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Trading per-message allocations for two flat buffers, and what that unlocks for serializing the index to disk.

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Sandboxed containers that you can run on your own hardware.

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Claude: "Oh I think I cut you off there. What were you saying?"

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After the deacon sent the dogs to sort out the polecats, I have thoughts.

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A look back at my product, tool and game development projects from 2025, plus reflections on freelancing and personal growth.

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Combining tools and skills with a custom name yields great results

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A personal comparison of battery life between my MacBook M1 Pro and Framework 13

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An analysis of optimal posting times on Hacker News based on Claude's insights into engagement patterns and user behavior

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A Zig package that generates compile_flags.txt files to provide proper editor integration for C/C++ projects using build.zig, ensuring your IDE can find include paths and provide code intelligence.

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Reverse engineering, game jams, challenges, learnings

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Blazingly fast and hosted for free on the edge

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UNRECORD is causing a stir on social media

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A short and simple guide

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A Modern Approach to Legacy Web Applications

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Now with more ES6

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A change of scenery and means

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Trying out three XBMC distributions

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A code review lesson on knowing your standard library

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My journey through text editors and why Sublime Text won me over

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Reflections on Scott Hanselman's productivity tips and the joy of programming

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Stack Overflow DevDays is back and coming to Sydney

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