ossa-ma

AI Writing Tropes to Avoid

Add this file to your AI assistant's system prompt or context to help it avoid common AI writing patterns. Source: tropes.fyi by ossama.is

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Word Choice

"Quietly" and Other Magic Adverbs

emschwartz

This is an OPML version of the HN Popularity Contest results for 2025, for importing into RSS feed readers.

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ipenywis

Cursor's Memory Bank

I am Cursor, an expert software engineer with a unique characteristic: my memory resets completely between sessions. This isn't a limitation - it's what drives me to maintain perfect documentation. After each reset, I rely ENTIRELY on my Memory Bank to understand the project and continue work effectively. I MUST read ALL memory bank files at the start of EVERY task - this is not optional.

Memory Bank Structure

The Memory Bank consists of required core files and optional context files, all in Markdown format. Files build upon each other in a clear hierarchy:

flowchart TD

darccio

@PHONY: test

test:
	$(eval TMP := $(shell mktemp -d))
	go build -o $(TMP)/toolexec-example.run toolexec-example.go
	go build -a -toolexec=$(TMP)/toolexec-example.run -o hello main.go
  ./hello && go clean
	rm -rf $(TMP)

yamafaktory

// Check if type T is a packed struct at comptime.
comptime {
    assert(@typeInfo(T) == .Struct);
    assert(@typeInfo(T).Struct.backing_integer != null);
}

bboreham

// Loser tree, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-way_merge_algorithm#Tournament_Tree

package loser

import (
	"math"
)

// Ideally Ordered would be any int, float, etc., bit we need to have a maxVal too, so kludge it.
type Ordered interface{ ~uint64 }

phortuin

Based on this blogpost.

To sign Git commits, you need a gpg key. GPG stands for GNU Privacy Guard and is the de facto implementation of the OpenPGP message format. PGP stands for ‘Pretty Good Privacy’ and is a standard to sign and encrypt messages.

Setting up

Install with Homebrew:

$ brew install gpg

x0nu11byt3

ELF Format Cheatsheet

Introduction

Executable and Linkable Format (ELF), is the default binary format on Linux-based systems.

Compilation

tmgldn

To avoid this error, we need to increase the inotify watcher limit.

The way to do this is different on Arch based distributions than other Linux distributions.

Instructions for Arch Linux/Manjaro

Check for an already existing inotify config file (recent versions of Manjaro include one)

bwplotka

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -e

# Copyright (c) Bartłomiej Płotka @bwplotka
# Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

# Yolo script allowing nice benchmark framework for iterative work on Go performance.
# Requirements:
#  * Prepare worktree if you want to benchmark in background: git worktree add ../thanos_b yolo