The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Compression popped up on Hacker News today. I wish I had time to read it closely.
Category Archives: Programming
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”.
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!
The unrealized potential of federation
Today I read The unrealized potential of federation.
System Design Template
Today I bumped into My System Design Template which I thought was pretty neat.
Moment.js in maintenance mode
Today I read that Moment.js is now in maintenance mode…
Javascript Generators, Meet XPath
Today I read Javascript Generators, Meet XPath which was awesome.