It’s well known that commercial software projects tends to avoid GPL code.
Ironically, that may make it one of the best protections against IP theft 😉

Glad to know that AI hasn't supplanted all written documentation yet!

Coffee mug full of complicated equations

Someone thought it a good idea to gift me this mug. Though I'll need a crash course in power factor calculations before I dare use it in smart company.

On se voit à ConFoo la semaine prochaine!

How do I iterate over all Spur in a Rodeo?

Some people really ought to stick to cache invalidation!

I can’t quite decide if I want to loose my time by partaking in mass outrage or by acting as self insert in some stranger's brainy project.

I’m so mad at past me for leaving those out!

I don’t need a longer cable. That’s perfectly fine!

Universal LED Tester | #shorts YouTube video by TARIQ LAB

For the love of all that is sane and descent!

Got recommended: Build an "LED tester" by half-wave rectifying the mains and putting a big resistor between you and an unpolarized plug.

I really hope they're just trolling us!

www.youtube.com/shorts/DrEWB...

I find that system programmers often go out of their way to avoid heap allocations. Thouth, we don't typically articulate all the reasons why. Here I try to enumerate all the reasons which I can think of:

hachyderm.io/@ajasmin/115...

Here‘s one scary YouTube ad I got served!

The quest said AT LEAST #skyrim #epicnpcman YouTube video by Viva La Dirt League

Minimum Viable Compliance!

I won't be mixing those up again!

Will you just load already?

When the WiFi login page is “404 not found” either your IT guy has some maintenance on their hand or their evil twin is doing a piss poor job.

The little card this eBay seller puts in the enveloppe gives off an air of DIY affinity and... How should I put this? Trademark abuse?

When you don't have a 2xAA battery holder handy...
Happy Holidays! 🎄

I don't ever seem able to spell "schottky diode" properly.
Beam me up Schottky!

Startup culture has conditioned the industry into putting up fake landing pages to learn if anyone clicks Buy.

It's nice to know early on whether an idea gets traction. But this also encourages developers to sell vaporware and ship out unfinished products.

Profiling can become a crutch that you lean on. It won't pick a better algorithm or streamline the data layout. It can't weed spaghetti out of the inner loop.

Flex your brain muscle. Restructure the code, rewrite with performance in mind. Striving for simplicity trumps staring at a flame graph.

[MV] 10 Years of AoC YouTube video by M1n3c4rt

Incredible #AdventOfCode music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF_4...

Montréal: Advent of Code | Meetup Find Meetup events so you can do more of what matters to you. Or create your own group and meet people near you who share your interests.

If you live in Montreal and like fun programming puzzles, join us for our daily meetups ending December 12.

Montréal: Advent of Code Meetup:
www.meetup.com/montreal-adv...

Give up and move on to the next days?
#AdventOfCode #AoC2025

Montréal: Advent of Code | Meetup *(English version will follow)*Rejoignez d’autres programmeurs à Montréal pour travailler en présentiel sur l’Advent of Code 2025 est un événement...

New meetup in Montreal to practice your programming chops:
meetup.com/montreal-adv...

This is an in person meet for those who want to tackle the algorithmic puzzles on adventofcode.com. These come around the Hollidays with one challenge each day from the 1st to the 12th of December.

Have fun!

Just checking: when is AGI slated to self-drive flying cars through the metaverse's blockchain again?

LinkedIn is such a bland social network. Lots of carefully worded, LLM assisted, meaningless speech. I understand you may not want to come off as too opinionated when looking for a job, but I don't want to read any more boring resume tips, thank you!

This is just priceless!🤣

The One True C Programming Language Logo

When I bounce ideas off ChatGPT, I sometimes worry it’s just echoing my own thoughts.

So I ask: “Can you point me to papers that explore these ideas?”

And then it sends me a bunch of paywalled articles.

How is it that the AI has "read" them, but I can’t?

Bummer.

Would anyone attending #cppnorth be interested to have a birds-of-a-feather about alternative system languages like Rust, Zig, Odin etc.
@cppnorth.bsky.social

I don't deserve the credit. I googled for a relevant example and found the Godbolt link as part of this HN discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3190...