Compilers as Teachers

We like to stress that Rust takes its commitment to developer friendliness very seriously, and that the Rust compiler considers confusing error messages a bug.

https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/compilers-as-teachers/

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#rust #compiler

Movfuscator - The single instruction C compiler

The Movfuscator compiles programs into "mov" instructions, and only "mov" instructions.

https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/movfuscator

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#c #compiler #asm #esoteric

URL vs URI

What is the Difference Between a URL And a URI?

https://medium.com/@ferencalmasi/what-is-the-difference-between-a-url-and-a-uri-8d4f473b04b

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#url #web #extra

Slate

A completely customizable framework for building rich text editors.

https://github.com/ianstormtaylor/slate

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#ui #framework #web

The Itanic Has Sunk

Intel's once-vaunted Itanium architecture officially died.

https://honeypot.net/post/the-itanic-has-sunk/

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#intel #hardware #cpu

Understanding js `arguments` object

In this thread, we'll learn about arguments, its length property, when to use it, and more!

https://twitter.com/codingyuri/status/1421093145572347909?s=20

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#javanoscript #tips

Documenting our migration to Docker

This is our experience with Docker! If you're migrating to containers, we're sure you'll find some useful tips to avoid possible mistakes.

https://www.artifakt.com/blog/cloud/documenting-our-migration-to-docker/

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#docker #tips

Malicious Input: How Hackers Use Shellcode

Attackers use shellcode to target a vulnerable process running on another machine. Learn how threat actors use it to compromise enterprises.

https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/malicious-input-how-hackers-use-shellcode/

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#security

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#meme #github

strcpy: a niche function you don't need

The C strcpy function is a common sight in typical C programs. It’s also a source of buffer overflow defects...

https://nullprogram.com/blog/2021/07/30/

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#c #extra

Static⁣.wiki

Read-only Wikipedia using a 43GB SQLite file

https://static.wiki/

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#wikipedia #misc

Free Geoip Api

Free ip geolocation api using c++ and php

https://github.com/Markus-Go/ip-countryside

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#cpp #php #geoip

Python Graph Library

Plotly is a library for creating graphs with options to export to html, useful for web applications.

https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py

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#python #graph #extra

Recursion in SQL Explained Visually

Lets think about queries as a function. In a sense that a function takes an input and produces an output. Queries operates on relations or…

https://medium.com/swlh/recursion-in-sql-explained-graphically-679f6a0f143b

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#sql #misc

How I accidentally took down GitHub Actions

Last December, I was invited to a private bug bounty program to test a beta version of GitHub Actions, so I decided to just try it out and see what would happen.

https://blog.teddykatz.com/2019/11/12/github-actions-dos.html

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#security #github #bugbounty

ASCII Play

An ASCII Art playground.

https://play.ertdfgcvb.xyz/

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#ascii #misc

Copy Securely Secrets

A small bash noscript to securely copy/Paste content using RSA encryption/decryption.

https://github.com/Sanix-Darker/css

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#bash #extra

Can the empty spaces/background in a terminal be replaced with a random(but pretty) pattern of ASCII characters?

https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/105325

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#bash #misc

Impersonating the brave.com website to deliver malware

With a valid TLS certificate, faux Bravė.com could fool even security-savvy people.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/with-help-from-google-impersonated-brave-com-website-pushes-malware/#p3

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#security #web #brave

6 Years of Professional Clojure

TL;DR Clojure is a great programming languages due to its functional nature, lack of objects / concentration on primitive values.

https://engineering.nanit.com/6-years-of-professional-clojure-2b61cb6c1983

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#clojure #overview

How to write slow Rust code

How I tried to port Lisp code to Rust and managed to get a much slower program... and how to fix that!

https://renato.athaydes.com/posts/how-to-write-slow-rust-code.html

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#rust #performance