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Chuniversiteit

A personal blog about programming, design, and software engineering research

• My thoughts on Apple’s Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and numeric keypad Mar 18, 2026

  The Apple Magic Keyboard is an outrageously expensive wireless Mac keyboard with just one redeeming feature.

• Do AI coding agents improve velocity and quality? Mar 08, 2026

  I know you have Betteridge’s law of headlines in mind, but the answer to this question isn’t as simple as “yes” or “no”.

• My experiment with GitHub Sponsors Mar 07, 2026

  I tried donating to OSS creators via GitHub Sponsors and learned some *mildly* interesting things.

Thejesh GN

A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.

• Review: Rynox Navigator Hydration Backpack Mar 18, 2026

  One thing you should know is that I love bags, and I have quite a few of them, in different kinds. In my head, there ...

• Weekly Notes 11/2026 Mar 13, 2026

  It’s been a hectic week. Most of the things I had planned have been done, but there are always things left to do! Vis...

• 30 Days of Watercoloring is Complete Mar 11, 2026

  I started it in December. The first 28 were completed in 34 days. The last two took almost two months. Though I would...

Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Books, films, TV, videogames, comics, music, all that bread and circuses stuff.

• Doctor Who: The Virgin Decalogs Mar 18, 2026

  So, here we are, having covered the last of the New Adventures and the final Missing Adventures. There’s one last bit...

• Lexxual Debauchery: Season 3 Mar 15, 2026

  After their struggles against His Divine Shadow and Mantrid led to the destruction of the entire Light Universe, the ...

• Foundational Asimov Mar 11, 2026

  Ah, Foundation. Along with Asimov’s robot-themed stories, the Foundation series vies for the title of Asimov’s most i...

Journal on n3s0 || journal

A technical journal focused on infrastructure, networking, and IT operations, featuring configuration guides and home network design.

• Oaxaca: Close an Open File Mar 18, 2026

  Summary I may have killed process before I closed the file. Mostly due to not reading. But, with this challenge I def...

• Cario: Time for a Timer Mar 18, 2026

  Summary Another SadServers scenario in the books! This one was run because not everyone within Enterprise environment...

• How To Move Saved Game Data From PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 Mar 16, 2026

  Summary Although the PlayStation 5 has been out for a while. I’m usually pretty slow to join the party on the latest ...

Palladium

Governance Futurism

• The World Needs Your Great Work Mar 18, 2026

  Society has lost our sense of greatness and the reasons it is worth pursuing. This is especially relevant to those wi...

• Pardon Underwrites a Year of Palladium Jan 23, 2026

  Sustaining ambitious governance journalism and sponsoring PALLADIUM 20: Noblesse Oblige and beyond. The post Pardon U...

• The Triumph of German Industrial Modernism Jan 23, 2026

  An alliance of German artists and industrialists forged the visual order of contemporary life, from skyscrapers to sm...

xkcd.com

• Landscape Features Mar 18, 2026
• Rotational Gravity Mar 16, 2026
• Planets and Bright Stars Mar 13, 2026

Noahie's Blog

Welcome! This is where you can find my most up-to-date writings.

• Water Delivery Mar 18, 2026

  My dreams have been going crazy lately. I find myself in these periods about every few weeks where my dreams will be ...

• Guardian Angel Mar 17, 2026

  Yesterday I got sick again and slept all day. Thankfully, I woke up this morning feeling a bit better, but I still do...

• Strength Training Mar 14, 2026

  This week has been marked particularly by fatigue. While not out of the ordinary for me, it's always frustrating to r...

The Autodidacts

Exploring the universe from the inside out

• Delusional Optimism & the Art of Sneaking Up on Your Goals Mar 17, 2026

  You can succeed, but you can't fail — because you aren't officially trying

• Bothering to understand Mar 15, 2026

  First it makes you slow, then it makes you fast (maybe)

• Curation and its side effects Mar 13, 2026

  Some fundamentals about how it works, and what to do when it doesn't

Improve Something Today

Continuous improvement in a complicated world. A blog, podcast, and free e-mail newsletter by Brian Kerr. Simplicity, patience, compassion.

• Remembering Christopher Alexander: love even for the smallest pebble Mar 17, 2026

  Two passages from the architect and writer on the fourth anniversary of his passing.

• Podcast episode No. 0038: 5 ways to approach goal-setting Feb 18, 2026

  0038: 5 ways to approach goal-setting0:00/632.0641×Episode details: A reading and discussion of this, from 2022 ↓5 wa...

• Podcast episode No. 0037: The wooden chair Feb 11, 2026

  0037: The wooden chair0:00/387.98933333333331×Episode details: Readings of two passages on the subject of wooden chai...

Jordi Villar

I build distributed data systems that operate at scale. What draws me to this work is understanding how things actually work, whether that's performance challenges at scale or diving deep into system internals.

• Between jobs Mar 17, 2026

  Currently I’m between jobs. Nothing special, a lot of people go between jobs. After working for several years on a fa...

• 2026W10 Mar 09, 2026

  Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity — The Engineer A vs Engineer B comparison is painfully recognizable. A ships a 50...

• 2026W07 Feb 22, 2026

  Hedonism and Entrepreneurship in Barcelona — A potential acquisition dies because a vegan exec unknowingly eats mayo ...

Julio Merino (jmmv.dev)

A software engineering blog focused on operating systems, build systems, and reliability engineering, drawing from experience with FreeBSD, Bazel, Rust, and major tech companies.

• I think AI is pushing me toward the AGPL Mar 17, 2026

  Why agentic coding changes everything for the open-source craft and maintainership. It has been two months since I’ve...

• Reflections on vibecoding ticket.el Mar 06, 2026

  It has now been a month since I started playing with Claude Code “for real” and by now I’ve mostly switched to Codex ...

