137 / Casual Programming

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Toot of the Week

it's called a man page because it won't shut up about stuff you already know and doesn't actually have the answer to your question — @fasterthanlime@hachyderm.io

Culture

• Casual programming (dubroy.com)

  Patrick Dubroy about programming to make your everyday easier. Thanks, Jan!

• JavaScript Bloat in 2024 (tonsky.me)

  Niki looks at how much JavaScript is downloaded for a collection of websites. Thanks, Jan!

Software

• I wish Go had a retry block (xeiaso.net)

  Xe Iaso proposes a retry block in Go.

• Popular git config options (jvns.ca)

  Julia Evans collected people’s favourite git config options. This is a goldmine!

• Useful Uses of cat (two-wrongs.com)

  kqr argues that there are situations where a useless use of cat is appropriate.

Cutting Room Floor

• 100 things you can do on your personal website (jamesg.blog)

  James has a list with 83 ideas you can do on your personal website. Robb has some additional ideas.

• This message does not exist (kmjn.org)

  Mark J. Nelson takes an Outlook error message on a philosophical level.

• Thanks FedEx, This is Why we Keep Getting Phished (troyhunt.com)

  Troy Hunt about a sus FedEx text that is indistinguishable from phishing.