Development

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

Polls: Single Page vs Multi-Page Applications

There was a time when all websites were multi-page applications, but that has changed. I wanted to know what users and developers think about that and so I asked.

October 3, 2024

The All-New Feed The Dev

I’m excited to announce an all-new version of Feed The Dev! It is now an aggregate website for development and technology news and articles that combines sources from all over the internet into a single, easy-to-use website.

October 2, 2024

Why I Just Bought a BBEdit License Upgrade

A couple of weeks ago, I bought a license upgrade for the Mac editor BBEdit despite not using it all the time. This is why.

October 1, 2024

Why I Use Verbose Variable Names

When I write code, I tend to use long, descriptive variable names with few abbreviations. This is why.

September 3, 2024

New Research: How Blue Light Affects Your Sleep

In the past several years, there has been a lot of hype about how blue light from screens affects our sleeping patterns. Turns out, it’s not that bad.

September 1, 2024

Scrum and Working Part-Time

Scrum cannibalizes so much of my programming time that I sometimes forget I’m not a manager but a programmer. That is especially true since I started working part-time.

August 23, 2024

Google Forcing Websites to Allow Its AI to Train on Their Content

According to BNN Bloomberg, Google is now giving websites a choice: let us train our AI on your content or be delisted from search results.

August 21, 2024

Patreon and Apple’s 30% Fee

Apple is forcing Patreon to pay its 30% App Store tax for every subscription done through its iOS app and I think it’s abominable.

August 13, 2024
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