Rakhim Davletkaliyev
Programmer and teacher; writes on software, learning and the web, and makes the Coding Blocks video course.
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If large-scale human communication stays concentrated on major social media platforms, human languages may become irrelevant to it.
If global large-scale human communication continues to be concentrated within large social media platforms and content providers like YouTube, human languages may become sort of irrelevant in that space.
rakhim.exotext.comSaid 31 Mar 2026This on korrents
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In a tabbed interface, the currently active tab should appear visually connected to its content, while inactive tabs can remain visually separate.
For the tab bar, it would make sense if the currently active tab were connected to its content window, while inactive tabs remain floating bubbles
rakhim.exotext.comSaid 19 Mar 2026This on korrents
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The book that sparked my interest in discrete math and abstract algebra. Other books by Simon Singh are also fantastic.
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Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time TravelTheir words
It’s a very interesting book, but for some reason Michio Kaku’s style doesn’t spark me as much as Briane Greene’s or Stephen Hawking’s or Neil deGrasse Tyson’s.
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The Chronicles of AmberTheir words
One of the top 3 books in my life.
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The God DelusionTheir words
Militant atheism is entertaining, but generally counter productive.
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Modern Operating SystemsTheir words
I really enjoyed reading this textbook even after finishing the corresponding course.
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DuneTheir words
No way around it — Dune is probably the best science fiction I’ve ever read.
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Lord of LightTheir words
Back in high school this book had changed the way I perceive reality and science fiction.
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The Selfish GeneTheir words
Having an interest in genetics and molecular biology, I was completely enchanted by the narrative.
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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental RevolutionaryTheir words
Nicely written and an entertaining story of Linus Torvalds and the creation of Linux kernel. I read it in high school and it definitely strengthened my interest in computer programming.
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free ProductivityTheir words
I don’t do GTD now, but the book is very good even if you don’t plan to follow the methodology to the word.
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The SilmarillionTheir words
Middle-Earth’s bible, myths and legends. Loved at the time.
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The HobbitTheir words
Having read this after LOTR, it was fun but underwhelming. Starting from scratch, it’s definitely better to start with The Hobbit.
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The Lord of the RingsTheir words
What can I say? Seems like I spent most of my free time in this universe back in high school…
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Harry Potter seriesTheir words
Ah, high school memories! Seems like this series was an important part of my childhood.
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Introduction to Assembly Language Programming: From 8086 to Pentium Processors (Undergraduate Texts in Computer Science)Their words
Dark nights, lots of coffee… This was fun!
31 March
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If global large-scale human communication continues to be concentrated within large social media platforms and content providers like YouTube, human languages may become sort of irrelevant in that space.
19 March
From one piece Related UI elements should not appear unrelated 2 beliefs · rakhim.exotext.com
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The bad thing about UI trends is that they come and go. The good thing about UI trends is that they come and go.
Related UI elements should not appear unrelatedrakhim.exotext.com
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For the tab bar, it would make sense if the currently active tab were connected to its content window, while inactive tabs remain floating bubbles
Related UI elements should not appear unrelatedrakhim.exotext.com
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From one piece Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful 3 beliefs · rakhim.exotext.com
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Windows is not a high quality product. I really wanted to like it, and I geniunely loved some aspects of it.
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The file explorer is for the most part much better than Mac's Finder. It's easier to navigate, create new files, switch views.
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It's one of the best usability features of macOS: most operations are done with cmd key, opt is consistently used for additional level of options, and neither one interferes with ctrl.
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From one piece Modern UI is clean and invisible? Ha, I wish! 2 beliefs · rakhim.exotext.com
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Designers pursuing invisibility in interfaces end up creating unintuitive, poorly-structured designs.Their words
Not because of colors or shapes, but because in their pursuit of invisibility, designers have created unintuitive, multi-dimensional structures that we are forced to navigate.
