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The most popular blog posts about software engineering on Hacker News. 213 posts.
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New PHP Vulnerability:?-s may expose source code for mod_cgi
PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.
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Google Address Sanitizer ("compile-time valgrind") to be part of GCC 4.8
This is the mail archive of the gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org mailing list for the GCC project .
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PyPy: Transactional Memory (II)
Here is an update about the previous blog post about the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). In 5 months, the point of view changed quite a bit...
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Stripe moves to JSONP; adds CORS support
Available as a feature of Stripe.js, Stripe Elements is a set of prebuilt UI components for building your web checkout flow.
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Deconstructing "K&R C"
Learn C The Hard Way (LCTHW) is a practical book teaching real world useful C using the same proven Learn The Hard Way method. LCTHW teaches real robust C coding and defensive programming tactics on real hardware rather than abstract machines and pedantic theory. The book emphasizes breaking your code on purpose, and…
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Why Reddit switched to Python (2005)
Get the latest product news, company announcements, and user insights from the official Reddit blog.
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The Case for a Git-Powered Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg, for those of you that are not already familiar with it, is one of the single-most important community projects of the century: an attempt at creating a digital library of free bo…
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Exploit Information Leaks in Random Numbers from Python, Ruby and PHP
Space Cybersecurity has become a prominent topic in the news, particularly when it comes to protecting space-related assets and technologies.
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Uses For A Message Queue
Overview We've been working with, building, and evangelizing message queues for the last year, and it's no secret that we think they're awesome. We
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No Framework Needed
It goes without saying that we use Rails a lot here at 37signals. Often times, when we look at a problem, we turn to Rails or something similar, because when you have a high-performance precision screwdriver, everything starts to look like a finely engineered screw. Sometimes, what you really need …
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Racket v5.3
_posted by Eli Barzilay_ Racket version 5.3 is now available from http://racket-lang.org/ Release Highlights:: Submodules are nested module declarations that can be loaded and run independently from the enclosing module. See also the overview of su...
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Phonegap 2.0 released
The original PhoneGap 2.0 announcement, preserved with its historical context.
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Announcing the jQuery Foundation
jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library
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