Language

English words that are secretly Urdu (and vice versa)

Shampoo, pajamas, bungalow, thug — the loanwords you didn't know were loanwords, and the ones going the other direction too.

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Astro 5's content layer, in practice
WebDevTools

Astro 5's content layer, in practice

Notes from the week I migrated this very site to the new content loader API.

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Kepler → TESS → PLATO: how exoplanet hunting evolved
Astronomy

Kepler → TESS → PLATO: how exoplanet hunting evolved

Three transit missions, three different bets, and what each one was actually designed to find.

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