Write about the future you want
There’s a lot that’s not going well; politics, tech bubbles, the economy, and so on. I spend most of my day reading angry tweets and blog posts. There’s a lot to be upset about, so that’s understandable. But in the interest of fostering better discourse, I’d like to offer a challenge that I think the world desperately needs right now: It’s cheap and easy to complain and say “[Thing] is bad”, but it’s also free to share what you think would be better.
If complaining worked, we would have won the ...
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February 04, 2026
Super Bowl LX creates an opportunity for symphonic friendly wagering
Betting classical music.
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February 04, 2026
How can I prevent the user from changing the widths of ListView columns?
You can ask the header to be non-resizing.
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February 04, 2026
Making Motion Behave: Inside Vladyslav Penev’s Production-Ready Interaction Systems
Vladyslav Penev shares how he builds production-ready motion and layout-driven 3D systems, where CSS, WebGL, and interaction behave as one....
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February 04, 2026
Pharmacy late-night opening hours analysis featured in the Financial Times
Some data analysis I’ve done has been featured in the Financial Times today – see this article (the link may not work any more unless you have a FT subscription – sorry). The brief story is that I had terrible back pain over Christmas, and spoke to an out-of-hours GP on the phone who prescribed […]...
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February 04, 2026
These Junior Developers SUCK! They Just Don't Understand My Code!
When junior developers struggle with code reviews, the solution isn't to avoid them—it's to invest in their growth. Learn how to slow down to speed up by building your team's skills....
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February 04, 2026
Launching The Rural Guaranteed Minimum Income Initiative
It's been a year since I invited Americans to join us in a pledge to Share the American Dream:1. Support organizations you feel are effectively helping those most in need across America right now.2. Within the next five years, also contribute public dedications...
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February 04, 2026
CodeSOD: This Router Says **** You
Denilson uses a password manager, like one should. Except there was a router which simply would not let the password manager fill the password field. Sure, Denilson could just copy and paste, but the question of why remained.
And that meant checking the HTML and JavaScript code the router served up. Just pulling up the dev tools brought up all sorts of "fun" discoveries. For example, the application was built in Vue, a front-end framework. But in addition to using Vue, it also used jQuery for so...
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February 04, 2026
The Art is You
The Art is You...
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February 04, 2026
Integrating Pocket ID with vCenter Server
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Pocket ID is a lightweight, self-hosted OIDC provider that’s perfect for homelabs. It’s simple, it’s clean, and it doesn’t try to be everything to everyone. What it doesn’t have, however, is SCIM support and that’s where things get a bit spicy when integrating with vCenter Server....
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February 04, 2026
Project Stacc: Creating a DAS with a Node 804
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This is kind of a part 5 of my 100TB NAS project/series, well, it is and it isn’t but I’ve included it as part 5 regardless....
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February 04, 2026
In praise of the stacked pull request
How fast you do code review is how fast you do everything. Your PR queue is the leading indicator of team velocity. Stacked PRs can help....
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February 04, 2026