How Hacker News ranking works: scoring, controversy, and penalties (2013)(righto.com)

185 points by theanonymousone 1 month ago | 94 comments

Regex Isn't Hard (2023)(timkellogg.me)

58 points by asicsp 1 year ago | 67 comments

John Carmack on inlined code (2014)(number-none.com)

528 points by bpierre 2 years ago | 363 comments

Jonathan Blow's blog reposts John Carmack's 2007 email on inlining code and avoiding hidden state mutation, with Carmack's 2014 commentary favoring pure functions.

Guess I'm a rationalist now(scottaaronson.blog)

287 points by nsoonhui 1 year ago | 869 comments

CNC lasers for cutting and engraving(jacquesmattheij.com)

253 points by jacquesm 2 years ago | 131 comments

The “JVG algorithm” only wins on tiny numbers(scottaaronson.blog)

77 points by jhalderm 7 months ago | 41 comments