Assorted links for Tuesday, January 14:
- αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε
One day, while studying old code, I found out that it’s possible to encode Windows Portable Executable files as a UNIX Sixth Edition shell script, due to the fact that the Thompson Shell didn’t use a shebang line. Once I realized it’s possible to create a synthesis of the binary formats being used by Unix, Windows, and MacOS, I couldn’t resist the temptation of making it a reality, since it means that high-performance native code can be almost as pain-free as web apps.
- I spent 4 hours learning how Netflix operates Apache Iceberg at scale
- How to secure your GitHub Actions workflows with CodeQL
To help prevent the introduction of vulnerabilities, identify them in existing workflows, and even fix them using GitHub Copilot Autofix, CodeQL support has been added for GitHub Actions.
- How the UK was connected to the Internet for the first time
- Highlights from Git 2.48
The open source Git project just released Git 2.48. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.