Hacker News
- Unit testing on an 8-bit CPU https://boston.conman.org/2023/11/27.1 23 comments
- A small warning about UDP based protocols https://boston.conman.org/2023/10/25.1 131 comments
- YAML config file? Pain? Try Lua https://boston.conman.org/2023/09/29.1 3 comments
- Notes on optimizing an O(n)+C algorithm where the C matters quite a bit https://boston.conman.org/2023/03/13.2 3 comments
- You can program functionally in any computer language http://boston.conman.org/2022/11/25.1 2 comments
- When did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?” http://boston.conman.org/2022/09/22.1 212 comments
- A constructive look at the Atari 2600 BASIC cartridge http://boston.conman.org/2015/06/16.1 30 comments
- Notes from a Gibsonian Novel http://boston.conman.org/2004/09/19.1 7 comments
- I can code that FizzBuzz function with only two tests http://boston.conman.org/2020/06/08.1 3 comments
- Using the same blogging software for 20 years http://boston.conman.org/2019/12/04.1 30 comments
- A world of message-oriented programming languages (2018) http://boston.conman.org/2018/11/21.1 25 comments
- There was a time when search engines were a thing, and it seems they still are http://boston.conman.org/2018/06/30.1 106 comments
- A constructive look at the Atari 2600 BASIC cartridge (2015) http://boston.conman.org/2015/06/16.1 36 comments
- Why isn't memset() async-signal-safe? http://boston.conman.org/2016/12/17.1 94 comments
Lobsters
- I know languages that have support for “read-only memory,” but what about “write-only memory?” https://boston.conman.org/2024/01/31.3 16 comments assembly , compilers
- YAML config file? Pain? Try Lua https://boston.conman.org/2023/09/29.1 52 comments devops , lua
- Another attempt at a “unit test” https://boston.conman.org/2023/03/06.1 17 comments c , practices , testing
- A branchless segment of code to generate a printable hexadecimal value https://boston.conman.org/2023/02/24.1 13 comments assembly
- A breakdown of the triple-star pointer https://boston.conman.org/2023/02/23.1 5 comments c
- Today's date happens more frequently on Sunday than any other day of the week https://boston.conman.org/2023/01/08.1 9 comments math
- Unit test this https://boston.conman.org/2022/12/21.1 9 comments c , linux , practices , testing
- You can program functionally in any computer language http://boston.conman.org/2022/11/25.1 19 comments programming
- So when did POP and IMAP become a “legacy protocol?” http://boston.conman.org/2022/09/22.1 45 comments email , networking
- When does technology pass from being a tool to being a crutch? (2009) http://boston.conman.org/2009/11/03.1 3 comments culture , philosophy
- LPEG vs. PEG—they both have their strengths and weaknesses http://boston.conman.org/2020/12/19.2 3 comments c , lua
- I can code that FizzBuzz function with only two tests http://boston.conman.org/2020/06/08.1 2 comments lua
- Using the same blogging software for 20 years http://boston.conman.org/2019/12/04.1 19 comments c , lua , programming
- Adding redirection to the gopher protocol http://boston.conman.org/2019/09/30.4 4 comments programming
- How can a “commercial grade” web robot be so badly written? http://boston.conman.org/2019/07/09.1 39 comments programming , web
- A world of message-oriented programming languages http://boston.conman.org/2018/11/21.1 2 comments assembly , c , plt
- Defensive programming can hide bugs http://boston.conman.org/2018/11/06.1 18 comments debugging , practices , testing
- There was a time when search engines were a thing. And it seems they still are http://boston.conman.org/2018/06/30.1 37 comments historical , web
- A potential way to have spaces in filenames and not break the Unix command line http://boston.conman.org/2018/02/28.2 27 comments programming , unix
- Really, POSIX? Really? memset() isn't async-signal-safe? How is it not safe? … oh … that's why http://boston.conman.org/2016/12/17.1 10 comments assembly , c , unix