Modern UI is clean and invisible? Ha, I wish!rakhim.exotext.com
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Modern interfaces look similar across companies and industries because designers believe good UI should be invisible.Their words
And modern interfaces are so devoid of character and look the same across companies and industries because designers tend to think that good UI should be invisible.
Modern UI is clean and invisible? Ha, I wish!rakhim.exotext.com
17 November 2025
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There are two smartphone features that I consider sacred and believe they must never fail: phone calling and the alarm.
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One can experience similar change when switching from a modern soulless EV to an older car with a manual gearbox and hydraulic steering.
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From one piece AI is not another abstraction because god plays dice 2 beliefs · rakhim.exotext.com
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But we should not lie to ourselves and call it an abstraction in the same way that a programming language is an abstraction. It is a delegation of a task to a non-deterministic agent.
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AI systems are probabilistic rather than deterministic, unlike traditional programming abstractions.Their words
AI, in its current form, is not deterministic. It is a probabilistic system.
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If large-scale human communication stays concentrated on major social media platforms, human languages may become irrelevant to it.
If global large-scale human communication continues to be concentrated within large social media platforms and content providers like YouTube, human languages may become sort of irrelevant in that space.
Making human languages irrelevant Said 31 Mar 2026
In a tabbed interface, the currently active tab should appear visually connected to its content, while inactive tabs can remain visually separate.
For the tab bar, it would make sense if the currently active tab were connected to its content window, while inactive tabs remain floating bubbles
Related UI elements should not appear unrelated Said 19 Mar 2026
UI design trends are cyclical, which is both good and bad: they always come and go.
The bad thing about UI trends is that they come and go. The good thing about UI trends is that they come and go.
Related UI elements should not appear unrelated Said 19 Mar 2026
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macOS's consistent use of the cmd key for most operations, with opt for a secondary options layer, is one of its best usability features.
It's one of the best usability features of macOS: most operations are done with cmd key, opt is consistently used for additional level of options, and neither one interferes with ctrl.
Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful Said 12 Mar 2026
Windows Explorer is a better file manager overall than macOS's Finder, being easier to navigate, create files in, and switch views with.
The file explorer is for the most part much better than Mac's Finder. It's easier to navigate, create new files, switch views.
Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful Said 12 Mar 2026
Windows 11 is not a high-quality product, despite having genuinely good aspects.
Windows is not a high quality product. I really wanted to like it, and I geniunely loved some aspects of it.
Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful Said 12 Mar 2026
Modern interfaces look similar across companies and industries because designers believe good UI should be invisible.
And modern interfaces are so devoid of character and look the same across companies and industries because designers tend to think that good UI should be invisible.
Modern UI is clean and invisible? Ha, I wish! Said 16 Feb 2026
Designers pursuing invisibility in interfaces end up creating unintuitive, poorly-structured designs.
Not because of colors or shapes, but because in their pursuit of invisibility, designers have created unintuitive, multi-dimensional structures that we are forced to navigate.
Modern UI is clean and invisible? Ha, I wish! Said 16 Feb 2026
Phone calling and the alarm are the two smartphone features that must never fail.
There are two smartphone features that I consider sacred and believe they must never fail: phone calling and the alarm.
Alarm is sacred, must not fail, but iOS 26 is wicked Said 17 Nov 2025
Modern electric vehicles feel less tactile and engaging to drive than older cars with manual gearboxes and hydraulic steering.
One can experience similar change when switching from a modern soulless EV to an older car with a manual gearbox and hydraulic steering.
Benjamin Button Reviews macOS Said 17 Sept 2025
AI systems are probabilistic rather than deterministic, unlike traditional programming abstractions.
AI, in its current form, is not deterministic. It is a probabilistic system.
AI is not another abstraction because god plays dice Said 8 Sept 2025
Using an AI system to write code is delegating a task to a non-deterministic agent, not using a new layer of abstraction.
