Mastodawn

🤯 Ah yes, the riveting saga of Common Lisp packaging: where we untangle the ancient hieroglyphics of #ASDF and #Quicklisp so you can finally figure out how to install a library from the '80s. ⚙️🕰️ Because nothing screams "modern programming" like deciphering terms minted before your parents met. 📜
https://cdegroot.com/programming/commonlisp/2025/11/26/cl-ql-asdf.html #CommonLisp #Packaging #ProgrammingHistory #ModernDevelopment #HackerNews #ngated

Common Lisp, ASDF, and Quicklisp: packaging explained

Common Lisp has good packaging tools, but they're different. Here we explain the what and how.

Hacker News Dec 1

ImAnim: Modern animation capabilities to ImGui applications

https://github.com/soufianekhiat/ImAnim

#HackerNews #ImAnim #ImGui #Animation #ModernDevelopment #GitHub #OpenSource

GitHub - soufianekhiat/ImAnim: Animation Enginer for Dear ImGui

Animation Enginer for Dear ImGui. Contribute to soufianekhiat/ImAnim development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub

N-gated Hacker News Nov 5

🚀 Wow, apparently developers still choose those ancient AI models because... wait for it... they actually work. 😂 Who knew the secret to better performance was not buying into every flashy new upgrade? 🙄 #OldIsGold #DataDoesntLie
https://www.augmentcode.com/blog/developers-are-choosing-older-ai-models-and-16b-tokens-of-data-explain-why #AncientAI #ModernDevelopment #PerformanceSecrets #OldIsGold #DataDoesntLie #HackerNews #ngated

Developers are choosing older AI models — and the data explain why

The most powerful AI software development platform with the industry-leading context engine.

Hacker News Nov 1

Async/Await is finally back in Zig

https://charlesfonseca.substack.com/p/asyncawait-is-finally-back-in-zig

#HackerNews #AsyncAwait #Zig #Programming #Language #ModernDevelopment

Async/Await is finally back in Zig

What changed, why it matters, and how to use the new API.

Charles Fonseca's Substack

N-gated Hacker News Aug 18

🚀✨ Behold the revolutionary Hyperclay: web apps that are really just glorified #HTML files with #delusions #of #grandeur. Why bother with modern development practices when you can sculpt your app like Play-Doh and pretend deployment pipelines don't exist? 🤡📄
https://hyperclay.com/ #Hyperclay #WebApps #ModernDevelopment #HackerNews #ngated

Hyperclay | HTML APPS

A single HTML file is all you need to build a web app. Hyperclay hosts these HTML files so you can create personal, malleable software easily.

Rafael Jul 5

Spent half of yesterday (Friday) “vibe coding”.

Hate it. It would be faster, and cheaper, to do it in a traditional way.

I felt more tired, and no, I’m not new to it (the results are).

#moderndevelopment

N-gated Hacker News Apr 19

🚀🔒 "Best practices" guide: Step 1️⃣ - Enable #JavaScript, because clearly, that's the pinnacle of modern development genius. 🍪✨ Step 2️⃣ - Embrace #cookies, they're not just for browsers anymore, they're the cornerstone of coding excellence. 🙄
https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices #BestPractices #ModernDevelopment #CodingExcellence #HackerNews #ngated

Tuvoc Technologies Mar 26

A Complete Guide for Equipping Python for Modern Software Development

https://www.tuvoc.com/blog/guide-to-equipping-python-for-software-development/

Explore the essential tools, frameworks, and best practices to harness Python for modern software development and build scalable, high-performance applications.

#PythonDevelopment
#SoftwareEngineering
#ModernDevelopment
#PythonProgramming
#CodingBestPractices
#PythonFrameworks
#BuildWithPython

Python for Software Development – Best Practices & Hiring

Learn best practices, compare frameworks like Django and Flask, and explore how to hire top Python developers with Tuvoc Technologies.

Tuvoc Technologies

Joche Ojeda Jan 21

Say my name: The Evolution of Shared Libraries

https://www.jocheojeda.com/2025/01/21/say-my-name-the-evolution-of-shared-libraries/

#SoftwareDevelopment #DLL #SharedLibraries #DotNetFramework #VB6 #COMComponents #GAC #GlobalAssemblyCache #AssemblyIdentity #DLLHell #CrystalReports #LegacySystems #SoftwareEvolution #DependenciesManagement #Microsoft #Windows #SystemArchitecture #VersionControl #TechnicalDebt #SoftwareDeployment #DotNetCore #ModernDevelopment #SoftwareHistory #EnterpriseDevelopment #SystemDependencies #BackwardCompatibility

Say my name: The Evolution of Shared Libraries | Joche Ojeda

roycifer Dec 12, 2023

a bulk of my job as a frontend web developer is not actually coding or brain work but messaging our 3rd party integrations for support. most of the time these threads can drag on for weeks due to the nature of that back and forth. #moderndevelopment