Indeed, the Fediverse needs to be better known. Any small actions towards this goal helps.

Looks like the monopolists are vexed and are looking for arguments to discredit the competition... of all the arguments, this one is likely the most ridiculous seeing their own behavior.

Nice primer on the impact of too many branches in your code on the CPU. This is sometimes a good way to boost performance when you're mindful about that.

Of course I agree with this piece. You need enough culture in your field to know about a breadth of topics. It will definitely help pick up the next one you don't know about yet or help you build parallels for the tougher problems you encounter.

Looks like a neat tool to have available to remap keys.