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March, 2026

SMARTPHONES, ONLINE MUSIC STREAMING, AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES
The two kinds of error

In my mind, errors are divided into two categories. Expected errors, which are part of normal operation, aren't the developer's fault, and should be handled. Unexpected errors are the developer's fault, likely indicate a bug, and are allowed to crash.

A Playboy Interview With Miles Davis
Interactive XKCD about dependencies and infrastructure
Don't Make Me Talk to Your Chatbot
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It's fine that people talk to chatbots, but they shouldn't expect me to listen to theirs.

How to run a small social network site for your friends
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This document exists to lay out some general principles of running a small social network site that have worked for me. These principles are related to community building more than they are related to specific technologies.

I’m Going to Dig a Hole – Rands in Repose
Enabling Strava webhooks for "Statistics for Strava"
Home - Grafonnet
HTTP Shortcuts

The HTTP Shortcuts app lets you send HTTP requests from your Android home screen

KoDashboard
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A KOReader plugin that serves a local web dashboard for browsing your library, reading stats, calendar activity, and highlights/notes on any device in your local network. - Yuchen971/Kodashboard

Plotly Python Graphing Library

I really like using plotly.

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How I monitor the Ingress Sojourner Medal using Healthchecks.io – Healthchecks.io Blog
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The primary intended use, in the case of Healthchecks.io, is to monitor the regularly running tasks on servers, such as cron jobs. However, the "alert me if X doesn't happen on time" functionality can be useful in many other contexts too. One of the quirkier ways I've been personally using Healthchecks.io is to help my [...]