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What if there was no BASIC in EndBASIC?

An overview of the cool technical building blocks behind EndBASIC and what they could turn into if they evolved on their own

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Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain

In the US, you can get a domain name like `somename.city.state.us` for free. If your town has its own domain, you can get nameservers from Amazon Lightsail, send the *Interim .US Domain Template* to the delegated manager for your locality, then point DNS...

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C++26: Standard library hardening

Undefined behavior (UB) in C++ is one of the hardest categories of bugs to deal with. It can silently corrupt memory, cause crashes far from the actual mistake, or — worst of all — just happens to work on your machine. A significant share of UB in real...

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Designing a Custom Query Language for Non-Technical Analysts

I recently had the pleasure of designing and implementing a custom query language1, along with an integrated execution environment. It was my first time doing anything like this, and it became a passion project I dedicated many nights and weekends to. I...

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The Most Emacs Bzr Saga

Since I had no interesting books to read today, nor interesting films to watch, I decided to scavenge for the most intriguing content one can find online. I ended up reading the Linux kernel mailing lists, but those discussions seemed to be 18+, so I...

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AI as Social Technology

Our debates about ‘AI’ grow out of 1990s science fiction. Back then, Vinge (1993) wrote essays and novels urging us to face up to the oncoming “Singularity”: a moment of rapid change that would fundamentally transform the human condition. On that day, AI...