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Stories by spc476

The use of Claude Code in SciML repos (discourse.julialang.org)
L 7 pts 1 comments by spc476 Aug 29, 2025 vibecoding AI / Machine LearningProgramming (General) thread
Control characters in ASCII and Unicode (aivosto.com)
L 7 pts 0 comments by spc476 Nov 1, 2024 historical Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Unit test this (boston.conman.org)
L 6 pts 9 comments by spc476 Dec 22, 2022 clinuxpracticestesting Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread
LPEG vs. PEG—they both have their strengths and weaknesses (boston.conman.org)
L 6 pts 3 comments by spc476 Dec 20, 2020 clua Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
When does technology pass from being a tool to being a crutch? (2009) (boston.conman.org)
L 5 pts 4 comments by spc476 Jan 30, 2026 culturephilosophyvibecoding AI / Machine LearningCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Developing a BASIC language interpreter in 2025 (nanochess.org)
L 5 pts 0 comments by spc476 Oct 1, 2025 assemblyretrocomputing Systems / Low-Level / OSGaming / Retro Computing thread
When vibe coding, isn't the source code the prompt? (boston.conman.org)
L 5 pts 12 comments by spc476 Aug 5, 2025 vibecoding AI / Machine LearningProgramming (General) thread
We Asked 100+ AI Models to Write Code. Here’s How Many Failed Security Tests (veracode.com)
L 5 pts 3 comments by spc476 Aug 1, 2025 vibecoding AI / Machine LearningProgramming (General)Security / Privacy thread
When does technology pass from being a tool to being a crutch? (2009) (boston.conman.org)
L 5 pts 3 comments by spc476 Aug 21, 2022 culturephilosophy Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
The art of destroying software (2015) (vimeo.com)
L 5 pts 2 comments by spc476 Feb 18, 2021 culturephilosophypracticesvideo Programming (General)Productivity / Career / BusinessCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
I can code that FizzBuzz function with only two tests (boston.conman.org)
L 5 pts 2 comments by spc476 Jun 9, 2020 lua Programming (General) thread
Vibe Graveyard (vibegraveyard.ai)
HN 5 pts 0 comments by spc476 Jan 24, 2026 thread
How This "Basic" Robot Solves Real Life Problems (without AI) (youtube.com)
L 4 pts 0 comments by spc476 Jan 16, 2025 a11yvideo AI / Machine LearningDesign / UX / VisualizationMaker / DIY / Hardware thread
An annotated example of using LPeg to parse a string to generate LPeg to parse other strings (boston.conman.org)
L 4 pts 0 comments by spc476 Dec 15, 2022 lua Programming (General) thread
Dealing with phone numbers (boston.conman.org)
L 4 pts 0 comments by spc476 Apr 24, 2019 programming Programming (General) thread
A constructive look at the Atari 2600 BASIC cartridge (2015) (boston.conman.org)
L 4 pts 0 comments by spc476 Jan 26, 2017 compilershistoricalprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryGaming / Retro ComputingCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Fear of the Walking Zig: The Security Audit Gap (generativeai.pub)
L 3 pts 9 comments by spc476 Dec 10, 2025 compilerssecurityvibecodingzig AI / Machine LearningSystems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheorySecurity / Privacy thread
Notes on optimizing an O(n)+C algorithm where the C matters quite a bit (boston.conman.org)
L 3 pts 0 comments by spc476 Mar 13, 2023 assemblyperformance Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Software Does Not Fail (1996) (niquette.com)
L 3 pts 8 comments by spc476 Jan 18, 2022 philosophyprogramming Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
The root cause of a crash (boston.conman.org)
L 3 pts 0 comments by spc476 May 7, 2020 cdebugginglua Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
What is isomorphism? (ugbasic.iwashere.eu)
L 2 pts 0 comments by spc476 Jul 1, 2025 pltprogrammingretrocomputing Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryGaming / Retro Computing thread
A world of message-oriented programming languages (boston.conman.org)
L 2 pts 2 comments by spc476 Nov 22, 2018 assemblycplt Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Managing TLS connections using Lua and Lua coroutines (boston.conman.org)
L 2 pts 0 comments by spc476 Jul 24, 2018 apiccryptographyluanetworkingprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Data / Databases / InfrastructureSecurity / Privacy thread
Tough love, or stultifying ossification? I don't know (boston.conman.org)
L 2 pts 0 comments by spc476 Feb 13, 2018 apinetworkingprogramming Programming (General)Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
The blog post asks how strict or liberal one should be when writing code that handles protocols. There are no easy answers it seems.
Build Your Own Forth Interpreter | Coding Challenges (codingchallenges.fyi)
L 1 pts 0 comments by spc476 Feb 25, 2026 concatenative Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread