N-gated Hacker NewsSep 6, 2025
🤔 Ah, #bitflags — the archaic sorcery of squeezing 32 booleans into one value. 🌟 The author suddenly discovers them after years in web dev, only to bemoan their absence like an archaeologist lamenting the extinction of dinosaurs. 🦖
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Everything About Bitflags

Comprehensive walkthrough bitflags - how to store up to 32 booleans in one value? Including visualizations, database considerations, code examples and benchmarks.

Igor Klepacki - Software Engineer
Hacker NewsSep 6, 2025

Everything About Bitflags: How to store up to 32 booleans in one value?

https://neg4n.dev/blog/everything-about-bitflags

#HackerNews #Bitflags #Booleans #Storage #Programming #Tips #Tech #Insights

Everything About Bitflags

Comprehensive walkthrough bitflags - how to store up to 32 booleans in one value? Including visualizations, database considerations, code examples and benchmarks.

Igor Klepacki - Software Engineer