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Mysterious Android codebase commit
Original EnglishThe trick is actually simpler and its called MVM, which is something Sun kept avoiding on the desktop/server for some stupid reason but we did …
The Architecture Behind a One-Person Tech Startup (2021)
Original EnglishThis setup is very similar to the startup that I run.
Software design gets worse before it gets better
Original EnglishWe am still running native x11, only because we run the steam client and only because of that (like 32bits support code).
RubyWM – an X11 window manager in pure Ruby
Original EnglishI know this is a joke, but, this goes right back to the first time I deployed Ruby and had "the speed discussion" with people.
Sublime Text 3 marked as recommended build
Original EnglishI have enough of work without having to contribute to each of the products I'm using - so I prefer paying the people at JetBrains …
Size is the best predictor of code quality (2011)
Original EnglishThe difference was the features we picked were the only ones 80% of the customer base actually used.
Yahoo’s Engineers Move to Coding Without a QA Team
Original EnglishThey wouldn't do much but sign off on deployment at some point , yet bore no responsibility if shit hit the fan.
Ruby has been fast enough for 13 years
Original EnglishIt is the slowest combination in terms of code execution speed, but in terms of speed of development and developer happiness it Just Works (tm) …
A lot of websockets in Haskell
Original EnglishWhere a simple websocket echo used 9.5kb of memory per connection (including SSL, and with TCP kernel buffers set to 4k send/recv).