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him: will you at least act normal when my folks get here
me: flipping a pancake and reading it like a tarot card bad news
— @whatsjo@mstdn.social
Culture
Programming is a Pop Culture
6 min · baldurbjarnason.com
Baldur Bjarnason explains why programming has trends, just like the fashion industry.
Holding two opposing ideas in my mind
2 min · alfredlua.substack.com
Alfred Lua about the necessity to endure the cognitive dissonance of two conflicting ideas.
Tech
Little Languages Are The Future Of Programming
12 min · chreke.com
chreke about the advantages of "little languages".
What is a Capability?
4 min · blog.sunfishcode.online
Dan Gohman explains WASM capabilities.
Flux: Refinement Types for Rust
4 min · liquid-rust.github.io
Ranjit Jhala introduces a new Rust library that adds refinements (e.g. pre-conditions or post-conditions).
CVE-2022-41924 - RCE in Tailscale, DNS Rebinding, and You
18 min · emily.id.au
Emily Trau used 7 issues in Tailscale to get access to a node (all of them are fixed, but you should update your Windows client).
Always use [closed, open) intervals
3 min · fhur.me
Fernando about the dangers of [closed, closed] intervals and why you should always use [closed, open).
An Interactive Guide to Flexbox
22 min · joshwcomeau.com
Josh Comeau has built a great interactive guide to CSS Flexbox.
Dialogs, modality and popovers seem similar. How are they different?
20 min · hidde.blog
Hidde de Vries about modality on a website, inert state and the new popover element.
Cutting Room Floor
Mirror
4 min · bastianallgeier.com
Bastian Allgeier about online personas and negativity on Twitter, err the Birdsite.
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