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Stories by wrs

Some Were Meant for C: The Endurance of an Unmanageable Language (cl.cam.ac.uk)
L 43 pts 14 comments by wrs Sep 5, 2017 cpdfprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Hy: A dialect of Lisp that's embedded in Python (github.com)
L 20 pts 7 comments by wrs Aug 4, 2019 lisppython Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Remembering Apple’s Newton, 30 years on (arstechnica.com)
L 10 pts 12 comments by wrs May 31, 2022 historical Apple / macOS / iOSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
“You Had One Job”: Why Twenty Years of DevOps Has Failed to Do it (honeycomb.io)
L 3 pts 10 comments by wrs Jan 17, 2026 aidevopspractices AI / Machine LearningData / Databases / InfrastructureProductivity / Career / Business thread
State of AI: An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouter (openrouter.ai)
L 3 pts 1 comments by wrs Dec 4, 2025 vibecoding AI / Machine Learning thread
John Markoff retires from New York Times after 28 years (backchannel.com)
L 3 pts 1 comments by wrs Dec 10, 2016 cultureperson Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Solving the wrong problem (ufried.com)
L 2 pts 1 comments by wrs Oct 21, 2025 vibecoding AI / Machine Learning thread
The Digital Maginot Line (ribbonfarm.com)
L 0 pts 0 comments by wrs Nov 30, 2018 culturesecurity Security / PrivacyCulture / Philosophy / History / ReadingInternet / Digital Culture thread