Jacob WoliverSoftware engineer, project builder, and writer.https://www.jmw.sh/en-USGoogle's Stance on Advertising in 1998; The case for Kagihttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/google-advertising-and-kagi/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/google-advertising-and-kagi/What Google’s original paper said about advertising, and why Kagi’s incentives feel different.Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThui: A visual alternative to history written in Rusthttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/hui/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/hui/A Rust terminal UI for searching and copying commands from shell history.Thu, 18 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTJacob on the Shortness of Lifehttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/jacob-on-the-shortness-of-life/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/jacob-on-the-shortness-of-life/A short reflection on Seneca, time, and the importance of starting now.Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTUnderstanding History and Trade-offshttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/understanding-history-and-trade-offs/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/understanding-history-and-trade-offs/Why understanding the history behind abstractions reveals their real trade-offs.Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTGuiding Principleshttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/guiding-principles/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/guiding-principles/Lessons from balancing work, school, health, and an exciting research opportunity.Mon, 09 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTPlaying with Generics in Go: Making Event Payloads More Extensiblehttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/playing-with-generics-in-go/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/playing-with-generics-in-go/Exploring Go generics through a more extensible approach to typed event payloads.Sat, 07 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTUpload Multiple Files with Gohttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/upload-multiple-files-with-go/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/upload-multiple-files-with-go/Exploring concurrent uploads before using multipart/form-data for atomic multi-file requests.Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMTOptimize for the Common Casehttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/optimize-for-the-common-case/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/optimize-for-the-common-case/How optimizing the common case in computing can guide meaningful everyday improvements.Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTEnjoy the Processhttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/enjoy-the-process/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/enjoy-the-process/On slowing down, choosing meaningful work, and learning to enjoy the process.Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTEuler’s Method and Approximating the Futurehttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/eulers-method-and-approximating-the-future/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/eulers-method-and-approximating-the-future/Using Euler’s method as a model for taking small, intentional steps toward a better future.Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTVGDownloader: Download Any Video Game Soundtrackhttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/vgdownloader/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/vgdownloader/Building a concurrent Go CLI for downloading video game soundtracks.Sun, 20 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMTStackOverflow Prettifier: Make StackOverflow Not Badhttps://www.jmw.sh/blog/stackoverflow_prettifier/https://www.jmw.sh/blog/stackoverflow_prettifier/A Firefox extension that removes distracting parts of Stack Overflow.Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT