Why real-time fuel savings and Apple CarPlay don't mix, and the best manual workaround for NSW drivers.

A journey into Decentralized Finance.

Strategy guide for cracking the brutally difficult Australia DLC scenario.

Configuring Linux to use both Nvidia discrete and Intel integrated GPU simultaneously.

The GIL, threading, and other Python puzzles that trip up interview candidates.

Books I've read, mostly since 2021.

CSS, grids, fonts, and everything a backend dev needs to survive frontend work.

An au pair from Finland, a Finnish TV crew, and a midnight disappearing act.

Flask, Markdown, Pygments, nginx — the stack behind this blog.

Sending email via Gmail's API without storing your password in plain text.

Wage theft is rampant — here's how workers can claim back what they're owed.

Truly purging PostgreSQL when apt-get leaves config cruft behind.

Which expensive ergonomic chair is worth your back — Aeron, Mirra, or Leap?

A San Francisco startup's Skype interview, and why technical interviews are broken.

Letters home from a backpacking trip through Indonesia, Hawaii, USA, and Canada.

A photo diary of three weeks on the South Island of New Zealand.