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BlogsNovember 07, 2026
BlogsNovember 04, 2026Jujutsu (jj): The Git-Compatible VCS That Finally Has an Undo Button
jj, the Git-compatible VCS with a real undo button, treats your working copy as a commit and makes rewriting history safe.BlogsOctober 29, 2026hyperfine: The Benchmarking Tool That Gives Your Speed Claims Teeth
Stop eyeballing timing with `time`. hyperfine runs your command many times, does the statistics, and tells you which one is actually faster.BlogsOctober 26, 2026Nushell: The Shell That Treats Your Output as Data, Not Text
Most pipes shuffle raw text. Nushell, a Rust shell now past 40k stars, passes structured tables between commands. Here's how it changes everyday work.BlogsOctober 23, 2026Atuin: Turn Your Shell History Into a Database You Actually Query
Your shell history is the closest thing you have to a searchable log of everything you've done. Atuin makes it one — with real search, filters, and end-to-end encryption across machines.BlogsOctober 20, 2026mise: One CLI That Manages Your Runtimes, Your Env, and Your Tasks
mise replaces asdf, nvm, pyenv, direnv, and make with one Rust CLI and one TOML file. Here's the tour.BlogsOctober 17, 2026jj: The Version Control System Google Runs Internally
Jujutsu (jj) is a Git-compatible VCS that treats the working copy as a commit. Google runs it internally. Here's why it's worth a weekend.BlogsOctober 14, 2026Your App Already Has a Search Engine. You Just Weren't Using It.
A full-text search engine ships inside SQLite. No server, no index service — just a virtual table and the MATCH operator.
BlogsOctober 10, 2026
Why Boring Technology Wins
Boring means well-understood, not bad. Dan McKinley's case for known tech and why every addition costs you something.
BlogsOctober 07, 2026
Rust has quietly taken over the developer toolbox
Ever notice the sharpest CLI tools all feel the same lately? Here's why: they're written in Rust.
BlogsOctober 04, 2026
The Open-Source Licensing Reckoning
Open source silently split in meaning as projects moved to source-available licenses. Here's what the name on the README now does and doesn't protect.
BlogsOctober 01, 2026
Local-First Software: The Quiet Rebellion Against the Cloud
Your data on your disk, not in a datacenter you rent. Why local-first software is quietly winning devs and users back from the cloud.
BlogsSeptember 29, 2026
Postgres quietly became the world's default database
PostgreSQL won the default-database race without a single decisive win — it just kept showing up, year after year.
BlogsSeptember 26, 2026
Memory Safety Isn't a Campaign Anymore — It's the Default Assumption
Memory safety went from niche debate to default assumption — the data, the governments, and the Linux kernel settled it.
BlogsSeptember 23, 2026
Why Cloud Repatriation Stopped Being a Hype Word
After a decade of lift-and-shift, enterprises are pulling selected workloads home. This isn't nostalgia — it's economics.
BlogsSeptember 21, 2026
Ten Years of Let's Encrypt: How Free TLS Quietly Fixed the Web
How free, automated TLS certificates quietly made HTTPS the boring default, and what removing cost and friction from security teaches us.
BlogsSeptember 20, 2026
BlogsSeptember 17, 2026