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I echo the other responses to your question. Just recently I had two instances where an old blog post of mine contained a solution to a problem a coworker encountered. I publish th…

Controllers are a complex topic, but as the linked talk describes, it all comes down to some basic control theory concepts. I wrote about them in my Desired state systems post http…

I’ve found that getting traffic through organic search isn’t that difficult, if you have a post which is quite specific. For example, some years ago I wrote down how to upload asse…

One way to look at React is as an open loop desired state system, where you have a declarative way (js/jsx) of describing what you want to render and the reconciler figures out wha…

Apart from helping getting groceries or medicine for the quarantined, what can programmers do to help in this health crisis? How can we use our skills to aid the effort to prevent …

I also highly recommend this [1] episode of the Omega Tau podcast which touches on black holes, holography and quantum gravity. [1] http://omegataupodcast.net/191-string-theory/

It's also how something like React.js works. Wrapping stateful DOM manipulation in a functional shell, made performant thanks to the Virtual DOM diffing algorithm.

As probably many of you, I notice my attention span being diminished by the usage of internet and social media. I set a goal for myself to focus on reading more books and long-form…

Incidentally, I am on Xubuntu, and I would love to have the workspace switching transition that macOS has. Switching workspaces on xfce is lightning-fast but I would love to have a…

I agree with the article in that designers can be too focused on the shiny and non-functional aspects of interfaces. Personally I would treat design as being purely about function …