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Software projects reading list

2020-10-14T00:00:00+00:00

The list of software projects-related books and resources I consider the most interesting / useful.

PaX and Clang sanitizers, or some random notes on the crossbreeding of adders and hedgehogs

2015-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

TL;DR: patches for running Clang sanitizers under PaX-enabled kernels are at the bottom of the post.

cxx2rust: the pains of wrapping C++ in Rust on the example of Qt5

2014-05-19T00:00:00+00:00

Discussion of Rust language</a> features that make it difficult to generate & use C++ bindings in Rust.
Update: the discussion is happening at the following Reddit thread</a>, please use it instead of comments here. Thanks!

Herzlich willkommen in der Schweiz

2011-08-24T00:00:00+00:00

Эта статья посвящена эмиграции нашей семьи в Швейцарию в связи с моим устройством на работу в офис Гугла в Цюрихе.

Gallio adapter for Boost.Test

2010-05-18T00:00:00+00:00

Adapter for Gallio</a> testing platform that allows it to load and run Boost Test</a> library based unit tests is released.

Privoxy filters for experts-exchange.com and Google left navigation bar

2010-05-18T00:00:00+00:00

Privoxy filter rules for removing all experts-exchange.com related results from Google search as well as collapsing Google left navigation bar are provided.

Redmine wiki external filter plugin version 0.0.2 is released

2010-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

New version of Redmine wiki external filter plugin is released, see full text for changes description.

mod_archive2 status

2010-01-11T00:00:00+00:00

This post provides information on current status of mod_archive2 development: rewritten version of ejabberd module supporting history archiving standard XEP-136.

Redmine wiki external filter plugin is released

2010-01-11T00:00:00+00:00

Redmine wiki external filter plugin allows defining macros that process macro argument using external filter program and render its result in Redmine</a> wiki, see full description</a>.

Prelude Trigger 1.0.0_beta1 is released

2009-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

First version of Prelude Trigger</a> - small daemon to fire active responses for attacks detected by Prelude IDS</a> - is released.

Psi spell-checking: hunspell support

2009-09-20T00:00:00+00:00

Patch for Psi</a> 0.13 that adds support for hunspell</a> spell-checker.
Update: multilang patch for Enchant</a> is also available.

Customizable Weather Plasmoid: animated images patch and GISMETEO weather support

2009-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

Small patch for KDE 4 Customizable Weather Plasmoid</a> to support animated images in “satellite images” view and config for GISMETEO weather support.
Update 2009.08.07: starting from CWP 0.9.11 animated images support and GISMETEO config are now in official CWP distribution, thanks to CWP author for prompt response! Moreover, as far as I see they both were fixed and improved during integration, so I recommend using version 0.9.11 instead of my patches and thus this page is left for historical reasons only.

Linux kernel undervolting patch for AMD processors

2008-12-13T00:00:00+00:00

Simple patch for 2.6.27 Linux kernel to provide full control over voltages/frequencies of AMD CPUs supporting Cool’n’Quiet technology.
Update 2010/02/10: it was pointed out that Linux-PHC</a> project currently provides patches for AMD (see comments for details), so I’d strongly recommend checking their patches first instead of mine.

Цветовые профили для Canon iP5200 + WWM + Barva & Aro

2008-06-18T00:00:00+00:00

Данная статья посвящена управлению цветом при печати на принтере Canon iP5200 с использованием чернил и бумаги сторонних производителей, а именно чернил WWM и бумаги Barva и Aro.

StarCraft and NAT issues

2008-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

Recently I set up PvPGN</a> server to host StarCraft games and had to solve some lag problems when people behind NAT tried to play the game. In this post I try to summarize my experience and hope it can be useful for others, as there’s not that much info available on this topic, it seems.

Drupal installed

2008-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

New, Drupal</a>-based site is up and running (so far in test mode, though). First thing to migrate will be blog. Projects and similar pages will follow shortly, the last one will be photo albums page. Please post any problems found.
Update, 21.09.2008: it took quite longer than initially expected, but I’ve just finished initial photo albums migration, thus completing all old site parts transition.

Wive firmware on DLink DWL-G700AP

2007-12-25T00:00:00+00:00

Some notes on transforming WiFi access point DLink DWL-G700AP to router using Wive</a> firmware.

WolCub Printer Driver

2007-12-11T00:00:00+00:00

WolCub - это виртуальный драйвер принтера для печати в графический WOL формат, который используют электронные книги lBook</a>. Основными особенностями данного драйвера является поддержка Windows Vista, разбиение страниц для альбомного просмотра и поддержка anti-aliasing.

Patch for aspell 0.60.5 for Win32 compilation

2007-11-26T00:00:00+00:00

This patch</a> for aspell 0.60.5 makes it possible to compile it natively on Win32. Tested configuration is Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, Win32/x64 targets, but as cmake</a> is used for building, it should handle all other Win32 compilers more or less gracefully also.

libwsw & wswutil release

2007-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

This article introduces libwsw - C++ library for Jabber clients which provides XEP-136</a> support, AKA server-side message archiving, and wswutil - the tool for import / export operations on user history for XEP-136 compliant servers.

mod_archive_odbc release

2007-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

This article is about mod_archive_odbc: ejabberd implementation of server-side instant messaging history support, also known as XEP-136</a>.
Update: development of this module has stopped, all further development is done in mod_archive2</a> project.

XEP-136 and XEP-59 implementation comments

2007-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

This article discusses issues arisen during implementation of XEP-0136</a> specification, which describes the protocol for server-side instant messaging history, and XEP-59</a>, which basically provides the way to page through results set and limit results number.
Basically, it’s the copy of letter sent to XMPP discussion mailing list, I’ve put it here to make sure more people have access to it and can provide their feedback / comments.
For most of the issues listed some solutions are proposed.

Psi spell-checking for multiple languages

2007-10-12T00:00:00+00:00

Simple patch for Psi</a> 0.11-0.13 which adds support for multiple languages in its spell-checking engine.

Электронная отчетность в налоговую

2007-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

Я недавно организовал сдачу отчетности в налоговую в электронном виде - теперь хочу поделиться своими наблюдениями по этому поводу и описанием решений возникших проблем.
Статья ориентирована в основном на ИТшников-СПДшников, но может быть полезна и остальным, если опустить технические детали.
Update от 2009.01.04: бОльшая часть статьи в связи со сворачиванием приема отчетности, подписанной ключами Нотар, уже неактуальна, детали см. ниже.

Gravacacher is released

2007-10-07T00:00:00+00:00

Version 1.0_alpha of Gravacacher</a> - very lightweight cache server for avatars retrieved from www.gravatar.com</a> - is released.

Typo patches

2007-10-07T00:00:00+00:00

While deploying typo weblog system I had to make changes there to fix some problems and add features I needed.
While possibly I’ll send some of these patches to typo developers, most likely they’re a bit hacky to include in the main typo branch - but still, I think, useful as “quick hacks” for those who need it “right here and now”.

Combined patch for webgen updated

2007-10-06T00:00:00+00:00

The combined patch for webgen (discussed here</a>) was updated with the fix to the bug with forced ordering of directories - before the fix webgen did not respect “orderInfo” meta parameter for sorting in main menu if entities are not pages, but directories (with orderInfo’s specified in respective index pages).