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On Being Blocked From Contributing to lodash

My Github account was blocked from contributing security improvements to the project. This was my first open source work in a while, and unfortunately, it a...

crtns 1,000 words

Rated 2025-10-06T20:35:58-0700

How Bari Weiss of The Free Press Won the Top Job at CBS News

At The Free Press, she battled “wokeness” and buddied up with billionaires. Now she’s the editor in chief of CBS News. #US Politics

2025-10-06T06:37:26-0700 The New York Times Jessica Testa ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2025-10-06T12:36:57-0700

Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are | Nesrine Malik

This unapologetic trawl through a doomed campaign reveals a celebrity-obsessed party high on its own supply. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so tragic, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

2025-09-28T22:00:31-0700 The Guardian Nesrine Malik 2,000 words

Rated 2025-10-05T17:30:17-0700

How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer

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seangoedecke.com 1,000 words

Rated 2025-10-04T14:08:35-0700

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

2025-10-01T22:02:25-0700 BBC News Tom Edwards 1,000 words

Rated 2025-10-03T10:51:45-0700

How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized

Israel’s war in Gaza led to more than half a million Palestinians being stuck in a cycle of ‘starvation, destitution and death,’ a UN-backed initiative said. Five charts explain how.

2025-10-01T23:11:26-0700 CNN Sana Noor Haq, Rachel Wilson, Soph Warnes, Lou Robinson, Henrik Pettersson ... ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2025-10-02T19:05:03-0700

Increasing your practice surface area

The difference between being good and being great isn’t talent or formal training, but the invisible practice that happens when you're just living life.

2025-10-01T09:21:19-0700 Indie Hackers Channing Allen 1,000 words

Rated 2025-10-02T18:55:58-0700

China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers.

China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers. - Freakonomics

2025-09-19T06:14:09-0700 Freakonomics 200 words

Rated 2025-10-02T08:57:04-0700

How to Choose a Node.js Framework

The popularity of Node means we have lots of framework options. Dig in and learn how to choose between the most common Node.js frameworks.

judoscale.com 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-30T17:00:29-0700

Vertical Solar Panels Are Out Standing

If you’re mounting solar panels, everybody knows the drill, right? Point them south, angled according to latitude. It’s easy. In a video which demonstrates that [Everyday Dave] is truly…

2025-09-25T19:00:58-0700 Hackaday 5,000 words

Rated 2025-09-29T18:14:34-0700

Thoughts on Mechanical Keyboards and the ZSA Moonlander

Mechanical keyboards, the nerd equivalent of obsessing over ferrule weights in golf clubs, are wildly popular, and for a good reason. I've owned and used a ZSA Moonlander for some years now, and here are my thoughts on it and why I think you should literally buy any mechanical keyboard you can get your hands on with programmable firmware. Your fingers will thank you.

Mastering Emacs Mickey Petersen 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-29T16:36:05-0700

What is "good taste" in software engineering?

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seangoedecke.com 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-29T07:49:40-0700

matduggan.com

It's JSON all the way down

2025-09-27T01:56:13-0700 matduggan.com 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-28T08:42:42-0700

The strange death of east London’s most radical bookshop

Clogged toilets, trade unions and Google researchers: this is the saga of the Scarlett Letters #Culture

2025-07-25T23:00:59-0700 The Londoner Andrew Kersley 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-27T18:39:33-0700

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices. #Donald Trump #Elon Musk #Politics

2025-09-25T03:00:00-0700 WIRED Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Vittoria Elliott, Makena Kelly, ... 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-25T19:11:19-0700

Bundler belongs to the Ruby community

I’ve spent 15 years of my life working on Bundler. When I introduce myself, people say “oh, the Bundler guy?”, and I am forced to agree. I didn’t come up with the original idea for Bundler (that was Yehuda). I also didn’t work on the first six months worth of prototypes. That was all Carl and Yehuda together, back when “Carlhuda” was a super-prolific author of Ruby libraries, including most of the work to modularize Rails for version 3.

