Not long after the Palisades Fire broke out Jan. 7, firefighting aircraft began drawing bright red lines with fire retardant across the Santa Monica Mountains, in an effort to slow and contain the flames. By the time the fire was … Read more
Emacs 30.1 is upon us, and it’s time for another bumper release full of new features and improvements. As always, I have taken the time to go through most of the changes in Emacs 30.1 and annotated them to give … Read more
Jan 28, 2025 I find Zig’s idea of a “writer” confusing. This is probably because there are three different types, each trying to compensate for compromises made by the others. Let’s try to understand what each is and how it … Read more
Have you ever logged into a website using your Google or Facebook account? Or connected an app to access your GitHub data? If so, you’ve already used OAuth2, whether you knew it or not. OAuth2 is the world’s most popular, … Read more
I recently listened to three podcast episodes, all with bootstrapped founders over the age of 40: It’s interesting to see how differently this stage of life is compared to our 20s and 30s. An Evolving Definition of Success: “I’ve been … Read more
François Beaufort Corentin Wallez Published: November 21, 2024 The WebGPU specification is always evolving, with major companies like Google, Mozilla, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft meeting weekly to discuss its development. The most recent GPU for the Web working group meeting … Read more
One of the biggest threats to natural habitats and healthy ecosystems around the world is the introduction of non-native invasive species into their realm. It could be a form of plant life like Purple Loosestrife or Kuduz or an animal … Read more
Article 11/12/2024 4 contributors Feedback In this article F# 9 introduces a range of enhancements that make your programs safer, more resilient, and performant. This article highlights the major changes in F# 9, developed in the F# open source code … Read more
Table of Contents In the 1950s, computers did not really interoperate. ARPANET has not yet happened (that would become a thing in the 60s), and every operating system was typically tied to the hardware that was meant to run on. … Read more
Robinhood is the internal Dropbox load balancing service we deployed in 2020. It is responsible for routing all our internal traffic between servers to balance service load. Before we built Robinhood, most Dropbox services suffered from uneven load distribution among … Read more