Programming

Cryptocurrency is an abject disaster https://drewdevault.com/2021/04/26/Cryptocurrency-is-a-disaster.html https://redd.it/mzn4ji @programmingreddit

How to safely open-source internal software - Some best practices https://blog.gitguardian.com/safely-open-source-software-best-practices/ https://redd.it/mzj57l @programmingreddit

The Linux Foundation's demands to the University of Minnesota for its bad Linux patches security project https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-linux-foundations-demands-to-the-university-of-minnesota-for-its-bad-linux-patches/ https://redd.it/mzbp8k @programmingreddit

Parsing Protobuf at 2+GB/S: How I Learned to Love Tail Calls in C https://blog.reverberate.org/2021/04/21/musttail-efficient-interpreters.html https://redd.it/myncpw @programmingreddit

University of Minnesota security researchers apologize for deliberately buggy Linux patches https://www.zdnet.com/article/university-of-minnesota-security-researchers-apologize-for-deliberately-buggy-linux-patches/ https://redd.it/myyw1c @programmingreddit

Toggle methods and endpoints at runtime through the Java Instrumentation API https://github.com/facet-tech/agent-java/ https://redd.it/myubvk @programmingreddit

Has UML died without anyone noticing? https://garba.org/posts/2021/uml/ https://redd.it/myf4lx @programmingreddit

Time to call in sick - Compile verilog (a hardware description language) into factorio blueprints https://github.com/Redcrafter/verilog2factorio/ https://redd.it/myasg3 @programmingreddit

Crypto miners are killing free CI https://layerci.com/blog/crypto-miners-are-killing-free-ci/ https://redd.it/myii34 @programmingreddit

Rust Language Cheat Sheet https://cheats.rs/ https://redd.it/my6j9e @programmingreddit

Open letter from researchers involved in the “hypocrite commit” debacle https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK8KejpUVLxmqp026JY7x5GzHU2YJLPU8SzTZUNXU2OXC70ZQQ@mail.gmail.com/ https://redd.it/mxykun @programmingreddit

You might as well timestamp it https://changelog.com/posts/you-might-as-well-timestamp-it https://redd.it/my6i68 @programmingreddit

Boxedwine - emulator that runs Windows applications (also in browser) http://www.boxedwine.org/demo/ https://redd.it/mxg9st @programmingreddit

Bad software sent the innocent to prison https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/23/22399721/uk-post-office-software-bug-criminal-convictions-overturned https://redd.it/mxkou6 @programmingreddit

Modern CI is Too Complex and Misdirected https://gregoryszorc.com/blog/2021/04/07/modern-ci-is-too-complex-and-misdirected/ https://redd.it/mw4mmb @programmingreddit

Clever Hack Finds Mystery CPU Instructions: "Enterprising Programmer Uses x86 Microcode to Reveal Itself" https://www.eejournal.com/article/clever-hack-finds-mystery-cpu-instructions/ https://redd.it/mx6xo6 @programmingreddit

1024 Byte JavaScript Chess Engine Review - The Kilobyte's Gambit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG3mRpDcQPo https://redd.it/mwxcke @programmingreddit

39 convictions quashed in the "UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice" due to buggy software. Fujitsu referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56718036 https://redd.it/mwtibj @programmingreddit

From the "badly-designed software ruining lives" department: UK Court clears 39 Post Office workers convicted due to ‘corrupt data’ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/23/court-clears-39-post-office-staff-convicted-due-to-corrupt-data https://redd.it/mwvaek @programmingreddit

PlayStation Portable Architecture | A Practical Analysis https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/playstation-portable/ https://redd.it/mwgci4 @programmingreddit