2023

The day I discovered vmtouch

Web site excerpt: IntroductionLast weekend I decided to take a deeper look at the famous SQLite 35% Faster Than The Filesystem benchmark. I didn't want to do a shallow read of the post. I wanted to compile the kvtest tool and run the experiments myself and see what is going on. I recommend
Link to site: The day I discovered vmtouch

Web site excerpt: An oldy but goodie source of confusion in Ruby. Author says: "Loading external files can get tricky in Ruby, but it doesn't have to be. This post explains the usage of Ruby's load, require, and require_relative methods, and when to use each."
Link to site: The Difference Between load, autoload, require, and require_relative in Ruby 📖

Web site excerpt: Lots of up to date information on how to tune VS Code for the best Ruby experience. A guide to a free Ruby development environment. Author says: "If you’re like me and your RubyMine trial version expired, you’re probably relying on VS Code. While the former is an amazing tool, it comes behind a paywall, unfortunately. Hopefully, JetBrains will reconsider at some point and have a Community Edition, just like IntelliJ."
Link to site: Unlock the Potential of VS Code for Ruby Programming

Web site excerpt: Large Selection of strong and powerful neodymium magnets. Great Prices. Discs, Rings, Cones, Cylinders, Arcs, Cubes, Rectangles, Squares, and much more.
Link to site: SuperMagnetMan - Neodymium Magnets, Many Shapes & Sizes!

SuperMagnetMan - Neodymium Magnets, Many Shapes & Sizes! –Large Selection of strong and powerful neodymium magnets. Great Prices. Discs, Rings, Cones, Cylinders, Arcs, Cubes, Rectangles, Squares, and much more.

Web site excerpt: Many years ago there was an ide-like tool that worked this way too. No separate source files. It was a cool approach. Glad to see it back! Author said: “The Unison programming language doesn’t store code in files, but in a database. What is that like?”
Link to site: Writing Code Without Plain Text Files

Web site excerpt: git-sim: Visually simulate Git operations in your own repos with a single terminal command
Link to site: git-sim: Visually simulate Git operations in your own repos

Web site excerpt: The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] 2.0 data format. It provides a client to server API for creating, updating and deleting content, as well as a federated server to server API for delivering notifications and content.
Link to site: ActivityPub RFC

Web site excerpt: Another really good essay by this author who i discovered by accident.
Link to site: Laurence Tratt: Distinguishing an Interpreter from a Compiler

Web site excerpt: This fascinating reproduction of a CIA sabotage manual contains great tips on how to sabotage organizational effectiveness. Many of the tips seem to be universally in force in academia!
Link to site: Simple sabotage field manual