Managing mutable data in Elixir with Rust
One of Elixir’s core benefits, and the secret to its robustness and scalability, is its foundation on immutable data. Sometimes, though, immutability is just not a great fit for a particular task—but that task is only one part of a large project. Is it possible to enjoy the benefits of Elixir’s data model everywhere else, […]
A quantitative test of Diamond’s axis of orientation hypothesis
The world of Yakuza fan magazines (2009)
By Jake Adelstein TOKYO: The Japanese mafia, better known as the yakuza, has been the subject of fan magazines for decades. These magazines serve as de-facto trade periodicals for a world of vicious, autocratic thugs, men who are handy with swords and guns, sport full-body tattoos, deal in illegal contraband and laundered money, and rip […]
Fella Health (YC W20) Is Hiring
About Fella Health Fella Health helps middle-aged men live 10 years longer. We are the telemedicine clinic for bigger guys, worldwide. We use medical weight loss treatment to solve our fellas’ most pressing healthcare need, then remain a fella’s core healthcare provider for the rest of their life – focused on men’s health, mental health, […]
So you think you understand IP fragmentation?
What is IP fragmentation, why is it important, and do people understand it? The answer to that last question is “not as well as they think”. This article will also answer the rest of those questions and introduce fragquiz, a game that I wrote to allow players to guess how IP packets will behave when […]
How to commit part of file in Git
Imagine you’re working on a feature branch and have made several changes to a file to implement different aspects of the feature. However, some of these changes are related to the feature being developed, while others are unrelated or incomplete. For example, you may have added new functionality, refactored existing code, and made some debugging […]
Indian government moves to ban ProtonMail after bomb threat
What you need to know The Indian government’s Information Technology ministry issued an order to block ProtonMail in the region. The move comes after a bomb threat was sent to schools in Chennai via a ProtonMail account. ProtonMail is still active in the country as of writing, but it remains to be seen if that […]
Scandinavia’s first farmers slaughtered the native hunter-gatherer population
Goodbye Auth0
Last Thursday, I woke up to a pile of emails that I was, in truth, half expecting. They were all worded a bit differently and came from different senders but the message was the same: Today, Okta made the decision to eliminate a number of positions across multiple organizations. Unfortunately, your position has been eliminated as […]
PhotoRoom (YC S20) Is Hiring an API Designer in Paris (Node, Rust)
(Photoroom’s CTO here) TL;DR; We’re looking for a seasoned engineer who has experience building easy-to-use public web APIs with Node.js Our goal: allow anyone to edit images by typing an URL. Think of it as Photoroom-in-a-box, where the interface is an URL For instance, you can call: https://beta-sdk.photoroom.com/v2/edit?background.color=blue… and get your edited image back. (here […]