Bookmarks

A collection of links on the WWW which I use, admire or agree with.

Software

I’ve been happily running Linux on my laptop (which is my workstation) since 2016 ¹.

Made possible by the following list of mostly open-source software (not exhaustive).

• Debian: the Linux distribution I use as my daily driver.
• Sublime Text, text editor.
• uBlock Origin: ad-blocker.
• Bitwarden: password manager.
• Todoist: proprietary to-do list that basically runs my life.

Web development

• Nginx: web server software.
• PostgreSQL, MariaDB or SQLite: SQL database servers.
• MDN documentation: HTML, CSS and JS documentation.
• WordPress: content management system. Sadly, most themes are bloated.
• A11Y accessibility checklist
• Sustainable Web Manifesto
• sourcehut: git hosting service.
• Symfony: PHP web framework.
• Gozer: Static site generator, turns Markdown files into HTML pages.

On the frontend, I strive to not use any CSS frameworks and only use JavaScript sparingly. I have also been intrigued by #NoBuild lately, although a build step for concatenating and compressing files with a similar lifespan is probably worth it for performance reasons.

State of the web

• Alex Russell, Performance Inequality Gap (2024)
• Alex Russell, Performance Inequality Gap (2023)
• HTTP Archive, Web Almanac: Page Weight (2022)
• Addy Osmani, The Cost Of JavaScript (2023)
• Thomas Broyer, Climate friendly software: don’t fight the wrong battle (2023)
• MDN, Introduction to web sustainability (2023)
• Maciej Ceglowski, Internet obesity crisis (2015)
• Brad Frost, Death to bullshit (2015)
• motherfuckingwebsite.com, bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com and perfectmotherfuckingwebsite.com

Programming

• The C Programming Language: Learning C helped me understand every other language better.
• Golang: Garbage-collected language with great concurrency support.
• Rust: Systems programming language with a strong focus on memory safety.
• Python: Scripting language.
• Advent of Code: annual event in December hosting fun programming puzzles.
• Project Euler: math based programming puzzles.
• GNU Make

Blogs

Some of the blogs I enjoy reading.

• Low Tech Magazine
• Fabien Sanglard
• Dan Luu
• Alex Russell
• Julia Evans

Social

• Mastodon, decentralized and open-source microblogging network. I’m on toot.re, which is run by Marcel.
• Lobsters, programming related link aggregation and discussion.
• Hacker News, same, but older and very popular.

Misc

• Red Blob Games, Hexagonal Grids (2013), resource on hexagonal grids that I keep coming back to during Advent of Code.