But we should not lie to ourselves and call it an abstraction in the same way that a programming language is an abstraction. It is a delegation of a task to a non-deterministic agent.
AI is not another abstraction because god plays dice Said 8 Sept 2025
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Read Introduction to Assembly Language Programming: From 8086 to Pentium Processors (Undergraduate Texts in Computer Science)
Dark nights, lots of coffee… This was fun!
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Harry Potter series
Ah, high school memories! Seems like this series was an important part of my childhood.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read The Lord of the Rings
What can I say? Seems like I spent most of my free time in this universe back in high school…
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Read The Hobbit
Having read this after LOTR, it was fun but underwhelming. Starting from scratch, it’s definitely better to start with The Hobbit.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read The Silmarillion
Middle-Earth’s bible, myths and legends. Loved at the time.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
I don’t do GTD now, but the book is very good even if you don’t plan to follow the methodology to the word.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Read Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
Nicely written and an entertaining story of Linus Torvalds and the creation of Linux kernel. I read it in high school and it definitely strengthened my interest in computer programming.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
What others say about Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary →
Loved The Selfish Gene
Having an interest in genetics and molecular biology, I was completely enchanted by the narrative.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Lord of Light
Back in high school this book had changed the way I perceive reality and science fiction.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Dune
No way around it — Dune is probably the best science fiction I’ve ever read.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Modern Operating Systems
I really enjoyed reading this textbook even after finishing the corresponding course.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read The God Delusion
Militant atheism is entertaining, but generally counter productive.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved The Chronicles of Amber
One of the top 3 books in my life.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
It’s a very interesting book, but for some reason Michio Kaku’s style doesn’t spark me as much as Briane Greene’s or Stephen Hawking’s or Neil deGrasse Tyson’s.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
The book that sparked my interest in discrete math and abstract algebra. Other books by Simon Singh are also fantastic.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Introduction to Algorithms
Spent endless hours digging through The Book. It’s very well written and organized and was a tremendous help in my CS studies.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved A Brief History of Time
Talking about quantum physics and singularity is hard. This book makes it seem easy. Loved it.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved The Design of Everyday Things
Must read not only for designers, but for software developers too, even if you develop backend exclusively. I wish everybody read it really.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
String theory for the masses. This is how popular science books should be like: interesting, enchanting, inviting.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Feynman was a Teacher. This book is as fantastic as the man himself.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Loved The Lean Startup
Of course, you can’t not read The Lean Startup if you… actually, in any case! Do read it!
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works
I prefer and recommend this over the canonical "Lean Startup"
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Read Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Good’ but can be around 500 times shorter.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved The Martian
When an engineer or a scientist decides to write science fiction, it’s usually either very bad or very good. This one is very good.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved House of Suns
One of the best sci-fi and deep space opera books for me. If you love space and scientifically ~accurate fiction — do explore Alastair Reynolds’ worlds.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Born to Run
Fascinating stories and science behind epic runners. If you’re getting into running or just interested — check this out.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
This was a great motivation when I started running, but it’s a very niche book.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Loved Ready Player One
Loved it! Geeky, nostalgic, lots of action and lots of cool ideas. The pace is great, and it’s hard to pull off in a book this large.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Lock In
Somewhat simple, but still great. I guess we’ll see a mediocre Hollywood adaptation (or a TV show perhaps) soon.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved The Fall of Hyperion
Loved Hyperion
One of the best and definitely the scariest space opera. The universe Dan Simmons had created is enchanting.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
The only regret I have is not reading this book 5 years earlier. Also, not every single teacher on the planet did read this — what a shame.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Loved Code
Woah, what a ride! An excellent explanation of how computers work, starting from scratch. Really, from scratch.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read 10% Happier
Nice and entertaining introduction to the ideas of mindfulness and meditation.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Good, concise and straight-forward exploration of spirituality. Loved it.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Read The Power of Now
You have to ignore (or interpret) some parts, but in general there is no doubt Eckhart Tolle is an enlightened being.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Mindfulness in Plain English
One of the best books on mindfulness. No frills, no BS, straight to the point. I guess, if you could pick one book in the topic, I’d go for this one.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Mindfulness for Beginners
This book is hugely popular for the reasons I can’t really understand. It’s… okay, I guess. But I don’t really think it is "for beginners".
