Deep dive into how JVM exceptions are implemented on the compiler level

Miscellaneous collection of blogposts from people who had to debug some really strange computers.

How to create and deliver lessons that work and build a teaching community around them

A quick look into the process of creating a font.

Or would you?

Some clever tricks you can employ to salvage an essentially un-salvageable machine. I learned a lot of new things from this!

Insightful post from Hillel Wayne exploring how to apply the Hierarchy of Hazard Controls they learned about from a mechanical engineer to a contrived example in programming.

Oracle provides some incredibly powerful hardware for free and this post explains a very straightforward and easy to follow way to get set up with NixOS on their servers.

Fun dive into the history of Git's autocorrect feature

An ongoing mini-series documenting specific, often niche parts of the JVM. They're all pretty short and to the point, and the author encourages to treat them as chapters in a book as they reference each other quite often.

Timezones are insane

A somewhat dated but still quite useful list of things to look out for when diving into building distributed systems

SwiftOnSecurity wrote this in 2014, about a fictional teenager named Jessica and how general purpose computing let her down. Must read for everyone in tech.

Surprisingly bullshit-free breakdown of all the considerations that went into creating a brand new front page carousel component for the JioCinema apps.

Probably the most in-depth history of the events that led to the creation of Git by Linus. Great read!