Programming Leftovers
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Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppUUID 1.1.2 on CRAN: Newly Adopted Package
The RcppUUID package on CRAN has been providing UUIDs (based on the underlying Boost library) for several years. Written by Artem Klemsov and maintained in this gitlab repo, the package is a very nice example of clean and straightforward library binding.
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Rick Carlino ☛ 2024 Year in Review
It’s already February of 2025, and I am running behind schedule on writing this article! Since I’ve been writing year-in-review posts for so many years, I figured I’d rather write this quickly and keep the streak going rather than break it. Here goes!
A Great Year with Family and Travel
It was a good year! I spent lots of time with my family, and I also managed to go on a two-week vacation to Korea. In addition to that, I took a business trip to San Francisco to meet my work team.
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LWN ☛ GNU Binutils 2.44 Released
Version 2.44 of the GNU Binutils package has been released. Perhaps the most significant change is the absence of the "gold" linker, which is
deprecated and about to disappear entirely. Gold appeared in 2008 with some fanfare as a faster
linker, but it has suffered from a lack of maintenance in recent years.
This release also includes some architecture-specific assembler
improvements, and some (non-gold) linker enhancements.
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Joachim Breitner: Coding on my eInk Tablet
For many years I wished I had a setup that would allow me to work (that is, code) productively outside in the bright sun. It’s winter right now, but when its summer again it’s always a bit. this weekend I got closer to that goal.
TL;DR: Using
code-serveron a beefy machine seems to be quite neat. -
GNOME Desktop/GTK
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GNOME ☛ Adetoye Anointing: From Intern To Impact: Building A Future As An Engineer
As my Outreachy internship with GNOME concludes, I’m reflecting on the journey, the effort, the progress, and, most importantly, the future I envision in tech.
The past few months as an intern have been both challenging and incredibly rewarding. From quickly learning a new programming language to meet project demands, to embracing test-driven development and tackling progressively complex tasks, every experience has been a stepping stone. Along the way, I’ve honed my collaboration and communication skills, expanded my professional network, and developed a deep appreciation for the power of community and open source.
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