Why is Debian the way it is?(blog.liw.fi)

237 points by brycewray 3 years ago | 134 comments

A peculiarity of the GNU Coreutils version of 'test' and '['(utcc.utoronto.ca)

71 points by ingve 2 years ago | 42 comments

The Unicon Programming Language(btiffin.users.sourceforge.net)

69 points by andsoitis 1 year ago | 9 comments

Nicu's test website made with SVG (2007)(svg.nicubunu.ro)

162 points by caminanteblanco 1 year ago | 91 comments

The GDB JIT Interface(bernsteinbear.com)

60 points by surprisetalk 9 months ago | 8 comments

Show HN: Resurrecting the Dillo browser(dillo-browser.github.io)

546 points by rodarima 2 years ago | 162 comments

The new homepage of the Dillo web browser, a fast lightweight graphical browser written in C/C++ with FLTK, revived under a GitHub organization.

An excruciatingly detailed guide to SSH (but only the things I find useful)(grahamhelton.com)

337 points by weeha 3 years ago | 75 comments

A blog post by Graham Helton offering a detailed guide to useful SSH features like port forwarding, aimed at red teamers navigating networks.

My first contribution to Linux(vkoskiv.com)

633 points by vkoskiv 1 year ago | 76 comments

A blog post recounting the author's experience upstreaming their first Linux kernel patch, fixing a hardware issue on a 2005 Fujitsu Lifebook S2110.

Useful patterns for building HTML tools(simonwillison.net)

331 points by simonw 10 months ago | 93 comments

Simon Willison's blog post describing useful patterns for building single-file HTML/JavaScript/CSS tools, mostly written with LLMs, with examples.

LLM-powered tools amplify developer capabilities rather than replacing them(matthewsinclair.com)

323 points by matthewsinclair 1 year ago | 214 comments

Blog post by Matthew Sinclair arguing that LLM-powered programming tools act like a mech suit amplifying developers rather than replacing them.

Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a full GUI application(github.com)

681 points by lsferreira42 2 years ago | 105 comments

GitHub repository for Gooey, a Python library that turns command line programs into full GUI applications with one line of code.

Someone behind the software(karrisaarinen.com)

532 points by tosh 7 days ago | 188 comments

Blog post by Karri Saarinen arguing that good software products carry the experience, values, and perspective of the people who make them.