GitHub, the de facto platform for open-source software development, provides a set of social-media-like features to signal high-quality repositories. Among them, the star count is the most widely...

How does the Linux kernel represent processes and their state: A breakdown of task_struct and mm_struct

A p2p reverse proxy with NAT traversal. Inspired by frp, rathole and ngrok - connet-dev/connet

It's easier than you think to write an exceptional software tutorial. You can stand out in a sea of mediocre guides by following a few simple rules.

6th Circuit finds regulator did not act within its legal authority

Published in 1969, The Peter Principle skewered corporate culture decades before Dilbert and The Office became pop culture hits. While it was written as satire, researchers have looked into the treatise to see what can be done to prevent workers from rising…

About 200 footprints made by dinosaurs 166 million years ago have been unearthed in a quarry in Oxfordshire.

Back in September 2023, we extended the curl command line tool with a new fairly advanced and flexible variable system. Using this, users can use files, environment variables and more in a powerful way when building curl command lines in ways not previously…

Preserving and augmenting human insight in an age of automated knowledge with Zettelgarden

In the previous post, we established that as long as ruby/json wasn’t competitive on micro-benchmarks, public perception wouldn’t change. Since what made ruby/json appear so bad on micro-benchmarks was its setup cost, we had to find ways to reduce it further.

One of my weirder hobbies is trying to convince people that the idea that companies are listening to you through your phone’s microphone and serving you targeted ads is a …

The year is 2025. The internet in the shape that we've known it in the early 2000s is no longer there. Or, not quite in the shape that we've seen it before. This is not just plain nostalgia talking - the vibrant ecosystem of blogs, feeds, personal sites,…

The making of a simple analog synth

An open directory of personal sites and blogs, maintained entirely on GitHub.

Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat