20 random bookmarks

Тут будут ссылки на всё-всё, что я найду интересным

2026-04-20

963.

Wise People Have Rules For Themselves

www.raptitude.com/2017/07/wise-people-have-rules-for-themselves

Every time I post a new behavioral experiment, or share a personal resolution of some kind, I get a few emails telling me not to be so strict with myself.

They always say something like “It’s not good to be so hard on yourself!” or “We shouldn’t be forcing ourselves to do things!”

This is a common thing to hear in our improvement-focused culture. I used to think it was a reasonable caution, but now I think it’s generally bad advice.

It seems well-meaning in most cases—people sometimes do go overboard with exercise, frugality, and personal efficiency. But I think it’s much more common for people to go under-board in some or all of those areas, and you can bet the person giving you a hard time is one of them.

We often hear about the importance of “balance” in our self-improvement efforts. But what exactly are we balancing? Good behaviors and bad ones? Are we looking for lives that are equal parts wisdom and recklessness?

Can you imagine someone saying “I don’t think we should force ourselves to brush our teeth every day. You have to live a little!”

962.

Getting What We Want Isn’t What We Really Want

www.raptitude.com/2016/05/what-we-want

2026-02-13

930.

On screwing up

www.seangoedecke.com/screwing-up

2025-10-03

895.

MyTinyTools - Free Online Tools for Images, PDFs, Text & More

mytinytools.com

100+ free online tools for image conversion, PDF editing, text processing, and calculations. All client-side, no uploads, completely private.

2025-04-29

855.

A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment

andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sheet-for-conversations-about

Arm yourself with knowledge

2025-04-25

853.

Tester, make the lives of those around you better

www.l3r8y.ru/2025/04/22/tester-make-life-of-your-mates-better

Avoid these things:

  • Asking the developer how things should work: It’s your responsibility to know how a feature should work; if you don’t, how can you test it?

  • Reporting bugs outside of the ticket: Avoid informal bug discussions, as they waste time for you and your team.

  • Using vague phrases like “This does not work properly”: ‘Properly’ is unclear—specify exactly what’s wrong.

2025-02-23

839.

a relationship that ended, not failed

sive.rs/anna

2024-09-23

767.

Эттэншн плиз

halemaumau.livejournal.com/102443.html

Про депрессию

2024-06-11

679.

What is love-2

spectator.ru/entry/6575

2024-05-17

651.

Stack Overflow Is Your Mandatory Tool

www.yegor256.com/2017/02/14/stackoverflow-is-your-tool.html

If you actively use Stack Overflow as a coding instrument, your reputation will be lofty; if you don't use it, you're not really a professional software engineer.

2024-03-25

588.

Create a shared digital calendar with significant people in your life

practicalbetterments.com/create-a-shared-digital-calendar-with-significant-people-in-your-life

Instead of asking over and over again if she is working tomorrow. I just consult her very organised calendar — and when she wants to check if I'm free she looks at my very empty calendar.

2024-02-28

534.

ignore the code: iPhone Applications and Start Screens

ignorethecode.net/blog/2008/11/10/iphone-applications-and-start-screens

the best solution would be to show the application's previous state and point out that the application is still loading

2024-02-26

533.

Про огнестрел

ambment.cat/posts/2024-2-26-1.html

Если для придания уверенности в себе вам нужен карманный ствол — я рекомендую обратиться к психологу. Это дурной симптом.

2023-12-29

475.

Проблема и решение

grishaev.me/problem-and-solution

Бывает, проблему можно поправить функцией или макросом, но в код тянут библиотеку. Или можно купить готовое решение, но тимлид говорит: мы напишем свое через три месяца. Или разработчик насмотрелся видосов со свежей конфы и хочет проверить чужие идеи.

2023-11-16

420.

The right column order in multi-column indexes

use-the-index-luke.com/sql/where-clause/the-equals-operator/concatenated-keys

The most important consideration when defining a concatenated index is how to choose the column order so it can be used as often as possible.

Например, поиск по имени без фамилии бесполезен. Значит, составной индекс должен начинаться с фамилии, а потом уже будет имя.

2023-10-21

369.

Text Rendering Hates You

faultlore.com/blah/text-hates-you

Rendering text, how hard could it be? As it turns out, incredibly hard! To my knowledge, literally no system renders text “perfectly”. It’s all best-effort, although some efforts are more important than others.

2023-10-02

348.

The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023 (Still No Excuses!)

tonsky.me/blog/unicode

Никита рассказывает про текст и кодировки

2023-07-28

256.

Why Paw Patrol is just the worst

www.scmb.xyz/post/paw-patrol-worst

I am a dad, and as a dad I watch a lot of kids TV. Some shows I think are actually pretty great (Hey Duggee, Bluey), and some shows are fine, not my thing, but inoffensive (Fireman Sam, Chuggington, Octonauts). There is, however, one show that I just really hate. Paw Patrol. It’s bad.

2023-04-07

173.

Фотографии транспорта со всего света

transphoto.org

2023-03-27

152.

Как найти место по фотографии — Вастрик

vas3k.blog/blog/388