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MacLynx beta 6: back to the PowerMac

Every once in a while, you run into a project that makes you scratch your head. MacLynx, an actively developed text-based browser for the classic Mac OS, is one of those.

April 15, 2025

Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth

I recently stumbled upon an article at Ars Technica about Cloudflare turning AI against itself. I thought it was a very interesting strategy in the battle to try to protect creative content against AI training models.

April 9, 2025

Express.js 5 Is Now Stable

I just discovered that, after years of development, Express.js 5 has finally been released as stable. It’s been in development for so long that I’ve forgotten how long it’s been.

April 8, 2025

Has GitHub Copilot really increased my productivity?

A.I. is quite a controversial topic amongst developers, but do those who use it actually see an increase in productivity while working? This is my own experience with it.

April 7, 2025

Europe is Looking for Alternatives to US Cloud Providers

I’ve seen a lot of news like this recently from US-based media outlets. As someone living and working in Germany for a German company, I find it particularly interesting that I haven’t heard anything about this elsewhere.

April 1, 2025

TypeScript’s Compiler Will Be Rewritten Using Go

In an effort to speed up TypeScript compilation, Microsoft has decided to rewrite the compiler to be a native application.

March 12, 2025

Linus Torvalds on C++

I somewhat recently ran into this screenshot of a rant that Linus Torvalds went on about C++ and why he thinks C is the better programming language.

March 4, 2025

No Data Lasts Forever

I recently ran into a blog post on another blog titled “No Data Lasts Forever.” It inspired me to think more about my own data preservation.

March 3, 2025

Archiving My Blogs

I recently came across an interesting idea from one of the oldest blogs on the internet to back up my blogs to a public GitHub repository. This is the why and how.

October 18, 2024

Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison

This is an excellent read for any of you operating system nerds out there. The author compares the architectures of both Windows NT and Unix.

October 17, 2024

Editors and IDEs I’ve Used Over the Years

I had the idea to write a post about the editors and IDEs I have used over the years. These are the ones that stood out to me and why. Screenshots included!

October 10, 2024

Respect My Preference for Dark Mode!

There is a current trend I don’t understand in web design: websites that offer dark mode but bury it somewhere in their settings. As a user of dark mode, this is a horrendous user experience.

October 6, 2024
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