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World `countries` – database table for MySQL
So today, I was buzzing around and searching for a `countries` table script that I could use in MySQL database. As you can imagine, it wouldn’t make any sense to add all world countries into …
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The most popular blog posts about software engineering on Hacker News. 21,842 posts.
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Let’s Build a Web Server. Part 1
Out for a walk one day, a woman came across a construction site and saw three men working. She asked the first man, “What are you doing?” Annoyed by the question, the first man barked, “Can’t you see that I’m laying bricks?” Not satisfied with the answer, she …
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Android Studio 3.1 Stable
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
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Querying Postgres Tables Directly from DuckDB
DuckDB can now directly query tables stored in PostgreSQL and speed up complex analytical queries without duplicating data.
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Compiling a Lisp to x86-64: Let expressions
Compiling Lisp let expressions to x86-64
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C++ Just My Code Stepping in Visual Studio
In Visual Studio 2017 release 15.8 Preview 3 we’re announcing support for Just My Code stepping for C++. In addition to previously supported callstack
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JRE 8 needs more codecache than before
How Indeed investigated and addressed high system load after Java 8 migration of its job search web app
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Things I learned as an engineer that I wish I had known in grad school
…that I wish I had known when I started grad school
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Why is the first C++ (m)allocation always 72 KB?
Why is my first C++ (m)allocation always 72 KB?? It’s the ’emergency pool’ for exceptions, here’s how I uncovered it using GDB and digging through the source code of libstdc++, glibc and Valgrind!
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Better Architecture Diagrams for Agile Teams: actionable tips and lessons
From the finding of the diagram’s goal and audience to review checklist
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Newsletter #7 - Summer of Road
hyperextensible Vim-based text editor
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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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All You Need to Know About UML Diagrams
UML was created in 1994 by engineers at Rational Software to standardize system diagrams. Of the 14 UML diagram types, activity and use case diagrams handle 80% of real-world business process documentation needs.
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How to DOS a developer
So you think your favourite FOSS project is moving too fast? Easy, just DOS the developers. Here's a few tips on how to achieve this: On IR...
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Active Oberon Language Report Update 2019
D-INFK GitLab Service
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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…
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Unicode's transliteration rules are Turing-complete
Claim: as specified, the UTS #35 transliteration-rule language is Turing-complete. This is an exception in Unicode, where algorithms are deliberately bounded and always terminate. The specification defines a revisiting cursor with no rewrite limit. ICU's implementation implements a per-call cap, but the spec itself…
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Zig 0.6.0 Release Notes
Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust , optimal , and reusable software. With special thanks to many generous sponsors , the Zig project is financially sustainable and currently supports one full-time developer . Let's reboot systems programming.
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Reducing Tailscale’s binary size on macOS
Tailscale v1.36 for macOS features a significantly reduced binary size (going from 92MB to 56MB). The effort started out with a chance observation about a surprisingly large executable, and ended up involving some creative approaches using dlopen.
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How I've run major projects (2025)
focus • maintain a detailed plan for victory • run a fast OODA loop • overcommunicate • break off subprojects • have fun • bonus content: my project management starter kit
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Elixir multiple processes: Basics
How to work with multiple processes in Elixir
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Phi-4 Reasoning Models
Microsoft continues to add to the conversation by unveiling its newest models, Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning. Learn more.
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Julia GPU
Lambdaclass's blog about distributed systems, machine learning, compilers, operating systems, security and cryptography.