Copying and pasting from Console is annoying but there is a better way. The Console variable $_ contains the last result. You can use this with the copy() command to copy the data to the clipboard without having to highlight it.

Today I learned that MacOS can remove backgrounds from images, much like remove.bg does. All you need to do is right-click an image and select Quick Actions > Remove Background. For example, it turned this image into this one:

One of the things I always loved about the web is its immediacy. You write a piece of code, publish it somewhere and people can access it. No compilation step, no packaging and distribution, no listing on marketplaces or app stores – just a push of the button. This gives people a wrong impression that […]

Currently we are in a huge round of tech layoffs that are reminiscent of the first .com crash in the beginning of the century. Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and now Google announced layoffs in the 10k range and it seems no one is spared. New people as well as people who have been at companies for […]

The web has replaced and outlived a lot of closed technologies because of its resilience. Its underlying technologies are simple and sturdy and one of its main design principles is to – no matter what happens – never punish the user for developer mistakes. User needs come before the needs of web page authors, which […]