A developer's blog about building Owlbear Rodeo, a virtual tabletop for role-playing games, covering design decisions like map alignment tools, automatic fog detection, and reflections on the developer's early programming history. Readers get detailed insight into the tradeoffs and features behind a niche TTRPG software product.
Website: https://blog.owlbear.rodeo/
Weekly updates from the creator of Have I Been Pwned covering data breaches, cybercrime arrests, and his own development work on the service. Readers get a first-hand, opinionated view of the security landscape, including commentary on AI hype versus real-world breach evidence.
Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Overflow and Discourse, writes personal essays on programming, online communities and the human side of technology. Recent issues cover Stack Overflow's legacy in the age of LLMs, a conference talk, and his new TWiT show.
Ryan Singer, author of Shape Up, shares practical guidance on defining software before hiring developers, separating framing (choosing work and getting buy-in) from shaping (specifying mechanics for building). Issues include a primer on documenting business logic and a real-world end-to-end Shape Up case study.
This blog from GitGuardian covers secrets management, credential security, and non-human identities, with research on leaked API keys in AI tools and the company's Good Samaritan notification program. Readers get practical security frameworks and data on how credentials leak across code, endpoints, and AI agents.
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