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A Primer on Proxies
A technical dive into traditional TCP proxying over HTTP
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Deno 1.20
Deno 1.20 increases performance, auto-compresses http responses, adds 'deno task', adds 'deno bench', allows import maps in deno.json, and more
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Flutter is better than React Native in all the ways that don’t matter
*…in all the ways that don’t matter.
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New Capabilities for GPT-3: Edit and Insert
We’ve released new versions of GPT-3 and Codex which can edit or insert content into existing text, rather than just completing existing text.
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Go 1.18
Go 1.18 adds generics, native fuzzing, workspace mode, performance improvements, and more.
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Strype, a Python frame-based editor
A frame-based Python editor for the BBC micro:bit
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New WebKit features in Safari 15.4
With over 70 additions to WebKit, Safari 15.4 is packed with new web technologies, updates, and fixes.
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Why I Prefer Makefiles over Package.json Scripts
Does your package.json file have a large scripts section? If you have more than a handful of extremely simple npm scripts, try Makefiles.
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The Future of Kubernetes
Kubernetes is ubiquitous in container orchestration, and its popularity has yet to weaken. This does, however, not mean that evolution in the container orchestration space is at a stand-still.
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Shopify's Data Science and Engineering Foundations (2020)
Shopify’s Data team uses these foundational approaches to data warehousing and analysis empowering us to deliver the best results for our ecosystem.
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“Compiling” Music
Text input (LilyPond – Music notation for everyone)
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Postgres Auditing in 150 lines of SQL
PostgreSQL has a robust set of features which we can leverage to create a generic auditing solution in 150 lines of SQL.
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PipeWire: A year in review and a look ahead
The PipeWire project made major strides over the past few years, bringing shiny new features, and paving the way for new possibilities in the Linux multimedia scene.
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Introduction to GPUs with OpenGL
Nowadays, we have amazing engines like Unity and Unreal. But how does this work exactly? Learning 3D rendering or building your own engine is a daunting task. While there are some tutorials out there,
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Interop 2022: browsers working together to improve the web for developers
Learn more about how all browser vendors, and other stakeholders, have come together to solve the top browsers compatibility issues identified by web developers. Interop 2022 will improve the experience of developing for the web in 15 key areas.
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We automatically fixed thousands of Ruby 2.7 deprecation warnings
The upgrade to Ruby 2.7 for GitLab involved thousands of deprecation warnings across hundreds of files. Here's how we fixed most of them.
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Pair Programming Antipatterns
What you shouldn't do when pair programming.
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Speeding up Go's built-in JSON encoder for large arrays of objects
I was looking into some of octosql 's benchmarks the other day and noticed a large chunk of time in DataStation / dsq is spent in encoding JSON objects. JSON is an intermediate format in DataStation and it's pretty inefficient. But the reason it's used is because almost every scripting language supported by…
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Why enterprise software is bloated
People are often baffled why enterprise software is slow, uses lots of memory, and is generally a pain to work with. Before starting mailbox.my, I did work at a large enterprise software company, so I hope to offer some insights with this post. Most of this actually applies to software in general.
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CXX-Qt: Safe Rust bindings for Qt
Binding Rust with Qt in a safe and idiomatic way using CXX as bridge, macro expansion, and code generation through CXX-Qt
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Things you don't need JavaScript for
Javascript can do a lot, but it's really over-used. HTML and CSS are surprisingly powerful on their own, so let's have a look at some of the things you can achieve without Javascript (or a backend) - from animated diagrams to dark mode.
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AWS Lambda adds supports for .NET 6
We are excited to add support for .NET 6 to Lambda. It’s fast to get started or migrate existing functions to .NET 6, with many new features in .NET 6 to take advantage of. Read the Lambda Developer Guide for more getting started information.
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Gitlab Critical Security Release
GitLab release announcements and feature highlights.
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Rails adds support for Fiber-safe ActiveRecord ConnectionPools
ActiveRecord's ConnectionPool is now fiber-safe! Configure config.active_support.isolation_level for better throughput.
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A Shader Trick
(I was sending an email today about a simple trick we use in the shader system, and it seemed easy and useful to share that email publicly, so, here you go!)