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things that caught my attention
Email obfuscation: What works in 2026?
spencermortensen.com
SVG via
blocks 100% of harvesters. implemented it on this site.
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Protecting your email address via SVG instead of JavaScript
news.ycombinator.com
the HN thread that started the rabbit hole.
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How to think about performance
scattered-thoughts.net
changed how i reason about optimization. mandatory reading.
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The Bitter Lesson
incompleteideas.net
rich sutton on why scale beats hand-crafted knowledge. haunts every ML decision i make.
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Mechanical Watch
ciechanow.ski
the best interactive explainer i've ever seen. proof that constraints make you creative.
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A HTML file is a website
maxbo.me
yes. this entire site started as one file. intentional.
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We are destroying software engineering
hillelwayne.com
said what a lot of us feel but can't always articulate.
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Next Test
matklad.github.io
rust-adjacent thinking on how to write tests that actually help.
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