Marmot v2: Leaderless distributed SQLite with MySQL-compatible wire protocol
TL;DR Marmot v2 is a leaderless, gossip-based distributed replication layer that exposes a MySQL-compatible server while storing data in SQLite.…
Using WebAssembly to Build Python Extension Modules Without Native Toolchains
TL;DR WebAssembly can act as a language-agnostic extension mechanism for Python, letting authors ship architecture-independent Wasm blobs inside Python packages.…
Can Bundler Match uv’s Speed? Analyzing Bottlenecks and Fixes
TL;DR A recent investigation compared Bundler's performance to uv and examined lessons from uv's design. The author argues many speed…
Exploring Whether Bundler Can Match uv’s Package Installation Speed
TL;DR A Ruby developer revisited why uv is much faster than many package managers and examined which of uv’s design…
Python performance and memory numbers every programmer should know
TL;DR A set of microbenchmarks and memory measurements for CPython 3.14.2 run on a Mac Mini M4 Pro provides concrete…
OpenWorkers: Run Cloudflare Workers-compatible JavaScript on your servers
TL;DR OpenWorkers is an open-source, Rust-based runtime that runs JavaScript inside V8 isolates and aims to reproduce the Cloudflare Workers…
RESIDUALS: Differential feature detection in LiDAR DEMs via decomposition
TL;DR RESIDUALS is an open-source framework that compares many combinations of signal decomposition and upsampling to reveal features in digital…
Balancing code-driven and LLM-driven internal agents for reliable workflows
TL;DR An engineering team added support for both LLM-orchestrated and code-driven workflows after finding that model-based automation sometimes produced nondeterministic,…
Rust–: Forked Rust compiler that disables the borrow checker on GitHub
TL;DR A fork of the Rust compiler called rustmm removes the borrow checker, allowing programs that would normally be rejected…