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China Miéville’s fantasy novel Un Lun Dun hints at the existence of twisted sister cities, and Paris is no exception. Below the City of Light lies the Paris Underground, a vast network of tunnels and galleries, most of which are off-limits to the public. These tunnels were created through mining operations for limestone and gypsum, […]
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In this series of articles, Virgil Dupras, the author of Collapse OS and Dusk OS, takes on the task of guiding web developers into the world of low-level programming. The aim is to broaden perspectives on computing and provide a step-by-step journey towards a specific objective. Dupras incorporates a fun element by sharing a corny […]
ESA’s Euclid space mission has released its first full-color images of the cosmos, showcasing its ability to create razor-sharp astronomical images across a large portion of the sky. Euclid’s mission is to investigate the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, which make up 95% of the universe. It will observe billions of galaxies over […]
The author of this web content reflects on their desire to create their own systems programming language since their teenage years. They explain that while they struggled with the complexity of generating assembly code, they aim to show their teenage self that writing a code generator can be simple. They start by explaining how to […]
“The Software Engineer’s Guidebook” is a comprehensive resource that provides a roadmap for navigating the tech industry. It covers a wide range of topics, from career paths and owning your career to coding and software development. The book is divided into six parts, each tailored to different levels of engineering expertise. It offers practical advice […]
The WasmFX project aims to enhance WebAssembly (Wasm) by introducing effect handlers as a means of efficiently compiling control idioms like async/await, generators/iterators, and first-class continuations. This extension allows for the implementation of non-local control flow abstractions without the need for whole-program transformations. WasmFX is designed to maintain backwards-compatible performance for existing programs while providing […]
Many Go developers, including myself, deploy their applications in containers. However, when running in container orchestrators, it is crucial to set CPU limits to prevent the container from consuming all available CPU on the host. The issue is that the Go runtime is not aware of these limits and will continue to use all available […]
The Northlight team is thrilled to announce the release of Alan Wake 2, showcasing a range of new features and tools. The game has implemented a new data-oriented game object model, allowing for efficient storage and parallel execution. The Voxel-Based Character Controller offers smooth movement in cramped environments, while revamped NPC locomotion improves movement quality. […]
The author emphasizes the importance of adopting existing tools and quickly iterating them in the business domain rather than getting caught up in technobabble. They point out that there are two types of companies: those that prioritize measurable business outcomes and blame engineers for technical debt, and those that have engineers spending all day configuring […]
Gleam combines the power of a type system, the expressiveness of functional programming, and the reliability of the Erlang runtime. It offers a familiar and modern syntax, making it easy to use. The language runs on the Erlang virtual machine, known for powering large-scale systems like WhatsApp and Ericsson. With a concurrency system that can […]