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Lisp and Haskell (2017)
How I finally decided what is better (for me), Lisp or Haskell?
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 1,274 posts.
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Basics of Futexes
The futex (short for "Fast userspace mutex") mechanism was proposed by Linux contributors from IBM in 2002 [1] ; it was integrated into the kernel in late 2003. The main idea is to enable a more efficient way for userspace code to synchronize multiple threads, with minimal kernel involvement.
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How to build an NPM worm
npm is a registry and package manager for JavaScript that ships as part of Node.js . It's used by tens of millions of people to install hundreds of thousands of packages billions of times every week.
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Postmortem for Malicious Packages Published on July 12th, 2018
A pluggable and configurable linter tool for identifying and reporting on patterns in JavaScript. Maintain your code quality with ease.
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Why Kubernetes Is the New Application Server
Kubernetes and related technologies, such as Red Hat OpenShift and Istio, provide the non-functional requirements that used to be part of an application server and the additional capabilities
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Show HN: Solving Rush Hour, the 6x6 Sliding Block Puzzle
Rush Hour is a 6x6 sliding block puzzle invented by Nob Yoshigahara in the 1970s. It was first sold in the United States in 1996.
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Why Isn't Debugging Treated as a First-Class Activity?
Robert O'Callahan. Christian. Kiwi. Software guy. All content human-authored unless otherwise noted.
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Goodbye Microservices: From 100s of problem children to 1 superstar
Discover Twilio’s shift to a single powerful service! Learn cloud communication trends, customer success stories, and how to build scalable apps. Join now!
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Building a Program Synthesizer
Build a program synthesis tool, to generate programs from specifications, in 20 lines of code using Rosette.
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Introducing Jib — Build Java Docker images better
By Appu Goundan and Qingyang Chen Containers are bringing Java developers closer than ever to a "write once, run anywhere" workflow, but c...
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Writing a Game Boy emulator
I've always wanted to write an emulator from scratch, but I've held off for a long time because it's probably the most advanced programming project I've ever wanted to do.
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Making a low level Linux debugger, part 3: our first program
This continues a series where we make a debugger and live editor for (re)creating assembly and C programs.
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Improving the fast inverse square root (2010)
Remember that famous hack for approximating y = x −1/2 from Quake III? It goes like this:
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The Bulk of Software Engineering in 2018 Is Just Plumbing
I read a post online recently about how some software engineer was asked to complete a technically complex, jargon-filled coding challenge over the...
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Literate Programming: Empower Your Writing with Emacs Org-Mode
OfferZen flips the normal recruitment model around, so instead of applying for jobs, companies send you interview requests with upfront salary.
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Escaping the SPA rabbit hole with modern Rails
The SPA path is dark and full of terrors. You can bravely fight those… or choose a different path that takes you to a similar destination…
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Programming Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi
How to combine Minecraft and the Wolfram Language, both standard on Raspberry Pi, to make interesting structures, add character capabilities or render your own output in 3D. Clear instructions on installation, using the MinecraftLink library, building, reacting to events.
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Why not program right?
(Originally published on CACM blog.) Most of the world programs in a very strange way. Strange to me. I usually hear the reverse question: people ask us, the Eiffel community, to explain why we program our way. I hardly understand the question, because the only mystery is how anyone can even program in any other …
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Something about functions in Bash (2017)
Here's something you didn't know about bash functions. Usually when you write a function you do this: function name () { ... } Right? I know you do, because that's how everyone writes functions. Well, here's the thing. In bash { ... } doesn't mean "function's body" or "function's scope" as in JavaScript or C. It's...
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.NET JIT and CLR – Joined at the Hip
I’ve been digging into .NET Internals for a while now, but never really looked closely at how the ‘Just-in-Time’ (JIT) compiler works. In my mind, the interaction between the .NET Runtime and the JIT has always looked like this:
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A Real-World WebAssembly Benchmark
A WebAssembly benchmark for browser vendors to test a real-world production application.
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Jim Tcl version 0.78
Tap, Click, Launch
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The Whole of WordPress Compiled to .NET Core and a NuGet Package with PeachPie
Why? Because it's awesome. Sometimes a project comes along that is impossibly ...