Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude. //Ralph Marston

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#Favorites

Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture?
//english.stackexchange.com comments→

On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train Midjourney
//catandgirl.com comments→

Vanna.ai: Chat with your SQL database
//github.com comments→

Gmail and Yahoo’s 2024 inbox protections and what they mean for email programs
//mailgun.com comments→

The quiet death of Ello's big dreams
//waxy.org comments→

Why I Like Obsidian
//ddanieltan.com comments→

Ruby 3.3 on Rails 1.0
//nashby.github.io comments→

Generating SVG for the prime knots
//prideout.net comments→

My Knowledge Lakehouse
//tabokie.github.io comments→

QMK and Keyboards
//getreuer.info comments→

#Ask HN

Who else is working on nothing?

9-yo son wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?

#Show HN

Penrose – Create diagrams by typing notation in plain text //penrose.cs.cmu.edu comments→

Marimo – an open-source reactive notebook for Python //github.com comments→

Citadel – a Calibre-compatible eBook management app //github.com comments→

Rosebud – Turn game descriptions into browser games //news.ycombinator.com

Fly through your shell history //github.com comments→

OutRun – Open-source, privacy oriented, outdoor fitness tracker //github.com comments→

Htmldocs – Typeset and generate pdfs with HTML/CSS //htmldocs.com comments→

#Code

#!/usr/bin/env docker run //gist.github.com comments→

Dynamic programming is not black magic //qsantos.fr comments→

DevDocs //devdocs.io comments→

Thinking in an array language //github.com comments→

Htmx and Web Components: A Perfect Match //binaryigor.com comments→

Free MIT Course: Performance Engineering of Software Systems //ocw.mit.edu comments→

#Data

Vector Databases: A Technical Primer [pdf] //digitaloceanspaces.com comments→

Removing data transfer fees when moving off Google Cloud //cloud.google.com comments→

SQLite 3.45 released with JSONB support //sqlite.org comments→

Postgres Incremental Backup //pganalyze.com comments→

A periodic table of visualization methods //visual-literacy.org comments→

We migrated our PostgreSQL database with 11 seconds downtime //gds.blog.gov.uk comments→

#Design

Apple's classic Pascal poster, remade as a vector image [pdf] //danamania.com comments→

Midlibrary: Library of 4000 Midjourney artistic styles //midlibrary.io comments→

Possibly the most comprehensive design system collection //designsystemhunt.com comments→

#Books

The Hacker News Top books of 2023 //hnreads.com comments→

Mad Scientists' Club: The Books //madscientistsclub.com comments→

Multiply – a book about calculators I helped create //benjamin.computer comments→

SimCity Planning Commission Handbook //thomas-huehn.com comments→

#Working

Remote work doesn't seem to affect productivity, Fed study finds //bloomberg.com comments→

Signs that it's time to leave a company //adrianco.medium.com comments→

FAQ on Leaving Google //social.clawhammer.net comments→

How to Be More Agentic //usefulfictions.substack.com comments→

Jobs you're applying to might not be real //marketplace.org comments→

#Learn

Why does holding a key fob to your head increase its range? //physics.stackexchange.com comments→

6174 //en.wikipedia.org comments→

Cells across the body talk to each other about aging //quantamagazine.org comments→

The origins of the Guinness stout yeast //nature.com comments→

#Watching

Smalltalk simplicity and consistency vs. other languages //youtube.com comments→

Paper Pipe Organ //youtube.com comments→

#Startup News

US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple still collect commission //macrumors.com comments→

Posthog is closing their Slack community in favor of forum //posthog.com comments→

Pixar to undergo 20% layoffs in 2024 //techcrunch.com comments→

OpenAI deletes ban on using ChatGPT for "military and warfare" //theintercept.com comments→

Post-mortem for last week's incident at Kagi //status.kagi.com comments→

#Fun

I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling //sitinshade.com comments→

A woman bought a vintage dress. It had a secret pocket with a mysterious note //cnn.com comments→

Japan's Comfort Food: The Onigiri //one-from-nippon.ghost.io comments→

I made an interactive math crossword puzzle with infinite levels //scientific.place comments→

#Cutting Room Floor

Stellarium: Software which renders realistic skies in real time //github.com comments→

Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years //norvig.com comments→

When Random Isn't //orlp.net comments→

Speedbump – a TCP proxy to simulate variable network latency //github.com comments→

Tachiyomi – It's Joever //tachiyomi.org comments→

I built an offline smart home //androidauthority.com comments→

Asus Zenbook Duo 2024 //asus.com comments→

Fast RISC-V-based scripting back end for game engines //github.com comments→

There has never been a better time to game on Linux //tildes.net comments→

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