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2021
October 20	@levelsio and survivorship bias in: business
July 25	Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app in: sumatra, programming
June 27	How I use Roam Research
2019
May 1	The things we do to ship desktop software in: programming
April 5	Lessons learned porting 50k loc from Java to Go in: programming, go
March 25	Trade offs in designing versatile log format in: programming, go
2018
October 13	How I implemented Oembed Proxy for GitHub in: programming, software
July 30	Powering a blog with Notion and Netlify in: notion
23	How I reverse engineered Notion API in: notion
18	Advanced web spidering with Puppeteer in: programming
January 31	Fuzzing Markdown parser written in Go in: go, programming
2017
December 24	57 MicroConf videos for self-funded software businesses in: business
November 20	How to install latest clang (6.0) on Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) / WSL in: unix
7	Guide to predefined macros in C++ compilers (gcc, clang, msvc etc.) in: programming, c++
August 4	Tutorial for github.com/kjk/flex Go package (implementation of CSS flexbox algorithm) in: go
2	Experience porting 4.5k loc of C to Go (Facebook's CSS flexbox implementation Yoga) in: go
July 23	Using MySQL in Docker for local testing In Go in: go
20	Rotate log files daily in Go in: go
17	Simple serialization format for logging and analytics in Go in: go
13	Embedding build number in Go executable in: go
9	3 ways to iterate in Go in: go
2	HTTPS for free in Go, with little help of Let's Encrypt in: go
June 23	Solo founders with profitable businesses, collected stories in: business
23	Advanced command execution in Go with os/exec in: go
21	Generating good unique ids in Go in: go
February 11	Blueprint for deploying web apps on CoreOS in: devops, go
January 4	Analyzing browserify bundles to minimize JavaScript bundle size in: programming, javascript
2016
October 23	Optimizing JavaScript by using arrays instead of objects in: programming, javascript
2015
June 3	Extracting files from .7z archives in Go in: go, programming
February 12	Accessing GitHub API from Go in: go, programming
12	Go package for better guid generation in: go, programming
2014
December 11	Improving speed of SMAZ compressor by 2.6x/1.5x in: go, programming
3	Tip for per-test verbose logging in Go in: programming, go
October 29	SumatraPDF 3.0 released in: releasenotes, sumatra
May 14	SumatraPDF 2.5.2 released in: releasenotes, sumatra
2013
October 30	Using Fabric for deploying server software in: programming
29	Pigz windows port 2.3.1 released in: software, releasenotes
27	The Silver Searcher windows port in: software
3	SumatraPDF 2.4 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
March 20	How I ported pigz from Unix to Windows in: programming
19	Pigz windows port in: software
2012
December 31	Thoughts on Go after writing 3 websites in: go, programming
25	SumatraPDF 2.2 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
16	Design and implementation of translation system for desktop software in: programming, sumatra
November 26	Speeding up Go with custom allocators in: go, programming
October 22	Hiding duplicate content from your site via robots.txt in: webdev
September 16	How I sped up Go by 20% (or is Go really slower than Java?) in: go, programming
May 4	Websites with free ePub and mobi ebooks in: sumatra
3	SumatraPDF 2.1 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
April 15	Buying a certificate for signing windows applications in: programming
2	SumatraPDF 2.0 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
2011
December 9	A list of chm readers/viewers for Windows in: software, windows
November 30	Showing html from memory in embedded web control on windows in: note, win32, programming
24	SumatraPDF 1.9 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
September 18	SumatraPDF 1.8 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
July 17	SumatraPDF 1.7 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
June 30	How to make software crash less in: programming
1	Experience porting 4k lines of C code to go in: go, programming
May 30	SumatraPDF 1.6 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
14	Easy vs. probable or how to make money with software in: programming, business
7	90% of success is showing up - a proof
April 23	SumatraPDF 1.5 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
March 12	SumatraPDF 1.4 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
10	XML is really, really slow in: programming
February 8	My social marketing failure in: software, business, sumatra
7	SumatraPDF 1.3 released in: sumatra, releasenotes
6	Writing a custom installer for Windows software in: sumatra, programming
2010
December 19	Executable compressors comparisons: upx 3.07w vs. mpress 2.17 in: sumatra, programming
5	Which technology for writing desktop software? in: programming
3	SumatraPDF 1.2 released in: sumatra
November 24	Using averages - a common performance measurement mistake in: programming
5	8 habits for becoming a better programmer in: programming
October 26	Simple duplicate post detection for your blog, forum or commenting software in: programming
24	Value your time in: productivity
3	Startup management lessons from “The Social Network” in: business
2	Marketing lessons from WebP launch in: business
August 13	SEO is harder than you think in: marketing, business
July 25	Comparing program versions (in C# and Python) in: programming, c#, python
24	Searching for available DBA name in San Francisco in: business
23	Introduction to PartCover - a short manual in: .net
7	Tools that find bugs in c and c++ code via static code analysis in: programming, c, c++
June 13	Go vs. Python for a simple web server in: python, go
May 20	SumatraPDF 1.1 release in: sumatra
5	How to accept online payments in: business
3	Summary of talk on continuous deployment in: programming
2	uISV stories in: business
