Email obfuscation: What works in 2024?

Email obfuscation: What works in 2024?

I spent a year testing email obfuscation techniques. Here’s what I found out.

The typographic scale

The typographic scale

The typographic scale is the bedrock of modern typography, used for centuries to choose harmonious font sizes. But there are flaws in those historical values.

Approximate a circle with cubic Bézier curves

Approximate a circle with cubic Bézier curves

Bézier curves are often used to generate smooth curves because Bézier curves are computationally inexpensive and produce high-quality results. The circle can be closely approximated using a cubic Bézier curve that is constructed to minimize the radial deviation from a circle.

The egg problem

The egg problem

The egg problem is a classic programming challenge. However, there is a mathematical solution. You can solve this problem analytically, even in the general case with eggs.

[PHP] How to handle a fatal error

[PHP] How to handle a fatal error

Many issues cannot be caught by a simple try-catch block. However, with the right combination of techniques, we can catch everything—including a fatal error.

[Linux] Move your Firefox profiles to RAM

[Linux] Move your Firefox profiles to RAM

Firefox can write huge amounts of data to your SSD every day, even if you only lightly browse the web. Extend the life of your SSD by moving your Firefox profiles to RAM.

Logic as algebra

Logic as algebra

In classical propositional logic, proofs are often made using the rules of inference, or using the tableaux and resolution methods. However, there is another way to construct proofs: one that treats logic as algebra.

Serialize a binary tree in minimal space

Serialize a binary tree in minimal space

The natural way to serialize a binary tree requires bits to store a binary tree with nodes. However, it’s possible to reduce this to bits, with the help of the Catalan numbers. This is the minimal space needed to serialize an arbitrary binary tree with nodes.

Symmetric senary

Symmetric senary

Symmetric senary is a tiny numeral system which is intended for people to use in their everyday life. It is especially useful for dividing things up in practical ways, and easily estimating things like tips and mileage without ever needing a calculator.

Earth calendar

Earth calendar

The Earth calendar is an almost perfectly-regular calendar that tracks the Earth’s climate and constellations more closely than the Gregorian calendar. The same calendar can be used year after year. Every month starts on the same day of the week, and the year is nearly evenly divisible into halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, and twelfths. The weekend comes a day early, without reducing your wages, and you get an extended weekend four times every year.