flashgordon

I've been building services where the API layer and database layer inevitably drift apart. Different field names, timestamps as int64 vs time.Time, nested messages becoming JSONB columns - the usual pain. I got a bit…

I used to play WeeWar (browser-based hex strategy game, RIP 2015) way too much, and wanted a way to extract map data from screenshots. So I built a little tool that extracts tile data from hex-based strategy game…

I have been a devoted vim user for almost 3 decades and frankly it has served me well! Yes I do get tempted to try out the next best thing (though Zed has some serious names so am even more tempted). But frankly…

I've been working with Go's templating libraries for a while and kept running into the same issue: managing dependencies between templates. The standard libraries (text/template and html/template) are great, but they…

I love Go's templating system for its simplicity and frankly being part of the stdlib. I am however in need of a parser extensions. I created a proposal for this (https://github.com/golang/go/issues/59453), but like…

Everybody has that one book that changed a topic for them. For me it was the Dragon Book (Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools). I was able to use that book as a jumping of point to tons of other papers etc in a…

I understand this could be a tricky "product" feature and needs some thinking but has this been considered before? Any pointers to previous threads would be greatly appreciated.

I was trying to put up a few equations from a course I was doing, on my personal blog and I was curious about how people normally put up equations on the web. More importantly how the content -> presentation workflow…