The author has been working on a project to reimagine the C core of Emacs in Rust. As part of this project, the author explores different ways to represent the text of a buffer. While GNU Emacs uses a gap buffer, most popular editors today use piece tables or ropes. The author compares the performance […]
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The Chapel developer community is thrilled to announce the release of Chapel version 1.32, which is a release candidate for the forthcoming Chapel 2.0 release. Chapel 2.0 will declare a core subset of the language and library features as ‘stable’, meaning they will not break across releases. This release is a critical time for users […]
The Zimaboard is a small single-board computer that offers an interesting selection of ports, including a PCI Express port. The author shares their requirements for a dream home server, which include low power usage, sufficient RAM, good performance, SATA or NVMe SSD slots, passive cooling, compact size, and gigabit Ethernet. The Zimaboard meets these requirements […]
Baa is a web and desktop client for working with llm’s, offering various useful features such as chat, prompt handling, function construction, and running experiments with OpenAI and Anthropic models. The creator of Baa developed it due to the difficulty of finding a suitable llm client to meet their needs. Baa has a modern UI, […]
Pivot tables are an incredibly powerful tool for analyzing large datasets, and you don’t need to be a coding expert to use them. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, was a fan of pivot tables and recognized their value. While developing the NeXT computer, Jobs came across a spreadsheet program called Lotus 1-2-3 that had […]
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Argentina’s upper house of congress has passed a bill that will eliminate income taxes for nearly all formal workers, putting additional strain on the country’s already ballooning fiscal deficit and high inflation rate. The legislation, supported by Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa, aims to gain support ahead of the upcoming presidential elections. While […]
Salt is a ubiquitous ingredient that we often take for granted. However, its history and significance go far beyond its culinary uses. Salt was likely a vital component in early eastern European societies for preserving and seasoning food, tanning leather, and maintaining the health of livestock. The Salina Turda Salt Mine in Romania offers a […]
In May 2023, the author decided to evaluate the use of Arm-based EC2 instances on AWS for cost savings. They set up a test service with a single REST-based endpoint and tested it using four different web frameworks: Django (Python), Spring Boot (Java), Actix-Web (Rust), and Gin (Go). The tests were conducted using high request […]
The author presents a FPGA-based 64-bit RISC-V computer that can run the riscv64 port of Fedora. The machine can recompile its own software and gateware (FPGA bitstream) from source code, providing complete control of the hardware development process. The author emphasizes the similarities between hardware and software development and highlights the potential vulnerabilities that can […]