There are two main historical trends when choosing an implementation language for something
compiler-shaped.

Slides and videos explaining a functional approach to error handling

ProtonMail often touts its Swiss jurisdiction and privacy guarantees, but at the same time, it is complying with a record number of data request orders going through the Swiss legal system. ProtonMail is one of the most popular secure email services in the…

It’s time to move beyond the flawed idea of a global conversation platform.

A metre-long cross between a piano and electric guitar, the harpejji is earning famous fans and millions in revenue. But can ‘chaos bells’ or an abacus-powered synth do the same?

Our city's put on a bit of a growth spurt since the 2000s...

In dynamic resource allocations and load balancing, one of the well-known and fascinating algorithms is the “power of two random choices”

AI-penned Microsoft Travel article recommends food bank as a must-see destination.

Serve-side JSX with Ajax is a PHP? or a new stack?

Before tmux, I spent most of my time working in graphical editors and interfaces, and found working in the terminal difficult to do.

After moving to tmux and learning how to configure it to suit my needs, I now spend nearly all my time whilst writing code…

Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the Universe. These super-dense dead stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields can be found all over our galaxy but astronomers don’t know exactly how they form. Now, using multiple telescopes around the world, including…

For some of us, the backend vs frontend discussion just doesn’t cut it. What do do, then?

This chart shows a distribution of worldwide downstream traffic, by web application in 2022.

We’re working on asynchronous query execution in Postgres and have packaged the work up in an extension we’re calling pglater. If you’ve used Snowflake’s asynchronous queries, then you might already be familiar with this type of feature. Submit your queries…

Started with a fine of only $90,000 Norway is about to destroy Facebook's & Instagram's business model relying on personalized ads.

You want to learn more about Req plugin architecture!

When logged into a web application, the session does not remain valid forever. Typically, the session expires after a fixed time after login, or after the user has been idle for some time. How long should these times be?

Given all the interest this week in Firefox outperforming Google Chrome in SunSpider, I decided to run some fresh Linux desktop web browser benchmarks on my end

How do you critique functional art? Do you base your assessment on its capability or the resolution at which it solves a problem? Is it more important that it succeeds as art? Or is it the overall statement of purpose that matters, balance between form and…