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JITX offers new automation capabilities that save time and money for customers, accelerating design cycles significantly. The SI-optimizing autorouters design complex working boards faster than expected. Automate tedious tasks like circuit design and component selection to focus on creative aspects of PCB design. Maintain complete control over designs and automate repetitive tasks to achieve desired […]
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Shattered Pixel Dungeon is an open-source dungeon crawler based on the original Pixel Dungeon game. It features randomized levels, enemies, and hundreds of items to collect. The game is available on Android, iOS, and Desktop platforms, with official releases on the game’s website. The creator can be supported on Patreon, and updates can be found […]
The author explores the relationship between the Zig programming language and Ethereum cryptocurrency, using Zig to optimize the performance of an Ethereum Virtual Machine interpreter. Initially, benchmarking revealed a surprising performance drop after seemingly minor changes, which was ultimately attributed to misunderstandings about bash pipelines. By utilizing buffered input reads and a fixed buffer allocator, […]
RStudio is a comprehensive IDE for the R programming language, offering a customizable workbench, syntax highlighting editor, and the ability to execute code directly from the source editor. It supports authoring Sweave and TeX documents, and can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and even as a server for multiple users. The software is licensed under […]
The author discusses surprising behavior in Python’s regex module while developing SBOM tooling for CPython. They explain how the $ character can match the end of a string or a trailing newline depending on the platform, which can lead to unexpected results when trying to match strings without newlines. They also introduce alternatives like z […]
Senior Engineer Alex Pshenichkin discusses the creation of the deterministic hypervisor for the Antithesis platform, highlighting the importance of determinism in software testing to ensure reproducibility and aid in bug identification and resolution. The hypervisor, known as “the Determinator,” runs tests in a simulated environment within one virtual machine, allowing for state-space exploration and time-travel […]
lcl.host is a free dev tool designed to help web developers easily set up and use HTTPS locally, providing a secure browser context matching the production environment. By eliminating common development issues like CORS errors and secure cookie misconfigurations early on, lcl.host streamlines the development process. The tool is the result of the team’s efforts […]
Key members of the artificial intelligence research team behind the Stable Diffusion text-to-image model have left British AI unicorn Stability AI, signaling trouble after a successful fundraise in 2022. Stability is facing financial difficulties and a mass departure of high-profile executives, with the company struggling to raise additional funds. The departure of Robin Rombach and […]
In the realm of automation, the goal is to save mental energy for the task at hand, not just keystrokes. Automation can take many forms – from scripts to biological instincts. Distractions are the enemy of productivity, breaking focus and disrupting workflow. By mastering tools like vim or emacs, programmers can increase efficiency and reduce […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce is proposing up to $8.5 billion in direct funding for Intel under President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda. This funding aims to strengthen the U.S. supply chain and re-establish American leadership in semiconductor manufacturing. Intel’s investments over the next five years exceeding $100 billion will create over 10,000 manufacturing jobs […]