π§ Congratulations, devs!
#NPM #v12 is coming to break your builds and ruin your weekends in ways you never imagined! π οΈπ But don't worry, they've graciously provided warnings in v11.16.0, so you can spend countless hours deciphering them before the official apocalypse. Good luck! ππ
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-09-upcoming-breaking-changes-for-npm-v12/ #NPMupdates #developernews #buildbreaks #weekendwoes #codingchallenges #HackerNews #ngated
Upcoming breaking changes for npm v12 - GitHub Changelog
Our next npm major version, v12, introduces security-related default changes to npm install. All these changes are available behind warnings in npm today on 11.16.0 or newer, so you canβ¦
Oh, the thrilling saga of reducing database chunksβone might think we've cracked cold fusion! π But first, let's tackle the real challenge: enabling
#JavaScript and
#cookies to read the groundbreaking wisdom. πͺπ§ Because who doesn't love a side of pointless technical hurdles with their overly-complicated solutions? π
https://tech.wmg.com/why-we-shrank-our-timescaledb-chunks-from-30-days-to-7-07cab8afefc5 #databaseoptimization #techhumor #codingchallenges #HackerNews #ngated
Why we shrank our TimescaleDB chunks from 30 days to 7
By Yask Srivastava
calculate phi (the golden ratio) using fibonacci sequence with rust
got 39 correct decimals!
https://codeberg.org/Simx72/phi_calculator_rs
#rust #programming #CodingChallenges #maths
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My Favorite Bugs: Invalid Surrogate Pairs
In which I revisit one of my favorite bugs, the invalid surrogate pair.
π¨βπ»π€¦ββοΈ Ah, the majestic art of needless complexity: why take the easy road with 'import pywikibot' when you can unleash a torrent of 3,000 lines of
#Python code for fixing typos?! Claude's magnum opus is truly a testament to the timeless tradition of coding masochism. π₯΄π
https://fireflysentinel.github.io/posts/fake-building-claude-3000-lines/ #codingmasochism #unnecessarycomplexity #pywikibot #techhumor #codingchallenges #HackerNews #ngatedFake building: Claude wrote 3,000 lines instead of import pywikibot
TL;DR. Claude would rather reinvent the wheel than pip install one.
π Oh, the sheer audacity of trying to prettify 25 million lines of spaghetti code overnight! π Congratulations to the brave souls who assumed this Herculean task could be as painless as a bedtime story. π Spoiler alert: It wasn't.
https://stripe.dev/blog/formatting-an-entire-25-million-line-codebase-overnight-the-rubyfmt-story #spaghetticode #codecleanup #codingchallenges #developerhumor #overnighttask #HerculeanEffort #HackerNews #ngated
Formatting an entire 25 million line codebase overnight: the rubyfmt story
This is the story of how our Developer Productivity team extended and rolled out rubyfmt, our Rust-based zero-config, ultra-fast autoformatter across the world's largest Ruby codebase.
The 'Hidden' Costs of Great Abstractions - James Ludwell-Grymes
Building a Z-Machine in the worst possible language
In which a 1980s virtual machine for text adventures is reimplemented in a pure functional language, against all better judgement, and somehow emerges working.
π₯³π Ah, the Dr. Dobb's Developer Library DVD 6βwhere developers can nostalgically reminisce about ancient programming techniques while simultaneously trying to figure out what a "DVD" is. ππ§ Who knew the hardest part of coding would be navigating the Internet Archive's cryptic icons instead of writing actual code? π€πΎ
https://archive.org/details/DDJDVD6 #DrDobbsLibrary #Nostalgia #ProgrammingTechniques #InternetArchive #CodingChallenges #DeveloperHumor #HackerNews #ngated
Dr. Dobb's Developer Library DVD 6 : Dr. Dobb's Journal : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Welcome to DDJ Devloper Library DVD-ROM, which contains articlesfrom Dr. Dobb's Journal from January 1988 through December 2008,articles from C/C++ Users...
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