alex_reg

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by alex_reg 6mo ago
It's a bit confusing. Roughly: * a refactor of Node.js, but using a standardized API for JS engine interop * Integration with the Wasmer CLI so it will run JS with v8 but, everything else in Webassembly Interesting idea. Could be a muc
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by alex_reg 1y ago
Hmm, I tried it out. > wasmer app create --template=static-website gets you from empty folder to initialized template and deployed static website in like 10 seconds when logged in. Pretty nice.
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by alex_reg 3y ago
I have the opposite experience. Outdated comments are often way worse than no comments, because they can give you wrong ideas that aren't true anymore, and send you off in the wrong direction before you finally figure out the comment w
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by alex_reg 6y ago
Maybe. But if you always discount such events as coincidences, you risk remaining blind to emerging patterns.
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by alex_reg 6y ago
This is probably not a coincidence or an oversight, but rather a "what can we get away with" attempt, similar to previous efforts to remove UBlock Origin. But why? Matrix is tiny and no threat to Google services. I'd personal
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by alex_reg 6y ago
Regardless of how this went, I see the mega-corp development over the last 10+ years as very concerning long-term. Companies like FAAMG just grow and grow, to the point where they completely dominate markets in mono/oligopolies. This e
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by alex_reg 6y ago
Reddit is your best bet. Some language subs are horrible, but the smaller ones are often great and informative.
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by alex_reg 6y ago
> Who can do 25 cores in the mobile phone industry? I'm actually curious why we have not seen many-core devices. Typical desktop CPUs still only have 4-8 cores, as do mobile devices. (disregarding the many small hardware-management
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by alex_reg 6y ago
It's nice to get a semi-official confirmation of AWS pricing strategy: create lock in, then overcharge.
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by alex_reg 6y ago
Flutter Web does it's own rendering via canvas, so accessibility is off the table for now and there is no easy path to get there. That alone should kill it for most production use unless it's an internal tool. ("should"
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by alex_reg 6y ago
Sadly the recent Kickstarter [1] failed. Does that mean open-sourcing Sciter is off the table for now? [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/c-smile/open-source-sci...
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by alex_reg 6y ago
All of those are self-hosted. "Core" is the free community edition. The others are not open source/free and require payment. Core is plenty for most use cases. That table makes it look like it has almost no features, but most
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by alex_reg 6y ago
Wikimedia will self-host Gitlab. They can use whatever limits they want.
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by alex_reg 6y ago
For the curious: https://bubble.io/ (wasn't trivial to find)
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by alex_reg 6y ago
If you prefer videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWTvXbQHwWs Also has timestamps for specific topics.
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by alex_reg 6y ago
A comparison with Tails would be nice. A big difference is the base distro. I used Arch for many years, so I love it as daily driver. But for a security-critical context such as this, Debian with it's stability and very security-aware
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by alex_reg 6y ago
> ... Perhaps this relates to the high level of interest in Rust ... I would have loved these blog posts regardless of what code was actually being optimised. They offer a fascinating glimpse into a workflow that requires expertise, expe