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A faster path to container images in Bazel
rules_img is a Bazel ruleset for building and publishing OCI images that feel native to Bazel by treating images as metadata first and moving bytes only at the edges.
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Flavors of SIMD
If you like this blog, you should follow it via RSS and read older posts . Here are the recent posts:
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Introduction to ARC/ORC in Nim
Nim is advancing towards more efficient memory management models. Let's talk about ARC/ORC and see how they will change the way memory works in Nim.
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Shutting Down a Service with 500M Requests per Month
This week I finished shutting down my app-detection service, iHasApp . I disabled the signup forms, grandfathered the current users on their plans, sent out emails, and updated the landing page with a message to any new visitors. After all of this, I thought it might be interesting to chronicle what it was, how it…
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A Note About Git Commit Messages
I want to take a moment to elaborate on what makes a well formed commit message. I think the best practices for commit message formatting is one of the little details that makes Git great. Understandably, some of the first commits to rails.git have messages of the really-long-line variety, and I want to expand on why…
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Lessons from Building a Static Site Generator (2020)
The backstory behind Elder.js and the thinking behind the 5 biggest design decisions.
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Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25905 brings a bit of Rust in the kernel
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25905 to the Canary Channel. We are releasing ISOs for this build – they can be downloaded here. Starting with to
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Announcing NPM 6
In coordination with today’s announcement of Node.js v10, we’re excited to announce npm@6. This major update to npm includes powerful new…
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The challenges of building modern open source software on PowerPC Mac OS X
PowerPC Macs were produced in huge numbers, and a lot of this hardware is still viable for use today, with professional software such as Photoshop CS2 and Propellerheads Reason. They're still good workstations, with lots of productivity software, and no always-online tracking or distractions. Originally, I got mine…
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TypeScript 6.0 RC
Today we are excited to announce the Release Candidate (RC) of TypeScript 6.0! To get started using the RC, you can get it through npm with the following
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Head in the Zed Cloud
For the past five months I've been leading the efforts to rebuild Zed 's cloud infrastructure.
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Cloudflare Workers Announces Broad Language Support
Today, we’re excited to announce support for Python, Scala, Kotlin, Reason and Dart. You can build applications on Cloudflare Workers using your favorite language starting today.
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Hacking with Style: TrueType VT220 Font (2009)
VT220 TrueType font
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Reading Other People's Code
I really enjoy reading other people’s code, it allows you see how others solve common problems, and sometimes even provide parables on what you shouldn’t do with yours. It also teaches the much needed skill of reading other people’s code. Now, ask yourself two questions: 1. how
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Chrome 60 Beta
Unless otherwise noted, changes described below apply to the newest Chrome Beta channel release for Android, Chrome OS, Linux, Mac, and Wi...
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Migrating Pinterest profiles to React
Building the platform where people around the world come to search, save and shop
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Using the expand and contract pattern for schema changes
In this article, we introduce the expand and contract pattern to help migrate data and clients to a new schema.
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GitHub Discussions is out of beta
GitHub Discussions is now out of beta, with features that include labels, Discussions GraphQL API and webhooks, and mobile functionality.
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Strong software tips from 2000 that are 100% valid today
Have you ever heard of SEMA? It’s a fairly esoteric system for measuring how good a software team is. No, wait! Don’t follow that link! It will take you about six years just to understa…
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Android Security Auditing: Investigating Unauthorized Screenshots
About six months ago, I discovered something on my smartphone that horrified me: I went to undelete a file in DiskDigger, and I stumbled upon a plethora of unexpected jpegs: screenshots of my activity. Screenshots that I didn’t take. Screenshots of my conversations. Screenshots of my GPS position. And screenshots of…