Blogs tagged "tech"

home - SHRIK3 on SHRIK3

A technical blog covering systems programming, Linux administration, Nix, Neovim, and privacy, with an indie web philosophy.

• WIP side channels {meltdown, spectre} Mar 13, 2026

  This is WIP write-up. § praise LLM! While playing with spectre V2 side channel, I found an issue and LLM helped me to...

• checklist for learning programming language Feb 25, 2026

  h1, h2, h3, h4 ,h6 { font-size: unset;} § the language keywords primitive types integer, float, string, array, slice,...

• Agentic Society and Its Future Feb 24, 2026

  A blunt reference, but I immediately thought about Kaczynski 1 when the idea randomly jumped into my mind. There is n...

HavenApps - Blog

Apps for macOS and iOS that feel at home. Local first, no subscriptions, no tracking.

• HavenAcknowledgments is now open source Mar 28, 2026

  HavenApps has released HavenAcknowledgments, an open source Swift package that shows licence notices for your depende...

• HavenDevice is now open source Mar 24, 2026

  HavenApps has released HavenDevice, an open source Swift package that collects device and app information in one plac...

• HavenGPXParser is now open source Mar 20, 2026

  HavenApps has released HavenGPXParser, an open source Swift package for working with GPX files. It reads, validates, ...

GadgeteerZA

Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!

• 25 years later, is it time for a new iPod? Apr 23, 2026

  “After being essentially flat for five years, Google searches for MP3 Player tripled since last fall. A Reddit group ...

• Open-source KOReader is an alternative to the default Kindle interface Apr 22, 2026

  “Firstly, KOReader supports way more formats than the default Kindle reader. It can read EPUBs natively (no conversio...

• All my GadgeteerZA services statuses are back on Uptime Kuma Apr 18, 2026

  I know this looks like ping pong back and forth, but I moved my offsite monitoring back to Uptime Robot because of th...

News - AlternativeTo.net

The latest tech news from AlternativeTo

• Fastmail launches MCP server to enable direct AI integration Apr 23, 2026

  Fastmail has launched an MCP server, supporting direct integration with AI clients through the open MCP standard. Thi...

• raylib 6.0 adds CPU-only software renderer and new memory framebuffer backend Apr 23, 2026

  raylib 6.0 introduces a software renderer backend, allowing the library to run fully on a CPU without requiring GPU h...

• Qwen3.6-27B open-source 27B dense model surpasses previous coding benchmarks Apr 23, 2026

  Qwen3.6-27B, a 27-billion-parameter dense multimodal model, is now open-source and available for the community. Despi...

Hackaday

Fresh hacks every day

• Encrypting Encrypted Traffic To Get Around VPN Bans Apr 24, 2026

  VPNs, Virtual Private Networks, aren’t just a good idea to keep your data secure: for millions of people living under...

• This KiCAD Plugin Enables Breadboarding Apr 23, 2026

  Some people learning the noble art of electronics find the jump from simpler tools like Fritzing to more complex ones...

• ESP32Synth : an Audio Synthesis Library for the ESP32 Apr 23, 2026

  With MCUs becoming increasingly more powerful it was only a matter of time before they would enable some more serious...

Toni Notes

Toni Notes is for writers, creators, and indie builders who want better ways to publish and run their online work.

• What makes an archive worth staying in? Apr 23, 2026

  Archive depth is not a post count. A small publication starts feeling worth staying in when one post prepares the nex...

• When does a system become theater? Apr 18, 2026

  A system becomes theater when dashboards, rituals, and workflow layers make the work look handled without making deci...

• What should be documented in a publishing system, and what should stay habitual? Apr 13, 2026

  Document what future-you cannot safely reconstruct. A publishing system needs visible state, a real next action, and ...

tenticle

• Tech Interview: Aftertaste Feb 25, 2026

  Interviews take a lot of energy. In general but this one in particular. And getting through it also deserves a little...

• Yelling at Matrix Multiplication Feb 15, 2026

  commit ba5eddeadbeefc0ffeeda7ac1a55b00b1e5fafff Author: Anonymous Colleague Date: Fri Jan 23 11:23:42 2026 +0000 Yel...

• Glass Walls of Comp Day Feb 12, 2026

  Glass walls of comp day, “Tough times” reflected on mouth, Spoils go to victor machine.

EmailShot Blog

Tips, guides, and insights about email sharing, email security, and productivity from the EmailShot team.

• Export Emails as Markdown or PDF — and Why Format Matters More Than Ever Apr 07, 2026

  EmailShot now exports any shared email as a clean Markdown file or a print-ready PDF with a QR code. Here is why that...

• What Are VCF Files and How to Open Them Mar 27, 2026

  Everything you need to know about VCF files — what they are, how to open them, how they work with contact sharing, an...

• What Are ICS Files and How to Open Them Mar 19, 2026

  Everything you need to know about ICS files — what they are, how to open them, how they work with email invitations, ...

The Emu Café Social

A tranquil café with coffee and tea

• Bad IP Watch Apr 23, 2026

  I checked my emails this morning and saw an alert from Cloudron that New Leaf Journal had become non-responsive. By t...

• Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-23-26 Apr 23, 2026

  Delayed by work, but not denied, The drags on, Pook-Emu Bee links for April 23, 2026. 1. Hochul’s Fast-Track Booze Pe...

• Remembering My Clamshell Landline Phone Apr 22, 2026

  Dan Lewis’ April 21, 2026 “Now I Know” newsletter covered the subject of Garfield (the comic cat) phones washing up i...

Boris Tane

I'm Boris Tane, and I build software

• Slop Creep: The Great Enshittification of Software Mar 14, 2026

  Coding agents didn't make poor engineers dangerous. They made them unstoppable.

• The Software Development Lifecycle Is Dead Feb 20, 2026

  AI agents didn't make the SDLC faster. They killed it. All that's left is context.

• How I Use Claude Code Feb 10, 2026

  The research-plan-implement workflow I use to build software with Claude Code, and why I never let it write code unti...

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

Sam Patterson's Blog

Thoughts on software development, AI, and technology

• Informed versus Uninformed AI Skeptics Mar 27, 2025

  In Which I Describe why some AI Skeptics need to Experiment

• No Longer 98.6 - How Human Body Temperature has Changed Mar 24, 2025

  In Which I Learn that our Body Temperature is Lower than Commonly Believed

• Can Coding LLMs only Increase Complexity? Mar 21, 2025

  In Which I Vent my Frustrations about Using LLMs for Coding

Chuck Carroll's RSS Feed

Chuck Carroll's RSS Feed: A place where I complain about technology or dive into quasi-philsophical subjects.

• How to Build a Time Machine: A GPS-Disciplined Stratum 1 NTP Server Jan 02, 2026

  During my holiday break, I built a Stratum 1 NTP server in my home lab. Ordinarily, we get our time from internet-bas...

• Ignorance is Bliss Dec 30, 2025

  "Ignorance is bliss" usually has a negative connotation, a way to refer to someone who is ignorant on some topic that...

• Owning a Domain Increases Digital Self-Reliance Dec 25, 2025

  Other than looking cool to your friends, owning your own domain increases your digital self-reliance. It's kind of li...

Stranger Than Usual

• Speisekarten hinzufügen Apr 23, 2026

  Die deutsche Android-Entwickler-Doku übersetzt „add menu“ etwas eigenwillig.

• Vorratsdatenspeicherung III Apr 22, 2026

  Die Bundesregierung hat einen Gesetztesentwurf zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung beschlossen. Here we go again.

• deleteduser.com Apr 20, 2026

  Jemand hat sich die Domain „deleteduser.com“ registriert und kriegt jetzt haufenweise Emails, die an gelöschte Nutzer...

Adventures in Open Source Software

Recent content on Adventures in Open Source Software

• Revisiting Email Apr 15, 2026

  NOTE: As usual, this blog expresses my opinions and not those of my employer As an “old” I really love email. It was ...

• Killing Open Source Apr 06, 2026

  NOTE: As usual, this blog expresses my opinions and not those of my employer I first got exposed to modern open sourc...

• 2026 All Thiings AI Mar 28, 2026

  Directly after attending this year’s Monki Gras conference, I was home for exactly one evening before driving to Durh...

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.

• Nagarathna Memorial Grant – 2026 – Results Apr 22, 2026

  Thanks for your patience, everyone. It took a lot of work to process this year’s applications. There were lots of goo...

• 30 Days of DXing Apr 20, 2026

  #30DaysOfDXing is where I am trying to receive various radio wave transmissions and listen to them using either my Ra...

• Weekly Notes 16/2026 Apr 17, 2026

  It feels like a long, tiring week because it’s been a busy one, or most probably because of getting back to regular l...

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...

Blog by Vesa Piittinen

A blog mostly dedicated around web development topics.

• HTML custom elements Dec 07, 2024

  This is a dump of my custom elements knowledge and how to make it all work with React.

• Smallest GIF? Meh! Tiniest data URL is a BMP! Sep 01, 2024

  There is the occasional need for the tiniest possible image, but what can we use as one?

• Two line balanced inline block Feb 04, 2024

  Sometimes you want to have inline elements that have two lines of text. Can you achieve that with just CSS?

Daryl Sun's Journal

An online diary of a lady's misadventures in two worlds

• Special Edition — Ego Oct 31, 2025

  Special Edition — Ego TL;DR:What's the difference between my ego in the real world and my ego online? This blog post ...

• Special Edition — Colors Aug 31, 2025

  Special Edition — Colors TL;DR:Purple is my color. This blog post has approximately 301 words and may take 2 minutes ...

• Special Edition — Take Two Jun 07, 2025

  Special Edition — Take Two TL;DR:If I had another chance, I would have started this blog earlier. This blog post has ...

kmcd.dev

I'm Kevin McDonald. I am a backend software engineer from Texas, living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark. Let's learn together.

• The Case for Greppable Code Apr 21, 2026

  Why naming is about navigation, not just aesthetics, especially in a multi-repo world.

• Unknown Fields in Protobuf Apr 16, 2026

  How Protobuf unknown fields enable seamless schema evolution and robust middleware.

• IRC Log: Reactionary Mar 30, 2026

  A seamless session update turns every customer's browser into an infinite loop cannon.