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Gilad Bracha recently posted an article "Bits of History, Words of Advice" that talks about the incredible influence of Smalltalk but bemoans the fact that:




...today Smalltalk is relegated to a small niche of true believers.  Whenever…

Understanding depression as an altered state of consciousness, like a dream or drug trip, could help people awaken from it

Bar-tailed Godwits regularly travel more than 7,000 miles non-stop. One enthusiast is spreading the word of their amazing migrations, with the help of a research project tracking 20 tagged birds in...

Knowledge and information are part of a continuum but not the same, and knowledge problems cannot be solved with information tools alone. ...

sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.

There may not be a lot going on here hardware-wise, but that's part of the charm of this design.

An article on implementing OAuth user registration for a newsletter on a statically generated site using Cloudflare workers.

Roll up, Roll up! Read all about it! Champion cycle racers observed using a mechanically assisted gear changing mechanism

Realizing everyone you meet is massively flawed isn’t cheery, but it explains a lot.

Family leave should be a right, not a privilege.

Taproot gives developers an expanded toolbox to work with as they continue to ideate, iterate and build on Bitcoin.

In two weeks, Togo designed and launched an all-digital system for delivering monthly payments to millions of people—and made the U.S. program look like a “dinosaur.”

Paul is a Developer Advocate for Chrome and the Open Web at Google and loves to help make web development easier.

Despite claims that dithered images will reduce your image's file size, there are much better ways to compress your website's images.