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A Byte of Coding Issue 368

In Issue 368 of A Byte of Coding, there are three main topics discussed. The first topic is about using @_silgen_name in Swift to call private Swift code and improve build times. The second topic is about Postgres performance boost through hot updates and fill factor. The third topic is about the differences between ELF-32 and ELF-64 files.

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A Byte of Coding Issue 367

The issue of "A Byte of Coding" discusses various topics, including setting up a cron job monitor, recommendations for open-source PostgreSQL database monitoring tools, different index types in PostgreSQL, reflections on 40 years of programming, and using ASCII art for attacks on LLMs. The highlights include the simplicity of using a cron job monitor with curl, the default B+Tree index type in PostgreSQL, the importance of self-care in programming, the vulnerability of models like GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 to attacks, and the use of ASCII art to manipulate LLMs.

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A Byte of Coding Issue 366

In the latest issue of "A Byte of Coding," Herb Sutter discusses the importance of focusing on "already-well-known safety rules and best practices" to make software more secure in C++. He highlights the four urgent types of safety that need to be addressed: type, bounds, initialization, and lifetime safety. Another article by Bruno de Carvalho explains how he reduced stack size, improved CPU performance, and extended battery life in an embedded stack by making structural corrections and rewriting performance-heavy parts in Rust. Lastly, Andreas Heck shares some interesting commands in bash and zsh to manipulate command history, such as searching through old commands and executing the last command again.

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A Byte of Coding Issue 365

The article discusses various topics related to coding. It mentions the author's recommendation of using uptime kuma for service status monitoring. It also provides a visual overview of a custom malloc() implementation and explains how malloc works in C. Another topic covered is using graphs to generate synthetic database benchmark workloads. The article also mentions a series on creating a video game for the Apple IIgs and the benefits of using Pinecone Serverless for building better GenAI products.

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A Byte of Coding Issue 364

The author discusses the importance of finding silence and calm amid the constant bombardment of notifications and distractions. They also mention that their company has already made more money in 2024 than in all of 2023. In terms of articles, there is one about using a dual layer approach to creating AI models that can bring us closer to AGI. Another article discusses the vulnerabilities found in the Xunlei Accelerator app. Lastly, there is an article about designing a system that can upgrade a stateful system with zero downtime using Haskell.

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