"Systems programming is programming where you spend more time reading man pages than reading the internet." https://kamalmarhubi.com/blog/2016/04/13/rust-nix-easier-unix-systems-programming-3/
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I've now worked on several systems where the JSON was so big that avoiding pretty-printing was a performance win!
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Bevy has an amazing approach to code review that requires two reviews by the community before a maintainer will review and merge.
"We let anyone submit PRs without vetting: why is the bar higher for reviewing?"
https://shaping.systems/blog/open-code-review/
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Igalia's post on self-hosting CI runners is a masterclass in build engineering. It shows dealing with weird API constraints, but still finding good designs.
I also learnt that some CI systems use OCR on Apple's installers to automate!
