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240 postsShow HN: Autoportrait - Painting Timelapses in JavaScript
Autoportrait is a tool that creates timed painting performances in JavaScript. All analysis is done client-side for reproducibility.
New Linux Patches Aim to Better Handle Multiple Swap Devices
New Linux patches have been released to improve the management of multiple swap devices.
Data-Oriented Design: A New Approach in Game Development
Data-oriented design provides an effective approach to overcome the challenges of object-oriented programming in game development.
CommitBrief — AI code reviews, right in your terminal
A provider-agnostic, local-first CLI that reviews your staged changes, a historic range, or a whole GitHub pull request. Zero telemetry, no server. Free and open source.
commitbrief.comChoose a Columnar Format From the Read Path Backward
Evaluate workload, updates, and failure scenarios when selecting a columnar format.
Why I rewrote sirv for Edge Runtimes
@rabbx/sirv is a fast, zero-dependency static file middleware for Edge Runtimes, offering performance and flexibility.
85 hours spent updating 234 rows in the database
An unexpected query in the database spent 85 hours updating 234 rows. Important lessons on performance improvements were drawn.
Hana JIT: LLVM-backed Python JIT Compiler
Hana JIT is an LLVM-backed JIT compiler for Python. It enhances performance by accelerating existing code.
Solo Dev Built a Sharded Go Library with WAL Instead of Kafka
A solo developer built Flux, a sharded, WAL-backed Go library for batching database writes instead of running Kafka or Redis, ensuring crash safety.
Mechanical Sympathy: Principles for Hardware-Aware Software Design
How CPU cache hierarchies, false sharing, and single-writer architectures underpin mechanical sympathy principles for building high-performance systems.
Green Tea Garbage Collector: A New Feature in Go 1.25
The Green Tea garbage collector in Go 1.25 offers up to 40% time savings for certain workloads.