We “solved” C10K years ago yet we keep reinventing it
This article explains problems that still show up today under different names. C10K wasn’t really about “handling 10,000 users” it…
This article explains problems that still show up today under different names. C10K wasn’t really about “handling 10,000 users” it…
Using git as a database is a seductive idea. You get version history for free. Pull requests give you a…
Phoenix Phoenix is a new X server, written from scratch in Zig (not a fork of Xorg server). This X…
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My current laptop is an aging X1 Carbon generation 7, purchased some time in mid 2019. A few months ago…
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On Monday, the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission banned all new foreign-made drone models from distribution in the U.S., citing…
I spent a few weeks trying to beat ska_sort (the fastest non-SIMD sorting algorithm). Along the way I learned something…
In 2024, EFF wrote our initial blog about what could go wrong when police let AI write police reports. Since…
Most books and courses introduce Linux through shell commands, leaving the kernel as a mysterious black box doing magic behind…
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Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyThe US Food and Drug Administration today approved a pill version of the blockbuster…
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Even as OpenAI works to harden its Atlas AI browser against cyberattacks, the company admits that prompt injections, a type…
Save StorySave this story Save StorySave this story On Monday, the Justice Department released three new data sets comprising files…
I’m a former CTO. Here is the 15 sec coding test I used to instantly filter out 50% of unqualified…
Thirteen years of Rust and the birth of Rue Dec 21, 2025 I started using Rust on December 21, 2012….