cscppc

• https://github.com/csutils/cscppc

A compiler wrapper that runs Clang Analyzer, Cppcheck, GCC Analyzer or Smatch in the background

How to improve application security using _FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 (2023)

• https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2023/02/06/how-improve-application-security-using-fortifysource3

FOSDEM23 - Lua for the lazy C developer

• https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/lua_for_the_lazy_c_developer/

CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS

• https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS.html

Pretty neat.

Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)

• https://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html

I’ve procrastinated for years about writing a bunch of shell scripts which do this.

Flare RPG

• https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.flarerpg.Flare
• https://flarerpg.org

An entire open source Diablo-like. Incredible.

Few lesser known tricks, quirks and features of C (2023)

• https://blog.joren.ga/less-known-c

I don’t really agree that major language features like designated initialisers are “lesser known” but it’s a good reference page.

FOSDEM23 - Bizarre and Unusual Uses of DNS

• https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/dns_bizarre_and_unusual_uses_of_dns/

Of all the talks they cut this awesome, useful, and amusing talk down to 10 minutes. Anyway, TIL you can dig ip @dns.toys +short to get your own IP, faster than curl to a web service.

Best aspects of C language (2020)

• https://blog.joren.ga/best-of-c

This blog has been doing the rounds lately, eg: GOTOphobia considered harmful (in C)