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Swift Tooling: Windows Edition

Speaking in Swift by The Browser Company • 166 HN points • 07 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Development Tooling IDE Debugging Extensions
  1. Swift development on Windows is productive and ready for industry use, with a mature environment for writing code and continuous improvements to the developer experience.
  2. Visual Studio Code is the preferred development environment, offering essential features like building, debugging, auto-complete, error reporting, and more for Swift programming on Windows.
  3. Swift developers on Windows have access to a range of tools like SPM, CMake, LLDB, and Windows-specific debugging tools like WinDbg and Windows Performance Analyzer for efficient building, testing, and debugging of Swift code.

Introducing ExBoost: Revolutionizing Chrome Extension Discoverability

!important • 87 implied HN points • 12 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Extensions Promotion Visibility Digital Advertising
  1. Extensions struggle with visibility in the large Chrome Web Store catalog, especially new ones without reviews or users
  2. ExBoost is a community-driven solution that lets extensions promote each other for free through banners
  3. ExBoost balances traffic across extensions, allowing them to gain visibility by showing banners inside other extensions
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Make your own Arc at home

Casca’s Substack • 2 HN points • 23 Jun 24
🕹 Technology Browsers Extensions Themes
  1. You don't have to switch browsers to enjoy cool features like Arc Browser; use extensions instead
  2. MaxFocus extension allows you to preview links without leaving your current page; highly customizable and enhanced navigation
  3. Side Space extension organizes tabs neatly in vertical spaces, offers dark mode, AI tab grouping, and syncs across devices

RISC-V vector crypto spec freeze update

Fprox’s Substack • 20 implied HN points • 25 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Crypto Extensions Specifications Performance
  1. The RISC-V vector crypto specification has reached the frozen milestone after approval by the ARC and RVIA committee chairs.
  2. Changes include revised instructions for better integration, addition of new instructions like 'vgmul.vv', and splitting the Zvkb extension into Zvbb and Zvbc.
  3. The new Zvkt extension emphasizes data-independent timing for secure software implementations and the specification introduces meta-extensions for different cryptography suites and simplified illegal instruction conditions.

RISC-V Profiles

Fprox’s Substack • 5 HN points • 22 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Hardware Software Profiles Specifications Extensions
  1. RISC-V profiles consist of base ISA, mandatory, and optional extensions organized into families for specific modes.
  2. Allowing optional extensions in profiles promotes compatibility and testing of new features before mandating them.
  3. The concept of major and minor profile versions ensures a balanced evolution of profile families while allowing time for ecosystem adoption.

Zimop/Zcmop may-be-operations

Fprox’s Substack • 2 HN points • 15 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Extensions
  1. When designing new instructions, ensuring compatibility with older implementations can be challenging.
  2. Zimop and Zcmop introduce placeholder instructions that can be leveraged for future functionalities.
  3. These extensions may not have immediate impact, but pave the way for implementing specific features like control flow integrity in the future.

Adding a new RISC-V extension (to spike)

Fprox’s Substack • 2 HN points • 14 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Coding Simulation Extensions Development Testing
  1. The post describes how to extend the RISC-V ISA simulator Spike to implement a new instruction for vector AES-128 encryption.
  2. It covers steps like adding the new opcode in riscv-opcodes, declaring the new instruction in riscv-isa-sim, and testing the program.
  3. The process involves modifying opcode header files, updating the simulator, and building a test program to implement and verify the new instruction.

How to Change Your Chrome Background: A Step-by-Step Guide

Casca’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 29 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Extensions
  1. Customizing your Chrome background can make your browsing experience more personal and enjoyable.
  2. You can change your Chrome background using native Chrome themes, browser extensions like Momentum and Earth View from Google Earth, or the Casca Extension for effortless customization.
  3. With Casca Extension, you can easily download, explore settings, and change your Chrome background to enhance your browsing environment.

ChromeGPT is Live on Product Hunt!

polymathematics • 0 implied HN points • 31 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Software Web Apps Extensions Innovation
  1. ChromeGPT is a new Chrome Extension that allows you to chat with GPT from any website. This makes it easy to get AI assistance while browsing.
  2. It was one of the first extensions launched shortly after ChatGPT came out. The developer found it powerful and helpful for various tasks.
  3. Users can try the extension for free for a week before deciding to subscribe. This gives people a chance to see how it works.