Timezones are insane

I've wanted to have consistent OpenGraph images for my website for a long time but did not want to involve any expensive-to-run services. The approach outlined here worked perfectly for what I needed.

Great vulnerability research but the highlight is definitely the hand-crafted interactive mock ups of Google websites

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

A great read about a bunch of smart hackers who converged around the One Million Checkboxes game and started hiding secret messages inside it, their eventual discovery by the game's creator and everything they accomplished while the game was still up. Honestly made me a tiny bit emotional.

Super interesting stuff, it's wild how capable OpenType is.

Another great deep dive from the Netflix team on real-world problems they face as a primarily Java-oriented shop.

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