Bookmarks tagged “programming”
342 bookmarks tagged “programming”
How we decreased GitLab repo backup times from 48 hours to 41 minutes
Learn how we tracked a performance bottleneck to a 15-year-old Git function and fixed it, leading to enhanced efficiency that supports more robust backup strategies and can reduce risk.
Why Not Just Do Simple C++ RAII in C?
Ever since I finished publishing the “defer” paper and successfully defended it on its first go-around (it now has tentative approval to go to a Technical Sp...
The Defer Technical Specification: It Is Time
After the Graz, Austria February 2025 WG14 Meeting, I am now confident in the final status of the defer TS, and it is now time.
Emerging Developer Patterns for the AI Era | Andreessen Horowitz
Developers are moving past AI as just tooling and starting to treat AI agents as a new foundation for how software gets built.
The Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything | Blog
A reflection on control, burnout, and the strange weight of technical fluency.
Beyond speed: Measuring engineering success by impact, not velocity - Stack Overflow
If velocity is just a tool and not a goal, how do you measure real success for engineering teams?
OAuth's Role in MCP Security
Limits and Opportunities in the Identity Layer
Engineering teams need to adapt to AI’s scaling challenges - Stack Overflow
AI is not a linear process. To scale effectively, engineering leaders must account for varied edge cases, presenting a new set of challenges.
Abstract Heresies: Why I Program in Lisp
A blog about computers, functional languages, Lisp, and Scheme.
What is Local-first Web Development? | alexop.dev
Explore the power of local-first web development and its impact on modern web applications. Learn how to build offline-capable, user-centric apps that prioritize data ownership and seamless synchronization. Discover the key principles and implementation steps for creating robust
Length and capacity in Go slices
Length and capacity in Go slices confused me for a while. They're related but different, and important. This will give you more clarity on what they are.
VALORANT's 128-Tick Servers | Riot Games Technology
Engineer Brent Randall tells the technical story behind VALORANT's search for optimal server performance.
Peeking into VALORANT's Netcode | Riot Games Technology
Take a peek behind the scenes of VALORANT's netcode.
What docs as code really means - passo.uno
I’ve recently started a new job as a documentation engineer. While my work is largely the same as that of a technical writer, the sound and semantics of my new job title gave me some pause and made me think about what it really means to be doing docs-as-code. To say that it’s abo
This developer tool is 40 years old: can it be improved? - Stack Overflow
Go or Rust? Just Listen to the Bots - Cybernetist
It all started as a joke. I was in a group chat with a few of my friends and we were talking about football (soccer for the American readers). I entered the chat during a mildly heated discussion about the manager of a team one of my friends supports. It was going on for a bit wh
Can a programming language implement time travel? - Stack Overflow
Never underestimate HTML - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
