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Highlights from Git 2.28
The open source Git project just released Git 2.28 with features and bug fixes from over 58 contributors, 13 of them new. We last caught up with you on the…
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Colorize Your CLI
A passionate engineering student who writes about Unix related topics and tech stuff.
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Named arguments are coming in PHP 8
A close look at named parameters in PHP 8
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Typometer: A tool to measure and analyze the visual latency of text editors
Typometer is a tool to measure and analyze visual latency of text / code editors.
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Audio from Scratch with Go: Stereo Panning
In the previous post we have written code to change the amplitude of wave files. Now we’ll take a look at how we can turn a mono wave file into a stereo wave file with optional panning, and explore how this is represented internally by the WAVE file format. Channels The raw audio data inside a WAVE file consists of…
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Everything you need (and don't need) to know about PHP's type system
This is the absolute best guide you'll find in the internet about how php handles typing internally and in userland.
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Wayland and LVGL on PinePhone with Ubuntu Touch
Learn about Wayland and Ubuntu Touch on PinePhone... And how we build PinePhone Apps with LVGL
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Bloom filters debunked: Dispelling 30 Years of bad math with Coq
There's this rather nifty feature of modern web browsers (such as Firefox or Chrome ) where the browser will automatically warn the user if they happen to navigate to a " malicious " URL:
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Dividing front end from back end is an antipattern
We software developers have historically used the terms “frontend” and “backend” to describe work on client-side (e.g., browser) and server-side applications, respectively. This conceptual split has evolved into the creation of specialized developer roles for each, which is still the norm throughout the industry. In…
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I made a simple geolocation service
Learn how to create simple Geolocation service without 3rd-party APIs
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Good Logging
To check if a program is doing what it should, you can inspect the output from a given input. But as the system grows, you also need logging to help you understand what is happening. Good log messa…
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GoodJob – a Postgres-based ActiveJob back end for Ruby on Rails
GoodJob is a new Postgres-based, multithreaded, second-generation ActiveJob backend for Ruby on Rails.
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Unofficial Guide to Datomic Internals (2014)
This post is a compilation of publicly available information, Datomic docs and google group answers about Datomic internals. Intention is to help others understand implementation model and use Datomic more efficiently.
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Nubank acquires Cognitect
We are thrilled to announce that Cognitect is joining the Nubank family of companies. This is the next step in a long relationship, and opens new opportuniti...
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Design Docs at Google
One of the key elements of Google's software engineering culture is the use of design docs for defining software designs. These are...
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Safely Reviving Shared Memory
At Mozilla, we want the web to be capable of running high-performance applications so that users and content authors can choose the safety, agency, and openness of the web platform. ...
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Svelte and TypeScript
Typernetically enhanced web apps
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Common mistakes writing React components with hooks
The most common mistakes I found while writing react components, why they are mistakes and how to avoid or fix them.
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An exploration of why Python doesn't require a 'main' function
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
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Systems Design for Advanced Beginners
This post is part of my Programming for Advanced Beginners series. Subscribe now to receive specific, actionable ways to make your code cleaner, every other week, entirely free.
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Essays on programming I think about a lot
Computers can be understood • Choose Boring Technology • The Wrong Abstraction • Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names • The Hiring Post • The Product-Minded Engineer • Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend • The Law of Leaky Abstractions • Reflections on software performance • Notes on…
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Syntax highlighting is a waste of an information channel
No newsletter next week Running the TLA+ workshop. No way I'm gonna have any brainpower after that. Syntax highlighting is a waste of an information channel...
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Z80 Explorer – a Zilog Z80 netlist-level simulator
Z80 Explorer is a Z80 netlist-level simulator capable of running Z80 machine code and also an educational tool with features that help reverse engineer and understand this chip better.
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Fixing Mass Effect black blobs on modern AMD CPUs
Graphical artifacts caused by a CPU, not GPU? Sure thing.
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Clear explanation of Rust’s module system
Easy to understand explanation using visual aids and practical examples
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Optimizing 128-bit Division
When it comes to hashing, sometimes 64 bit is not enough, for example, because of birthday paradox — the hacker can iterate through random $latex 2^{32}$ entities and it can be proven that wi…
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Typed Lisp, a Primer (2019)
Exploring Lisp's fine-grained type hierarchy.
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Computation Graphs and Graph Computation
Research has begun to reveal many algorithms can be expressed as matrix multiplication, suggesting an unrealized connection between linear algebra and computer science. I speculate graphs are the missing piece of the puzzle. Graphs are not only useful as cognitive aides, but are suitable data structures for a wide…