Documentation and how it rots If you’ve ever had to manage documentation in a large codebase, you know how quickly it “rots”. Who takes the time to ensure the README.md still makes sense 6 months into a project, whether your…
Humans are social and curious creatures — and so it is no surprise that when we browse the web, we are drawn to places like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Discord, TikTok, internet forums, and more (Threads?). Joining these communities is a…
One of the coolest features of git, and code hosting services in general (e.g. Github, Bitbucket, etc) is the concept of forking a repository of code. The idea is that you can go to a project that is open source…
On platforms like Reddit, users are free to create their own “subreddit” communities around a location, topic, idea, really anything (e.g. reddit.com/r/michigan, reddit.com/r/pics, etc), and as long as the community name in question is not taken, they can “claim” it.…
Wherever we have forums or communities, we have moderators. It seems a fact as old as the internet itself — whether you are on an old phpBB forum, a Subreddit, a Discord server, Hacker News, etc, moderators are the curators…
The common trend these days is to name your product a base word: Languages/Libraries/Frameworks: Swift Ember Backbone Go Django Services/Apps: Outbox Color Telegram Steam Seamless Vine Mint Clear Square Tinder I get it — it’s bucking the trend of the…
This is more on the lighter side of things — This past week I was looking for a new Macbook Pro on Craigslist, and was disappointed by the prices. Lately people don’t seem to understand the concept of “used” —…
Recently Verizon has been getting a lot of flack for supposedly slowing down Netflix. There has been a lot of press regarding the issue, and in general as a supporter of net neutrality I think it shows what ISPs/content providers will do unless…
This is a corny title. It is also an idiom that seems quite obvious — who wants to think of themselves as closed minded, or someone that always does the same thing every time? When I was a kid, I…
I love Firefox. I used it for many years, way past when most people switched to Chrome. Even though it was slower, I still loved the amazing selection of Addons, it’s open sourceness, and it helped that Adblock Plus seemed…
