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Creating AI assistant with GPT and Ruby and Redis using embeddings
How we are now leveraging embeddings and vector databases to generate prompts for ChatGPT.
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The most popular blog posts about software engineering on Hacker News. 597 posts.
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Super Colliding Nix Stores: Nix Flakes for Millions of Developers
Combining Nix stores makes development environments more portable. How a layered store can bring Nix Flakes to millions of Replit users.
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Representing Enums in PostgreSQL
Recently, we had a discussion about whether we should use native enums in PostgreSQL, or rely on regular string columns with CHECK constraints. In the end, we decided that we wanted to go with the latter.
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PyPI Requires 2FA for New User Registrations
PyPI requires new users to enable 2FA before performing management actions.
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Crystal 1.9.1
We are announcing a new patch release of the Crystal 1.9 series with two bugfixes.
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Around the World with SQLite3 and Rsync
Run sqlite3 dbs in multiple regions with rsync
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Looming demise of the 10x developer – an era of enthusiast programmers is ending
Justin Searls on the looming demise of the 10x developer: Why an era of enthusiast programmers is coming to an end.
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Why is building a UI in Rust so hard?
Hear from a Warp engineer why building a UI in Rust is challenging. Learn about innovative solutions and approaches to tackle its strict memory management and lack of inheritance.
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How to use a Python multiprocessing module
Working with Python multiprocessing module can be difficult at times. Learn what you can do with it.
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SQLite builds for WASI since 3.41.0
A short recap of how SQLite now has a WASI build
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TypeScript team released an explorer for performance tuning
Over the past few months, during the lead-up to the TypeScript 5.0 beta, our team spent a good portion of our time looking for ways to improve the
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Implementing Mario's Stack Blur 15 times in C++ (with tests and benchmarks)
Implementing Mario Klingemann's Stack Blur algorithm in C++ 15 ways, with tests and benchmarks, to build fast CPU drop shadows for JUCE.
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Automating Dead Code Cleanup
Meta’s Systematic Code and Asset Removal Framework (SCARF) has a subsystem for identifying and removing dead code. SCARF combines static and dynamic analysis of programs to detect dead code from bo…
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Making GHC faster at emitting code (2022)
How we gained 2–3% improvements in compile times by making GHC better at printing code.
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Full-text search engine with PostgreSQL (part 2): Postgres vs. Elasticsearch
Using PostgreSQL as a full-text search engine is tempting because it requires less infrastructure. But is its set of search-related features enough to compete with the Lucene based alternatives?
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Rust to Assembly: Understanding the Inner Workings of Rust
How Rust compiles to assembly: enum memory layout, smart pointers, static vs dynamic dispatch, vtables, closures, vector iteration and async state machines.
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I stopped worrying and learned to love denormalized tables
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Designing a new concurrent data structure
How to design a lock-free data structure? A detective story for curious developers.
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Retiring a favourite C++ joke
I have a favourite joke when teaching new and delete in C++. Alas, I believe that attendees are now less likely to have seen the show it references. Therefore, I present it here for your enjoyment (or not).
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From Ruby to Node: Overhauling Shopify’s CLI for a better developer experience
In this blog post, Pedro explains why we rewrote Shopify CLI into Node instead of Ruby, the tradeoffs that came with the decision, the principles we embraced in this new iteration, and the challenges and ideas ahead of us to explore.
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Ways to teach kids to code (2016)
Board games, apps, websites, and tutorials for teaching kids to code.
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The Jupyter+Git problem is now solved (2022)
Previously, using git with Jupyter could create conflicts and break notebooks. With nbdev2, the problem has been totally solved.
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C++17 creates a practical use of the backward array index operator
Possibly more than just a curiosity.
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Extending web applications with WebAssembly and Python
How to leverage Python and WebAssembly to securely extend your web application capabilities using Suborbital and Wasm Labs tooling and language runtimes.
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What is gained and lost with 63-bit integers? (2014)
Almost every programming language uses 64-bit integers on typical modern Intel machines. OCaml uses a special 63-bit representation. How does it affect OCaml?
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The Future of Programming – Interview with Richard Eisenberg
Listen in on Jane Street’s Ron Minsky as he has conversations with engineers working on everything from clock synchronization to reliable multicast, build systems to reconfigurable hardware. Get a peek at how Jane Street approaches problems, and how those ideas relate to tech more broadly.
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The Remarkable Ivan Sutherland
CHM releases to the public for the first time a full oral history with Ivan Sutherland, pioneer of computer graphics, virtual reality, asynchronous systems, and more.