Weekly Picks No. 6

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These are programming and non-programming things I found interesting this past week (18.04.16 - 24.04.16): Rolling Random Romans by Joël Quenneville: Excellent little tutorial on Elm. Launching Mission Control Day (part 1)

Weekly Picks No. 5

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These are programming and non-programming things I found interesting this past week (11.04.16 - 17.04.16): BSD for Linux Users: Although a bit dated, it’s still an excellent essay by Matt Fuller on the differences both on the technical and philosophical aspects of BSDs and Linux. Passive event listeners: a new DOM API proposal that should help with performance when using scroll handlers (especially on mobile). Table for two: Our favorite two-player board games onby Aaron Zimmerman on Ars

Weekly Picks No. 4

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These are programming and non-programming things I found interesting this past week (28.03.16 - 03.04.16): This should totally be a thing: https://twitter.com/davechenell/status/710549108692541440 String Types in Rust by Andrew Brinker S3Git is “git for Cloud Storage”, a clever little tool, that allows one to easily sync files with “distributed, decentralized and versioned repositories”. It uses the BLAKE2 Tree Hashing Algorithm for both deduplicated and hydrated storage Wekan: I’ve been using Wekan for a while now, and absolutely love it. Read more...

Weekly Picks No. 3

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These are programming and non-programming things I found interesting this past week (25.01.16 - 31.01.16) and why: github.com/zeithq/micro Very intersting micro services library with a beautifully minimalistic API. An excellent example for good APIs. Typescript 1.8 Beta I’m a huge fan of Typescript and the 1.8 release will make it even better, allowing for easier JS and TS interop. I’m looking forward to using it. Alduin Colourscheme I’ve been using base16-ocean (light and dark) up until now, but I instantly fell in love with this colourscheme, and am now using it both for my terminal as well as vim. Read more...

Weekly Picks No. 2

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These are programming and non-programming things I found interesting this past week (14.12.15 - 20.12.15) and why: Intel NUC I bought this little barebones PC along with a 120GB SSD and 8GB RAM to be used as a simple home server. So far, I have nothing but good things to say about this little machine. Installing Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS went without a hitch and Docker runs like a charm. It can easly handle anything I throw at it. Read more...

Weekly Picks No. 1

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These are programming and non-programming things I found interesting this past week (10.11.14 - 23.11.14) and why: Golang Examples Learning a new language, and especially one with so many interesting features, is difficult without good examples. Gyver A clever little tool that helps you organize your thoughts and ideas or just gives you inspiration. Little Secret by Nikki Yanofsky Note, I found them this week, it does not mean they are new this week. Read more...