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Jul 21, 2025 from home - SHRIK3 on SHRIK3

RDMA 101 - libverbs APIs and hello world

Introduction to Programming Infiniband RDMA by Insu Jang https://insujang.github.io/2020-02-09/introduction-to-programming-infiniband/ Code https://github.com/Arlu/RDMA-Hello-World Copy-Verbatim, a...

Jul 21, 2025 from Julio Merino (jmmv.dev)

Bazel and action (non-) determinism

A key feature of Bazel is its ability to produce fast, reliable builds by caching the output of actions. This system, however, relies on a fundamental principle: build actions must be deterministic...

Jul 20, 2025 from Kevin Cox's Blog

I Don't Like Imports

I think this is an unusual opinion, so I thought I would share.I prefer not to import external symbols into the local scope. For example, I prefer:let body = reqwest::get("https://kevincox.ca/feed....

Jul 20, 2025 from Chris Short

914 Days Later — My Journey Off Klonopin

This is a significant accomplishment for me. I’m taking a moment to celebrate it while at the same time trying to warn others about the highly addictive drug, Klonopin (clonazepam). Mental healthca...

Jul 18, 2025 from Commented Out

The Case of the Field Problem

Picking up someone else's design to get it into production is a common enough situation and yet there are always interesting problems to be solved. These can get particularly challenging if that pr...

Jul 18, 2025 from Palladium

No Country Ever Got Rich From Tourism

Factories and offices will always generate far more wealth than hotels and restaurants. Growing tourism is a sign of economic stagnation, not dynamism. The post No Country Ever Got Rich From Touris...

Jul 18, 2025 from is this it?

Analog Photography Assistant - 1.1.0

Analog Photography Assistant Analog Photography Assistant (APA) is a free, ad-free, privacy-first android app for film photographers. APA v1.1.0 is the first post-launch release and focuses on UX i...

Jul 17, 2025 from R74n Newsletter

🎨 Sandboxels v1.12 - Saves For All - OUT NOW 💾

Game-changing save browser is here. Steam Workshop support. And more.

Jul 17, 2025 from Jasco's Website

Why Bigfoot

I talk about my belief in the existence of sasquatch, and address the main problem non-believers raise

Jul 16, 2025 from Sophia Willows' Blog

Every tool call is a chance to prompt

There’s a subtlety in building AI agents that took me an embarrassingly long time to appreciate: your tool responses are prompts!So many tools and MCP servers treat outputs as mere data pipes: the ...

Jul 15, 2025 from Benny Powers: Web Developer

Fun with Ripgrep, part 1

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Jul 15, 2025 from kmcd.dev

Can You Hack a Phone with Your Voice?

Or How I Got Thousands of Mastodon Users to Whistle at Their Screens

Jul 15, 2025 from Chaotican Writer

Three Fools Saga: Part 1 – The Story So Far…

A collection of narrative excerpts from the Dungeon Delve weekly newsletter, following the exploits of a thief, sage, and a paladin on their quest for fortune! The post Three Fools Saga: Part 1 – T...

Jul 14, 2025 from Jordi Villar

Am I Becoming Irrelevant?

It feels silly to write just another blogpost about how to transition to a leadership role. Hopefully this is not a post about how to succeed in that transition. This is about how I felt every time...

Jul 14, 2025 from Sophia Willows' Blog

Great GraphQL APIs are behavior-oriented

When comparing REST and GraphQL, it’s not just about payload size, flexibility, or tooling. The real distinction is in how you design your API. REST is centered around resources, with endpoints lik...

Jul 13, 2025 from Chuniversiteit

A method for preventing browser extension fingerprinting

Who could have thought that DOM-based browser extension fingerprinting can be easily mitigated by splitting reality?

Jul 11, 2025 from ℤ→ℤ

Interview with John Bridges (PCPaint, GRASP, GL Pro)

John Bridges is a software engineer that co-developed PCPaint, which in 1984 was one of the earliest digital painting programs and helped spur the use of mice within the IBM PC market. He supported...

Jul 11, 2025 from The Linkfest

Linkfest #36: Moon Rice, Mountaineering in High Heels, and Why Birds Never Debate Economic Policy

Hello folks! It’s time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my next Linkfest, in which I scavenge through the thrift shops of the aer’y internet, looking for neglected finds in science, culture, a...

Jul 11, 2025 from Michael Lynch

Refactoring English: Month 7

Highlights I look for ways to limit the number of half-complete tasks I’m juggling. I brainstorm ways to talk with more of my early readers. I have trouble accepting a design decision in the Gleam ...

Jul 10, 2025 from Adventures in Open Source Software

Flox Box

Back in March I was at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) in Pasadena and I had to go directly from there to Bangkok to get to FOSSAsia. Now I’m not a very vain person, but on long flights ...