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The Open Source Initiative Did Not Win Neo4j vs. PureThink
everywhere it looks, OSI sees itself, and in triumph
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 49,221 posts.
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On the Weaponisation of Open Source
First of all I need the preface this article on how much I abhor the Russian invasion of Ukraine and I wholeheartedly support the sanctions. However, I think the conflict has spilled over into areas of software development that have got some unintended consequences attached. As part of this post, I’m going to look at…
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How I learned to stop worrying and structure all writing as a list
We like lists because they are an objectively good way to organize information. They allow readers to quickly and easily get what they want.
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I'm Too Risk-Averse for Index Investing
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Stock Market
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Kharkiv Rubyist during the war: We are still here
To not become "old news," I write to the Ruby community in days of war Russia leads against my country.
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Should you work fixed hours, even if you have a flexible schedule?
The beauty of having a flexible schedule, when you are a freelancer, remote worker, or consultant, is being able to work whenever you like. When traveling, you can spend the whole day touring and working at night. Or maybe working in the morning and night, and enjoying the evenings. Whatever you want, it’s your call…
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Random number generator enhancements for Linux 5.17 and 5.18
The random number generator has undergone a few important changes for Linux 5.17 and 5.18, in an attempt to modernize both the code and the cryptography used. The smaller part of these will be released with 5.17 on Sunday, while the larger part will be merged into 5.18 on Monday, which should receive its first release…
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Down the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole
I’m writing this to share my experience adapting to weird keyboards and layouts.
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Building games through natural language using OpenAI’s code-DaVinci model
TL;DR: OpenAI has a new code generating model that’s improved in a number of ways and can handle nearly two times as much text (4,000 tokens.) I built several small games and applications without t…
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Hot-code reloading on macOS/arm64 with Zig
Jakub Konka's weblog about programming, game theory, maths, and more.
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Photography is not Objective, Art is a Set of Choices
Art is not perception
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MySQL now shows its thread names at OS level for better troubleshooting
Starting from v8.0.27, the MySQL daemon shows its thread names at the OS level too, for better troubleshooting. The MySQL 8.0.27 release notes say this: To assist monitoring and troubleshooting, the Performance Schema instrumentation is now used to export names of instrumented threads to the operating system. This…
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Semiconductors are more than just processors and GPUs
If you ask a software developer the question 'What are some example uses of semiconductors?', they'll probably mention 'silicon chips', like the ones found in processors or graphics cards. Indeed, this is probably the answer that I would have given just a couple years ago, but I have since become enlightened as to the…
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MaskerAid iOS App
I am overjoyed to announce MaskerAid, my latest iOS app, which you can use to quickly and easily add emoji to images.
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The Asymmetry of Open Source
A comprehensive guide to funding open source software projects
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C Isn't a Programming Language Anymore
Phantomderp and I have both recently been very aligned on a particular subject: being extremely angry about C ABIs and trying to fix them . Where we’re not aligned is why we’re mad about them.
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Deno Is Webby
The Deno team recently shipped Deno by example : Deno by example is a collection of annotated examples for how to use Deno, and the various features it…
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Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored
Aristocratic tutoring I: Explaining the decline of genius
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Technical Time Travel: On Vintage Programming Books
A look at three relics of a not-quite-bygone era. In picture-listicle form.
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Browser in the Browser (BITB) Attack
Providing security research and red team techniques
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Be good to your mentors
Mentor relationships can be absolutely wonderful over the arc of a career. This is a simple way to think about finding and keeping good mentors.
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Update Firmware of Samsung SSDs in Linux
Firmware flash Samsung SSD or NVMe directly from Linux without needing broken Samsung ISO boot environment!
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What is: Linux keyring, gnome-keyring, Secret Service, and D-Bus (2019)
What are Linux keyring, gnome-keyring, Secret Service, and D-Bus - a brief overview and usage examples
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The first RISC-V portable computer is now available
The DevTerm R-01 is a RISC-V based "slabtop" computer.
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Vim Reference Guide
Concise learning resource for beginner to intermediate level Vim users