Lwn.net

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• [$] May the FOLL_FORCE not be with you
• Security updates for Friday
• [$] What became of getrandom() in the vDSO
• [$] More informative kernel panics for Fedora
• Rust 1.80.0 released

Lobste.rs

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• The New Internet
• Transition from web/application development to system engineering
• AMD Zen 5’s 2-Ahead Branch Predictor Unit: How a 30 Year Old Idea Allows for New Tricks
• For Better or for Worse, the Overload
• Memory Management in DuckDB

Hacker News

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• Windows Recovery Environment and Bootable USB Creator in 200KB
• How Large Language Models Will Disrupt Data Management [pdf]
• GCVR (YC W22) Is Hiring Lead Back End Engineer (Sr/Staff/Principal)
• Introduction to Machine Learning Interviews Book
• Courts Close the Loophole Letting the Feds Search Your Phone at the Border

r/Programming

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• Simple terminal chat application - open for testing
• Haskell Nuggets: k-means · in Code
• JSNation 2024 Sessions Now Available Online
• Why Postgres and DuckDB for Analytics
• Crafting Interpreters with Rust: On Garbage Collection

Coding

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• Crooks Bypassed Google’s Email Verification to Create Workspace Accounts, Access 3rd-Party Services Krebs on Security – 6 hours
• A variation on Rock, Paper, Scissors John D. Cook – 1 day
• Resting is hard ntietz.com blog – 2 days
• A World-Class Code Playground with Sandpack Josh Comeau's blog – 2 days
• Notes on Taylor and Maclaurin series Eli Bendersky's website – 3 days
• Design for Real Life News! Thoughts From Eric – 4 days
• Hash-Based Bisect Debugging in Compilers and Runtimes research!rsc – 9 days
• Developing domain expertise: get your hands dirty. Irrational Exuberance – 10 days
• Anthropic Ned Batchelder's blog – 10 days
• So you want to compete with or replace open source Drew DeVault's blog – 11 days

Gaming

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• Paradox CEO admits company made "wrong calls in several projects" in wake of Life By You's cancellation Rock, Paper, Shotgun – 7 hours
• This Week on The Analog Antiquarian The Digital Antiquarian – 10 hours
• More Best of Steam NextFest Demos Set Side B – 1 day
• April Fools' 2024 Grumpy Gamer – 4 months
• Dispatches from California The Obscuritory – 4 months
• Full UI Upscaling, Part 5: Completion and Demos Grid Sage Games – 6 months
• Mr. Platformer distractionware – 11 months
• New IRC channel / network Free Gamer – 41 months
• Problems with video recreations of classic pinball @Play Collected – 41 months
• A Wild Book Appears Gnome's Lair – 48 months

Interesting Things

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• Friday Squid Blogging: Sunscreen from Squid Pigments Schneier on Security – 11 hours
• Hallucination should not be a dirty word Interconnected – 1 day
• Where’s My Train? Probably Overthinking It – 1 day
• gyeongju, the city of beautiful tombs Winnie Lim – 4 days
• Categories of leadership on technical teams benkuhn.net – 6 days
• rest in peace, bob newhart WIL WHEATON dot NET – 8 days
• A bonus Cosi Little Universe comic! Everything is Comics – 11 days
• Linux kernel 6.9 didn't boot until I turned on SVM Cadence's Weblog – 14 days
• Leaving Elicit Maggie Appleton – 20 days
• I Don't Understand AI Alignment Ecce Homology on Bastian Rieck's personal homepage – 21 days

Pinboard

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• Nature of Code Recently updated with javascript examples and p5.js
• Home | Algorithm Afternoon Discover and code clever algorithms on lazy afternoons. Grab a hot beverage (☕) Pick an algorithm (👈) Start coding (❤️)
• Calculus Made Easy
• Obituary for a Quiet Life
• Patterns | APG | WAI | W3C A lot of detailed examples on implementing various UX with accessibility in mind
• Gradient Color Spaces Exploration A codepen showing how different color systems handle gradients
• Euclidean Eggs How to draw eggs (and smooth curves) using a compass and ruler
• Software Technical Writing: A Guidebook
• 67 Weird Debugging Tricks Your Browser Doesn't Want You to Know | Alan Norbauer Advanced browser parlor tricks
• Demystifying Public Speaking by Lara Callender Hogan

Weather

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• 66° and Clear at 3 Miles NNE Pleasant Hill CA
• 55° and Mist at San Francisco International Airport, CA
• 81° and haze at Boise, ID
• 80° and Fair at Spring Hill, KS
• 77° and Clear at Bend, OR
• 79° and Clear at Portland, OR

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