Windows Runtime API design principles around read-write properties: Idempotence and self-assignment
Setting it to the value it already has is not a crime.
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October 08, 2025
Windows 11 vs Linux: A Year Later, I’m Switching Back
About a year ago, I set up a dual-boot system to test whether Windows 11 could replace Linux as my primary work environment.
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October 08, 2025
How to Animate WebGL Shaders with GSAP: Ripples, Reveals, and Dynamic Blur Effects
A hands-on guide to animating WebGL shaders with GSAP, exploring how to control shader uniforms and sync JavaScript timelines....
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October 08, 2025
A Unique Mistake
Henrik spent too many hours, staring at the bug, trying to understand why the 3rd party service they were interacting with wasn't behaving the way he expected. Henrik would send updates, and then try and read back the results, and the changes didn't happen. Except sometimes they did. Reads would be inconsistent. It'd work fine for weeks, and then suddenly things would go off the rails, showing values that no one from Henrik's company had put in the database.
The vendor said, "This is a problem o...
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October 08, 2025
The new progress() function in CSS
Imagine a responsive hero image that becomes more transparent as the viewport gets narrower, helping text readability on small screens or a card that scales up slightly as the viewport grows, adding a subtle polish....
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October 08, 2025