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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 7,294 posts.
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Standardizing WASI: A system interface to run WebAssembly outside the web
WebAssembly is an assembly language for a conceptual machine, not a physical one. This is why it can be run across a variety of different machine architectures. WebAssembly needs a ...
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BoringTun, a Userspace WireGuard Implementation in Rust
Today we are happy to release the source code of a project we’ve been working on for the past few months. It is called BoringTun, and is a userspace implementation of the WireGuard® protocol written in Rust.
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Add detailed message to NullPointerException describing what is null
Improve the usability of NullPointerException s generated by the JVM by describing precisely which variable was null .
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PyPy v7.1 released; now uses UTF-8 internally for Unicode strings
The PyPy team is proud to release version 7.1.0 of PyPy, which includes two different interpreters: PyPy2.7, which is an interpreter s...
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A guide to threads in Node.js
While it is single-threaded, Node.js uses worker threads that allow for a separate execution thread that runs alongside the main thread.
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Calculating the mean of a list of numbers (2016)
You have a list of floating point numbers. No nasty tricks - these aren't NaN or Infinity, just normal "simple" floating point numbers.
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End-User Programming
A vision for empowered computing that reaches back forty years. Our research lab examines why it has been so hard to achieve.
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Rust in Production (2018)
How Mozilla’s new language dramatically improved our server-side performance
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The Functional Style (2018)
Functional programming explained for the pragmatic programmer. Part 1. An introduction.
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Repl.it GFX: Native graphics development in the browser
At Repl.it we live and breathe making software creation easier. With our programming environment, you could start coding in your favorite language in seconds. With live deployments, we made web hosting a breeze. With Multiplayer, we've removed the drudgery from coding with friends. And today, we're excited to bring…
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A Julia Interpreter and Debugger
The authors are pleased to announce the release of a fully-featured...
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React Router v5
React Corporate Workshops, Training, and Consulting
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Using Go Modules
An introduction to the basic operations needed to get started with Go modules.
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When pigs fly: optimising bytecode interpreters
This is part two in my series of articles about bytecode interpreters, based on a small stack virtual machine which I have nicknamed PM…
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Figma is powered by WebAssembly
Because our product is written in C++, which can easily be compiled into WebAssembly, Figma is a perfect demonstration of this new format’s power.
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2019 Guide to Cryptographic Key Sizes and Algorithm Recommendations
A simple, accessible recommendation for key sizes and recommended algorithms for various cryptographic algorithms.
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Fast, Bump-Allocated Virtual Doms with Rust and Wasm
Dodrio is a new virtual DOM library that is designed to leverage the strengths of both Wasm’s linear memory and Rust’s low-level control by making extensive use of fast bump ...
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Android Q Beta
Today we’re releasing Beta 1 of Android Q for early adopters and a preview SDK for developers. You can get started with Beta 1 today by enrolling any Pixel device (including the original Pixel and Pixel XL, which we’ve extended support for by popular demand!) Please let us know what you think! Read on for a taste of…
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How we made Haskell search strings as fast as Rust
In this post, we will describe our quest to create Alfred–Margaret, the fastest Haskell implementation of the Aho–Corasick string searching algorithm, which powers string search in Channable.
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Erlang OTP 21.3
The official home of the Erlang Programming Language
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Beginner's Guide to Attention Mechanisms and Memory Networks
SkyMind AI — humanoid robotics and the case for physical AI. Curated rather than complete: deliberate selection, checked content and clear structure…
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DTrace on Windows
Introducing DTrace on Windows 10
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