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The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on October 11, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• nix-gui: Use NixOS Without Coding
  linux osdev programming
  Comments
• SerenityOS: Year 3 in review
  c++ osdev
  Comments
• V7 Unix had no stack size limit, and when Unix acquired one
  c unix
  Comments
• An IDE for the Oberon+ programming language using Mono/CLI instead of LuaJIT
  c++ compilers dotnet programming
  Comments
• Lisp in a weekend
  c lisp
  Comments
• Finding and reporting an asyncio bug in Python 3.10
  python
  Comments
• Improving Git's Autocorrect Feature
  vcs
  Comments
• Setting up IPv6 on a Linux Router
  linux networking
  Comments
• When JPEGs compress worse than PNGs
  graphics
  Comments
• Singularity – Microsoft’s Experimental OS
  dotnet osdev
  Comments
• The Immaturity of JavaScript
  javascript rant
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• ProleText
  historical
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on October 10, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Hey linker, can you spare a meg?
  compilers go
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• Not so Common Desktop Environment (NsCDE) 1.3 released
  linux release
  Comments
• Gmail password first character is case insensitive on mobile device
  security
  Comments
• Porting Niceware to Rust
  rust
  Comments
• Making a Game in Janet, Part 2: Judging Janet
  lisp testing
  Comments
• gpujs/gpu.js: GPU Accelerated JavaScript
  javascript performance
  Comments
• Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac
  browsers
  Comments
• Type-Safe HTTP Servers in Go via Generics
  go
  Comments
• NetBSD, CTWM, and Spleen
  netbsd
  Comments
• Good tests don't change
  testing
  Comments
• Design and Implementation of a 256-Core BrainFuck Computer
  pdf hardware programming
  Comments
• Beyond Programming Languages (1979)
  pdf plt programming
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on October 9, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• How to be a nice programmer
  practices
  Comments
• 20 Things I've Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer
  practices programming
  Comments
• Let's Encrypt Root Expiration - Post-Mortem
  security
  Comments
• An Introduction to VisiData
  programming visualization
  Comments
• What are you doing this weekend?
  ask programming
  Comments
• Quickly create and run optimised Win10-11/macOS/Linux/FreeBSD desktop virtual machines on Linux
  freebsd linux mac windows
  Comments
• ROAPI: An API Server for Static Datasets
  rust web
  Comments
• Lots to see in Firefox 93
  browsers release
  Comments
• Vim Anti-Patterns That Cause Beginners to :Quit
  vim
  Comments
• Native Clojure with GraalVM
  clojure
  Comments
• Git as a storage
  testing vcs
  Comments
• Rust, Wright's Law, and the Future of Low-Latency Systems
  video hardware rust
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on October 8, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Why We Moved From Pony To Rust
  practices rust
  Comments
• The road to OCaml 5.0
  ml release
  Comments
• Take a look inside Steam Deck
  video hardware
  Comments
• Aho: A git implementation in awk
  vcs
  Comments
• Mac SE/30 odyssey
  hardware mac
  Comments
• Project Verona
  plt
  Comments
• The "return a command" trick
  haskell
  Comments
• Herding elephants: Lessons learned from sharding Postgres at Notion
  databases distributed
  Comments
• Navigate the Web faster with Firefox Suggest
  web
  Comments
• vfsstat.rs: example sqlite3 dynamic loadable extension in rust, vfs and vtab, port of vfsstat.c
  show databases rust
  Comments
• A guide to using modern OpenGL functions
  graphics
  Comments
• Introducing EdgelessDB: A Database Designed for Confidential Computing
  databases security
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on October 7, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Dear Privacy Aware Android App Devs - Please Use UnifiedPush
  android privacy
  Comments
• Warp Terminal Emulator Review
  mac
  Comments
• Guido van Rossum on improving Python's performance
  performance python
  Comments
• 'date -d' vs. 'date -s', and 'show foo' vs. 'clear foo'
  unix
  Comments
• The Insane Innovation of TI Calculator Hobbyists
  culture programming
  Comments
• LLVM 13 Released
  c c++ release
  Comments
• My Challenge to the Web Performance Community
  performance web
  Comments
• Moving Google toward the mainline
  linux practices
  Comments
• How the latest Windows Update KB5005716 broke my CI environment
  devops virtualization windows
  Comments
• Current and Future Tools for Interactive TLA+
  formalmethods
  Comments
• FreeBSD Developer Workstation Setup
  freebsd
  Comments
• Actix: A Web Framework for Rust
  rust web
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on October 6, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Phrack Magazine Issue 70
  security
  Comments
• Is this the simplest (and most surprising) sorting algorithm ever?
