Category Archives: Programming

Material related to computer programming.

CSS Grid or Flexbox?

Posted on 2021-10-08 [Friday] by Jay Jay

Today via r/programming: CSS Grid or Flexbox? How to pick between the two CSS layout systems.

Are We Really Engineers?

Posted on 2021-10-02 [Saturday] by Jay Jay

I probably should be doing other things (engineering..?) but I spent my evening reading this one: Are We Really Engineers?.

Unicode 14.0.0

Posted on 2021-09-16 [Thursday] by Jay Jay

So Unicode 14.0.0 is out.

SPI: The serial peripheral interface

Posted on 2021-09-10 [Friday] by Jay Jay

This via Lobste.rs today: SPI: The serial peripheral interface.

Reactions to REST API Design Rulebook

Posted on 2021-09-05 [Sunday] by Jay Jay

I’m reading REST API Design Rulebook. On page 12 the author says “two different URIs map to two different resources”, but that’s wrong, many URIs can refer to the same resource, with and without respect to time.

Axiomatic CSS and Lobotomized Owls

Posted on 2021-09-01 [Wednesday] by Jay Jay

This is a neat CSS technique: Axiomatic CSS and Lobotomized Owls.

Observability and You

Posted on 2021-09-01 [Wednesday] by Jay Jay

This via tilde.news today: Observability and You — Keith Gregory, a discussion of what and why for observability.

Software Development Waste

Posted on 2021-08-30 [Monday] by Jay Jay

This via HN today, various types of Software Development Waste.

The Connection Strings Reference

Posted on 2021-08-30 [Monday] by Jay Jay

This popped up on HN today, looks handy: The Connection Strings Reference. Well, I thought it might be handy, but it doesn’t seem to support PHP PDO.

Unicode Normalization FAQ

Posted on 2021-08-27 [Friday] by Jay Jay

Some good info over in the Unicode Normalization FAQ.