Blogs

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2022-48.

osquery | Easily ask questions about your Linux, Windows, and macOS infrastructure

Tags: tech, monitoring

This looks like an interesting OS level monitoring solution.

https://osquery.io/

WebAssembly: Go vs Rust vs AssemblyScript :: Ecostack — a developer blog

Tags: tech, webassembly, performance

Little simple benchmark of WebAssembly performances for the most common languages found there. Careful to the payload size though.

https://ecostack.dev/posts/wasm-tinygo-vs-rust-vs-assemblyscript/

Using Rust at a startup: A cautionary tale | by Matt Welsh | Nov, 2022 | Medium

Tags: tech, programming, rust, architecture

Don’t believe claims about Rust (or any other options in fact) being a language for universal use. It has a few spaces where it shines and others where it’ll be a drag. Picking the right language and stack is a multi-factor decision process where the technical advantages of the language itself say less than half of the story.

https://mdwdotla.medium.com/using-rust-at-a-startup-a-cautionary-tale-42ab823d9454

I am disappointed by dynamic typing • Buttondown

Tags: tech, type-systems, metaprogramming

Interesting take about what could make dynamic typing truly shine if it got all the way to runtime manipulation in a consistent manner. We’re far from it though.

https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/i-am-disappointed-by-dynamic-typing/

Git Notes: git’s coolest, most unloved­ feature - Tyler Cipriani

Tags: tech, git

Obscure feature definitely but we’re happy it’s there… maybe one day it’ll indeed allow to have much more independence from the code forges.

https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2022/11/19/git-notes-gits-coolest-most-unloved-feature/

I/O is no longer the bottleneck

Tags: tech, performance

Definitely this, we have to stop pointing disk I/O so much for performance issues. This is just not really slow anymore. Obviously network is a different story.

https://benhoyt.com/writings/io-is-no-longer-the-bottleneck/

Falsehoods programmers believe about undefined behavior

Tags: tech, compiler, c, c++, rust

Undefined behavior do exist and well… they’re really undefined, don’t make any assumption about them.

https://predr.ag/blog/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-undefined-behavior/

Cache invalidation really is one of the hardest problems in computer science – Surfing Complexity

Tags: tech, performance, multithreading

Nice summary on the false sharing problem with caches and how it can impact your performances in multithreaded contexts.

https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2022/11/25/cache-invalidation-really-is-one-of-the-hardest-things-in-computer-science/

Recognizing patterns in memory // TimDbg

Tags: tech, debugging, memory

Interesting set of memory patterns. Didn’t know all of them, some are definitely useful and I already use, I’ll try to look for the others next time I need to.

https://www.timdbg.com/posts/recognizing-patterns/

Massively increase your productivity on personal projects with comprehensive documentation and automated tests

Tags: tech, git, project-management, maintenance

Nice list of things to keep in mind when working on projects, even small personal ones. This greatly improve maintainability in the long run.

https://simonwillison.net/2022/Nov/26/productivity/

Why writing by hand is still the best way to retain information - Stack Overflow Blog

Tags: tech, low-tech, note-taking, book

There’s definitely a tension between something which you can organize and search easily (by typing) and something you can remember better (by hand writing). That’s why I can’t get rid of hand written notes completely, I practice a mix of both depending on the use.

https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/23/why-writing-by-hand-is-still-the-best-way-to-retain-information/

Bye for now!