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Stories by ngoldbaum

Python free-threading guide (py-free-threading.github.io)
L 30 pts 5 comments by ngoldbaum Feb 3, 2025 python Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
ASCII control characters in my terminal (jvns.ca)
L 30 pts 6 comments by ngoldbaum Oct 31, 2024 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Free-threaded CPython is ready to experiment with (labs.quansight.org)
L 29 pts 3 comments by ngoldbaum Jul 12, 2024 python Programming (General) thread
Dynamic Programming (ngoldbaum.github.io)
L 29 pts 19 comments by ngoldbaum Jun 18, 2019 programmingpython Programming (General) thread
How we made Python's packaging library 3x faster (iscinumpy.dev)
L 28 pts 0 comments by ngoldbaum Jan 9, 2026 performancepython Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / InfrastructureCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Branchless UTF-8 Encoding (cceckman.com)
L 28 pts 1 comments by ngoldbaum Jan 16, 2025 programmingrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Building a COâ‚‚ Monitor with Python on a Raspberry Pi (ngoldbaum.github.io)
L 28 pts 17 comments by ngoldbaum Jun 27, 2019 python Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryMaker / DIY / Hardware thread
Toward a “Kernel Python” (glyph.twistedmatrix.com)
L 28 pts 23 comments by ngoldbaum Jun 14, 2019 python Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
High-level Problems with Git and How to Fix Them (gregoryszorc.com)
L 28 pts 11 comments by ngoldbaum Dec 11, 2017 vcs Programming (General) thread
Still Computing: a weekly newsletter for curious programmers (recurse.com)
L 27 pts 2 comments by ngoldbaum Mar 10, 2020 practicesprogramming Programming (General)Productivity / Career / BusinessInternet / Digital Culture thread
Twisted and Python 3 (lwn.net)
L 27 pts 13 comments by ngoldbaum Jun 10, 2016 python Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
It's really disappointing to me that the core python developers hear stories like this but don't want to find ways to make it easier to port codebases to python3.
Turbo, An Improved Rainbow Colormap for Visualization (ai.googleblog.com)
L 26 pts 6 comments by ngoldbaum Aug 20, 2019 visualization Design / UX / Visualization thread
I just made Ruby++ (xuuso.com)
L 26 pts 6 comments by ngoldbaum Jul 1, 2019 ruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Fixing Python Performance with Rust (blog.sentry.io)
L 26 pts 4 comments by ngoldbaum Oct 19, 2016 pythonrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Announcing the web-sys crate: raw bindings to all the Web’s APIs (rustwasm.github.io)
L 25 pts 1 comments by ngoldbaum Sep 26, 2018 javascriptrustwasmweb Web DevelopmentSystems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Accidental art produced by buggy code (twitter.com)
L 25 pts 1 comments by ngoldbaum Jul 8, 2016 artdebuggingvisualization Programming (General)Design / UX / VisualizationCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Experiments with support for mercurial in gitlab (gitlab.com)
L 24 pts 16 comments by ngoldbaum Aug 25, 2018 vcs Programming (General) thread
Changeset Evolution with Mercurial (mercurial-scm.org)
L 24 pts 17 comments by ngoldbaum Oct 27, 2017 vcs Programming (General)Science / Math / Physics thread
Python 3.15’s interpreter for Windows x86-64 should hopefully be 15% faster (fidget-spinner.github.io)
L 23 pts 1 comments by ngoldbaum Dec 25, 2025 performancepython Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Real-time LaTeX Using Vim or Neovim (ejmastnak.github.io)
L 23 pts 5 comments by ngoldbaum May 14, 2022 vim Programming (General) thread
Tag suggestion: wasm
L 23 pts 4 comments by ngoldbaum Sep 27, 2018 metawasm Web DevelopmentProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Currently there are 99 stories with “wasm” in the title or body, some heavily upvoted: https://lobste.rs/search?utf8=✓&q=wasm&what=stories&order=relevance I think wasm deserves a separate tag from web and javascript as it’s emerging as a technology independent of its origins.
Revisiting Using Docker (gregoryszorc.com)
L 23 pts 4 comments by ngoldbaum May 16, 2018 linuxpractices Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / InfrastructureProductivity / Career / Business thread
The origin of the <blink> tag (montulli.org)
L 23 pts 7 comments by ngoldbaum May 1, 2018 browsershistoricalweb Web DevelopmentCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Hypothesis: an advanced Quickcheck style testing library for Python (github.com)
L 23 pts 9 comments by ngoldbaum Apr 6, 2016 pythontesting Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
DOOM in the iOS Photos app (kind of) (eieio.games)
L 22 pts 3 comments by ngoldbaum Sep 28, 2024 gamesios Apple / macOS / iOSGaming / Retro Computing thread
How An Advanced Civilization Could Resist the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe (arxiv.org)
L 22 pts 5 comments by ngoldbaum Jun 15, 2018 pdfphilosophyscience Science / Math / PhysicsCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Python 3.6 dict gets performance boost, is ordered by default. (mail.python.org)
L 22 pts 9 comments by ngoldbaum Sep 9, 2016 python Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Python FAQ: Why should I use Python 3? (eev.ee)
L 22 pts 9 comments by ngoldbaum Aug 1, 2016 python Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
dungeonfs: A FUSE filesystem and dungeon crawling adventure game engine (github.com)
L 21 pts 0 comments by ngoldbaum Apr 14, 2017 gameslinux Systems / Low-Level / OSGaming / Retro Computing thread
Accidentally Quadratic: Ruby `reject!` (accidentallyquadratic.tumblr.com)
L 21 pts 0 comments by ngoldbaum Feb 20, 2017 compsciprogrammingruby Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread