dui: like du, but interactive
Sometimes I just want to know why my computer’s disk is full. du will give me a firehose of information, but it’s slow and the results are hard to parse. I d...
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tools
How to install the latest nightly Rust that supports rustfmt (or any other component)
tl;dr: rustup toolchain install nightly --allow-downgrade -c rustfmt
Blazing-fast jump-to-grep in Emacs using ripgrep
I’ve recently started using ripgrep, a modern grep replacement written in Rust, and it’s fantastic. It’s just so fast. It may not sound like much, but there’...
Using a bare Git repo to get version control for my dotfiles
After having to manually reconfigure all of my dotfiles for the 3rd or 4th time, I decided it was finally time to put them into version control. While I was ...
git
Blazing-fast jump-to-grep in Emacs using ripgrep
I’ve recently started using ripgrep, a modern grep replacement written in Rust, and it’s fantastic. It’s just so fast. It may not sound like much, but there’...
Using a bare Git repo to get version control for my dotfiles
After having to manually reconfigure all of my dotfiles for the 3rd or 4th time, I decided it was finally time to put them into version control. While I was ...
lessons
There is no ‘we’ in design docs
Once your software project reaches a certain size, you probably want to have a design document that describes how the system you’re building should behave. P...
Lessons from several years of building a low-code BI tool
BI tools allow people to interact with data without writing code. At some level, this is also the core problem of other low-code or no-code tools like app bu...
Sigma Computing
Interviewing at Sigma
We’re hiring at Sigma Computing, and we want to make sure that everyone who interviews with us knows what to expect. I wrote up a blog post for the Sigma Com...
Lessons from several years of building a low-code BI tool
BI tools allow people to interact with data without writing code. At some level, this is also the core problem of other low-code or no-code tools like app bu...
rust
Understanding #[derive(Clone)] in Rust
This post assumes that you have an entry-level familiarity with Rust: you’ve fought with the borrow checker enough to start to internalize some of its model;...
How to install the latest nightly Rust that supports rustfmt (or any other component)
tl;dr: rustup toolchain install nightly --allow-downgrade -c rustfmt
dotfiles
Using a bare Git repo to get version control for my dotfiles
After having to manually reconfigure all of my dotfiles for the 3rd or 4th time, I decided it was finally time to put them into version control. While I was ...
baking
Recreating the Prolific Oven’s Chocolate Orange Almond Cake
August 31, 2019 was a dark day in the Bay Area: after almost 40 years in business, the Prolific Oven closed down. Growing up, the Prolific Oven had always be...
cake
Recreating the Prolific Oven’s Chocolate Orange Almond Cake
August 31, 2019 was a dark day in the Bay Area: after almost 40 years in business, the Prolific Oven closed down. Growing up, the Prolific Oven had always be...
chocolate
Recreating the Prolific Oven’s Chocolate Orange Almond Cake
August 31, 2019 was a dark day in the Bay Area: after almost 40 years in business, the Prolific Oven closed down. Growing up, the Prolific Oven had always be...
Prolific Oven
Recreating the Prolific Oven’s Chocolate Orange Almond Cake
August 31, 2019 was a dark day in the Bay Area: after almost 40 years in business, the Prolific Oven closed down. Growing up, the Prolific Oven had always be...
emacs
Blazing-fast jump-to-grep in Emacs using ripgrep
I’ve recently started using ripgrep, a modern grep replacement written in Rust, and it’s fantastic. It’s just so fast. It may not sound like much, but there’...
grep
Blazing-fast jump-to-grep in Emacs using ripgrep
I’ve recently started using ripgrep, a modern grep replacement written in Rust, and it’s fantastic. It’s just so fast. It may not sound like much, but there’...
ripgrep
Blazing-fast jump-to-grep in Emacs using ripgrep
I’ve recently started using ripgrep, a modern grep replacement written in Rust, and it’s fantastic. It’s just so fast. It may not sound like much, but there’...
kubernetes
What is a Kubernetes ingress, actually?
I recently had to configure a new Kubernetes ingress at work. Before I deployed the ingress into our network, I wanted to understand what it was and what it ...
ingress
What is a Kubernetes ingress, actually?
I recently had to configure a new Kubernetes ingress at work. Before I deployed the ingress into our network, I wanted to understand what it was and what it ...
microservices
What is a Kubernetes ingress, actually?
I recently had to configure a new Kubernetes ingress at work. Before I deployed the ingress into our network, I wanted to understand what it was and what it ...
services
What is a Kubernetes ingress, actually?
I recently had to configure a new Kubernetes ingress at work. Before I deployed the ingress into our network, I wanted to understand what it was and what it ...
service oriented architecture
What is a Kubernetes ingress, actually?
I recently had to configure a new Kubernetes ingress at work. Before I deployed the ingress into our network, I wanted to understand what it was and what it ...
codenames
Code Names
Naming, as they say, is hard.
naming
Code Names
Naming, as they say, is hard.
low-code
Lessons from several years of building a low-code BI tool
BI tools allow people to interact with data without writing code. At some level, this is also the core problem of other low-code or no-code tools like app bu...
interviewing
Interviewing at Sigma
We’re hiring at Sigma Computing, and we want to make sure that everyone who interviews with us knows what to expect. I wrote up a blog post for the Sigma Com...
writing
There is no ‘we’ in design docs
Once your software project reaches a certain size, you probably want to have a design document that describes how the system you’re building should behave. P...
tips and tricks
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Just off the southern coast of Labrador, there’s a cluster of small islands named Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
incidents
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Just off the southern coast of Labrador, there’s a cluster of small islands named Saint Pierre and Miquelon.