Programming

Jake Archibald from Google on functions as callbacks. https://jakearchibald.com/2021/function-callback-risks/ https://redd.it/lcem60 @programmingreddit

South African government releases its own browser just to re-enable Flash support https://www.zdnet.com/article/south-african-government-releases-its-own-browser-just-to-re-enable-flash-support/ https://redd.it/lbnnst @programmingreddit

Computer Graphics from Scratch: now as a real book! https://nostarch.com/computer-graphics-scratch https://redd.it/lbmda2 @programmingreddit

Cleaning Up Your Postgres Database https://info.crunchydata.com/blog/cleaning-up-your-postgres-database https://redd.it/lb65m6 @programmingreddit

An Alternative to "Clean Code": A Philosophy of Software Design https://johz.bearblog.dev/book-review-philosophy-software-design/ https://redd.it/lb8zrn @programmingreddit

Strings in C... tiring and unsafe. So I just made this lib. Am I doing it right, Reddit ? https://github.com/alcover/buf https://redd.it/lb6bwi @programmingreddit

VideoLAN is 20 years old! https://www.videolan.org/press/videolan-20.html https://redd.it/lankjq @programmingreddit

I taught philosophy to a computer model and it feels like I am talking to a deranged but intelligent person. https://towardsdatascience.com/i-taught-philosophy-to-gpt-2-and-it-felt-i-am-talking-to-a-deranged-but-intelligent-person-875820735af5 https://redd.it/la5qyq @programmingreddit

Pip has dropped support for Python 2 https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/#id4 https://redd.it/la8t5f @programmingreddit

The Unexpected Find That Freed 20GB of Unused Index Space https://hakibenita.com/postgresql-unused-index-size https://redd.it/la41e0 @programmingreddit

My Third Year as a Solo Developer https://mtlynch.io/solo-developer-year-3/ https://redd.it/la4hfq @programmingreddit

The MIT License, Line by Line https://writing.kemitchell.com/2016/09/21/MIT-License-Line-by-Line.html https://redd.it/l9x79j @programmingreddit

IBM paperweight teardown: Reverse-engineering 1970s memory chips http://www.righto.com/2021/01/ibm-paperweight-teardown-reverse.html https://redd.it/l986fx @programmingreddit

"I am a dev at a Fortune 500 and my manager is an a@@ h@@@ who doesn't understand or cares about security" https://github.com/returntocorp/semgrep/issues/2409 https://redd.it/l9i7fz @programmingreddit

A unique and helpful explanation of design patterns. https://github.com/wesdoyle/design-patterns-explained-with-food https://redd.it/l9aayp @programmingreddit

Why are Bluescreens blue? I tracked down the programmer of the bluescreen itself to find out! https://youtu.be/KgqJJECQQH0 https://redd.it/l8qbkn @programmingreddit

Build your own X, a collection of tutorials to build your own 3D renderer, Blockchain, Bot, Game, Neural Network, Search Engine, Text Editor, and much more! (27 things to build!) https://github.com/danistefanovic/build-your-own-x https://redd.it/l8o4cb @programmingreddit

Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store https://twitter.com/element_hq/status/1355290296947499013 https://redd.it/l8k8cs @programmingreddit

Achieving 11M IOPS & 66 GB/s IO on a Single ThreadRipper Workstation https://tanelpoder.com/posts/11m-iops-with-10-ssds-on-amd-threadripper-pro-workstation/ https://redd.it/l7uujn @programmingreddit

The weirdest compiler bug https://blog.zaita.com/mingw64-compiler-bug/ https://redd.it/l88zjm @programmingreddit