Glad to know I'm not the only one interested in the music between scene transitions in Friends. Apparently, there's a name for it - Stinger
Chirps
Here's a web dev hot take:
$.ajax > fetch
Your startup website's "about" page should ideally list the founders and core team members. I shouldn't have to stalk you on LinkedIn to verify if your offering is legit.
Remember when Heroku with its distinctive myapp.herokuapp.com was the default choice for quick deployments like myapp.vercel.app is now, and people used Heroku to create invite pages for Slack communities?
The mathematician George Polya, in his 1945 book, "How to Solve It", described how asking "Can you solve a more general problem?" is a useful problem solving strategy.
Demis Hassabis taking it to heart now: "We'll solve AGI first and then use it to solve everything else."

I'm so used to Tailwind CSS now that I've forgotten many vanilla CSS incantations. It seems to be a common sentiment among Tailwind users.
Our musical tastes peak as teens, says this study and it's mostly true for me as well, although I continue to try to explore different genres of music.
 and it's mostly true for me as well, although I continue to try to explore different genres of music.](/media/images/Screenshot_2025-06-22_at_9.10.01_PM.png)
Now listening to this mesmerizing 90s song by Sting ft Cheb Mami
I listen to quite a few podcasts, but I haven't shared any of them here.
So here's an episode from one of my favourite podcasts: An underrated episode on the Piccolo ORM on Talk Python hosted by Michael Kennedy with guest Daniel Townsend.
I haven't used the Piccolo ORM in a project yet, but I'm inspired by its neat API and usage of Python's metaprogramming capabilities behind the scenes.
Rewatching one of the best tech talks of all time by Rich Harris