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2026-09-17 20:50 #

Probably the last one for this year.

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2026-09-17 20:47 #
2026-09-17 20:45 #

Even if you knew 9/10 tricks, that 10th doc or technique might save you some time! And one trick per day was the right number to avoid overwhelming people with knowledge, and it could occasionally spark useful discussion. If you’re a more senior engineer at your company, you might think about doing something similar. — Small Programming Tricks

2026-09-17 20:44 #

from my experience, people like map and filter, but not reduce. — Anecdotally, programmers dislike “reduce”

2026-09-15 21:11 #

/me is listening to “No Answers” by Grey Gallows

2026-09-15 10:40 #

Apple just fixed rounded corners of varying size across applications, as well as translucent sidebar in macOS 27, which is pretty good. AI isn’t available in Europe for the moment, this is also pretty nice! #apple

2026-09-15 09:41 #

TIL that lsregister allows to list all x-callback available on your system, e.g. /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump URLSchemeBinding. #apple

2026-09-14 20:57 #

Old times good times…

2026-09-14 20:53 #

Back in the day, also Fraise and Smultron. Somehow I missed the TextMate train! — Trying BBEdit and Nova

Funny enough to say, I came across Fraise and Smultron via Jan de Leeuw at the time iDisk still existed (or was about to die).