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The article explains that using CSS classes to visually indicate element states (like `.is-invalid` or `.current-page`) creates an accessibility gap because screenreaders cannot interpret these visual cues. To solve this…
The article describes how the author improved their website's Lighthouse performance score from 48 to nearly double by optimizing web fonts and refactoring a YouTube embed. They reduced font file sizes by 56% through sub…
This article provides a step-by-step guide for setting up screen sharing on the Hyprland compositor in Arch Linux, primarily for use with OBS. It covers installing necessary packages like PipeWire, WirePlumber, and eithe…
The article describes "Rebane's Discord Pin Compressor," a simple web application that converts Discord pins into Discord messages. This tool is useful for users who have reached Discord's pin limit and need to free up s…
Notes for a CS51 guest lecture comparing OCaml and Elm, highlighting Elm's common uses in web apps, data visualization, and 3D graphics with specific library examples. It also discusses Elm's advantages in performance, a…
Side-by-side comparison of syntax differences between OCaml and Elm, covering expressions, types, functions, type aliases, and algebraic data types (ADTs). It includes code examples showing how common OCaml constructs tr…
This article provides a curated list of resources for learning assembly language, reverse engineering, malware analysis, and game hacking. It includes links to YouTube playlists, tutorials, documentation, and GitHub repo…
This article provides guidelines for naming Git branches and writing commit messages. Branch names should follow a `<type>/<name>/<issue_ID>` format using kebab-case, while commit messages should adhere to the Convention…
Instructions for removing the "Git GUI Here" and "Git Shell" options from the Windows directory and desktop context menus. It includes a method to undo the removal if desired, and notes that users must adjust the file's …
The article provides a step-by-step guide for installing the RetroArch game emulator on modern Xbox consoles (One, One S, One X, Series S, and Series X) by first enabling Developer Mode, which requires a one-time registr…
This article describes the porting of AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) v1.0.2 upscaling technology to the mpv video player as a GLSL shader. The implementation operates directly on the LUMA plane for improved perf…
This article provides a step-by-step guide for setting up a NixOS server on a Hetzner Cloud instance, including partitioning the disk, installing NixOS, and configuring an admin user with SSH access. It also explains how…
The article explains how to build a Twitch chatbot that uses Algolia search to instantly return links to a streamer's past content based on keyword commands like `!stream` or `!blog`. It outlines the process of setting u…
The article provides a step-by-step guide for replacing the default Ubuntu 20.04 operating system on an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Free Tier ARM64 instance with a Debian 10 cloud image. The process involves bootin…
The article describes a shell script (`clean_pdf.sh`) that recursively finds PDF files in a specified directory (or the current directory) and strips their top-level metadata using `exiftool` and `qpdf`. The script creat…
This article provides a step-by-step guide for installing and configuring QEMU-KVM virtualization on Arch Linux. It details the installation of necessary packages, enabling systemd services, and validating the setup with…
This article by Ben provides a humane and flexible approach to technical blogging, emphasizing that it is perfectly acceptable to blog just for fun without focusing on maximizing readership. Key advice includes starting …
The article provides a series of commands to completely remove Docker and all its associated data, containers, images, and clusters from a Linux system. It warns that verifying the Docker root directory is dangerous and …
The article provides instructions for installing and configuring Oh My Zsh with four plugins: zsh-autosuggestions, zsh-syntax-highlighting, zsh-fast-syntax-highlighting, and zsh-autocomplete. It includes commands for ins…
This article provides a C code example demonstrating how to create a Wayland client that uses the xdg-shell protocol and EGL for OpenGL rendering. The code includes setup for the Wayland display, registry, compositor, an…