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Stories by RaphGL

The reason GCC is not a library (2000) (gcc.gnu.org)
L 38 pts 35 comments by RaphGL Oct 12, 2025 compilers Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Was it really a Billion Dollar Mistake? (gingerbill.org)
L 37 pts 54 comments by RaphGL Jan 2, 2026 compilerspltprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
How to write type-safe generics in C (raphgl.github.io)
L 31 pts 42 comments by RaphGL Nov 15, 2025 cprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
I've looked around and there aren't (at least easy to find) articles that just walk you through how to implement generics in C. So I've decided to document the approach I use and that some others use as well. Personally I feel it's the best approach to doing it simply because it's more flexible and ...
Ladybird browser update (February 2026) (youtube.com)
L 27 pts 4 comments by RaphGL 6d ago browsersvibecodingvideo AI / Machine LearningWeb Development thread
Jonathan Blow On Programming Language Design (youtu.be)
L 25 pts 65 comments by RaphGL Nov 16, 2025 compilersprogrammingvideo Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryDesign / UX / Visualization thread
One formula that demystifies 3D graphics (youtube.com)
L 18 pts 0 comments by RaphGL Dec 25, 2025 educationgraphicsvideo thread
Tuckr - Stow alternative with symlink checking (github.com)
L 16 pts 22 comments by RaphGL Oct 23, 2025 devopsrust Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
I've been using Stow for a few years now. At the time (2020) Stow had a bug where it would just fail with a cryptic error and the maintainer didn't have time to fix it, the bug was there for 2 years or so. So I got fed up and decided to try and fix it but I didn't know perl nor did I want to learn i...
sudo-rs Now Prints *s for Password Feedback By Default (phoronix.com)
L 13 pts 5 comments by RaphGL Feb 26, 2026 cultureunix Systems / Low-Level / OSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Ladybird Browser Update (August 2025) (youtu.be)
L 10 pts 1 comments by RaphGL Sep 3, 2025 browsersvideoweb Web Development thread
Odin does have undefined behavior (youtube.com)
L 8 pts 53 comments by RaphGL Sep 6, 2025 compilerspltvideo Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
GingerBill has said that Odin aims to have (near) zero UB in the past and people have criticized him for it. Whenever Odin comes up here or hackernews many people criticize him for this.
Experimental Zones Protocol Merged To Wayland After 2+ Years, 620+ Comments (phoronix.com)
L 5 pts 0 comments by RaphGL Feb 11, 2026 linuxunix Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Standardizing HLSL (devblogs.microsoft.com)
L 3 pts 0 comments by RaphGL Feb 11, 2026 compilersgraphics Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Back to basics: C++ concepts (youtube.com)
L 1 pts 0 comments by RaphGL Feb 16, 2026 c++video Systems / Low-Level / OS thread