NotesJSON is extremely popular but deeply flawed. This article discusses the details of JSONâs design, how itâs used (and misused), and how seemingly helpful âhuman readabilityâ features cause headaches instead. Crucially, you rarely find JSON-based tools (except dedicated tools like jq) that can safely handle arbitrary JSON documents without a schemaâcommon corner cases can lead to data corruption!
(blog also has a neato minimap view of the whole entry on the side, like VSCode)FeedUnfurl
NotesThe tech industry and its press have treated the rise of billion-scale social networks and ubiquitous smartphone apps as an unadulterated win for regular people, a triumph of usability and empowerment. They seldom talk about what we've lost along the way in this transition, and I find that younger folks may not even know how the web used to be.Unfurl
NotesBrewBlogger 2.3.2 is a easy to set up, easy to use, browser-based homebrew logging and calculation suite. It is a PHP/MySQL-based system that provides today's brewer not only a fast and easy way to record their brewing activities, recipes, and awards, but also forum to share their zymurgistic efforts and expertise with the homebrewing community around the world.Unfurl
NotesA few weeks ago, I decided to create an email-powered blog that is hosted in an Amazon s3 bucket as a website. I wanted to be able to email new posts to the blog and have them published automatically. I use the email subject line as the title of the post and the email body as the text of the post (written in markdown).FeedUnfurl
Notes This page has been added to allow people to download the Greymatter weblog software as the original download site at greymatter forums is no longer available. Unfurl
Notes"I just nearly burst my appendix laughing at Chris Applegateâs 20 signs you donât want that social media project. I am thus inspired to write my own list of tips that, perhaps, one doesnât really want that internal social media project after all."Unfurl
Notes"this is the sort of good home that i was looking for â yahoo! obviously has the resources to run and improve blo.gs in pace with the incredible growth of blogs (and syndication in general), and in talking with them it was also clear that we had some ofUnfurl