Redis in the Wild: Unexpectedly Bumping into Antirez in His Hometown(orazioscicolone.it)

19 points by skiwithuge 20 days ago | 6 comments

A personal blog post by an SRE recounting unexpectedly meeting Redis creator Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez) in his Sicilian hometown.

I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed(jamesdrandall.com)

705 points by jamesrandall 8 months ago | 556 comments

Personal essay by a 50-year-old developer who began coding BASIC in 1983, reflecting on how the craft of programming has changed, including with AI.

The good times in tech are over(seangoedecke.com)

108 points by swah 1 year ago | 125 comments

How I ship projects at big tech companies(seangoedecke.com)

1297 points by gfysfm 1 year ago | 360 comments

Sean Goedecke's blog post on how he leads and ships projects at big tech companies, and the common mistakes engineers make when shipping.

Some Memories of Niklaus Wirth(odersky.github.io)

9 points by signa11 2 years ago | 0 comments

Some memories of Niklaus Wirth(odersky.github.io)

197 points by gautamcgoel 2 years ago | 48 comments

Being Raised by the Internet(jimmyhmiller.github.io)

792 points by DamonHD 2 years ago | 265 comments

Personal essay by Jimmy Miller about growing up poor with an absent mother and a father with schizophrenia, and how the internet helped raise him.

My old job feels distant now(pinecoder.dev)

28 points by speckx 10 days ago | 27 comments

A personal blog post on pinecoder.dev reflecting on how the author's previous job now feels distant.

I'm Tired of Being on the Network(matduggan.com)

97 points by sagacity 1 month ago | 93 comments

A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.

After my dad died, we found the love letters(jenn.site)

854 points by eatitraw 11 months ago | 389 comments

A personal blog essay on Jenneral HQ about discovering love letters among the author's late father's belongings and reflecting on her parents' arranged marriage.

The Art of Finishing(bytedrum.com)

609 points by emmorts 2 years ago | 147 comments

A personal blog essay on the ByteDrum blog about a developer's pile of unfinished side projects and the challenge of actually finishing them.

My dad could still be alive, but he's not(jenn.site)

324 points by DustinEchoes 11 months ago | 218 comments

A personal blog post about the author's father dying of a first heart attack shortly after his 57th birthday, reflecting on how he could have survived.