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Stories by snej

Introducing the twom database format (fastmail.com)
L 27 pts 4 comments by snej Jun 13, 2025 databases Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Radxa X4 low-cost, credit card-sized Intel N100 SBC goes for $60 and up (cnx-software.com)
L 26 pts 12 comments by snej Jul 19, 2024 hardware Maker / DIY / Hardware thread
New integer types I'd like to see (foonathan.net)
L 26 pts 24 comments by snej Sep 29, 2022 plt Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Backpressure And The Replicator (github.com)
L 26 pts 11 comments by snej Nov 11, 2021 networkingperformance Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Apple File System Reference (2020) (developer.apple.com)
L 25 pts 33 comments by snej Dec 31, 2025 databasesosdevpdf Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / InfrastructureApple / macOS / iOS thread
Apple File System is the default file format used on Apple platforms. Apple File System is the successor to HFS Plus, so some aspects of its design intentionally follow HFS Plus to enable data migration from HFS Plus to Apple File System. Other aspects of its design address limitations with HFS Plus...
WebKit Features in Safari 17 beta (webkit.org)
L 25 pts 31 comments by snej Jun 6, 2023 iosmacweb Web DevelopmentApple / macOS / iOS thread
The most important computer you’ve never heard of (arstechnica.com)
L 25 pts 2 comments by snej Jan 4, 2022 historical Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
It’s a smol_world: thoughts and lessons (tendril.blog)
L 24 pts 20 comments by snej Feb 25, 2023 programming Programming (General) thread
pkarr: Public Key Addressable Resource Records (sovereign TLDs) (github.com)
L 23 pts 18 comments by snej Feb 10, 2025 distributed Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Swift 5.10 Released (swift.org)
L 23 pts 9 comments by snej Mar 5, 2024 releaseswift Apple / macOS / iOS thread
Less-technical introductions to type checking?
L 23 pts 26 comments by snej Jul 11, 2023 askcompilersplt Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
I’ve picked up my [Tails](https://github.com/snej/tails) project again — a little Forth-like language using a fast tail-calling threaded interpreter. It’s statically-typed, but I’ve run into the limits of its very simple type system and I want to fix that\*. I’d like to read more about type syste...
Zen of Nim (nim-lang.org)
L 23 pts 29 comments by snej Nov 15, 2021 pltprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
smol_world: Compact garbage-collected heap and JSON-like object model (github.com)
L 22 pts 16 comments by snej Feb 5, 2023 c++programmingshow Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Tails! A tiny Forth core written as a hack for May Forth 2021, using some of Wasm3's secret optimization sauce (gist.github.com)
L 22 pts 11 comments by snej May 4, 2021 performanceprogrammingshow Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Introducing the Constexpr Debugger (blog.jetbrains.com)
L 21 pts 3 comments by snej Sep 15, 2025 c++debugging Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
TinyGo (tinygo.org)
L 21 pts 4 comments by snej Jan 25, 2024 go Programming (General) thread
The C / Mario cube [humor] (computerfairi.es)
L 21 pts 10 comments by snej Oct 17, 2023 cc++objectivecsatire Systems / Low-Level / OSApple / macOS / iOS thread
The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives (arstechnica.com)
L 21 pts 26 comments by snej Jul 24, 2023 hardwarehistoricalperformance Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / InfrastructureMaker / DIY / HardwareCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
“50 Years of Text Games” parses the rich history of a foundational genre (arstechnica.com)
L 21 pts 0 comments by snej Jun 20, 2023 gameshistorical Gaming / Retro ComputingCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Developing on Remote Machines using SSH and Visual Studio Code (code.visualstudio.com)
L 21 pts 24 comments by snej Nov 3, 2022 practices Programming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread
AT Protocol (aka BlueSky) Overview (atproto.com)
L 20 pts 58 comments by snej May 3, 2023 distributednetworking Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Nim Version 2.0.0 RC2 (nim-lang.org)
L 20 pts 1 comments by snej Mar 31, 2023 programming Programming (General) thread
Tonic: A low profile component framework (tonicframework.dev)
L 20 pts 2 comments by snej Oct 9, 2022 web Web DevelopmentProgramming (General) thread
A history of ARM, part 1: Building the first chip (arstechnica.com)
L 20 pts 1 comments by snej Sep 23, 2022 hardwarehistorical Maker / DIY / HardwareCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
scopes: The Scopes Programming Language & Compiler Infrastructure (sr.ht)
L 20 pts 7 comments by snej Aug 8, 2022 lispplt Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
WebKit Features in Safari 17.2 (webkit.org)
L 19 pts 5 comments by snej Dec 11, 2023 cssiosjavascriptmacweb Web DevelopmentApple / macOS / iOS thread
The Wi-R protocol relies on body for data communication, consumes up to 100x less than Bluetooth (cnx-software.com)
L 19 pts 0 comments by snej Feb 7, 2023 hardwarenetworkingsecurity Data / Databases / InfrastructureSecurity / PrivacyMaker / DIY / Hardware thread
WebKit Features in Safari 26.0 (webkit.org)
L 18 pts 10 comments by snej Sep 15, 2025 browsersiosmacrelease Web DevelopmentApple / macOS / iOS thread
Raspberry Pi RP2350 A4 stepping fixes E9 GPIO Erratum, glitching bugs, introduces 2MB flash variants (cnx-software.com)
L 18 pts 6 comments by snej Jul 29, 2025 hardware Maker / DIY / Hardware thread
Nim 2 (NimConf 2022) (youtu.be)
L 18 pts 9 comments by snej Oct 22, 2022 pltvideo Programming Languages / CS Theory thread