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I've been freelancing for a while now and I keep running into this same pattern over and over.

Whenever I work with a client on a solid budget ($3k+), things usually run pretty smooth. They send a clear brief, reply within a day, trust my decisions, and pay invoices …

J.Crew’s homepage is currently just a JSON health check for their "generative AI backend"

Made it through 5 prior rounds of layoffs as my company nosedived financially after going public. Finally felt the bite of the axe, been brushing up my resume and revamping my portfolio site... I've been at this company five years and transitioned directly from my prior one so almost 8 …

Seeing new css features get implemented, particularly ones that have been on my “wishlist” for years, is such a complicated feeling with how much Claude has invaded day to day work.

I was just reading about linked parameters and responsive iframes, thinking about potential projects I could have used …

Hi.

At my company basically all code is written by agents now, so reviews got split by whoever is free instead of by who knows the area.

This week I'm a React dev and I approved 6 PRs in Go, two of them touching payments. Our manager says …

A formatter, minifier or deobfuscator can be made to turn one script into another.

You can go try out all 186 techniques with this script: https://divergence.trustsig.eu/

Or try the Tetris-Snak demo here: https://divergence-game.trustsig.eu/

Techical breakdown: https://trustsig.eu/blog/javascript-divergence/

Chartist v2: we brought the 10-year-old SVG charting library back on track (now with SSR and terminal charts)

For years, 3D file formats have prioritized precision, whether for 3D printing or high-quality renders. But the browser doesn't care about that level of precision. As long as you're within a pixel or so, precision isn't that important. Most websites with 3D models use simple designs, and no file format …

eval() in a straitjacket: sandboxing JavaScript under CSP

I'm building a host for JavaScript apps and I'd like opinions from people who ship Node.js.

The idea is shared hosting for JS. Your app runs as plain Node.js, with its database, files and cron jobs side by side in one region. When nobody visits, the app is suspended …

What can digital transformation teach us about AI adoption? Paul Boag revisits his book Digital Adaptation to show how lessons from the past can help organizations navigate the challenges of AI today.

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