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31 points by lr0 | 37 comments
Why I love OCaml (2023)(mccd.space)
379 points by art-w | 270 comments
Personal blog post by Marc Coquand explaining why he loves OCaml, comparing it with Haskell and other languages he has used.
Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO(danluu.com)
326 points by greggyb | 617 comments
Dan Luu essay arguing Steve Ballmer was an underrated Microsoft CEO whose long-term bets and groundwork set up Satya Nadella's later success.
There's no reason for software to be slow anymore(danluu.com)
592 points by Jach | 442 comments
Dan Luu essay arguing that LLM coding agents make specialized performance optimization cheap, illustrated with optimizing a regex engine for specific workloads.
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477 points by beyarkay | 358 comments
Blog essay explaining why common beliefs about fixing bugs in regular software don't apply to AI systems like ChatGPT, aimed at technical readers.
We should be more ambitious with the software we build(danluu.com)
857 points by ltratt | 744 comments
Dan Luu essay arguing that advancing AI coding models let developers build more ambitious software, citing pgrust, a regex engine, ripgrep fork, and board game AI projects.
We have used too many levels of abstractions(unixsheikh.com)
674 points by riidom | 427 comments
An opinion essay on unixsheikh.com arguing that the software industry relies on too many layers of abstraction, leaving few people who understand how the underlying technology works.
We Should Be Able to Change Our Languages(jimmyhmiller.com)
48 points by surprisetalk | 24 comments
Jimmy Miller essay arguing programmers should be able to customize and change their programming languages rather than treat them as fixed artifacts.
A bug saved the company(weblog.rogueamoeba.com)
338 points by ingve | 116 comments
Rogue Amoeba blog post by Paul Kafasis recounting how a software bug ended up saving the Mac software company.
There's no reason for software to be slow anymore(danluu.com)
592 points by Jach | 442 comments
Dan Luu essay arguing that LLM coding agents make specialized performance optimization cheap, illustrated with optimizing a regex engine for specific workloads.











