In this series, we are going to build a todo-list application using Haskell, GTK 4, and the Adwaita library. Adwaita will provide us with many useful widgets and styles. Let’s dive in! This series’ intended audience is intermediate Haskellers, with … Read more
by Oscar Toledo G. Sep/21/2026 A few weeks ago, I found a floppy disk containing my latest C compiler for transputer. It was enhanced to be compiled with Delorie’s G++ or DJGPP (circa 1998). Of course, it generated a lot … Read more
September 2026 One of the most useful heuristics I have when doing office hours with startups is to ask: what would make this company more powerful? Asking how the company could make more money is a good heuristic too, but … Read more
Swap files have had the same performance characteristics as swap partitions for more than 20 years and yet, linux distributions continue to encourage the use of swap partitions during install. Swap files are easier to use/add/remove/modify/extend after installation. They’re better … Read more
English Français Deutsch Italiano 中文 More Español Ελληνικά 日本語 Português Türkçe Despite unprecedented access to information in the digital age, young citizens face growing challenges related to news consumption and misinformation. This large-scale randomized controlled trial examines the impact of … Read more
Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes – Austin Z. Henley Austin Z. Henley I build tools for people 9/6/2026 To feel human, I write code by hand on the weekends. My latest challenge? Make a Python interpreter in 512 … Read more
I don’t know what’s going on. I always wanted to solve problems and create things, but now that I have access to a tool that’s able to speed up the whole design and development process… I’m just bored. I don’t … Read more
Our field has a weird relationship with terminal and command line interfaces. The time has come to re-evaluate it. I’m on a kick lately getting my friends to try building native user interfaces. I built my first serious Mac application … Read more
I have a pen-plotter! It’s great. It’s like having a printer but slow and it breaks more often. I got it on eBay and it came sorta broken and I immediately spent the difference between what I paid and the … Read more
Last week we released version 0.2 of pgrust. This release was all about performance. It’s 10x faster than the previous version of pgrust. On OLTP benchmarks, pgrust is 30% faster than Postgres, and on Clickbench, Clickhouse’s benchmark for analytical databases, … Read more