Stories by -ertgl

Database failure lessons at Amazon in 1997 (2004) [pdf]

The Web Behind Glass

Writing code is easy, reading it isn't

Bonini's paradox – The more complete a model is, the harder it is to understand

Show HN: I Rewrote printf – Now 10x More Powerful (v1.3)

Musk's SpaceX Agrees to Buy Echostar Spectrum for $17B

Go for Bash Programmers – Part II: CLI Tools

Spectroscopy Like it's 1985 [video]

Teams Outlast Projects

Ask HN: How do I announce that I'm looking for a new job while being employed?

Orsted Sues Trump Administration in Fight to Restart Its Blocked Wind Farm

A clickable visual guide to the Rust type system

A critique of package managers

Are Humans Watching Animals Too Closely?

Reverse-engineering Roadsearch Plus, or, roadgeeking with an 8-bit CPU

Adjacency Matrix and std:mdspan, C++23