My Link Collection

Here is all the stuff I find interesting, but I haven't had the time to write full blog posts about. Or sometimes things, I think are worth sharing, or will help me later on, but I don't want to forget about them. So I just put them in a YAML file and render them here. 😬


Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it. The report shows how this phenomenon affects both consumers and society at large, but that it is possible to turn the tide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ


Reactive server-rendered web framework for Clojure

https://github.com/dynamic-alpha/hyper


Know Postgres. Use Postgres. Postgres is your friend.

https://hypha.pub/postgres-is-your-friend-orm-is-not


FreeBSD is worth a brief aside here, because it differs from Linux in a fundamental way. Linux is a kernel. What most people call "Linux" is actually that kernel combined with a GNU userland, a package ecosystem, and a set of choices that vary from distro to distro — Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch are all running the same kernel but are meaningfully different systems underneath.

https://hypha.pub/back-to-freebsd-part-1


Babashka now bundles JLine3, a Java library for building interactive terminal applications. You get terminals, line readers with history and tab completion, styled output, keyboard bindings, and the ability to reify custom completers, parsers, and widgets — all from bb scripts.

https://blog.michielborkent.nl/babashka-1.12.215.html


SIMPLE - is the best architecture. Defer decisions. Learn to say "no" and keep stuff out. As an architect you always make the most expensive decisions in a project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRg13Ze_UpY


Monoliths vs. microservices? Wrong question. Messy code is the enemy. Master modularity—boundaries, cohesion, trade-offs—and build systems that last. Watch to learn why history repeats itself (and how to break the cycle).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qfsmE11Ejo


In this article, the transformation of programming—and what it means to build in the age of AI—is explored with raw honesty. A 40-year journey from wonder to uncertainty, and the quiet grief of watching the craft you loved change beyond recognition.

https://www.jamesdrandall.com/posts/the_thing_i_loved_has_changed/


Systems Thinking - There are two main schools of thought in software development about how to build really big, complicated stuff.

https://theprogrammersparadox.blogspot.com/2026/02/systems-thinking.html


The author has run into some trouble with soft delete designs. He'll cover those, and ponder ideas for how he'd build this in the future.

https://atlas9.dev/blog/soft-delete.html


Eucalypt is a frontend library for Squint ClojureScript. It replaces Reagent & React with a compatible-ish subset of the Reagent API. It supports form-1 and form-2 Reagent components.

https://github.com/chr15m/eucalypt


Simple declarative schema migration for SQLite

https://david.rothlis.net/declarative-schema-migration-for-sqlite/


Kroki provides a unified API with support for BlockDiag (BlockDiag, SeqDiag, ActDiag, NwDiag, PacketDiag, RackDiag), BPMN, Bytefield, C4 (with PlantUML), D2, DBML, Ditaa, Erd, Excalidraw, GraphViz, Mermaid, Nomnoml, Pikchr, PlantUML, Structurizr, SvgBob, Symbolator, TikZ, UMLet, Vega, Vega-Lite, WaveDrom, WireViz... and more to come!

https://github.com/yuzutech/kroki


RatatuiRuby is a RubyGem built on Ratatui, a leading TUI library written in Rust. You get native performance with the joy of Ruby.

https://www.ratatui-ruby.dev/


When it comes to database optimization, developers often reach for the same old tools: rewrite the query slightly differently, slap an index on a column, denormalize, analyze, vacuum, cluster, repeat.

Conventional techniques are effective, but sometimes being creative can really pay off!

https://hakibenita.com/postgresql-unconventional-optimizations


It is 2014 and 2026: Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than your Hadoop Cluster

https://adamdrake.com/command-line-tools-can-be-235x-faster-than-your-hadoop-cluster.html


Can Ruby draw real cities — using real geospatial data — with no external GIS stack?

https://rubystacknews.com/2026/01/09/ruby-can-draw-cities-now/


It’s here, the future of masonry layouts on the web!

https://webkit.org/blog/17660/introducing-css-grid-lanes/


OpenFreeMap survived 100,000 requests per second! This much traffic would cost over $6 million per month on MapTiler and double that on Mapbox.

https://blog.hyperknot.com/p/openfreemap-survived-100000-requests


The RETURNING clause has been a staple of Postgres for years, allowing INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations to return data about the affected rows. This capability eliminates the need for follow-up SELECT queries, reducing round trips to the database and improving performance.

https://www.pgedge.com/blog/postgresql-18-returning-enhancements-a-game-changer-for-modern-applications


Quick and Easy Local SSL Certificates for Your Homelab!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlcVx-k-02E


First steps with OpenTelemetry

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w6xflt7AWvE


Publishing your work increases your luck

For every snarky comment, there are 10x as many people admiring your work.

https://github.com/readme/guides/publishing-your-work


There's a silver bullet next to the holy grail.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mik1EbTshX4&pp=0gcJCR4Bo7VqN5tD


This blog post is to have a place where I can point people who have question about how it works, why, and when it makes sense to use it (pgBouncer that is).

https://www.depesz.com/2012/12/02/what-is-the-point-of-bouncing/


Harness Engineering - 20 minutes speed run talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmvDxxNubIg


