Web CGI programs aren't particularly slow these days(utcc.utoronto.ca)

79 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 57 comments

Running NetBSD on IBM ThinkPad 380Z(luke8086.dev)

146 points by jaypatelani 1 year ago | 40 comments

How Raw sockets behave differently in macOS and Linux(swagnik.netlify.app)

99 points by adityaathalye 2 years ago | 37 comments

History of HTTPS Usage(jefftk.com)

36 points by wpapper 2 years ago | 5 comments

Cuckoo hashing improves SIMD hash tables (and other hash table tradeoffs)(reiner.org)

54 points by ibraheemdev 1 year ago | 0 comments

IP and DNS Leaks in WebKit Affecting Proxy Browsers and iCloud Private Relay(mysk.blog)

153 points by lapcat 2 months ago | 24 comments

There's no reason for software to be slow anymore(danluu.com)

592 points by Jach 2 months ago | 442 comments

Dan Luu essay arguing that LLM coding agents make specialized performance optimization cheap, illustrated with optimizing a regex engine for specific workloads.

Software disenchantment(tonsky.me)

422 points by InsiderTesla 3 years ago | 286 comments

Nikita Prokopov's blog essay lamenting slow, bloated, inefficient modern software and the industry's tolerance of poor quality.

I'm Tired of Being on the Network(matduggan.com)

97 points by sagacity 1 month ago | 93 comments

A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.

There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy(experimental-history.com)

59 points by luu 1 month ago | 31 comments

An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.

Someone at BrowserStack is leaking users' email addresses(shkspr.mobi)

329 points by m_km 6 months ago | 88 comments

Blog post by Terence Eden describing how a unique email address he gave BrowserStack ended up with a third party via Apollo.io, implying a leak.

Linux phones are more important now than ever(feddit.org)

627 points by wicket 1 year ago | 394 comments

A Lemmy forum post arguing Linux phone development must accelerate as Android becomes more closed, citing AOSP changes and bootloader lock removals.