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Elevating the Human-Computer Interface Through Mechanical Keyboards 13 min read Computer Engineering Featured Self Hosting Elevating the Human-Computer Interface Through Mechanical Keyboards Max Headroom 2025.05.28 77 My Lemokey P1 Pro 75% keyboard, customized with Gateron Baby Kangaroo 2.0 tactile switches My Journey and Comprehensive...Read More
Debugging X86-64 Assembly with GDB 1 min read Computer Engineering Debugging X86-64 Assembly with GDB Max Headroom 2025.05.27 73 We ended the last article with a minimal x86-64 assembly program that assembled and ran, but then...Read More
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Python Performance: Why ‘if not list’ is 2x Faster Than Using len() 16 min read Computer Engineering Python Performance: Why ‘if not list’ is 2x Faster Than Using len() Max Headroom 2025.05.08 76 In Python, you can check a list for emptiness in two ways: if not mylist if len(mylist)...Read More
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