Stories by birdculture

Nix: Connecting to the Sandbox

MNT September 2025 Update

How I Accidentally Created the Fastest CSV Parser Ever Made

When you opened a screen shot of a video in Paint, the video was playing in it

Why C variable argument functions are an abomination (and what to do about it)

Absurder-SQL

More Code ≠ Better Code: Claude Haiku 4.5 Wrote 62% More but Scored 16% Lower

Why Most Apps Should Start as Monoliths

Benchmarking Postgres 17 vs. 18

From Linearity to Borrowing

AI workslop is driving me insane

Building a Container from Scratch with Bash (No Docker, No Magic)

The reason GCC is not a library (2000)

ReCAPTCHA migration to Google Cloud by the end of 2025: what do you need to do

SmolBSD – build your own minimal BSD system

Saved 76% on cloud bills and tripled capacity by migrating to Hetzner from

React Compiler v1.0

Technical Debt: Make Developers Happier Now or Pay More Later

There Are No Programmers in Star Trek

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