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Is this the new cyber normal?(drew.silcock.dev)

169 points by drewsberry 3 days ago | 203 comments

Blog post surveying a week of critical software vulnerabilities, including PHP2Shell RCEs found with AI, and discussing whether LLM-driven exploitation is the new normal.

Artisanal handcrafted Git repositories(drew.silcock.dev)

242 points by drewsberry 1 year ago | 56 comments

Everything you need to know about Python 3.13 – JIT and GIL went up the hill(drew.silcock.dev)

362 points by chmaynard 2 years ago | 185 comments

A blog post explaining the changes in Python 3.13, focusing on the experimental JIT compiler and the optional removal of the Global Interpreter Lock.

How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner(drew.silcock.dev)

488 points by drewsberry 2 years ago | 79 comments

A long blog post explaining how PostgreSQL physically stores table data on disk, exploring database folders, files, and page layout.