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Typescript 7.0 will compile 10x faster
By rewriting the Typescript compiler in Go, the Typescript team will produce a blazing-fast feature-complete compiler by the end of 2025.
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Jacob Voytko
Citigroup and extreme overpayments
In two separate incidents in April, Citigroup employees sent incorrect values to customers. The incidents are an interesting study in ergonomics.
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Jacob Voytko
Is C++ backwards compatible or not?
I went down a rabbit hole this week exploring why so many people want C++ to break backwards compatibility (which is already something it does with…
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Jacob Voytko

February 2025

Meta bets on lower developer compensation
Following layoffs, Meta cuts stock refreshers by 10% after years of almost top-of-market pay rates.
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Jacob Voytko
How I fixed my skill issue with Cursor
I had trouble being productive in Cursor until I focused on setting the LLM up for success.
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Jacob Voytko
Valve released Team Fortress 2's source code
After years of neglect, Valve gives the community everything it needs to build mods and games in perpetuity.
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Jacob Voytko
DOGE left their database unprotected
For a time, you could freely push updates to the group's homepage. And some people did!
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Jacob Voytko
Rust for Linux still contentious after 5 years
A long-time Linux maintainer calls Rust a "cancer" in the Linux codebase and tries to block crucial abstractions from entering the kernel. Another…
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Jacob Voytko
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DeepSeek struck a nerve
After rocking the world with DeepSeek, China faces potential new import/export restrictions.
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Jacob Voytko

January 2025

Write better comments by removing "we"
By removing unnecessary usages of "we" and being direct and explicit, you can increase the signal-to-noise ratio of your comments.
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Jacob Voytko
LinkedIn gets sued for ignoring their contracts
LinkedIn recently made silent updates to their privacy policy, and it tells the story that they've been violating their Premium contracts
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Jacob Voytko
create-react-app is a zombie application
create-react-app hasn't been in the official documentation for over a year, but that doesn't stop a constant flood of new developers from trying to use…
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Jacob Voytko
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