RFC Basics for Developers
This note explains how to read RFCs without drowning in them, which RFCs are most relevant for web developers, and the …
Developer journal & engineering lab notebook
This note explains how to read RFCs without drowning in them, which RFCs are most relevant for web developers, and the …
This note covers the practical use of SVG for technical diagrams in developer documentation. It walks through the …
This note covers the three main approaches to storing binary data alongside MySQL — inline BLOBs, external file …
This note covers the HTTP caching headers that matter for static sites, how CDN edge caching interacts with browser …
The standard developer hiring process is broken in a specific and measurable way: we evaluate candidates based on …
Google’s multi-year wave of layoffs, which began in January 2023 with 12,000 positions eliminated, continued to …
When a former Microsoft developer publicly states that Windows 11’s performance is “comically bad” — …
Every few years, someone predicts the end of programming jobs. Visual programming was going to eliminate coders. …
In 1843, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace — known today as Ada Lovelace — published a set of notes on Charles …
AI coding assistants — GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Amazon CodeWhisperer, and their growing list of competitors — have …
The first two years of a software development career are uniquely difficult. Not because the technical work is the …
Burnout is not tiredness. Tiredness goes away with rest. Burnout is a state of chronic emotional exhaustion, …