Elections might seem like they produce results people want, but that isn't always the case.

This video describes the McKelvey-Schofield Chaos Theorem. To learn more, you can find the original explanation and proof of the theorem at http://www.sciencedir…

systematic decline in quality of online platforms over time driven by greed

I think, for me, becoming enamored by a programming language requires a sense
of empowerment by that language.

Wherein we discover JavaScript always gives you a choice.

a lower case only blog, purely for aesthetics

You use software circuit breakers on connections to remote services. These breakers trip when the supplier becomes unresponsive, once tripped the breaker no longer calls the supplier until reset.

Firefox 128 引入了“隐私保护下的归因”，可在保护用户隐私的前提下，让广告主能够衡量广告系列的效果。

'No shady privacy policies or back doors for advertisers' proclaims the Firefox homepage, but that's no longer true in Firefox 128.

We usually perceive that it costs more to get higher quality, but software internal quality actually reduces costs.

In software development we have best practices. These are the distilled
wisdom of software engineering, and you should follow best practices to be a
good software developer, and to develop good software. If someone points
out you broke them, that should be…

I go on a journey to learn about a man named Quentell, and discover unsettling things about the information landscape.

Threads, TLS, a C stdlib race, and Rust: how EdgeDB hit a hidden landmine.