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Stories by ajdecon

C Isn't A Programming Language Anymore (gankra.github.io)
L 86 pts 47 comments by ajdecon Mar 17, 2022 crant Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Why doesn’t Rust care more about compiler performance? (kobzol.github.io)
L 61 pts 40 comments by ajdecon Jun 9, 2025 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
A nice story about Unix processes "infecting" each other (rachelbythebay.com)
L 56 pts 14 comments by ajdecon Feb 11, 2022 devops Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Please don't count outages (or SEVs, or whatever) (rachelbythebay.com)
L 44 pts 16 comments by ajdecon Jun 2, 2021 practices Productivity / Career / Business thread
Big company tale: six months for a list and a button (rachelbythebay.com)
L 40 pts 9 comments by ajdecon Aug 29, 2021 culture Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Friends don't let friends make certain types of data visualization (github.com)
L 38 pts 1 comments by ajdecon Nov 27, 2023 visualization Design / UX / Visualization thread
Python finally offloads some batteries (lwn.net)
L 36 pts 27 comments by ajdecon Mar 18, 2022 python Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
(A few) Ops Lessons We All Learn The Hard Way (netmeister.org)
L 35 pts 11 comments by ajdecon Jan 25, 2020 devopspractices Data / Databases / InfrastructureProductivity / Career / Business thread
Log libraries and the tendency to open holes in things (rachelbythebay.com)
L 30 pts 11 comments by ajdecon Dec 28, 2021 programming Programming (General) thread
Our Vision for the Rust Specification (blog.rust-lang.org)
L 29 pts 0 comments by ajdecon Nov 15, 2023 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Tasks, lists, and promises (rachelbythebay.com)
L 29 pts 6 comments by ajdecon May 20, 2022 practices Productivity / Career / Business thread
Paying a visit to planet BSD (rachelbythebay.com)
L 28 pts 11 comments by ajdecon Apr 30, 2022 dragonflybsdfreebsdnetbsdopenbsd Systems / Low-Level / OSScience / Math / Physics thread
A realization of why email is critical infrastructure for the Internet (utcc.utoronto.ca)
L 28 pts 15 comments by ajdecon Dec 29, 2021 email Internet / Digital Culture thread
OpenPGP in Rust: the Sequoia project (lwn.net)
L 28 pts 2 comments by ajdecon Sep 12, 2020 cryptographyrust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Secure Communication, Buried In A News App (hackaday.com)
L 25 pts 1 comments by ajdecon 15h ago cryptography thread
The Ingredients of a Productive Monorepo (blog.swgillespie.me)
L 24 pts 2 comments by ajdecon May 20, 2025 vcs Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread
DevOps Against Humanity (github.com)
L 24 pts 1 comments by ajdecon May 4, 2014 culturedevops Data / Databases / InfrastructureCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Web CGI programs aren't particularly slow these days (utcc.utoronto.ca)
L 23 pts 45 comments by ajdecon Dec 30, 2023 web Web DevelopmentProgramming (General) thread
Jepsen II: Linearizable Boogaloo (m.youtube.com)
L 20 pts 4 comments by ajdecon Apr 28, 2014 distributedvideo Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
10 Things We Forgot to Monitor (word.bitly.com)
L 19 pts 5 comments by ajdecon Feb 11, 2014 devops Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
The appeal of using plain HTML pages (utcc.utoronto.ca)
L 17 pts 38 comments by ajdecon Apr 30, 2022 web Web Development thread
When and why to deprecate filesystems (lwn.net)
L 16 pts 4 comments by ajdecon Mar 9, 2022 linux Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Uniting the Linux random-number devices (lwn.net)
L 16 pts 8 comments by ajdecon Feb 17, 2022 linux Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Plaintext is not a great format for (system) logs (utcc.utoronto.ca)
L 15 pts 31 comments by ajdecon Jun 30, 2024 devops Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Free associating from 'df' to RCE (rachelbythebay.com)
L 15 pts 0 comments by ajdecon Jun 24, 2022 security Security / Privacy thread
Choosing a Linux Tracer (2015) (brendangregg.com)
L 15 pts 0 comments by ajdecon Jul 12, 2015 linux Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
The HTTP 500 Solution (daemonology.net)
L 12 pts 8 comments by ajdecon Nov 27, 2015 distributedprogramming Programming (General)Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Unintentionally BREAKing a serial console (rachelbythebay.com)
L 10 pts 0 comments by ajdecon Dec 27, 2022 hardware Gaming / Retro ComputingMaker / DIY / Hardware thread
Vetting the cargo (lwn.net)
L 10 pts 1 comments by ajdecon Jun 24, 2022 practicesrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProductivity / Career / Business thread
AI from a legal perspective (lwn.net)
L 9 pts 6 comments by ajdecon Oct 1, 2023 law AI / Machine Learning thread