Lesser known parts of Python standard library(trickster.dev)

168 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 86 comments

A Faster Alternative to Jq(micahkepe.com)

358 points by pistolario 7 months ago | 226 comments

Blog post introducing jsongrep, a JSON query tool, explaining its automata-based search engine and benchmarks against jq, jmespath, jsonpath-rust, and jql.

Abusing Ahrefs backlink checker(trickster.dev)

45 points by rl1987 3 years ago | 16 comments

My security camera shipped a GitHub admin token in its login page(hhh.hn)

630 points by hhh 3 months ago | 211 comments

A blog post describing how firmware analysis of a Hanwha security camera revealed a GitHub admin token embedded in its login page.

What they don't tell you about maintaining an open source project(andrej.sh)

129 points by andrejsshell 11 months ago | 102 comments

Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years?(omar.yt)

245 points by omarroth 7 months ago | 263 comments

Troubleshooting: A skill that never goes obsolete(autodidacts.io)

351 points by surprisetalk 1 year ago | 117 comments

An essay on The Autodidacts blog arguing that troubleshooting, systematically finding and fixing causes of unwanted system behaviour, is a domain-agnostic skill.

AI Is Not a Tool(write.as)

4 points by jslakro 2 days ago | 0 comments

A short write.as essay arguing that AI is not merely a tool because it is autonomous, makes decisions, and can change itself, unlike previous technologies.

Most arguments are about ego, not ideas(wangcong.org)

560 points by backlit4034 3 months ago | 431 comments

Personal blog post by a software engineer explaining why he stopped arguing with people over technical correctness and what he learned about arguments.

Your 'app' could have been a webpage (so I fixed it for you)(danq.me)

833 points by MrVandemar 3 months ago | 500 comments

Dan Q's blog post arguing that a travel company's mobile app for a school Disneyland trip should have been a webpage, and describing how he rebuilt it as one.

We Should Be Able to Change Our Languages(jimmyhmiller.com)

48 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 24 comments

Jimmy Miller essay arguing programmers should be able to customize and change their programming languages rather than treat them as fixed artifacts.

Small programming tricks(will-keleher.com)

606 points by signa11 1 month ago | 266 comments

A blog post arguing that small nuggets of programming knowledge boost productivity, sharing examples like fzf-powered ctrl+r and python3 -m http.server.