Random numbers are very interesting. It feels like magic that we can generate such unpredictable entropies from deterministic sources.
But how does this happen? Before jumping into the generation of random numbers in Rust, let's understand the process of random number generation and how true randomness could never be created without special hardware.
Source: Zero-dependency random number generation in Rust, an article by Orhun Parmaksız.
When I first started writing SQLGlot in early 2021, my goal was just to translate SQL queries from SparkSQL to Presto and vice versa. However, over the last year and a half, I've ended up with a full-fledged SQL engine. SQLGlot can now parse and transpile between 18 SQL dialects and can execute all 24 TPC-H SQL queries. The parser and engine are all written from scratch using Python.
Source: Writing a Python SQL engine from scratch, an article by Toby Mao.
Locking reference attributes can be a fast and easy way to protect the internal state of your objects.
Perl has built-in support for read-only arrays and hashes via
Internals::SvREADONLY, but modules like Sub::Trigger::Lock exist to make using the feature simpler in object-oriented code.
Source: Keeping Your Valuables Under Lock and Key, an article by Toby Inkster.
The world's deadliest assassin and New York's biggest screw-up are mistaken for each other at an Airbnb rental.
In the evening Esme and I watched The Man from Toronto. I liked the movie and give it a 7 out of 10.