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Basically all "AI for programming" discourse right now

It's a shame that Apple stopped writing programming guides for their documentation, they had such rich high level information compared to today's list-of-functions docs, which are less informative than just reading the header. Here's the Dispatch Source docs before and after:

Bitwise series: Modern C Talk: Code:.raddbg: orca app: .sokol libraries: zig std:

For a C newbie:.Learn the C approach to programming before tricks. The bitwise "make a compiler" series is great for that. The talk "Modern C and What We Can Learn From It" is a good general overview of what makes C nice to write these days. However the best way to improve is.

My build profiler can be used on any type of program, not just builds, but I can’t think of another situation that spawns enough processes to be interesting. Perhaps something with asset pipelines in games / film?.

Making your project compile fast is simple, but inconceivable by modern dev standards: .1. Don't use dependencies.2. Use a fast language (no rust, swift, or typescript).3. Compile exactly one root source file. Seriously.

The internet is cool because you can write an niche article about build systems, and the guy that wrote the fastest one (Ninja) can find it and comment.

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It's interesting to see all the nonsense that Xcode does when it compiles a project. (Captured using my build profiling tool)

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Cool: A 2443 character C program that simulates a spinning top in the terminal.

Edsger W. Dijkstra in 1988:. "Number of lines of code produced per month" is a very costly measuring unit because it encourages the writing of insipid code . if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent".

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How to use zig to make any C file run like a shell script:.1. put `//usr/bin/env zig run $0 -- $@; exit` as the first line in the c file.2. make it executable: chmod +x file.c.3. run it: ./file.c.

Ok I gave it a solid 3 years, but I can still never remember where anything is in the redesigned System Settings. I want the old design back.

Is a build profiling tool something that people would be interested in? I've been working on one for myself, and I'm trying to decide if it's worth making nice and releasing. Works on any language/build system. Checks for issues like under utilized hardware, files compiled

It is so annoying when a project's build instructions are more than:. git clone <repo url>.cd <repo>. /build.sh. Just encode your crazy long instructions in script form! Download the dependencies! Do whatever it takes, just build it!.