Cobalt is a high-performance, small-footprint application container that implements a subset of HTML5/CSS/JS (github.com)
Cobalt is a high-performance, small-footprint application container that implements a subset of HTML5/CSS/JS (github.com)
Code Goes In, Art Comes Out (www.tylerxhobbs.com)
New C++ features in GCC 14 (developers.redhat.com)
The next major version of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), 14.1, was released on May 7 2024. Like every major GCC release, this version brings many additions, improvements, bug fixes, and new features.
Useful K-hunt-gather pattern and O-hunt-gather patterns from Erlang patterns (blog.syncpup.com)
On Hack Club (place.reeseric.ci)
A comprehensive guide to Hack Club’s inner circle, potential labor law violations, union busting, and fundamental lack of transparency, democracy & respect for members.
Mystical software design advice (ericnormand.substack.com)
Khronos Releases OpenXR 1.1 to Further Streamline Cross-Platform XR Development (www.khronos.org)
The Khronos® Group, an open consortium of industry-leading companies creating advanced interoperability standards, announces the immediate availability of the OpenXR™ 1.1 specification. This release evolves the widely adopted OpenXR open API standard for high-performance, cross-platform access to VR, AR, and mixed reality...
Qt 6.7 released (www.qt.io)
Qt 6.7 is out with lots of large and small improvements for all of us who like to have fun when building modern applications and user experiences. Several additions are released as technology previews, and we are looking forward to your feedback so that we can get everything ready for the next LTS release!
Docker Image Fusions for Simpler Workflows! (github.com)
If you’ve found yourself manually crafting complex Docker images or repeatedly installing tools, I’ve got something for you 😁...
There is a right way to contribute to Open Source (opensource.net)
There’s been a lot of noise recently about contributing to Open Source. Many developers contribute to Open Source projects for various reasons, including building their commit history for recruiters or gaining visibility through badges. However, experienced Open Source contributors have observed a troubling trend: contributing...
The Book You Need to Start With Linux Kernel Development (itsfoss.com)
GDB 14.2 released (sourceware.org)
Release 14.2 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available. GDB is a source-level debugger for Ada, C, C++, Fortran, Go, Rust, and many other languages. GDB can target (i.e., debug programs running on) more than a dozen different processor architectures, and GDB itself can run on most popular GNU/Linux, Unix and Microsoft Windows...
How video games use LUTs and how you can too (blog.frost.kiwi)
RISC-V extensions: what’s available and how to find them (research.redhat.com)
Extensions available in RISC-V enable the customizations that make it ideal as a basis for open innovation. Here’s the extension situation as it stands today.
OpenXR Tutorial (Linux with Vulkan) (openxr-tutorial.com)
This tutorial will teach you how to use the OpenXR API. OpenXR is an API managed by the Khronos Group which provides a cross-platform way for applications to interact with immersive devices. This includes virtual reality (VR) headsets, augmented reality (AR) devices, motion controllers and more.
Ogre 14.2 released (www.ogre3d.org)
Improving filtering for the Vulkan hardware database (www.saschawillems.de)
Eight years after launching the Vulkan database to the public, it’s approaching 30,000 uploaded reports from more than 3,300 different devices across Windows, Linux, Android, MacOS and iOS. With that much data available, good filtering capabilities are crucial.
A Visual Interactive Guide to Bloom Filters (samwho.dev)
Steam Audio SDK and all included plugins now opensource under Apache-2.0 license (steamcommunity.com)
We are excited to announce that with the latest release of Steam Audio, the complete source code of the Steam Audio SDK is now available as open source. With this release, our goal is to provide more control to developers, which will lead to better experiences for their users, and hopefully valuable contributions back to the...
A new kind of workflow + tool for visualizing and exploring datasets through the lens of latent spaces. (github.com)
Texture healing for monospaced fonts (github.com)
Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, or JavaScript apps. (github.com)
Scientists Find Optimal Balance of Data Storage and Time (www.quantamagazine.org)
Qt SVG: Not so 1.2 Tiny any more (www.qt.io)
With this step, we are opening Qt SVG up to support elements beyond SVG Tiny 1.2. This means that we will aim to include useful and common elements from SVG 1.1 and SVG 2.0, if maintenance is reasonably feasible. We will not aim for compliance with these standards but we will keep an eye on feature requests from our users....