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Hah, I was dealing with this problem today. My approach: Add entries for my localhost apps to `/etc/hosts`, and set up nginx as a reverse proxy. Now when I go to ` http://myapp.loc…

On the contrary, in my experience such stateful APIs are a great use case for state machines. You just approach them differently. Instead of doing a blocking call, you introduce a …

The "Pale Blue Dot" photograph strikes the same chord for me. Carl Sagan's reflection on it can be especially moving [1]. [...] The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic are…

There's a whole (short) chapter on changes in "Peopleware" [1]. I've just skimmed through it, here are the key points I've found: 1) Change is not a single step. It involves severa…

I think it's only partially true. Technology products may get pretty depending on who is the consumer. Computers, phones and cars get nice exterior design, because the "general pub…

These radiators exist specifically to deal with power which has already been used. As stated in the article, the station needs a few kW of electrical power. Eventually all this pow…

I second the OP. The "emotional" motivation has brought me quite far in my life. I always enjoyed learning. I got into programming because it was easily triggering the "reward circ…

Nobody has mentioned it yet, so I feel obliged to link keyboard.io: http://www.keyboard.io/ They are currently in prototyping phase and they expect to go to Kickstarter this summer…