Abstraction, not syntax(ruudvanasseldonk.com)

94 points by unripe_syntax 1 year ago | 51 comments

Blocking code is a leaky abstraction(notgull.net)

112 points by zdw 2 years ago | 120 comments

OpenTelemetry Tracing in < 200 lines of code(jeremymorrell.dev)

213 points by masterj 2 years ago | 28 comments

I hate almost all software (2011)(tinyclouds.org)

111 points by Decabytes 3 years ago | 87 comments

What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes(notnotp.com)

228 points by chmaynard 4 months ago | 173 comments

Zig builds are getting faster(mitchellh.com)

409 points by emschwartz 1 year ago | 191 comments

Mitchell Hashimoto's blog post describing how Zig 0.15.1 has improved build times, using the Ghostty project's upgrade as an example.

I built a programming language that LLMs can't use(blog.picheta.me)

244 points by dom96 8 days ago | 179 comments

Blog post by Dominik Picheta introducing KillSwitch, a programming language he designed so that large language models cannot use it.

I'm just having fun(jyn.dev)

457 points by lemper 10 months ago | 209 comments

A blog post by jyn, a compiler engineer, arguing that programming isn't a competition and that they write about technical topics simply for fun.

It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans(erikbern.com)

429 points by imartin2k 2 years ago | 131 comments

Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.

Writing that changed how I think about programming languages(bernsteinbear.com)

388 points by r4um 1 year ago | 48 comments

A blog post listing papers, posts, and videos on programming languages and compilers that changed the author's thinking, with short commentary on each.

Hallucinations in code are the least dangerous form of LLM mistakes(simonwillison.net)

339 points by ulrischa 1 year ago | 264 comments

Simon Willison blog post arguing that LLM hallucinations in code are the least harmful kind of mistake because running the code exposes them immediately.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.