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__alias | 6 months ago | on: Writing code is easy, reading it isn't

Agreed!

Especially getting them to generate sequence / flow charts I find is a hack to figure out how everything fits together well.

Claude code is fantastic at quickly tracing through code and building visualisations of how code works together

__alias | 6 months ago | on: Writing code is easy, reading it isn't

It's far easier to read diagrams then it is to read code.

To get a good mental model, I'll often get an LLM to generate a few mermaid diagrams to help create a mental model of how everything pieces together

__alias | 6 months ago | on: AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents

With AGENTS.md you have more flexibility to do something like

``` // AGENTS.md

If implementing a new service, first read @./SERVICE_SETUP.md

If writing tests, first read @./TESTING_SETUP.md

```

Or whatever else might make sense for your project.

__alias | 9 months ago | on: Dull Men’s Club

My fave I remember seeing years ago was one where a man - over some long period of time - managed to park in every single parking space of a supermarket.

I feel like this energy perfectly encapsulates what dull mans club is all about

__alias | 1 year ago | on: Reverse engineering Call of Duty anti-cheat

Not really relevant, but this triggered a memory of being around 14 years old and getting scammed on Runescape which drove an evil character arch from me to somehow find out how to DDOS players in the duel arena and make absolute bank. I still feel a little guilty about my actions to this day. At the same time, I'm surprised that at 14 I was able to find and pay for a denial of service provider and figure out players IP addresses to intentionally disconnect them

__alias | 1 year ago | on: Trump wins presidency for second time

See this is what surprises me. I would have thought voting for a more regular market with higher taxes to the elite would be favourable to the majority non-tech workers, rather than the billionaires which play the puppeteers to trump

__alias | 1 year ago | on: Using an 8K TV as a Monitor

I just bought a 32 inch monitor and can't stand it.

27 inch is the sweet spot for me. The further through my career the more i've effective with smaller screen space and I am.

I actually prefer working on my 16 mbp nowadays.

__alias | 1 year ago | on: Leaving Neovim for Zed

Has anyone made the transition from VS Code to NeoVim or Zed and succeeded / recommend it?

Years ago I saw a colleague operate as an absolute beast using VS Code with vim bindings and it was impressive to watch.

But I've never watched anyone code in vim/emacs etc and felt it's a more effective editor than vs code.

__alias | 1 year ago | on: Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript

1. that's a lie, and "lots" of people don't use HTMX (unless I've been living under a rock and there is a non-unsubstantial number of people using it :D ) 2. HTMX IS javascript, and you can still use the same familiar packages across front end and backend e.g. lodash

__alias | 1 year ago | on: Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript

I mean the obvious answer is language familiarity, If your projects frontend code is in javascript/typescript ( which it is ), then using node is an easy choice. Shared libraries, shared types, etc etc

__alias | 2 years ago | on: Something a lot like Pokemon Yellow

Same but with Pokemon gold.

The guide was basically a bible for me at that age, and used it heavily to guide me through parts of the game I would get stuck at.

I seem to remember places like the ice skating scenes and victory road being far more challenging than they probably were in reality.

__alias | 2 years ago | on: Database Fundamentals

This article made me laugh because it's synonymous to me trying to start a project and going down different rabbit holes.

The author at step 1. of a project trying to pick the tech stacks, decides to read a book on databases to help with choosing a DB

Then proceeds to segue to writing his own database.

Then writes a blog about said process

I wonder how that original project has come along? I'm looking forward to when the author gets to the stage of picking a frontend framework

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