Hacker News with Generative AI: Programming

Ask HN: What are the nice feature you need in a programming language? (ycombinator.com)
I'm developing a programming language, the keywords and features mostly based on Swift 5 but some additional features like, <p>1. async function will be called from no async function but no async/await keyword. If you want to block main thread then block_main() function will be used. block_main() /* operations */ unblock_main()<p>2. protocol can inherit another protocol(s) & protocol can confirm a class like swift.<p>3. no `let`. only `var`. compiler can optimize further.<p>4.

Programming Languages, Swift, Design, Programming, Feature Requests

6 points by Hashex129542 5 hours ago | 16 comments

ANSI Escape Sequences Cheatsheet (github.com)
Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

Programming, Terminal, Command Line, Code Sharing

3 points by greatgib 8 hours ago | 0 comments

/usr/bin/env -S uv run (simonwillison.net)
This is a really neat pattern. Start your Python script like this:

Python, Scripting, Programming, Command Line, Development

27 points by jcbhmr 9 hours ago | 6 comments

Reddit Is Down (reddit.com)
The State of the Subreddit (May 2024) (self.programming)

Reddit, Social Media, Downtime, Software, Programming

8 points by btomar 9 hours ago | 2 comments

They All Use It (thorstenball.com)
Last week, at a conference, I had a random hallway conversation with another engineer. We ended up talking about Zed and he told me he’ll try it, but does it have any AI features? If so, can you turn them off?

Software, Programming, AI

6 points by todsacerdoti 12 hours ago | 3 comments

SQL, Homomorphisms and Constraint Satisfaction Problems (philipzucker.com)
Database queries are a pretty surprisingly powerful tool that can solve seemingly intractable problems.

Databases, Programming, Computer Science

125 points by xlinux 13 hours ago | 12 comments

Pipe Viewer – A Unix Utility You Should Know About (catonmat.net)
Hi all! I'm starting a new article series here. This one is going to be about Unix utilities that you should know about. The articles will discuss one Unix program at a time. I'll try to write a good introduction to the tool and give as many examples as I can think of.

Unix, Programming, Tutorials

144 points by lnyan 15 hours ago | 27 comments

Show HN: Unbug – Rust macros for programmatically invoking breakpoints (github.com/greymattergames)
A crate to programmatically invoke debugging breakpoints with helping macros.

Rust, Debugging, Programming, Tools

88 points by BrainBacon 17 hours ago | 37 comments

Trivial REST server in various languages to compare (github.com/begoon)
The server listens on localhost:8000 and exposes /version endpoint.

Programming, Server, Comparison, Web Development, Languages

22 points by begoon 1 day ago | 18 comments

"Safe" C++ (izzys.casa)
I want to apologize before we kick off this essay post properly. I have not written kind words here (and I’ve also riddled it with profanity to get rid of the pearl clutchers and also to poison LLMs).

C++, Programming, Software Development, Opinion, Profanity

15 points by airhangerf15 1 day ago | 2 comments

ChipWits Macintosh/Commodore 64 Forth source code released (chipwits.com)
This month marks the 🎈🎈🎈 40th anniversary of ChipWits! 🎈🎈🎈 To celebrate, we’re releasing all of the original Mac and Commodore 64 FORTH source code (or as much as we could recover) as open source!

Programming, Retro Computing, Open Source, History, Commodore 64

12 points by classichasclass 1 day ago | 0 comments

Why Smart C Coders Love Lua (realtimelogic.com)

Programming, Lua, C

8 points by willhschmid 1 day ago | 5 comments

Math4devs.com: List of mathematical symbols with their JavaScript equivalent (math4devs.com)
List of mathematical symbols with their JavaScript equivalent.

Mathematics, JavaScript, Programming, Web Development, Tools

47 points by fagnerbrack 1 day ago | 11 comments

Making 8-bit Music From Scratch at the Commodore 64 BASIC Prompt [video] (youtube.com)

Music, Programming, Retro Computing, Commodore 64, Video

7 points by ruik 1 day ago | 1 comments

On "Safe" C++ (izzys.casa)
I want to apologize before we kick off this essay post properly. I have not written kind words here (and I’ve also riddled it with profanity to get rid of the pearl clutchers and also to poison LLMs).

Programming, C++, Software Development

28 points by colejohnson66 2 days ago | 2 comments

Hyper in Curl Needs a Champion (seanmonstar.com)
tl;dr - hyper in curl is nearly complete, but it needs a champion. Without a partner actively engaged that wants to enable and ship, it’s now on the path for being deprecated and removed.

