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GCC always assumes aligned pointer accesses (2020)
Explore the risks associated with unaligned pointer accesses in GCC. Understand how these assumptions can lead to unexpected program behavior and potential security vulnerabilities. Learn best practices to mitigate these risks and write secure code.
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Rust is rolling off the Volvo assembly line
In my job I get to speak to lots of people about Rust. Some are just starting out, some have barely ever heard of it, and then some people are running Rust silently in production at a very large company in a very serious product.
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Making Faster B-Trees with Go Generics
Go generics are a new way to improve performance in golang. Let’s see what effect generics had on Google’s B-tree implementation.
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Are triggers really that slow in Postgres?
PostgreSQL trigger performance. Should we use tiggers at all? Find out how triggers perform in performance tests.
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Performance hacks for faster Python code
Learn practical optimization hacks, from data structures to built-in modules, that boost speed, reduce overhead, and keep your Python code clean.
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Comparing Python Type Checkers: Typing Spec Conformance
Learn what it means to conform to the Python typing spec, why it matters, and the conformance status of each type checker including Pyrefly, Ty, Pyright and Mypy.
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Zig 0.12.0 Release Notes
Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust , optimal , and reusable software.
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wxWidgets 3.1.5
wxWidgets 3.1.5 release is now available on GitHub . You will find there archives with the library sources and documentation as well as binaries for the selected Windows compilers such as Microsoft Visual C++ , MinGW-w64 and TDM-GCC .
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Heroku DX: The New Heroku Developer Experience
One of our core beliefs at Heroku is that developers do their best work when the development process is as simple, elegant, and conducive to focus and flow
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Inspecting coredumps like it's 2021
Consulting & Support for the Nix ecosystem by Mayflower GmbH
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Measuring AI agent autonomy in practice
Analysis of millions of human-agent interactions shows agent turns getting longer, with software engineering making up nearly half of tool calls.
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Common definitions in chip design and production
Given how important chips are to modern society EVERYONE should understand and appreciate how they are made. Every field has its own set of terms, jargon, and acronyms (engineers love acronyms!). As you would expect, chip design is no different. If you are new to chip design, it might take you a few days to read…
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Nim versions 1.4.4 and 1.2.10
The Nim team is happy to announce the double patch release of versions 1.2.10 and 1.4.4.
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Flight Recorder becomes part of OpenJDK
Provide a low-overhead data collection framework for troubleshooting Java applications and the HotSpot JVM.
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OpenTelemetry collector: What it is, when you need it, and when you don't
A practical, no-fluff guide to understanding the OpenTelemetry Collector - what it does, how it works, real architecture patterns (with and without it).
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Daft: A High-Performance Distributed Dataframe Library for Multimodal Data
Discover how Daft accelerates multimodal data processing with a high-performance distributed dataframe engine built for modern AI and analytics tasks.
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A new RISC-V version of uLisp
The RISC-V version of uLisp is designed to support microcontroller boards based on the RISC-V processor.
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A programmer-friendly I/O abstraction over io_uring and kqueue (2022)
Consider this tale of I/O and performance. We’ll start with blocking I/O, explore io_uring and kqueue, and take home an event loop very similar to some software you may find familiar.
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How the ARM32 Linux kernel decompresses
ARM traditionally uses compressed kernels. This is done for two major reasons: It saves space on the flash memory or other storage media...
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SQLite Release 3.40.0
A complete list of SQLite releases in a single page and a chronology are both also available. A detailed history of every check-in is available at SQLite version control site .
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Habits of a Happy Node Hacker
This post is from 2013 - check out the update! For most of the nearly twenty years since its inception, JavaScript lacked many of the niceties that made...
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