HTTP: , FTP:, and Dict:?(shkspr.mobi)

410 points by edent 2 years ago | 111 comments

Terence Eden blog post exploring the obscure dict: URL scheme and DICT dictionary server protocol found in an old codebase regex.

20 Years of YC / HN(vickiboykis.com)

149 points by mooreds 1 year ago | 36 comments

The EBF Documentary(brendangregg.com)

6 points by emmelaich 2 years ago | 1 comments

eBPF Documentary(brendangregg.com)

180 points by JNRowe 2 years ago | 57 comments

John Carmack on inlined code (2014)(number-none.com)

528 points by bpierre 2 years ago | 363 comments

Jonathan Blow's blog reposts John Carmack's 2007 email on inlining code and avoiding hidden state mutation, with Carmack's 2014 commentary favoring pure functions.

Web development is fun again(ma.ttias.be)

444 points by Mojah 9 months ago | 544 comments

Mattias Geniar's blog post reflecting on how web development felt simpler in the PHP 4 and jQuery era and arguing it has become fun again.