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Making Postgres slower

2025351 points39 comments Databases & Data details

As an respectable unemployed person must do, I tried to make Postgres as slow as possible

State of the Web: Static Site Generators

2022161 points173 comments Web & Frontend details

Static Site Generators have been changing quickly with new trends like Jamstack. Learn more about the background of static site generators, why people use them, and the current state of them, with information on modern SSGs like Eleventy, Next.js, SvelteKit, and Astro.

State of the Web: Deno

2022147 points114 comments Web & Frontend details

What is Deno, why does it matter, and how is it currently used for server-side JavaScript?

JavaScript Benchmarking Is a Mess

2024133 points83 comments Software Engineering details

Design decisions core to JavaScript have caused a multitude of problems for benchmarking. Is there a solution to this?