Patching nixpkgs in a flake

An advanced flake tactic for a very particular problem.

Forth: The programming language that writes itself: The Web Page

An exploration of the evolution and meaning of the Forth programming language and its context in history.

ALGOL 68 Programming Language Support Still Being Worked On For GCC

At the start of the year, a new GCC compiler front-end was proposed for the half-century old ALGOL 68 programming language

Multi-token FIDO2 LUKS

What happens to your data if your computer gets lost or stolen?

Finland bans smartphones in schools

Pupils will be able to use their phones in some circumstances, but they will need to get permission from teachers.

NLnet; An OpenScience flavour of Bonfire on NixOS for preprints

How To Scale Your Model

Training LLMs often feels like alchemy, but understanding and optimizing the performance of your models doesn't have to. This book aims to demystify the science of scaling language models: how TPUs (and GPUs) work and how they communicate with each other, how LLMs run on real hardware, and how to parallelize your models during training and inference so they run efficiently at massive scale. If you've ever wondered “how expensive should this LLM be to train” or “how much memory do I need to serve this model myself” or “what's an AllGather”, we hope this will be useful to you.

The Languages Lost To Climate Change | NOEMA

Climate catastrophes and biodiversity loss are endangering languages across the globe.

Nix as a Static Site Generator

A pathway incremental builds and reproducability