Saw this on Mastodon:
https://racingbunny.com/@mookie/114718466149264471
18 rules of Software Engineering
- You will regret complexity when on-call
- Stop falling in love with your own code
- Everything is a trade-off. There’s no “best” 3. Every line of code you write is a liability 4. Document your decisions and designs
- Everyone hates code they didn’t write
- Don’t use unnecessary dependencies
- Coding standards prevent arguments
- Write meaningful commit messages
- Don’t ever stop learning new things
- Code reviews spread knowledge
- Always build for maintainability
- Ask for help when you’re stuck
- Fix root causes, not symptoms
- Software is never completed
- Estimates are not promises
- Ship early, iterate often
- Keep. It. Simple.
Solid list, even though 14 is up for debate in my opinion: Software can be completed. You have a use case / problem, you solve that problem, done. Your software is completed now. There might still be bugs and they should be fixed – but this doesn’t “add” to the program. Don’t use “software is never done” as an excuse to keep adding and adding stuff to your code.
fn sub(foo: &String) {
println!("We got this string: [{}]", foo);
}
fn main() {
// "Hello", 0x00, 0x00, "!"
let buf: [u8; 8] = [0x48, 0x65, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x6F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x21];
// Create a string from the byte array above, interpret as UTF-8, ignore decoding errors.
let lossy_unicode = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf).to_string();
sub(&lossy_unicode);
}
Create a string from a byte array, but the result isn’t a string, it’s a cow 🐮, so you need another to_string() to convert your “string” into a string.
- https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/string/struct.String.html#method.from_utf8_lossy
- https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/borrow/enum.Cow.html
I still have a lot to learn.
(into_owned() instead of to_string() also works and makes more sense to me, it’s just that the compiler suggested to_string() first, which led to this funny example.)
Hmmm 🧐 Not what I thought was going on… No bug…
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Na krídlach piesní – deti rozozvučali Petrovec
V Slovenskom vojvodinskom divadle v Báčskom Petrovci sa v nedeľu 8. júna 2025 niesli detské hlásky v pestrých tónoch slovenských populárnych piesní. Už po piatykrát sa tu uskutočnil Festival slovenských populárnych piesní pre deti Na krídlach piesní, ktorý usporiadal Komorný zbor Musica viva pod vedením Marieny Stankovićovej Krivákovej. ⌘ Read more
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Run Classic MacOS & NeXTSTEP in Your Web Browser
If you’ve been a reader of OSXDaily for a while you almost certainly have seen us mention some of the fun web apps that allow you to run full fledged versions of operating systems in your web browser, from Mac OS 9, Mac OS 8, or Mac OS 7, to even Windows 1.0. Many of … Read More ⌘ Read more
Download Borderlands 2 for Mac FREE This Weekend on Steam
If you’re a Mac gamer and you love free games, you won’t want to miss out on this deal; Borderlands 2, the classic popular first-person action RPG shooter, is free to download this weekend on Steam (until the morning of June 8 at 10am PDT). And because it’s on Steam, you’ll be able to play … Read More ⌘ Read more
Run Classic MacOS & NeXTSTEP in Your Web Browser
If you’ve been a reader of OSXDaily for a while you almost certainly have seen us mention some of the fun web apps that allow you to run full fledged versions of operating systems in your web browser, from Mac OS 9, Mac OS 8, or Mac OS 7, to even Windows 1.0. Many of … Read More ⌘ Read more
Ice-T 2.8.0 released: a VT-100 terminal emulator for the Atari 8-bit
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@kat I don’t like Golang much either, but I am not a programmer. This little site, Go by example might explain a thing or two.
