The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Compression popped up on Hacker News today. I wish I had time to read it closely.
Author Archives: Jay Jay
Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid
Today I read about how to do a Full-Bleed Layout Using CSS Grid.
Connascence
I’ve been re-reading the Wikipedia page on Connascence. It references the famous talk by Jim Weirich in its references.
Abstraction inversion
I was reading about Abstraction inversion on Wikipedia which mentioned the anti-pattern of “using spreadsheet lookup functions to replicate the functionality of a database”.
Writing a book: is it worth it?
Today I read Writing a book: is it worth it? which turned up on Hacker News. I’m thinking about writing a book so this was a good read.
The danger of target=_blank and opener
Today I read The danger of target=_blank and opener which has some good pointers about how to open links in a new window, e.g. <a href="https://an.evil.site" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">An evil site</a>
MariaDB Sequences
Today I discovered sequences in MariaDB. Gonna take them for a spin!
Don’t Compare Averages
An article Don’t Compare Averages from Martin Fowler has lots of good info about data visualisation techniques.
The unrealized potential of federation
Today I read The unrealized potential of federation.
Backing up data like the adult I supposedly am
This great article Backing up data like the adult I supposedly am popped up on Lobste.rs today. I think I’m gonna get myself an rsync.net account.
// 2022-09-18 jj5 – UPDATE: I have had an rsync.net account for some time now, works great. <3