I originally intended to do these twice a month but I can’t reliably do that so I am just going to number them from now on.
Dev
C 23
Yeah, it’s just exhausting dealing with these committees. I don’t have the technical chops to promote a change nor the human skills to persevere.
https://thephd.dev/c23-is-coming-here-is-what-is-on-the-menu
Google Flat Buffers
Interesting serialization library
https://github.com/google/flatbuffers
Rich text formatting in the shell
Why it takes Data Science to drive this I will never know. Lovely library
https://github.com/Textualize/rich
The case for C# in the backend
Frankly, Javascript shouldn’t be in the backend. It’s a great language but it’s use everywhere shows an industry that is desperate for talent and refuses to train.
https://chrlschn.medium.com/the-case-for-c-and-net-72ee933da304
STL-like BTree Implementation
https://github.com/frozenca/BTree
Carbon - replacement for C++?
Probably not… but maybe.
https://9to5google.com/2022/07/19/carbon-programming-language-google-cpp/
Technology
Alternative Physics
Really good chance that this is just bollox, but it’s fascinating and valid research.
https://phys.org/news/2022-07-roboticists-alternative-physics.html
Server Retired After 18 Years
I am a big proponent of quality components for servers. Often people use commodity components because they want to shun/shame HP, Dell or IBM (who certainly gouge customers) for political reasons. What they don’t realise is that 24/7 takes a huge toll on seemingly insignificant components and they die.
Embedding an exe in a .REG file
People jus run these files and don’t think twice.
https://www.x86matthew.com/view_post?id=embed_exe_reg
Not so Common Desktop Environment
Looks lovely to me
https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE
When large companies can’t be trusted… dontdeletethisuser
Atlassian are mupptets
Human
Worst Videogame in History
For me the ET resurrection showed that people will buy anything. The $1000+ price tag for the worst game dug out of a landfill show people love the idea of games, the mythology of games more than games themselves.
https://thehustle.co/worst-video-game-in-history-et/
Admin Terminal in McDonald’s.
I agree with all of this except, for me at least, the coffee in McDonald’s is good.
https://ghuntley.com/mcdonalds/
Free high quality e-Books
Free tests lovingly upgraded and released as e-Books
Fake Tech Books on Amazon
There are no rules on Amazon other than Amazon must make money. Interesting Twitter thread from an author of a greate book Deep Learning with Python.
https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/1550930876183166976
Software
HexEditor using ImGUI
Always love a bit of ImGUI snappyness.
https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex
Also don’t fear it’s partner Textual for Terminal GUI Generation
https://github.com/Textualize/textual
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