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It is an old thing, yeah. Some interfaces are inconvenient to use and take a lot of options, most of which tend to be set to 0. There are plenty of macros and typedefs. String hand…

I think for the vast majority of cases it is better to use whatever you're most comfortable with. Some people just don't have the endurance to learn gdb or lldb, or they are allerg…

But unless you're investing other people's money, you are a small fish in the sea. Like, if all you have is 200k then none of your decisions being public would affect you in a nega…

I know some people are going to complain as with every redesign. But I really like how clean and uncluttered this feels. Lighter blue color, less bold text, dense side panel, misal…

From x86_64 to AArch64 on Linux. Without: - Relying on GCC, but glibc is ok. - Recompiling LLVM for AArch64. - Recompiling LLVM for x86_64 but during that compilation process using…

It's funny how carefully you're stepping around financially rewarding people who do the work. It's like you know your status does not allow you to own the money generated, so you'r…

There is also https://git.sr.ht/~mcf/cproc inspired by several other small C compilers including 8cc, c, lacc, and scc. I did not take a deep look at it yet, but it looks interesti…

Whenever licenses are mentioned I often hear people saying they really really wished some library or program used a more permissive license like the MIT or ISC instead of the GPL o…

A debugger inspired and somewhat popularized by the Handmade Hero screencast series. Primarily for C and C++. Some people say good things about it and happy that it is being develo…

I'd like to go a little meta. If you really want to do it, then stop looking for a reason to do it. Because any piece of text containing the answer is probably going to fit in a fe…

You misunderstand me. What if I'm the monopoly who wants to jack up prices and extort? I. Me. And a few select people working for me who I reward, plus a bunch of nameless employee…

I see what you're saying. But I'm curious what the future you described will actually look like. I am NOT curious in the least about the good old days. I know it, it's boring to me…

These companies provide political value. I think of them as black boxes that don't really do anything to its input but give political weight to the arbitrary claim associated with …

I wanted to try it out just for 5 minutes, but alas, I'm on Arch Linux and can't compile. GNU Make complains about dots in the Makefile (things like .include and .if) and there are…

I heard some people say screw these CMake, Autotools, Makefiles, Ninjas, mesons, etc. Compilation of even big projects takes seconds. Just use a batch file on Windows and shell scr…

Yeah, I always forget about that. Of course somebody works on the factory and has to pee in the bottle. I'm wondering how is it really like for those who actually make stuff for gi…

I'm wondering if hedge funds would buy something that would allow access to private data. I heard insider trading is not an unusual thing, so a polished series of exploites wrapped…

There is a related thread with some discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20651984