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Why I Left the .NET Framework
The .NET Framework was good. Really good. Until it wasn’t. Why did I leave .NET? In short, it constrained our ability to choose (which is a huge deal for
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 21,842 posts.
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Dissecting the 128-byte raycaster
Lately a Reddit post caught my attention which is about a raycaster demo, animated, with mouse control and texture mapping, in only 128 byt...
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How I Start: Erlang
Erlang releases are a bit like magnets. Everyone who thinks about them shares the same thought: f**king releases, how do they work?
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Dart 1.5
It’s important for web experiences to work great on mobile devices. The latest release of the Dart includes a development version of Dar...
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Best practices in modern web projects
At Oktavilla we regularly start new projects. Over the years we have therefore come up with a few best practices to ensure that it is easy to take part in ou...
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Django 1.7 RC1
Posted by James Bennett on June 26, 2014
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Reading Lamport, again
We’ve just kicked off an internal distributed-systems seminar. Our inaugral paper was Lamport’s classic “Time, Clocks and the Ordering of Events in a Distrib...
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Where KDE is Going – Part 1
This article explores where the KDE community currently stands and where it is going. Frameworks, Plasma, KDE e.V., Qt5, KDE Free Qt Foundation, QtAddons - you heard some of these terms and want to know what all the fuss is about? A set of articles on the Dot aims to bring some clarity in the changes and constants of…
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Visualizing Algorithms
Algorithms are a fascinating use case for visualization. To visualize an algorithm, we don’t merely fit data to a chart; there is no primary dataset. Instead there are logical rules that describe behavior. This may be why algorithm visualizations are so unusual, as designers experiment with novel forms to better…
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Introducing Ampersand.js
The blog of &yet, a design and web software company that strengthens your customer relationships through creative technology.
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A Cover Letter in Brainfuck
Warning: another technical post.I wrote this cover letter many years ago, when I wanted to get accepted to the Matzov unit of the Israeli Defense Force (in Israeli, every male is conscripted…
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Improved default settings for Linux machines
A quick overview of Linux settings I change on almost every machine I manage.
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Static checking of units in Servo
Web browsers do a lot of calculations on geometric coordinates, in many different coordinate systems and units of measurement. For example, a browser may need to translate a position expressed ...
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Wolfram Programming Cloud Is Live
Stephen Wolfram announces the Wolfram Programming Cloud: redefining the programming process for all. Type something, run it immediately, see results.
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Lotus, a web framework for Ruby
Lotus is a complete web framework for Ruby with a strong emphasis on object oriented design and testability. If you use it, you employ less DSLs and more objects, zero monkey-patching, separation of concerns between MVC layers. Each library is designed to be small, fast and testable.
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Put Yourself Out There: The Myth of the Genius Programmer
A year ago I decided to put myself out there and face my fear of being vulnerable by starting a blog. I look at what has happened since then and how great of an experience it has been.
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Butchering HQX pixel art scaling filters
The HQX filters , namely hq2x, hq3x and hq4x, are well-known pixel art scalers. They are mainly used by old console (such as NES) emulators to provide a smooth rendering of the games. It was developed around 2003 by Maxim Stepin.
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Finding Compiler Bugs by Removing Dead Code
What has caused you to slack off on the bug reporting? The cost of computer time or the human effort side? (I’m guessing the second.)
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The first stable release of PyPy3
We're pleased to announce the first stable release of PyPy3. PyPy3 targets Python 3 (3.2.5) compatibility. We would like to thank all of th...
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Java Pain
In 2014, it’s not OK if it’s hard for a developer to run a simple program from the command line.
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8088 Domination Post-Mortem, Part 1
These next few posts are a technical write-up of how I created 8088 Domination, which is a program that displays fairly decent full-motion video on a 1981 IBM PC. Before reading further, it might b…