Pre-commit hooks are fundamentally broken for Git: problems and advice
TL;DR A developer walks through creating Rust pre-commit hooks and demonstrates multiple failure modes: hooks that check the working tree…
NMH BASIC: tiny 1990s BASIC interpreter, implementations and quirks
TL;DR NMH BASIC is a compact BASIC interpreter written in the early 1990s and distributed with source and binaries for…
psutil 7.2 adds C-heap introspection; psleak aids native leak tests
TL;DR psutil 7.2 exposes the platform allocator so C-level memory allocations can be measured from Python. A companion PyPI tool,…
React Networks’ Fibre Demo: Diagram Components for Rackout.net
TL;DR React Networks published a demo page showing diagram components for fiber networks, built for rackout.net. The demo lists closures,…
Cursed Bundler — Using Go’s module tooling to fetch Ruby gems
TL;DR A thought experiment and proof-of-concept shows you can use Go's module fetcher (go get) to download Ruby gems by…
Making crontab entries more dynamic with inline shell checks
TL;DR You can extend crontab behavior by inserting short shell tests so jobs run only under specific, changing conditions. Examples…
Cloudflare is harming internet access for some users outside the West
TL;DR A website owner in Southeast Asia describes frequent Cloudflare security prompts and regional CDN problems that degrade browsing. A…
Cloudflare’s free services frustrate users in developing regions
TL;DR A blogger in Southeast Asia reports frequent Cloudflare security challenges and regional CDN failures that degrade user experience. The…
Ez FFmpeg — Plain-English CLI for common ffmpeg video edits and tasks
TL;DR Ez FFmpeg (ezff) is an npm CLI that maps plain-English commands to ffmpeg operations, letting users convert, compress, trim,…
Why pre-commit hooks are fundamentally broken and unreliable
TL;DR A developer walked through building a Rust pre-commit hook that checks formatting and found multiple failure modes: hooks that…