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A plea not to use uv-build

After seeing yet another dozen packages lose keywords on Gentoo because of a single key dependency switching to uv-build, I would like to plea on behalf of Gentoo users: please don’t use uv-b…

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Did Ente Locker copy my code without attribution?

The last blog post I wrote explained why I chose to make FairScan open source. In particular, I said I knew there was a risk when I published FairScan's code and I was ready to accept it. I didn't expect to face that reality so soon.

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IDE

Learn programming easily with instant visual results. Free, interactive & runs right in your browser with zero setup. Perfect for beginners and schools.

Topics: Programming

Entities: Programming

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The reverts will continue until morale improves

Many readers will be aware that an unusually high number of features have been reverted from the PostgreSQL 19 branch after the beta period began. Having some reverts is not unusual, maybe one per cycle could be expected. But this time around, about 8 to 10...

Topics: Databases

Entities: Databases

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Lotus Improv on the NeXT

"Cult classic" isn't a term typically applied to software, but if it were, this would be its poster child.

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Nixpkgs for the frontend impaired

tl;dr jinx is a tool that compiles Nix to TypeScript. All of nixpkgs, each 231,777 attribute, produces the exact drvPath Nix does. Open the playground or evaluate hello in your browser tab with no Nix installed anywhere. 😈 Despite my admiration and joy for...

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Faster Fourier Transforms

The OpenAI algorithm for the FFT is less a breakthrough and more a malicious exploit.

Entities: OpenAI