Hacker News: vincentchau

A new chapter for Ruby Central

vincentchau — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:45:11 +0000

Article URL: https://rubycentral.org/news/a-new-chapter-for-ruby-central/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47801308

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Is Rust faster than C?

vincentchau — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:37:36 +0000

Article URL: https://steveklabnik.com/writing/is-rust-faster-than-c/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46569175

Points: 317

# Comments: 388

The US hacked Venezuela grids before Maduro raid

vincentchau — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:05:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/01/08/venezuela-maduro-raid-blackout-cyber-operation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46559317

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

Ruby Frozen String Literals: Past, Present, Future?

vincentchau — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 04:41:46 +0000

Article URL: https://byroot.github.io/ruby/performance/2025/10/28/string-literals.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45768502

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

China released UBIOS to replace UEFI standard

vincentchau — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:31:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/china-releases-ubios-standard-to-replace-uefi-huawei-backed-bios-firmware-replacement-charges-chinas-domestic-computing-goals

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45716242

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Agentic Commerce Protocol

vincentchau — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 04:18:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.agenticcommerce.dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45564634

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Open Source Blueprints for Civilization

vincentchau — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:54:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.opensourceecology.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45486634

Points: 25

# Comments: 4

OverTheWire: Learn and practice security concepts through fun games

vincentchau — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 05:47:16 +0000

Article URL: https://overthewire.org/wargames/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44885017

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Why so many top hackers hail from Russia (2017)

vincentchau — Fri, 30 May 2025 04:12:15 +0000

Article URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/06/why-so-many-top-hackers-hail-from-russia/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44132763

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Boeing sold its digital business to Thoma Bravo for 10B

vincentchau — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:30:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/business/boeing-thoma-bravo-jeppesen.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43767260

Points: 23

# Comments: 3

The Devastating Decline of a Brilliant Young Coder

vincentchau — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:12:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/lee-holloway-devastating-decline-brilliant-young-coder/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43502054

Points: 13

# Comments: 2

The correct way to do type punning in C++

vincentchau — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 06:40:49 +0000

Article URL: https://andreasfertig.com/blog/2025/03/the-correct-way-to-do-type-punning-in-cpp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43263582

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

PyMyFlySpy: Track your flight using its headrest data

vincentchau — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 05:32:44 +0000

Article URL: https://robertheaton.com/pymyflyspy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42641947

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

My 25-year adventure in AI and ML

vincentchau — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:53:20 +0000

Article URL: https://austinhenley.com/blog/25yearsofai.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42566018

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

CD Projekt Red will use Unreal engine for their next games

vincentchau — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 16:27:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-witcher/cd-projekts-switch-to-unreal-wasnt-motivated-by-cyberpunk-2077s-rough-launch-or-a-this-is-so-bad-we-need-to-switch-situation-says-senior-dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42289168

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Yes, it ‘looks like a duck,’ but carriers like the new USPS mail truck

vincentchau — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:13:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/usps-new-mail-trucks.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42249545

Points: 126

# Comments: 144

An Engineer's Guide to Double-Entry Bookkeeping

vincentchau — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 04:27:08 +0000

Article URL: https://anvil.works/blog/double-entry-accounting-for-engineers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42048601

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Linux Foundation Energy Projects

vincentchau — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:38:01 +0000

Article URL: https://lfenergy.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41996287

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Valve engineer used a matchmaking algorithm found by ChatGPT in Deadlock

vincentchau — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:30:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/moba/valve-chatgpt-deadlock-algorithm/

Hacker News: vincentchau

A new chapter for Ruby Central

Is Rust faster than C?

The US hacked Venezuela grids before Maduro raid

Ruby Frozen String Literals: Past, Present, Future?

China released UBIOS to replace UEFI standard

Agentic Commerce Protocol

Open Source Blueprints for Civilization

OverTheWire: Learn and practice security concepts through fun games

Why so many top hackers hail from Russia (2017)

Boeing sold its digital business to Thoma Bravo for 10B

The Devastating Decline of a Brilliant Young Coder

The correct way to do type punning in C++

PyMyFlySpy: Track your flight using its headrest data

My 25-year adventure in AI and ML

CD Projekt Red will use Unreal engine for their next games

Yes, it ‘looks like a duck,’ but carriers like the new USPS mail truck

An Engineer's Guide to Double-Entry Bookkeeping

Linux Foundation Energy Projects

Valve engineer used a matchmaking algorithm found by ChatGPT in Deadlock

Finance 101