The author read 2000 web pages and shares his findings.

https://alexwlchan.net/2025/learning-how-to-make-websites/#html_tags


A “cooldown” is exactly what it sounds like: a window of time between when a dependency is published and when it’s considered suitable for use. The dependency is public during this window, meaning that “supply chain security” vendors can work their magic while the rest of us wait any problems out.

https://blog.yossarian.net/2025/11/21/We-should-all-be-using-dependency-cooldowns


Couple weeks ago Cloudflare announced it would be sponsoring some Open Source projects. Throwing money at pet projects of random techbros would hardly be news, but there was a certain vibe behind them and the people leading them.

https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/11/06/dhh-and-omarchy-midlife-crisis/


A Word on Omarchy - An in-depth look at the currently trending Arch Linux configuration that is Omarchy.

https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/a-word-on-omarchy/


Warbled Sidekiq: Zero-install Executable for JVM

https://blog.headius.com/2025/10/warbled-sidekiq.html


Exploring why Finnish developers excel long-term, showcasing the Nordic way of code.

https://runitbare.com/why-finnish-devs-outperform-silicon-valley-long-term-the-nordic-way-of-code/


When you see a local-first app that seamlessly syncs with other applications distributed worldwide, it feels like magic. Under the hood, a lot is happening, and it has to happen in the right order for the algorithm to preserve correctness.

https://marcobambini.substack.com/p/the-secret-life-of-a-local-first


A ClojureScript coding environment for beginners.

https://www.maria.cloud/


Rodauth landing in Hanami 🚀

https://timriley.info/posts/rodauth-meet-hanami


Exclude is particularly handy when you want to keep personal, non-standard files in a repository that is not yours, and where you cannot update its ignore files willy-nilly.

https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2025/09/03/git-exclude-a-handy-feature-you-might-not-know-about/


Robust, friendly, fast, plain text accounting software

https://hledger.org/#how-to-get-started


dali is a Clojure library for representing, exporting and manipulating the SVG graphics format.

https://github.com/stathissideris/dali


Deno 2.4 is making the DenoVerse even better!

https://deno.com/blog/v2.4#deno-bundle


Async Ruby is the future of AI apps

https://paolino.me/async-ruby-is-the-future/


This page translates common operations in bash with the equivalent in babashka. Examples below use shell which executes a subprocess synchronously. shell is available as a top-level fn for tasks. For bb scripts, refer it in with (require '[babashka.process :refer [shell]]).

https://github.com/babashka/babashka/wiki/Bash-and-Babashka-equivalents#run-local-script-on-remote-server-bb-installed


Field Notes From Shipping Real Code With Claude Vibe Coding Isn’t Just a Vibe

https://diwank.space/field-notes-from-shipping-real-code-with-claude


Detect if a device is mouseOnly, touchOnly, or hybrid, and if the primary input is mouse or touch.

https://github.com/rafgraph/detect-it


Single-file executable Node project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpUfIrQBJ9E


Full-featured logic programming (AKA "Prolog") embedded in/callable from and supporting calls to Clojure. In the spirit of LogLisp, Lisp Machine Prolog, and Franz Inc.'s Allegro Prolog, with some extra goodies.

https://github.com/bobschrag/clolog


Visualize your location history, track your movements, and analyze your travel patterns with complete privacy and control.

https://github.com/Freika/dawarich


Dify is an open-source LLM app development platform. Dify's intuitive interface combines AI workflow, RAG pipeline, agent capabilities, model management, observability features and more, letting you quickly go from prototype to production.

https://github.com/langgenius/dify


Open Source Survey Platform

https://github.com/formbricks/formbricks


git-who is a command-line tool for answering that eternal question: Who wrote this code?!

Unlike git blame, which can tell you who wrote a line of code, git-who tells you the people responsible for entire components or subsystems in a codebase. You can think of git-who sort of like git blame but for file trees rather than individual files.

https://github.com/sinclairtarget/git-who


The Javascript document scanning library.

https://github.com/puffinsoft/jscanify


🍕 Peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser

https://github.com/kern/filepizza


Client-side HTML-to-PDF rendering using pure JS.

https://github.com/eKoopmans/html2pdf.js


High performance javascript spreadsheets library

https://github.com/renanlecaro/nanosheets


Get started with Datomic Pro quickly on a single machine setup that will take you pretty far.

https://github.com/filipesilva/datomic-pro-sqlite


Run periodic jobs in PostgreSQL

https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron


Deno 2.2: OpenTelemetry, Lint Plugins, node:sqlite

https://deno.com/blog/v2.2


A Database that Follows the Unix Philosophy GNU recutils

https://youtu.be/qnlkr3mCqW8


This fundamentally changed the way I build full-stack applications - Durable Objects

https://youtu.be/qF2PuYnBahw


Enclosed - The Simple, Lightweight and Secure Way to Share

https://youtu.be/88rV30NL8QI


A simple procedural animation technique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlfh_rv6khY


