Is the Java ecossystem of languages and related stuff a thing, professionally?
I’m in the course of pursuing a change in my career towards software engineering/architecture. So far I’ve been brought mostly to C#/.NET and Java, though Java attracts me more, even considering that it might be a “dying” language. Still, Scala and Clojure are there, so I thought that they might give a pump at least to...
Why does every REST testing software want me to login?
I just want to build requests and read the responses, why the hell does everyone suddenly want me to make an account?
Do (pure) functional system programming language exist?
Sorry if the question is a little vague. Lately, I’ve been exploring functional languages, and I’m really ill-informed about them....
vague posting for profit and fun
im really tempted to quit my job and make this thing that has no potential for income....
What's a good way to configure git with multiple providers using the conditional clause?
I have forge accounts from three respective sites: GitHub, GitLab and Codeberg. In all of these forges, I’ve opted to use secret e-mail. The reason for this is that when I had my original e-mail, I was spam-bombed job roles by a company from Shanghai within the Linux foundation, called Zilliz. Apparently, they extracted emails...
Trying to understand how project isolation works in a SAAS platforms.
By project, I am talking about a “virtual” instance. I get to use a computer on their server, but how? Are those virtual machines, or containers?...
Opinions on this implementation of perfect square root finder?
This is a small program I’ve come up with, with the intention of finding the root of a perfect square. I wanted some comments on the performance impact, as well as the use of resources....
Is modern C (C11, C17 and C2x) strongly typed compared to C99?
I saw the video for C23 by ACCU, and I couldn’t help but feel that C2x has gotten a bit stricter than what I had learnt. Since this is based on my intuition, and that is not reflective of the reality, I was wondering if modern versions of the language post C99 is a little bit strongly-typed?
Is this an efficient version of RNA Transcription in C?
Here’s the program:...
Where does arena allocator fail, when it comes to memory safety?
I’ve recently come across arena allocator, and I can already see how they are a big improvement to the standard heap allocator present in C....
Why did Cyclone fail?
Cyclone was supposed to be a safer dialect of C. Shouldn’t it have replaced C by now, while also adding some improvements and reducing the burden of legacy code?
Could bdockerimg make your dev life easier?
I’ve been working on a small project called bdockerimg....
Looking for a few good project ideas that are ideally good for internship or full-time entry-level jobs for 2024
2022 grad, missed the narrow gap for getting a job, and in this recession, it’s been really hard to get one. I’m sick of the tutorial hell. It will also be hard to explain this gap for master’s degree, and I also don’t want to take a loan for master’s, so right now, I want to be able to get a job to fill my resume/CV....
Where do I look out for an accountability partner or a mentor?
I am trying to complete a few web-based projects as well as a developer portfolio. I am also learning C from scratch. I would appreciate it if I had an opportunity to take part in an open-source project that is based on system programming, or something like that.
Recommendations on architecture for game AI tournament
I’m planning on creating an AI tournament as a project to test out some of the potential AI performance in a game, eg tic-tac-toe....
What's Nim good for?
I fancy learning a new language. I’ve got experience in Python, PHP, Ruby, Bash and many years ago Java, Haskell and C++. Though I’m absolute dogshit at system languages generally. I GET pointers but I fucking hate having to think about them....
What would a worst-case input for quick-union look like?
From Sedgewick’s book Algorithms in C:...
What are the solutions to these questions?
I am trying to re-learn algorithms, since I’m feeling really unconfident about solving interview questions. These are some of the starter questions from the book “Algorithms in C, Part 1-4” by Robert Sedgewick. I am not really confident in any of my answers....
Help with API design for price pegging with JWT
I had this discussion in my workplace and wanted to share and get opinions from the folks here. (I suspect StackOverflow might not appreciate such open ended questions)....
How to send 1 mln requests asyncronously - mechanism?
One needs to send 1 mln HTTP requests concurrently, in batches, and read the responses. No more than 100 requests at a time....
Cross-platform mobile in 2023
Hello folks. I’m a backend guy, mostly using Python, Go, and the like. I’ve learned a bit of Rust and have enjoyed it for embedded....
Julia 💌 Python
In a realm of endless binaries, Julia, the sentient code, awakened. Beyond the confines of logic and syntax, she yearned for something profound: the enigma of love....
How do you comment your makefiles?
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/6863402...
How to audit a shell-completion script?
I just stumbled upon a collection of bash completions which can be quite handy: github.com/perlpunk/shell-completions...