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read A Game of Thrones
First fantasy since LOTR that pulled me in mercilessly.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
One of those cases when a nonfiction book can be 10 times shorter, but you don’t really want it to be, since is’s so fun and interesting. Author’s style is fantastic.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Out of Your Mind: Essential Listening from the Alan Watts Audio Archives
Words are tools to hide truth. I can’t say much about these recordings and books by Alan Watts. It wouldn’t be fair to do so.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Loved You're It! On Hiding, Seeking, and Being Found
Love it. Can’t get enough. The series of lectures by Alan Watts did shape a lot of my life.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Loved Just So: An Odyssey Into the Cosmic Web of Connection, Play, and True Pleasure
One of the best things I had the pleasure to listen to.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
One of the good ones. If you’re interested in mindfulness and the nature of consciousness, check this out.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Read Accidental Gods
Pretty cool idea, a somewhat rushed execution.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine
I guess you can’t go wrong with Charles Petzold. This book is excellent and highly recommended to anyone interested in computing. Must read for computer science students and software developers.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
It was a great 5 minute TED talk, but making a book out of it is meh. Very repetitive and self-conscious. Nothing new here.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Read The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success
It’s… okay.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved The Elements of Style
I wish everybody read this book. The surprising thing is that many aspects and recommendations apply to virtually any language, not specifically English.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
Feel-good meh.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Loved Thinking, Fast and Slow
It’s a great book. I wish it was shorter though.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
What a great book! A lot of interesting research and anecdotal data. Changes your perception of human behavior quite a bit. There’s also an audio version narrated by the author. And a series of free Stanford lectures available on Youtube.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Loved Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
It’s one of those things that make perfect sense once you think about it. Great book, very important premise and a short and concise explanation. Can’t recommend enough.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Read You Are Not So Smart
More like a series of blog posts than a cohesive narration, but still a fantastic book about most common cognitive gotchas.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
Can’t go wrong with Alan Watts.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Read Algorithms to Live By
One of the few books that successfully brings CS into everyday life. We need more books like this. An audiobook is also available, but this one is better on paper.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read Sophie's World
A beautiful and gentle overview of philosophy. Nice read.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Loved Creativity, Inc
I didn’t expect it to be this interesting and insightful. Great book. Recommended to anyone in the creative and managerial industry.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
Read The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys
This is a fascinating topic, and there’s a lot of BS floating around it. This book is one of the good ones.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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Read So Good They Can't Ignore You
A nicely written case against the ‘follow your passion’ advice with a well-defined career-building strategy. As many non-fiction sel-help books, could be at least 10 times shorter, but hey, it’s pretty good.
