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psyclobe··on Plex vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild to drop a cryptominer
Yes its obviously a thin wrapper over the core too; many timing bugs can be seen.
psyclobe··on Redesigning source control at Anthropic
Honestly it does not matter provided u develop tests that show success. D u really care how its coded if it is amazingly fast efficient and solves the problem? Maybe in some projects but not all.
psyclobe··on Kcgi – minimal CGI and FastCGI library for C/C++
In a heartbeat.
psyclobe··on Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB
Huh I tried that was slow as all hell to respond
psyclobe··on Type Safe Generic Data Structures in C (2025)
Its rather hard to introduce c++ into legacy c projects. You basically have to decide on a subset of features to use, and then you'll have to explain to the teams why the same looking code now takes 10x more compute to build.

Usually the way we do it here is we honor some interface then rewrite the subsystem in c++.

And then there's the real hurdle and that is getting the c++ idiom correct as it is very easy to just open the floodgates and let everyone write code that looks vastly different.

psyclobe··on VSCode's SSH Agent Is Bananas (2025)
Honestly now that I'm basically dictating ai on what to do I've really stopped using all guis. Terminal is all I need.
psyclobe··on Rust is tier-1 language at Microsoft
Microsoft is a tier-0 company.
psyclobe··on Google AI Mode shows same products 21.6% more expensive than traditional search
Good most product search results are thr cheapest crap i always sort by price
psyclobe··on James Dyson Sold Us on a $400 Hair Dryer. Now He's Trying a $499 Toothbrush
Love mine battery lasts for days too
psyclobe··on Anthropic CEO says the way for AI to win over the public is to cure cancer
Most of the interesting responses come from interesting prompts... why didn't YOU come up with that interesting prompt or the parent??
psyclobe··on Using GCC's Nested Functions with Wide Pointers and No Trampolines II
RAII style cleanup e.g. no gotos
psyclobe··on As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program
That stupid nezt next elevate confirm page workflow on macos has always annoyed me for some reason.

Its so idk redundant

psyclobe··on The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing
As good as that track is its literally his only good stuff. Try as I might, and as eager as I was to like him his library of music just falls flat.
psyclobe··on I'm a USB-C Maximalist
Nothing worse then a product in 2026 with anything othat than Usb-C; it is a product failure and a no go if u ship anything like micro USB lol
psyclobe··on My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded
"door ajar" so bad ass.
psyclobe··on We're extending access to Fable 5 on all paid plans through July 12
Seriously, just let me fucking pay to get steady service 24/7.
psyclobe··on Costco is the anti-Amazon
Forget Costco and Amazon it's all about Walmart. They are killing it with local from store delivery and they are more local then Costco. They will win at the end of the day.
psyclobe··on Forestiere Underground Gardens
I went there once yawwwn they make you listen to this hour dissertation... yeah don't take young kids there... snore fest..
psyclobe··on Claude Code Just Got 5x More Expensive
I have one Claude doing triple duty: helping with side gigs, supporting my corporate job when the company-provided Claude tokens run out at lightning speed, and helping me develop a startup on the side, which I’m literally just voicing into existence.

At $260 a month, it’s a bargain.

I’d pay double without blinking.

psyclobe··on Why Is Claude Turning into an a**Hole?
Last I checked u can just dictate exactly what u want the llm to be concerned with and flatly dismiss any pushback as being out of scope of the intended goal.
psyclobe··on WSL 2 is getting faster Windows file system access
WSL1 was really really fast! It was quite unique system too totally customized for the Linux kernel and windows interfacing!

Was really disappointed when WSL2 came along and just virtualized everything; fs performance took a shit.

Anyway I don't care about windows these days, all Linux all the time.

psyclobe··on Cost of enum-to-string: C++26 reflection vs. the old ways
I made a magic_enum abi stub for this: https://github.com/psyclobe/magic-enum-reflect
psyclobe··on Cost of enum-to-string: C++26 reflection vs. the old ways
Cause its dead simple. Shell out, run a quick sed or something, then compile it in. It is quite amazing what 'magic meta' stuff you can do with that shit. Meanwhile 10 years in we are finally getting reflection.....
psyclobe··on Cost of enum-to-string: C++26 reflection vs. the old ways
They are gross but... effective so shrug
psyclobe··on Cost of enum-to-string: C++26 reflection vs. the old ways
Pretty much. Was hoping it would've been a 'reflection slam dunk' but no... same 'ol same 'ol.
psyclobe··on Cost of enum-to-string: C++26 reflection vs. the old ways
Absolutely spot on, easier, and way more effective
psyclobe··on Cost of enum-to-string: C++26 reflection vs. the old ways
Man that aucks was looking forward to some kind of speed improvement. Using magic enum atm and I guess we'll continue to do so.

C++ build times are hard pill to swallow when migrating from c. This is just another reason we'll probably stick to writing c as t the company where I work. It's like asking someone to give up instant compilation for cleaner easier to read apps?

Also now that we have cleanup handlers in c (destructors) even less of a reason to move...

psyclobe··on The greatest shot in television: James Burke had one chance to nail this scene (2024)
The guy won't shutup he's just foaming st the mouth babbling on and on its like enough we've seen this a million times the show sucks!
psyclobe··on American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were
My well being is judged now by whether I took the time to watch a movie with my daughter, take my son out to fly a rc plane and so forth... so easy to dig into the daily grind ... not sure what life is about but I sure a shit know misery it born from abandoning your kids and the sickness that brings inside is insidious.

If I do nothing both will be in their rooms all day. Makes me sick.

psyclobe··on I built a Cargo-like build tool for C/C++
> For example, Cmake can use vcpkg to install a package but then I still have to write more cmake to actually find and use it.

I have this solved at our company. We have a tool built on top of vcpkg, to manage internal + external dependencies. Our cmake linker logic leverages the port names and so all you really do is declare your manifest file (vcpkg.json) then declare which one of them you will export publicly.

Everything after that is automatic including the exported cmake config for your library.

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