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This article provides a shell script by Brandon Azad for building XNU version 4570.1.46, which corresponds to macOS High Sierra 10.13. The script downloads the necessary source code from Apple's open-source repository, i…
The Swift Concurrency Manifesto, authored by Chris Lattner, outlines a long-term vision for introducing a first-class concurrency model to Swift, focusing on task-based abstractions like async/await and actors to elimina…
The article provides a list of ephemeral file sharing services and recommends encrypting files locally before uploading, even if the service is trusted. It includes a brief tutorial on using OpenSSL to encrypt files with…
This article documents the process of installing Linux on 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro models with Touch Bar, focusing on Fedora 27 with kernel 4.14.x. It provides detailed instructions for partitioning, booting, and driver…
The article provides instructions for deploying a multi-instance causal cluster of Neo4j 3.1 RC1, referencing resources such as a docker-compose.yml file from the docker-neo4j repository and a beta manual. It also includ…
This article provides a beginner's guide to writing a comprehensive README file for a software project. It recommends including sections for a project overview, motivation, build status, code examples, setup instructions…
This article provides a curated list of computer science resources, including books and PDFs, covering topics from basic computer hardware and software principles to advanced subjects like compilers, operating systems, a…
This article demonstrates how to create a library in Rust and call it from Python (both CPython and PyPy) using the C Foreign Function Interface (CFFI), which offers lower call overhead than ctypes and works with both Py…
The article describes a Python tool called `huaweiDecrypt.py` that extracts local user credentials from Huawei router and firewall configuration files. It decrypts passwords stored with Huawei's DES encryption, which use…
This article provides a list of useful Git commands, covering configuration, file management, commits, branches, and remote repositories. It explains how to set up Git via the `.gitconfig` file and details commands for t…
This article provides a curated, alphabetically ordered list of HTTP(S) benchmarking and testing tools, noting that the full repository has been moved to GitHub. It catalogs over 30 tools, including `ab`, `hey`, `vegeta`…
This article provides a comprehensive list of GitHub Markdown emoji markup codes, organized by category such as people, nature, and objects. It pairs each emoji's shortcode (e.g., `:smile:`) with its corresponding visual…
The article describes a Calibre template for naming files when sending books to a device. If a book belongs to a series, the file is named using the series and index title followed by the author; otherwise, it uses the a…
Eric Meyer's CSS Reset (version 2.0, dated January 26, 2011) is a public domain stylesheet that strips default browser styling from HTML elements by setting margins, padding, and borders to zero, and normalizing font siz…
This article provides a sample `.gitconfig` file, which is a configuration file for Git that should be placed in the `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git` directory. The example file includes user identity settings, core preferences li…