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Everything in software architecture is a trade-off. -- The first law of software architecture

My colleague Julius ploum.net/2024-12-23-j... #programming #softwaredevelopment #ai #blog

A C Compiler in 512 bytes xorvoid.com/sectorc.html #programming #softwaredevelopment #assembly

Craft software that makes people feel something rapha.land/craft-softwa... #programming #softwaredevelopment #blog

Do the simplest thing that could possibly work www.seangoedecke.com/the-simplest... #programming #softwaredevelopment #simplicity #blog

I hate screenshots of text parkscomputing.com/page/i-hate-... #programming #softwaredevelopment #blog

On the foolishness of "natural language programming" - Edsger W. Dijkstra, 1978 (still very relevant now, possibly more than ever) www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcr... #programming #softwaredevelopment

Why is Zig so cool? nilostolte.github.io/tech/article... #programming #softwaredevelopment #blog

How to write blog posts that developers read refactoringenglish.com/chapters/wri... #programming #softwaredevelopment #blog

Unexpected benefits of building your own tools tiniuc.com/make-more-to... #programming #softwaredevelopment #scripting #blog

Ruby and its neighbors: Smalltalk noelrappin.com/blog/2025/11... #programming #smalltalk #ruby #blog

Every piece of software is a state machine. Any mutable variable adds a staggering number of states to that machine. old.reddit.com/r/programmin... #programming #softwaredevelopment #functionalprogramming

Send this article to your friend who still thinks the cloud is a good idea rameerez.com/send-this-ar... #cloud #hosting #selfhosting #linux #blog

"A Plea for Lean Software" by Prof. Niklaus Wirth (1995) liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/88032.html #programming #softwaredevelopment #simplicity

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise. -- Larry Wall

Card Driven Development (CDD) jimmyhmiller.com/card-driven-... #programming #softwaredevelopment #productivity #blog

At the end you use `git bisect` (this is especially useful in messy codebases with no test coverage) kevin3010.github.io/git/2025/11/... #programming #git #blog #algorithms

URLs are state containers alfy.blog/2025/10/31/y... #programming #webdev #blog

The standard rule is, when you're in a hole, stop digging; that seems not to apply [to] software nowadays. -- Ron Minnich

(Quite) A few words about async yoric.github.io/post/quite-a... #programming #concurrency #python #go #rust #javascript #blog

Amateur programmers think there are 1000 bytes in a kilobyte; Real Programmers know there are 1024 meters in a kilometer.

Taking learning seriously dubroy.com/blog/taking-... #programming #productivity #blog

Machine code isn't scary jimmyhmiller.com/machine-code... #programming #softwaredevelopment #blog #assembly

The first step of any project is to grossly underestimate its complexity and difficulty. -- Nicoll Hunt

Everything I know about good API design www.seangoedecke.com/good-api-des... #programming #softwaredesign #api #blog

Users are a terrible thing. Systems would be infinitely more stable without them. -- Michael T. Nygard

Making USB devices - end to end guide to your first gadget popovicu.com/posts/making... #programming #hardware #linux #blog

The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich may find hard to pay. -- Tony Hoare

Why self-taught engineers often outperform michaelbastos.com/blog/why-sel... #programming #softwaredevelopment #tech #blog

Build your own database www.nan.fyi/database #programming #databases #javascript #blog

It's insulting to read AI-generated blog posts blog.pabloecortez.com/its-insultin... #tech #genai #ai #blog

Modern Linux tools ikrima.dev/dev-notes/li... #linux #cli #shell #tools

If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work. -- Ravera's observation on premature optimization

When designing software systems, do the simplest thing that could possibly work. www.seangoedecke.com/the-simplest... #programming #softwaredevelopment #productivity #blog

up - the Ultimate Plumber (a tool for writing Linux pipes in a terminal-based UI interactively, with instant live preview of command results) github.com/akavel/up #linux #cli #tools #shell #unix

/dev/null is web scale jyu.dev/blog/why-dev... #programming #databases #blog

LLMs and coding agents are a security nightmare garymarcus.substack.com/p/llms-codin... #ai #genai #llm #programming

Debian 13 is out: www.debian.org/News/2025/20... I've been using Debian as my main OS both on servers and desktops for over 20 years now. It's one of the very rare things in this world that has stayed consistently good throughout all those years.

There is no secret herbal medicine that prevents all disease sitting out in the open if you just follow the right Facebook groups. There is no AI coding revolution available if you just start vibing. You are not missing anything. Trust yourself. You are enough. colton.dev/blog/curing-...

There is no secret herbal medicine that prevents all disease sitting out in the open if you just follow the right Facebook groups. There is no AI coding revolution available if you just start vibing. You are not missing anything. Trust yourself. You are enough. colton.dev/blog/curing-...

I'm using this shell shortcut a lot - you can use Alt+. to insert the last argument from your previous command into the command you're currently typing. #cli #shell #linux #unix

Learning basic electronics by building fireflies a64.in/posts/learni... #blog #electronics

"Great news, boss! We invented this new tool that allows nontechnical people to write code in English! Now anyone can deploy applications, and we don't have to hire all those expensive developers!" "Wow, show it to me!" "OK here it is. We call it COBOL." news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4429...

"It is the opinion of the Board that Large Language Models (LLMs), herein referred to as Slop Generators, are unsuitable for use as software engineering tools, particularly in the Free and Open Source Software movement." asahilinux.org/docs/project... #llm #ai #genai #linux

Simplicity is hard work. But in the long haul the person with a simpler system is gonna wipe the plate with you. Because they can change things when you are struggling to push elephants around. -- Rich Hickey

dwl - dwm for Wayland A hackable (~3200 line single .c file implementation) compositor for Wayland based on wlroots. codeberg.org/dwl/dwl #linux #wayland #wlroots

Being optimistic for technology rubenerd.com/being-optimi... #blog #technology

AI: Over-Promise + Under-Perform = Disillusionment and Blowback Fantasies die especially hard when the dream was over-hyped. charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2025/07/ai-o... #blog #ai #genai #llm

Type cat vmlinuz > /dev/audio to hear the Voice of God.

What to expect from Debian/trixie Debian v13 with codename trixie is scheduled to be published as new stable release on 9th of August 2025. michael-prokop.at/blog/2025/07... #blog #linux #debian

Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS - I say that’s freedom Police in Spain have reportedly started profiling people based on their phones; specifically, and surprisingly, those carrying [...] www.androidauthority.com/why-i-use-gr... #privacy #surveillance #android #grapheneos