Hacker News
- What's in a version number? (Or: Musings on backwards compatibility) https://alexgaynor.net/2021/oct/07/whats-in-a-version-number/ 34 comments
- What science can tell us about C and C++'s security (2020) https://alexgaynor.net/2020/may/27/science-on-memory-unsafety-and-security/ 70 comments
- Why software ends up complex https://alexgaynor.net/2020/nov/30/why-software-ends-up-complex/ 168 comments
- On Safety Critical Software https://alexgaynor.net/2019/nov/07/on-safety-critical-software/ 24 comments
- Chrome and Windows Exploit: Security Beyond Bug Fixes https://alexgaynor.net/2019/mar/07/chrome-windows-exploit-security-beyond-bugfixes/ 33 comments
- Gender neutral language - An FAQ http://alexgaynor.net/2013/nov/30/gender-neutral-language-faq/ 30 comments
- The Perils of Polyglot Programming http://alexgaynor.net/2011/dec/23/perils-polyglot-programming/ 4 comments
- A statically typed language I'd actually want to use http://alexgaynor.net/2010/nov/04/staticly-typed-language-id-actually-want-use/ 50 comments
- MultiMethods for Python http://alexgaynor.net/2010/jun/26/multimethods-python/ 10 comments
Lobsters
- Defining the memory safety problem https://alexgaynor.net/2023/oct/02/defining-the-memory-safety-problem/ 23 comments c++ , rust , security
- Buffers on the edge: Python and Rust https://alexgaynor.net/2022/oct/23/buffers-on-the-edge/ 3 comments python , rust
- What science can tell us about C and C++'s security https://alexgaynor.net/2020/may/27/science-on-memory-unsafety-and-security/ 13 comments c , c++ , security
- A Memory Safety Research Agenda https://alexgaynor.net/2019/sep/02/memory-safety-research-agenda/ 12 comments go , rust , security , swift
- Introduction to Memory Unsafety for VPs of Engineering https://alexgaynor.net/2019/aug/12/introduction-to-memory-unsafety-for-vps-of-engineering/ 52 comments security
- Modern C++ Won't Save Us https://alexgaynor.net/2019/apr/21/modern-c++-wont-save-us/ 47 comments c++ , security
- Chrome + Windows Exploit: Security Beyond Bugfixes https://alexgaynor.net/2019/mar/07/chrome-windows-exploit-security-beyond-bugfixes/ 4 comments security , windows
- The worst truism in information security https://alexgaynor.net/2018/jul/20/worst-truism-in-infosec/ 13 comments security
- A vulnerability by any other name https://alexgaynor.net/2017/nov/20/a-vulnerability-by-any-other-name/ 3 comments c , c++ , security
- Buffers on the edge: Python and Rust https://alexgaynor.net/2022/oct/23/buffers-on-the-edge/ 8 comments rust
- Why software ends up complex · Alex Gaynor https://alexgaynor.net/2020/nov/30/why-software-ends-up-complex/ 15 comments programming
- What science can tell us about C and C++'s security https://alexgaynor.net/2020/may/27/science-on-memory-unsafety-and-security/ 9 comments programming
- As the scale of a codebase increases, any properties of it which are not programmatically enforced will tend to regress. https://alexgaynor.net/2020/feb/18/scaling-software-development/ 23 comments programming
- A Memory Safety Research Agenda https://alexgaynor.net/2019/sep/02/memory-safety-research-agenda/ 5 comments rust
- Modern C++ Won't Save Us https://alexgaynor.net/2019/apr/21/modern-c++-wont-save-us/ 155 comments cpp
- Notes on fuzzing ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick https://alexgaynor.net/2019/feb/05/notes-fuzzing-imagemagick-graphicsmagick/ 18 comments programming
- A vulnerability by any other name https://alexgaynor.net/2017/nov/20/a-vulnerability-by-any-other-name/ 27 comments rust
- A vulnerability by any other name https://alexgaynor.net/2017/nov/20/a-vulnerability-by-any-other-name/ 46 comments programming
- Surviving Apache Struts CVE-2017-5638 https://alexgaynor.net/2017/sep/18/surviving-struts-cve/ 15 comments netsec
- OSS-Fuzz initial impressions https://alexgaynor.net/2016/dec/03/oss-fuzz-initial-impressions/ 3 comments netsec
- Announcing letsencrypt-aws https://alexgaynor.net/2016/jan/20/announcing-letsencrypt-aws/ 14 comments aws
- Rust: A modern programming environment https://alexgaynor.net/2015/jul/20/rust-modern-programming-language/ 6 comments rust
- Red Hat and the Open Source community (x-post from /r/python) https://alexgaynor.net/2015/mar/30/red-hat-open-source-community/ 37 comments linux
- About Python 3 http://alexgaynor.net/2013/dec/30/about-python-3/ 241 comments programming
- ASecurity process for Open Source Projects http://alexgaynor.net/2013/oct/19/security-process-open-source-projects/ 4 comments programming
- The perils of polyglot programming http://alexgaynor.net/2011/dec/23/perils-polyglot-programming/ 51 comments programming
- So you want to write a fast Python? http://alexgaynor.net/2011/jul/10/so-you-want-write-fast-python/ 29 comments programming
- A statically typed language I'd actually want to use http://alexgaynor.net/2010/nov/04/staticly-typed-language-id-actually-want-use/ 20 comments programming
- PyPy is the Future of Python http://alexgaynor.net/2010/may/15/pypy-future-python/ 106 comments programming
- Languages Don't Have Speeds, Or Do They? http://alexgaynor.net/2010/mar/15/languages-dont-have-speeds-or-do-they/ 45 comments programming
- Thoughts on HipHop PHP http://alexgaynor.net/2010/feb/02/thoughts-hiphop-php/ 38 comments programming