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Picking glibc versions at runtime

Using a glibc version that is different from the system-provided one shouldn't require the use of containers, as I recently heard someone claim. Let's…

Aug 11 •

The story behind the FreeBSD and NetBSD testing frameworks

Aug 2 •

July 2024

Rust doesn't solve the CrowdStrike outage

Look, I like Rust.

Jul 23 •

EndBASIC 0.11 is here

Support for user-defined functions, an LCD, and a disassembler

Jul 20 •

June 2024

20 years of blogging

A recap of my experience writing a blog for 20 years straight and the transition to writing a newsletter using Substack.

Jun 22 •

April 2024

Porting the EndBASIC console to an LCD

In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of porting the EndBASIC hybrid console to the ST7735s 1.44" LCD, which sports a resolution of 128x128…

Apr 26 •

March 2024

How "new type" helps avoid production outages

My January links recap included the “Phantom Types” article by David Soria Parra.

Mar 9 •

February 2024

Links: February 2024 edition

Interesting articles, videos and projects from this time period—with commentary

Feb 29 •

To C or not to C

That's the dilemma at Twitter over the weekend

Feb 21 •

Running GNU on DOS with DJGPP

Peeking under the covers to see how DJGPP manages to run GCC on DOS

Feb 14 •

Beyond the 1 MB barrier in DOS

Continuing the tour on how DOS apps used memory above the first MB

Feb 7 •

January 2024

Links: January 2024 edition

Interesting articles, videos and projects from this time period—with commentary

Jan 31 •

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