Programming

Gefs: a filesystem for plan 9 built on Bε-trees https://orib.dev/gefs.html https://redd.it/1xmoxah @programmingreddit

It's the memory latency, stupid https://pivotlake.io/blog/its-the-memory-latency-stupid/ https://redd.it/1xiopmn @programmingreddit

CheerpJ 5.0: Java 21/25 in the browser, full OpenJDK, and a new WasmGC engine https://labs.leaningtech.com/blog/cheerpj-5.0 https://redd.it/1xlutld @programmingreddit

Wow. "The C Programming Language", 2nd edition, published in 1988 is still selling for $50. In the *kindle* version. https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-PROGRAMMING-LANG-_p2-ebook/dp/B009ZUZ9FW https://redd.it/1xm7bh8 @programmingreddit

Database Indexing Isn't Magic. Understand It From Scratch https://sushantdhiman.dev/blog/database-index-from-scratch/ https://redd.it/1xl6oes @programmingreddit

The case against Makefiles https://thibaud.space/2026/10/the-case-against-makefiles.html https://redd.it/1xl5irk @programmingreddit

Jepsen on ParticleDB: "We tested versions 1.1.4 through 1.1.18.11.rc-22 and found that ParticleDB’s claims of “Full ACID” were somewhat premature" https://jepsen.io/analyses/particledb-1.1.4 https://redd.it/1xl8d57 @programmingreddit

OpenAI still has a WebRTC Problem https://moq.dev/blog/webrtc-is-still-the-problem/ https://redd.it/1xgy8d2 @programmingreddit

How hard is it to check for whitespace? https://serce.me/posts/2026-10-30-how-hard-is-it-to-check-for-whitespace https://redd.it/1xjtach @programmingreddit

Beating the compiler at signed 32-bit division https://lemire.me/blog/2026/10/31/beating-the-compiler-at-signed-32-bit-division/ https://redd.it/1xka27q @programmingreddit

How curl was accidentally Turing-complete for nine months https://seriot.ch/computation/curl.html https://redd.it/1xjiofl @programmingreddit

I miss the part of programming where I figure it out myself https://medium.com/@behind-the-stack/ai-has-made-coding-boring-adb1826134b0?sk=2bba5636bf991e6b22f62ddbfa164ae8 https://redd.it/1xjjr9z @programmingreddit

If-statement that caused HTTP2Shell was itself undisclosed patch of vulnerability https://www.bugsink.com/blog/brotli-stale-table-read/ https://redd.it/1xi16s3 @programmingreddit

DuckDB.NET 1.5.6.1: Reading Data Up to 12× Faster https://www.giorgi.dev/database/duckdb-net-1-5-6-1-data-reader-performance/ https://redd.it/1xgnigv @programmingreddit

Linux Kernel TCP Flaw With 9.8 CVSS Score Affects Ubuntu, Red Hat and Other Distributions https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/linux-kernel-tcp-flaw-with-98-cvss.html https://redd.it/1xiq8we @programmingreddit

Making SIMD Code Scale to Any Vector Width https://streamhpc.com/blog/2026-10-28/making-simd-code-scale-to-any-vector-width/ https://redd.it/1xhpagj @programmingreddit

A faster way to compute signed 64-bit floor division by constants https://www.benjoffe.com/fast-floordiv https://redd.it/1xhl1jb @programmingreddit

Python jettisons the native JIT, at least for now https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1102102/489e41d80e4966aa/ https://redd.it/1xhbl06 @programmingreddit

A few of my favorite software and programming language documentaries https://nate.spot/software-documentaries/ https://redd.it/1xgwkhz @programmingreddit

Who lost my lap infant? My attempt to reverse engineer a decade-long airline bug https://jtibs.substack.com/p/who-lost-my-lap-infant https://redd.it/1xfhd6i @programmingreddit