nicoburns

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Australia Killed the Duck Curve (With Batteries) [video](youtube.com)
2 points by nicoburns 1d ago|1 comments
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by nicoburns 6d ago
There's a huge push for this from the big companies adopting Rust. Google has been developing https://github.com/google/crubit . The older cbdingen is still usable if more limited (it's what Firefox uses for s
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by nicoburns 6d ago
Indeed, unless you're using Safari, you're almost certainly using Rust code to read this webpage.
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by nicoburns 8d ago
> what is the process of making a browser engine? what does the requirements look like I second https://browser.engineering as a resource on that. Also consider dropping into the Servo Zulip. > how is an actual html, css a
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by nicoburns 13d ago
You'd be surprised how expensive it is to render text, although unless your page is very large you won't see it being slow on modern systems.
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by nicoburns 14d ago
FYI I was able to vibe code "enough JavaScript to run the css part of WPT" in about a week. Might not work so well if you don't have a DOM or incremental rendering though, but could be worth looking into.
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by nicoburns 14d ago
> But this is absolutely NOT how this site is meant to be used. For example, Ladybird jumped from about 30% to over 70% when it added a bunch of unicode logic. That's true, but you can dive into specific categories to get a more acc
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by nicoburns 15d ago
For those interested in how the alternative browsers are doing, I just put up an alternative to https://wpt.fyi (displays the WPT test results of each browser) which is IMO easier to navigate, and shows Servo / Ladybird by
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by nicoburns 16d ago
> Why would anyone defend a billion dollar corporation so vehemently and not earn a single dime? Why I can't answer for sure, but that these people exist when it comes to Apple I am sure. I have met many of them in person.
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by nicoburns 17d ago
Part of it is also that universities mostly already tried building their own bespoke software in the 90s using 90s era technology and development practices, and got bitten by ending up with legacy software that they couldn't afford to
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by nicoburns 18d ago
Blackboard is definitely a really strong contender for the worst software I've ever had to use. When I was in uni, I went so far as to write an alternative that scraped the content from blackboard and published it on a site that I coul
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by nicoburns 18d ago
Yep, in both directions. Some projects ban use of AI entirely. Others are happy to live with slop.
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by nicoburns 21d ago
I suppose it makes sense that "LLMglish" becomes more intelligible with familiarity. That is after all how it works with other dialects or contexts with a lot of jargon.
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by nicoburns 22d ago
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-introduces-m6-a... Says 1.2x for multithreaded and doesn't specify (I presume smaller) for single-threaded. That's compared to M5 not M5 Pro, so M5 Pro i
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by nicoburns 23d ago
> Every widget, every style is built at compile time. Huh. That does sound cool. Does that mean that the XML and CSS is parsed and resolved at compile time? How does that handle dynamic content changes (e.g. content changes in response t
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by nicoburns 23d ago
I'm going to ask the obvious question: why ADA? --- My framework (Dioxus Native - https://github.com/dioxuslabs/blitz ) would fit quite nicely into your comparison table: - Compiles to self-contained OS-native app
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by nicoburns 24d ago
One task I've found this useful for is writing example code. Release admin (updating version numbers, etc) as well.
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by nicoburns 24d ago
That's completely valid. But worth noting that most of the stuff I work on is not security adjacent (mostly UI / layout / rendering related), and I almost never run into this.
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by nicoburns 24d ago
For non-US companies, the supply chain risk is probably higher with US models. The US government has already removed access to some models (Fable). IIRC that particular incident also affected US companies.
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by nicoburns 26d ago
Currently we generally have a trade-off between: - The standard library, which is both trusted/blessed and perma-stable - A package ecosystem which is neither I would love to see more exploration of the space in between: - An extended
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by nicoburns 27d ago
> obviously nothing will replace C in the sense that C will cease to exist. Long-term it almost certainly will. But not in our lifetimes, sure.
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by nicoburns 27d ago
Rust has had generics for 10 years and doesn't have this problem. I think it's more a culture problem in Java than anything (and arguably a historical one).
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by nicoburns 27d ago
I'm pretty sure it's this. There's a genuine split in the developer community over this issue. And the JS community in particular is enormous.
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by nicoburns 27d ago
It does, but the UX is pretty lacking compared to the regular package workflow.
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by nicoburns 27d ago
The core packages (things like rand and regex) are pretty closely audited in practice (albeit it might not catch a credential compromise). This crate isn't one of them.
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by nicoburns 27d ago
> the solution is to get away from the wild soup of author-managed dependencies and go with something with an audited collection of software that is maintained by separate human beings from the known-vulnerable hackers writing the softwa
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by nicoburns 27d ago
Rust is actively incorporating more functionality into the stdlib. The functionality of this crate has been in std since 2024. The ecosystem is just slow to update (not everything is maintained, etc).
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by nicoburns 28d ago
The one from PanGUI ( https://pangui.io/blog/05-layout-rework-and-benchmarks/ ) looks impressive. It seems to combine a lot of the power/flexibility from CSS with the performance of simpler systems. It's n
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by nicoburns 28d ago
Unfortunately 73% of websites use floats, so if you want to render the web then you have to support them!
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by nicoburns 28d ago
Correct. Takumi ( https://github.com/kane50613/takumi ) which a JSX -> image generator might also be worth highlighting.

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