Figma’s journey to TypeScript: Compiling away our custom programming language I love a good migration story. Figma had their own custom language that compiled to JavaScript, called Skew. As WebAssembly support in browsers emerged and improved the need for Skew’s performance optim … | Continue reading
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This week we’re taking a look at books, from a short discussion on banning books, to how people take notes for future you, and wrapping up with the question “should you write a book”? This is reader supported. To keep the content coming become a member Banning Books This is an ex … | Continue reading
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Including Le Creuset, KitchenAid, and more! READ MORE... | Continue reading
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My favorite teacher wasn’t a very popular guy. He was confident, had strong opinions, and didn’t exactly teach like the other teachers. He was our history & sociology teacher in 12th and 13th grade and he made us summarize. He made us summarize everything. Through summaries, he t … | Continue reading
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Plus: Lessons from the Prophets. Welcome to our new Saturday culture digest. | Continue reading
And on why reviving the Leveson Inquiry may not be the best basis for seeing what regulations are now needed | Continue reading
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As the saying goes, if the title of a post is a question, the answer is “no”. I don’t know how you would sensibly apply that to this one 🙂 Most of the days, for most of the time, I’m a software developer. I code, I plan, I think and learn. At other times, I’m writing thin … | Continue reading
It’s 22 years and 2 kids since Ipswich Town – winners of the old First Division in 1962, the FA Cup in 1978 and the UEFA Cup in 1981 – played in the Premier League. It’s 24 years since I watched them beat another Yorkshire team 4-2 at Wembley to get promoted. This is the day. — t … | Continue reading
Mainstream elites are adopting a reactionary tale about the “leftist” indoctrination of America’s youth that verges on the conspiratorial and is destined to give the Right a major boost | Continue reading
Early to walk with Mr. Creed up and down the town, and it was in his and some others' thoughts to have got me made free of the town, but the Mayor, it seems, unwilling, and so they could not do it. Then to the payhouse, and there paid off the... | Continue reading
‘How long have you known your dentist?’ is a good icebreaking question. | Continue reading
Our series on nine late, great thinkers has concluded—but their voices continue to resonate with one another. | Continue reading
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You may want to rethink tonight’s dinner plans. READ MORE... | Continue reading
Do you Work hard? The thing about working as a developer, designer or coder in the last 30 years or so is that you were in one of the few service jobs where you were in demand. Your experience of work is probably different from, say, a customer service agent. You had more agency … | Continue reading
Avery's 1980s kitchen was dark and dated, then the owner decided to go with her gut and chose a color and style that matched her personal tastes. READ MORE... | Continue reading
Love grilling up burgers and hot dogs every summer? You need this! READ MORE... | Continue reading
Guides created by radical groups are teaching pro-Palestinian students to use violence on campus. | Continue reading
Every pint is customizable! READ MORE... | Continue reading
She only had $400 to redo the bathroom. READ MORE... | Continue reading
I used to have this singular focus on students writing code that they submit, and then I run test cases on the code to determine what their grade is. This is such a narrow view of what it means to be a software engineer, and I just felt that with generative AI, I’ve managed to ov … | Continue reading
We come from two sides of the political spectrum, write Christopher F. Rufo and Jenin Younes. But both of us agree that the Antisemitism Awareness Act is profoundly misguided. | Continue reading
"Shogun" and the forgotten depth of simplicity. | Continue reading
My thanks to Conversation Tree Press for sponsoring Six Colors this week. This is a very different kind of Six Colors sponsor, but they’re doing something special.… | Continue reading
It's a must-have for homes with picky eaters. READ MORE... | Continue reading
From my father, there’s still an old Commodore 64 he used when he was young. I kept it since I thought I might try some retro-computing. But now (some years later) in the process of cleaning up my flat and throwing out things I no longer need, I tried to connect it to the TV, but … | Continue reading
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These tables are a small-space dream! READ MORE... | Continue reading
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“One bite and I understood the soothing magic.” READ MORE... | Continue reading
Flavor meets flair in her stunning kitchen. READ MORE... | Continue reading
A viral image alleges Jews and Muslims have always been at war, but a look at the facts of history proves this myth dangerously false—and the exact opposite as true | Continue reading
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There are, famously, no silver bullets in software engineering. Computer programming is hard and although some people are really brilliant at it, there are also a lot of people out there making their career in this field who are not. This is one reason why a lot of software sucks … | Continue reading
This is the 36th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Cory Dransfeldt and his blog, coryd.dev To follow this series subscribe to the newsletter. A new interview will land in your inbox every … | Continue reading
Our heroes in Vineyard Vines. Plus: Drew Barrymore and Momala. Why the campus jihadis should run the border. Pro-natalist and proud. And much, much more. | Continue reading
TIL: The loudest Lisp program in the world Today I learned about a program that generates the sounds that help people navigate as they exit long tunnels when an emergency such as a fire has destroyed the visibility. The World's Loudest Lisp Program to the Rescue This describes th … | Continue reading
Raghav Mendiratta, of Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society, in March 2021: Under Rule 4(2), it is mandatory for a significant social media intermediary providing messaging services to identify the first originator of a message if a competent court or executive au … | Continue reading