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New Ghostscript PDF interpreter
Details for Ghostscript's new PDF interpreter
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The case against a C alternative
Like several others I am writing an alternative to the C language (if you read this blog before th…
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Babashka is a fast-starting scripting environment for Clojure
This is a guest blog post by Michiel Borkent.
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Improving code review time
Code reviews are one of the most important parts of the software development process At Meta we’ve recognized the need to make code reviews as fast as possible without sacrificing quality We’re sha…
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Git’s database internals I: packed object store
This blog series will examine Git’s internals to help make your engineering system more efficient. Part I discusses how Git stores its data in packfiles using custom compression techniques.
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A general overview of what happens before main() (2019)
8 April 2019 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 22 August 2022For most programmers, a C or C++ program’s life begins at the main function. They are blissfully unaware of the hidden steps that happen between invoking a program and executing main. Depending on the program and the compiler, there are all kinds of…
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Ten Years of TypeScript
Today is TypeScript's birthday! But this birthday is a special one - 10 years ago today, on October 1st, 2012, TypeScript was unveiled publicly for the
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Open source maintainer pulls the plug on NPM packages colors and faker
Snyk issued a Denial of Service security vulnerability for colors@1.4.1, following this vulnerable code. We highly recommend you revert to colors@1.4.0, and pin your dependencies’ versions to avoid blind upgrades of the offending version. We also recommend you migrate to a different package.
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Apple introduces Ask Apple for developers
New series of interactive Q&As and one-on-ones provide developers with direct access to Apple experts.
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Using: Has() as a CSS Parent Selector and much more
It’s been a long-standing dream of front-end developers to have a way to apply CSS to an element based on what’s happening inside that element.
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Raft Is So Fetch: The Raft Consensus Algorithm Explained Through Mean Girls
Understanding the Raft Consensus Algorithm can be tough. In honor of "Mean Girls" day (October 3), we present Raft as explained through the movie "Mean Girls."
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AWS Lambda adds supports for .NET 6
We are excited to add support for .NET 6 to Lambda. It’s fast to get started or migrate existing functions to .NET 6, with many new features in .NET 6 to take advantage of. Read the Lambda Developer Guide for more getting started information.
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When to use Bazel?
Learn about the benefits and challenges of using Bazel, Google's open-source monorepo build system, from experts who have experience with it. D...
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Erlang/OTP 25.0 Release
The official home of the Erlang Programming Language
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A Shader Trick
(I was sending an email today about a simple trick we use in the shader system, and it seemed easy and useful to share that email publicly, so, here you go!)
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Rust: State of GUI, December 2022
Lets start by categorising entries from Are we GUI yet, ignoring those which appear abandoned or not very functional.
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To Ruby from Python
Python is another very nice general purpose programming language. Goingfrom Python to Ruby, you’ll find that there’s a little bit more syntaxto learn than wi...
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Column order in PostgreSQL does matter
Column order can determine how quickly your data is processed in PostgreSQL. Find out how to troubleshoot performance problems in wide tables
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Java record pattern matching in JDK 19
Enhance the Java programming language with record patterns to deconstruct record values. Record patterns and type patterns can be nested to enable a powerful, declarative, and composable form of data navigation and processing. This is a preview language feature .
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Manifest v3 in Firefox: Recap and Next Steps
It’s been about a year since our last update regarding Manifest v3. A lot has changed since then, not least of which has been the formation of a community group ...
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Protobuf-ES: Protocol Buffers TypeScript/JavaScript runtime
An idiomatic Protocol Buffers library for TypeScript and JavaScript is now available.
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The best Go framework: no framework?
Learn why using no framework aligns with the Go philosophy, enhances maintainability, and prevents costly refactors. Discover how to build flexible Go services using targeted libraries instead of monolithic frameworks.
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Deno in 2021
Retrospect of what happened in 2021 and what's coming in 2022
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Shopify's Data Science and Engineering Foundations (2020)
Shopify’s Data team uses these foundational approaches to data warehousing and analysis empowering us to deliver the best results for our ecosystem.
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How much does Rust's bounds checking cost?
Rust prevents out-of-bounds memory accesses and buffer overruns via runtime bounds checks - what’s the cost of those bounds checks for a real-world, production application?