5 Quick Links for Devs: Week 19, 2026

A web page that shows you everything the browser told it without asking

Every time we surf the net there are enormous wads of information about you and the device you're using being passed silently along the wire. This page turns that tacit, obfuscated information into plain English, and it can be quite jarring to see the data that can be derived just from visiting a url. 

Write some software, give it away for free

Not everything should be monetized. As developers, we rely upon OSS and should also consider taking time to give back to the ecosystem with free software as a gift to the community. 

The vi family

A comprehensive list of the vi family of text editors, from the original ex/vi through to neovim and Helix

10 Lessons for Agentic Coding

A sensible 'middle-path' approach for developers embracing agentic coding without getting drunk on the Koolaid. 

Just Fucking Use Go

Go feels boring, and that's a feature, not a bug.