2025-09-24T22:16:51-0700 André.Arko.net André Arko 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-25T07:32:38-0700

That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus

It's just normal crime

2025-09-23T15:02:58-0700 Cybersect Robert Graham 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-24T07:48:17-0700

Together: The Merb Story

I'll never forget the day that I became a member of the Rails core team. For all of 2008 (and the better part of 2007), I was working on a competitor to Ruby on Rails called Merb. I loved Merb, and was excited to share it with anyone who'd listen, so when I attended RailsConf in 2008, I signed up to give a nighttime Birds of a Feather session about Merb. To be honest, I expected only a handful of people to show up, but I was too excited to let that stop me. When the time for the...

2020-02-19T11:29:04-0800 Katz Got Your Tongue Yehuda Katz 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-23T20:15:26-0700

Work on what you use and share the rest (DHH)

dhh.dk

Rated 2025-09-23T20:13:15-0700

Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover

Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent.

joel.drapper.me 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-23T17:13:38-0700

Global politics happens on Discord now

Read to the end for some good footage of the DC occupation #Politics #Technology

2025-09-17T12:11:12-0700 Garbage Day Ryan Broderick 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-22T19:23:45-0700

Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme

Making sense of our dark new era of extremely online political violence #Politics #Technology

2025-09-12T11:31:56-0700 Garbage Day Ryan Broderick 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-22T19:13:59-0700

In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs and other states are taking notice

Forty-five Maine prisoners are currently working remote jobs for outside companies. A few are working full-time, earning more than corrections officers. One is making well into the six figures. Here's why Maine's approach to education and work in prison is making waves in the world of corrections.

2025-08-29T10:12:00-0700 WMEH Susan Sharon 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-22T18:02:49-0700

Opinion | Can Jay Bhattacharya Save Science?

Can Jay Bhattacharya save science? #Science #US Politics

2025-09-22T02:00:16-0700 The New York Times Ari Schulman ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-22T17:55:10-0700

Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company

Exclusive: Sarah Wynn-Williams faces $50,000 fine every time she breaches order banning her from criticising Meta

2025-09-21T03:09:43-0700 The Guardian Michael Savage 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-21T08:12:37-0700

The Perfect Loast Coast Adventure

I finally got to complete one of the big California adventures that has been long on my bucket list. I had dreamed this one up many years ago when I just got into long distance kayaking and bike packing. I’ve always been very attracted to big trips that don’t depend much on car-based shuttle services. And for a self-shuttle scenario, the Lost Coast seemed to promise ample adventure time.

2025-09-10T00:00:00-0700 GrumpyKat Blog 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-18T20:47:55-0700

Davis, The American Amsterdam: A Pioneering Cycling Town In Northern California

History | Cycling Cities | Davis, California

2025-01-29T03:08:23-0800 Urban Cycling Institute Urban Cycling Institute, Louise Raclet 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-17T11:33:00-0700

Apple Photos App Corrupts Images

The Apple Photos app sometimes corrupts images when importing from my camera. I just wanted to make a blog post about it in case anyone else runs into the problem. I’ve seen other references to this online, but most of the people gave up trying to fix it, and none of them went as far as I did to debug the issue. I’ll try to describe the problem, and the things I’ve tried to do to fix it. But also note that I’ve (sort of) given up on the Photos app too. Since I can’t trust it to import photos...

2025-09-16T16:59:23-0700 Tenderlove Making 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-17T06:41:51-0700

Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89

He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power. #Actor #Movies

2025-09-16T05:07:12-0700 The New York Times Brooks Barnes ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-16T06:40:59-0700

The awe keeps dropping

A reaction and assorted observations about Apple's September 9 Awe-Dropping event.

2025-09-15T11:35:06-0700 Riccardo Mori 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-15T21:33:07-0700

Jonah Peretti and Nike

From: "Personalize, NIKE iD" nikeid_personalize@nike.com To: "Jonah H. Peretti" peretti@media.mit.eduSubject: RE: Your NIKE iD order o16468000

2001-02-19T03:04:36-0800 The Guardian Guardian staff reporter 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-14T19:47:27-0700

Rails on SQLite: exciting new ways to cause outages

This post was originally given as a talk for Friendly.rb. The slides are also available. Between Litestack and the Rails 8 trifecta of Solid Cable, Solid Cache, and Solid Queue, it’s easier than ever to spin up a Rails app that doesn’t need a database service, or a redis service, or a file storage service. It’s great to simplify things, but even after 20 years of deploying Rails apps I was still caught out by some of the ways things are different.

