miniblog.

← Back to all posts
Jul 10, 2022 at 06:31
Fascinating deep dive on Twitch deliberately constructing a 10GiB array to reduce the number of GC cycles in Go: https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2019/04/10/go-memory-ballast-how-i-learnt-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-heap/ (This trick is no longer necessary in the new Go 1.19 apparently, as it's added a GOMEMLIMIT environment variable.)

Related Posts

Apr 28, 2024 at 22:34
I've written my first man page! https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/commit/cb63ca88303d3c8dffd763cf6e5772e45c045588 Troff syntax is new to me and a little hard to read -- apparently you shouldn't use blank lines. Turns out you can use pandoc to convert markdown to troff instead.
Write a basic man page · Wilfred/difftastic@cb63ca8
Write a basic man page · Wilfred/difftastic@cb63ca8
a structural diff that understands syntax 🟥🟩. Contribute to Wilfred/difftastic development by creating an account on GitHub.
Feb 16, 2024 at 05:45
Apparently over half of the income for the Python Software Foundation comes from PyCon US! https://www.python.org/psf/sponsorship/
Mar 14, 2023 at 15:43
Apparently FizzBuzz is a spelling used by programmers, and it's "Fizz Buzz" in other contexts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fizz_buzz Perhaps programmers favour camel case more often?