• Grumpy Julio plays with CLI coding agents Feb 09, 2026

  Or the more tired “One week with Claude Code”-type article. It’s no secret that I’ve been grumpy about the new AI-bas...

The Universe of Discourse

Mark Dominus's long-running blog exploring mathematics, programming, language, and history through long-form essays with technical depth.

• Did Ahmes find the best expansions for 2/n? Mar 17, 2026

  A couple of years back I was discussing the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (RMP). It includes a table expressing as a sum...

• Programmers will document for Claude, but not for each other Mar 09, 2026

  A couple of days ago I recounted a common complaint: I keep seeing programmers say how angry it makes them that peopl...

• How are John Waters movies like James Bond movies? Mar 09, 2026

  A number of years ago I wondered how many movies I had seen. The only way I could think of finding out was just to ma...

Steve Blank

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival Mar 17, 2026

  Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival If you started a company more than two years ago, it’s likely that many of y...

• Time to Move On – The Reason Relationships End Feb 24, 2026

  What Lies Ahead I have no Way of Knowing, But It’s Now Time to Get Going Tom Petty This post previously appeared in P...

• You Only Think They Work For You Feb 18, 2026

  When I was a new VP of Marketing I got a painful lesson of who my PR (Public Relations) agency actually worked for. L...

Michael Lynch

I'm Michael Lynch, software developer and blogger. I used to work as a software engineer at large companies, but now I create indie businesses and blog about the process.

• Refactoring English: Month 15 Mar 17, 2026

  New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and founder of small, indie tech businesses. I’m currently workin...

• Refactoring English: Month 14 Feb 12, 2026

  New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and founder of small, indie tech businesses. I’m currently workin...

• Eversource EV Rebate Program Exposed Massachusetts Customer Data Feb 09, 2026

  I recently claimed a rebate for installing an electric vehicle (EV) charger, only to discover that Eversource, my pow...

Saeed Esmaili

I’m a data scientist based in Amsterdam, currently working at Spotify. I work on projects aimed at enhancing the productivity and experience of developers, using research and data analysis to inform our platform strategies.

• Treat your morning ritual like an opening chess move Mar 16, 2026

  I quite liked this metaphoric view of the morning ritual from Herbert Lui: A good morning ritual needs to be flexible...

• Taming Claude Code: Taking Back Control Feb 18, 2026

  I started using Claude Code in July last year. I was a Cursor user looking for something better, and I was skeptical ...

• Playing Tennis in the Netherlands: A Guide for Newcomers May 08, 2025

  Welcome to the Netherlands! If you’re a newcomer like me and love tennis, or even if you’re looking to pick up a rack...

Kev Quirk

Kev Quirk

• Fat Boy - Round 2 Mar 16, 2026

  Back in 2024 I went through the process of losing weight, and was fairly successful. I went from ~111kg (244lbs) to ~...

• My WordPress - A Private In-Browser WordPress Install Mar 13, 2026

  I saw this while perusing my RSS feeds last night, and thought it was interesting. In all honesty, I've completely mo...

• Pure Blog Is Now Feature Complete...ish Mar 10, 2026

  I've just released v1.8.0 of Pure Blog, which was the final big feature I wanted to add1. At this point, Pure Blog do...

LifeDev.net

Empowering creative people

• 11 Quick Tips on How to Stop Mental Overload and Anxiety Mar 16, 2026

  There is nothing more dangerous than unrecognized mental overload, and here is why. It’s 10 p.m., and your brain feel...

• 10 Ways to Sharpen Your Strategic Thinking Skills (And Make Better Decisions Every Day) Mar 10, 2026

  Strategic thinking skills have become one of the most valuable assets you can bring to any job, project, or life deci...

• 7 Effective Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load and Boost Focus Mar 05, 2026

  Learning how to reduce cognitive load is essential for anyone who wants to work smarter, think clearly, and maintain ...

The Jaxson

Urbanism and Culture on Florida's First Coast.

• Saints of Jacksonville: A History of the Mormon Church Mar 16, 2026

  Andrew Nicholas shares the deep history of the Latter-day Saints in Jacksonville. - The story of how Latter-day Saint...

• 7 riverfront dining experiences that no longer exist Mar 11, 2026

  Today, the average person will struggle to find a restaurant to dine along the river in downtown that is not located ...

• Fleet Landing Riverside seeks DDRB conceptual approval Mar 07, 2026

  After a failed attempt to acquire the DCPS Southbank headquarters, Fleet Landing now has plans for a 32-story tower i...

Weekly Robotics Newsletter | Go, Robots!

Weekly Robotics Newsletter - stay up to date on state of the art robotics, drones, space, open source projects and research.

• Weekly Robotics #352 Mar 16, 2026

  Lately, I've been playing HARD with LLMs for robotics-related coding. The pace of development of these tools is crazy...

• Weekly Robotics #351 Mar 09, 2026

  It is my pleasure to welcome Anyscale as a new partner of Weekly Robotics! Please give them a round of applause. This...

• Weekly Robotics #350 Mar 02, 2026

  Over the last couple of weeks, I've been receiving lots of feedback about the redesign of this newsletter. I greatly ...

Roy Tang

A blog is a website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries, typically displayed in reverse chronlogical order. A single entry is called a blog post.

• Weeknotes 2026-03-15 Mar 15, 2026

  This week's entry coming in just a little bit late because I was busy yesterday. The World The Iran conflict enters i...

• Weeknotes 2026-03-08 Mar 08, 2026

  The World The Iran conflict enters its second week. As expected, oil supply disruptions are now affecting pump prices...

• Game Review: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 for PS5 Mar 06, 2026

  Previously: Marvel's Spider-Man (PS4), Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Steam) I finished and completed Spider-Man...