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This article is a short guide to implementing an algorithm from a scientific paper. I have implemented many complex algorithms from books and scientific publications, and this article sums up what I have learned while searching, reading, coding and debugging. This is obviously limited to publications in domains…
A Word Aligned article posted 2013-01-08, tagged C, Torvalds, Algorithms.
Registers in Vim are best thought of as scratch spaces for text, some of which are automatically filled by the editor in response to certain actions. Learning how to use registers fluently has a lot of subtle benefits, although it takes some getting used to because the syntax for using them is a little awkward.
As MIT’s Independent Activities Period draws near, I’ve received quite a volume of inquiries from underclassmen about “what should I take?” or “which of these competitions is better?”
DHH recently made a claim of Dependency Injection not being entirely virtuous, and got support from Tim Bray . While both make good point...
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
This is a recent (March 2006) photo of me. I don't normally look this sombre - it was a photo for a national newspaper so I was trying my best to look business-like. The photo appeared in the March 31st edition of the Irish Times newspaper in the business section. That's why I'm pictured next to my Laptop and mobile…
One of my favorite pastimes as a programmer is to work on personal projects outside of work. I use side-projects as a creative outlet to work on new and interesting things. I also use them as a learning exercise. If I start a side-project, there must be "one new thing" about the project I don't know how to do already…
A blog about computer science education. Projects, resources, and ideas for teaching, learning, and using computer science. By a teacher for teachers.
In 2010ish, we tried to roll out a feature ( Treasury ) using MongoDB. It was an interesting experience. I learned quite a bit in the process. I wrote about what I was thinking at the time here . But for the most part it was an abject failure and Ryan Young wound up porting the entire thing to the MySQL shards which…
 Ideas for your Raspberry Pi!The chances are you have a Raspberry Pi or there's one on the way to you, n
This article was originally published in the Russian functional programming journal http://fprog.ru/ and this translation was intended to be published in Peter Seibel’s http://codequarterly.com/ journal, but as Peter eventually decided not to proceed with the journal, I am publishing it on my personal space.
Lessons learning Haskell It's often claimed that learning Haskell will make you a better programmer in other languages. I like the idea ...
It's not about technology for its own sake. It's about being able to implement your ideas.
I recently got to participate in a psychological experiment for programmers. A friend of mine, Mike Hansen, is doing research on how people comprehend programs.…
Some bugs look so impossible you start blaming the OS, the tools, or the compiler. This post digs into three of them.