2025-09-11T08:29:51-0700 André.Arko.net André Arko 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-11T21:12:12-0700

Hotwire components that refresh themselves | Boring Rails: Skip the bullshit and ship fast

boringrails.com

Rated 2025-09-09T08:43:46-0700

Opinion | Stop Funding Trump’s Takeover

Democrats aren’t powerless, and they don’t have to enable autocracy. #Corruption #Donald Trump #US Politics

2025-09-06T22:02:19-0700 The New York Times Ezra Klein ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2025-09-07T14:12:19-0700

This power source is 15,000 ft below the ground | Bill Gates

A company called Fervo Energy is hoping to supercharge geothermal power with an innovative new approach to turning the earth’s heat into power. #Climate Change

gatesnotes.com Bill Gates 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-06T14:43:17-0700

The Asshole Filter –

The

2024-04-01T02:41:00-0700 Mr. Steinberg jamespsteinberg 5,000 words

Rated 2025-09-05T22:21:05-0700

The Making of an American House of Lords: The U.S. Senate in the Constitutional Convention of 1787* | Studies in American Political Development

The Making of an American House of Lords: The U.S. Senate in the Constitutional Convention of 1787* - Volume 7 Issue 2

Cambridge Core 5,000 words

Rated 2025-09-05T18:41:21-0700

Giving people money helped less than I thought it would

Ending the war on poverty will take more than cash transfers

2025-08-19T03:00:58-0700 The Argument Kelsey Piper 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-05T14:32:51-0700

Opinion | How Math Turned Me From a D.E.I. Skeptic to a Supporter

It’s about more than figuring out the right or wrong answers to questions. #College #Mathematics #US Politics

2025-09-05T02:01:04-0700 The New York Times Eugenia Cheng ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-05T14:23:35-0700

Opinion | Why I Am Not a Liberal

I don’t think the left grasps reality in all its fullness. #Poverty

2025-09-04T22:00:05-0700 The New York Times David Brooks ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-05T14:17:37-0700

Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive

How the world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack from the right wing, tech billionaires, and AI. #Politics

2025-09-04T05:30:04-0700 The Verge Josh Dzieza ($) 10,000 words

Rated 2025-09-05T13:22:15-0700

A journey inside Epic Systems' mythical and sprawling campus, a world away from Wall Street

Epic Systems, a 45-year-old health-care software company, remains privately held with a sprawling campus that's far from Wall Street or Silicon Valley. #Technology

2024-09-01T05:00:01-0700 CNBC Ashley Capoot 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-04T16:21:39-0700

Scribble-based forecasting and AI 2027

DYNOMIGHT

Rated 2025-09-04T16:10:12-0700

A ton of AI images I've made that I've liked

I think people with my aesthetic taste have been underrepresented in presentations of AI art. Here I try to change that.

2025-08-13T18:59:10-0700 The Weird Turn Pro Andy Masley 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-04T16:07:09-0700

How a baby sleep consultant saved my sanity and my marriage

One thing I prided myself on was that I never had any preconceived ideas about how I would raise my kids in advance of having them.

2024-08-26T04:02:17-0700 Notes from New York Aisling Marron 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-03T21:17:09-0700

Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up

78% of developers claim AI makes them more productive. 14% say it's a 10x improvement. So where's the flood of new software? Turns out those productivity claims are bullshit.

2025-09-03T08:01:15-0700 Mike Judge 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-03T16:28:09-0700

Progress Studies and Feminization

You can't undo just one part of the 1960s

2025-04-07T16:59:39-0700 Not With a Bang Arctotherium 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-02T22:08:07-0700

You can try to like stuff

it offers lessons on your nature

2025-08-27T17:00:00-0700 DYNOMIGHT dynomight 2,000 words

Rated 2025-09-02T21:01:28-0700

Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mapped

Chicago has the nation's highest concentration of lead pipes. We mapped them all.

2025-08-28T03:30:00-0700 Grist Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, ... 3,000 words

Rated 2025-09-02T20:47:52-0700

Toronto's underground labyrinth

How Canada's largest city developed a 30 kilometer network of pedestrian tunnels

2025-08-29T04:03:16-0700 The Works in Progress Newsletter Samuel Hughes 1,000 words

Rated 2025-09-02T13:36:55-0700