The Toilet PaperCan a good philosophical contribution be made just by asking a question?Published 22 Oct 2023Written by Chun Fei Lung 🤔Back to top
Rendering text on a pixel gridFonts in macOS look different from text that’s been rendered in Windows, mostly due to different philosophies about font rendering.
Five things that are (not) made in JapanJapan is good at inventing things, but in these five cases it was actually just good at adopting things.
Ghost writing providers for essays and assignments are cheap and plentifulGhost writers aren’t particularly scary, but there are still very good reasons to fear them if you are an educator. Happy Halloween!
Best practices for infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scriptsThis week’s paper presents a catalogue of best practices for infrastructure as code programs.
Bad practices in continuous integration pipelines and processesThis catalogue of 79 bad smells can help you make your continuous integration processes less shitty.
Finding the data unicorn: A hierarchy of hybridity in data and computational journalismHow is data journalism treated in Canada’s legacy news organisations?
The impact of code review coverage and code review participation on software quality You know about code coverage for tests, but code review coverage is just as important.
The privacy threats of browser extension fingerprintingInstalling browser extensions can be bad for your privacy, even if they were made in good faith.
Measuring perceived usability: The CSUQ, SUS, and UMUXIt’s a battle of standardised usability questionnaires.
