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Please consider tagging a vibecoding griefpost or hypepost as a rant
L 128 pts 61 comments by quad Feb 16, 2026 metavibecoding AI / Machine Learning thread
Many of us going through [the five stages of grief](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_stages_of_grief) about AI. But processing our collective trauma is neither `practices` nor `programming`. And people have left because we're not talking about computing! ([e.g.](https://mastodon.social/@tef/...
Old books worth reading
L 83 pts 107 comments by quad Dec 10, 2019 askbook Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
… admittedly in reaction to [new books worth reading in 2019](https://lobste.rs/s/fbdghl/new_books_worth_reading_2019), how about the opposite? What are some books which: - Are old? - Are relevant? - *Everyone* in tech should read? Here are my three: 1. Practice of Programming (1999) ...
Project Fluent (projectfluent.org)
L 52 pts 21 comments by quad Apr 24, 2024 programming Programming (General) thread
Can Data Die? Tracking the Lenna Image (pudding.cool)
L 40 pts 4 comments by quad Oct 31, 2021 culturegraphicshistoricalperson Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
No One Should Have That Much Power (mnot.net)
L 38 pts 3 comments by quad Apr 29, 2024 cryptographyprivacy Security / Privacy thread
The repeated deaths of OOP (loup-vaillant.fr)
L 33 pts 33 comments by quad Jun 6, 2021 programming Programming (General) thread
The Little Strangler (docs.google.com)
L 28 pts 12 comments by quad Oct 8, 2020 distributedpractices Data / Databases / InfrastructureProductivity / Career / Business thread
miso - an Elm-alike written in Haskell (github.com)
L 25 pts 1 comments by quad Jul 3, 2017 elmhaskell Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
What is this architecture called? (gist.github.com)
L 24 pts 29 comments by quad Mar 13, 2024 scaling Productivity / Career / Business thread
PoC||GTFO 0x20 (alchemistowl.org)
L 24 pts 6 comments by quad Dec 18, 2021 pdfreversing Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Modular Errors with Rust's thiserror (gist.github.com)
L 21 pts 15 comments by quad Apr 10, 2023 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Bob CD (bob-cd.github.io)
L 21 pts 0 comments by quad Nov 14, 2022 devops Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Cloud Haskell: Erlang-style concurrent and distributed programming in Haskell (haskell-distributed.github.io)
L 21 pts 1 comments by quad Mar 15, 2016 erlanghaskell Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
This seems to be the main homepage for the Cloud Haskell effort. [distributed-process](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/distributed-process) seems to be the main library. The implementation is based off [Towards Haskell in the Cloud](http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/pape...
Concatenative language (concatenative.org)
L 19 pts 2 comments by quad Jan 28, 2017 programming Programming (General) thread
Fair Source License (fair.io)
L 19 pts 29 comments by quad Nov 24, 2015 lawpracticesprogramming Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread
CakeML (cakeml.org)
L 18 pts 3 comments by quad Apr 23, 2024 compilersformalmethodsml Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) (cl.cam.ac.uk)
L 17 pts 15 comments by quad Jan 20, 2022 hardware Systems / Low-Level / OSMaker / DIY / Hardware thread
Infer: Facebook's static analyzer (fbinfer.com)
L 17 pts 5 comments by quad Jul 21, 2018 cc++java Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
FSKit (developer.apple.com)
L 15 pts 5 comments by quad Apr 1, 2025 mac Apple / macOS / iOS thread
OSCON 2010: Rob Pike, "Public Static Void" (youtube.com)
L 15 pts 7 comments by quad Nov 1, 2020 gopracticesvideo Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread
Vale is a linter for prose (docs.errata.ai)
L 15 pts 0 comments by quad Aug 15, 2020 aipractices AI / Machine LearningProductivity / Career / Business thread
Paged Out (pagedout.institute)
L 14 pts 1 comments by quad Dec 18, 2021 security Security / Privacy thread
Manual programming (illegalcode.net)
L 13 pts 7 comments by quad Jan 31, 2026 satirevibecoding AI / Machine LearningProgramming (General) thread
Glicko Rating Systems (glicko.net)
L 13 pts 4 comments by quad Apr 13, 2025 gamesmath Science / Math / PhysicsGaming / Retro Computing thread
rust-sel4: Rust support for seL4 userspace (github.com)
L 13 pts 2 comments by quad Apr 23, 2024 rust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Fledgling Languages List - New and upcoming programming languages (fll.presidentbeef.com)
L 13 pts 9 comments by quad Mar 28, 2024 plt Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
rtr7/router7 - pure-Go small home internet router (github.com)
L 13 pts 1 comments by quad May 23, 2020 gonetworking Programming (General)Data / Databases / InfrastructureInternet / Digital Culture thread
WhatsApp Encryption Overview (Technical white paper) (whatsapp.com)
L 13 pts 3 comments by quad Apr 10, 2016 pdfprivacysecurity Security / Privacy thread
Lil' Fun Langs' Guts (taylor.town)
L 12 pts 0 comments by quad Mar 2, 2026 plt Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
TrueSkill 2: An improved Bayesian skill rating system (microsoft.com)
L 12 pts 2 comments by quad Apr 13, 2025 gamesmath Science / Math / PhysicsGaming / Retro Computing thread