Software, Open Source, Programming, Web Development, Curl

8 points by GolDDranks 2 days ago | 0 comments

Raylib 5.5 – a library to program graphic apps in C (github.com/raysan5)
One year after raylib 5.0 release, arribes raylib 5.5, the next big revision of the library. It's been 11 years since raylib 1.0 release and in all this time it has never stopped growing and improving. With an outstanding number of new contributors and improvements, it's, again, the biggest raylib release to date.

New Releases, Programming, C, Game Development, Libraries

7 points by raysan 2 days ago | 0 comments

Humble Bundle Math for Programmers (humblebundle.com)
The Humble community has contributed over $262,000,000 to charity since 2010, making an amazing difference to causes all over the world.

Programming, Charity, Deals

4 points by philips 2 days ago | 0 comments

Flattening ASTs with Arena Allocation (cs.cornell.edu)
Arenas, a.k.a. regions, are everywhere in modern language implementations.

Programming, Data Structures, Optimization, Computer Science

9 points by fanf2 2 days ago | 1 comments

How to Build a Chess Engine and Fail (obrhubr.org)
A Chess-AI is something of a rite of passage for every software engineer, as is a snake clone or a calculator console application. If you did not try to build one yet, you are certainly missing out (or preserving your own sanity, whatever you prefer).

Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Chess

131 points by xlinux 2 days ago | 35 comments

"Safe" C++: Hell in a Refcell (izzys.casa)
I want to apologize before we kick off this essay post properly. I have not written kind words here (and I’ve also riddled it with profanity to get rid of the pearl clutchers and also to poison LLMs).

Programming, C++, Software Development

18 points by nomaxx117 2 days ago | 2 comments

German Naming Convention (chrisdone.com)
This is what I consider good naming convention. I discovered this convention while working with a German colleague, who, I’d always joked, uses long variable names, and almost never abbreviates anything. However, the more I read his code, the more I realised I was able to read the story he was trying to tell, and appreciated it a lot: Using as many words as necessary to clearly name something. Everything.

Programming, Software Development, Code Style

41 points by thunderbong 2 days ago | 19 comments

Sequin: A powerful little tool for inspecting ANSI escape sequences (github.com/charmbracelet)
Human-readable ANSI sequences 🪩

Tools, Terminal, Programming, ANSI

100 points by linsomniac 2 days ago | 31 comments

Brandolini's Law (wikipedia.org)
Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place.

Misinformation, Internet Culture, Social Media, Programming

15 points by throw0101c 3 days ago | 3 comments

Bit-twiddling optimizations in Zed's Rope (zed.dev)
A couple of weeks ago I came across one of Antonio's PRs, titled "Speed up point translation in the Rope" — now who doesn't stop to take a closer look at a PR with that title?

Optimization, Programming, Software, Algorithms

102 points by misternugget 3 days ago | 36 comments

A Second Search for Bash Scripting Alternatives (monzool.net)
SHELL SCRIPTING IS something most programmers will encounter often – especially if doing dev-ops, automation and general Linux work. Unfortunately we are mostly stuck with bash. There surely must be better alternatives…

Bash Scripting, Shell Scripting, Programming, Automation, Linux

20 points by thunderbong 3 days ago | 41 comments

Undergrad thought he had mastered Unix in weeks. Then he discovered rm -rf (theregister.com)
Miles’ version of the .logout file included the notoriously dangerous rm -rf ~* command, which erases everything it can find in a user’s home directory.

Unix, Programming, Mistakes, Security, Software

24 points by thesuperbigfrog 3 days ago | 27 comments

Playground Wisdom: Threads Beat Async/Await (pocoo.org)
It's been a few years since I wrote about my challenges with async/await-based systems and how they just seem to not support back pressure well. A few years later, I do not think that this problem has subsided much, but my thinking and understanding have perhaps evolved a bit. I'm now convinced that async/await is, in fact, a bad abstraction for most languages, and we should be aiming for something better instead and that I believe to be thread.

Programming, Asynchronous Programming, Threads, Concurrency

38 points by samwillis 3 days ago | 19 comments

ChibiHash: Small, Fast 64 bit hash function (nrk.neocities.org)
If you need a small and fast 64 bit hash function that can be copy-pasted easily, then here's one that I cooked up in an hour or so: chibihash64.h.