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Jubilant: Python subprocess and Go codegen

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Discuss: Lobsters

Go performance from version 1.0 to 1.22

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The One Billion Row Challenge in Go: from 1m45s to 3.4s in nine solutions

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Switching from S3 to Tigris on Fly.io

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Discussing Forth, C, CGI, Python, Go, and AWK on "Stray Pointers"

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"Stray Pointers" interview

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Using a Markov chain to generate readable nonsense with 20 lines of Python

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How (not) to apply for a software job

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The AWK book's 60-line version of Make

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Using the WordStar diamond in 2023

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Name before type: why 'age int' is better than 'int age'

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The proposal to enhance Go's HTTP router

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Scripting with Go: a 400-line Git client that can create a repo and push itself to GitHub

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Names should be as short as possible while still being clear

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Lookup Tables (Forth Dimensions XIX.3)

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For Python packages, file structure != API

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Designing Pythonic library APIs

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From Go on EC2 to Fly.io: +fun, −$9/mo

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Code coverage for your AWK programs

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I/O is no longer the bottleneck

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