Coding

Pragmatic notes on developer tools, languages, and workflows. Shortcuts, tricks, and lessons from actually shipping code.

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BRUTAL is the free C# framework that got RimWorld off Unity

BRUTAL is the free C# framework behind RimWorld's move off Unity. What it does, what Ludeon measured, the logo rule you accept, and who should skip it.

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Jenkins is still relevant, just not for new projects

Is Jenkins still relevant in 2026? It ships a release most weeks, carries 3,610 open issues, and still runs the pipelines nobody talks about anymore.

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FluentCleaner reads the old CCleaner rules and is faster

Open source CCleaner alternative FluentCleaner reads the community winapp2.ini rule file, and it ships without ads, scareware, or fake registry fixes.

Molten orange Rust ingot on a workbench feeding one interface into a browser, desktop monitor, phone, and server

Dioxus builds web desktop and mobile apps in pure Rust

Rust cross-platform app framework Dioxus builds web, desktop, and mobile from one codebase, with hot patching, small bundles, and server functions.

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Mole replaces four Mac cleanup apps with one command

Mac cleaner terminal tool Mole rolls cleanup, uninstall, disk analysis, and live stats into one binary, with a dry run before anything is deleted.

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Best 10 HTML to Markdown converters in 2026

HTML to Markdown tools tested on 10 real pages with 273 probes. Go html-to-markdown and markdownify tie at 96 percent, pandoc trails at 76 percent.