Programming

The cats sitting on a fence in early builds of Windows 8 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220208-00/?p=106232 https://redd.it/szc8xv @programmingreddit

GitHub launches code scanner to flag security vulnerabilities https://analyticsindiamag.com/github-launches-code-scanner-to-flag-security-vulnerabilities/ https://redd.it/sxsrj8 @programmingreddit

Linux's getrandom() Sees A 8450% Improvement With Latest Code https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-getrandom-8450p https://redd.it/syy1ns @programmingreddit

What I learned running a SaaS for a year https://onlineornot.com/what-learned-running-saas-for-year https://redd.it/syhatd @programmingreddit

Report: Missouri Governor’s Office Responsible for Teacher Data Leak https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/02/report-missouri-governors-office-responsible-for-teacher-data-leak/ https://redd.it/syrpid @programmingreddit

A JSON-like data structure (a CRDT) that can be modified concurrently by different users, and merged again automatically. https://github.com/automerge/automerge https://redd.it/sxwjpg @programmingreddit

TypeScript's React.ReactNode type is a black hole https://changelog.com/posts/the-react-reactnode-type-is-a-black-hole https://redd.it/sy2002 @programmingreddit

I made a terminal video player with 4 “pixels” per character. https://github.com/TheRealOrange/terminalvideoplayer https://redd.it/syfmzu @programmingreddit

I created a functional Turing Machine out of the Find/Replace box in Notepad++ https://github.com/0xdanelia/regex_turing_machine https://redd.it/sxyiuk @programmingreddit

The wild west of Windows command line parsing https://nullprogram.com/blog/2022/02/18/ https://redd.it/sx68dv @programmingreddit

PostgreSQL Begins Working On Zstd Compression Support https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=PostgreSQL-ZStd-Start https://redd.it/sxsu4m @programmingreddit

A toolkit for developing high-performance HTTP reverse proxy applications open-sourced by Microsoft https://github.com/microsoft/reverse-proxy https://redd.it/sxek46 @programmingreddit

The Fastest GIF Does Not Exist https://www.biphelps.com/blog/The-Fastest-GIF-Does-Not-Exist https://redd.it/sx16vy @programmingreddit

I just discovered Google’s “Programmable Search Engine.” I created my own custom search engine to filter out quora, w3schools, geeksforgreeks, etc! https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/ https://redd.it/swfzq8 @programmingreddit

Linux developers patch security holes faster than anyone else, says Google Project Zero - Linux programmers do a better job of patching security holes than programmers at Apple, Google, and Microsoft. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-project-zero-finds-linux-developers-patch-security-holes-faster-than-anyone-else/ https://redd.it/swe845 @programmingreddit

Nix: An idea whose time has come https://revelry.co/insights/development/nix-time/ https://redd.it/sw2cjd @programmingreddit

Looking for the Dark Sky API alternative? RainViewer API and the weather radar database might be a good addition to your weather project. Windy, Ventusky, and others are already using it. The API is free, and I plan to keep it free as long as possible. https://www.rainviewer.com/api.html https://redd.it/sup9an @programmingreddit

AWS S3: Why sometimes you should press the $100k button https://www.cyclic.sh/posts/aws-s3-why-sometimes-you-should-press-the-100k-dollar-button https://redd.it/sumhmg @programmingreddit

A hairy PostgreSQL incident https://ardentperf.com/2022/02/10/a-hairy-postgresql-incident/ https://redd.it/suyidt @programmingreddit

Alarm raised after Microsoft wins data-encoding patent - rANS variant of ANS, used e.g. by JPEG XL https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/17/microsoft_ans_patent/ https://redd.it/sv7rle @programmingreddit