Hacker News with Generative AI: Programming

Frustrated at Young Programmers (ycombinator.com)
Today at work I said we should use a coroutine in the server process to handle an async query call to a db. Just launch it async and don't let it block the handler.

Programming, Software Development, Asynchronous Programming, Coroutines

10 points by ninetyninenine 6 hours ago | 11 comments

Colossal Cave Adventure (1976) (github.com/wh0am1-dev)
Original source code, written in Fortran, from the very first text adventure game in the videogames history (1976).

Video Games, Programming, History, Retro Gaming, Fortran

32 points by shakna 7 hours ago | 11 comments

ATS3 Xanadu Released (github.com/githwxi)
XATSHOME is a place for one to learn ATS3 and also contribute to ATS3.

Programming, New Releases, Software, Open Source

6 points by todsacerdoti 10 hours ago | 1 comments

I designed my LED matrix PCB with code (tscircuit.com)
This tutorial will walk you through building a 3x5 LED matrix controlled by a Raspberry Pi Pico using tscircuit.

Electronics, Raspberry Pi, Tutorials, Programming

82 points by imrishabh18 11 hours ago | 36 comments

Ask HN: What Programming Skills Will Still Matter in 10 Years? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: What Programming Skills Will Still Matter in 10 Years?

Programming, Software Development, Career Advice

9 points by schappim 12 hours ago | 16 comments

Fun with IP Address Parsing (dave.tf)
In my quest to write a fast IPv4+6 parser, I wrote a slow-but-I-think-correct parser, to use as a base of comparison. In doing so, I discovered more cursed IP address representations that I was previously unaware of. Let’s explore together!

Programming, Networking, Performance, IP Addresses

15 points by marbu 12 hours ago | 3 comments

Next-Gen GPU Programming: Hands-On with Mojo and Max Modular HQ (youtube.com)

GPU Programming, Programming, Graphics, Hardware, Software

38 points by solarmist 14 hours ago | 16 comments

Linus Torvalds: Case-insensitive names are horribly wrong (kernel.org)
You are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up Anubis to protect the server against the scourge of AI companies aggressively scraping websites.

Operating Systems, Linux, Programming

13 points by tankenmate 15 hours ago | 1 comments

Why "Learn to Code" Failed [video] (youtube.com)

Education, Programming, Technology, Video

3 points by rustoo 16 hours ago | 0 comments

Write an Interpreter in Ruby (speakerdeck.com)

Programming, Ruby, Interpreters

49 points by ksec 17 hours ago | 2 comments

Differential Coverage for Debugging (swtch.com)
I have been debugging some code I did not write and was reminded of this technique.

Debugging, Software Development, Programming

56 points by todsacerdoti 17 hours ago | 8 comments

Writing a Linux Debugger (2017) (tartanllama.xyz)

Linux, Debugging, Programming, Software Development

17 points by ibobev 20 hours ago | 2 comments

Show HN: An interactive demo of QR codes' error correction (qris.cool)
Every QR code has built-in error correction. This means that they can still be scanned even if they are damaged, like when a corner is covered or torn off, or when they get drawn on.

QR Codes, Error Correction, Interactive Demo, Programming

14 points by Xiione 21 hours ago | 2 comments

Some __nonstring__ Turbulence (lwn.net)
New compiler releases often bring with them new warnings; those warnings are usually welcome, since they help developers find problems before they turn into nasty bugs. Adapting to new warnings can also create disruption in the development process, though, especially when an important developer upgrades to a new compiler at an unfortunate time. This is just the scenario that played out with the 6.15-rc3 kernel release and the implementation of -Wunterminated-string-initialization in GCC 15.

Programming, C++, Compilers, Kernel Development

126 points by jwilk 1 day ago | 94 comments

Notation as a Tool of Thought (1979) (jsoftware.com)

Software, Programming, Mathematics, History

305 points by susam 1 day ago | 94 comments

A Visual Journey Through Async Rust (github.com/alexpusch)
I'm a visual and experimental learner. To truly understand something, I need to tinker with it and see it run with my own eyes. To truly understand async execution, I want to visualize it. What order are things happening in? Do concurrent futures affect each other? How do tasks and threads relate? Plotting network calls or file system operations is boring. Let's draw something.

