The thing I would have liked to know is why they don't use an existing fast SQL parser. Was being slightly incompatible with all existing SQL dialects a product requirement?
I tried a few PPTX files from consulting firms that are available online. The rendering does not seem to be truly pixel-perfect, but all of them were quite readable and had a good layout, which is already an impressive feat.
I use the latest codex with gpt5.4 and Claude opus every day. they hallucinate every day. If you think they don't, you are probably being gaslighted by the models.
I use linux at home (with a HiDPI screen) and MacOS for work. The screen works well with both computers. I mostly just use a text editor, a browser, and a terminal though.
Linux has bugs, bug MacOS does too. I feel like for a dev like me, the linux setup is more comfortable.
Yes ! Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I do still think that SQL is a better interface to databases than excel formulas, and classical spreadsheet UIs are a better interface for, well, spreadsheets.
I am building an open-source tool that allows quickly building web user interfaces on top of relational databases [1]. Among users are many people without a CS background, and without prior knowledge of SQL. And from the feedback I get, the pain point for getting started is very rarely learning SQL. Spreadsheet formulas are often much more complicated than the basic SQL queries that cover 90% of what everyone needs.
I am currently building a SQL-only web framework [1], and I was contacted by the prql folks to include the language by default in sqlpage. I have to say, I have mixed feelings about it: on one hand, it indeed feels more natural to query data with a clean pipeline of operators. On the other hand, it makes me think of the famous xkcd comic about standards [2]: there were too many data querying languages, so we made a new one.
Here is the original blog post by the french researcher (in english) [1].
In an update, he says the updated system with a 1024-bit key was also compromised, on august the 24th [2].
Il est en première. Do not underestimate the french education system ;) What you need for such a game are Pythagorean and Thales's theorems. I gave him hints so that he poses the problem correctly, but he came up with the formula for moving the red square on his own!
Of course I can. My brother is 15, he is smart and he had programmed before, but only on his calculator (in TI-BASIC, I think). He already knew the basics of programming. He got his first real computer for Christmas. I was with him at my parents house, behind his shoulder as we created the skeleton of the game together over a weekend. After that I left, and he kept adding features on his own.