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Ezzeri shares a clear overview of what a blockchain is, and how he ported his toy implementation from Python to Rust. — nicholasbs

An interactive tool that invites you to play and experiment with DNS to understand how it works! — nicholasbs

Ben's effort to decode a JPEG for a project leads to a deep deep and exploration of why JPEG isn't just "one" format, hardware decoders, and even a patch to improve Go's image/jpeg library! — nicholasbs

Practical tools and tips to help you determine if downtime/slowness is caused by DNS, or something else! — nicholasbs

Details, images, and videos of a prototype "squeezebox" ergonomic keyboard Peter built. — nicholasbs

A thoughtful case for the benefits of learning how to do things faster. — nicholasbs

A collection of experiments with processing webcam video, including ASCII rendering, dithering, and an incredibly cool filter that makes you look like a slinky. — nicholasbs

A (timeline!) post about tools you can use to explore and understand BGP, the protocol at the root of Facebook's recent outage. — nicholasbs

The first in a series of posts about how to write a type checker for a TypeScript-like language! — nicholasbs

Some thoughts on learning Elm to write a simple arcade game, along with the playable game and source. — nicholasbs