“It’s so dark, I thought to myself as I pushed myself up out of bed and stumbled toward the bathroom. What time is it? What day? I know it’s the new year, 2022, but man this is starting off weird.”

TS: Jan 4, 2021 04:12 p.m.
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I used to think I was getting better. 

I was writing daily, I had a longish streak going, and I felt a twinge of satisfaction when I'd see my triple-digit collection grow.

But, I wasn't the best. Plenty of people had writing streaks 10x as long as mine. Then, of course,...

I have a button on my web site. When you push it, it submits your email and password and logs you in to the site.

This process is called authentication - as  abrahamKim pointed out in a comment on another post. It's different than...

You can read about APIs and not understand them. This is especially true if you don't use them and don't program. Even knowing the term API does little for you. It's the equivalent of knowing CIA. You can understand the words, but you don't really know how it works.

If I...

There's actually no fame going on here, but a countdown timer set to 15 is ticking away on my left. Llamalife.co founder Marie Ng has created a tool that's super friendly - and only going to get better ( but it's already really good. )

Llamalife is a web app that...

People want more control in their life. It's scary to feel out of control. Ever driven on snow? Ever gotten fired or laid off from a job with bills to pay and no savings? Surprises cause us to sense fear and they can trigger the parts of our brain that...

That's how much I reduced the noise on Twitter last night before bed. I had to tap unfollow - and then confirm for over 1,400 people. 

That's the how. Here's the why.

It's easy to follow. A single tap, no confirm. I see somebody doing or saying something interesting and I follow....

Write a story by half.

When you can't think of all the words to say, start with half. Instead of long sentences choose the short ones. They can get shorter and shorter. Really short, even. Wow! Now, for the main event.

Our friend loves the thrill of racing around in an electric...

In code, eventually you get to a place where you need to move data around. To do that, you need to organize. Think about how important "moving boxes" are when you're leaving one residence for another. Yeah, you can't just have clothes and silverware thrown into the truck randomly -...

I remember learning about objects as I trudged through programming lessons. Most people try to explain how they're like real-life objects. Examples included a person, a bike or a house. The house was used often when trying to explain the term "classes" - because they're "kinda like blueprints".

Of course, when...