Automerge is a local-first sync engine for multiplayer apps that works offline, prevents conflicts, and runs fast.

Cap'n Web is a new open source, JavaScript-native RPC protocol for use in browsers and web servers. It provides the expressive power of Cap'n Proto, but with no schemas and no boilerplate.

Things we wish we didn't know

Reading through the Emacs 30 NEWS file and picking
out the stuff I think is the most interesting.

Everything you need to write flexible, future-proof Rust applications using hexagonal architecture.

A lightning post on logic programming in Haskell to construct a workout weekly schedule given the set of exercises, days and constraints.

Aurora: An extensible, Python-based static site generator.

Between our ESP32 prokaryotic organisms and our 24/7 Internet-enabled megafauna servers, there exists a vast and loosely-defined ecosystem of things the B2B world likes to call computer appliances. Picture a bespoke Pi 4 packaged up neatly with some Python scripts, a little fancy plastic embossing, and maybe a well-guarded id_ed25519.pub in case you end up in hot water during the (long - very long, stable cash flow for generations long) maintenance contract, and you’re in the ballpark.

This article presents the program earlyoom to prevent a Linux system to lock up in low memory situations.

Last year I finally decided to learn some Rust. The official book by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols is excellent, but even after reading it and working on some small code exercises, I felt that I …