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A Custom Function To Rebase All Worktrees in Magit

This post shows how to use a custom function to rebase all changed worktrees into the main branch in Emacs Magit.

Direnv is All You Need to Parallelize Agentic Programming with Git Worktrees

Mastering Git worktrees with Claude Code and Codex.

Book Review: Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield

Book review of Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield.

How to Save Windows: Unsolicited Business Advice from a Concerned Former User

My advice for a fucked-up product (Windows) from Microsoft.

How To Remove Background of A Photo Using GIMP

Remove the background of you photo in 2 minutes using GIMP.

Book Review: The Way of Effortless Mindfulness

Book review of The Way of Effortless Mindfulness

Book Review: The Mom Test

Book review of The Mom Test.

Stale Reference

How to deal with stale reference in dynamic web applications.

Mindfulness Research

Mindfulness research on three types of meditations.

Lower Level Abstractions For Web Developers

Lower level abstractions for web developers (django, htmx and alpine abstractions)

Simplicity vs complexity

Simple is better than complex.

Python Design Patterns

Practical Python examples of four Gang-of-Four design patterns: observer, strategy, decorator, and flyweight — with code and explanations.

Curse of knowledge

A Virginia Woolf quote on the loneliness that comes from understanding the world too clearly.

The Golden Verses of Pythagoras

The complete 71 Golden Verses attributed to Pythagoras — a guide to virtue, self-mastery, piety, and the pursuit of divine wisdom.

Postgresql15 Django Setup

Step-by-step guide to setting up PostgreSQL 15 with Django, including database creation, user permissions, schemas, PostGIS extensions, and DATABASE_URL configuration.

On Learning

Notes on how software developers learn — covering human memory, chunking, the expert-beginner gap, spaced repetition, and the semantic wave from abstract to concrete.