rlnorthcutt

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by rlnorthcutt 20d ago
Author here. The thing that surprised me writing this was how wrong I understood the AOT story initially. I'd repeated the "native binary, no PHP needed" line, but thats not really the case: binary mode still links libphp and
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by rlnorthcutt 1mo ago
"There are moments when a dependency graph becomes performance art." Hats off to the author for not only following the muse into the archives of ancient tech... but for stubbornly continuing forward even when all paths seem open.
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Self-testing AI harness finds its own bugs(omnideck.dev)
6 points by rlnorthcutt 3mo ago|1 comments
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by rlnorthcutt 3mo ago
Omnideck stress-tests its own browser tools on 50 real websites, diagnose failures by reading its own own source code, and files GitHub issues with the fix already identified. It does NOT apply the fix itself to maintain separation of conce
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by rlnorthcutt 3mo ago
A practical look at the two OpenAI API formats, why one became a de facto standard, and what the new Open Responses spec changes.
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AnalyzeRepo – Instant repo analysis and onboarding guides for humans and Claude(github.com)
2 points by rlnorthcutt 7mo ago|1 comments
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by rlnorthcutt 7mo ago
I built analyzerepo to solve the "cold start" problem for both new developers and AI agents. Whether you are jumping into a legacy codebase or trying to make Claude Code actually useful on day one, you usually spend the first hour
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by rlnorthcutt 8mo ago
Wow - I really appreciate you taking the time to look at it again. My original comment was written quickly, and probably no where near as clear as it could have been. I respect your willingness to modify your original stance upon closer exa
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by rlnorthcutt 8mo ago
Straw man + slippery slope. I never said that, or implied it. It would be dumb to say that someone who creates an open source project is at the mercy of the people who use it. But, many people have had the experience of dealing with loud vo
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by rlnorthcutt 8mo ago
Its an interesting situation when an asset (like an open source project) is run by a team of volunteers (community)... but due to licensing, it kind of belongs to the whole world (community) As a user of a project, I DO have a voice... but
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by rlnorthcutt 8mo ago
Thats a great idea, and was my original plan. However, it just didn't make sense given the time and level of the response. The audit report is pretty straightforward, and has all of the details. I assume the technical folks who want to
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by rlnorthcutt 8mo ago
Imagine it. This is the result of multiple internal documents, comments, versions, etc. across marketing and engineering teams. Real people doing real work trying to share real information. But, that does raise an interesting point. Content
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Deep dive into Go's memory allocator(nghiant3223.github.io)
2 points by rlnorthcutt 1y ago|1 comments
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by rlnorthcutt 1y ago
From the post: "In this post, we’ll explore Go’s memory allocator in depth. We’ll look at its core components, how they interact to serve allocations of different sizes, and how stacks are managed alongside heap objects. Along the way,
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by rlnorthcutt 1y ago
Actually this is a problem for anyone that either: - needs to rely on LTS versions - runs multi-threaded software (like HAProxy) - has real performance and scalability needs. Note on #2 above that there are other LB/RP projects that
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by rlnorthcutt 1y ago
Actually, I'm trying to give the team the benefit of the doubt and assume good intentions. That may not be the case, but its a reasonable place to start. And yes, they did choose to prioritize DX over performance - that was the major d
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by rlnorthcutt 1y ago
I agree that it is great to see the improvements. However, in the absence of comparisons to other libraries, it is tough to see the real impact. Even a comparison to the 1.x version would be helpful. The concern is that relative to 3.0, it
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by rlnorthcutt 1y ago
There is also a RHEL/CentOS 8/9 + QuicTLS / AWS-LC package available to test out or start with. https://github.com/haproxy/wiki/wiki/Packages
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by rlnorthcutt 1y ago
I have yet to find a perfect community anywhere - open source or not. And, as a general rule, I agree that we should try to support open source communities with whatever path they choose to take. In this case, it seems to me that OpenSSL ha
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Choosing the Right Transport Protocol: TCP vs. UDP vs. QUIC(thenewstack.io)
1 points by rlnorthcutt 2y ago|1 comments
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by rlnorthcutt 2y ago
A decision-making framework breaking down the strengths, weaknesses and ideal use cases to help users choose the proper protocol for their systems.
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by rlnorthcutt 3y ago
"FileMaker is a powerful low-code platform that can build some pretty amazing apps, but the developer experience isn’t always as… let’s just say — modern. And while curl requests still have their uses, these days, I’d much rather use a
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by rlnorthcutt 3y ago
This tutorial tells you how to create a reusable JS library on Github and use JSDelivr to serve it. As a bonus, there is an example repo that includes auto-generated documentation.
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by rlnorthcutt 3y ago
This is a decent fallback, but it really doesn't solve the underlying problem. The whole point of web components is the ability to encapsulate and reuse your work... and _specifically_ to extend the HTML tag library. The fact that yo
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by rlnorthcutt 3y ago
Last line is good: "Remember, all online content purchases are really just rentals."
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by rlnorthcutt 3y ago
This seems like the same basic tech problem - how to balance uninformed user protections with advanced user capabilities. The problem is browser extensions and the ability for bad actors to use malicious code to harm users. This is a real t
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by rlnorthcutt 3y ago
There is a difference between inflation, which affects the entire monetary system, and money expiration which affects individual units of currency. In the first case, there is no incentive to use the money any faster, and as long as inflati
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by rlnorthcutt 3y ago
An interesting look at theories around "perishable" money. A very interesting concept. Most resources in the world have a lifespan - even an iron bar will eventually rust. However, a dollar is as perpetual as the system itself. On
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What if money expired?(noemamag.com)
116 points by rlnorthcutt 3y ago|175 comments
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Running Mssql Server in Your Mac M1/M2/M3 Using Docker (and Ngrok)(community.appsmith.com)
5 points by rlnorthcutt 3y ago|0 comments

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