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Rachel by the Bay

rachelbythebay.com

Popular posts: 128
Total points: 36,485
HN comments: 20,042
Rank: #11 personal

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Systems & Performance 50 Career & Management 46 Software Engineering 27 Networking & Internet 19 Life, Learning & Writing 18 Security & Privacy 14

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I mortgaged my future with a Mac

2013118 points126 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

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A mystery with memory leaks and a magic number

2016117 points8 commentscited by 5Systems & Performance details

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Port-scanning the fleet and trying to put out fires

2024116 points28 comments Security & Privacy details

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WireGuard: Great protocol, but skip the Mac app

2020115 points104 comments Networking & Internet details

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IRC: Run it or use it, but try to avoid doing both

2021114 points27 comments Networking & Internet details

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Tripping over the potholes in too many libraries

2020112 points56 comments Software Engineering details

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Non-uniform memory access meets the OOM killer

2018109 points69 comments Systems & Performance details

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Shenanigans in the Microkitchen

2019102 points108 comments Life, Learning & Writing details