How I made a kick-ass cover for my self-published book

There are two conflicting forces in play in setting up your computer environment: It’s worthwhile to pursue small improvements in frequently used tools. It’s not productive to get stuck tweaking your setup endlessly. It’s common to find people get stuck at the extreme ends of the spectrum; some programmers refuse to configure or learn their tools...

It’s time for my 15th yearly review. Nerdy things I enjoyed I read a lot of fantasy books this year! My favorite new series were The Kingkiller Chronicle, Gentlemen Bastards series, and The Stormlight Archive. If you’re curious about Sanderson’s books but a little apprehensive about jumping into a massive series such as The Stormlight Archive...

Although I’m a big Elixir fan, the lack of static typing has always been my biggest annoyance (and why I think Gleam is so cool). I think static typing helps catch bugs earlier and in an automated way, leading to less buggy software and saves time in the long run. To my great joy Elixir is working on a new type system that will hopefully give us...

This is the keyboard layout I’m using for my custom keyboard that I generated, printed, and hand-wired. It’s a minimalistic keyboard of 35 keys and features an integrated trackball on the right-hand side. The keyboard layout started out as a direct copy of the T-34 keyboard layout, with some small modifications from the 34-key keyboard T-34 was...

The Cybershard keyboard. What comes to mind when you see the description “the ultimate keyboard”? There are many keyboards in this world; here are some that might fit the “ultimate” moniker: Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate mechanical keyboard DataHand Ergodox EZ Glove80 Happy Hacking Keyboard Model M Keyboard Stenotype keyboards. Ultimate Hacking...