HN blogs - 31/10/23
Solutions should resemble goals, not problems https://www.adamgrant.info/Being+a+Better+Human/On+Solving (HN source)
The beautiful mind of Sam Bankman-Fried https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/10/26/the-beautiful-mind-of-sam-bankman-fried/ (HN source)
Using pure functions as views (with Htmx and alpine.js) https://cri.dev/posts/2023-10-16-functions-as-views-javascript-node-javascript-template-htmx-alpine/ (HN source)
Wolf, goat and cabbage problem TLA+ modeling https://blog.fponzi.me/2023-10-30-wolf-goat-cabbage.html (HN source)
Lessons learned from running GPT-4 on lots of data using the same task https://swizec.com/blog/i-tried-generative-ai-on-lots-of-data-and-we-re-not-quite-there-yet/ (HN source)
This Didn't Have to Happen https://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=12428 (HN source)
How I Save $0 a Month Hosting Open Source Software in the Cloud https://samc1213.github.io/2023/10/27/selfhosting/ (HN source)
The Role of the Control Flow Graph in Static Analysis https://nicolo.dev/en/blog/role-control-flow-graph-static-analysis/ (HN source)
Why does code die so soon? https://code.davidv.eu/articles/why-does-code-die-so-soon (HN source)
Hunting a spooky Ethernet driver bug https://www.mattkeeter.com/blog/2023-10-31-dma/ (HN source)
Product Hack: Asking 'What's the Why?' https://jakeworth.com/whats-the-why/ (HN source)
Optical or Digital: Minimum focusing distance on iPhone 15 Pro Max 5x camera https://davidnelson.net/2023/10/minimum-focusing-distance-on-iphone-15-pro-max-5x-camera/ (HN source)
Why is building a to-do list app so darn hard? https://www.jemoka.com/posts/kbhtodo_lists/ (HN source)
Auto-generating a History page for a static personal website https://blog.ericlondr.es/history-page.html (HN source)
It's Daylight Confusion Week https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2023/10/29/daylight-confusion-time/#UTC (HN source)
From Weakness to Strength https://tynan.com/tostrength/ (HN source)