Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 49,204 posts.
In one of my last experiments I replaced my crappy T-Mobile (now Magenta) 4G modem/access point with an OpenWRT-based cheap travel router and a 4G USB LTE modem. That doubled my speed over the wireless (WLAN) network but the setup was limited by the outdated and under-powered travel rooter. So I got myself a cheap…
In the book club at work, we recently finished reading Exercises in Programming Style by Cristina Videira Lopes. The book consists of a simple program implemented in 33 different programming styles…
Memory price inflation comes for us all, and if you're not affected yet, just wait. I was building a new PC last month using some parts I had bought earlier this year. The 64 Gigabyte T-Create DDR5 memory kit I used cost $209 then. Today? The same kit costs $650! Just in the past week, we found out Raspberry Pi's…
Despite advice to the contrary, I have implemented my own crypto for serious use. Here's how.
This blog seeks to expose some of the myths about our present criminal justice system, myths that have risen to prominence again following publication of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) consultation …
Fancy new build tools come and go, but I think I will stick with using makefiles to orchestrate everyday tasks in my projects.
If acceleration compounds, the naive extrapolation implies superintelligence within a year
Discussions: Hacker News , Lobster.rs , /r/programming . I've got great suggestions from the comments, see the addendum at the end!
I am afraid to inform you that you have built a compiler. I know you wanted a “simple prototype” that would just add that one feature to your programming model. You said that “SSA is an overkill” and “it’s just way too much infrastructure to maintain for a simple task” and yet, six months later, you have pile of…
For the first time ever, I was laid off, and had to find a new software developer job. I managed to find a new one, but it took longer than I thought, and it was a lot of work. I was in contact wit…
Link to: https://sixcolors.com/post/2018/03/its-not-quite-a-mac-mini-but-its-my-server/
Idx is typically an integral type, but you can make a Range of anything, which will become important later. Here’s a range of Unit:
Experts on the COVID-19 pandemic seem to think there are three ways out—that is, for life, health, and the economy to return roughly to normal. Either we get a vaccine good enough that R0 for the...
If you hate it too this is why. Using color theory to show why GitHub dark mode is disappointing
My journey to create a YouTube of memories from my family’s old home videos.
Logged out users are prevented from reaching LinkedIn profiles set to complete public visibility
I was incredibly lucky to spend 5 amazing years at Heroku. By the end of my time, I was operating in a Staff capacity, although I’m honestly completely uncle...
ATMs are connected to banks by networks which operate little-understood payment rails.
An ode to a small work of programming genius.
An Explosion of Comments
Life Hack: The 30/30 Minute Work Cycle Feels Like Magic A year ago, I switched to the Colemak keyboard layout. I’ve since had zero pain in my hands …
