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CSS Box Sizing

Posted on 2020-10-30 [Friday] by jj5

Read a good article about Box Sizing over on CSS Tricks.

In summary:

html {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
*, *:before, *:after {
  box-sizing: inherit;
}
Posted in Programming, Web | Tagged box, css, css-tricks, sizing

How Did Things Ever Get This Good?

Posted on 2020-10-29 [Thursday] by jj5

I read How Did Things Ever Get This Good? today. Nice, short, optimistic piece.

Posted in Chatter, Programming | Tagged good, language, programming, things

How to download a web page with wget

Posted on 2020-10-26 [Monday] by jj5

To download a web page along with its scripts and styles etc:

wget --page-requisites --convert-links --execute robots=off https://www.example.com/whatever/
Posted in Programming, Web | Tagged download, wget

Data Visualization with JavaScript

Posted on 2020-10-24 [Saturday] by jj5

Today I discovered Data Visualization with JavaScript. I would like to read that one, I will see if I ever find the time.

Posted in Programming, Web, Wishlist | Tagged javascript, visualization

Falsehoods programmers believe about time zones

Posted on 2020-10-23 [Friday] by jj5

Today on r/programming an interesting article about the complexity of time zones: Falsehoods programmers believe about time zones.

Posted in Data, Design, Programming | Tagged falsehoods, programmers, time, timezone

What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL

Posted on 2020-10-22 [Thursday] by jj5

This old chestnut What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL popped up on HN today.

Posted in Database, Programming | Tagged learn, orm, sql

Wikimedia’s CDN

Posted on 2020-10-21 [Wednesday] by jj5

This article about Wikimedia’s CDN popped up on lobste.rs today.

Posted in Sys Admin, Web | Tagged cdn, wikimedia

What it takes to run Stack Overflow

Posted on 2020-10-21 [Wednesday] by jj5

Today What it takes to run Stack Overflow popped up on r/programming. It’s an old article (2013) but still interesting. It referenced Performance is a Feature and made the bold-font claim that “the cost of inefficient code can be higher than you think.”

Posted in Cloud, Database, Hardware, Sys Admin, Web | Tagged feature, performance, stackoverflow, what it takes

The Surprising Impact of Medium-Size Texts on PostgreSQL Performance

Posted on 2020-10-21 [Wednesday] by jj5

Today I read The Surprising Impact of Medium-Size Texts on PostgreSQL Performance which popped up on reddit.

Posted in Database, Programming | Tagged impact, medium, performance, postgresql, size, text

Semipredicate problem

Posted on 2020-10-20 [Tuesday] by jj5

Today I read about the Semipredicate problem. Basically how to signal failure from a called function.

Posted in Programming | Tagged function, problem, semipredicate

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