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HTML comments work in JavaScript too
Some weird legacy behavior in JavaScript
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The Pragmatic Pragmatic Programmer
The Pragmatic Pragmatic Programmer - Rogério Chaves
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How I Built LoginWithHN
How I built LoginWithHN, an OAuth2+OpenID Connect provider for HackerNews.
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UIs are not pure functions of the model (2018)
When I first saw React.js , I had a quick glance and thought that it was cool, they finally figured out how to do a Cocoa-like MVC UI framew...
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Saving a Third of Our Memory by Re-Ordering Go Struct Fields (2020)
Simply changing the order of some uint variables we managed to drop our memory usage significantly
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How to choose the right Python concurrency API
In this tutorial, you will discover a helpful step-by-step procedure and helpful questions to guide you to the most appropriate concurrency API.
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A Review of Shader Languages
A review of the state of the art in real time graphics shading languages and compilers in both graphics and compute. What are some of the differences between HLSL, GLSL, MSL, and WGSL? What are some ways to transpile shaders?
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Green Lumber Fallacy in Software Engineering
Distinguishing the trees from the forest in software engineering and how not to conduct interviews.
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ULIDs and Primary Keys
Not all non-sequential primary keys are created equal, the ULID format is a fantastic substitute for the typical UUIDv4 choice.
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My mental model of how alpha opacity works is wrong (2020)
When plotting overlapping elements with a defined alpha (opacity), I had always thought about it as an additive process with results clamped to not exceed 1.
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Maps and Memory Leaks in Go
A map can always grow in memory; it never shrinks. Hence, if it leads to some memory issues, you can try different options.
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Formally Verifying Rust's Opaque Types
Introduction The other day I was reading this blog post covering existential types in Rust (also known as impl Trait or opaque types). In that blog post, the author makes the following claim. We’re going to have to take a slight diversion into type theory here because it motivates a result that is perhaps intuitive…
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AI Content Generation, Part 1: Machine Learning Basics
This technology is already changing the creative industry. Here's how it works.
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How stdbuf works
Harry Marr — Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic. Co-founded Dependabot, previously at GitHub, Monzo, and GoCardless.
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Writing a device driver for Unix V6
In this post we will learn the useful skill of writing a device driver for Unix V6 and run it on an emulator.
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Strict Python function parameters
What do you think about when writing a new function in Python? The function name, parameter names, optional/required parameters, and default arguments are all on the list. Here is a simple Python f...
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The Kobayashi Maru of comparing dates with times
Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
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Running C unit tests with Pytest
In this post I will describe my approach to C unit testing using pytest. In particular, we get to see how to gracefully handle SIGSEGVs and prevent them from stopping the test runner abruptly. Furthermore, we shall try to write tests in a Pythonic way.
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Programmable Notes
Agent-based note-taking systems that can prompt and facilitate custom workflows
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Java 20: A Sneak Peek on the Panama FFM API
A blog about Java
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How not to teach recursion (2021)
Parenthetically Speaking: Articles by Shriram Krishnamurthi
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What does $0=$2 in awk do?
The trick to understanding awk in all its terse glory is to understand its defaults. Most solutions you see in the wild are a clever symphony of awk defaults stacked on top of each other. In this post, I break down one of the most popular one-liners which should hopefully make future awk-ing pretty straight forward.
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How to build an absurdly backwards-compatible website
Let's face it: the internet is broken. It feels like so much of the web is composed of clickbait, ads, popups, and a toxic amount of JavaScript that you need a modern computer just to get any value out of it. Remember when low-power computers were created for people who were "just browsing the internet?"…
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Lockfree Algorithms (2010)
Seru88 adalah situs iGaming resmi dengan sistem RNG transparan, pilihan permainan lengkap, akses mobile dan desktop, serta layanan pelanggan 24/7.
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Professional Programming: The First 10 Years
Last month, April 2022, marked the 10 year anniversary of my start as a professional programmer.
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Removing blur from images – deconvolution and using simple image filters
Left: Original image. Center: Blurred through convolution. Right: Deconvolution of the blurred image. In this post, we’ll have a look at the idea of removing blur from images, videos, or games thro…