  pdf compsci
  Comments
• Which Go router should I use?
  go
  Comments
• 100% CPU: My Fault?
  java
  Comments
• Asahi Linux Progress Report: September 2021
  hardware linux mac reversing
  Comments
• Update about the October 4th outage
  networking
  Comments
• Tab Unloading in Firefox 93
  browsers performance
  Comments
• Novice Nix: Flake Templates
  linux
  Comments
• Implementing a graph database in SQLite
  databases
  Comments
• Post-Quantum curl
  cryptography security
  Comments
• SERV is an award-winning bit-serial RISC-V core
  hardware
  Comments
• Wait for toolchain support for Python 3.10
  python
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on October 5, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Plan 9 Desktop Guide
  osdev
  Comments
• Simplest example of Simpson's paradox
  math
  Comments
• How Big Tech Runs Tech Projects and the Curious Absence of Scrum
  practices
  Comments
• Relative paths are faster than absolute paths on Linux (and other jokes I tell myself)
  linux performance unix
  Comments
• It takes a PhD to develop that
  culture historical
  Comments
• JShelter
  browsers javascript
  Comments
• Jewmain Driven Design
  culture education
  Comments
• Python Release 3.10.0
  python release
  Comments
• Realtek wireless firmwares imported
  law openbsd
  Comments
• Linux perf Profiler UIs
  performance
  Comments
• What is BGP?
  networking security
  Comments
• Shiner ESB, an Apple Network Server prototype, and what it did at Netscape/MCom
  hardware historical
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on October 4, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Do you practice?
  ask practices programming
  Comments
• PL Notation is a Barrier to Entry
  compsci
  Comments
• googleprojectzero/weggli: a semantic search tool for C and C++ codebases
  c c++ rust
  Comments
• PlantText: A PlantUML online editor
  programming
  Comments
• Removing my site from Google search
  privacy
  Comments
• Simple Lists: a tiny to-do list app written the old-school way (server-side Go, no JS)
  go web
  Comments
• Wizards and warriors, part five
  programming
  Comments
• OpenHaystack - track personal Bluetooth devices via Apple's Find My network
  ios mobile
  Comments
• Effective Go
  go
  Comments
• pkgsrc: how to use pkg_comp(8) to automate package builds in a sandbox
  netbsd osdev programming unix
  Comments
• The hunt for a better Dockerfile
  devops
  Comments
• Dune: A shell by the beach
  show plt unix
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on October 3, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Factorio's Belt Bug
  games
  Comments
• Stupid tricks with io_uring: a server that does zero syscalls per request
  linux
  Comments
• "Static Linking Considered Harmful" Considered Harmful
  programming
  Comments
• Building a 10BASE5 “Thick Ethernet” network (2012)
  hardware historical networking
  Comments
• Revenge of Lisp (Part 1⁄2)
  lisp
  Comments
• PipeWire and fixing the Linux Video Capture stack
  linux
  Comments
• What are you doing this weekend?
  ask programming
  Comments
• An early look at Postgres 14: Performance and Monitoring Improvements
  databases performance
  Comments
• The peasants are revolting
  c++ math
  Comments
• 1001 Ways of Implementing a System Call (2019)
  osdev performance
  Comments
• Ice Lake Store Elimination
  assembly hardware performance
  Comments
• There's a Node In The Cluster In The Cloud
  devops satire
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on October 2, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Things unlearned
  practices
  Comments
• The OpenBSD Webzine
  openbsd
  Comments
• Zig, Skia, Clojure, Geometry and the Japanese TV Show: ICFP Contest 2021
  clojure zig
  Comments
• On bad advice
  practices
  Comments
• Analyzing the Mario Themed Malware
  reversing
  Comments
• Always-on Processor magic: How Find My works while iPhone is powered off
  ios
  Comments
• What every IT person needs to know about OpenBSD
  openbsd
  Comments
• Improving My Website's Typography
  design web
  Comments
• Reverse-engineering an unusual IBM modem board from 1965
  hardware historical reversing
  Comments
• Programming languages resources
  compilers plt
  Comments
• YAML 1.2.2 spec released
  programming
  Comments
• Analytic Number Theory Book Club Ending Today
  math
  Comments