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It seems that (1) there is still more software in circulation that depends on archaic CRLF line endings than I originally thought and (2) many people do not share my enthusiasm for creating a CRLF-free world. Alas. This makes me sad, but it is what it is. Thanks to everyone who was willing to give the idea a test run…
What is the average size of JavaScript code downloaded per website? Fuck around and find out!
The latest Go release, version 1.22, arrives six months after Go 1.21 . Most of its changes are in the implementation of the toolchain, runtime, and libraries. As always, the release maintains the Go 1 promise of compatibility . We expect almost all Go programs to continue to compile and run as before.
The product of software development is not code but a mental model, a theory: a specific way of explaining the world.
We are pleased to announce the release of Ruby 3.4.0. Ruby 3.4 adds it block parameter reference,changes Prism as default parser, adds Happy Eyeballs Version...
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Random thoughts, articles and projects by a chronic overengineer.
A blog about making a game to achieve my childhood dream (of getting the DVD logo in the corner)
Using new techniques for scaling sparse autoencoders, we automatically identified 16 million patterns in GPT-4's computations.
Why I’m excited about the new Temporal API in JavaScript: finally, easy and accurate date handling with time zones using ZonedDateTime. Say goodbye to the headaches of traditional Date objects.
6 Techniques I Use to Create a Great User Experience for Shell Scripts
Picat is a research language intended to combine logic programming, imperative programming, and constraint solving. I originally learned it to help with vacation scheduling but soon discovered its planner module, which is one of the most fascinating programming models I’ve ever seen. First, a brief explanation of…
Java has many features that make it well suited for large, long-lasting projects. But I find it surprisingly good for small tasks as well. Recent language features make it even better. The killer features are compile-time typing and great tool support.
Researchers find large language models use a simple mechanism to retrieve stored knowledge when they respond to a user prompt. These mechanisms can be leveraged to see what the model knows about different subjects and possibly to correct false information it has stored.
2023 marked a significant step towards our vision of radically simplifying web development. Here are the biggest updates and what’s coming up next.
Demoscene is the art of pushing computers to perform tasks they weren’t designed to handle. One recurring theme in demoscene is the shadow-art animation “Bad Apple!!”. We’ve played it on the Commodore 64, Vectrex (a unique game console utilizing only vector graphics), Impulse Tracker, and even exploited Super Mario…
A couple of moments ago, I finished reading the article by Rob O'Leary about the pervasive data collection done by Visual Studio Code. Whilst Visual Studio Code is "open-source" (as per the OSD) the value-add which transforms the editor into anything of value ("what people actually refer
7 databases to explore in 2025.
Best practices and principles to create accurate and reliable software based financial systems.
From the Zed Blog: Powerful AI-assisted coding powered by Anthropic's Claude, now available.
A brand new era for the RWKV-v5 architecture and linear transformer's has arrived - with the strongest multi-lingual model in open source today
Introduction My main background is a hedge fund professional, so I deal with finance data all the time and so far the Pandas library has been an indispensab...
All you need to know about the latest Python release including Global Interpreter Lock and Just-in-Time compilation.
They're completely different, but often coupled.
Yet another programming blog. Thoughts on software and related misadventures.
The Bun Shell is a cross-platform shell that allows you to run shell scripts in JavaScript & TypeScript
Learn about static analysis improvements coming in GCC 14 with -fanalyzer, which helps identify issues in C code at compile-time, rather than at runtime.
