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A nicer voltmeter clock(lcamtuf.substack.com)
345 points by surprisetalk | 45 comments
lcamtuf's Substack post describing building an improved voltmeter clock, an update to a 2019 project, with emphasis on its wooden enclosure.
Things you can do with diodes(lcamtuf.substack.com)
367 points by zdw | 106 comments
A blog post on lcamtuf's Substack explaining the diode and the practical circuit applications of this often-overlooked electronic component.
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A blog post on lcamtuf's Substack explaining the diode and the practical circuit applications of this often-overlooked electronic component.
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353 points by tosh | 115 comments
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Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python(vgel.me)
454 points by vgel | 142 comments
Blog post by vgel describing the design and architecture of a small C compiler written in about 500 lines of Python.
MVCC – the part of PostgreSQL we hate the most (2023)(cs.cmu.edu)
341 points by virtualwhys | 109 comments
Andy Pavlo blog post from April 2023 criticizing PostgreSQL's multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) implementation and its drawbacks.
That's not an abstraction, that's a layer of indirection(fhur.me)
546 points by fagnerbrack | 213 comments
A blog post arguing that many so-called abstractions in codebases are merely layers of indirection that add complexity and hurt performance without real value.
Why do electronic components have such odd values? (2021)(digilent.com)
430 points by mtm | 142 comments
Digilent blog post explaining why resistors, capacitors and other components come in values like 47k and 22µF, based on preferred number E-series.