What the hell does DRY mean, really?
Most programming maxims are not particularly useful as stated, and, in truth, I believe that the way these principles are delivered and espoused is frequently actively harmful.
How to work efficiently as a resource bottleneck
Anyone who works in some kind of production pipeline (which is pretty much everyone) can become a resource bottleneck. When working in these roles, our responsibility is to manage how we interact with our upstream resources efficiently so that we don't get blocked and therefore block our downstream.
Write code like you're slinging hash
In software, we say, "development is unpredictable and impossible to reliably estimate." I'm here to say that, after twenty years of programming, I think that's a load of hooey.
Packages over processes
Given a choice between a package and a third-party service, I'll pick the package pretty much every time.
Migrating from React to PureScript & vanilla DOM
Front-end frameworks are just tools; they aren't a necessity for modern development, and there are lot of advantages to dropping them entirely.
Engineering well means gaining confidence in quality by any means available
Writing code is cheap, but getting it right is expensive. Every means of ensuring code correctness has significant drawbacks.
A skeptic's review of Cursor
While I have used coding assistants in the past, I understand that it's a rapidly evolving area with a lot of money being poured into it. A lot of proponents seem to like Cursor, so in this post I'm going to use it to explore a few typical scenarios where a coding assistant might be useful.
AI Coding assistants provide little value because a programmer's job is to think
Writing code is easy; getting it right is hard.
Reading RSS content is a skilled activity
Shit's gotten weird out there. The internet has devolved from something that was mostly quirky and altruistic to something that, in many ways, is straight-up evil. Enter RSS: An opportunity to reclaim your attention through simple and open tech.
Passport.js with VHosts
Passport.js is a singleton and doesn't work well out of the box with multiple apps in a VHost setup.
Find Problems for Processes Rather Than Processes for Problems
We tend to encounter problems and then seek solutions. But, I think it's often more efficient to reverse this process.
Rubber Ducking in Gregg Shorthand on my reMarkable Paper Pro
I've been getting some nice gains with my new process.
Upgrading Sapling to Express 5
Upgrading Sapling to Express 5
How I Set Up This Blog
Easy personal blog setup for those who, like me, are lazy. Covers: Template, RSS, Transactional Email, Mailing List, Comments, Deployment.
Writing is Cheap
Write more to work less