6 October 2025
Overload 189 · October 2025 (PDF)
Contents
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Ignore Rants.
Programmers often argue, sometimes based on a lack of knowledge. Frances Buontempo explores why people rant, and when it’s OK. -
Vibe Coding in Rust.
Many people are learning how to herd LLMs right now. Amy Thomason discusses lessons learnt from using GenAI to code in Rust. -
UDB: The undo.io Time Travel Debugger.
Finding problems in code can be difficult and time consuming. Paul Floyd explains how to use UndoDB to debug code. -
Filters and Wildcards (Shell Globbing).
If you have documentation in html but want to provide markdown too, what can you do? Ian Bruntlett describes how he used a shell script to automate the translation and what he learnt. -
User-Defined Formatting in std::format.
std::format allows us to format values quickly and safely. Spencer Collyer demonstrates how to provide formatting for a simple user-defined class. -
Afterwood.
The plethora of names for our profession is an occupational hazard. Chris Oldwood considers those he’s encountered.
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