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Self-hosting teaches you how software really runs, how systems talk to each other, and how to secure, scale, and deploy real-world apps. Here's why every developer should self-host at least once.

What the docs don’t teach you, 25 years will

Through an interactive visualization, I explore web traffic patterns, bot activity, server optimizations, and the unexpected lessons learned. Including how a zip bomb helped fend off content thieves

A deep dive into the technical world of zip bombs, exploring how a minuscule compressed file can be weaponized to overwhelm and crash systems by expanding to gigantic proportions.

As someone who has spent the last decade leading developer relations teams, teaching at coding... Tagged with programming, beginners.

Why 'reflexive AI usage' sounds like a diagnosis I don't want next to my name

Developers and marketers are being told to add special files to their sites to help LLMs "understand" their content. But does it do anything?

Stuck in lock down with time on my hands and an itch to work on something new, I picked back up a side project I started about a decade ago, to build a better resume for developers.

As Highline Solutions turns six, I just wanted to step back and write a bit about what we've built, our mission, and the values we've formed on our journey.

On-call in big tech is bad, found out why.

Carson Gross explores the concept of 'vendoring' in software development, where external project sources are copied directly into a project. He covers the benefits of vendoring, such as improved visibility and control over dependencies, and discusses challenges like transitive dependencies and the culture of dependency in modern software development. He also contrasts vendoring with modern dependency management tools, and considers the potential for vendor-first dependency managers to combine the strengths of both approaches. He encourages a rethinking of dependencies and promotes a more independent approach to software development.

We might be seeing the end of remote coding interviews as we know them, and a return of in-person interviews, trial days and longer trial periods. Could hiring be returning to pre-pandemic norms?

Computer science professor Brian Kernighan GS ’69 left a career in emerging computer science research to pursue his passion for teaching. He shared his perspectives on the evolution of the field of computer science, his interdisciplinary approach to this work, and his advice to aspiring programmers.

I enjoy shocking people by telling them I don’t use LLMs.This isn’t true, but it’s morally true for the reference class I’m in (people who wrote a book about...

When OpenAI released GPT-4 back in March 2023, they kickstarted the AI revolution. The consensus online was that front-end development jobs would be totally eliminated within a year or two.Well, it’s been more than two years since then, and I thought it was worth revisiting some of those early predictions, and seeing if we can glean any insights about where things are headed.

But what if I really want a faster horse? | exotext

Writing code is the hardest part of software development.