My name is Thomas Derflinger, I'm a freelance web programmer, and this is my blog. I write about a lot of things, but mostly web programming, DevOps, VR, and IoT.

Python APIs for web automation, testing, and bypassing bot-detection with ease. - seleniumbase/SeleniumBase

Open-source framework for exporting your personal data. - Surfer-Org/Protocol

A unified inference and post-training framework for accelerated video generation. - hao-ai-lab/FastVideo

IncludeOS allows you to run your application in the cloud without an operating system. IncludeOS adds operating system functionality to your application allowing you to create performant, secure and resource efficient virtual machines.

Universal, standards-based auth provider.

The decline in Google's search result quality? Regular users noticed the quality crisis in 2024. I hope Google corrects path in 2025!

Earlier this summer I was talking with a fellow veteran and the subject of “one-mile-in-five” on the Interstate highways came up. The vague gist is that before WWII, Germany designed it…

A modern IRC server (daemon/ircd) written in Go. Contribute to ergochat/ergo development by creating an account on GitHub.

Learn about Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types, Yjs, and how we built a collaborative, real-time playground in a web browser.

Memories of a giant-in-progress.

Inspired by the sci-fi show, the device morphs to suit its signals

an adaptable text editor. Contribute to sminez/ad development by creating an account on GitHub.

Describing established patterns for organizing design tokens and practical approaches for automation

Handling errors in Go is simple and flexible – yet no structure!
It’s supposed to be simple, right? Just return an error , wrapped with a message, and move on. Well, that simplicity quickly turns into chaotic as our codebase grows with more packages, more…

The scale of Tokyo’s ambition creates the risk of spectacular failure, but so too does succumbing to decline in a sector the nation once dominated.