Best of 2012

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2012. 744 posts.

Software Engineering
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Vim ported to iOS

เว็บตรง API แท้ รับทรูวอเลทไม่มีขั้นต่ำ สล็อตเว็บตรง แตกหนักจัดเต็มทุกเกม บริการ สล็อต จากค่ายหลัก ไม่มีล็อคยูส รวมเกมสล็อตเด็ด 2026 ไว้ในที่เดียว

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The Linux Graphics Stack

This is an introductory overview post for the Linux Graphics Stack, and how it currently all fits together. I initially wrote it for myself after having conversations with people like Owen Taylor, Ray Strode and Adam Jackson about this stack. I had to go back to them every month or so and learn the stuff from the…

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My favorite regex of all time

I thought I'd share my favorite regex of all time. [ -~] Any idea what this regexp matches? Scroll down for the answer. . . . . . . . . It matches all ASCII characters from the space to tilde. What are these characters? These are all printable characters! Take a look at this ASCII table. Printable characters start…

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Why Use Postgres

This post is a list of many of the reasons to use Postgres, much this content as well as how to use these features will later be curated within PostgresGuide.com. If you need to get started check out Postgres.app for Mac, or get a Cloud instance at Heroku Postgres for free UPDATE: A part 2 has been posted on Why Use…