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One of the nicest things about Go is the language itself, comparing Go to other popular languages in terms of the complexity to learn to be proficient in:
- Go:
25keywords (Stack Overflow); CSP-style concurrency (goroutines & channels)
- Python 2:
30keywords (TutorialsPoint); GIL-bound threads & multiprocessing (Wikipedia)
- Python 3:
35keywords (Initial Commit); GIL-bound threads,asyncio& multiprocessing (Wikipedia, DEV Community)
- Java:
50keywords (Stack Overflow); threads +java.util.concurrent(Wikipedia)
- C++:
82keywords (Stack Overflow);std::thread, atomics & futures (en.cppreference.com)
- JavaScript:
38keywords (Stack Overflow); single-threaded event loop &async/await, Web Workers (Wikipedia)
- Ruby:
42keywords (Stack Overflow); GIL-bound threads (MRI), fibers & processes (Wikipedia)
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Go 語言中字符串四種拼接方式的性能對比，哪個更勝一籌？
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Go 語言中字符串四種拼接方式的性能對比，哪個更勝一籌？
在 Go 語言開發中，字符串拼接是最常見的操作之一。不同的拼接方式在性能上可能有數量級的差異，特別是在高頻調用或大數據量處理的場景下。本文將使用標準基準測試，全面對比四種主流字符串拼接方式的性能表現。測試環境與方法測試環境Go 版本：1.20+ 操作系統：macOS/Windows/Linux CPU：8 核 測試方法我們創建了一個完整的基準測試文件echobenchtest.g ⌘ Read more
STARPro64 Brings 32GB LPDDR5 and 20 TOPS NPU to RISC-V SBC Platform
The STARPro64 is one of the latest RISC-V single-board computers from PINE64, based on the ESWIN EIC7700X system-on-chip. Now in stock, the board offers key features such as dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, PCIe Gen3.0 expansion, and wireless connectivity. Originally previewed in October 2024, the board integrates a quad-core 64-bit SiFive P550 processor, an Imagination AXM-8-256 […] ⌘ Read more
Buying a TV these days, means trying to avoid endless enshitification:
-Spyware and adware
-Shitty AI upscaling/ frame interpolation
-HW that breaks after 2 - 3 years
-One off OS, dead on arrival
-Android OS, that starts lagging after the third update
-8 buttons worth of ads, on your remote
You probably have to make some kind of a compromise. I thought that was buying from some other brand like Hyundai, but that one also felt into some of those categories and just broke, after less than 3 years of use. At this point I’ll probably go back to LG and hope their HW is still reliable and the rest manageable… It has AI bullshit and knowing LG, probably some spyware you have to try your best to get rid of, can buy a remote with “only” 2 ads on it, some web-based OS shared between all their TVs, that usually gets 4 - 5 years worth of updates and works decently enough afterwards.
At this point, I’ll probably settle for anything that doesn’t literally fall apart, not even 3 years in, like the Hyundai did.
Nicolas, 35 ans, clashe du boomer
Un article à 4 mains écrit par h16 & Citronne Ah, voilà que se présente un week-end agréable pour Nicolas, 35 ans, marié et deux enfants (de 8 et 5 ans) : ses parents viennent lui rendre visite dans la maison nouvellement acquise ! C’est un samedi matin qui s’annonce guilleret mais alors que Nicolas est en […] ⌘ Read more
pt-online-change 工具這麼多，哪一個是你的菜？
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**The Hidden Language: Exploiting GraphQL for Unauthorized Data Dump **
Free Link🎈
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Ça y est ! Nicolas, 35 ans, achète une maison !
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Jubileá Obecnej organizácie Červeného kríža Báčsky Petrovec
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Pinellas County Running - Long run: 8.00 miles, 00:09:07 average pace, 01:12:50 duration
last long run of the training plan. legs were heavy again today. first half hour had a nice sprinkling going on but that humidity crept right in afterwards. more tired than i should be and need to try and keep these next few runs light
#running
Confession:
I’ve never found microblogging like twtxt or the Fediverse or any other “modern” social media to be truly fulfilling/satisfying.
The reason is that it is focused so much on people. You follow this or that person, everybody spends time making a nice profile page, the posts are all very “ego-centric”. Seriously, it feels like everybody is on an ego-trip all the time (this is much worse on the Fediverse, not so much here on twtxt).
I miss the days of topic-based forums/groups. A Linux forum here, a forum about programming there, another one about a certain game. Stuff like that. That was really great – and it didn’t even suffer from the need to federate.
Sadly, most of these forums are dead now. Especially the nerds spend a lot of time on the Fediverse now and have abandoned forums almost completely.
On Mastodon, you can follow hashtags, which somewhat emulates a topic-based experience. But it’s not that great and the protocol isn’t meant to be used that way (just read the snac2 docs on this issue). And the concept of “likes” has eliminated lots of the actual user interaction. ☹️
Nicolas, 35 ans, veut s’acheter une maison
Un article à 4 mains écrit par h16 & Citronne Il faut se résoudre à l’évidence : Nicolas, 35 ans, marié, et père de deux enfants (de 5 et 8 ans) manque de place dans l’appartement qu’il loue depuis 7 ans. C’est donc décidé : la famille va enfin réaliser l’achat d’une maison. Après quelques années passées […] ⌘ Read more
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AI isn’t a shortcut for thinking. In her guide for skeptics, Hilary Gridley reframes AI as a collaborator—not a replacement. Use it like spellcheck for your thoughts. Don’t fear it—iterate with it. Insight improves, speed follows. Full post: https://hils.substack.com/p/the-ai-skeptics-guide-to-ai-collaboration
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There are other tasks LLM(s) are far better suited for, which are also its downsides, and gawd so expensive and unrealistic to run yourself 🤦♂️ Do you know what one of these NVIDIA H100’s cost? 💲 That’s right! 🤣 > $50k USD 😱 And many of the models out there require 8 of these suckers 🤣 Each one consumes around ~400W of power each (not including the machine that houses them!)
