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mkoubaa··on How often does Python allocate?
C programmers never beating the allegations of not using libraries
mkoubaa··on How often does Python allocate?
I hold the manufacturer responsible for every last nut and bolt in my car
mkoubaa··on How often does Python allocate?
Wait for the PyNI project to accomplish its goals Python can be as fast as any other language
mkoubaa··on The Learning Loop and LLMs
The problem with drag drop frontend is the code generators that support that end up tightly coupling the document with the code, which doesn't lead to good testability and scalability. I'm optimistic that LLMs could accomplish a visual design paradigm while still designing the code in good taste, but so far I'm not holding my breath.
mkoubaa··on Zohran Mamdani wins the New York mayoral race
I'd rather the young charismatic progressives abandon the decrepit democratic party and rewrite the codebase in Rust, to recycle that meme
mkoubaa··on Solarpunk is happening in Africa
Conspiratorially, if all places were non-authoritarian and did not tolerate cheap refining, a regime change would have to be ordered
mkoubaa··on Why aren't smart people happier?
I resent how overused and underspecified the word "happy" is
mkoubaa··on Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower
Infinitum?
mkoubaa··on How the US is preparing a Caribbean staging ground near Venezuela
Methinks the war in Ukraine must be nearing its end and the arms deals must go on.
mkoubaa··on SQLite concurrency and why you should care about it
Seems like it's asking to be forked
mkoubaa··on The Journey Before main()
I've always wondered why there weren't more popular loaders to choose from given that on Linux loaders are user-space
mkoubaa··on The future of Python web services looks GIL-free
I thought WSGI already used subinterpreters that each have their own GIL
mkoubaa··on RFCs: Blueprints of the Internet
Reminds me of a Russian joke:

Can a hedgehog fly? Yes, if you kick it.

mkoubaa··on The Spherical Cows of Programming
I've always known the Green Knight was something of a time traveler. Knew too much.
mkoubaa··on Why it took 4 years to get a lock files specification
You need a consensus driven culture with a final decision maker when that culture fails to reach a decision.
mkoubaa··on Quantification of fibrinaloid clots in plasma from pediatric Long COVID patients
If this were the case you could do a natural study on this by comparing menstruating women with the rest of the population
mkoubaa··on Nobel Peace Prize 2025: María Corina Machado
I don't think you understand what the Nobel prizes are actually about
mkoubaa··on AI was supposed to help juniors shine. Why does it mostly make seniors stronger?
This surprises people? How?
mkoubaa··on Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
This is very reassuring for those in the right industries. For non-strategic things like b2b SaaS, it's very likely to be a full purge
mkoubaa··on What's New in C# 14: Null-Conditional Assignments
This is the kind of comment I wish I could print on every sheet of a roll of toilet paper
mkoubaa··on What's New in C# 14: Null-Conditional Assignments
Monad-maxxing has ruined many a language
mkoubaa··on Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza
May we remain condemned for our failure to stop this for all of time.
mkoubaa··on Protobuffers Are Wrong (2018)
Skill issue
mkoubaa··on The key to getting MVC correct is understanding what models are
The reason MVC got so abused was because of RAD frameworks: rapid application development. Most of this started with visual basic.

Basically, the thinking was to let the programmer design the view and then implement the code-behind. I'll spare you from my rants about this, but it was popular.

Nowadays, with vibe coding, there is no need to use obtuse design patterns for the sake of RAD. Sensible architectures can easily by used by LLMs without sacrificing engineer or designer agility.

mkoubaa··on Protobuffers Are Wrong (2018)
I'd rather they just used the abseil headers they needed with the abseil license at the top than make it a build dependency.

The concept of a package is antithetical to C++ and no amount of tooling can fix that.

mkoubaa··on Protobuffers Are Wrong (2018)
Real ones know that serialization is what sucks.
mkoubaa··on Adaptive LLM routing under budget constraints
> How you measure 'performance'

I heard the best way is through valuations

mkoubaa··on John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta
Laughed out loud
mkoubaa··on John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta
Who needs good schools? Make it "The Summer of code in Sardinia"
mkoubaa··on Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year
It's only inefficient if the manager only had management responsibilities, which I doubt is the case in most of these situations.
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