Programming
A developer builds a minimalist evolution simulator in JavaScript where mathematical formulas compete, mutate, and breed to discover the shortest expression that correctly calculates the number of days in each month.
Programming
Revisiting Peter Naur's 1985 paper 'Programming as Theory Building' in the age of AI-generated code, this article argues that the real product of programming is not code but the mental model behind it, making experienced developers indispensable.
Programming
A comprehensive guide to storing monetary values in databases and APIs, covering ISO 4217, the pitfalls of floating-point types, and comparing integer minor units, decimal base units, and string representations as used by Stripe, PayPal, Visa, and others.
Programming
The final installment in a series about building a mechanical video wall with advanced LED backlighting, covering a custom HDR-aware software pipeline built in C# with HLSL shaders, vector extensions, and zero-allocation architecture.
Programming
A developer with 25 years of experience makes the case against deploying no-code platforms like Lovable and Base44 in production, arguing it replaces engineering culture with convenience and leads to unmaintainable systems.
Programming
Researchers have discovered that Meta and Yandex native Android apps silently listen on localhost ports to receive browser data from their tracking scripts embedded in millions of websites — a technique that bypasses cookie clearing, incognito mode, and Android permissions entirely. The attack affects Chrome, Firefox, and Edge in both normal and private browsing modes.
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A blistering critique of AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot, arguing they create an illusion of productivity while degrading engineering craft, deep understanding, and code quality.
Programming
A developer investigates systematic review manipulation on 2GIS, Russia's major mapping platform, uncovering coordinated fake accounts, geographic impossibilities, and suspicious payment-verified review clusters. The analysis processed around 2 million users and 60,000 Novosibirsk businesses.
Programming
Python 3.14 introduces t-strings (template strings), a powerful new string formatting mechanism that returns Template objects instead of immediately evaluated strings, enabling safe sanitization, structured logging, and custom templating.
Programming
Through clever use of bit manipulation and the Z3 theorem prover, a standard leap year check can be reduced from a branchy sequence of modulo operations to a single branchless expression executing in just three CPU instructions. The approach achieves a 3.8× speedup over the conventional implementation on random input.
Programming
A repair engineer obtains a blocked Yandex Station Mini and, out of curiosity, ends up discovering root access vulnerabilities across nearly the entire Yandex smart device lineup. The journey goes from soldering an SD card to the Wi-Fi module all the way to a formal bug bounty payout.
Programming
A programmer frustrated with existing furniture design software creates his own PHP library that generates OpenSCAD models for chipboard furniture, using an HTML/CSS-like approach to panel placement. The article showcases real projects including a desk-shelf combo, a Frankenstein workstation, and a kitchen table with built-in stools.