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21. The Bibites - A simulation where you are able to watch evolution happen before your very eyes! 2023-07-22

    tags: game, game/simulation, genetic-algorithm, graphics/2d, procedural-generation

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22. Teardown Teardown - A breakdown of Teardown's renderer 2023-06-19

    tags: game/teardown, graphics/3d, graphics/opengl, graphics/voxel, indie, sandbox

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    • Graphics Programming Virtual Meetup - Teardown teardown [2023-01-06]
23. Subclassing in Python Redux 2023-06-11

    tags: programming/design-pattern, programming/go, programming/object-oriented-programming, programming/python, programming/ruby

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    The conflict between subclassing and composition is as old as object-oriented programming. The latest crop of languages like Go or Rust prove that you don’t need subclassing to successfully write code. But what’s a pragmatic approach to subclassing in Python, specifically?

    • Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers - Why inheritance never made any sense
    • The Composition Over Inheritance Principle
    • PyCon US 2013 - The End Of Object Inheritance & The Beginning Of A New Modularity
    • RailsConf 2015 - Nothing is Something
24. Crypto Museum - Barbie Typewriter 2023-02-18

    tags: cryptography, museum

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    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gwhx-uG5h8
25. "Python Performance Matters" by Emery Berger (Strange Loop 2022) 2022-12-21

    tags: performance/profiling, programming/c, programming/c++, programming/python

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    • https://github.com/plasma-umass/scalene
    • "Performance Matters" by Emery Berger
26. Burning Ship Fractal 2022-12-14

    tags: image, image/fractal, mathematics

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    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Ship_fractal
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD9yNFmb2FE
    • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12581569
    • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32210140
27. netaddr.IP: a new IP address type for Go 2022-11-12

    tags: network/ip, programming/go

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    • Go at Tailscale
28. Rust on the ESP32 2022-10-19

    tags: compiler/llvm, embedded, microcontroller/espressif/esp32, programming/rust

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    • https://github.com/esp-rs
    • https://github.com/esp-rs/espflash
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l29cTFS27w
29. Simulating an Entire Car Engine (yes, it makes noise) 2022-09-24

    tags: engine, programming/c++, sound

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    • https://github.com/ange-yaghi/engine-sim
    • Simulating VTEC, a radial-5 engine and more with my engine simulator (there is sound)
30. Graphene-Python - a library for building GraphQL APIs 2022-08-27

    tags: framework/django, programming/api/graphql, programming/python

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    • https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene
    • https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene-django
    • https://docs.graphene-python.org/projects/django/en/latest/
    • https://www.twilio.com/blog/graphql-apis-django-graphene
    • https://www.reddit.com/r/django/comments/uzm4fn/is_graphene_django_reliable_is_it_used_in/
    • Real World Graphene: Lessons Learned From Building A Graphql Api On Top Of A Django App for Saleor (https://github.com/saleor/saleor)
    • graphene-django or: How I learned to stop RESTing and Love the Graph
31. EleksTube IPS Nixie Tube Digital Clock 2022-06-18

    tags: diy, electronics, nixie, time/clock

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    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygjonCPPcGM
    • https://hackaday.com/2021/04/20/no-nixie-nixie-clock/
32. Recapping and restoring a Harman Kardon 330C 2022-06-05

    tags: audio, diy, electronics, noise

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    • Harman Kardon 330C Stereo Receiver Repair and Service - BG020
    • Harman Kardon HK 330c - Fixing Noisy Transistor Issue
    • https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BnK_k1osh5Qrh0_jvQ-hdS4oiHbICk57
    • https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/harman-kardon-330c-repair-random-buzzing.530928/
33. Fixing a MongoDB Replication Protocol Bug with TLA+ - William Schultz 2022-05-31

    tags: database/mongodb, distributed, distributed-system/cluster, formal-specification/tla+, protocol

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    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9zSynTfLDE
34. Mechanical Watch - Bartosz Ciechanowski 2022-05-31

    tags: 3d, mechanics, time, watch

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35. Chris James - The Tests Talk 2022-05-31

    tags: programming/go, programming/test-driven-development, programming/testing

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    • LondonGophers 2018-12-12: Chris James - How to not build legacy systems that everyone hates
    • Slides
36. memray - a memory profiler for Python 2022-05-31

    tags: framework/django, memory, observability, observability/tracing, performance/profiling, programming/python

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    • bloomberg/memray
    • Memray: The endgame Python memory profiler - Talk Python to Me Ep.425
    • Container Apps: Profiling Python applications for performance issues
37. Gearotic Motion - Gear Design and Simulation 2022-05-16

    tags: computer-aided-design, diy, gear, graphics/3d, mechanics

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    • https://www.youtube.com/c/ArthurFenerty/videos
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXMI65cmNw
38. EI2030 Working Groups aims to create a laptop using e-ink or similar non-emissive technology 2022-05-02

    tags: display, diy, e-ink, embedded, laptop, linux, raspberry-pi

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    • https://github.com/EI2030
    • https://alexsoto.dev/modos-paper-laptop.html
    • https://forum.ei2030.org/t/proposal-ei-2030-the-community-built-e-ink-laptop-project/118
    • https://alexsoto.dev/building-an-e-ink-laptop.html
    • https://forum.ei2030.org/t/papertop-laptop/136
    • https://forum.pi-top.com/t/buying-another-power-supply-for-pi-top4/481/10
    • https://forum.ei2030.org/t/low-power-e-paper-os/138
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIz8JL6xc9A
    • https://forum.ei2030.org/t/research-porting-linux-to-ultra-low-power-microcontroller/151/1
39. reTerminal - Embedded Linux with Raspberry Pi CM4 and 5-Inch Capacitive Multi-Touch Screen - Seeed Studio 2022-04-09

    tags: display, internet-of-things, linux, observability/grafana, observability/time-series/influxdb, raspberry-pi

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    • https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/reTerminal/
    • https://notenoughtech.com/raspberry-pi/reterminal/
    • Grafana Weather Dashboard on the reTerminal by Seeed Studio
    • https://www.the-diy-life.com/grafana-weather-dashboard-using-influxdb-and-an-esp32-in-depth-tutorial/
40. Testing Microservices, the sane way | by Cindy Sridharan 2022-03-23

    tags: continuous-integration, microservice, programming/testing

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    Article series:

    • Testing Microservices, the sane way
    • Testing in Production, the safe way
    • Testing in Production: the hard parts

    Presentations:

    • Cindy Sridharan: Testing Microservices: A Sane Approach Pre-Production & In Production

    • https://twitter.com/copyconstruct/status/974530841190608897

    I’m more and more convinced that staging environments are like mocks - at best a pale imitation of the genuine article and the worst form of confirmation bias.

    It’s still better than having nothing - but “works in staging” is only one step better than “works on my machine”.