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The article announces the release of an interactive online browser for the 8086 microprocessor's microcode ROM, created by the author after studying the original chip's design. The tool decodes every 21-bit micro-instruc…
Anthropic has acquired the company behind Bun, the high-performance JavaScript runtime, bundler, and package manager. Bun will remain open-source under the MIT license, will continue to be actively maintained by the same…
The article summarizes recent updates to the NetEscapades.EnumGenerators NuGet package, a source generator that creates fast methods for working with enums in .NET. The updates in version 1.0.0-beta.16 include redesigned…
MacOS Sequoia (Tahoe) now natively supports generating and using SSH keys backed by the device's Secure Enclave, replacing third-party tools like Secretive. This is achieved through the `/usr/lib/ssh-keychain.dylib` libr…
This article is a beginner-friendly guide to diagnosing and fixing AMD GPU issues on Linux, particularly for RDNA3 (RX 7000 series) cards. It explains common symptoms like system freezes and "fence timeout" errors, ident…
Bun version 1.3.3 has been released, fixing 95 issues and introducing several new features. The update adds support for `CompressionStream` and `DecompressionStream` Web APIs (including brotli and zstd formats), new `ret…
This article provides a step-by-step guide for configuring automatic LUKS2 root partition decryption using a TPM2 chip on Arch Linux or CachyOS systems using the Limine bootloader and dracut. The process involves install…
The article presents a Neovim v0.12 configuration stored in a single `init.lua` file. It includes plugin management via `vim.pack.add`, a custom Dracula color scheme, and configurations for LSP, diagnostics, autocompleti…
Lamport Agent**, an AI-assisted tool that uses large language models (LLMs) to automatically generate formal specifications and detect race conditions from production codebases. It demonstrates the agent's application on…
Bun version 1.3.2 fixes 287 issues and restores hoisted installs as the default for existing workspaces, while keeping isolated installs as the default for new projects. The update introduces a lockfile `configVersion` t…
The article describes the author's trip to Zürich for NixCon, where they met with longtime friend Alex Finger, now CTO of SAP/Switzerland. They then traveled to Vaduz, Liechtenstein, to meet Kaj Arnö, Chairman of the Mar…
NixCon 2025 was held from September 5-7 at the Ostschweizer Fachhochschule (OST) in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland, attracting nearly 500 attendees—more than double the previous year's turnout. The conference featured two …
The article describes the author's personal, non-expert workflow for using Handbrake in 2025 to compress movies and TV shows. They start with the Matroska AV1 preset, then adjust the encoder preset to 3 for better qualit…
Vercel has added public beta support for the Bun Runtime, allowing developers to run applications natively on Bun by adding `"bunVersion": "1.x"` to their `vercel.json` configuration. This integration, which follows the …
Bun v1.3.1 introduces significant performance improvements, including up to 2x faster builds for projects using isolated linkers or symlinks, and faster installs by removing an unnecessary sleep() call when no peer depen…
The article announces the launch of a rebuilt version of Deno Deploy, a hosting platform rebuilt from scratch for greater flexibility and power. New features include an integrated CI/CD build pipeline, simplified data ma…
The article summarizes several open-source projects developed by the Deno team, all released under the MIT license. Key projects include **rusty_v8** (Rust bindings for the V8 JavaScript engine, now stable with over 3 mi…
Based on the provided script, this article provides a bash script for macOS that forces RGB color output and full range on M1 and M2 Macs for a selected external display. The script works by copying and modifying the sys…
Bun 1.3 is a major update that transforms Bun into a full-stack JavaScript runtime with built-in frontend development support, including hot reloading, React Fast Refresh, and a production bundler. The release adds first…
This article describes a set of scripts for downloading 3D model files from MyMiniFactory, including metadata and STL file retrieval. The scripts feature automatic error handling, rate limiting, and cross-platform compat…