LeetCode was hard until I learned these 15 patterns

https://youtu.be/DjYZk8nrXVY


The Absolute Best Intro to Monads For Software Engineers

https://youtu.be/C2w45qRc3aU


1 minute coding tip: git diff-words to see diffs on a per-word basis instead of per line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDkvLxbA5ZE


How Google Maps fixed India's street name problem

https://youtu.be/_HSYTIEXa5w


7 Vim Tips & Tricks Everyone Should Know

https://youtu.be/txzzCyTI7Qk


Build a Command Line Utility with DenoJS

https://youtu.be/TUxj2TS5pNo


Java, How Fast Can You Parse 1 Billion Rows of Weather Data? • Roy van Rijn • GOTO 2024

https://youtu.be/EFXxXFHpS0M


Typescript Mistakes Every Junior Developer should Avoid | clean-code

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCllX1p763U


The SSH flag you never used

https://youtu.be/xCX14u9XzE8


Become a shell wizard in ~12 mins

https://youtu.be/IYZDIhfAUM0


This Zsh config is perhaps my favorite one yet.

https://youtu.be/ud7YxC33Z3w


The standard library now has all you need for advanced routing in Go.

https://youtu.be/H7tbjKFSg58


10 Math Concepts for Programmers

https://youtu.be/bOCHTHkBoAs


Using docker in unusual ways

https://youtu.be/zfNqp85g5JM


RubyConf 2023 - Ruby on Rack: The Magic Between Request and Response by Meagan Waller

https://youtu.be/cJ7V9Mg1vzc


If Pixar Made Programming Tutorials

https://youtu.be/G9207EJySaA


You don't need NoSQL (use MySQL)

https://youtu.be/QZBxgX2OWbI


RubyConfTH 2022 - Roda: Simplicity, Reliability, Extensibility, Performance by Jeremy Evans

https://youtu.be/9fukis_VHl4


Deep dive into Clojure HTTP Basics: Ring, Compojure, Jetty!

https://youtu.be/dnMNBN1rqec


(Life) Advice From The Creator of C++

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QxI-RP6-HM


Meet Jeff Delaney: The Mastermind Behind @Fireship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRoSBWYMefY


Babashka Conf 2023: "Growing an Ecosystem: Lessons Learned (Closing Keynote)" by Michiel Borkent

https://youtu.be/KNHtZt2hku8


Ruby Roda Sequel Unveiled: The Ultimate CRUD Operation Tutorial

https://youtu.be/3h0Cgpba_WE


Bret Victor - The Humane Representation of Thought

https://youtu.be/agOdP2Bmieg


Don't Use Websockets (Until You Try This…)

https://youtu.be/6QnTNKOJk5A


Clojure Workflow in VS Code, coding FizzBuzz

https://youtu.be/d0K1oaFGvuQ


The Ruby Project visualized with Gource

https://youtu.be/-_y4y1o6YQY


RailsConf 2022 - Opening Keynote: The Journey to Zeitwerk by Xavier Noria

https://youtu.be/DzyGdOd_


RailsConf 2022 - Testing legacy code when you dislike tests (and legacy code) by Maeve Revels

https://youtu.be/ufIGaySoQWY


Roda: Simplicity, Reliability, Extensibility & Performance by Jeremy Evans

https://youtu.be/6lEAKMBs_tY


Never use PowerPoint again

https://youtu.be/EzQ-p41wNEE


'RailsConf 2015 - Nothing is Something' by Sandi Metz

https://youtu.be/OMPfEXIlTVE


"Stop Writing Dead Programs" by Jack Rusher (Strange Loop 2022)

https://youtu.be/8Ab3ArE8W3s


PGConf NYC 2021 - Advanced Data Types in PostgreSQL by Andreas Scherbaum

https://youtu.be/XG0Dxm5kZ2A


“Agile” is more than 20 years old. It is based upon several lightweight approaches that saw the light of day in de years before (like XP, Scrum, and Crystal). One of the cornerstones of Agile is the emphasis on the autonomy of the developers. They should be in control of the what, when, and how.

https://medium.com/awesome-agile/organizational-culture-eats-developer-autonomy-for-breakfast-d81a13433e5e


Build and deploy a full stack Clojure and ClojureScript Web Application

https://youtu.be/j4vhDqXaWRM


Here’s Why You’re Doing Code Review WRONG - Essential Software Engineer Skills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTvq8vS42zk


The Secret Skill Every Tech Leader Possesses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUKAVfIahCY


Full Stack Clojure App - clojure/script + deps.edn + shadow-cljs + Helix + Tailwind

https://youtu.be/V-dBmuRsW6w


The Secret Art of Storytelling in Programming by Yehonathan Sharvit

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xbikBoA3Oik


RailsConf 2022 - A Rails Performance Guidebook: from 0 to 1B requests/day by Cristian Planas

https://youtu.be/mJw3al4Ms2o


you'll always be inferior | Alex Ziskind talks about "Courage to be Disliked" by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi and here's what he's got from the book as it relates to feelings of inferiority as a software developer.

https://youtu.be/Oiq4dZbXVWA


Solving Problems the Clojure Way - Rafal Dittwald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK1DazRK_a0