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The day I discovered vmtouch

Link: The day I discovered vmtouch: "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"

Unlock the Potential of VS Code for Ruby Programming

Link: Unlock the Potential of VS Code for Ruby Programming: "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.""

Writing Code Without Plain Text Files

Link: Writing Code Without Plain Text Files: "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?”"

ActivityPub RFC

Link: ActivityPub RFC: "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."

Simple sabotage field manual

Link: Simple sabotage field manual: "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!"