Unicode Symbols - Copy & Paste
Handy site for looking up characters and symbols, etc.
‘Three norths’ alignment about to end - Spatial Source
For a brief time, all 3 norths recognised in the UK, have been in alignment.
Rare Human Syndrome May Explain Why Dogs are So Friendly - AIP.ORG
There appears to be a genetic cause to "always happy", and it looks like humans and dogs share the same possible cause.
Composing Text in Emacs: Unicode, Emojis, and the Power of C-x 8 | Rahul's Blog
Good overview of how to compose various characters in Emacs.
The Best Page In The Universe.
It really is.
How to Make an Emacs Minor Mode
A good looking tutorial on how to make a minor mode in and for Emacs.
Awesome Emacs on macOS
A handy page of awesome Emacs/macOS things.
Watch to 5K: Couch to 5km app for Apple Watch
I need to get back into running again, and after a bunch of health issues I need to be gentle which means doing C25K again. The NHS podcast was fine but I don't think I can really work through that again as it is kind of annoying.
This might be worth trying.
Configure your repositories with .github
TIL: you can create a .github repo and it has special meaning.
Henge Finder
Fun site. Taking the watered-down version of what a henge is, this site helps you find streets that align with sunsets.
HN Wrapped 2025
A not-very-serious review of my view of Hacker News.
MongoBleed vulnerability explained simply
So CVE-2025-14847 looks fun.
Charm Ruby - Glamorous Terminal Libraries for Ruby
Charm gives Ruby its own Textual. Nice!
PonyORM - Python ORM with beautiful query syntax
A Python ORM that seems to aim to be very Pythonic in its approach.
dataset 1.6.2 documentation
Python database wrapper for the lazy developer. The main selling point being:
dataset provides a simple abstraction layer that removes most direct SQL statements without the necessity for a full ORM model - essentially, databases can be used like a JSON file or NoSQL store.
sqlitedict
A kind of NoSQL wrapper for sqlite in Python; store Python dictionary objects in a sqlite database.
web2py/pydal: A pure Python Database Abstraction Layer
A fairly neat-looking DAL/ORM for Python.
SondeHub Tracker
Site that tracks weather balloons. I have no use for it, but it's cool.
Please Just Fucking Try HTMX
I really should try HTMX one day...
What Actually Makes You Senior
Being in a senior role I find I often run into resistance, especially from product manegers, when it comes to trying to really get to the bottom of some requirement. Sometimes I find myself second-guessing if I should bother.
This article was a good reminder that I should bother.
How we pwned X (Twitter), Vercel, Cursor, Discord, and hundreds of companies through a supply-chain attack
Yet more supply chain fun.
QQQLANG
This... is awesome. Sit someone in front of this, let them mash the keyboard, fun happens.
Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work
A take on the use of "AL" in coding that I find fits my view.
Prompt injection is not SQL injection (it may be worse)
Nice little simple description of why "prompt injection" is so much worse than "SQL injection" so it's generally not a good idea to think of them as the same class of problem.
The Handwavy Technobabble Nothingburger
Excellent simple breakdown of why pretty much all crypto is complete nonsense.
Was at https://www.stephendiehl.com/blog/nothing-burger.html but got deleted.
Next.js Security Update: December 11, 2025
Another week, another Next.js security problem.
Well, okay, two new security problems...
Critical Security Vulnerability in React Server Components – React
React doing React things...
Hire Helsinki to be your new hometown
I keep getting this pop up as an advert on Reddit. If I could be tempted somewhere other than Scotland, it would be here, so it's weird that I keep getting it.
Not that I could ever move somewhere like Helsinki. I can't speak anythign other than English, and I suck at learning another language (over a year into trying to learn some Dutch, at this point, and getting nowhere).
Still, it's nice to dream...
Digital ID - Hansard - UK Parliament
The UK Parliament debated the plan to introduce a digital ID. I have mixed feelings about this falling mostly on the no side; shades of the old No2ID campaign all over again.
Pony Tutorial
I doubt I'll ever have a need for it, but there's something about Pony that looks interesting. I think I might have to dabble at some point...