Using VLC to watch an m3u8 playlist at a URL with custom Referrer and User Agent(gist.github.com)

22 points by chatmasta 2 years ago | 10 comments

Roc rewrites the compiler in Zig(gist.github.com)

322 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 237 comments

A GitHub Gist by Richard Feldman explaining why the Roc programming language's compiler is being rewritten from Rust in Zig.

Sandboxing Untrusted Python(gist.github.com)

44 points by mavdol04 9 months ago | 38 comments

Show HN JetMove – Extra Nav and Multiple Caret Enhancements for Jetbrians IDEs(gist.github.com)

35 points by pioritdidnt 2 years ago | 10 comments

“Don Knuth Plays with ChatGPT” but with ChatGPT-4(gist.github.com)

153 points by LifeIsBio 3 years ago | 74 comments

Make Ubuntu packages 90% faster by rebuilding them(gist.github.com)

513 points by jeffbee 1 year ago | 323 comments

A GitHub Gist explaining how rebuilding Ubuntu's jq package from the same source with different build options yields about 90% better performance.

The GitHub wiki is an anti-pattern (2022)(michaelheap.com)

151 points by ibobev 1 month ago | 88 comments

A 2022 blog post by Michael Heap arguing that using the GitHub wiki for project documentation is an anti-pattern compared to a docs folder in the repo.

Finish your projects(github.com)

442 points by aarondf 3 years ago | 184 comments

A GitHub ReadME guide offering advice to developers on how to finish their software projects rather than abandoning them.

Why GitHub won(blog.gitbutler.com)

582 points by hardwaregeek 2 years ago | 453 comments

Blog post by GitHub cofounder Scott Chacon explaining how GitHub became the dominant code hosting platform.

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.

GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to their internal repositories(twitter.com)

527 points by splenditer 5 months ago | 289 comments

A post on X from GitHub stating it is investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories, with no current evidence of impact to customer data.

PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform(github.com)

592 points by doener 3 months ago | 274 comments

GitHub repository for PeerTube, an AGPL-licensed ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform that uses P2P delivery in the browser.