5821
The Halting Problem is a terrible example of NP-Harder
It's a justifiable copout, but it's still a copout.
5822
`std::flip`
std::flip is a little-known utility from the C++ standard library header <functional>: it is a higher-order function that accepts a Callable and returns an equivalent Callable with the order of its parameters reversed (or “flipped”).
5823
Contracts for C
C++ seems to finally converge with their contracts proposal, I decided to give it a try and come up with ideas how such a thing would look for C. This is in early stages, not a full proposal yet, a…
5824
Internet usage pattern during power outage in Spain and Portugal
What patterns do we see in RUM data during the April 28th power outage in Portugal and Spain?
5825
How Boom uses software to accelerate hardware development
How Boom Supersonic uses software to accelerate hardware development
5826
Intel: Winning and Losing
Idling at a Zenith
5827
Vim Language, Motions, and Modes Explained (2023)
Vim is a powerful text editor that improves coding speed & efficiency through its shortcut-based Vim language. While learning Vim can be challenging, it is a valuable skill that can enhance your career as a computer professional.
5828
Render raises $80M in Series C financing
Today marks two significant milestones in Render's journey: we’ve surpassed 2 million developers on the platform and added $80M in Series C funding to reimagine the cloud for the AI era.
5829
Arduino Terms of Service and Privacy Policy update: setting the record straight
We’ve heard some questions and concerns following our recent Terms of Service and Privacy Policy updates. We are thankful our community cares enough to
5830
When would you ever want bubblesort? (2023)
There are very few universal rules in software engineering, but there are are a lot of near-universal principles. Things like "prefer composition to...
5831
Everything about Google Translate crashing React (and other web apps)
A deep dive into Google Translate (and other browser extensions) interference breaking React and other web apps.
5832
In defense of shallow technical knowledge
Whenever a new piece of technology comes out (these days, mostly AI) I go to some effort to understand it. Usually I end up writing a post about it, so I can be…
5833
How Does Claude 4 Think? – Sholto Douglas and Trenton Bricken
Scaling reinforcement learning, tracing circuits, and the path to fully autonomous agents
5834
Watching o3 model sweat over a Paul Morphy mate-in-2
A breakdown of how an AI model attempts to solve a complex chess puzzle, showcasing its human-like reasoning, problem-solving attempts, and eventual reliance on external information.
5835
Why I'm declining your AI generated MR
Sometimes a merge request (MR) doesn't merit a code review (CR) because AI was used in a bad way that harms the team or the project. For example:
5836
Data engineering and software engineering are converging
The official JS client for connecting to ClickHouse.
5837
Organize your Slack channels by "How Often", not "What"
A few weeks ago, I changed my Slack channel sections. I’m now more responsive and engaged, while also feeling less stressed. How? By sorting my Slack channels by urgency, or how often I want to read them. Versus Sorting by “how often” lets me read my most urgent messages first, focusing my energy on what
5838
Sand trafficking in Latin America
Criminal mafias are making massive profits from the illegal extraction and sale of sand for construction purposes.
5839
Chaining FFmpeg with a Browser Agent
Discover how we embedded FFmpeg inside a browser agent to process videos instantly, no servers, APIs, or uploads. Watch how it all comes together.
5840
All-natural geoengineering with Frank Herbert's Dune
Can We Terraform the Earth Using Life Itself?
5841
An argument for increasing TCP's initial congestion window (2024)
Introduction Google has a long history of performing networking research, making changes, and pushing those changes to the entire internet. In 2011, they published one of my favorite papers, which described their decision to increase the TCP initial congestion window from 1 to 10 on their entire infrastructure. This…
5842
VisiCalc on the Apple II
In 1978, Bricklin and Frankston took out a loan to develop "Calcu-ledger," a tool that could project the fiscal health of taking out that very loan
5843
Using Sun Ray thin clients in 2025
setting up 20 year old hardware is bound to work first try, right? ... right?
5844
I solved a distributed queue problem after 15 years
Learn how queues make horizontal scaling, scheduling, and flow control easier in cloud systems, and how to make them durable and observable.
5845
Just Write
A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox.
5846
Implementing fast TCP fingerprinting with eBPF
In this article I want to document my journey implementing fast TCP fingerprinting in a golang webserver, using eBPF.
5847
Representing Python notebooks as dataflow graphs
How and why marimo represents notebooks as dataflow graphs
5848
How to Recognize Woodpeckers by Their Drumming Sounds
Woodpecker drumming may not be as immediately distinctive as birdsong—but by carefully listening to speed, duration, and rhythm you can still tell many species apart. Here are some tips.
5849
NewPipe Is Turning 10
Guess what? NewPipe just turned 10 this month last month! Time just flew by. In one moment you hit “new project”, and in the next there is a whole association, a group of maintainers, an uncountable amount of contributors, and millions of users!1 This is amazing. Last time we wrote about an important birthday, NewPipe…
5850
The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter
The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter. We took this decision since we feel X doesn't reflect Debian shared values as stated in our social contract, code of conduct and diversity statement. X evolved into a place where people we care about don't feel safe. You are very much invited to follow us on…