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A note-taking app for technical teams
Directly in SlackIf you have a thought or idea you’d like to capture you can use /memo-save directly in Slack, or write a note in the web app.Markdown and moreUse Markdown formatting, autocomplete for...
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Testing the Windows Subsystem for Linux
Following the release of Windows Subsystem for Linux, the development team has created and released a series of technical deep dive blog posts. For a better understanding of the foundations of WSL...
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Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications
Full disclosure: my employer makes a Slack alternative. All my concerns about the use of Slack type chat services apply equally to its competitors, including my employer’s.I’ve tweeted a few times...
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TypeScript at Slack
When Brendan Eich created the very first version of JavaScript for Netscape Navigator 2.0 in merely ten days, it’s likely that he did not expect how far the Slack Desktop App would take his invention:...
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Cello – A library that brings higher level programming to C
#include "Cello.h" int main(int argc, char** argv) { var items = new(Array, Int, $I( 8), $I( 5), $I(20), $I(15), $I(16), $I(98)); /* Iterate over indices using "range" */ foreach (i in...
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YouTube Advertiser Meltdown: An Opportunity for Startups
So YouTube is having some trouble with advertisers of late. Many channels are seeing their revenues plummet as big companies pull their ads out of fear they will be shown in more controversial videos....
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Autodraw – Fast Drawing for Everyone
If you’re interested in learning more about the magic behind AutoDraw, check out “Quick, Draw!” (one of our A.I. Experiments). AutoDraw’s suggestion tool uses the same technology to guess what you’re...
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Why we’re dropping Google Ads
From today, we’re dropping Google adverts from GroundUp. The Google advertising model is broken: not for Google of course, which is massively profitable, but for us, the publishers who have to put up...
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IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe
The past month has been absolutely nuts, and I've been dying to share this news with all of you: Indie Hackers is being acquired by Stripe!When I set out to build Indie Hackers last July, there weren't...
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Jeff Bezos explains the perfect way to make risky business decisions
Spencer Platt/Getty Images "Most decisions should probably be made with somewhere around 70% of the information you wish you had. If you wait for 90%, in most cases, you’re probably being slow," Jeff...
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Burger King TV Ad Asks, Hoping Google Home Devices Answer
VideoBurger King’s Ad: Have It Your Way, Even If You Didn’t Ask for ItA video from the fast-food chain shows the the latest example of marketers entering the living room, with the advertisement...
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How I Made My Own iPhone in China [video]
Offentliggjort den 12. apr. 2017I built a like-new(but really refurbished) iPhone 6S 16GB entirely from parts I bought in the public cell phone parts markets in Huaqiangbei. And it works!I've been...
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The Shamanic View of Mental Illness
I am reprinting this from an email I received from Malidoma Some, a west African Shaman whom I’ve had the privilege to meet, drive around Boulder, and work for for two days. Since I am going through...
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Octane benchmark retired
The genesis of Octane The history of JavaScript benchmarks is a story of constant evolution. As the web expanded from simple documents to dynamic client-side applications, new JavaScript benchmarks...
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Programming in the Point-Free Style
Point-free programming (or point-less programming, for the more cynically inclined) is a paradigm that advocates the formulation of programs by means of function composition. In the point-free style...
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MySQL InnoDB Cluster GA
The MySQL Development Team is happy to announce the first GA release of InnoDB Cluster–our integrated, native, full stack HA solution for MySQL. You can see highlights of the changes and improvements...
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WebGPU Prototype and Demos
Apr 5, 2017by Dean JacksonA few weeks ago, we announced the creation of the W3C GPU for the Web Community Group and our proposal, WebGPU. As of Safari Technology Preview Release 26, and WebKit Nightly...
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Mapping Strings in C++
Mapping strings to things makes sense. You take a meaningful string and you assign it a value. As with most things we do in programming there are many pitfalls to approaching a problem. So, lets...
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On Growing: Lessons from the Story of WeChat
Founders are increasingly pointing to Asia when asked for an example of a product they aspire to create, and WeChat is very often that aspirational product. My friend and former colleague Connie Chan...
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The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains visceral and urgent
The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains visceral and urgent.Still from Threads.The audience at the 1984 press screening of Barry Hines and Mick Jackson’s BBC TV film Threads...
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