Git tips and tricks(blog.gitbutler.com)

414 points by ChrisArchitect 2 years ago | 113 comments

GitButler blog post by Scott Chacon introducing a three-part series of lesser-known Git tips, tricks, and newer features.

1 kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes?(waspdev.com)

95 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 300 comments

Writing string.h functions using string instructions in asm x86-64 (2025)(pmasschelier.github.io)

58 points by thaisstein 6 months ago | 6 comments

The mathematics of compression in database systems(bitsxpages.com)

46 points by agavra 8 months ago | 8 comments

Tablesample Picks Rows(boringsql.com)

3 points by surprisetalk 4 days ago | 0 comments

A technical blog post explaining how PostgreSQL's TABLESAMPLE SYSTEM and BERNOULLI methods select rows by hashing physical addresses, and the resulting sampling biases.

"Unstripping" binaries: Restoring debugging information in GDB with Pwndbg(blog.trailofbits.com)

152 points by aa_is_op 2 years ago | 23 comments