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"Modern websites require complex backends, and I don't see how PHP can compete with languages such as Go, Python or Ruby in the future. PHP is not a likable language but it's probably not going away any time soon."

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May 31, 2022

How do Nike and Apple make such smooth and touch friendly carousels with pure CSS?

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May 31, 2022

Delta and Omicron killed far more children than flu ever does.

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May 27, 2022

Let’s Do a Tick Check

"As scores of city dwellers in the United States have ditched their urban lives for more land and bigger homes, many may be facing new foes this spring and summer: bloodsucking ticks. Ticks, which like wooded, leafy areas where wildlife roam, are most active between April and September."

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May 24, 2022

React and React Native finally feel the same

"If you're a developer of both React and React Native apps, it can be tough to switch between platforms because they feel so different. And in many ways React Native feels relatively... well, backwards."

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May 18, 2022

‘Being the Smoke’: One Man’s Choice to Be Cremated Under the Open Sky

"CRESTONE, Colo. — Philip Incao was about 6 years old when he asked his mother if it was true he would die. Yes, she replied. And what happens afterward? he asked. It was a profoundly unsatisfying answer, and one that Dr. Incao later identified as the starting point for a lifetime of study."

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May 6, 2022

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April 30, 2022

Zaplib post-mortem - Zaplib docs

"Welp, this is a weird blog post! Very unexpectedly, we quickly invalidated some of the core hypothesis that make Zaplib work as a startup."
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April 24, 2022

My 16 Favourite Finder Tips for Mac

"My most successful post so far was a list of tips I put together for using Preview on the Mac (You can find that here). I thought I may as well share some of my other tips with you all, this time for Finder."

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April 23, 2022

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April 23, 2022

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April 23, 2022

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April 15, 2022

3 Interview Questions to Spot "Fake Agile" Software Engineering Teams

"Last week, I wrote about how software companies can claim to "do the Agile" while implementing waterfall or spiral models of software development. If "fake agile" is the norm, asking a hiring team "do you do real agile?" is pointless. Nor is it helpful to ask about various agile-related ceremonies."

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March 12, 2022

One-third of all US child Covid deaths occurred during Omicron surge

"As many as a third of all child deaths from Covid in the US have occurred during the Omicron surge of the pandemic. Children seem to be facing increasing risks from Covid-19 even as mask mandates drop across the country, and vaccination rates among children stall out at alarmingly low rates."

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February 28, 2022

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February 24, 2022

“CIR will also contextualize these details amid the discourse and developments of the week. The footage will be added to an open source map, which policymakers, journalists, and other OSINT researchers can use to track the conflict.”
https://t.co/wS8RxUPj1s — Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 24, 2022

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February 24, 2022

Why is it never a great feeling when I find the desire to watch live news?
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 24, 2022

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February 22, 2022

Moments of grace when debugging an error as a developer. https://t.co/ovLNWzWxrP
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 22, 2022

Buried by the Ash of Vesuvius, These Scrolls Are Being Read for the First Time in Millennia | History | Smithsonian Magazine https://t.co/AdUdEKTerG
— Kevin Clark (@gonnatryanyways) Feb 11, 2022

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PHP in 2022

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How do Nike and Apple make such smooth and touch friendly carousels with pure CSS?

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Delta and Omicron killed far more children than flu ever does.

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Let’s Do a Tick Check

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React and React Native finally feel the same

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‘Being the Smoke’: One Man’s Choice to Be Cremated Under the Open Sky

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Zaplib post-mortem - Zaplib docs

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My 16 Favourite Finder Tips for Mac

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3 Interview Questions to Spot "Fake Agile" Software Engineering Teams

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One-third of all US child Covid deaths occurred during Omicron surge

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Implications Of WordPress Joining The Block Protocol

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