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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 1,420 posts.
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Why PHP won
When I first learned to program on the web, Perl + CGI was the dominant platform. But by the time I was building my first websites for com...
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3 Rules of Database App Aging
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Why Haskell is beyond ready for Prime Time
I’ve read a few comments about why Haskell is awesome. I even wrote an ironic blog post about it. Today I’m going to explain why I use Haskell for doing real work, entirely in terms of …
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Things I Learned the Hard Way: Ignore the Content
In this series, I’m exploring the stories I find myself coming back to in work and life. I call them Things I Learned the Hard Way .
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Joel on Software: "By installing Java, you will be able to experience the power of Java"
Just because there’s room on the dialog box, doesn’t mean you have to put something there. The Java installer starts off with a dialog box that manages to repeat the word Java six times without rea…
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Peter Norvig's collection of quotes
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain
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Time management tricks I learned from years of hating Tim Ferris (of the 4 hour work week)
I have hated Tim Ferriss for a long time. I have hated him since we both had editors at Crown Publishing who sat next to each other and I heard how difficult he is. I didn’t blog about it because first of all, I’m sure the buzz about me is that I’m difficult, too. And […]
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How we use IRC at Last.fm
Everyone that works at Last.fm is typically connected to our IRC server. We have different channels per team, as well as a company-wide channel, and a few channels dedicated to automated monitoring.
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Personal Webpage Responsibility Acknowledgement
This article outlines the responsibilities of users, including employees, students, and faculty, who create and maintain personal webpages to ensure that the content is appropriate, accurate, and accessible to all users.
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Don't Bet on Moore Saving Your Ass
Over on the 37signals blog , DHH writes Mr. Moore gets to punt on sharding . His argument is basically that if you continually delay fixing your data storage and retrieval layer, Moore's Law will be there to save our ass--over and over again.
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Encouraged Commentary (cool use of jQuery to enhance blog commenting)
My first major experiment has been in improving the commenting system on this blog.
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Why the secret to speedier highways might be closing some roads: the Braess paradox
"All will be well if you use your mind for your decisions, and mind only your decisions." Help me make more videos and posts! A monthly membership directly supports the channel and allows me to make more videos that inspire students and teachers around the world. You also get early access to new videos. Support with a…