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i would like to build a small web ring of personal websites that are explicitly queer-supportive and host the directory on my own site. if you run a personal website and feel that it fits that description, feel free to…

i recently read an article in the guardian about how casual conversations with strangers are becoming increasingly rare. the piece argued that smartphones and post-pandemic habits have made people less likely to…

i have noticed that Opera tends to get a surprisingly negative reaction in technical communities. but i have not yet seen a clear and technically grounded explanation that justifies the level of dislike. from what i can…

i noticed that Google profile image URLs accept a size parameter (s96, s512, etc.) [1]. if you increase it to something large like s9999, the server returns a much higher-resolution image even when that size was not…

i keep seeing claims that many new junior developers "can't really code" and i am curious how true that actually is from the perspective of senior engineers? i recently started my "first" dev job (i am junior) but i…

today my colleagues were talking about software collecting usage data and it made me curious. big companies often profit from this data and often there is no way to opt-out from stats reporting. how do you reason about…

I came across this "Who Runs the Internet" graphic (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Who-Runs-the-Internet-graphic.png) when planning a blog post and it got me thinking about the role of internet…