How can we compare expressive power between two Turing-complete languages?(langdev.stackexchange.com)

67 points by joebiden2 3 years ago | 39 comments

How should I read type system notation?(langdev.stackexchange.com)

302 points by mpweiher 3 years ago | 70 comments

Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

251 points by SeenNotHeard 1 year ago | 429 comments

Is `(expession, lvalue) = rvalue` a valid assignment in C or C++?(stackoverflow.com)

29 points by susam 1 year ago | 5 comments

How could the early Unix OS comprise so few lines of code?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

200 points by peter_d_sherman 3 years ago | 130 comments

Since when does Windows support forward slash as path separator?(retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)

34 points by signa11 2 years ago | 40 comments

Writing a C compiler in 500 lines of Python(vgel.me)

454 points by vgel 3 years ago | 142 comments

Blog post by vgel describing the design and architecture of a small C compiler written in about 500 lines of Python.

Compiler bootstrapping depends on more than you might think(utcc.utoronto.ca)

6 points by gavinhoward 12 days ago | 1 comments

A blog post by Chris Siebenmann discussing how compiler bootstrapping can be affected by operating system changes and other dependencies.

Getting AI to work in complex codebases(github.com)

442 points by dhorthy 1 year ago | 368 comments

A GitHub markdown document from HumanLayer describing advanced context engineering techniques for getting AI coding agents to work in complex codebases.

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.

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.

Linux containers in 500 lines of code (2016)(blog.lizzie.io)

125 points by mkornaukhov 21 days ago | 30 comments

A 2016 blog post walking through a minimal Linux container implementation in C, covering namespaces, capabilities, mounts and other isolation mechanisms.