The Weirdest Bug I’ve Seen Yet
In an investigation for an on call issue, we followed a series of incorrect hypotheses before ultimately discovering a surprise at the end of the debugging rainbow.
In an investigation for an on call issue, we followed a series of incorrect hypotheses before ultimately discovering a surprise at the end of the debugging rainbow.
This summer Courtney Dauwalter made history, becoming the first athlete to win the three biggest races in ultrarunning in the same year: the Hardrock 100, the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc, and the Western States Endurance Run. What’s her secret?
Here, in our house of worship, people were taunting me about politics as I tried to mourn.
Work can be full of stressors, but one of the most challenging situations is when you must work with someone you don’t like, don’t get along. Key strategies can help.
Dark Mode Toggle 2023 Nov 27 See all posts My techno-optimism Special thanks to Morgan Beller, Juan Benet, Eli Dourado, Karl Floersch, Sriram Krishnan, Nate…
Earlier this week, Neil Gaiman was interviewed on Icelandic television. Around the twenty-five minute mark of the program, the topic turned to the author’s thoughts ... Read more
...or the proper way to run a country
Have you considered writing documentation for your house?
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"Chris Evans pecs. how do they FEEL? like smooth stone from the souvenir shop?" …is the instant message that pops up on my computer one Monday morning in April.…
What accidentally taking down Amazon.com in 1997 taught Joshua Burgin; tech industry veteran and one of Amazon’s first 100 employees
“AI” (or more accurately language learning models nowhere close to sentience or genuine awareness) has plenty of innovative potential. Unfortunately, most of the folks actually in charg…
Perhaps more than ever, there is an urgent need for a clear understanding of liberalism.
The success of the expanded child tax credit shows why anti-poverty programs should be unconditional.
OpenAI was in open revolt on Monday with 490 employees threatening to leave unless the board resigns and reinstates Sam Altman as CEO, along with cofounder and…
Books are one of the best ways to grow as a software engineer. They give you actionable takeaways based on decades of knowledge and experience. This article goes into 7 categories of books valuable for software engineers and top 1. Writing & communication
MuseLetter #368 / November 2023 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version Every Thursday our next-door neighbor hires a worker to use a leaf blower. This infernal machine drives me nuts. Rather than letting a
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Many projects are littered with files that just re-export other files. These so called "barrel files" are one of the key reasons why JavaScript tooling is slow in bigger projects.
TypeScript can be too permissive regarding external data. In this article, I will explain how Zod can prevent data-related runtime errors.
Ars chats with host James Burke about his "connective" approach to science history.
When managers and leaders don't specify the expected time investment of an ask, the time that is invested is almost never what was intended.
The birds are widely reviled for their carrion-eating ways. But an evolutionary history of scavenging has forged a creative, cunning and wide-ranging mind.