Fortran 2023(iso.org)

165 points by hardmaru 2 years ago | 108 comments

Inngest raises $3M seed to build the reliable workflow platform for every dev(inngest.com)

34 points by francesca 3 years ago | 27 comments

Python errors as values: Comparing useful patterns from Rust and Go(inngest.com)

26 points by danfarrelly 3 years ago | 38 comments

The WebP 0day(blog.isosceles.com)

393 points by benhawkes 3 years ago | 194 comments

Isosceles blog post analyzing the WebP zero-day vulnerability (libwebp heap buffer overflow) exploited in the wild.

A programming language coding in a grid(github.com)

46 points by Judyrabbit 2 years ago | 32 comments

Exercism – learn programming languages for free(exercism.org)

228 points by alexzeitler 3 years ago | 34 comments

Anatomy of a credit card rewards program(bitsaboutmoney.com)

1220 points by disgruntledphd2 2 years ago | 705 comments

A Bits about Money essay by Patrick McKenzie (patio11) explaining how credit card rewards programs work and are funded.

RFC 10008: The new HTTP Query Method(rfc-editor.org)

394 points by schappim 4 months ago | 163 comments

RFC 10008, a Proposed Standard defining the HTTP QUERY method: a safe, idempotent request that carries enclosed content like POST but can be safely retried.

Mastercard DNS error went unnoticed for years(krebsonsecurity.com)

925 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 228 comments

KrebsOnSecurity article on a MasterCard DNS server misconfiguration, a typo'd nameserver domain that went unnoticed for nearly five years until a researcher registered it.

The Garbage Collection Handbook, 2nd Edition(routledge.com)

343 points by zzxcvb 3 years ago | 153 comments

Routledge product page for the 2nd edition of The Garbage Collection Handbook by Jones, Hosking, and Moss, a book on automatic memory management.

What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks(tautology.town)

631 points by evakhoury 1 month ago | 378 comments

A blog post explaining what card networks like Visa and Mastercard do, distinguishing them from card issuers, banks, and payment processors.

RCE Vulnerability in QBittorrent(sharpsec.run)

352 points by udev4096 2 years ago | 173 comments

Security blog post disclosing that qBittorrent's DownloadManager ignored SSL certificate errors for 14 years, enabling remote code execution, fixed in version 5.0.1.