The NX bit is not just about security
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The NX bit is not just about security
While I’m taking a short break from low-level programming, here’s a story by a friend of mine, Sonya, about debugging a seemingly impossible bug in ARM code.
This bug hunting saga started several months ago. While developing a bare-metal hypervisor on ARM64…
This bug hunting saga started several months ago. While developing a bare-metal hypervisor on ARM64…
Which programming “best practice” do you think is actually wrong?
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A faster way to convert a timestamp ➜ Hour, Min, Sec
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A faster way to convert a timestamp ➜ Hour, Min, Sec
50% faster than usual, by breaking the dependency chain.
video on improving performance of arctan for Nintendo 64 by Kaze Emanuar "spent weeks to save 100 Microseconds"
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He spent weeks to save 100 Microseconds
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I spend a stupid amount of time on an issue I only half-care about. Now I will foist it on all of you! Enjoy :P
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Are We Tau Yet?
Does your favorite programming language have a Tau (τ) constant yet?
Optimizing a Spin-Lock
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Optimizing a Spin-Lock | David Álvarez Rosa
A spin-lock is a lock that never sleeps. Instead of yielding to the scheduler, the thread stays on the CPU and spins. No syscalls. No context switches. In this …
Introducing CUDA Rust: Two Tracks for Writing GPU Kernels
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Introducing CUDA Rust: Two Tracks for Writing GPU Kernels
In September 2026, NVIDIA announced it is leaning into native GPU programming in Rust. CUDA C++ and CUDA Python are mature, enterprise-grade toolchains, and NVIDIA will be growing and maturing CUDA…
Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify
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Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify (2026) - Shopify
Coding agents changed what it costs to build mobile apps twice. Here’s why Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin.
How to Write an Effective Software Design Document
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How to Write an Effective Software Design Document
Best practices for writing a design doc based on my experience working as a developer at Google and Microsoft.
Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
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Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify (2026) - Shopify
Coding agents changed what it costs to build mobile apps twice. Here’s why Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin.
GCC 13.5 released with 265+ bug fixes
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GCC 13.5 Released With 265+ Bug Fixes
For those continuing to rely on the GCC 13 compiler in production that debuted more than three years ago, GCC 13.5 released today with more than 265 bug fixes
The API Tooling Crisis: Why developers are abandoning Postman and its clones?
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The API Tooling Crisis: Why developers are abandoning Postman and its clones?
I’ve been a Postman user for my entire developer career. I remember when it was just a simple Chrome extension that made pentesting APIs slightly less painful. Those were simpler times. Today, I find myself joining the growing exodus of developers abandoning…
Your Compiler Can Undo Your Security Checks
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Your Compiler Can Undo Your Security Checks
Big thanks to @ThreatLocker for sponsoring my trip to Black Hat USA 2026 and also for sponsoring this video.
Rune is now open source
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Rune is now open source. Rune Blog
Rune is now open source under the GPLv3. A native, keyboard-driven IDE written primarily in Go is ready for Go developers to inspect, change, and help build.
40ms Go GC stop-the-world pauses caused by swap
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Homebrew: 7.0.0 - faster installations and upgrades, stronger sandboxing, a native macOS app, built-in vulnerability checks and an advisory database, the end of macOS 10.15 support and Intel Macs moving to Tier 3.
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7.0.0
Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 7.0.0. The most significant changes since 6.0.0 are faster installations and upgrades, stronger sandboxing, a native macOS app, built-in vulnerability checks and an advisory database, the end of macOS 10.15 support and…
Performance Improvements in .NET 11
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Broken Windows, Abstractions and the Cost of Always Keeping Things Simple
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Broken Windows, Abstractions and the Cost of Always Keeping Things Simple
The Broken Window Theory is the idea that visible disorder encourages more disorder.