HN blogs - 8/8/23
Us Electric grid history and overview https://blog.chaselambda.com/2023/03/25/us-electric-grid-history-and-overview.html (HN source)
On sound programming: playing a single note with SDL2 https://blog.fredrb.com/2023/08/08/audio-programming-note-sdl/ (HN source)
Sink or Swim https://jaredramsey.com/blog/20230807.html (HN source)
Dragging Docks and Tugging Toolbars on Wayland https://blog.david-redondo.de/kde/wayland/qt/2023/08/08/xdg-toplevel-drag.html (HN source)
Winning Connect4 with Monte-Carlo Tree Search
https://www.steveindusteves.com/p/connect4-mcts
My blog about my Dad’s work with Oppenheimer and the new movie
DIY Tailscale Funnel https://blog.gabrielsimmer.com/posts/diy-tailscale-funnel/ (HN source)
My Experience Modernizing Packages to ESM https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2023/08/esm-modernization-lessons/ (HN source)
What's missing from values in data tables https://jrhawley.ca/2023/07/28/data-table-values (HN source)
Turn-On Found https://cabel.com/2023/08/06/turn-on-found/ (HN source)
One Thing Better – Want to Make a Change, but Not Sure What to Do Next?
https://jasonfeifer.beehiiv.com/p/limit-options
A Rough Guide to Logging https://www.lelanthran.com/chap10/content.html (HN source)
Bun vs. Yarn: which one is faster? https://scinos.dev/posts/2023-07-30-bun-vs-yarn-a-comparison-of-package-installation/ (HN source)
Should everything be blazingly fast? https://www.einenlum.com/articles/should-everything-be-blazingly-fast (HN source)
Subscriber Only: A Technical Post Mortem https://0x1.pt/2023/08/08/subscriber-only-a-technical-post-mortem/ (HN source)
Grading for Proud https://blog.jgrizou.com/grading-for-proud/ (HN source)
Overlooked on HN: Databases That Process Data Faster Than Memory Bandwidth https://taras.glek.net/post/overlooked-hn-databases-that-process-data-faster-than-memory-bandwidth/ (HN source)
Going Out on a Limb: Efficient Elliptic Curve Arithmetic in OpenSSL https://sthbrx.github.io/blog/2023/08/07/going-out-on-a-limb-efficient-elliptic-curve-arithmetic-in-openssl/ (HN source)
Why Integrated Vector Database Can Boost Your LLM Apps? https://blog.myscale.com/2023/06/06/why-integrated-database-solution-can-boost-your-llm-apps/ (HN source)
My final take on Gradle (vs. Maven) https://blog.frankel.ch/final-take-gradle/ (HN source)
My Encounter with Philosophical Anarchist Paul Feyerabend https://johnhorgan.org/cross-check/my-encounter-with-philosophical-anarchist-paul-feyerabend (HN source)
Reflections One Year into a PhD https://lambdaland.org/posts/2023-08-05_one_year_into_phd/ (HN source)
What Is CodeClan to You? https://trizuliak.com/blog/what-is-codeclan-to-you (HN source)
In Good Hands https://stephanango.com/in-good-hands (HN source)
The Legacy of Bram Moolenaar https://j11g.com/2023/08/07/the-legacy-of-bram-moolenaar/ (HN source)