Short-Circuiting Correlated Subqueries in SQLite(emschwartz.me)

6 points by emschwartz 10 months ago | 0 comments

Open source projects could sell SBOM fragments(thomas-huehn.com)

99 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 56 comments

Datastar: Web Framework for the Future?(chrismalek.me)

228 points by 1659447091 1 year ago | 133 comments

Emacs internals: Deconstructing Lisp_Object in C (Part 2)(thecloudlet.github.io)

103 points by thecloudlet 7 months ago | 16 comments

Sloc Cloc and Code 4.0 (scc) – Finding the files that need the most attention(boyter.org)

28 points by boyter 2 months ago | 1 comments

We Are Forking dotenvy into dotenv-ng(secretspec.dev)

35 points by linggen 2 months ago | 39 comments

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.

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.

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.

Small programming tricks(will-keleher.com)

606 points by signa11 1 month ago | 266 comments

A blog post arguing that small nuggets of programming knowledge boost productivity, sharing examples like fzf-powered ctrl+r and python3 -m http.server.

7 Databases in 7 Weeks for 2025(matt.blwt.io)

380 points by yarapavan 1 year ago | 109 comments

Blog post by Matt Blewitt recommending seven database technologies to study for a week each in 2025, including Postgres, SQLite, DuckDB, ClickHouse, and others.

That's not an abstraction, that's a layer of indirection(fhur.me)

546 points by fagnerbrack 1 year ago | 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.