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How I built an Excel add-in to export HTML tables

An economist told me the worst part of her job is turning Excel data into HTML tables, so I built an add-in to fix it. Many software...

How To Make Hy-lang More User-Friendly

Hy(lang) is a LISP-family programming language built on top of Python. You get the rich Python language & library ecosystem, with a LISP...

Speaking schedule 2019 and beyond

I've got three conference talks coming up in Perth (Australia), London, and The Gold Coast (Australia). If you're nearby let me know - I...

Notes on "History of the Blockchain" by Nick Szabo

In November 2015 Nick Szabo gave a talk on the history of the blockchain which was dense with useful ideas. Here are some notes I took...

Joplin With Self-hosted Sync

For some time I have been looking for a writing solution with the following properties: Lets me review and make minor edits on my phone....

BEP44 For Decentralized Applications

In 2014 Arvid Norberg and Steven Siloti came up with a BitTorrent extension called BEP44. The basic purpose of BEP44 is to allow people...

Build a decentralized web chat in 15 minutes

This post originally appeared on the David Walsh blog. In this 15 minute tutorial we're going to build a simple decentralized chat...

Inkscape Animation with SVG Animation Assistant

Update! SVG Flipbook is an app doing flipbook-style layer animation with Inkscape. SVG Animation Assistant is an open source companion...

Zero Feature Software

Let's build software like an axe. feature n. A prominent or distinctive aspect, quality, or characteristic: a feature of one's...

Hashcash Auctions for Decentralized Resource Allocation

Abstract Hashcash is a mechanism for defending against spam and denial-of-service attacks in email and other decentralized systems....


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