Joy of Computing

In 2014, Max realized that packages from Maven Central weren't served over TLS. He built a proof of concept exploit that added cat pictures to any Java program that installed a package from the internet, and convinced Maven Central to support TLS. — davidbalbert

A tool for crossword authors to find symmetrical crossings for their theme clues. — porterjamesj

It is the most epic of epic line rider tracks. — sengming

A Rails engine for accepting payments with Stripe. — porterjamesj

An OCaml package for using the Reddit API. — porterjamesj

Ori built a "a simple, clean implementation of git for Plan 9." Why? "Pride, mostly." https://orib.dev/git/git9/HEAD/info.html — rachel

A library for working with discontinuous ranges (e.g. "1-3, 5-7") in JavaScript. — porterjamesj

How I'm improving my ability to properly estimate how long it'll take to complete a programming task. — philosophicalhacker

Because abstractions aren’t free, sometimes we’re better off duplicating code instead of creating them. Here I consider different views on this trade-off and argue for a new, brier score based approach. — philosophicalhacker

Jasdev made a screencast to give you a more intuitive understanding of Apple's Combine framework. — davidbalbert