We benchmark DuckDB on a 2012 MacBook Pro to decide: did we lose a decade chasing distributed architectures for data analytics?

Kotlin Language Server and plugin for Visual Studio Code - Kotlin/kotlin-lsp

Gentle readers, I have just wrapped up a fun side project that will be of great interest to a very small number of you. The result of one of the most technically demanding efforts of my career, I a…

*on macOS with an M3 chip *slightly more than 1%, on a specific benchmark, without any new unsafe code
A while ago, memorysafety.org announced a contest for …

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Warning: Math, Handwaving

I spent a lot of time doodling in middle school in lieu of whatever it is middle schoolers are
supposed to be doing. Somewhere between the Cool S’s
and Penrose triangles I stumbled upon a neat
way to fill up graph paper by repeatedly…

More information about the end of support for Pocket.

Many Ruby applications allocate objects. What if we could make allocating objects six times faster? We can! Read on to learn more!

Create custom SQLite functions in JavaScript. Extend your database with scalars, aggregates, window functions, and collations directly in JavaScript. - sqliteai/sqlite-js

The move was a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump’s demands.

In 2025, playing your own music on an iPhone is surprisingly hard, unless you pay Apple or navigate a maze of limitations. So I built my own player from scratch, with full text search, iCloud support, and a local-first experience. GitHub link
Why I Built…

The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.

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Ki Soon-do’s soy sauce has been served to Donald Trump and gained Unesco heritage protection. It is recognition that is 370 years in the making

The bit that makes sense – tidal forces
My physics teacher explained that most tidal effect is caused by the Moon rotating around the Earth, and some also by the Sun.
They said that in the Earth - ...

Disclaimer: This post was written May 2025, and the arguments apply to AI code capabilities at this time. The arguments around lack of competence are certainly likely to become less prevalent-while the parts about the desecration of the joys of programming…