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Top posts
Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 49,192 posts.
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Using a framework will harm the maintenance of your software
In this article I'm putting together my quotes, thoughts and notes on the idea that Frameworks harm the maintainability of the software you build in that framework. I'm proposing that Frameworks:
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Buy payphones and retire
Dropshipping AliExpress watches, AI-generated SEO spam websites... marginally legal and ethical passive income schemes, that serve to generate that income mostly for their promoters, can feel like a modern phenomenon. The promise of big money for little work is one of the fundamental human weaknesses, though, and it…
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The 3dfx Voodoo1
This article is the second entry in a series about the "3D cards of the late 90s running Quake". The first entry [1] took a look at the end of 1996 with the Rendition Vérité 1000 and its dedicated port called vQuake. Rendition had managed to beat everybody to Quake-market. For a brief period of time they had the one…
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Understanding Ethereum Smart Contracts
You might have heard the term “smart contract,” and you might even know that they are “code” you can run on a blockchain.But how can you run code on a blockc...
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Some Obscure C Features
Pancakes and computers
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2D Rigid Body Collision Resolution
From Mario bouncing off a Goomba to two cars bumping into each other in a racing game, dealing with collisions is such an integral part of most video games that we often take it for granted.
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What Happened at Alameda Research
Milky Eggs
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The Internet Archive's last-ditch effort to save itself
Connect with Lunduke and other members of Lunduke community
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FBI, DHS, HHS Warn of Imminent Ransomware Threat Against U.S. Hospitals
On Monday, Oct. 26, KrebsOnSecurity began following up on a tip from a reliable source that an aggressive Russian cybercriminal gang known for deploying ransomware was preparing to disrupt information technology systems at hundreds of hospitals, clinics and medical care facilities across the United States. Today…
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Why I use Firefox
I’m interested in HTML, CSS, and making the web less annoying
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Why Atom Can’t Replace Vim – Learning the lesson of vi
Learning the lesson of vi
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Software development requires servant leaders
The idea of “servant” leaders has been on the rise in the agile community of late. Robert K. Greenleaf coined the term in a 1970 essay, but the idea is timeless.
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Identity thieves bypassed Experian security to view credit reports
Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian , one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. Normally, Experian requires that those seeking a copy of their credit report successfully answer several multiple choice questions about their financial history. But…
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Better bash in 15 minutes
The tips and tricks below originally appeared as one of Google's "T esting on the Toilet" (TOTT) episodes. This is a revised and augmen...
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Understanding Rust futures by going way too deep
So! Rust futures! Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Until it’s not. So let’s do the easy thing, and then instead of waiting for the hard thing to sneak up on us, we’ll go for it intentionally. That’s all-a...
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D4D4
A co-worker of mine (the incomparable Yohei Manabe) was looking at some disassembled ARM code the other day, and discovered something weird. Lots of d4d4 instructions, scattered about. LLVM’s objdump says this is a relative branch to -0x58 . The weird part is that they were always unreachable.
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The 2016 Election
I am endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. I've never endorsed a presidential candidate before, but I'm making an exception this year, because this election is exceptional. Donald Trump...
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Traveling with Apple Vision Pro
The Vision Pro has quickly become an essential item that I take onto every flight. It’s a fantastic device to travel with—Be it by train or by plane, it offers an unparalleled opportunity to …
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Just own the damn robots
The time has come to stop the lawlessness.
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Bitwarden design flaw: Server side iterations
Bitwarden is a hot candidate for a LastPass replacement. Looking into how they encrypt data, it doesn’t do things that much better however.
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Thinkpad X62
Back in January, I used an old Thinkpad while my 12” Macbook was being repaired. I found myself really enjoying some aspects of it. This nudged me down a path that ended with me modding a frankenpad…
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