Daily Shaarli

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Yesterday - September 4, 2026

The Expertise Trap

This is an easy trap to fall into unfortunately. Be mindful of your own biases. They might increase as you gain more expertise in a field unfortunately.

Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners

Another good crop of Ig Nobel this year! I'm not sure which one is my favorite.

The Browser's Main Thread Is Expensive

A reminder that web frontend work isn't as easy as it sounds. It brings quite some caveats and his difficult to do well. Otherwise you wonder why things stutter or render badly.

Python sets and dictionaries can have quadratic-time performance

Too often people mistake the algorithmic complexity theory for the real performances you would get. This can't be further from the truth. The memory layout trumps all. As usual you need to measure.