Programming

Protobuf finally has LSP support. You’re welcome. · Buf https://buf.build/blog/protobuf-lsp https://redd.it/1vq4pbv @programmingreddit

How 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up https://jkm.dev/posts/how-2004-runescape-fit-a-multiplayer-rpg-into-56k-dialup/ https://redd.it/1vo44t4 @programmingreddit

Based on various scientific studies, it takes at least 10-15 minutes for programmer to get back into the "zone" after an interruption. There are interesting resumption strategies for interrupted programming tasks. https://contextkeeper.io/blog/the-real-cost-of-an-interruption-and-context-switching/ https://redd.it/1vo0r9s @programmingreddit

A Preview of Roc 0.1.0 by Richard Feldman https://youtu.be/a7qEOtkkDb8 https://redd.it/1vn7t7t @programmingreddit

Doom, compiled into a transformer https://ood.dev/posts/doom/ https://redd.it/1vnew9x @programmingreddit

Node.js creator liberates Durable Objects from Cloudflare https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/08/12/nodejs-creator-liberates-durable-objects-from-cloudflare-with-celld/5286954 https://redd.it/1vmrnni @programmingreddit

How Tailscale helped discover a 16+ year old SQLite WAL-Reset bug https://tailscale.com/blog/sqlite-wal-reset-bug https://redd.it/1vmglvj @programmingreddit

Linus Torvalds Explains What Makes Linux So Fast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ1IfKUD1nw https://redd.it/1vmoddq @programmingreddit

Hardware researcher spins up 'CPU deoptimization' project to find the slowest single x86 instruction, creates hall of shame — worst offender takes 198 billion cycles spanning 62 seconds to execute https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/hardware-researcher-spins-up-cpu-deoptimization-project-to-find-the-slowest-machine-code-worst-offender-takes-198-billion-cycles-to-execute https://redd.it/1vmhj23 @programmingreddit

Moving integer division to floating-point is trivial https://marc-b-reynolds.github.io/math/2026/08/10/IntDivByFP.html https://redd.it/1vl8ulp @programmingreddit

The fastest double-to-string algorithm you’ve never heard of https://vitaut.net/posts/2026/yy-dtoa/ https://redd.it/1vm65dm @programmingreddit

Squeak 6.1 (a modern Smalltalk programming environment implemented in itself) was released! https://squeak.org/release_notes/6.1/ https://redd.it/1vlqtmx @programmingreddit

Five Programming Books That Changed How I Think https://adamtornhill.substack.com/p/five-programming-books-that-changed https://redd.it/1vlkr7o @programmingreddit

On comments https://blog.helsing.ai/posts/on-comments/ https://redd.it/1vkwqh0 @programmingreddit

The advantage of using program images as a flight recorder instead of relying on logs https://yogthos.net/posts/2026-08-07-portable-jolt.html https://redd.it/1vj203j @programmingreddit

Assembly Hall of Shame: Racing to the bottom of CPU performance https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/asm-hall-of-shame https://redd.it/1vjketg @programmingreddit

A shell exclamation mark is not for yelling. Be lazy. | Filip Roséen https://refp.se/articles/your-shell-and-the-lazy-exclamation-mark https://redd.it/1vilqxz @programmingreddit

Stack Overflow drops to 1,442 questions in July, down 99% from 2014 peak http://ppc.land/stack-overflow-drops-to-1-442-questions-in-july-down-99-from-2014-peak https://redd.it/1viswmi @programmingreddit

The LuaJIT NYI That Silently Poisoned an Unrelated Hot Loop https://streamhpc.com/blog/2026-08-05/the-luajit-nyi-that-silently-poisoned-an-unrelated-hot-loop/ https://redd.it/1vgzqd3 @programmingreddit

How Zanzlanz released a game that has no assets https://youtu.be/Qr3VsZYQy4s https://redd.it/1vfqtn6 @programmingreddit