Rust, Programming, Visualization, Asynchronous Programming

141 points by PaulHoule 1 day ago | 22 comments

Implementing Unsure Calculator in 100 lines of Haskell (alt-romes.github.io)
The recently trendy Unsure Calculator makes reasoning about numbers with some uncertainty just as easy as calculating with specific numbers.

Programming, Haskell, Functional Programming, Mathematics, Uncertainty

7 points by romes 1 day ago | 0 comments

Claude Plays Pokemon – Starter Version (github.com/davidhershey)
A minimal implementation of Claude playing Pokemon Red using the PyBoy emulator. This starter version includes:

Game AI, Programming, Pokemon, AI

8 points by minimaxir 1 day ago | 5 comments

Open Sourcing 30 Sandboxes (antonz.org)
I'm a big fan of interactive playgrounds. So today I'm open sourcing 30+ sandboxes — from programming languages to databases to networking and CLI tools. You can use them to experiment locally, or embed interactive examples in your writing like this:

Open Source, Software, Programming, Tools, Interactive

12 points by speckx 2 days ago | 0 comments

Stop Writing If-Else Trees: Use the State Pattern Instead (medium.com)
The State design pattern is a behavioral software pattern that allows an object to alter its behavior when its internal state changes. In simpler terms, the State pattern lets an object behave differently based on its current state, without cluttering the code with endless if/else or switch statements.

Programming, Object-Oriented Programming

6 points by atomlib 2 days ago | 5 comments

A Principled Approach to Querying Data – A Type-Safe Search DSL (claudiu-ivan.com)
The rise of local-first web applications demands a rethinking of traditional client-server architectures.

Data, Databases, Programming, Web Development, Software Architecture

90 points by kioku 2 days ago | 17 comments

Creating your own federated microblog (fedify.dev)
In this tutorial, we will build a small microblog that implements the ActivityPub protocol, similar to Mastodon or Misskey, using Fedify, an ActivityPub server framework.

Social Media, Programming, Open Source, Decentralized Systems, Tutorials

181 points by dahlia 2 days ago | 37 comments

Vim Language, Motions, and Modes Explained (2023) (ssp.sh)
Throughout my time as a developer, I’ve used VS Code, Sublime, Notepad++, TextMate, and others. But shortcuts like cmd(+shift)+end and jumping with option+arrow-keys from word to word needed to be faster at some point.

Programming, Text Editors, Vim

107 points by sebg 2 days ago | 100 comments

YAGRI: You are gonna read it (scottantipa.com)
YAGNI, or, You aren't gonna need it, is a standard piece of advice that warns against over engineering and building too many features too early. I think its great and saves you from wasting time, which can kill a project.

Software Development, Software Engineering, Programming, Productivity

319 points by escot 2 days ago | 151 comments

Lucene University (github.com/msfroh)
This repository contains some examples of Apache Lucene features with verbose explanations as code comments written in Markdown.

Apache Lucene, Search, Software, Programming, Education

66 points by softwaredoug 3 days ago | 1 comments

Graphics livecoding in Common Lisp (kevingal.com)
Some Lisps, like Common Lisp, have a powerful feature that tends to go underappreciated amidst all the talk about macros: the ability to recompile your program while it's running, without restarting it.

Programming, Common Lisp, Livecoding

209 points by adityaathalye 3 days ago | 64 comments

Elements of Clojure (elementsofclojure.com)
This book tries to put words to what most experienced programmers already know. This is necessary because, in the words of Michael Polanyi, "we can know more than we can tell."

Clojure, Programming, Books, Programming Languages

8 points by 8s2ngy 3 days ago | 1 comments

Tarpit ideas: What they are and how to avoid them (2023) [video] (ycombinator.com)

Software Development, Security, Programming, Web Development

135 points by dgs_sgd 3 days ago | 137 comments

I won't be vibe coding anymore: a noob's perspective (varunraghu.com)
i’m breaking up with vibe coding. here’s why.

Programming, Opinion, Software Development

134 points by Varun08 3 days ago | 150 comments

Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code (ycombinator.com)

Node.js, Programming, Tutorials, Video

255 points by somebee 3 days ago | 84 comments