Pinellas County Running - 8 miles: 8.09 miles, 00:09:00 average pace, 01:12:47 duration
another great run although i know i was going a bit hard
#running
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Alachua County Running - 8 miles at pace: 8.03 miles, 00:08:33 average pace, 01:08:39 duration
rolling hills really did not phase me as much as i expected.
#running
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@bmallred@staystrong.run I just realized I was only suppose to do 5 miles at pace and not 8.
Pinellas County - 8 miles: 8.01 miles, 00:08:43 average pace, 01:09:49 duration
felt so light today (minus the last hill) but i knew i was probably going a bit too fast for the workout.
#running
MacSSL: a port of Mbed-TLS for the classic Mac OS 7/8/9
Yesterday we had SDL2 for the classic Mac OS, today we have modern SSL/TLS for the classic Mac OS. This is a C89/C90 port of MbedTLS for Mac System 7/8/9. It works, and compiles under Metrowerks Codewarrior Pro 4. This is a basic app that performs a GET request on whatever is in api.h, and prints the result out to the text box (with a lot of debug information, of course). The idea of this project was to build an ‘app’ of … ⌘ Read more
Nicolas, 35 ans, découvre les urgences à la française
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Alachua County Running - 8 miles at pace: 8.03 miles, 00:08:33 average pace, 01:08:39 duration
rolling hills really did not phase me as much as i expected.
#running
Nicolas, 35 ans, désespère de l’Éducation Nationale
Un billet à 4 mains par Citronne et h16 Nicolas, 35 ans, marié, et père de deux enfants (de 5 et 8 ans) apprécie plus que tout sa petite routine. Le matin, après un bon petit déjeuner, il emmène ses enfants à l’école et se rend au travail ; il apprécie sa petite pause-déjeuner avec ses […] ⌘ Read more
Pinellas County Running - 8 miles: 8.04 miles, 00:09:24 average pace, 01:15:35 duration
iOS 16.7.11, iOS 15.8.4, & iPadOS 17.7.6 Security Updates Released for Older iPhone & iPad
While iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates were just released for modern iPhone and iPad devices, Apple has also released a bevy of software updates for older iPhone and iPad devices. Each of these updates include important security fixes and are therefore recommended for all eligible users and their devices to install. Specifically, you will … [Read Mor … ⌘ Read more
Go 1-25：工具鏈優化與運行時改進
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Pinellas County Running - 8 miles: 8.08 miles, 00:08:30 average pace, 01:08:40 duration
Nicolas, 35 ans, ne touchera jamais sa retraite
Un article rédigé à 4 mains par Citronne et h16 Avec le mois qui se termine, Nicolas, 35 ans, marié avec deux enfants de 5 et 8 ans, examine sa feuille de paie. Les petites lignes se multiplient mais un montant le rassure : celui que lui et son patron ont cotisé pour sa retraite. Nicolas […] ⌘ Read more
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neat! my watcher is currently sitting at about 75 MB following over 1500 feeds. only about 200 are currently somewhat active.
-rw-r--r--. 1 xuu xuu 69M Mar 25 20:46 twt.db
-rw-r--r--. 1 xuu xuu 32K Mar 25 21:34 twt.db-shm
-rw-r--r--. 1 xuu xuu 5.6M Mar 25 21:34 twt.db-wal
sqlite> select state, count(*) n from feeds group by 1;
hot|7
warm|8
cold|183
frozen|743
permanantly-dead|857
Piliere života
Prípad darovania obrazu Stĺpy života od Martina Jonáša srbskému prezidentovi Aleksandrovi Vučićovi, ku ktorému došlo počas prezidentovej návštevy Kovačice 8. marca 2025, má epilóg – dar bol vrátený späť do Kovačice. Tento kontroverzný krok nielenže vyvolal vlnu pobúrenia a rôznych reakcií, ale zároveň otvoril viaceré otázky týkajúce sa ochrany kultúrneho dedičstva, transparentnosti rozhodovacích procesov a dodržiavania právnych predpisov pri nakladaní s umeleckými dielami a spoločným … ⌘ Read more
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Pinellas County Running - 8 miles: 8.03 miles, 00:09:04 average pace, 01:12:48 duration
only needed 8 and miscalculated a bit so could not do the whole park. such a nice morning.
#running