Stories by birdculture

FediMeteo: A €4 FreeBSD VPS Became a Global Weather Service

Git's HTTP server side design does not scale

MIT Battlecode (programming competition) starts in 1 week

Apache Spark Isn't "Fast" by Default; It's Fast When You Use It Correctly

What does the software engineering job market look like heading into 2026?

Parsing Advances

Every Test Is a Trade-Off

A production bug that made me care about undefined behavior

When Not to Use Pydantic

Can I throw a C++ exception from a structured exception?

Building a Reliable Job Scheduler: Leases, Idempotency, and Timezone-Aware Cron

Release age v1.3.0: post-quantum (and more)

Fastverse: A Suite of High-Performance and Low-Dependency R Packages

Ancient Greek Geometry

Arcan 0.7.1 – Minutes to Midnight

Understanding Database Transactions and Isolation Levels

Show HN: Twine – A tool to dynamically trace calls in production Elixir systems

Simplifying the build process for vst3-rs

Play the Monty Hall Game

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