Daily Shaarli

All links of one day in a single page.

January 1, 2024

EU CRA: What does it mean for open source? - Bert Hubert's writings

The current compromise might not be as bad as anticipated. Some things could be improved still. The community needs to be involved in the process.

A Closer Look to a Key-Value Storage Engine | Yihang's Blog

Very interesting exploration of the design choices behind the creation of a key value storage engine.

How I forked SteamOS for my living room PC — iliana.fyi

Funny reverse engineering of the latest SteamOS to use it in a different context. Give some information on their system design.

 The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again

Very inspiring article. I really wish we'll indeed see more and more weird and creative websites. People apparently feels uneasy in their current social media jails, the time is ripe to leap in the unknown again.

Why I'm skeptical of low-code - Nick Scialli | Senior Software Engineer

Proper word of caution. Those tools ain't necessarily bad... but know what the limits will be.

Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective

The results of this investigation are actually super scary... Even if you don't own one, those are in our streets. In any case it is a clear statement that you can't and shall not run an automotive company like a startup...

Ambient Co-presence

Good food for thought regarding shared presence on the web. A few good ideas in the design space. Obviously very web centric, I wonder what we could do on the desktop with shared documents for instance.