Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 6,947 posts.
Moving a big software project to a new compiler can be a lot of work, and few projects are bigger than Chromium. In addition to the main Chromium repository, which includes all of Blink, there are …
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PostgreSQL version 10 brings a much anticipated feature: (Native) Table Partitioning .
NSCopyObject is a very old Foundation function – pre-dating Mac OS X entirely; from the NeXT era – that was originally basically just memcpy , but now it’s complicated. A lot more complicated.
Suppose we’ve got a service. We’ll gloss over the details for now, but let’s stipulate that it accepts requests from the outside world, and takes some action in response. Maybe those requests are HTTP requests, or RPCs, or just incoming packets to be routed at the network layer. We can get more specific later. What…
.NET 8 includes significant improvements to the Hardware Intrinsics feature.
Google's gRPC is an RPC system that supports many languages, and is relatively widely used. I think its popularity is due to being used for parts of Docker and Kubernetes. I think gRPC is mostly fine, but it is surprisingly easy to screw up by misconfiguring it. Part of that is because RPC systems are challenging to…
Quick edit: While I work on a proper update, I'll note here that several posters on reddit and hackernews have pointed out ways to bring the total size of the program down to 105 bytes while still printing the full "Hello, world!" Much credit goes to Josh Triplett , who produced the 105-byte version which you can find…
It's that time of year again apparently. Rather than fill in the template for you this time, I'll just give you the general outline of what...
Why two identical VMs on the same host can perform 20% differently — and what NUMA topology in Xen-based virtualization actually costs you.
When I wrote the introductory article for libjit , I aimed it at programmers who know what JITs are, at least to some extent. I did mention what a JIT is, but only very briefly. The purpose of this article is to provide a better introductory overview of JITing, with code samples that don't rely on any libraries.
A shiny new edition of Hypermedia Systems is out! Apart from incorporating typo and grammar fixes sent in by readers, the book was completely redesigned inside with a new layout. To achieve a much higher fidelity of design, we ported the book to Typst --- the hot new LaTeX replacement.
Posted by Sergei Glazunov and Mark Brand, Project ZeroIntroductionIt was a normal week in the Pro...
TL;DR: The how and why of the new 6502 emulator in the chips project.
In Linux, system calls (syscalls) are at the heart of everything. They are the primary interface through which an application interacts with the kernel.
Raft is a consensus protocol for managing a replicated log across a cluster of nodes. Its key goals are: (1) maintain a consistent replicated log of state transitions, (2) tolerate node failures, and (3) ensure a single leader coordinates all changes while multiple followers replicate. Raft is designed to be…
Chrome is always looking for ways to speed up the web. Starting in Chrome 53, Chrome has started using Microsoft’s Profile Guided Optimizat...
Random code snippets, projects and musings about software from Eric Kidd, a developer and occasional entrepreneur.
OrioleDB is a storage extension for PostgreSQL which uses PostgreSQL's pluggable storage system. Designed as a drop-in replacement for PostgreSQL's existing Heap storage, OrioleDB aims to overcome scalability bottlenecks and fully utilize modern hardware capabilities. By integrating seamlessly with PostgreSQL, it…
Previously in Jepsen , we discussed Riak . Now we’ll review and integrate our findings.