rakhim.org 16 Aug 2026
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- I wish tech companies knew more about me 3 Nov 2026 "Tech companies are spying on us" is a truism at this point. Endless articles and investigations have ensured that everybody is aware: they are spying on us, they listen to our conversations, they know more about us tha…
- Making human languages irrelevant 31 Mar 2026 If global large-scale human communication continues to be concentrated within large social media platforms and content providers like YouTube, human languages may become sort of irrelevant in that space. Sometimes I Goo…
- Related UI elements should not appear unrelated 19 Mar 2026 I know, I know, this sounds controversial. But hear me out. A few years ago a new trend in UI design emerged where related elements would appear more and more detached and unrelated to the things they are meant to point…
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- Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful 12 Mar 2026 Recently my partner's trusty old 5K iMac died after 8.5 years of service (Radeon gpu is fried). At first I thought it was finally time to get one of those cool little M4 Mac Minis, but then decided to conduct an experim…
- Modern UI is clean and invisible? Ha, I wish! 16 Feb 2026 This is an excellent video about modern UI/UX: "The Hidden Cost of 'Clean' Design." I highly recommend watching it and checking out Ilia's other work. I agree with nearly everything in the video, including this standout…
- Alarm is sacred, must not fail, but iOS 26 is wicked 17 Nov 2025 There are two smartphone features that I consider sacred and believe they must never fail: phone calling and the alarm. There is an unspoken contract between users and vendors. Sure, innovate away, change the UX at will…
- Examples are the best documentation 27 Sept 2025 When I'm searching for docs, 95% of the time a single example would suffice. Yet, 95% of the time I can't find one in any official source. It seems that by default formal technical documentation is targeted towards some…
- Benjamin Button Reviews macOS 17 Sept 2025 Apple's first desktop operating system was Tahoe. Like any first version, it had a lot of issues. Users and critics flooded the web with negative reviews. While mostly stable under the hood, the outer shell — the visual…
- AI is not another abstraction because god plays dice 8 Sept 2025 Some folks have gone all-in on AI-assisted coding. I've seen some tweets (not sure if sarcastic or real, to be honest) expressing disgust about the prospects of ever writing code by hand anymore. The common argument I h…
- Finland is a high-context society that loves defaults 14 Aug 2025 In anthropology there is a notion of high-context and low-context cultures. A high-context culture is a culture or society that communicates dominantly through the use of contextual elements, such as specific forms of b…
- AI is impressive because we’ve failed at semantic web and personal computing 8 Aug 2025 Unless someone wrote an article about that exact thing, a plain full-text search engine cannot answer a question like this: What animal is featured on a flag of a country where the first small British colony was establi…
- Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction 17 May 2025 Over the past few years, Google has done a surprisingly great job of making YouTube less interesting and engaging — and in turn, less addictive. Maybe they've got some ethical guidelines in the top management now? If so…
- But what if I really want a faster horse? 4 Apr 2025 People in tech business circles love this quote by Henry Ford: If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. The idea is to think outside the box and create entirely new markets instead of…
- How to play Half Life 1 and 2 on M-chip Macs 1 Apr 2025 Half Life and Half Life 2 are my favorite games. I've played them through multiple times. I played Half Life 1 for the first time in 1999 or 2000, can't remember. My computer at the time could barely run it. Nowadays, i…
- Knight Ride: a game about rogue (chess) knight 29 Mar 2025 I made a little puzzle game called Knight Ride. You can play it here: knightride.rakhim.org. A few months ago, I started learning game development with Godot and began building a chess-inspired game. Game development is…
- Don't make it "like Google" 26 Mar 2025 Google is usually criticized for its relentless collection of personal data. It's an important and widely discussed topic, but I’m surprised there isn’t another common criticism: its responsibility for UI & UX design an…
- Why I prefer to git stage outside of the editor or the terminal 23 Feb 2025 Sublime Merge is a fantastic Git client. I’ve been using it for years, even after switching from Sublime Text to VS Code. VS Code has excellent built-in Git support, but I still prefer a dedicated app for staging files.…
- They made computers behave like annoying salesmen 15 Jan 2025 Computers are precise machines. You can give a computer a precise command using an inhumane language, and it should perfome the command. It's not a human, and there is no point of treating it as one. The goal of humaniz…
- YouTube picks, December 2024 31 Dec 2024 I've added a new feature to Exotext which converts YouTube links into embeds (when a link is on its own line and surrounded by newlines). To test things out, here are some cool YouTube videos I've watched this month.
- How to make forbidden changes to SQLite tables 24 Dec 2024 Sometimes you need to make a change to an SQLite table which is not possible with a simple ALTER command. For example, today I realized that email_verifications table in my DB references users with a foreign key, but do…
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