April 20	Productivity ideas in: productivity
19	E-books economics in: business
18	BitTorrent-based, large file distribution for HTTP in: idea
January 4	You have to implement to understand
2	Best captcha is exotic captcha
2009
November 18	SumatraPDF 1.0 released in: sumatra
1	15minutes for mac updated in: software
July 20	Sumatra 0.9.4 release in: sumatra
June 4	Network drives, .net, security and virtualbox in: .net, c#
March 14	Forcing basic http authentication for HttpWebRequest (in .NET/C#) in: .net, c#
13	Setting up s3 logging in: aws
8	Parsing s3 log files in python in: aws, python
7	Compacting s3 aws logs in: aws, python
5	How content-based addressing can help web performance
February 24	ssh tips in: ssh, unix, svn, reference
24	Where do bugs come from? in: programming
22	Summary of David Ditzel talk on binary translation in: talk, summary
20	Exporting data from EverNote
18	App Engine as generic web host in: appengine
18	Profiling tools for C/C++ on windows, mac and linux in: debugging, profiling, programming
2008
December 13	Mac program scheduling (like crontab) in: mac
October 2	SumatraPDF 0.9.3 released in: sumatra
August 24	SumatraPDF 0.9.1 released in: sumatra
11	SumatraPDF 0.9 released in: sumatra
11	Results of tweaking compiler flags before 0.9 release in: sumatra, optimization, programming
July 27	realloc() on Windows vs. Linux in: programming, optimization
May 28	SumatraPDF 0.8.1 release in: sumatra
April 16	Remapping Page Up and Page Down on Mac to move a cursor in: mac
7	gflags - a debugging story in: programming, debugging, win32
4	Variadic Macros (C++) in: visual studio, c++
March 27	making unix user a sudoer in: unix
20	Reverse DNS lookup in: unix, networking
19	backtrace_symbols() and -rdynamic in gcc in: programming, mac, gcc
15	Objective-C patterns in: objective c, cocoa
13	Valgrind basics in: unix, debugging, programming
13	enabling coredumps in: unix, debugging
January 6	Logging in WinDBG in: debugging, windbg
3	Sumatra 0.8 released in: sumatra
2007
July 29	Sumatra PDF 0.7 released in: sumatra
June 24	Sane #include hierarchy for C and C++ in: programming, c, c++
April 29	SumatraPDF 0.6 released in: sumatra
29	A debugging story in: debugging, windbg
13	Few things I’ve learned when writing Sumatra PDF in: sumatra
11	2 great books and one not so great
March 4	SumatraPDF 0.5 released in: sumatra
February 19	SumatraPDF 0.4 released in: sumatra
15	memset() considered harmful in: programming
2006
November 26	Sumatra PDF 0.3 released in: sumatra
22	Talk on designing good APIs in: programming
September 21	Navigating source code in large programs
6	Gdb basics in: gdb, unix, programming
2	On how I improved Sumatra performance by ~60% in: sumatra, optimization, programming, profiling
August 17	A simple captcha scheme
16	Paradox of bad comments
14	Performance optimization story in: programming, optimization
6	Sumatra PDF 0.2 released in: sumatra
June 6	Short tutorial on svn propset for svn:externals property in: svn
3	Sumatra PDF is born in: sumatra
March 17	Designing web forums software
11	Document your software
February 11	C portability notes in: c, programming
January 29	Embedding binary resources on Windows in: win32, c, programming
25	Make C code safe for C++ in: c, c++, programming
13	Basics of writing DOS .bat batch files in: reference
13	Compile-time asserts in C in: c, programming
2005
December 31	High-resolution timer for timing code fragments in: win32, c, programming
30	Accurate timers on Windows in: win32, programming
30	Local DNS modifications on Windows (/etc/hosts equivalent) in: windows
27	Another lesson in entrepreneurship in: business
27	Serialization in C# in: c#, .net
October 26	Code-name Monad and the value of different perspective
2004
July 1	Review of “Hot text - web writing that works” in: book, review
2003
December 7	Making money with shareware software in: business
2	Royalties in game business in: business
October 20	Marketing and shareware articles in: business
13	A shameless rip-off, or what did you expect?
September 7	Not as happy as you thought you will be
July 9	How much can you make writing computer books
3	O’Reilly on software
June 30	Programmers don’t steal enough
27	Software can always be better
12	Writing to sell in: business, writing
11	On difference between amateur and professional shareware in: business
May 10	Carmack on creativity in: quotes
2002
November 17	Good programming practices
6	How to refuse features
5	How to sell software
September 17	You’ll have a job
9	You won’t make money blogging
August 27	The future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed
July 26	Principle of good design: discoverability in: ui design
23	Open Source is Philanthropy in: quote, business
19	Bugs and eyeballs in: quote, programming
17	Laws of marketing #22 (resources)
16	Laws of marketing #21 (acceleration)
16	Laws of marketing #20 (hype)
14	Laws of marketing #19 (failure)
14	Laws of marketing #18 (success)
13	Laws of marketing #17 (unpredictability)
13	Laws of marketing #16 (singularity)
12	Laws of marketing #15 (candor)
12	Fine interview with Marcelo Tosatti
12	Laws of marketing #14 (attributes)
11	Laws of marketing #13 (sacrifice)
11	Laws of marketing #12 (line extension)
11	Laws of marketing #11 (perspective)
10	Laws of marketing #10 (division)
10	Laws of marketing #9 (opposite)
7	Laws of marketing #8 (duality)
7	Laws of marketing #7 (ladder)
7	Laws of marketing #6 (exclusivity)
6	Laws of marketing #5 (focus)
6	Laws of marketing #4 (perception)
5	Laws of marketing #3 (mind)
4	Laws of marketing #2 (category)
2	Laws of marketing #1 (leadership)
June 16	On “The 22 Immutable Laws Of Marketing” in: book
1	Summary of the book "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing"
February 11	Engineering school (summary of Rick Catell talk)
January 1	What I've learned from "After the Gold Rush"
2001
August 29	Things I Learned the Hard Way: Engineering and Computer Science in the Real World