Algorithmic Affirmative Action: Silicon Savior or Digital Discrimination?

Algorithmic Affirmative Action: Silicon Savior or Digital Discrimination?

Picture this: A world where algorithms play Cupid between employers and candidates, swiping right on qualified applicants faster than you can say “recruitment bias.” But what happens when our digital matchmakers start replicating humanity’s worst tendencies? Let’s dissect this modern paradox with code samples, flowcharts, and enough snark to power a Silicon Valley startup. The Bias Boomerang Effect Machine learning models are like overeager interns - they’ll mimic exactly what they see in the training data....

April 30, 2025 · 3 min · 534 words · Maxim Zhirnov
Squeezing Every Drop: WebAssembly Optimization for Speed Demons and Memory Misers

Squeezing Every Drop: WebAssembly Optimization for Speed Demons and Memory Misers

Picture this: you’ve built a brilliant web app that calculates nuclear fusion rates in real-time, but it runs slower than a sloth on melatonin. Enter WebAssembly - your turbocharged escape pod from JavaScript’s gravitational pull. Let’s turn that computational molasses into lightning. From Bloat to Boat: Compiler Flags That Matter Every WebAssembly journey begins at the compiler’s doorstep. Let’s crack open Rust’s optimization pantry: # Cargo.toml - The secret sauce cabinet [profile....

April 29, 2025 · 3 min · 570 words · Maxim Zhirnov
Why Comments Should Be Riddles: A Defiant Guide to Cryptic Documentation

Why Comments Should Be Riddles: A Defiant Guide to Cryptic Documentation

The Art of Speaking in Code Tongues Let me confess something: I once wrote a comment that simply said // FIXME: Halp! next to a sorting algorithm. Three years later, I found my own scrawled plea and realized I’d created the programming equivalent of an ancient Sumerian tablet. This, dear reader, is how I became an accidental pioneer of strategic obfuscation documentation. Cryptic comments aren’t bugs - they’re features masquerading as philosophical koans....

April 29, 2025 · 3 min · 574 words · Maxim Zhirnov
HTTP/2: Turning Web Speedrun Records Into Child's Play

HTTP/2: Turning Web Speedrun Records Into Child's Play

Picture this: you’re at a coffee shop with 15 friends trying to order, but there’s only one barista taking orders one-by-one while everyone’s macchiatos get colder. That’s HTTP/1.1 in a nutshell. Now imagine a squad of baristas handling all orders simultaneously while composing latte art - that’s HTTP/2 saying “hold my espresso”. Let’s optimize your web apps like we’re overclocking a DeLorean. The Need for Speed: HTTP/2’s Secret Sauce Multiplexing: The end of fork() nightmares...

April 28, 2025 · 3 min · 617 words · Maxim Zhirnov
The Great Documentation Collapse: When AI Hallucinations Eat Your Knowledge Base

The Great Documentation Collapse: When AI Hallucinations Eat Your Knowledge Base

Picture this: you’ve built the perfect documentation system. It’s beautiful, interconnected, and then… your AI assistant starts claiming Python lists have .emplace() methods. Congratulations - you’ve just witnessed the Great Documentation Collapse, where synthetic stupidity meets synthetic data in a perfect storm of nonsense. Why Your Documentation Is Hallucinating More Than a Psychedelic Sloth AI doesn’t “lie” - it “confidently imagines” alternative facts. As IBM puts it, these hallucinations occur when patterns are perceived in nonexistent data....

April 28, 2025 · 3 min · 552 words · Maxim Zhirnov