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Sep 27, 2025 from Michael Lynch

List of 2x-resolution xkcd Cartoons

This is a list of all the xkcd cartoons that are available in 2x resolution, as of today’s date. See the accompanying post, “Get xkcd Cartoons at 2x Resolution,” for an explanation. 1: No higher re...

Sep 26, 2025 from Bobby Hiltz

Credit Feed #2: Fail/No Fail

I talk about two platformers---one of them a modern classic---that I picked up during a sale on the Nintendo Switch

Sep 26, 2025 from Bobby Hiltz

Credit Feed #2: Fail/No Fail

I talk about two platformers---one of them a modern classic---that I picked up during a sale on the Nintendo Switch

Sep 26, 2025 from Julio Merino (jmmv.dev)

You are holding BUILD files wrong

I’ve heard it from people new to Bazel but also from people very familiar with the Bazel ecosystem: BUILD files must go away. And they must go away because they are redundant: they just repeat the ...

Sep 26, 2025 from Chuniversiteit

Assassin’s Creed II is better than I thought it would be

I played Assassin’s Creed II in preparation for my trip to Florence this year and it was almost as good as Florence itself.

Sep 24, 2025 from Personal Log at usebox.net

Physical editions coming!

I released two games in 2024: The Heart of Salamanderland for the Amstard CPC, and Alien Intruder for MS/DOS 16-bit, and both are getting a physical release with Poly Play. The Amstrad CPC game edi...

Sep 22, 2025 from Chuniversiteit

Yes, I took a short break

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have returned from my hiatus and have absolutely nothing to show for it.

Sep 22, 2025 from Rock and Null

Billin: Building a modern cross-platform invoice app with Compose Multiplatform

Billin is a cross-platform invoicing app built with Compose Multiplatform, designed to deliver a clean, consistent experience on both Android and iOS. By sharing logic across mobile while fine-tuni...

Sep 22, 2025 from kmcd.dev

My Favorite Interview Question

Why I love asking candidates to explain how the internet works.

Sep 22, 2025 from The Phoenix Trap

My mini Mastodon server

Running Mastodon on a tiny Mac mini? Yes, it’s possible—and surprisingly easy. Here’s how I built a secure, low‑maintenance, single‑user server with Docker, Cloudflare Tunnel, and a few smart overr...

Sep 21, 2025 from The Autodidacts

Quality, Quantity, and Effective Iteration

The blogosphere abounds with free advice, and one of the more frequently-repeated morsels is to “be prolific”, and quality will naturally follow. The following story, from Art & Fear by David Bayle...

Sep 21, 2025 from Remote Synthesis

The Future of CFE.dev

All things must come to an end, I suppose, and so it is with CFE.dev which will conclude after the current schedule of events.

Sep 21, 2025 from catonmat.net

Try an Online Android Emulator! (For Free!)

TLDR: Need to see how your site or app works on Android without buying a phone? Fire up a free online Android emulator at browserling.com/android. The emulator runs right in your browser – no downl...

Sep 21, 2025 from Victor Blomqvist's blog

Windows Dev Drive - Too good to be true?

A couple of years ago, in 2023, Microsoft released a new feature called Dev Drive, which is supposed to speed up common developer tasks. In the announcement blog post Dev Drive for Performance Impr...

Sep 20, 2025 from catonmat.net

Try RBI – Remote Browser Isolation! (For Free!)

TLDR: Want your team to browse the web safely without risking company devices or networks? Try free Remote Browser Isolation at browserling.com/browse. It runs right in your browser. No installs, n...

Sep 19, 2025 from Galaxy Garden

Happy 1st Anniversary to My omg.lol Membership

19 September 2025 marks the first anniversary of my membership of omg.lol, a web platform consists of various services. Happy omg.lol Birthday to me! 🥳 On this day in 2024, I joined omg.lol after s...

Sep 19, 2025 from Rock and Null

Navigate back with results in Jetpack Compose Navigation

Learn how to pass data back to the previous screen in Jetpack Compose Navigation without shared ViewModels or custom contracts. This lifecycle-aware approach works with basic types and serializable...

Sep 19, 2025 from Julio Merino (jmmv.dev)

Bazel and glibc versions

Imagine this scenario: your team uses Bazel for fast, distributed C++ builds. A developer builds a change on their workstation, all tests pass, and the change is merged. The CI system picks it up, ...

Sep 18, 2025 from ℤ→ℤ

Emergency Software: Software Development Lessons from EMISARI

On August 15th, 1971, President Nixon declared a 90-day freeze on wages, rents, and prices. The next day, the Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP) was charged with implementing the Freeze. OEP la...

Sep 18, 2025 from Chuck Carroll's RSS Feed

The Anatomy of an SSH Config

A few years ago I published a post about aliases, one of which I set up to allow me to SSH into a shared web server. Someone shared that post to Hacker News, so naturally the gaping flaws in my und...