Monthly Shaarli

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January, 2020

Docker is the dangerous gamble which we will regret | Smash Company
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Rather long rant that I think undervalues the convenience Docker provides in deploying programs in languages that don't make it easy to create a single, statically linked binary, but it links to lots of discussion about the pros and cons of docker.

I think the better criticism of Docker is that it is monolithic and complicated, and probably solutions like bubblewrap, runC, and Podman for managing containers or deploying simple apps are better.

Heels by Number

How to turn different types of heel in knit heel-and-gusset socks

Banter Blitz with World Champion Magnus Carlsen
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Magnus's Banter Blitz sessions on chess24 are very good.

Notes on structured concurrency, or: Go statement considered harmful — njs blog

The author of Trio (Python concurrency library) explains their concept of lexically-structured concurrency

Florida Man Runs to Bermuda in a Giant Bubble
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In 2011 Reza won a 24-hour running event in Boulder, CO.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Baluchi

/dev/lawyer The MIT License, Line by Line
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A lawyer explains the MIT License.

Coroutines in C

Coroutines in C using Duff's device. See also protothreads:

http://dunkels.com/adam/pt/

libdill: Structured Concurrency for C

This looks like an interesting C library for cancel-able, implicitly yielded coroutines.

https://github.com/sustrik/libdill

Elizabeth Zimmermann - Wikipedia
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Elizabeth Zimmermann (August 9, 1910 – November 30, 1999) was a British-born hand knitting teacher and designer. She revolutionized the modern practice of knitting through her books and instructional series on American public television.

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