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Initially I was like, "Oh cool, a new layer on top of Nix to make it more accessible!" And then read on to see it's basically just the NixCpp fork from save-nix-together now with M…

This looks to be a fork of NixCpp only. There is also https://aux.computer that appears to be (the beginning of) a fork of nixpkgs.

Navi[1] is perfect for this! It's both a fuzzy finder of a personal collection of commands, but it's template syntax is flexible enough to be able to have "command builders" I have…

GPS satellites don't "send" your coordinates to your receiver. Your receiver is just listening to the broadcast signal from several (usually 4+) satellites and based on the strengt…

In fact, I believe that's exactly where this bug lies. You're effectively able to trigger a case in which passing `&'a &'b` without providing any correlation (`where 'a: 'b`) that …

hyperfine is such a great tool that it's one of the first I reach for when doing any sort of benchmarking. I encourage anyone who's tried hyperfine and enjoyed it to also look at s…

Rust can re-use an allocation, but if the new item is smaller than the previous it doesn't automatically remove (free) the "wasted" memory left over from the previous allocation. I…

TBF, when a 1.0 is released doesn't mean it's viable right way for things like this. It takes a certain level of market adoption and ecosystem buy-in first. Also, Zig still isn't 1…

I'm not a fan of trying to put hard numbers on unknowns like this because it biases against uncertainty, but if they shaved ~74 minutes off their CI time and assuming it runs multi…

I've had significantly fewer issues with `cargo [b]install`ed compiled Rust programs than `npm install`ed ones. Getting nodejs/npm installed (and at an appropriate version) is not …

Really cool idea but this gives me anxiety just thinking about how it has to be maintained. Taking into account versions, command flags changing output, etc. all seems like a night…

Many (most?) disagree with this line of thinking, but I believe the "Rust will never have a 2.0" style thought is what ultimately leads these multi-year pursuits of perfect (or at …

Seems the author is expecting OAI to continue merrily along its way working towards AGI (albeit at a stated slower pace) while MSFT is able to take Altman et al and circle the wago…

I've worked in large companies (thousands of employees) and startups ( I was literally just a means to an end to churn out code on a product. I could have been (and eventually was)…

It's the IATA code for Portland International Airport. Many datacenters use IATA codes for the nearest airport to give a rough approximation of the location. So the PDX datacenter …

Git terminology is a clinical example where many (most? definitely not all) terms make perfect sense once you already understand how it works , but make almost no sense in concert …

The "Security. Cryptography. Whatever." podcast just did an episode about the origin of the nistp curves. https://securitycryptographywhatever.com/2023/10/12/the-nist...

My wife isn't going to be happy about this... I have an ErgoDox EZ at home, and a Moonlander for work. I absolutely love these keyboards. They have played a significant role in red…

This makes me wonder about newer terminal emulators on maccOS like Warp[1], and if they're for example taking all input locally, and then sending it over the remote host in a singl…

I wonder how well (or if it's even possible?) to pair this with hosted WASM runners (like CloudFlare Workers, or Fastly Runners, etc.). It looks like there is also (limited?) suppo…

It was a combination between Patreon and Github Sponsors for solo the lead developer at the time making several thousand USD per month. Those campaigns are still ongoing AFAIK, but…