphile[2], or PostgREST[3]. [1]: https://github.com/hasura/graphql-engi…

Came here to recommend "Fall; Or, Dodge in Hell" as well. I recently finished it. While Stephenson can get long-winded, it was a thought provoking story around how brain simulation is receiv…

Have you looked at Nim? Python-like syntax, compiles to C, and a considerably sized stdlib (http, parsing, channels) https://nim-lang.org/ …

Displaying a loading spinner in under 50ms while waiting for a 500ms request to complete doesn't necessarily build a strong relationship. SPAs can start off with the good intention of being low-l…

What is Nix? Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. It provides atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side install…

Opening in React devtools shows a number of hints[1]. "React Native Style Editor" section. "View" components with numeric "style" props. And the classname prefixes "…

This strong sign of the confidence Twitter has in React Native for Web[1]. In 2017, Nicolas Gallagher gave a talk[2] about why it was used for mobile.twitter.com. [1]: https://github.com&#x…

If the light goes on, then it's too late.

The Redistricting Game[1] is an interesting approach to teaching about how gerrymandering works. [1]: http://redistrictinggame.org/game/launchgame.php …

Good to see that it's using knex for queries. Many node ORMs dumb every database down to a Mongo-like object hash.

AWS offers a BAA with some services https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/hipaa-compliance/#What_Ser... ?…