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Speeding Up (Small) Ruby Hashes

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Speeding Up (Small) Ruby Hashes

Something I must confess is that I absolutely hate writing these blog posts. It’s not quite as bad as having to give a conference talk, but it’s up there on the list of activities that feel like pulling teeth to me. Not that I’m not proud of the result. I absolutely am. But the process of writing them is very painful for me. It’s particularly true of the very first sentence, as the post progresses, it gets a bit easier

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Something I must confess is that I absolutely hate writing these blog posts. It’s not quite as bad as having to give a conference talk, but it’s up there on the list of activities that feel like pulling teeth to me. Not that I’m not proud of the result...

Mojo is now open source

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Mojo is now open source

The Apache 2.0 license is the gold standard for programming languages and compilers, because it provides great flexibility to be used in all sorts of applications. The LLVM extensions to the license further expand those freedoms for building and distributing binaries compiled from Mojo. We want you to be able to adopt and use Mojo in as many applications as you can imagine.

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The Apache 2.0 license is the gold standard for programming languages and compilers, because it provides great flexibility to be used in all sorts of applications. The LLVM extensions to the license further expand those freedoms for building and distributing...

Consumer Rights Wiki

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Consumer Rights Wiki

The community-built wiki documenting anti-ownership, anti-consumer practices ranging from right-to-repair restrictions, planned obsolescence, subscription traps, & digital rights issues.

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The community-built wiki documenting anti-ownership, anti-consumer practices ranging from right-to-repair restrictions, planned obsolescence, subscription traps, & digital rights issues. Source: consumerrights.wiki (247 points, 34 comments) Hacker News...

SpacetimeDB: A Short Technical Review

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SpacetimeDB: A Short Technical Review

The database market is harsh, particularly for newcomers. It’s very hard to launch a new product and differentiate yourself from the incumbents. Even harder to gain any long term traction. Earlier this week, SpacetimeDB launched version 2.0 of their database with a peculiar approach that —as far as I can tell— hasn’t been done before: a slightly surreal (meme-y) video where they mock their competitors (drinking “competitor’s tears”) and a set of benchmarks that seem too good to be true (they are, indeed, not true), and that also mock other databases. Look at the cute magnifying glass next...

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The database market is harsh, particularly for newcomers. It’s very hard to launch a new product and differentiate yourself from the incumbents. Even harder to gain any long term traction. Earlier this week, SpacetimeDB launched version 2.0 of their...

AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

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AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

Recently I ran into a strange problem with my Bluetooth headphones. They support multipoint Bluetooth audio, so they can be connected to my ...

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Recently I ran into a strange problem with my Bluetooth headphones. They support multipoint Bluetooth audio, so they can be connected to my ... Source: laserphile.com (916 points, 295 comments) Hacker News discussion

Detecting scraper bots through scroll behaviour

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Detecting scraper bots through scroll behaviour

Ever since I first read "Burstiness and Memory in Complex Systems" by Kwang-Il Goh, I have been obsessed with the two formulas showcased in the paper. Burstiness (B), and its just-as-important counterpart Memory (M), let us understand the dynamics of event-based systems. 

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Ever since I first read "Burstiness and Memory in Complex Systems" by Kwang-Il Goh, I have been obsessed with the two formulas showcased in the paper. Burstiness (B), and its just-as-important counterpart Memory (M), let us understand the dynamics of...

Show HN: Huzzah – a novel approach to coding with AI

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Show HN: Huzzah – a novel approach to coding with AI

If you’re a software engineer like me, the first few months of 2026 were incredible. Coding agents suddenly became good enough that we no longer needed to manually write code. But if you’re like me, then sometime later you hit a wall. The honeymoon period ended, and the novelty wore off. No more dopamine hits.

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If you’re a software engineer like me, the first few months of 2026 were incredible. Coding agents suddenly became good enough that we no longer needed to manually write code. But if you’re like me, then sometime later you hit a wall. The honeymoon period...

Linux 7.2

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Linux 7.2

Igalia is an open source consulting firm specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and client-side web technologies, graphics pipeline, compilers and virtual machines. We have the most WPE, WebKit, Chromium/Blink and Firefox expertise found in the consulting business, including many reviewers and committers. Igalia designs, develops, customises and optimises GNU/Linux-based solutions for companies across the globe. Our work and contributions are present in many projects such as...

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Igalia is an open source consulting firm specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and client-side web technologies, graphics pipeline...