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portaltonowhere··on Rune: A native GPU-rendered Rust UI framework for macOS, Windows, Linux and web
Not to be confused with Rune, the development environment [0].

[0]: https://rune.build/

portaltonowhere··on C++26 is done ISO C++ standards meeting, Trip Report
> Less obvious, C++ has strong compile-time metaprogramming and execution features that can be used to extensively automate verification of code properties with minimal effort

Would you be willing to share some more information about this? Interested in learning more since this sort of thing rarely seems to come up in typical situations I work in.

portaltonowhere··on Trifold is a tool to quickly and cheaply host static websites using a CDN
$1 minimum for Bunny CDN. https://bunny.net/pricing/
portaltonowhere··on macOS dotfiles should not go in –/Library/Application Support
I have never seen this behavior on macOS and doesn’t make sense. However, some applications will save files by creating a copy and overwriting. Maybe that’s what the author experienced?
portaltonowhere··on 7-Zip for Windows can now use more than 64 CPU threads for compression
Keka is also really nice!

https://www.keka.io/

portaltonowhere··on Initialization in C++ is bonkers (2017)
Unless `i` is global…
portaltonowhere··on Fat Rand: How many lines do you need to generate a random number?
I agree with his sentiments in the article. I love Rust as a PL, but the situation with certain crates and dependency trees is a bit of a nightmare IMO. It's certainly a trade off.

I recently ripped out the rand crate and replaced it with some much simpler code ported from a C++ codebase. Still does what I need it to do but way fewer LOC and way less complexity. Is it as flexible as what rand and related crates offer? Maybe not, but that flexibility comes at a cost.

portaltonowhere··on Haxe lang – build cross-platform application with fast cross-compiler
No, but the latest release is from August, so not dead anyway.
portaltonowhere··on Giving C++ std:regex a C makeover
Probably because that’s not part of the C standard library, but a POSIX offering. Author does cross-platform work including Windows.
portaltonowhere··on UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
Yup. And given how well it works already and the feature set, I’d say it’ll be well worth the money.
portaltonowhere··on Fastmail is having problems again
Ah thanks. Missed that.
portaltonowhere··on Fastmail is having problems again
Any concerns about it being, seemingly, a one-person show? See https://purelymail.com/about
portaltonowhere··on Python and Lua (2019)
FWIW, Lua 5.3 (released in 2015) introduced integers. But agree with the rest.