Programming, Linux and BSD Leftovers
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Linux Hint ☛ goto Statement in C
Practical guide on the fundamentals and workings of goto statements in C, the various instances it can come in handy, how it works, and how to use it.
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My work in KDE for March 2024
I didn’t work much on KDE for the first half of March, but still managed to squeeze out some good features and bugfixes. I’m also starting on the Wayland grant work I teased soon, so look forward to news on that next month.
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Python
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Daniel Lemire ☛ Fast and concise probabilistic filters in Python
Sometimes you need to filter out or filter in data quickly. Suppose that your employer maintains a list of forbidden passwords or URLs or words. You may store them in a relational database and query them as needed. Unfortunately, this process can be slow and inefficient.
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BSD
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Ruben Schade ☛ Testing our remote FreeBSD server
So we decided to run a remote box instead this time. The stack is basically:
1. A FreeBSD VM on OrionVM (where I work), though any provider that offers a current template would work. This would be my first production version 14 box!
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DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ Lazy Reading for 2024/03/31
The mini-theme this week is all DragonFly. There’s been some commits lately to well-known tools so I’m going to gather them here. A bugfix for FUSE led to it being re-enabled. However, FUSE was designed in Linux-specific ways, so it does not translate well to BSD.
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Kernel Space
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InfoQ ☛ Netflix Launches bpftop Aimed at Enhancing eBPF Performance Efficiency
Netflix has recently announced bpftop, a command-line utility aimed at enhancing the optimization and monitoring of eBPF programs. bpftop provides a real-time snapshot of eBPF programs in operation.
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